Had a little thought about a 24 enduro.

[The Chef]

I have a little itch that may need scratching, I would like to Co run a 24 hour enduro, for a charity called limb care. They do all sorts of fabulous work with amputees of all ages and disabilities. They have helped My wife and our family no end and I would love to give them something back. I'm thinking of going one of two ways.

I would be looking a 10 teams of 6 the first idea was £50 per head entry and you use one of your own cars and get an orca Q spark combo to run in it, so it would just need batteries, receiver and servo. Then the speedos and motors get ebayed and all proceeds go to Limb care.

The second more preferred option would be £100 per head entry and you get. An X2C and Qspark combo. The entry fee left over from the kit and combo go straight to Limb care. The winning team get to keep a car and combo each and the remaining 4 cars and combos could be donated to which ever club I can get to host it as loan cars for newbys to try/race. It would be lovely to make the disabled world aware of this hobby as it is something that can be enjoyed by almost every body. If this turns out to be a go then I can look into the marketing, sponsorship and getting the press involved. Ect it would raise the profile of the hobby and do both club and charity lots of good.

You would be able to select your own teams but I would like a show of hand for the options. The second is the preferred option as it benefits more people, hell you could even get work or something to sponsor your entry.


The event would be run indoors obviously on mixed surface like the RC arena when it was at High wycombe, that kind of size. Please let me know.

If this turns out to be a success then it could be an annual event.

The brands that I have mentioned were for illistration purposes We would run what ever gear that I could get the best deals on.

K

[Col]

Per head, or per team?

[The Chef]

As it says dude per head.

[Col]

Just checking!

Per head, I'm out.

£100, maybe £150 per team I'd be tempted.

Just to clarify I'll not actually be there either way. I'm not allowed out to play at the moment!

[freddie]

i would be up for that

[The Chef]

Originally Posted by Col

Just checking!

Per head, I'm out.

£100, maybe £150 per team I'd be tempted.

Just to clarify I'll not actually be there either way. I'm not allowed out to play at the moment!

Have you been bad. ?


It is a charity. and could be an anual event. think what 24 hours racing would normally cost even 4 hours as that is probably about the amount of track time each person would see. if you pay £10 or there abouts for you normal club meet and get 3 quali's and a final that 20min racing in theriory 4 hours would ccost around £120 so it's not really that dear is it!

Thank you Freddie.

So far we have a team of 2

[billyboy9002]

I'd be up for this, if there is anything I can do to help let me know

[The Chef]

Thank you. If this works perhaps next year we could choose a different charity or even the winning team could choose the charity on the next one if this is successful.

[Northy]

Originally Posted by The Chef

It is a charity. and could be an anual event. think what 24 hours racing would normally cost even 4 hours as that is probably about the amount of track time each person would see. if you pay £10 or there abouts for you normal club meet and get 3 quali's and a final that 20min racing in theriory 4 hours would ccost around £120 so it's not really that dear is it!

It usually costs around £100 per team......

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/ebor24-2009/

and

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/ebor2010/

For charity too.

I like the idea, I'm not shooting you down.

G

[c0sie]

Originally Posted by Northy

I like the idea, I'm not shooting you down.

G

Ive heard that somewhere before....

[daz]

Originally Posted by Col

I'm not allowed out to play at the moment!

The truth is finally out

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

£600 per team seems a bit much doesn't it... I know it's for charity, but still...

[russmini]

I might be interested, but seriously, you need to bring the cost down. £100 per head is, i'm sorry, just ridiculous.

I do my part for charity, as do a few other i know on oOple, but i would never dream of asking anywhere near that. To be honest, i aim (in what i do) for £5 per person. Obviously what you're doing is totally different, but just think you need to re-evaluate.

There is no way you can compare it to 'normal racing fee's'

Good Luck though.

[The Chef]

My thoughts were so that car and electrics were to supplied and I was kind of thinking that people could possibly get the entry sponsored.

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

Originally Posted by The Chef

My thoughts were so that car and electrics were to supplied and I was kind of thinking that people could possibly get the entry sponsored.

But a car for the team doesn't cost £600...

£150 per team would attract more interest

[Nas]

I think its a fantastic idea. BUT its very expensive... I know its for charity, but £600.00 per group!!. As the others say £150.00 per group sounds better

Thanks

[Frecklychimp]

I agree about entry fee situation,

£100-£150 per team is more acceptable if its based on 6 drivers per team

In comparison we have 2 teams booked in for UK Endurance masters which is a 6hr 1/8th nitro meeting.... entry fee was £125 per team and you get an engine and fuel supplied... but trying to get the drivers to cough up £25 towards it has been hard work...

R/C enthusiasts are a bit tight when it comes to anything that doesn't make a toy car go faster... entry fees is the classic... spend thousands on the equipment but moan about paying a fiver to race the kit!

We are looking at running a 24hr electric 1/10th offroad meeting next summer since fitting floodlights to our venue, but can't plan any dates until early next year when the BRCA calendar is sorted

I would try getting the meeting sponsored in order to boost charity contributions, some distributors or businesses may be interested in donating prizes towards a raffle etc.

Its a good idea though, so try and make it work

[The Chef]

Originally Posted by Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson

But a car for the team doesn't cost £600...

£150 per team would attract more interest

A car, ESC and a Motor. is going to cost about £290

At £150 it would be run your own gear.

[Robbiejuk]

Originally Posted by The Chef

A car, ESC and a Motor. is going to cost about £290

At £150 it would be run your own gear.

Maybe that is a better option. You have no intial outlay and £150 goes straight to charity. 10 teams would mean £1500 for charity straight away. Assuming the club running it are going to host it for free.

Maybe there are other ways that the event could create more revenue for the charity? Raffles, sweepstakes, pay per view on TTR live?, control tyres that can only be brought from the trackside shop with profit going to charity? Control motros with the same idea?

How about Give every team a fund raising form with their entry pack before the event and see how much they can raise through their. We managed to raise about a £300 before we did a 24 hour race in belgium. Ten teams do that and it's 3000 pounds towards your charity.

There must be other ways of raising money other than just through race fees.

If you do go ahead with this I will be quite happy to help.