1/10 off road at badmcc
 

hi all..mark Penney here..wanting to gauge interest in running1/10 off road up at badmcc's excellent 1/8 track..this will be a purpose built track inside the 1/8 track..work will take place over the winter ready for spring...I will be heavily involved along with Barkley to get this project running..for those who don't know this club please visit their website for pics and vids..and of course it will be all dirt..1/10 on dirt..nothing could be better....classes run and format will depend on numbers..but hopefully we will generate enough people to make it worthy of possible Irish national racing..I know drop inn racing and 5mile town have lots of members..if we could get all to race there could be 30+ drivers..I hope the dmcc will also support this giving us more competitors.maybe 1/10off road can be a force again just like it used to be..please leave feedback or contact me on 07518365079..

Hi Mark,

William White here. I'd expect there will be plenty of interest in this within the DMCC regarding this and most of the competitors are prepared to travel.

1/10th electric is going through a spurge of growth at the moment and to get a national round up at BADMCC would be great. There is already talk of there being an event in Cork for next year.

Nice one William..spread the word,rally the troops..this is a chance to put 1/10 back where it belongs..at the top of the rc tree..

I would love to see 1/10th off-road getting a come back in Ireland as a whole, if we got a track of BADMCC's quality for 1/10th in dirt it would be awesome. Might even attract some people from across the pond if it's dirt!

I could be up for this the odd time, its a bit far for a regular trip when we have racing in Dublin every weekend. Good luck with it though.

Well obviously we won't be travelling every week, but if we tried to get up for the big meetings 3 or 4 times over the season.

that's fine..everyone has a home track they stick to..no one can really travel like that every other weekend..but maybe in the very near future we could have a proper Irish championship like the days of old.. I know ballymena has a decent astro track, although I havnt been there and is it navans astro track.. These tracks are also possible for 1/10 providing the clubs will let us run,..from what I gather they will..although they may need a little work for 1/10..but will get these clubs extra members and a better racing atmosphere with more racers..I'm getting really excited about these prospects..

Having raced 1/8th off Road @ the BADMCC, the prospect of a 10th off road track is quite appealing.

The current 8th track is unreal so I can imagine what the lads up there will build. A meeting every month or 6 weeks with plenty of notice wouldn't be a problem for me. Also the idea of getting back to the old association type championship would be great. I get to throw a burger on the floor again in McDonalds in Lisburn.

I will support this the best I can, for me it will always have to be Sundays as I work Saturdays.

Thanks Mark.

Brian MacManus.

This is great news for 1/10 off road in ireland.The national series will get a great following with different surface tracks,i would have no problem traveling up a few times a year.
John Dungan

I'm thrilled by this news too, really looking forward to it - I hope to see (and compete in) 2wd and Trucks (open or Short Course, both good!), and maybe 4wd too.

If you need any help with the project, I can help in an online capacity (I'm a web geek).

great news lads having all different types of tracks is briillant keeps every body interested i wouldnt have a problem travelling up a couple times a year :thumbsup::thumbsup: hope it all goes well for badmcc.
nigel dungan

Cool, i finally may have somewhere to use the bowties and holeshot tires i have left over from the euros :drool:

I note the Prolines are a tad more expensive than the usual Schumacher spikes - how do the Schumacher Multi Bow and Multi Block tyres compare, they're a bit cheaper?

never seen the schue tyres but running dirt tyres are great ..wondering if we should have a control tyre..

They're part of the Core RC range - quite a bit cheaper than Prolines:

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CR144 Multi Bow; 1-10 Off Rd 4WD Front In Stock £6.37 (£7.48) http://www.racing-cars.com/sp/catego...button_buy.gif http://www.racing-cars.com/images/cr144_wt.jpg
CR145 Multi Block; 1-10 Off Rd Rear In Stock £6.80 (£7.99) http://www.racing-cars.com/sp/catego...button_buy.gif http://www.racing-cars.com/images/cr145_wt.jpg
CR146 Multi Block; 1-10 Off Rd 4WD Front In Stock £6.37 (£7.48) http://www.racing-cars.com/sp/catego...button_buy.gif http://www.racing-cars.com/images/cr146_wt.jpg

Would probably be worth running open tyres for the first couple of meets so we can try anything people have lying around, etc to see what works well and doesnt wear too badly.

A control tyre would be good, well probably best to have one or two so you have a dry/wet option.

I agree with u steve..we all have dirt tyres of some sort lying around..might as well use them..I wouldn't want the first few meets to be full of restrictions..gonna take a few meets to see what's what..them we can make decisions..

I picked up 2 pairs of bow ties and 2 pairs of step pins on ebay for a tenner! Been sitting on my shelf for about 18months now - at last a chance to use them :thumbsup:

Hi guys.

Some of you may know me already. My name is Martin O'Doherty and I am a member at BADMCC.

The club has a (click>>>) 1/10 thread (<<<click) on our club forum relating to this topic. We would appreciate it if anyone interested in making this happen could click on the link above and pop over there to leave us your thoughts or views.

We will be meeting on Monday 21st Feb at 1930hrs or 7.30pm at The Tannery (Chestnut Lodge) 6 Chestnut Hill Road, Moira, BT67 0LW.

Anyone interested please come along and see if we can make this happen.

Thanks in advance

Marty

Don't know if we can make this idea stick but I'm interested. :thumbsup:

Hi all,

This would be a fantastic development for the sport here. BADMCC have run large events before and would surely be able to host RCCAOI rounds and hopefully regular racing.

With 2 clubs in the immediate area, development of this facility may result in some "restructuring" in those clubs - and I would hope that they would come together in the outdoor season to race together. Although the racing is good in both clubs at the moment, no decent standard of driving is going to happen in Drop-Inn or CVMCC without a proper outdoor track.

The building of a 1/10 track at BADMCC has been spoken about casually since Xmas, and I know that there are dozens of people keen to see it work. Please register your interest on the BADMCC forum, so this happens!

Regards

William White - DMCC

Thanks......

Hi Jim,

Reading it back - I sound a bit derogatory in my post, but it's not meant to be. Drop-Inn and CVMCC both have a batch of young/Junior racers that could be the stars of the future...... if given the opportunity to do so.
The proper outdoor track is a must.

Regards,

William

Lol, Jim an Will handbags at Dawn!

I know where will is coming from, racing on one surface and one surface alone is never going to give you the wide ranged skill-set required to do well at an international level. There are good racers at CVMCC but realistically none of them would be even fit to put it in an E or F final at a UK national, nevermind anything international!

Handbag will be going with me on Thursday night by the look of things.....I'll get to you before the 2 leading Truggy drivers in the country have a wee word.........:p

Off road driving is a technique which takes some mastering but there have been some sweeping comments recently which doesn't really reflect the driving ability of some of our younger drivers let alone those who raced quite a number of years ago......lol

Get Lee Martin over and he'd show you that there's no real pace in Ireland because there isn't enough actual off-road racing being done on a variety of tracks against a variety of drivers.

you have to remember that lee is world class....he would show up that any country and prove that people dont have enough pace..id kill to get racing as much as he is....would certainly improve me....

Anybody getting to race with as much variation and sheer time driving would improve a he'll of a lot but that doesn't really change the fact that at the moment the overall average pace in Ireland would be relatively low when compared to that of the UK national championship.

A lot of that is down to lack of variation in the driving especially when comparing the style of tracks raced. Racing in fivemiletown is good fun and competitive but the people who've ony driven there would have a massive culture shock when going to different surfaces.

All the regular top "A" finalists at CVMCC have had experience driving on different surfaces.....:p

Agree there is only a handful, if that, of drivers from the North who have experience racing 1\10th off road. However there should be a wealth of drivers who raced for Clubs before the lack of interest in the class began. Whether these drivers will have a budget or interest to come back to compete in the class, time will tell.

I dont think the standard is that bad here now!

Any update on the meeting that was held Monday?

As agreed at the club meeting on Monday past, BADMCC will try and make 1/10 racing available this year. The intention is to modify the existing layout to make a track within a track, bypassing the unsuitable features. This is to be able to be done within a few minutes so we can run a 1/10 heat on normal race days along with the normal 1/8 nitros. Initially there will be no class division etc until we see how it all pans out, but it is hoped the 1/10 guys will come together to agree on this at a later date.

There is a meeting scheduled at the track for Sunday 27th @ 11.30am for 1/10 drivers to give their input of modifying the track layout to make it more suitable. Anyone interested is welcome to come along and see for themselves and put forward any views or suggestions.

On a separate matter, the club will also allow any 1/8 electric to run alongside the nitros. Anyone interested please get in touch.

sundays not happening...some people couldnt make it,spoke to barkley, he is only going there to lift the track ready for maintenance so no immediate panic...the track will be going ahead...spoke to barkley yesterday at length...although the track may not be a perfect 1/10 track like some people may think, its a fantastic base for our class to start with...if the class is well supported through the year and looks promising for the future barkley has stated a purpose built track is possible...this will be astro turf so as it will be able to be used all year round...so come all you guys this is our chance...i only hope all who have gave me confidence that this will work will turn up and support it...

Hi guys ,we will be holding an open day with sheduled heat practice for 1/8 nitro and 1/10 electric on the 10th april gates open from 9am . We have worked a smaller track within a track for the 1/10th that switches with 3 pipe changes very quick and easy .
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ooooo and no 1/10 does not use the big jump;)

Why not???? Don't see it as a problem

Here is why TRACK FOR 1/10 http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/d...etenth2011.jpg

That looks very fast and sweeping! I'll add that date to my calendar.

Any thoughts on tyres? Are we looking at Schumachers, or more dirt-oriented rubber?

Dirt tyres it's hard packed . Spikes will be useless .

I just had another look at the tyres available to us; it seems SMD do not bring JConcepts 1/10th tyres into the UK. That leaves Proline, plus the Core RC ones by Schumacher I've previously mentioned, and these Fastrax ones which look awfully similar to the Core RC ones. Price is a lot more palatable than the Prolines.

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