A.R.C Raceway, Colchester, Essex

[A.R.C Raceway]

Hi there,
new fully astro offroad track opening for first meeting sunday 26th sept. 1/8 th nitro classes catered for, but if enough interest shown, will run electric classes too.
you will need pt as no handout tx's.
there is a facebook page with more info.
Track is located at butterfly lodge farm, abberton, essex, CO5 7LG.
gates open at 08.00

regards
Mark
events manager
ARC racing

[A.R.C Raceway]

hopefully attachments work.................

[Swalls]

That looks sweeeeeet to me, shame I'm up north!

[A.R.C Raceway]

practice day on saturday. £5 allday.
sunday will be open meeting. £10 allday. 5 min heats. final. Gates open at 08.00 on both days.
look forward to seing you there.

Mark
events manager

[Chesty]

Wow! That looks impressive.

There's a few of us in the north essex/south suffolk area needing a dedicated off road track to race on now our club has gone into hibernation...

We run 1/10th electric, is the track suitable for these - its certainly big enough - I'm thinking 7/8 laps in 5 mins

[A.R.C Raceway]

Originally Posted by Chesty

Wow! That looks impressive.

There's a few of us in the north essex/south suffolk area needing a dedicated off road track to race on now our club has gone into hibernation...

We run 1/10th electric, is the track suitable for these - its certainly big enough - I'm thinking 7/8 laps in 5 mins

come on over. we cater for electrics too. 35 to 40 sec lap. will use the arc 400 course. is roughly 400metres in length. 3 different layouts are available to be run. look forward to seeing you. am looking to set up winter series. dates TBA. starting early nov. more than welcome to attend the open meetings.
regards
Mark
events manager

[Roundthebend]

Hi Mark
I was talking to a couple of off road racers at the weekend and they said they had tried to find the track but could'nt. As I live fairly local I said I would see if I could find the address. Coming from Gt Wigborough the sat nav took me left into Chuch Road, then into Peldon Road. I went up and down this stretch to the end a couple of times, asked a couple of locals, they said, never heard of it, and gave up. Are there any better directions, is it opposite something? is it in Peldon Road? You could be losing prospective racers.
Regards
Bob

[No. 46]

Its on the mersea road B1025. The Butterfly lodge farm were the circuit is based was well sign posted when i went there on Saturday. Its an awesome circuit. I just can't wait to get racing there

[lewis666]

sound like a cool track. is it open all week or only on saturdays and sundays? also what if you don't have personal transponder? i don't but i can't afford one at the moment.

also i can't find the facebook page can we have a link?

sounds and looks like a cool track i hope you get good turn outs at meetings

many thanks

lewis

[A.R.C Raceway]

Originally Posted by Roundthebend

Hi Mark
I was talking to a couple of off road racers at the weekend and they said they had tried to find the track but could'nt. As I live fairly local I said I would see if I could find the address. Coming from Gt Wigborough the sat nav took me left into Chuch Road, then into Peldon Road. I went up and down this stretch to the end a couple of times, asked a couple of locals, they said, never heard of it, and gave up. Are there any better directions, is it opposite something? is it in Peldon Road? You could be losing prospective racers.
Regards
Bob

comments have been made that some satnavs do not take you the correct way.
the access is at butterfly lodge farm on the mersea rd. the peldon rd does go right behind the track. track is located next to the grey wind turbine that sticks above the trees.
hope this helps.

Mark
events manager

[A.R.C Raceway]

Originally Posted by lewis666

sound like a cool track. is it open all week or only on saturdays and sundays? also what if you don't have personal transponder? i don't but i can't afford one at the moment.

also i can't find the facebook page can we have a link?

sounds and looks like a cool track i hope you get good turn outs at meetings

many thanks

lewis

track is open for practice saturdays. £5.
the track will be open during the week but no set times arranged as of yet. will let you all know soon once confirmed.
no transponder should not be an issue. we can still manully count your laps.

thanks Lewis.
regards
Mark
events manager

[Aaran]

how wide is your track out of intrest? its almsot big enough to run a 1/5th on there

[DNC]

Hi
I'm gonna go down for a practice with my 8th.
I've never run on astro before. Whats the best tyres to run??

[learnerdriver]

taken off thread on maxbashing, remember the fronts will need 2 -3 rows trimming off (suggest trying to get hold of some second hand ones)

Quote:
Originally Posted by Acksaw
Spirals will work in the wet and dry but may be too much in the dry.

The best tyres are as follows:

Dry:
Schumacher Mini Pins
or
Schumacher Mini Spikes (My preference on the longer pile astro)

Wet:
Hobao angle spikes
or
Schumacher Spirals

Don't think anyone could moan at that list
that should just about cover it, just remember that the spikes and pins will need some trimming IMO

hope this helps

[Benh]

A few of us went down and raced 1:10 Electric. Very good!!!

[No. 46]

Second that. Was great for 10th electric. Easy enough to get round but really hard to get a spot on lap. Loved every minute of the racing today, the track just let you push harder and harder and harder then just as you thought you had the better of the track it bit you in the arse

The track really rewarded good, smooth driving and let you carry some massive corner speed if you felt brave enough, as well as some massive air over the jumps

Can't wait to get back on track in a couple of weeks time.

[No. 46]

Video here

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yK6uB7gDXQ&feature=sub