IMPORTANT NEWS FOR CLUB MEMBERS

[bedsrcmcc]

Dear club members

The club has been given an opportunity to trial some carpet for the Summer Championships with the potential to maybe purchase it for keeps

I have sent an email today to you all. If you do not get it then I guess I do not have your email address, please send me a PM with it so I can add you to the list for future messages.

We are asking all Bedsrcmcc members to vote to either stay with the polished floor or to move to carpet. Please vote by replying to my email sent today or for those who didn't get it, let me know what you would like via here.

A new control tyre/s will be announced if we move to carpet as mini-pins and rally blocks will not be allowed to run on the carpet.

[chunkytom95]

i think we should trial it but me personally wuld like to stay on polished wood as each week is different in terms of grip and makes racing more challenging but i think we should give carpet ago

[N1CKMULL1N3R]

I think carpet would be good but wouldnt there be a big difference in speed from a rtr model and a faster model like a schumacher or xray.
also i have quite a few rally blocks and mini pins that have hardly been used and i would have to switch to some other tyres for the carpet.

[Ross]

I think Rally blocks will work on carpet,well they do on Micros anyway .
We could always have multi surface .

[learnerdriver]

My personal views on the carpet offer are as follows:
1. You will lose between 45 min – 1 hr in setting up and packing away
2. Storage is the BIG issue for carpet – ideally the rolls need to be stored horizontally. If you have to store the rolls vertically, you MUST roll them up precisely to avoid the dreaded wrinkles. Rolling up the carpet is the job NO ONE wants to do because it is difficult to do consistently. However, if you are storing the carpet horizontal, you do not need to be so precise when rolling up.

At present, the track surface is unique and offers something different as it changes from week to week but setting out does not take too long. Without the ability to store the carpet horizontally (which most clubs in the locality now do to avoid the dreaded wrinkles ) my vote would be NO

We would not need to ban rallyblocks as I have run them at both leighton AND mk on carpet to no ill effect. They are not as fast as slicks but work straight away whereas the slicks need to warm up. However, I do agree that we would not be able to run mini pins on carpet without damaging the carpet

[Jon R]

Hi guys,

I'm a bit divided on which surface to race on. Carpet racing is great fun and makes driving the car easier, but I also wouldn't mind sticking to wooden floor

I agree with learnerdriver that setting up and then packing away the carpet will will make us lose time in the meeting. The current run time of 7:00pm till 10:30pm might not be long enough. And I know a lot of people can't be there any earlier in the evenings.

Scott, I definitely agree with you that using a carpet would bring closer and more fun racing. As well as bring more people to the club which is always a good thing. But I also think for those who have not raced on carpet before a few things need to be pointed out.

• Higher amounts of maintenance will be required on the cars as they will pick up carpet fibres.

• Higher levels of wear will also be experienced from the increased grip and speeds, which might lead to increased numbers of breakages.

• Batteries will run down quicker due to the increased grip, so some people might need to change batteries (Sorry i'm not 100% sure what everyone is using). Motors will also run hotter.

Sorry I don't want to make it sound if racing on carpet is awful, as it isn't, its really good fun! Just wanted to give my opinions on both the good and bad sides