Neo2010!
 

www.theneorace.com :woot:

and so it begins :thumbsup::drool:

oh yes! Can't wait, without doubt the race I look forward to the most every year!

Oh yes cant wait for this :thumbsup:

No doubt I wont get in again :cry:

music on the promo video is cool, anyone know who it is ?
:drool:

Will they be having an 1/8th Electric class like last year?

Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage

Jst says 1/8th buggy, doesn't say wether its both types.



It all starts on my birthday!!!:thumbsup: Maybe I should enter?

Thanks Colin

lets hope not!:D

:o i take it your not a fan?? Petrol head through and through? :(

gutted on the dates will be in the us on hols
first one I will have missed since they started using the collage even when they were small meeting with doug hogg on the team

1/8 electric its just wrong:thumbdown: (fossil fuels are the future):thumbsup:or maybe steam

They was begging for them last year :woot: even offered free racing, so its popular :woot::woot::p

free entry was offered to a couple of people "on the day" just to make up the numbers last year as there were so few racing anyway.
for Neo09 Phil scheduled in a couple of heats to show an interest in a newly emerging class. but the slow takeup & the lack of any standardised rules/specs one year on still leaves electric 8th as a kind of novelty class!

such a big meeting with such a demand for entries doesn't really need another class to make up the numbers.
think of it another way..................its another 20 people racing in the main event :thumbsup:

anyone know the entry fee for this year?

£120

jeez gone up again..

might be up for this if i can get an entry and some nice person lending me a car ? mmm now where's Pidge :woot::woot:

It was totally new i thought for this country..?? Things like speedo and brushless conversions weren't readily available for the main stream cars made by the manufacturers of that said chassis.. Now though they all seem to be doing them.. Surely it has gained popularity? It would be a shame not to incude them in Neo 2010.

Look at the Inferno VE RTR.. absolute bargain at £350... a good beginners car without going into all the expense.. especially if you already have a couple of Lipos from 1/10th Off Road!!

How many people have Electric 8th's who would consider taking part? I for one would enter.. then if i enjoy it i could use the car i bought to go Nitro if i wanted to! :woot: :thumbsup:

There are fixed rules in the US now I think?

Definitely looks like just nitro this time round though, must be the best way they see of guaranteeing the turnout!

I want to attend!!!!!!!!! (Nitro ofcause)

Can't afford it though :cry:, not just entry but tyres also :cry:

Anyone need a pit man?

Oi.. ive already asked that! lol! :p

Tell you what if i get an entry.. i can use your Nitro car then you can be my pitman! :p lol!

Chris the track is really kind to the tyres & wear has never been an issue at Harper Adams.
of course there will be plenty of people who do go out on fresh boots every time but its not as much of an advantage as you might think :thumbsup:


as for the electric class the decision has already been made & its not open to negotiation. the only way there would be an electric race is if a big manuafacturer or similar threw some major sponsorship at the meeting & we know in the current economic climate that just isn't gonna happen so its gonna be all nitro :D

the plus side of all nitro is that more people will get to race in what has consistantly proven to be THE meeting of the year :thumbsup:

as for pitmen thats oldschool
i had a pit dolly last year & she was loooovely :wub:lol:

I presume if oOple decide to cover the event they might be allowed a plug socket :confused:

guffaw:woot:

i had to do some hard negotiating for you guys last year!
at one point you were gonna be chucked out!

i think the issue was "can we use 1 socket for the laptop" which in reality turned into can we plug in 5 power supplys running 3 chargers each !

bearing in mind the extension was primarily for the live results projector for the pitting area the guys had to ensure it wasn't tripped out ;)

We have just made the event website live.

As for Adams early comments about tyre wear, he is spot on. The first time I raced there (Neo06) I bought one set of Crimefighter M2's and one M3 (for the final), I reused these two sets of tyres again at the Pro-Line 2007 (@ DXR) and again for last years Neo when I was running electric. They still have plenty of life left!

It's going to be a good race!

I'd love to give this a go, the tracks always look awesome!! Couldn't one be run in the winter and not on a main holiday weekend?? gggrrrrrrrrr:(

Yeah thanks Adam for your help sorting it last year (you're bigger than those other guys!) - I think if it wasn't for my chums I'd have gone home either by will or by force :thumbsup::woot:

Not sure I'm allowed back this year though :lol: But while I'm here - can someone keep me 'poked' about 8th nationals, as I'd like to cover some of those, especially on the tracks that are nice to photograph (dirt tracks)

A reminder of Neo 09, and the excellent oOple review - Fancy being denied a couple of plug sockets....

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09/

I liked how we spent all the sponsorship dosh from SMD in the student bar on the first night :thumbsup: good times.

no amount of money can buy classics like these:

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09/day02/OOP_7210.jpg
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09/day02/OOP_7094.jpg

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09...s/IMG_9700.jpg

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09...s/OOP_0431.jpg

First event I've ever stumped up cash to rent a lens for this sort of image:
http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09...s/OOP_0770.jpg


http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/neo09/day04/OOP_1114.jpg

haha, I just looked through our neo09 coverage for the first time since the event - ! Good times! haha

What is the Maximum amount of entries capped to.

ok, so perhaps can afford tyres, but still..... not the entry... :cry: ... how long have I got to decide? I might be able to ebay some stuff.

I just hope I can get an entry this time, would love to attend this race.

NEO2010
 

No 1/8th Electric class this year because its shite and boring

And no plug sockets because Team oOple are all shit kickers and cant be trusted :woot:

:lol:

Lewis as diplomatic as ever :thumbsup:

220 entries received today:cry:

well the meetings getting close now!

only 4 months away :woot: