Possible new club venue in Nottinghamshire
 

We are looking to expand from 1/18th off-road into 1/10th off road and have a potential venue.

If we were to run a single 'test' meeting on 22nd June how many folks would come? Venue near Newark, Nottinghamshire with excellent road links via A1, A17 and A46

Track would be grass with a good height 'earth bank' rostrum complete with safety fence. Classes : 4WD and 2WD mod.

Plenty of parking and pitting space. Village pub a short walk!

Please post if you would consider attending.

Tim, i'd attend if nothing on, which i'm sure I haven't. Think a new venue/club with in the region will be more than welcome by all. Location wise it would be spot on, with all the off road clubs either in Lincolnshire or Nottingham your club is bang in the middle :thumbsup:

thats good news tim,count me in and im sure i can bring some more derby guys over too

Can slap an on-line entry form on Me-or if you want Tim. Then you will know how many prospective drivers you will be getting. PM me with an e-mail address and we will get it sorted.

ME-OR Grand Prix would be good, with full race report etc ;)

Yeah man :) Me-or GP is in the pipeline for next year :)

Lets have one this year, new venue, new GP meeting. Bish, Bash, Bosh. Bobs ya Uncle, Fannys ya Aunt and all that business. :woot::woot::woot:

Would love to see you fill a two day event in three weeks bud. ;)

You have a point Rob its a bit shorter notice but wasn't thinking a two day event (for this year at least) but a one day one. I'm sure with the power of the internet and word of mouth the meeting will be well attended :thumbsup:

should be good if we get enough drivers.
just got to pray for good weather!!

Entry forms
 

OK - We are just waiting for the final go-ahead from the Community Centre committee re usage of the field on the 22nd.

I will post an entry form on the forum as soon as I have confirmation.

Format to be 3 rounds of qualifying and 2 leg finals.

Classes : 2WD modified motors inc. Brushless (LiPo allowed), 4WD modified motors inc. Brushless (LiPo allowed)

Race Fees : Dependent on final hire costs - but should be about £5 per driver per class.

If you would like an entry form e-mailed to you direct please send an e-mail to me with 'FMR 10th' in the subject line and I will send you one as a pdf attachment.

Hope everyone makes a effort to come - should be a good day! Racing will start at about 10am, with gates open at 8am. This is just a club meeting - so the emphasis will be on friendly competition!!

Any volunteers to help out setting up welcome!! Just send me a PM, or email.

email addy : [email protected]

Only 3 rounds of qualifying? I presume it will be round by round? Will it be 2 from 3? If so it doesnt leave much room for error.

Yeah - I know 4 rounds would be better, but club software only allows for 3 rounds a qualis - until we have funds to upgrade!

Hence 2 legs of finals (possibly 3 if we have time!) to give as much racing time as we can.

Will be RBR and 2 from 3 - so no there is not a lot of room for error I guess!

It is our first tenth meeting as a club so we are looking to gauge interest.

The venue looks promising though.

Please can everyone who lives locally make an effort to attend if they are interested so we can work out if there is the demand!

Well Ill be there anyway. Im sure there will be enough interest.:thumbsup:

What software is it tim? I can't believe that it will only allow you to do three rounds of qualifying for round by round. I thought even the free ones did that :)

I have always wanted to try the laps racing system at a meeting where your final position overall is based on race points. Mass starts each run. I think we need to bring the racing back into radio controlled car racing :thumbsup:

It's bbkRC ECO.

Let's have a vote on the day - I'd sooner go for LAPS racing style.

For me, with the absence of finals, we are there to RACE rather than qualify. Gives more room to make up for a bad run, and a chance for drivers to race people of an ability above their usual. Also makes overtaking, and coping with 'traffic' more of a factor and, for me, more fun!

OK - it's all on!

Venue happy! Please make sure you follow the signs on the day re car-parking!

If you want to enter then please either ask me to email an entry form, send an email to tim@scmodels and put 'FMR 10th' in the subject line!

Alternatively download one from the FMR website, where you will find directions to the venue - make sure you look at the Winthorpe directions!

http://web.mac.com/shortsco/fmr

You can also enter on line! Click here!

Entry Fee of £5 payable on the day!

Pre-Booking now open
 

Right pre-booking for this event is open and can be done through the me-or site here.

http://me-or.co.uk/index.php?option=...orms&Itemid=72

More information can be found here

http://me-or.co.uk

and here

http://me-or.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=101&Item id=31

I like the idea of the Laps system.
It'll be a full days 'racing'. :thumbsup:

can't wait hope the weathers fine:thumbsup: