2014 Tamiya Weekend at Mendip RC Raceway in Weston Super Mare

[DrPaul]

Hello Everyone,

I am the club secretary at Mendip RC Raceway in Weston Super Mare and we are planning a Tamiya Club based weekend in 2014. Dates are being finalised.

We have both an on road and off road track with full timing facilities, sit down cafe, toilet block, covered pits with electric, on site camping and plenty of car parking.

We plan to have on road classes for Touring cars, Minis, F1s and anything else on road.

For off road racing classes for SRBs, Wild Willys, FAVs/Wild Ones, and any other Tamiya off road 4wd & 2wd cars.

All classes depend on the number of entries.

On the Saturday night we will have a BBQ and night racing.

As Weston Super Mare is a popular holiday destination there is no lack of B&Bs and hotels if camping is not for you as well as pubs, clubs and bars to make a weekend of it for all the family. We will also do souvenir merchandise for the event.

We will also encourage a swap meet. There is already a good deal of interest on Tamiya forums.

We are currently sorting out our diary and I will be back to publish some dates by the new year. Let me know if you would prefer a Saturday/Sunday meet or a Sunday/Bank Holiday meet if possible.

After much discussion we are proposing using Tamiya silver (standard) or Black (sport tuned) 540 brushed motors for the event for four reasons. Most tamiya collectors already have them, they are cheap, they will keep the speeds pretty level making the racing close & competitive and the lower speeds will help protect peoples prized cars from too much damaged.
Below are links to our web site with videos of both tracks.

http://www.worm-racing.co.uk/
http://www.mendiprcraceway.co.uk/

Let me know any feedback.
Paul

[cryer-evo]

I'm game for this f1 and 4wd and 2wd of road but could we not run faster motors as silver can in of road car at a track this big is flipping slow

[DrPaul]

Its all work in progress JC. More info to follow soon

[Jamesk]

I am up for some hotter motors as i have been using 14D in mt Top Force Evo for 2 years and so far has been problem free. I am close to finishing my Astute modded to ex Factory spec's. I was running a 19 single in this car before hand problem free. Both with moden nimh cells.

jK

[cryer-evo]

I would say run wot ever you have for first meeting then all get together and come up with a standerd wind motor as I have run my Avante black up there with its kit motor and it's ok in the twisty bits but so dull on the straight . But it's not my call

[Jamesk]

Sound good to me, ill be happy to go with the flow. But let go hotter than silver can. The Tamiya bz/tz motors (for example) work well even with the standard tamiya esc's and are around £35 on fleebay etc. i have one in my FAV which is fun with that motor

jK

[ThumpstarUk]

So did this not happen then????

I'm new to the forum but well up for this if it happens again (or first time)

[DrPaul]

It didn't happen this year due to a hectic calendar but we have made room for it it 2015. Date to be fully confirmed but around June time
Confirm date & event detail in January.

[ThumpstarUk]

Sounds good hope it doesn't fall on my holiday

How bout a vintage class???