Newcastle R.C. Racers @ TyneMet

[lazysurfer]

Originally Posted by baD

Update for 14 Nov meeting

Winter Series 2011

Cheers Bill
Appreciated :-)

[lazysurfer]

Well a record turn out of 28 racing this week with a couple of new faces on the track and still quite a few regulars missing. No worries about only enough for one buggy heat!
Still rather slippy so I’m not sure what’s going on with the floor at the moment but judging by numbers its not putting anyone off.
A surprise visit by Dave Erhorn after 11 years away from the club - promising to be racing next week, good to see you back Dave. You hear that Gav, Erhorn’s coming back - someone for you to shout at so get yourself along sometime!
Not sure if it was the “wanted list” or less subtle way of telling you to get racing last week that increased numbers or just coincidence – so just make sure you all drag yourselves back next week J

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[kosh]

being kicked out of the house on a monday night soon by the wife to go racing! All i had to do was build a new kitchen, really it was that simple.. and looking after the second baby, and making sure wife had some nights out! and find all my rc stuff! so see you very soon.

[Ray Mac]

Hi Paul! It'll be good to see you after such a long time. You sure you can remember what to do when you get here?. Hope you are enjoying a FULL family life. Looking forward to seeing you.
Best wishes to you and your family.

Old man Ray.

[lazysurfer]

Originally Posted by kosh

being kicked out of the house on a monday night soon by the wife to go racing! All i had to do was build a new kitchen, really it was that simple.. and looking after the second baby, and making sure wife had some nights out! and find all my rc stuff! so see you very soon.

Hopefully there'll still be some spare space in one of the heats to squeeze you in ;-)

[lazysurfer]

Well another busy night this week with 23 racing, 14 TC’s & 9 buggies. Nice to see Dan back on the track after a long time although getting in from West Denton without a car must be a pain. Anyone able to offer him a lift - even from the 62 bus route along through Heaton to Four Lane Ends I’m sure he’s appreciate it!
Also Gary Campbell back although not racing yet and Dave Erhorn turning up with a few questions again, hope to see you back on the track soon.
Quick reminder although I don’t know if it was an issue last night not to park on the grass.
Also can we all enter the hall through the main entrance rather then the fire doors - just a thought that walking straight into the hall from outside will not be helping the grip!

See you all next week

[angieamyabbie]

another good nights racing shame the buggy finals were messed UP
as we could have had a cracking A final
hopefully more buggys next week and i might even set a new record of running 2 weeks without breaking something

[kosh]

Thanks for a good nights racing Mark had fun and will be back next week now my maternity leave is over!

[lazysurfer]

Another busy night with 25 on the track just when I thought it might be quietening down for xmas with parties and shopping etc.
Welcome back to Paul Ferris following his maternity leave - still no Erhorn or Andersons tho?
A bit more grip returned last night, not sure if the track was warmer or if it had anything to do with keeping the fire door shut.
Both TC & Buggy were closely contested - particularly the buggy final between Hindson & Greg and with Ian Watson giving me some pressure in the TC’s
Strangely speaking to Steve he mentioned that the cleaners are blaming US for the lack of grip due to our taping down the track “ruining” the floor!!!!
I did point out that we don’t actually tape down the track other than the loop and odd bit of hardboard but I’ll get some masking tape instead of packaging tape to stick to the floor. Steve seemed to think they may be looking to pass the blame for them not cleaning it properly.
The packaging tape does seem to leave the odd bit of adhesive when it’s lifted so may as well remove any excuse for them to blame us if we can.
See you all again next week hopefully with grip again - so if we can keep using the main door rather than the fire door and see how it goes. Also remember not to park on the grass and if you have to leave early, don’t park right next to the hall or you’ll get blocked in J!

[lazysurfer]

Don’t worry as I’ll send a reminder nearer the time but just to let you all know the only weeks we’re missing over xmas are 26th December (sorry to disappoint those of you who wanted to race Boxing Day) and 2nd Jan.
Racing IS ON on the 19th December as usual and back on the 9th January after new year.
Incidentally neither me or Paul will be there on the 9th January so someone else will have to run that meeting, hopefully Mad Dog Scowen or Westy will make it otherwise - volunteers to learn the laptop please?

[Steven Forster]

Anymore updates for the winter 2011 series, points wise ???

cheers

[lazysurfer]

Well as seems to be normal these days we had over 20 cars on the track in 4 heats. Another new racer with Phil Haines bringing along Amy for her first nights racing.
A slight hiccup with the laptop losing the AMB, first time in a while but a quick reboot solved that without loosing any racing.
Don’t forget next week is the last before a 2 week break for xmas so try to get along.

[lazysurfer]

Originally Posted by dexter24

Anymore updates for the winter 2011 series, points wise ???

cheers

Sending the data off to Bill today so hopefully something posted somewhere soon if he has time.

[baD]

These may be what you are after .........

Same link as before just updated for the last few weeks results.

Winter 2011 series

The series format was originaly set at Best 5 from 8, but with there now being 11 meetings, including 19 Dec, I've changed to 6 from 11 - dead easy to change back if this is wrong

[Steven Forster]

Originally Posted by baD

These may be what you are after .........

Same link as before just updated for the last few weeks results.

Winter 2011 series

The series format was originaly set at Best 5 from 8, but with there now being 11 meetings, including 19 Dec, I've changed to 6 from 11 - dead easy to change back if this is wrong

Thanks for the update bill, appreciate the time you spend on it

[beasty boys motorsport]

i never got any points for round 8 not that im bothered, its not as if im going to win owt i missed round 9 due to work but i was defo racing round 8.....

[baD]

Originally Posted by beasty boys motorsport

i never got any points for round 8 not that im bothered, its not as if im going to win owt i missed round 9 due to work but i was defo racing round 8.....

mmmmmm ?

Are you listed under Competitors for that date?
Did you race in the final that day?
Are you one of the DNS (Did Not Start) for that day?

The current rules are set in bbkRC for points from finals (I think) and probably does not allocate points to a driver who did not start the finals.

It's always a shame if someone is wiped out in lap one and 'appears' to bbkRC to be DNS - this needs manual intervention at the end of a meeting to change DNS to something else so that the software will allocate the correct series points. This can also be done for someone who may have to go home due to time constraints (if the Race Controller has the time that is )

Don't shoot the technician, scrag the spec controller or designer if something doesn't do what you want it to

[lazysurfer]

Cheers Bill - much appreciated.
If you mail back the data I'll use it going forward again. And yep, time to manually adjust any results on a monday is pretty impossible?

[Ray Mac]

Regarding missed points, it seems to me that if you have a race number above 10, in the finals, you don't get any results.
Is this normal, or can it be programed out ?
I think most of BRCA races are limited to 10 competitors , does this have anything to do with Paul's problem of being missed out ?
If I'm wrong don't "take the pizz" too much.

[beasty boys motorsport]

Originally Posted by baD

mmmmmm ?

Are you listed under Competitors for that date?
Did you race in the final that day?
Are you one of the DNS (Did Not Start) for that day?

The current rules are set in bbkRC for points from finals (I think) and probably does not allocate points to a driver who did not start the finals.

It's always a shame if someone is wiped out in lap one and 'appears' to bbkRC to be DNS - this needs manual intervention at the end of a meeting to change DNS to something else so that the software will allocate the correct series points. This can also be done for someone who may have to go home due to time constraints (if the Race Controller has the time that is )

Don't shoot the technician, scrag the spec controller or designer if something doesn't do what you want it to

dont worry about, like i said its not as if i can even win a heat let alone a whole round, but i was just puzzled as i raced all night with no problems....well none that i can remember, see you all monday night for the last round