It is a real shame that they clash, I really can't make my mind up where to go this week, Stotfold, or Coastal:confused:

It may mean I end up not doing any of the Regionals at all.

have to say I'm in the same boat.

Don't say that.... someone needs to keep Hubbard in his place!

I think George can manage that ok without me!

Thing for me is, if I miss round 1, I'm unsure about round 2 as well as I couldn't get the night off work, so if I miss 2 rounds, it's not worth doing the rest, would need 4 good scores from 4 meetings, no room for errors or problems.

Sunday
 

Is it normal times at coastal on Sunday? Of gates opening at 9. Cheers.

Yep as normal gates open at 9am.
45 entries so far, its going to be a great meeting.:thumbsup:
Chris has booked in but to anybody else if you or your mates intend to race please book in it will make sunday morning run so much smoother and mean we get racing sooner.

Gonna miss Mr Myall not being there, for our last meeting was epic! :thumbsup: Unfortunately, he is right about George. Also, there are some names I don't recognise and some I do, so giving it the big spuds now would only create a bigger fall/fool (both spellings apply).


On a positive note, I hope Myally will look at the current list of drivers at Stot and do some math. Given his current position, he would need to be 8th or higher to jump a place or 5th to get 3rd overall (pending others results).


I would goad and say things like, "Myallys only going to Stotfold to get an easy race", or "he doesn't want to come and race against me as he know I am a Worlds A-Finalist in Z-Finalist disguise". But silly taunts don't work.....;)

2 more are looking to come along. Just waiting for their BRCA numbers.
(Wiggles 4WD/ Kieran 2WD):thumbsup:

They'll book in before the weekend.

Hubbard, how have you managed this? Have you leant him that book...."how to get one over the mrs" or are you a Jedi?:lol::lol:
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The annoying thing for me is that I should've/could've finished 8th or higher at the last meeting, but for the car feeling slow all day, then found out after I got home that I'd forgoten to plug the sensor lead into the motor:o pluged it back in, and warp speed returned:lol:

Where ever I end up this week, it'll be a last minute thing.

I'm sure they said the same last year to, so I'll belive it when I see them;)

Saying that though, Tokes has already booked in, so stranger things can happen!

On a side issue, Tom, will LiPos be getting checked this year? don't want to spend £££s on new BRCA legal ones only to find out that peeps are using dodgy cheapo Chinese things:thumbdown:

This isn't something I'd put any substantial amount of money on. Although he seemed very keen when I said 'these dates ARE the ones you're looking for'.

In recent experience the cheap dodgy chinese things have been much better behaved than the £££ BRCA ones:thumbsup::thumbsup:

We've had a few LRP lipos go up down the swanny recently but the turnigy lipos are proving popular and are going strong, pretty sure that they identical to some on the brca other than a sticker:confused:

Having spoken to Tom he has asked me to pass onto everyone that EoE homologation compliance checks were only being applied to drivers who have won a regional series, a club competition, or competed at Stotfold in the last 12 months and in the interest of fairness, these are the only batteries being allowed. LINK

Best of luck everyone:thumbsup:

a rule like that could only come from sufolk:lol:, you missed the bit about crossing norfolk/sufolk borders with poss ilegal lipos.....you can get burnt in a wicker man for that:woot:.

Can I just say that talking about running non-homologated batteries in a regional series on an open forum is asking for the regional series to become void before it even gets started!!

Everyone should be running batteries and motors from the homologation list if they are to compete in the regional series. They along with a LIPO sack will also be required should anyone wish to compete in the end of season finals.

I would also suspect that the club insurance may become void if a problem were to occur from a non-homologated cell.

Does it really matter if Joe Bloggs comes along to race at a regional race, with there madrat or the like, with a pack of batteries that aren't on the brca list. They are not likely to be worrying the top of the time sheets and disturbing the outcome of the meeting.

The racers at the top end of the time sheets know the rules and what they should and shouldn't be running. The drivers that want to race for the brca championship will have the right equipment because that will be one of the criteria when purchasing the equipment.

Just a quick point, all of the people commenting on this subject are not booked in to race in the series.

JCB has a point,Tom needs to read the book and check the rules.As this is a BRCA sanctioned Competition.A regional BRCA meeting does have to run with some of the basic rules to match the other regions, thus all the drivers in the country are running on an even field, as at the end Tom will send the results in for F grading,and for BRCA 345 finals etc.
Now the way I see it.some of the basic rules,batterys,motors and also time keeping and track dimensions etc should be the same nation wide,
Now I agree about premoting the region,but also this is a BRCA meeting,one rule for one and one for another will open a can of worms,and also get the smoking man on the phone:woot:.

and to the last note, no I'm not booked in,but I could and I can ask questions of my local BRCA meetings, as I am a BRCA member.

It's a BRCA event so will be run to the rule book, Ben has not spoke to me regarding homologation lists! The above comment is not my view.
We wil not be turning drivers away but whilst it's a sanctioned event guidlines have to be followed, please feel free to PM or Email me with any concerns.

Thanks
Tom

Yeah shut up Hubbard:p

Just because I am not booked in for the first meeting doesn't mean I'm not turning up to the rest, so I think I should be able to comment!

+1 on that. The Turnigy hardpacks are now, apparently ROAR approved. Not sure whether the NanoTech's are but they're what I use and they're the most reliable LiPos I've ever used.

Cheerz!

Rootz

can u remove me from the 2wd list .. thanks

So we will need lipo sacks

not many people use them at the club anyway...

lipos
 

wot lipos do u need 4 regionals ??

I missed this when first posted, sadly I am already booked into the 1/8th National at Wombwell. Gutted Im going to miss it, hope it goes well.

The list of batteries and motors are all listed on this page

http://www.brca.org/?q=content/homol...-updates/14218


You can use any batteries from the 2012 list, plus all the previous years lists too and it's the same with motors.

Thanks for that John, very helpfull.
Shall we drop the lipo and motor chat and try and keep the thread Event related?
Nobody will be turned away from racing within reason, all the info is available on the BRCA site or from myself by PM or Email.

48 entries so far, it's going to be great meeting!
Well as long as the F1 is on in the pits???

Firstly Tom I think we can now make that 50 as Scott and Barry Fitzgerald are both wanting to be booked in for 2wd.
Secondly, Mr Hubbard.. Are you forgetting its the debut of the DEX !!
Finally F1 is sorted, I'l have sky go playing..
See you all on sunday:thumbsup:

Great news 51 entries so far.:thumbsup:

Freud termed it as Motivated Forgetting. It's an individual's way of blocking traumatic or uncomfortable thoughts or experiences. You have 4 driven wheels which falls into the traumatic. :lol:

50+:thumbsup:

50 +
 

Thats 50+ people plus the touring car and mini people all pitting together!! lets hope for some decent weather so some can pit outside!!

bagsy i'm indoors!!:lol:

Coastal host meetings beyond 80 drivers. Our band of merry folk will be no problem for them. Although those SC trucks aren't the most efficient of space users. Speaking of which.... I want one. Anyone out there with more money than sense wanting to sponsor a driver. CV stands at, cleaned nothing, maintained nothing, won nothing.
However, that does mean as a sponsor you can take credit for any, if any improvement. I expect my inbox to be full after this so please allow 48 hours for a response.

50+ drivers?? whatever time will the meeting finish:o

What is the planned format, still 3 qualiy heats plus 3 leg finals? as going by the mega club meet results from the end of Feb, it looked like the last rounds of finals weren't run.

Need to know if that I was to come, would I be going straight to work for 10pm:lol:

If the drivers details are entered into the system the day before and the start is set to auto, it should be fine. I'm looking forward to the crazies, racing and Marshalling 3 times in an hour.

Considering 5 minute races, 1 minute start times, 30 seconds for last laps, 1minute transition times, that's about 22 minutes of marshalling, and 22minutes of track time. Or in other words 45 minutes of legging it around every 60minutes.

As long as we have all the details before Sunday, we can get started on time - that was the problem at the meeting you refer to John, it took longer than we thought entering all the new drivers into the database.
We have plans to make sure the time between heats is kept to a minimum, and the drivers can be at their marshall points with the minimum of delay;)

Blast Mr H you are quicker than I am at replying:thumbsup:

Edited:lol: Just need to hear that after a race on the tarmac and i'll be happy man!

Never:p