Count me in to see ya all there :thumbsup::thumbsup:

tyre/setup wise stick with your grippy astro setup and see how things work for you, surface seems to suit different peoples cars with different setups to same car being used by a different person depending how much grip/slip you like, i ran worn bullseyes on a losi scte (the green and yellow one in video) and drifted nicely when wanted, but someone running new kourse kings on a hong nor 4wd had lots of oversteer,

best bet bring what you normally use tyre wise plus another set too try, ie minispikes and minipins, cord matting on straights is very grippy but corners are hard surface as its reversed carpet.

gearing wise it is a twisty track but quite open with a decent lenght straight (20m easy) so midrange ratio on pinions should be fine.

basically its a brilliant track to drive really good layout tricky enough to keep the pros happy while nothing to scare of the begginers out there :thumbsup:

Went over today to try the track out.
It's awesome. Big well done to all those involved. Track is well thought out and rewarding to drive and plenty of grip.

Haha your car prep is legendary Paul :thumbsup:

A couple more pics from todays work:

Plenty of room on the rostrum :thumbsup:

http://www.a1racingclub.com/media/ga...ld/photo14.jpg

http://www.a1racingclub.com/media/ga...ld/photo15.jpg

That looks great.........can we have a round with the lights off and the disco lights on! :woot::woot:

Looking great Chris. Roll on Tuesday only 2 more sleeps :thumbsup:.

I've posted my set-up from when I came up on the TD website so anyone with a DEX410 can have a look.

Second that, great track!!

Thank's for those comments chaps - see you next week!

Sunday Winter Series
 

Hi can any one confirm the start date and confirm the rest of the series dates for the Sunday Winter Series
Many Thanks

The dates will be up very shortly just a few bits to iron out:)

any confirmation on dates yet?

November 20th,
December 11th,
January 15th,
February 19th,
March 11th
april ?

These are the dates that we will be running booking in ect will be updated shortly

Hope this helps :thumbsup:

I'm fancying this. Are you running every tuesday night and what time do I need to be there? Its quite a trek for a club night but if Mr Skelding can do it I've got no excuse(live nearby). Cheers.

Hi first heat is on the line for 7:00, doors usually open about 5:30. Checkout the other thread for venue details.

If you think you might get to us late, pm me with your details and I can make sure your booked in :thumbsup:

Nice one buddy. Thanks for that.

Bit of trek for me too but looks good what time do you get finished

What tyres are people using for 2/4wd buggy? Are yellow minipins any good?

One of the buggy boys was talking the other day saying how good minipins are - but I'm sure he said 'blue' rather than 'yellow' - but don't quote me!

The majority of the track has now been covered in green indoor bowling green astro/carpet/mat. Less abrasive than the coir matting.

The photo's really don't do the track justice.

Can anyone confirm what tyres for A1? Is there a control tyre?

And do we need to pre-book or is it just on the day?

Thanks guys :thumbsup:

Hi Guys

The control tyre will be any Dboots tyre.

You can bookin on the day, but pre-book is, as always cheaper.

Web site all being well will be up later today with full details for the series.

The last round on April 17th 2012 is also now confirmed... :thumbsup:

Cheers

cool
 

Might come out of semi retirement for a play in two weeks !! :thumbsup:

OK, so we have got to use dBoots on any driven wheel.

Can anyone advise which tread/compound is working well for both 2wd and 4wd? And can tyres be bought on the day?

Thanks :thumbsup:

Tyres can be bought on the day at a discount.

If you book online then you will receive a discount code so you can get your tyres before the day. :thumbsup:

I'm sure one of the buggy drivers will be along shortly to confirm tread/compound.

Hi Chris,are we able to book in online yet,i cant find anywere,probably just me being thick and its a big flashing sign:blush:

Online booking will be available shortly when the web site is finished..... not long now :D

cheers Chris

anyone able to comment on which tyre/compound? and what's the wear rate like?

thanks :thumbsup:

Hi Toby,

When i went a couple of weeks ago i found the Terrabytes worked best but i think they might have changed the carpet since then. Hopefully Reg will let us know because he went last night.

terrabyte seem the best or though from what i have seen all the Dboot tyres seem to work well. I found the A compound to be faster last night but there was really nothing in it!

mini pins looked like the way to go,most were running them and they looked ok,i ran the hard dboots,nick gernell ran the soft dboots,they were just a bit loose

Be nice if we could run mini pins, most will have these ready to go at this time of year. Any news on having to run control tyre at the sunday meetings??

does look as though there is a control tyre to the dboots tyres, should be tyres in stock on the day from the supporting shop or from the club, from what was said on tuesday it seems that the short course classes dont have control tyre as the dboots sct tyres arent available yet, but definetly a control tyre for the buggys, (not sure if only applied to driven wheels for the 2wd.s) best guy to ask is SPYRO (chris)

+1

Lots of people have Mini pins already - unless the control tyres are heavily discounted, it seems an unnecessary additional expense to force people to run a particular tyre, especially when it is not something that most folk will have in their pit box already...

Most competitive racers would buy at least one set of tyres for a championship meeting at other series or regionals etc so it is only a case of buying a different type... they will be discounted as mentioned in a post above and everyone entering the championship is in the same situation.

failed argument and a myth that racers have an endless supply of brand new useable tyres in their pit box already or one set of life lasting yellow minipin tyres IMO

:confused:

Don't get so defensive!! It looks like you guys have done a great job of setting the track up and all the feedback I have read has been very positive :thumbsup:

It's your meeting and your rules. And you say dBoot control tyres. So dBoots it is - simples!

track looks good, was goin to do the sunday series but with the controlled tyre gona have to give it a miss

on a club night is it controlled aswel? if not i can pop over some nights

Tuesday club nights are definitely 'run what you've brung' - as long as it's safe of course.

No control tyres, open motor choice -as long as it's electric......