Thanks for your help in sorting out the series/results, i havnt done too bad since i started racing in april :thumbsup:

any of you tynemet buggy lads fancy a race meet over christmas, tuesday 27th 5pm-10pm at seaham youth centre, i'll be there:thumbsup:

Seasons greatings.
 

Seasons greatings to all members and visitors to our club at Tyne-Met for the coming season. Extra good wishes to Bill for his work on the results, also to Marc for all his effort to inject new life into our club.
Best wishes to ALL, see you in the new year :thumbsup:
Ray.

Cheers Raymond. It's a "k" by the way. Mark with a "kicking k"

Kicing "K"
 

Sorry about the "Kicking" bit, but oldies get confused when there are two of you with the same name, and different endings. :confused:
Never mind, eh! :lol:

hello gentlemen (and my old mate ray):D
when does the club start back up after the new year?

i'v been sorting a more up to date touring car for the club.
so if i'm home i should be racing:blush:

now i'll sit back, and wait for mr richardson's sarcastic comment's:wub

Tyne-Met New Year
 

Seasons greetings Chris, Caroline and family.
First meeting in January is 9th, 7o'clock doors open. Early birds get preference, for what ?----you've just got to wait and see .:p

I'll be back on the 9th with the buggy:thumbsup:
had to pinch some bits off the tc to get it fully up and running.
will one lipo do me all night with a bit of a charge?
i went to charge my lipo for the buggy and i had managed to leave it switched on since the last time i used it:blush:, ive read that you can try and charge them on nimh setting to get min voltage back in then balance charge them back on lipo setting but sounds a bit dodgy-
might take it into work and try it- then if it does blow up its not making a mess of my house:lol:

ONE Li-po = ONE night's running ?
 

Hi Mal, good to see you're coming back even if it is the "Dark side" (just kidding buggy fans). You know all are welcome, No discrimination at our club! :thumbsup: As for using 1 li-po all night, I think it will depend on your gearing and how many runs you do before charging, not forgeting to have it cool enough to recharge. Do you use "stick or saddle" packs. I have Jason's stick packs (2) if they are any good to you. Got my own Li-po's now. Let me know if you want them charging up for the 9th.
See you there Mal.
Ray. :thumbsup:

i use stick packs Ray with the 4mm tube connectors.
the lipo's have to be 24mm in height or the belt will rub on them-
my two 5900 lipos are too big:thumbdown:.

Mal

Li-po's.
 

Right Mal!, Jason's li-po's are 4000's, are 24mm. height or thickness, connectors are around 4mm. and fit standard Corrally conectors.
It's no problem charging them. So will you want them for the 9th.
Giza clue, see ya there then. Ray. :eh?: :confused:

re: lipo's
 

They sound about right ray.
if you wouldnt mind giving them a charge and bringing them along that would be great thankyou

Race Control for the 9th
 

Is there deffo going to be someone there to run race control on the 9th with Mark and Paul both being away?

Tyne/Met on the 9th
 

Mike West and / or Andy Scowens (apologies if I've spelt your name wrong, Andy) could be setting the computer up.
Sure I'll charge those batteries for you. :thumbsup:

Dont forget lads, AGM on Monday 16th after track setup, all welcome but only members eligible to vote. Free nights racing for the remainder of the night after the meeting - as in no charge for the night, NOT a free-for-all :-)

OK lads, so the first meeting of 2012 is over. I think it went quite well, so, a big thanks go to Mike West and Andy Scowen for getting the track and computer sorted. With a total of 3 qualifiers and 2 finals for 3 heats (2 TCs and 1 Buggy) not bad. 15 runs and we still got out before 10o'clock. Let's see what the AGM brings for this year.
See you all next week with Mark and Paul back from their winter break.
Ray.:thumbsup:

The Darkside!
 

A cracking turn out again- not sure on the numbers, im sure our newly re-elected chairman Mark can tell us better.
Managed a full nights racing with the SXII and loved every minute of it:thumbsup:
the power of the darkside is just too strong to resist:lol:
see you's next week

Mal

I am looking to start racing again, and I can only do every couple of Sundays, I might do seaham one week and you guys the next.

Well we had a good turn out for last nights AGM, 24 on track I think for the free racing after and quite a few more not racing but there for the meeting.
Very little to report other than membership increasing form £23 to £24 - this includes BRCA membership which has gone up £1 since last year hence the increase.
We’ve agreed to look into putting on a regional buggy event subject to finding a suitable venue at a suitable time, ideally where another event was on at te same time so if any of you know of any planned events, preferably but not necessarily motorsport related which may be happy for us to gatecrash with a race meeting, let Mike West know. I’ll enquire about a couple of VW shows likely to be run again.
Committee members were re-elected as last year with James taking the 5th member role in the new position of junior members representative.
Don’t forget you need BRCA membership paid within the next 3 weeks to be allowed to race - insurance requirement!
See you all next week where we’ll hopefully have a bit more grip and I’ll hopefully have rebuilt my car!

Pop along any Monday night, you'll be very welcome:)

Great Officials
Great Venue
Great racing
Great Club

Thanks to all the Guyz for the stalwart effort in running the club, time and input often unseen and unappreciated.

:thumbsup:

Ok guys a little quiet last week with only 21 on a track obviously laid out mainly by the buggy lads I can only assume from the inclusion of THREE jumps!
Grip varied picking up as the night went on but seemed to fade again for the final for some reason.
Well time to charge and prep for next Monday when the buggies will be due the extra round.
See you there

i thought the track layout was mint:thumbsup:the more jumps the better:woot:
when are we starting another championship?

Well a cracking turn out last night with 29 cars on track, 11 TC’s and 18 buggies, a new record for the venue on a track presumably built by the buggy lads again with an ever increasing number of jumps!
Many more buggies and we’ll be in the predicament of how to split the heats again so come on TC lads, get back racing and stop defecting to the dark side.
Grip started a bit low but improved over the night and was decent enough for the last quali’s and final making for some close racing with TC’s flat out side by side for most of the length of the straight and not ending in tears J

See you all next week

great nights racing but did'nt think there was quite enough jumps:p:thumbsup:

Let's go for 5 next time!

:woot:

How about a jump over a section of the track that the tcs run on

Yeah while there racing aswell.............:woot:

Now Steven thats just silly........
who would marshall our heat!!:lol:

Well not a bad turn out last night with 21 racing, 11 TC’s and 10 buggies. There was also plenty of grip to be had with the* hall noticeably warmer than usual when we went in.
A good win in the TC class for Nev on new tyres, buggy winner anyone?
A bit of a hiccup with the buggy quali thanks to the loop taking a hammering from some over enthusiastic jumping landing off the track and on the connector. Some of you even had a good attempt at taking out race control!!!!
See you all back next week J

I think Buckle won the A buggy final and Jonathan Carr won the B final

could be wrong but I think jonny clarke won the buggy A final.

Well a bit of an odd night last night, 21 racing comprising 9 TC and 11 buggies meaning we run 2 buggy heats and only 1 TC for the first time!!!
At least we all got 5 races so buggies will get the extra one next week.
Well done to everyone in the mixed ability TC heat on some very clean and well mannered driving, the mixed abilities proving no problem at all with everyone allowing lapping cars past. The worst piece of driving I seen all night was in the final courtesy of yours truly clipping Dan when lapping him - apologies again Dan!
Where the hell are the rest of you TC lot - long term awol STILL are Harry, Campbell, and the Andersons with Telford, Dytham, Ian, Mel, Nigel, Clarky all missing to name a few, get back along, the dark side is taking over!
Anyway if you lot could get back to me on who is interested in turning up and putting on a race for the car show at corbridge on 13th May.
I’ve provisionally said we’d do it as they seem to think they can provide us with some equipment to set up a track on both grass and tarmac to run both classes.
Possible returning racer in the weeks to come - James Chappel threatening and also a rumour that the Hobbit could come back - fingers crossed we see them both back sometime soon.
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Show details on the link below - could be a good day out so let me know who’s interestedJ
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www.fastlaneshow.co.uk

James is making another return? He cant live without us!:) plenty of buggies at the minute?! Touring cars are old skool!

Does 9 + 11 not make 20
Or is it just me who cannot count
Sounds like a good buggy club I will have to pop over for a go

There's 3 types of people in this world....those who can do Maths and those who can't!

Think i'd be the third type :thumbsup:

Ok ok 9 & 11 booked in and one late arrival!

Transponders mrt ptx
 

I am going to order some for barley mow this week and if I order over 10 I can get a better price they will workout at about £52 each if anyone wants one let me know either tomorrow night or by email
This is a saving of about £8