Vintage Buggy Race Series at Ardent Raceway

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Hi 10th Vintage Electric Buggy Racers,

We are launching this series initially aimed at the on-road world (as we are an on road carpet track) www.ardentracing.com/winterseries but I would like to invite the 10th Scale Buggy racers to the party and change our 480sqm permanent track into an awesome buggy track once a month.

I would pick a weekend that didn't clash with the mighty Worksop and it would be a 2 day event starting Saturday and finishing Sunday. Saturday would be 2wd and 4wd practice with 2 rounds of qualifying. Sunday would be 3 rounds of qualifying and 2 maybe 3 finals depending on numbers.

We would run Open 2WD and Open 4WD and also I like the idea of seeing some vintage RC models racing again, so a 1970, 1980 and 1990s mixed classes unless we get enough racers and then we could split 2wd and 4wd.

I have a Sand Scorcher, Tamiya HotShot and Schumacher Pro-Cat, that I want to race again, so I'll be doing all three :-)

For the vintage classes, everything in the car must be from that decade, excluding tyres, batteries and radio gear, so car, shell, speedo, motor, must be from that decade. (re-issues allowed but will be distinguished from the original vintage models with an 'R' next to the drivers name.)

The buggy drivers would share the £8K prize pot with the on road classes which includes passenger rides in the Kick Energy Rally Ford Focus cars, VIP access to the Kick Energy Rally show at Chatsworth House, hot air balloon rides etc..

I would do it over 7 rounds with a twist for the final round. It would actually be part of the Chatsworth Rally Show (outdoors on short grass) and it would expose the sport, its drivers and the series Sponsors to the 5000 people that attend the Rally show over the weekend (in June). take a look at http://www.ardentracing.com/winterseries/livevideo.php for more info on the Raceway and Rally Show.

The overall winner of the series would be invited to have a go at getting into the Guinness book of records for the longest ever RC jump with our 1/8th scale 22v lipo powered brushless HPI Vorsa and with a 40m carpeted runway. (we should be able to clear 30mtrs easy!! (or you could use your own car if you preferred.

Before I take the plunge I just wanted to gauge if this is of interest to anyone?

Cost per weekend would be £10 for the two days of practice/racing. If you can't make the Saturday Practice then the track will be open for practice on the evening of the Saturday, to give you some extra prep time.

Fancy it anyone? I'd also do a 15% discount if you book and pay in July.

In site caravan and motohome storage £10 per night, extra £5 if you want magic cable juice.