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WBMCC - Bridgford Buggy Blitz 2013/14

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WBMCC are proud to present their Saturday Indoor Off Road Championships in association with our sponsors Schumacher Racing. Held in West Bridgford, Nottingham, on one of the biggest carpet tracks in the country. The Indoor off road championships are back by popular demand!

Dates: 26 October, 23 November, 7 December, 18 January, 15 February & 22 March

Venue: West Bridgford School, Loughborough Road, West Bridgford, Nottingham, NG2 7FA

The track is one of the biggest carpet tracks in the country (592 square meters) and with the addition of purpose built jumps and obstacles, and also surface changes, WBMCC offer a great challenge to all drivers of all abilities.

Classes: 2wd buggies, 4wd buggies, SCT 2wd and SCT 4wd (SCT classes will be only run If enough apply)

Pre-booking: Pre-booking for this can be found on this page. Pre-booking is essential for the championship so that we know that the meetings can go ahead. Pre-booking will close the Tuesday night prior to each event.

clicky here to pre book.

Price: Adults £10.00 and Juniors £7.00 per class per day , £7.00 if you do another class on the same day. (Juniors - under 16)

Championship: Each event is split into two rounds of the championship. One round points based on qualifying position, second round based on final finishing position. Out of the total 12 rounds of the championship, 8 will count towards the end of series standings. At the end of the series trophies will be provided to the winners, we will also be holding an end of season raffle. To enter the raffle, each round of the championship you enter will get you a ticket, so the more rounds you enter the more chances you have of winning. (Please note that to gain entry to the raffle you need to have done enough rounds to qualify for the championship.)
At the end of the series trophies will be provided to the winners, we will also be holding an end of season raffle. To enter the raffle, each round of the championship you enter will get you a ticket, so the more rounds you enter the more chances you have of winning. (Please note that to gain entry to the raffle you need to have done enough rounds to qualify for the championship.)
Doors open 8am
pratice and booking in 8:15am

Race day format:
4 rounds of round by round qualifying with best two to count
Finals: - 1 Leg final for everybody.

Rules:

BRCA card and the use of a lipo sack are required .

2wd Buggies

Any 1:10 Scale off-road 2WD Buggy
Any Electric Motor
BRCA Legal 2-cell lipo
Shock Towers Must have some sort of protection to protect carpet.
Rear Axle Control Tyres Schumacher Yellow Mini Pins U6608, U6742 or Schumacher Venom whites Road tyre
Front Any Schumacher off road tyre

4wd Buggies

Any 1:10 Scale off-road 4WD Buggy
Any Electric Motor
BRCA Legal 2-cell lipo
Shock Towers Must have some sort of protection to protect carpet.
Rear Axle Control Tyres Schumacher Yellow Mini Pins U6608, U6742 or Schumacher Venom whites Road tyre
Front Any Schumacher off road tyre

Short Course Trucks 2wd + 4wd (Classes will be split)

Any 1:10 scale electric Short Course Based Truck, 2wd only
Any Electric Motor
BRCA Legal 2-cell lipo or BRCA Legal 6-cell NIMH Batteries
Schumacher SCT Minispike (U6766, U6769, U6773) SCT mini pins (U6767, U6768, U6774)

Awesome, count me in :thumbsup:

Won't be able to do two of the dates obviously :(

I'll certainly make one or two :)

Woo Hoo! I have some of that!
Can't wait!

Is now open for bookings...

Pre booking is now officially open, all 6 dates confirmed

please pre book here

:thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

Dave, I've just filled my form in but the last round got missed off it for some reason. Can you put me down for them all please?

:thumbsup:Booked in cant wait, woo hoo

I'm booked in,just hope the wife isn't working on any:(

Only managed the first one last year but I did enjoy it:)

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Originally Posted by john333 (Post 803371)

Dave, I've just filled my form in but the last round got missed off it for some reason. Can you put me down for them all please?

will add you in :D

u6720 road tyres allowed

These are the tires allowed to be used at this event:

Schumacher Yellow Mini Pins U6608, U6742 or (Schumacher Venom Road tyre U6720 - awaiting approval)

:):)

Dont forget to pre book, more that do means we can pit in the gym and have a bigger track to race on . :)

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

We will have some new ramps & a new table top for this year, so hopefully Matt wont be under it with his tool kit.
:thumbsup::thumbsup:

24 entries so far. just over 2 weeks to go. :D

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Originally Posted by Dave Dodd (Post 808745)

24 entries so far. just over 2 weeks to go. :D

Not using the small hall then...

I'm booked in 2wd and 4wd :thumbsup:

Cheers muzzie.. and everyone else whom has booked in so far.
We are currently just shy of 30 entries now but I think you might be right Rob.
We should be able to manage in the hall.

How many more do you need to have pitting in the smaller hall (leaving the bigger hall just for the track)?

Another 10 to secure the gym. Last year we had roughly 40 pre book and further entries turning up on the day. :D

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Originally Posted by Dave Dodd (Post 805072)

These are the tires allowed to be used at this event:

Schumacher Yellow Mini Pins U6608, U6742 or (Schumacher Venom Road tyre U6720 - awaiting approval)

:):)

Dont forget to pre book, more that do means we can pit in the gym and have a bigger track to race on . :)

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Is there any update on tyres to be used as me and my lad might come racing but don't want to have to buy 4 sets of rears if only 1 type are allowed

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Originally Posted by luniemiester (Post 809363)

Is there any update on tyres to be used as me and my lad might come racing but don't want to have to buy 4 sets of rears if only 1 type are allowed

for round 1, use the mini pins on the rear U6608.

the new venom tyres are currently unavailable to the public as they are still being tested by various clubs.

comments from various club drivers suggest U6720 venom silvers, as not being very good. hopefully for round 2 the new whites and yellows will be available..

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Originally Posted by Dave Dodd (Post 809355)

Another 10 to secure the gym. Last year we had roughly 40 pre book and further entries turning up on the day. :D

I think there'll be a few turn up on the day Dave tbh, talking to people at Worksop yesterday. No good for you wanting exact numbers.
Be nice to see a few more book in. :confused:

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Originally Posted by Pedros20 (Post 809481)

I think there'll be a few turn up on the day Dave tbh, talking to people at Worksop yesterday. No good for you wanting exact numbers.
Be nice to see a few more book in. :confused:

Thanks. :D

I know what you mean, its no different to club nights, half pre book and the other half turn up on the night or pre book at the last minute..

also pre booking will close 1 week tomorrow (22.10.13), this is to give us time to cancel the gym if need be.

Fingers crossed some more in then Dave. Be nice to get the gym room as well.

now closer to 35 entries :thumbsup:

keep them coming :D

Good news, gym now available for pitting :-D
Keep your pre booking coming :-)

Roughly 50 drivers have now pre-booked :D, brilliant keep them coming.

Please remember to cover/protect your front shock tower, this is to stop it digging in to the carpet, which also saves the tower too.

Excellent turn out for round one, 55 entries in all, 47 of which were 2wd. The new modular table top worked well and can be walked on to marshal cars, fast flowing circuit with technical obstacles. Close racing in all finals.

2wd: 1st Iain Mellish, 2nd Lloyd Storey, 3rd Eugene Galley
4wd: 1st Leigh Richardson, 2nd Abi Bullivant, 3rd James Bullivant
(sorry no pics)

hope to see you all at the next round and spread the word. :thumbsup:

Round 2 is on the 23rd November

Tyres, Additive & Shop

The new venom whites will be allowed in this championship as soon as they are made available.

:D

Shop: Autocare & Cycles, I carry a small amount of spares and tires at each round (club nights too). if there is anything you think you may need before each round, let me know (wednesday b4 each round prefered) and i can make sure i have it with me.. most common parts carried are Team C, Associated and Schumacher :)

Big mistake to allow yet another tyre be used, especially with additives. Supposed to be keeping costs down, and level the playing field---a bit:confused:

keeping costs down is one of the reasons behind allowing them: from recent testing their grip is similar to pins but they don't wear anywhere near as quick. A couple of guys have been testing them on our club nights and they have no obvious benefits on lap times over pins and seem to run best without additive. Whilst I agree that a level playing field is a good thing, drivers will go with the better tyre at the end of the day.

Seeing as it's control tyres, any chance of a discount if we buy them from the club or supporting shop? :woot:

2 sets of mini pins and a set of stagger ribs at retail price = expensive race day!

A new Schumacher tyre is now available for the buggies part no. U6790, venom road tyre in white compound and works well with a tubby insert.
These tires are allowed to be used in the Saturday off road championship.

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Round 2, 23rd November

Click here for more information.

Its an excellent off road event, definitely worth a visit, even if i do say so myself :D

Plenty of spaces available, always close racing throughout the heats. :)

Who will take the glory for rd2, Schumacher or Team C ??

Looks like it could be a Team C challenge this Saturday, with most of the Team C team taking part :D
will we see any of the Xray or Schumacher teams or team drivers, to really mix it up :D

will be a good one :D

Shock tower protectors

Intending to come tomorrow, however there is a mention in the rules of shock tower protectors, are these available to buy from the club? FYI, I run an RB6, which the front shock tower seems fairly carpet friendly, unlike the carbon towers and forward facing shock mount screws.

I've never known them not to be available from there, they need to get a good stock for tomorrow because there are quite a few new drivers coming

My aim for tomorrow was to try and scrape into the B final.......that's gone out the window now:woot:
Be good to see some of the team drivers there from Team C:thumbsup:

Excellent round with 61 entries, fantastic close racing throughout the heats.
Awesome racing in the top heats, with team c and Schumacher drivers fighting it out.
A huge thanks to everyone that took part and to those that helped the running of it Inc track work.. :D

Round 3 is 7th December, only 2 weeks away.

Hi,

Great day guys... Thanks

Phil