UK Short Course Nationals 2011 / Short Course Shootout

[Frecklychimp]

Had a great relaxed day, nice to put some faces to names

Thanks to all involved in organising, lets hope the rest of the series continues to grow with interest.

Track was good, found it a challenge to get used to but think it suited the trucks with flowing, didn't notice any parachuting all day, plus the contact element was a lot lower than anticipated and didn't see much reversing at all!

Bring on the next round

[telboy]

A good days racing and it was a little more relaxed than usual.

Being the first round it does need a few little niggles ironing out.

BUT can I ask all racers for the next (and future rounds) to wear appropriate footwear?
Yes it was bloody hot, but at the end of the day you have 2.5-3kgs of truck heading for your feet. And to see the marshal that stood on my durango in the final (breaking the servo) was only wearing FLIP FLOPS!! was quite bemusing!

One, your feet are at risk of being damaged.

Two, you can't move quick enough in flip flops to marshal correctly (hence the reason why the marshal at the end of the straight stood on my car).

...and three, BRCA state that suitable footwear is worn before anyone is allowed onto the track. And before anyone goes off on one about the SC nats not being BRCA affiliated, it is there as a health and safety issue and I think should be followed in the SC series considering the weight and speed of these cars.

Personally I would never consider wearing flip flops to a large (or any) meeting, and to see one or two people wearing them whilst marshalling heavy trucks was quite rediculous.
You'll be the first people to moan when a truck hits your foot, and no doubt you'll blame the driver for driving too fast!

Use your brains guys.

Rant over.

[taz5311]

Telboy,
Fully understand your position and it will be added to the rules for this series both for the protection of the marshall's and the trucks.
I do hope that the damage to your truck did not spoil your event.

Stef

[Fast Eddie]

I agree with the safety aspect and Im sure it would hurt like hell but I was stood just over the barrier when the car got stood on and it was a simple mistake that could happen whatever shoes you wear, bloody lucky they werent pit boots or it would have been more than the servo

Great day in general

[telboy]

Yeah, appreciate the fact of it being a mistake. But on a safety side it needs to be brought in. And reactions may be quicker and more accurate without flip flops. Simple matter of grip.

Didn't ruin the event for me too much, just had to run a 2wd for the final

[Fast Eddie]

I wish grip were my only issue today, it was almost soul destroying

many thanks to the chaps who sourced me some gears and to Ant who fitted it and got me out for the next run which turned out to be the only one I completed.

To my dismay the transponder didnt pick me up but obviously it was A final stuff...........

[carlos1969]

Perhaps if you slowed down to a corner when there was a pile up of two cars there wouldnt be these incidents,as fast eddie said lucky for you i hadnt got my work boots on! instead of moaning to a computer you could have had a chat with me in person,it was an accident,next time i will were my steelies!!!

Originally Posted by telboy

A good days racing and it was a little more relaxed than usual.

Being the first round it does need a few little niggles ironing out.

BUT can I ask all racers for the next (and future rounds) to wear appropriate footwear?
Yes it was bloody hot, but at the end of the day you have 2.5-3kgs of truck heading for your feet. And to see the marshal that stood on my durango in the final (breaking the servo) was only wearing FLIP FLOPS!! was quite bemusing!

One, your feet are at risk of being damaged.

Two, you can't move quick enough in flip flops to marshal correctly (hence the reason why the marshal at the end of the straight stood on my car).

...and three, BRCA state that suitable footwear is worn before anyone is allowed onto the track. And before anyone goes off on one about the SC nats not being BRCA affiliated, it is there as a health and safety issue and I think should be followed in the SC series considering the weight and speed of these cars.

Personally I would never consider wearing flip flops to a large (or any) meeting, and to see one or two people wearing them whilst marshalling heavy trucks was quite rediculous.
You'll be the first people to moan when a truck hits your foot, and no doubt you'll blame the driver for driving too fast!

Use your brains guys.

Rant over.

[Richard Lowe]

Around 5 hours sleep, 5:30am start, ~300 mile round trip, spent the whole day buzzing on Monster Ripper, awesome

Well done to everyone that helped run the event today, it went very well for a first effort It's great to see a new class like SC's getting a proper race series going and lots of people smiling

Congrats to Jimmy for the 4wd win! I had a really good day too, the SC10FT was dialled

Originally Posted by carlos1969

next time i will were my steelies!!!

Great attitude

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

Originally Posted by carlos1969

Perhaps if you slowed down to a corner when there was a pile up of two cars there wouldnt be these incidents,as fast eddie said lucky for you i hadnt got my work boots on! instead of moaning to a computer you could have had a chat with me in person,it was an accident,next time i will were my steelies!!!

It's that sort of attitude that put's new racer's off!!

You ever thought that we did try and find you but nobody seemed to know who you were! 'Surprise Surprise'.

In Telboy's deffense, I was watching the race and he quite easily AVOIDED the car's that had tangled up (He went around the outside) It was YOU who stepped back and accidentally standing on the car!!

Why didn't you come and find Telboy and appologise? Maybe ask if you had broken anything? It's not all one sided you know!

Anyway, before we get into a full blown p***ing contest, what's done is done. Let's just take note of these things for next round guy's and make it better and better. Common sense is all that is needed....If it's hot, by all means wear your flip flips...But take a nice spare pair for your car dodging duties.

Maybe, being the gentleman we all are and appreciate how expensive this sport is, You could ask if you can help towards cost of the repair of the servo (It's not expensive really) but it's the gesture that counts

[jimmy]

Anyway c'mon guys lets not distract from the fun day

[panch]

I see that Jimmy won the 4wd from the posts above so congrats on that but does anyone have a full A finals Breakdown in both classes with what kits they were running ? interested to know the mix of trucks

[hayalsop]

oooppps

[Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson]

I finished 8th overall with the Losi xxx-sct lol

[hayalsop]

wrong section

[hayalsop]

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[telboy]

Originally Posted by carlos1969
Perhaps if you slowed down to a corner when there was a pile up of two cars there wouldnt be these incidents,as fast eddie said lucky for you i hadnt got my work boots on! instead of moaning to a computer you could have had a chat with me in person,it was an accident,next time i will were my steelies!!!

I never actually said it wasn't an accident.

My main issue was the footwear if you read the post correctly, obviously having something broken like a servo is the minor part. If I had hit your foot it would have been a different matter. We may not have just been dealing with a broken servo.

But as shaun said, I was going round all the carnage. If anything you had your back to the traffic coming down the straight so didn't know where the other cars were going to go.

But anyway, the main point is footwear. Best to be safe. its basically like someone throwing two bricks at your ankles at 40mph! I know what I'd rather be wearing.
Two broken gears in a servo are nothing compared to broken ankles. So I think appropriate footwear, and more observant marshalling, as there were a few that weren't watching the section of track in front of them.
....not a dig, but an observation.

We need this series to work, and safety is going to be a major factor if we want people like the BRCA to take notice and take SC serious.

[carlos1969]

thats clear a couple of things up here and thats be the end of it! i didnt stand back on the car involved,my foot actually went in on the side of the car,so me breaking the servo is debatable,yes i was a prat for wearing flip flops,we learn by our mistakes,that was my first meeting by the way,we arent all experts you know!and as for going up to him,that went out the window when he was gobbing off to all and sundrie who could hear,i thought this championship was trying to get new blood into this sport?first time event and marshalling for me,so bound to make mistakes!as i said we are not all EXPERTS and you all started at the bottom!.Anyway except for that blip,really enjoyed the meeting and will wear my steelies for future rounds!!

Originally Posted by Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson

It's that sort of attitude that put's new racer's off!!

You ever thought that we did try and find you but nobody seemed to know who you were! 'Surprise Surprise'.

In Telboy's deffense, I was watching the race and he quite easily AVOIDED the car's that had tangled up (He went around the outside) It was YOU who stepped back and accidentally standing on the car!!

Why didn't you come and find Telboy and appologise? Maybe ask if you had broken anything? It's not all one sided you know!

Anyway, before we get into a full blown p***ing contest, what's done is done. Let's just take note of these things for next round guy's and make it better and better. Common sense is all that is needed....If it's hot, by all means wear your flip flips...But take a nice spare pair for your car dodging duties.

Maybe, being the gentleman we all are and appreciate how expensive this sport is, You could ask if you can help towards cost of the repair of the servo (It's not expensive really) but it's the gesture that counts

[carlos1969]

Hi Shaun,realised who you are now and was parked behind you at the meet about 10 yards so you didnt look far for me! nice car by the way,nearly got one myself but went for the slash 4x4

Originally Posted by Shaun 'TheSheep' Atkinson

It's that sort of attitude that put's new racer's off!!

You ever thought that we did try and find you but nobody seemed to know who you were! 'Surprise Surprise'.

In Telboy's deffense, I was watching the race and he quite easily AVOIDED the car's that had tangled up (He went around the outside) It was YOU who stepped back and accidentally standing on the car!!

Why didn't you come and find Telboy and appologise? Maybe ask if you had broken anything? It's not all one sided you know!

Anyway, before we get into a full blown p***ing contest, what's done is done. Let's just take note of these things for next round guy's and make it better and better. Common sense is all that is needed....If it's hot, by all means wear your flip flips...But take a nice spare pair for your car dodging duties.

Maybe, being the gentleman we all are and appreciate how expensive this sport is, You could ask if you can help towards cost of the repair of the servo (It's not expensive really) but it's the gesture that counts

[twisty]

Congrats to Richard and Jimmy for the wins.
and well done to all those who made the meeting.

I loved the track,the driving and marshalling standards were generally superb,even from the newbies who did a great job.

Regards any problems or gripes,may i suggest pm-ing the organisers directly,PLEASE give them a chance to sort the problems before hitting the forums.
I really don`t think we need any more rules,the few we have worked very well.Most things can usually be sorted out with a quiet word easy

Big thanks to the organisers for doing thier best,keep at it chaps.
Hope to see you all track side again soon.

BR,
S.

[learnerdriver]

Full race results will be up in a few days, provisional summary as follows:
2wd
1. richard lowe sc10FT
2. anthony potter sc10FT
3. andy lodwick hpi blitz
4. richard baker sc10
5. simon shearing sc10
6. tom hammond hpi blitz
7. chris hampson hpi blitz

8. shaun atkinson Losi XXX-SCT
9. mark mitchell sc10
10. simon forrest hpi blitz

4wd
1. jimmy storey Durango DESC410R
2. stuart harlow Durango DESC410R
3. scott faulkner Hong Nor SCRT 10
4. mark stanton Losi Ten SCTE 4x4
5. terry atkinson Durango DESC410R
6. jonathan wells Durango DESC410R
7. darren mills Durango DESC410R

8. gavin rogers Traxxas Slash 4x4
9. carl massey Traxxas Slash 4x4
10. rolf dalhaug Traxxas Slash 4x4

please reply if the information is not correct !