cool, was gonna try some bow ties too if you could save a set for me? :)

try it ;)

it will be funny :D

A big thanks to Lee and all those responsible for making today a great race day. Good weather and good racing on a tricky track. Just a shame there weren't more people there. :(

Stu 8-)

I really wanted to come to this but was away last night in Liverpool so would never have made it for the early start.

How did it go? was it driveable for a 1/10th car? who won?

Any plans for another one?

cheers guys
was a good day :D

Tony had groomed the track really well & we had perfect weather all day
cheers also to Pidge & his bitches for keeping me running ;)


i'm definitely up for another one :D

Hi guys

Had a good day today, Hope you all come again. The track was good for 1/10th I thought. Hope you agree.

Defo up for another:D

Was a brilliant track on a fantastic racing surface, if they hadn't had the slightly dodgy dirt delivered it would have been spot on. Great for learning your car on too, by the end of the day even I had throttle control with my heavy left index finger and a 13 turn :p Was somewhat annoyed by dumping in the final after leading for a lap though (still haven't figured out why :wtf:).

Only criticism of the track is that it's a little hard to see smaller 10th scale cars around the track with regards to marshilling, with the large pipes and features, quite often it took quite a while for people to get marshalled, but i can't say i really know a solution either. It seems to me they usually have more marshalls out at a time there? was points numbered up to 15 or so.

How many people were there and who won???

not many people at all....which i must say im very pissed off about.

the track and organisers re laid the surface and done alot of work to the track to make this work for us 10th guys. tony is extremely helpful and will do almost anything for the racing community and to repay him by a small turnout is unexceptabl really...

i feel quite embarrased for myself and 10th scale as it showed alomst no commitment to a new and awesome venue.

makes myself wonder why i try so hard to find new palces and put on events when the turn out is minimal.

the day went smooth. we all had fun and the cars got some BIG air and loved it!

i TQ'ed and after messing around in the final Daz Bloomfield won with truman 2nd.

all i can say is im dissapointed.

rant over

Location may have had something to do with this, and also that the 1st round of the Kiddy winter series was running!

Just my 2 cents (I didnt go to Kiddy btw)

M.

How many times have people been to kiddi.................?

its not going to change....this is a one off track that is only a one off event........

i thought that racing on dirt with big jumps would appeal. no disrespect for kiddi......

but its not change from the past 10 years! and this is a one off meeting that we were lookingfor support for.

i also used 1 set of tyres all day! what did you all use?

I didnt use any tires...

I didnt even go racing... :(

Know what you mean pidge! Considering this could be one of the rounds that COULD replace Tiverton next year as a national, I do wonder where some of the national drivers were...

Sorry to hear about ur turn out.

Mark

Sounds like a good track that people just didnt go too. The weather was good, but I bet alot of people went to Kiddy. Its hard to get people to try different things, its easier for people to just complain!!!!!

And I didnt race this weekend either, was home recovering from an operation.:o

i hope it does become a national next year....

i know each national round if i had a choice.

but then thats me.........................

What a great days racing, great weather, great venue, unable to keep Jordan off it, any car & batteries and he was out between heats and after the finals, but, yes more racers would have been nice, we went expecting this to be fun & interesting and it was. every one was friendly & helpful, great day out. Big thanks to all involed.

Results are on Bolextric site already,

http://www.bolwextric.co.uk/rcresult...fieldelectric/

ps: venue was photogenic as well.......:cool::cool:

What an awesome day it was!!!!!

That track gets huge respect from me, 2wd with Proline tyres on a Dirt track with huge jumps is what this hobby is all about :cool:

I think the track would easily cope with a big 1/10th meeting, especially with a few minor adjustments to tighten certain sections up a bit, but the main thing is that it's soooo big there are loads of ways to make it smaller / different.

The two huge doubles were absolutely awesome, even the Sun was out so all you guys that decided not to come really missed out i'm afraid.

I know where Lee's coming from as it does just make the 1/10th people look like they're not interested - If he'd advertised it as a 1/8th meeting he'd have probably got 50 people easily.

Just hope they're still prepared to help us all out by making this superb venue even better for our little 10th cars, as for me there won't be another track like this for a fair bit of time.........

Thanks again to Tony the organiser, and to Adam and Rob for making the day somewhat entertaining for us all :D

would love to come and have a practise, its just to far for us lee,
especially for a fun day,200 plus each way sorry

any pics?

I don't want to look at the results.

So that's what the American tracks are like. Cool.

I can tell I'm a really slow learner. I broke a bunch of stuff. My arse was all over the shop.

Fantastic day. Beautiful drive down and back along the A272 between the A and M 3. I'd certainly do it again.

If you weren't there you missed an outstanding meeting. I wouldn't touch the track, it doesn't need to be shorter, narrower or need an infield.

I had Bowties and fat ribs and they look barely touched after a day. Although, I can't be certain, because they are caked in mud.

Elliott.

Thats how it always seems....You put a meeting together, loads of people say "Yep I'll be there and then on the day yur lucky to get half the people you should have got.It seems this is case for most clubs I have spoken to & for the club I run.:wtf: Went to East tracks this wend to what was the biggest meeting round these parts,Good prizes (RC10) nice astro track covered pits,Food etc &...........about 17 people!!!!:oI was expecting 30+

We had the B4 and the ZX5 and managed to rip the suspension off both of em! plus a couple of battery packs with "thin" bars just became sadle packs ? no wonder Jordan was stuttering last turn in his final.

Drive back to the A34 - Winchester - was outstanding, beautiful piece of road.

Grant, there will be some pics up at some stage as i know Mick and Jordan were taking some :cool:

Can anyone post their final setups from yesterday? How were the B4s running for those that ran them?

*cough* :)

Elliott.

B4 set up would be something liek this...if they took my advise.......

frnt;

no 1, 35wt, brown spring. middle hole on tower. outside on arm
short link with 1 washer.

rear;

no 2, 30wt, silver spring, inside hole on tower. inside hole on arm.

2 degree sqwat.

big wing.

cells middle.

I didn't get any advice LeeRoy!! I just ran a set-up that i found on the net for loose bumpy dirt :D

Front

Inside hole on shock tower
Outer hole on wishbone
30wt, No 1, Brown Springs
30 Deg Casters

Rear

Inside hole on shock tower
Inside hold on wishbone
25wt, No 2, Silver Springs

S/Short wheelbase
Cells Back
Big Wing


To be fair it could have been a bit better but it was working well enough for me not to worry about changing it, and i don't think it would have been possible to really generate that much more grip from the car - maybe just a bit of fine tuning but saying that i'd probably still run what Lee suggests for next time :) - He knows the car better then i do that's for sure ;)

First pic, Mick just sent it to me! Gotta say the full size version is awesome, you can see all the dirt flying up in the air, great job again to Jordan for taking it!!

http://www.anything-cars.com/images/...lanfield_A.jpg

wheres the rest???

and some of my car?

is there not enough pics of your car already Pretty Boy !!!!!!!!!!! :p

Hahah i'm sure he's got loads Lee - he just mailed me that one as he was impressed with the way Jordan had got the car in full frame, the full res one is superb!!

no theres not..........

lol

whats wrong with you !!! Mardy arse :cool:........

ahahahah........

shhhhh tank girl!

I will start to sort em now, but may take a couple of days, that orange jumps off the screen like a glowing ember ! may have to try and knock it back a bit, tires not showing any sign of wear tho. Mick

I'm glad you guys liked the track, I had a bit of a culture shock as did the rest of you as I normally go round it with an LST, and have no trouble "seeing" it., but when I stood up on the rostrum and drove my "little" 1/10th round for the 1st time, It was like nothing I'd driven before.:eh?:

Must agree, the turnout was a bit lame, and as I like 1/10th I did wonder if Tony (Bolwell) thought maybe it was a waste of time inviting a load of electric buggy boys over. I think he enjoyed it though as it wasn't hectic like the barrage of nitro meetings (RX national, XRay, club round, T&T national) he ran last month.

I hope we have another one, and this time, bring your mates, all of them.

Anyone interested in my set up for my DF03?:D

Front:
TRF shocks,
Red springs
45wt
"Super Gripper" tyres

Rear:
blue springs

Motor: 16x2
Cells: RC2000

Laugh all you like:D, I did.

I will come if you have another, and I will try and bring some of the South East boys!!!!!!

my car fell apart on my very first lap for no apparent reason but once fixed i never touched it again all day :D
it survived a few tumbles i thought would kill it but kept going!
slapped the ground hard a lot of times when over jumping the doubles which didn't seem to bother it so i'd have to say the B4 is stronger than it looks ;)

i'm used to 8th but had no problem seeing my car all day, it didn't look that small to me even on the far side of the track!
i was expecting a fair few more drivers but im used to 8th meetings that fill up really quickly!
so you guys don't run on dirt tracks with jumps much then?
everone was smiling when they came down off the rostrum so it must have been an enjoyable experience for them!
dirt & jumpsd is where its at :D

didn't break a thing all day :D

Snap-er-oosies, Picturesque spot, dusty late in the afternoon sun, enjoy:

http://picasaweb.google.com/MickJack...ey=u9mDC9VHiUE

That track looks great!! What would it be like in the wet??? Nice pics too:)

Muddy:D, seriously though, It depends what sort of "wet" it is. As far as rain is concerned, It's actually better when it's pissing it down rather than just stopped, Cos the mud doesn't "stick". The track dries out, to the extent of having a true "dry" line, within an an hour or two. It really is an all weather track, despite it being made of dirt.

You guys must be bored af astroturf and block paviers by now, surely, lol:D

Clanfield for 1/10 off road, you know it makes sense.