Having gone through the process building WORM in Somerset, I can fully appreciate your pain with getting things moving.
We started building WORM in early April last year (2012), had over 20 work parties, some with only 1 or 2 at but most with between 5 and 8 people attending, and it took us until 30th September to have the fully astroturf track ready to race on.
Every work party was as back breaking as anything I've ever attempted before, typically meaning I could hardly walk straight and upright for a few days afterwards! I do sit at a desk all day everyday though, so I'm not exactly in peak physical shape
If Astroturf is in your plan, then be prepared for a MASSIVE amount of effort. We did it mostly by hand as lifting equipment would have cost money we didn't have, and couldn't have driven across the landscaped area we created without digging it all up as it was so wet all last year.
It literally took a minimum of 7 people to move each roll of astro, 6 people simply couldn't move it...and there were over 20 rolls to move.
Hang on in there though...don't rush, get it right first time as you won't want to be doing it again once your finished. Carefully design and plan your track area, get the offroad shapes and features right...(test it before your astro is laid if you can!)...and the rewards will be there to see.
We've just hosted our first regional, with over 50 cars racing last Sunday (even with a number of regulars and known SW racers missing) at WORM...so the South West def has growing RC support. Our club days have over 40 people attending once a fortnight now, and it's really great to see RC racing in good shape in the area.
Once you get up and running our regions calenders will be over flowing...Tiverton, WORM, WCRCCC and yourselves all running means we'll all need to look to grow our local support more than ever to ensure to we don't spread the current racers too thinly and reduce numbers at each club. But clubs do grow numbers if promoted well...we've had all number of people come out of the wood work since we started!
Looking forward to seeing some pictures soon though...the site sounds like it has great potential...and the blood sweat and tears will be worth it in the end if you do it right!
