New Buggy club - Newcastle - Friday night
 

On Friday 6th August, a new racing venue will open in the North East.
Benfield School, Newcastle, will host racing on a Friday night.
Club times 6pm - 10:30pm
6pm - 7pm will be setting up the club.
7pm onwards will be racing.

There are two halls on the site. Initially, the smaller hall will be used, but if a good number of racers turn up, a very big hall will be used for racing. so Let's all support this new racing venue.
Organised by Mick Buckle, Gordon and Ross...let's show our support.

Typical. I've just moved to Gateshead. Hope this venture goes well but Friday night? Seriousley? Make it a Tuesday or Wednesday and you will get lots more!!

excellent !! Always nice to have a new venue/setup - see you there :thumbsup:

Have you got a postcode for the school?
Will possibly be having a look up with Greg

friday night racing
 

WELCOME TO GATESHEAD MODEL CAR CLUB .

Which now has a new venue at Benfield school Newcastle and is under new management.
(and on that point we wish to thank John and Sandra Flamson for all their hard work with the club over the years.)

(The 1st night of racing will be held on Friday the 6th August and will be on every Friday after.)

Racing will remain on a Friday evening with a slightly new time.

6.15 -- Doors open / track building.
6.45 -- Race Practice.
7.15 -- Racing / round one.
7.45 -- Racing / round two.
8.15 -- Racing / round three.
8.45 -- Racing / round four.
9.15 -- Finals.
10.00 -- Clear away.
10.30 -- need to out of hall.

The hall/ gym we are using has a polished wood floor.
There is ample room for pitting but with limited tables, chairs and power points. So if you have your own table chairs and car battery feel free to bring them along.

As before the club will mainly run as a 1/10th buggy club. But will run touring car heats depending on numbers.
We will also be looking to try and run 6 or 7 mins heats depending on popularity.


We would appreciate as much help as possible with the building and packing away of the track. We understand due to work and other commitments getting there early may be difficult. so all we ask if you can do your bit to help.

The place is really easy to find and has ample secure parking.
( car park is located behind the school just off cherrywood)

Benfield School
Benfield road
Newcastle Upon Tyne
NE6 4NU

just in case you get lost hear is a link to a map.

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...ed=0CB0QnwIwAQ

Hope to see you soon.

Mint, it's got to be a friday night so we can pack up and go out round the town straight after racing. Maybe clubbing and then home. :thumbsup:

I'll be there this week :thumbsup:

Well we have had our first nights racing and the club was very pleased with the turnout of 13 racers in total, significantly more than we had expected and had been used to at Gateshead. Thank you all for turning up and having patience when we had our teething problems.

The teething problems were expected to some degree and I must admit I was very pleased with everybodies attitude and response when requested to help solve the issues. The positive side to this is the next time we should reduce the number of problems as most people now know what to expect and are learning how to set the computer up week by week.

The racing was very close and the final postions from both finals are below.

A final
1. Gregg Williams
2. Ross Murray
3. Paul Hindson
4. Peter Craig
5. Mike Buckle
6. Jonathan Clark

B Final
1. Gordon Irvine
2. Nigel Johnson
3. Chris Haves
4. Ellis Carrick
5. Michael Auton
6. David Walker
7. Ryan Harrison


Once again thank you for coming and hope to see you again next week.

Please feel free to PM with your thoughts on how the club can be improved if you so wish. From the feedback recieved the club would aim to take on board the thoughts and opinions to continually improve the club and cement its future.

Thanks

Ross

Well done tonight lads, it was a very good night
Good size hall & nice track layout, racing was very close & enjoyable to watch.
Shame we will be away for the next few weeks, but will definately be back when time permits

Barry

any pics taken of track and size layout ?

video posted
 

Link below is for a 60 second video from last nights racing.

Im above the track on the 1st floor :lol:... sorry the basketball board getting in the way :)

CLICK HERE FOR VIDEO

Thanks.

Teething troubles with computer system did nothing to spoil a good night, good work by all those involved in setting up this new venue, good to see some different faces there, a vast improvement over our previous venue, deffo worth a look for anybody wanting to race in the newcastle area.

I might try to pop along next Friday night,,,,, I am new to buggy racing but willing to give it a go, I have a table to use but only one set of lipo saddles for my b44 so would need a power outlet for my charger.

I am unable to lift/bend etc to set up or Marshall so hope thus won't be too much of a trouble to everyone.

What is the preferred tyre for the surface at the venue.

Carole

Carole

I can assure you there will be power for charging as most people need to charge between races.

The club understand and accept not all members can marshall providing a valid reason is given. There will always be somebody to step in for your marshalling duties so there is no need to worry and there is a multitude of skill levels at the club so no doubt you will have somebody to race against.

Look forward to seeing you

Thanks and Regards

Ross

yes a very enjoyable nights racing. the track was a good size and made for so close racing. cant wait till next Friday.

( yellow tyres work the best, mini pins, mini spike or full spikes)

Went last nite, great venue for this club!! Enjoyed the durango first time out!!

:thumbsup::thumbsup:

Is there racing on tonight?

I hope so, Im going.

Top night of racing, cant wait til next week!

yeah it was good fun..i should be be there in a couple of weeks as EOS finals are this week.

Anyone going this Friday (3rd Sept)? Longbenton is on but I'm up for the double if a few can make it??

might pop down this friday

I'll be there.

Thank you for all the positive replies.

The results from last week

A final
1. Chris Green
2. Chris Pattinson
3. Mick Buckle
4. Ross Murray

B Final
1. Gordon Irvine
2. Kash Kahn
3. Mike West
4. Paul Johnson

Look forwading to racing again this week!

Thanks

Ross

I'll be there try out my new Durango R depending on if my silicone double sided tape arrives!

Wot you need that 4 david??

Gotta be good strong stuff if it can stop him swearing from the rostrum :woot:

(only joking DP - I know you had your aggression gland surgically removed years ago!)

Thinking of coming down from Scotland with a few of the buggy guys from our club one friday night, www.falkirkrcc.co.uk and making a night of it.What tyres do most guys run on and is there jumps and so on.
Many thanks
Scotty..........

Yellow mini spikes mostly, the floor is pretty grippy after a couple of rounds! there's actually a youtube video of the track on the first page of this thread!

Scotty,

Yellow minispikes are the preferred tyre choice. Yes there are jumps and bumps with carpet here and there.

Good turnout tonight and some close racing once again.

Results

A Final

1. Chris Green (Fastest Lap)
2. Andy Pearson
3. Paul Hindson
4. Chris Pattinson
5. Chris Clarke
6. Peter Watt

B Final

1. Ross Murray (Fastest Lap)
2. Ellis Carrick
3. Gordon Irvine
4. Paul Carr
5. Keith Shields

Thanks all for coming and hope to see you again next week.

Ross

Yeah, great night racing.

Sorry to Peter for causing the crash on the straight, my front wheel stripped, and the car spun.

See y'all next week.

ha, ha, dont worry about it chris, a racing incedent. Had a lot of fun, very competitive racing. Ill be back....... with a new wishbone fitted.:)

Right guys i've been speaking to a few of the guys and it looks like it's a goer. Can you confirm that you are on every friday and will be for the forsseable. I'm hoping we can bring a good turnout down and have a laugh and good racing with you guys. Do you also run 2wd and 4wd classes or are they all mixed.
Thanks in advance
Scotty....

Someone else will need to confirm if the club is on everyweek for the forseeable future but, I'd imagine our regular numbers would be down on 17th September (UK F345 finals weekend)

I wont be there this week (bents park on sunday) or next (f345's) but should be there 24th!

Scotty,

I can confirm the club will be on for the foreseable future every Friday. The only times the club will be off is for any repair work or when the centre is closed. In these instances the club will have prior notification and will be post on the forum well in advance.

We look forward to racing with/ against you.

Regards

Ross

also look forward to racing against you scotty. hope to see you soon.

a good nights racing once again last night after a few running repairs made A final . track was great. roll on next week cant wait

Dont forget Sunday Guys!!! Bents Park, theres a car show there as well !!

Results from fridays racing

A final

1. Mike Buckle
2. Chris Haves
3. Paul Hindson
4. Ross Murray

B Final

1. Ellis Carrick
2. Paul Carr
3. David Walker

Thanks again.

Ross