Indoor Special

[Richard Lowe]

Hmm I'm tempted to go to this now, the cars are dialled on dirt after Florida and I've got lots of dirt tyres left over

What time will we end up finishing?

Also it says BRCA rules, are LiPo's allowed?

[Lee]

Rich,

I think 9pm was mentioned as a finish time.

I think lipo and any motors are allowed.

So running loosely to Brca rules

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Originally Posted by johnboy

is there a postcode please .

B on this map is the location

co-ordinates are 55.120125, -1.663495

[hazzelarator]

OK Mate no massive Rule restrictions but whatever u got i got bigger! lol really without sizing you up for a tenner im easy with rules! just dont take the piss really as at the end of the day it is a Christmas fun event, so lets not forget the fun factor!

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hazzelarator

Thanks for something different to race on & in

Indoors with an outdoor temp @ 7.5c and no wind chill so it was warm

Took a few pics from the event on compact camera which can be seen here

Rims on the 4wd rears filled with dirt which flicked out easily without leaving anything in the rim. What ever got into the chassis also came out easily with a brush. Pic with receiver & dirt is before I covered the front shell vent holes.

Tyres
Would look like Sch Yellows were the tyre to have coming of clean after a 5 min heat. 2wd using kit ribs front rather than Sch spikes but Sch Yellow on the rear.

Kit AE 4wd tyres clogged up to easliy so know one used them. Some other clay tyres may work that have a more open pattern to the thread

[chris68nufc]

Just to let everybody know how it went last night.
The venue was awesome. 1st time i have raced on a surface like this and struggled with my only decent set of tyres,Green spikes on 2WD and balding yellows in 4wd.
After a few runs the line started to clear but didnt groove(not exactly sure what groove is but im guessing!) When you went off line you paid for it but it did make racing very realistic. I was having a battle with Kash Khan in 1 of my runs and i went tight 1 corner and off line then he came back because he was on the original line.Excellent fun.
I changed a few bits on the Cat and found after placing a lead sheet under my Li-po the car was miles better(still on the yellows)
2wd was a lot harder because as the night went on the temp dropped inside and the Greens that i was runing were useless. I changed to yellows on the rear and got some yellow fronts from Chappell but the car was so different i struggled.
Ribs on the front of the B4 seemed to be the order of the night.
Im sure Glenn managed to get some footage of my Cat going round so i hope he edits it well!!
I need a dirt expert to recommend some tyres that could work on the soft but fairly loose surface.
Finally, just a quick thanks from me to all that helped to run the meeting. Phill Mc and Bill on race control and Longbenton for BBK timing gear and track and mostly all to Harry who supplied the venue and set up track etc.
Bring on the next one!

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Originally Posted by chris68nufc

Im sure Glenn managed to get some footage of my Cat going round so i hope he edits it well!!

You were supposed to watch your car not the film crew

Sorry but non of the videos will play for some reason

[chris68nufc]

I suppose you are right. I knew you were there though so thought i should try and keep it clean. Your 4wd looked like it handled very wel??
I have to say that James said his fronts were excellent on his 2wd.You posted that people didnt like them?? Confused.

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Originally Posted by chris68nufc

I suppose you are right. I knew you were there though so thought i should try and keep it clean. Your 4wd looked like it handled very wel??
I have to say that James said his fronts were excellent on his 2wd.You posted that people didnt like them?? Confused.

Meant the 4wd AE tyres so changed post to read Kit AE 4wd tyres


Enjoyed driving the car but for the life of me I've never mastered jumps. Said to Jimmie on the rostrum I'd probably have issue's even on a drag strip going straight, not that I'm bent

[chris68nufc]

Sorry Glenn. Was unsure thats all. Cheers for that!

[racdeaf]

yeah i pretty enjoyed it last night

at first i use the front green spike on my x6 some how i couldn't get the better grip
so i spoken to jame as he got the proline rib tyre on his b4 front so i changed my front tyres proline rib on x6 and make alot different with average time from 28 sec to 23 sec which massive improvement using those rib tyres and yellow spike on back

even tho the x6's bottom chassis cracked due the jump which it land badly in practice warm up but managed to superglue it up and ran the whole race 5 or 6 heat and final !

[hazzelarator]

Thanx to everyone for the turnout last night, and as mentioned previously it wouldnt have been possible without the help of Bill and Phil! So special thanx to them and thanx to everyone who helped and came along! I'm on the case to get my own track marking and perhaps make this a monthly event or a mini championship over the summer.
Thanx again and I'l keep you posted regarding future events
regards Harry V

[Kash]

I Enjoyed it, it was good. Thanks to everyone who made it possible. The surface was ace it was good to race on something unique..
We had a good laugh Chris it made for some funny racing

[gazbaz2]

Yeah, class night, surface spot on and the track layout was good, even though i broke me 501x off the jump in fist qualifying (but that was me being a nob lol) so had to resort to my mates B44, thanks to all that put this event on, well done class nights racing, cant wait to for the next 1

Well done guys

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Originally Posted by chris68nufc

Im sure Glenn managed to get some footage of my Cat going round so i hope he edits it well!!

No it shows warts and all

not suitable for under 18's as there's some swearing

xmas special v1

Cat on the Loose


more to follow @ youtube user

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[chris68nufc]

Nice one Glenn.
The cat looks like its going well. It was miles better when i stuck some lead in it and had a word in its ear that it was going the distance if it didnt behave itself!
Looking forward to the next one as long as i get some tyres that will work well. Im on the trail already.

[Col]

Does anybody know why there was a bloody old SD1 in there?

[sosidge]

To look pretty!

It's actually a drag car, quite a serious bit of kit when I looked at it. Though I was surprised to see the exhaust system in bits where the passsenger seat should have been, at first I thought it was the most unhealthy car in the world, zero-to-death in 11 seconds.

Glenn, why are your videos so short?

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Originally Posted by sosidge

Glenn, why are your videos so short?

digi cam, not sure how much I can get on an 8gb card, and only to get a flavour of the venue, grip, surface etc and the need to prep car between rounds

hope 'Harry the Hazard' aka hazzelarator, gets it on again and I'll be there again if work permits