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ginger fixit 03-01-2008 07:56 PM

hi guys happy new year to all

here is an updated entry list 26 drivers so far still loads of room

2WD F1
======
Alex Hillman
Lee Martin
Richard Barton
Tristram Neal

2WD F2
======
Nick Goodall
Rob Rasey

2WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Andy Bell
Grant Fribbens
Ian Southwell
Keith Calder
Kevin Tombeur
Martin Barbour
Paul Wragg
Richard Saunders
Simon Hurds


4WD F1
======
Gareth Stanton

4WD F2
======
Andy Griffiths
Rob Rasey
Simon Chambers

4WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Carl Ventner
Jordan Cook
Giles Bishop
Grant Fribbens
Steve Thurlbourne

enrty form below
http://www.newburyrcclub.co.uk/forms/index.php

rowley 03-01-2008 07:58 PM

entry sent.......

showtime 03-01-2008 08:07 PM

any news on the track layout?
the jump section on 28th December worked really well :D

as did the crossover :D

rob8246 03-01-2008 11:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by showtime (Post 81422)
any news on the track layout?
the jump section on 28th December worked really well :D

as did the crossover :D

Me thinks that Andy has something special lined up for us all!! :o

ginger fixit 04-01-2008 12:09 PM

hi guys

robs right i have been designing a track making much better use of the clubs track marker system.

there is also 2 cross overs in the design and i will be extending the table top down ramp by 4 feet should make it a bit more user friendly

the track will be have more defined areas of carpet and wood rather than crossing carpet in all sorts of directions.

i will try and get an image up over the week end.

thanks for the entrys so far Andy bell :)

ginger fixit 05-01-2008 05:17 PM

entry up date

2WD F1
======

Chris Rowcliffe
Duncan Brass
Lee Martin
Richard Barton
Tristram Neal

2WD F2
======
Alex Hillman
Lloyd Story
Nick Goodall
Rob Rasey
roger mills
lloyd storey

2WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Andy Bell
Grant Fribbens
Ian Southwell
Keith Calder
Kevin Tombeur
Martin Barbour
Paul Wragg
Richard Saunders



4WD F1
======
Gareth Stanton

4WD F2
======
Andy Griffiths
Richard Ralph
Rob Rasey
Simon Chambers
roger mills
richard ralph

4WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Carl Ventner
Jordan Cook
Giles Bishop
Grant Fribbens
Steve Thurlbourne
Simon Hurds

32 drivers now things are looking good

PTRU 05-01-2008 05:52 PM

can someone put Tony Truman down for 2wd?

RogerM 05-01-2008 10:45 PM

Andy ..... thanks for the confirmation .... you seem to have worked out what I actually meant when I messed up the entry form ... twice .. LOL

ginger fixit 06-01-2008 04:12 PM

dont worry roger its kind of a hobby of mine working out what people mean i have a wife and 2 little girls so im used to working stuff out for my self

see you on the 20th if not before

thanks Andy Bell :)

ginger fixit 07-01-2008 08:37 PM

guys

lets get those entrys in week and a half to go ish we need your suport if we are going to offer indoor racing in the winter guys.


link below cheers Andy Bell :eh?:

Mash Potato 08-01-2008 09:24 AM

Just entered F3 4WD.

ginger fixit 08-01-2008 10:25 AM

top man :)

Lee Martin 08-01-2008 10:47 AM

andy u about to go on msn?

ginger fixit 08-01-2008 08:13 PM

up to date list for you guys

2WD F1
======
Chris Rowcliffe
Lee Martin
Richard Barton

Tristram Neal

2WD F2
======
Alex Hillman
Cameron Taylor
Lloyd Story
Mark Johnston
Nick Goodall
Rob Rasey
Roger Mills
Simon Freeman

2WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Andy Bell
Duncan Brass
Grant Fribbens
Ian Southwell
Keith Calder
Kevin Tombeur
Martin Barbour
Paul Wragg
Richard Saunders

22 2wd


4WD F1
======
Gareth Stanton
mark knight
matt perry

4WD F2
======
Andy Griffiths
Richard Ralph
Rob Rasey
Roger Mills
Simon Chambers

4WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Carl Ventner
David Mudford
Giles Bishop
Grant Fribbens
Jason Moller
Jordan Cook
Marc Nascimento
Steve Thurlbourne
Simon Hurds

18 4wd

keep them coming loads of room entries will stay open till night before and if its raining you can still turn up on the day

thanks guys Andy :)

Lee Martin 09-01-2008 09:12 AM

trish aint a F1!!!!!!

ginger fixit 09-01-2008 10:45 AM

hes gona beat you this time pidge i recon now he races for mk

LOL you coming to play friday we have a new table top for you to try

laters Andy :)

mobile chicane 12-01-2008 02:02 AM

42 entries so far still loads of space at the hall with a fantastic new rostrum which easily holds 10 new better table top.

I'm pretty sure Pt's can also be used and if they are I'll test my one on my 4wd zx5 on set up saturday to make sure we have no nasty suprises.

Remember all indoors pit right next to the track you only get wet moving stuff from car boot to hall :)

:D

ginger fixit 13-01-2008 03:50 PM

hi guys


ive drawn up th track im thinking of building for sunday next week its all set for 3m wide everywhere and also the landings for the cross overs are some 4 m now instead of just 2.5,

we have extended the table top as well its now spans 7meters so should be alot more fun.

i would love peoples points of view on it please good and bad that way i can change it before sunday

thanks Andy

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f2...Picture003.jpg

showtime 13-01-2008 03:57 PM

looks good Andy. 2 crossovers :o

loving that :D

whats the square in the middle marked mini? is it a new feature?

frogger 13-01-2008 04:03 PM

Awesome. :D

ginger fixit 13-01-2008 04:04 PM

that would be a mini table top it might end up as a combination with a kicker as well see how the track pans out when people tell me what they think :confused:

showtime 13-01-2008 04:36 PM

the jump combination you had on 28December with the kicker before the tabletop was awesome! everyone was enjoying that :D
so if there's room for a kicker slip one in ;)

RogerM 13-01-2008 04:43 PM

Andy, aside from my usual concern with features you can't roll through (although I have to say the cross-overs look far better arranged than the first encounter I had with them) it looks good apart from the first crossover you come to .... the one after the "Mini" table top.

My concern with that is that as you aproaching it from a 90 deg corner, launching off slippy floor, people might find it awkward to hit the kicker straight and true and if they have to lift off on the previous corner they might not get enough drive to clear the gap. Obviously until you drive it you won't know!!! (might be worth trying putting a temp tack marker in place limiting the apex to say 300mm wide (as might be the case with a series of crashed cars there if somebody tried to do something foolish up the inisde of that corner) and see if the worst jumper at your club can clear it, both from a rolling start from that apex and and standing start.

If there is an issue it might be resolved a little by turning the whole feature through about 45 degrees clockwise (so the lander falls into the empty area on the bottom right of your picture). It might just need a grippy surface for the acceleration area and surface of the kicker.

Just a couple of ideas if it does cause a problem.

The other thing that may cause an issue is the divider between the landing area of the 2nd crossover and the lanuch area of the first. Have you got anything that you can use to make a "wall" there to help prevent crossing into the other section (from say a silly attempt at the jump or just a landing bad enough to cause a barrel roll). Has Mark got an advertising board / hording that could be mounted there to act as a catch fence?

The extra landing area on both crossovers will make them far more enjoyable for the majority and certainly help the track flow. The exit from the main straight should let everything sort itself out at the start of finals. Cars should already be spread out by the time they get to the first crossover. Marshals should be easy enough to spread out without hindering the drivers view. Nice clean entry to the straight. All looking good.

How high is the "Mini" table top in relation to the small ramp behind it? Will the 2nd small ramp be clearly visible from the rostrum even by us vertically challenged people? Impossible to tell from a drawing but I thought I'd mention it as your keen for feedback.


On the whole though that layout looks really flowing and a nice blend of slippy and grippy apexes, again to my tastes a nicer layout than the first event. Great blend of flying and driving. :)

(Disclaimer ....... my comments are aimed purely at Andy (and his team) in response to his request for feedback and nothing else. Please lets not start an off-raod track verses touring track verses Red Bull air race track debate.)

ginger fixit 13-01-2008 07:05 PM

hi rog

thanks as always for your mini novals as replys LOL

i hope i dont miss anything out of your comment,
on the first x over agreed there is a slippy bit there we do have an off cut so it will be filling that spot sorry should have drawn that in as for the angle we still have around 3 meters in the hall thats not in the picture so basily the picture is 30m by 17m in scale but we have 33m by 19m to build the track in the venue alowing for a forgotten apex here and there so we can adjust angle of entry so on.

of course we will try and make someway of stopping the enevinatable track marker jumping after the x cover in front of race control worst part of indoor racing trying to get a lot in in a small space.

the mini table top is 1ft from the floor and 4 feet long so hopefully wont be in the way its untryed yet so we will have to wait and see exciting isnt it

thanks for your comments roger hope i have answered them Andy :)

mobile chicane 13-01-2008 07:19 PM

cool tabletop right by the rostrum I can jump my car catch it do some tweaks then throw it back out :D

c0sie 13-01-2008 07:48 PM

w00t w00t!
Can you say "air time"?
:D

smk 13-01-2008 07:52 PM

Scoring system for MK Winter Series
 
I've updated the webpage with the following text about how the series will be decided.

Each meeting will consist of 4 heats and one final. Fastest single heat will be used to qualify for the finals.

Points will be scored 101 for fastest qualifier, 99 for second fastest, 98, 97, 96 etc. The A Final winner will get 100 points, 2nd will get 99, third 98 etc. B Final winner will get 90 and so on. Drivers will add qualifying points to final points for a total Round score.

The winter series will be scored by adding the two best Round scores for each driver. In the event of a tie, any third score will be the tie-breaker.

Everyone should get a representative qualifying from one of their 4 heats. Results and scores will be published on the Monday after raceday. For the third meeting, I'll make a spreadsheet that will work out the results a few minutes after the last final, so we can all go home knowing where we finished.

If anyone doesn't understand the above (and wants too!) let me know and I'll have another go at explaining.

RogerM 14-01-2008 12:05 AM

Andy ..... sounds like you've got it covered!!!

Should be good.

smk ...... so FTD qualifying, same scoring system as was used in days gone by for RRCi meetings etc.

All makes perfect sense for a meeting like yours where the track should remain constant all day.

Teddy truman 14-01-2008 08:05 AM

The track changed last time!! as the weather got colder outside the slippery floor got less grip. i cant wait! the track these guys put down last time was mint!

oh and Roger get out more mate....... you do ramble on about rubbish:eh?:

ginger fixit 14-01-2008 02:19 PM

up to date list

2WD F1
======
Chris Rowcliffe
Lee Martin
Richard Barton
Tristram Neal
Tony Truman
Wes Myles

2WD F2
======
Alex Hillman
Cameron Taylor
Justin Mackey
Lloyd Story
Mark Johnston
Nick Goodall
Rob Rasey
Roger Mills
Shaun Austen
Simon Freeman
Tony Scott

2WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Duncan Brass
Grant Fribbens
Ian Southwell
Keith Calder
Kevin Tombeur
Martin Barbour
Paul Wragg
Richard Saunders
Robert Rance

25 2wd


4WD F1
======
Gareth Stanton
Mark Knight
Matt Perry

4WD F2
======
Andy Bell
Andy Griffiths
Richard Ralph
Rob Rasey
Roger Mills
Simon Chambers

4WD F3
======
Adam Lewis
Carl Ventner
David Mudford
Giles Bishop
Grant Fribbens
Jason Moller
Jordan Cook
Marc Nascimento
Steve Thurlbourne
Simon Hurds

19 4wd

rowley 14-01-2008 07:10 PM

Chaps,

Couple of general queries:

What time do the doors open sunday morning?
I guess its bring your own tables and chairs?
Is there mains power freely available?
Is it free practice?

I apologise if these questions have already been asked!

showtime 14-01-2008 07:30 PM

yeah bring your own table & chairs, there are some chairs there but its better to have one & not need it rather than need one etc ;)

there is mains hookup but sockets are limited, at the very least bring an extension lead with a few outlets :)

JCJC 14-01-2008 08:43 PM

Rowley try:

http://www.newburyrcclub.co.uk/mkwinter.htm

showtime 14-01-2008 09:16 PM

there's some pics from the last event on this page here -

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthre...t=6079&page=16

Rich Cree also posted a short vid :)

ginger fixit 15-01-2008 11:33 AM

guys

thought i would just reminded every body that we wont br closing the entrys till sat night and you can also turn up on the day if for any reason you havnt booked in ie if its to wet to race cos were gona be nice and dry :D

GRIFF55 15-01-2008 12:39 PM

Will pt's work??
Cheers

ginger fixit 15-01-2008 12:49 PM

should do we have a different loop this time :D

Body Paint 15-01-2008 01:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ginger fixit (Post 84669)
guys

thought i would just reminded every body that we wont br closing the entrys till sat night and you can also turn up on the day if for any reason you havnt booked in ie if its to wet to race cos were gona be nice and dry :D

Good, good, I forgot to do mine. Just sent it now:D

mobile chicane 15-01-2008 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GRIFF55 (Post 84688)
Will pt's work??
Cheers


I will be doing some serious testing with my one on saturday

mw02veg 15-01-2008 05:30 PM

just a word of warning it is indoor racing but it was colder insidethan outside last time so take extra clothes alot of ppl got caught out!!


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