At last someone from my neck of the woods!
I am in Ledbury, and am currently doing the 4wd regionals (Mid-West Region) this year, but due to the terrible weather have only managed to get to one meeting!
As Ashley says: you will start at F5 to begin with... I would stick with regionals until you are at least F3 grade, otherwise the nationals can be a little disheartening. Also there are plenty of great tracks to race on in mid-west without travelling massive distances.
Normally Dudley start winter indoor meetings on carpet/polished floor with jumps. You can easily get away with one set of tyres for a meeting indoors, and use this worn set for practice at the next meeting. I used a set for two meetings without problems on my B4 last year. The only tyres you really need are Schumacher Yellow and Green minispikes all round, as well as some BBG Green spikes (possibly all round, or rear only with schumey green minispikes on the front).
Not sure how popular the south-west meetings are, but it is regularly 50 drivers at mid-west regionals.
Hope this helps
Mark
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