Summer Series Round 1 – April 14th 2013 Booking In
 

Hi All,

Booking in for our 2013 Summer Series is now open.

After confirmation from our landlord and with consideration of an already tightly packed 1/10th off road calendar, TCRCMC can now announce the dates for our 5 round summer series to be held at our outdoor grass track.

TCRCMC Venues

Round 1 – April 14th 2013

Round 2 – May 5th 2013

Round 3 – May 26th 2013

Round 4 – June 23rd 2013

Round 5 – August 11th 2013


The series will be open to 2wd, 4wd, Short Course and Stadium Trucks (Should entry numbers be sufficient to run a heat) so make sure you save the spaces in your calender for what promises to be an awesome series.

Series will be scored on 3 rounds out of the 5 to count.

Hot food & Drink is available via the onsite Cafe and also the club tuck shop.
Meeting Entry Fee:

TCRCMC Club Members:

1 Class = £10
Each additional Class = £5
£40 for all 5 rounds (1 class, pre-paid)
Non Members:

1 Class = £12.50
Each additional Class = £7
£55 for all 5 rounds (1 class, pre-paid)

Entry fees can be paid by cash on the day or Paypal to the following address: [email protected]

Please povide the following details when booking in:

Name
Class/es
Ability
Frequency
PT Number

Entry List:

Matt James 2wd
James White 2wd
Matt Fletcher 2wd
Mark Fowler 2wd
Darren Arundall 2wd
Lance Peerman 2wd
Hugo Peerman 2wd
Andrew Tait 2wd
Paul Clark 2wd
Colin Buck 2wd
Kev Gardiner 2wd

Matt Owen 4wd

Mark Fowler Sc
Matt Fletcher St

Good to see you guys will be up and running this year, can I just ask a question not having a dig or anything far from it....

Where do the entry fee prices come from?

The reason I ask is other clubs in and around the region charge between 4 and 7 pounds for club meetings (outdoor clubs) nationals are £10 as are regionals. From my chats with various clubs etc they are keeping fee's as low as possible to help with members and new members. And these are all successful clubs who have large followings, and have also built the clubs up.

Anyway good to see another track

Hi John,

Many thanks for the question.

At the start if the year we as a Comittee, sat down and discussed the outdoor track, and the part these discussions were the obviously how many meetings can we run without destroying the track.

As we all know all the other tracks in he region run on AstroTurf, whilst we run on grass. We decided on seven, maybe eight full day meetings, with a few club nights should the track hold up. So in reality maybe we will hold fifteen meetings this year.

Then if you consider some of the other clubs in region they hold maybe 60 meeting per year.

I'd imagine, and this a guess that we have similar running costs as the other clubs in the region, but unfortunately we can run far less meetings. What we can do is offer something that no other club can. A grass track, which we as a club need to seed and now throughout the year. We also want to grow and spend any funds we do make on improving the venues that we run.

Our landlord, has if we want allowed us to lay astro, but we feel that at this stage we offer more to the region by running a grass track, than an astro track. If we were to lay astro, we could run all year round, and if we were to do so I'd imagine the cost of racing would be cheaper. We also probably have more land available than any other club in the country.

I don't really want to get into a debate of race fees, as I think as a whole race entries are to cheap, especially when you consider the hundreds as racers we spend on all the best equipment/cars/esc's/etc.

However the most expensive club is £8 per meeting, which is what we're offering our members, and anyone attending can also purchase tyres at a cheaper rate. If anyone wants details of membership then please let me know.

Thanks for the reply Matt, some good points made.

Are you doing the weeknights outdoors ??

There's a couple of Fridays later in the year when the school is unavailable, so we will run outdoors, should they track hold up well, and we may be able to squeeze a few more in as well.

Unfortunately I can't make the 14th as the FIA World Endurance Championship is at Silverstone on Sunday. However will there still be Friday night indoor racing on the 12th?

Any one up for short course ?, after laying the track I really want to race my truck as well as 2wd.

Stadium!! :thumbsup:

Unfortunately the first 2 rounds clash with the the first 2 rounds of the Shortcourse nationals - so a few of the local SC drivers, myself included, will be there. Later in the series hopefully.

Track Pic
 

The track has been laid, and some temporary features are being put in this week, before the big build ready for round two. We call this one the monster.

There's still plenty of time to book in, so get you name down.

Please note, our landlord has stated that the land is used by the club on race days only. Anyone found using the track will trespassing. The track is covered by CCTV so if you are found on the land the landlord will be speaking with you, and you will be reported to the appropriate authorities.

The club will ban any person found trespassing from any future meetings, as per our agreement with the landlord.

Did Mr White design that layout!?!? :woot:

Looking good.

Please book me in.

Matt Owen
4wd

He did mate, I think he's fitting his 2.5 x20 as we speak.

What time does it kick off Sunday? Apologies if this has been put up somewhere already but I can't seem to find it

Thanks
Paul

We'll put a schedule up later on in the week dependant on numbers. We're thinking of starting a bit later, maybe heat one for around 10.30.

Let us know your preference, as we're flexible.

If sun out and track dry start 'racing' at 10.00 then nice finish too ;)

Purely selfish request :woot:

It's nowhere near as fast as it looks :cry:

Any advice on tyres for the grass track?

I'll ask permission from the boss but hopefully will be there this sunday.

Hi Matt

Please book me in for 4wd please. PT Number, Frequency and Ability (unfortunately) are all unchanged from the last time I raced with you guys.


Thanks

Yellow mini spikes or ballistic spikes in white or green if it's wet/damp will be the way to go