Race Report

[lazysurfer]

Originally Posted by Box760

Hi I'm new to this what sort of cars can you race my son and his mate are just starting to get into it and are looking for clubs is there many places they can take them in the north east they have trucks and buggies at the moment.

Pop along to any of the clubs for a look and chat (unfortunately cant offer coffe!), really depends which night suits you - hopefully Monday for us :-)

We run both TC's and Buggy heats of all abilities.

So long as they're 1/10th scale and electric, we'll fit them in to race at Tynemet -Monday's 7-10pm at Tynemet College

Cheers

Mark

[lazysurfer]

2 heats last night, one for buggies and one for TC with good numbers in each -we still want more of you coming along to race tho…..
5 rounds of Quali and a 2 leg final
Good to have Richie Fingers Johnson back after his altercation with a car the other week with his finger still in one piece - tho just after 4 stitches
A couple of visitors last night, Snowball from Notingham for what is probably just a one off visit and Liam Fletcher who raced with us at Longbenton many moons ago paying us a visit - hopefully Liam will make it a regular thing, especially once he gets his TC up and running.
No Ray again, getting worried Old Man, where are you, everything ok I hope?

Racing back on as ever next Monday so you know where you should be J

[lazysurfer]

Well a good nights racing last night with grip levels up significantly following a quick clean of the track by Hindson and TyneMet having turned the heating up a little following us mentioning it was getting a little chilly the previous week.
5 quali and a final for TC’s and Buggies on a nice flowing track from our new no1 track designer Screaming Lynch who is coming up with some very good designs at the moment.
Craig Corson, our Scottish annual racer joined us for his yearly visit and no less than 4 potential new members coming along to have a look, all of who have raced before at some point so hopefully see all of you back soon with a car up and running.

Looking forward to next week when new rubber will hopefully put me a bit more on the pace J

[lazysurfer]

Another good nights racing last night with plenty of grip - out new regime of a quick floor spray and wipe seems to be having a huge difference on the racing line J
A little more spread between the TC’s last night mainly down to a very power and top end orientated track layout but some particularly close racing in the buggy heat between Richie Junior Johnson and Trev making for entertaining watching.
Another visit from Colin Bryden still hoping to be back racing soon - maybe next week thanks to an offer of help from Trev and also a visit from Peter and Matthew Anderson, initially to sell Matthews transponder but now both threatening to come back racing next week.
That’s hopefully five returning racers to add to our numbers in the next few weeks if they do all make a return - fingers crossed.

See you all next week

Oh and just a heads up - no racing 23rd and 30th December due to the xmas break.

[lazysurfer]

Well a surprisingly good turnout last night considering Benfield Winter Series ran the previous day. Full heats in both classes getting in some good racing with good grip levels as the floor cleaned up, a couple of buggy lads even running 2WD for a couple of rounds. Some tough racing between Nev and Barry over a couple of rounds of the TC’s and some (too) close rounds between Hindson and me with me coming off second best at the slightest contact every time!!! L
4 rounds and 2 leg final for everyone, 3 leg for those that wanted to get in the extra race with one or two sitting out the last one.

No signs of the Andersons as promised, maybe next week tho Liam Fletcher is hoping to make it a regular racing night whenever he can to give the regular buggy lads some more competition.

Nice to have good numbers, close competition with both classes running full heats again, long may it continue.

See you all again next week J

[lazysurfer]

What a fantastic nights racing last night at TyneMet, the best in a while.
3 heats, 2 busy TC and an even busier buggy heat with no less than 5 first time racers for the club, Dave Wright, and Paul & Josh finally making it onto track and Chris and Lee joining us - all the way from Peterlee I hear. Hope you all had a good nights racing lads and we didin’t disappoint. More important, hope to see you all back again regularly J
Good to see Harry back again too, don’t leave it so long between visits, and a passing visit by Ray, hopefully back soon.
And those watching, PC, and the remainder of the Wright clan, get yourselves on the track!!!!!!!!!!

As well as our biggest turn out of “new” racers for some time it was also the closest racing for a long time, the 2 mixed ability TC heats proving very close up front hopefully providing some good watching as well as racing! Even closer in the TC final with all the cars into a single 2 leg final

On another note, at 19:05 last night, had it not been for the “new” lads, their friends watching and the returning Harry, I’d have been the only one in the hall!!!
Come on guys, try to get there for setting the track up if you can please.

Also anyone know where certain people have disappeared to, Mel, Kev, Adam & Martin????

Hopefully see you all again next week for more of the same.

[paulainscow]

Thanks all for being so welcoming, and excusing my poor driving! First time back on track in ten years, and it felt good, even if hard to control the car

Looking forward to being back next week!

[lazysurfer]

Well another busy night last night with 2 TC heats and 1 Buggy heat again, everyone getting 6 rounds of racing (4 Quali 2 leg Final)
Nice to have Ray back on track and to see Trev giving the top TC lads some hassle!

Same again next week.

[lazysurfer]

Well 6 rounds including a 2 leg final last night for everyone. An absolute nightmare for me thanks to printer, laptop, AMB and car problems tho everyone else seemed to have a good night blissfully unaware of the IT problems J

Thanks to Ian for running race control last week when I was away - after last nights hassle I may let you do it full time!!!

Hopefully see you all again next week for a smoother night - well for me anyway

[lazysurfer]

Well not the best of turnouts last night but I can honestly say that I seen the best racing over the highest number of laps I’ve EVER seen between Hinsdon and Screamer - passing and re passing each other on pretty much every corner at one point - the only time they stopped overtaking was when they were running side by side for consecutive corners. I’m sure everyone else watching was as impressed as me!

Anyway, that was the last week of the spring series tho I’m not sure who actually won, tho I know it certainly wasn’t me (the new car was better last night but still poor)

Thanks to Ian for running race control again while I try to fettle my car.

Hopefully see some more drivers there again next week as we were missing a few of our most consistent racers for some more door to door racing.

[lazysurfer]

Well full heats in both classes last night getting 4 rounds quali and 2 leg finals each in a very smoothly run night so thanks to Ian for standing in on race control again while I try to sort out this pile of $4!7£ car. Ebay for it soon!

Incidentally we started the first race a bit late last night mainly due to people drifting in later and later every week so getting the track set up later and later every week.

When we miss a race one week due to running out of time……………you’ll all know why!

[lazysurfer]

A few regulars missing again last night but 4 quali and 2 leg finals as usual for everyone who was there, also a bit of an earlier start thanks to a couple more people getting there early to help with setting up the track.
Cheers lads.

Till next week J

[lazysurfer]

Well it was nice to be back up to good numbers of racers last night after last weeks worry - only possibly 2 of our regular hardcore drivers missing last night which us not unusual for this time of year so a good nights racing as usual - other than me as usual. Last night was the last night for the TC6 though, the Losi will be out of retirement next week J so see you all again next Monday.

Also worth mentioning…..a lot of you seemed to be there a little earlier than usual last night - keep it up ;-)

[lazysurfer]

Well another good turn out last night with Westy paying his bi-annual visit and a passing visit from Old Man Ray tho sadly with no intentions of returning to racing and Marc Fairbairn also stopping in - still hoping to get back soon.

Usual races last night with Ian running Race Control again while my shocking luck continues. Returned to running the Losi after 2 months wasted trying to get the TC6 handling. The losi was flying leaving me a few seconds out in front on the first quali when 8 laps in the motor died for no apparent reason. Taking it apart and putting it back together no less than 3 times before it inexplicably decided to work again though with my pinion having disintegrated in the mean time.
Back out for a last quali round the slight increase in punch from having to go down a tooth on the pinion ruined the car handling and then a few laps into leg 1 final the belt snapped. Just when I think my luck can only change, it does, for the worse!!!

Anyway I’ll hopefully be back to fight again next week with either a new belt for the Losi or I guess I’ll have to rebuild the shocks on the TC6 with light oil rather than the toffee that seems to be in them and hope that cures it.

See you all next week

[lazysurfer]

Well a decent turnout this week, more than I’d expected knowing we were missing 4 die hards but we still had a decent buggy heat and a busy TC heat. 4 quali and 2 leg final for everyone at a nice relaxed pace - well the running of the night was relaxed anyway, racing was a frantic and close as ever with even yours truly getting in some good racing having returned to running the old Losi I managed to finish every race J with good quali results though I overdrove the final L

Good to have Mark Prior back and Mark Fairbairn - hope to see you both again a bit more regular. Also fair dues to Trev for turning up and racing in pain after what he’s just had done - ouch - though we did excuse him from marshalling and track build.

Dedication Trev - we need more of that from more people J

See you all again next week

[lazysurfer]

Well we had no less than 7 regulars missing last night but still enough drivers to run 2 heats though Mark Prior with his buggy had to fit in with a TC heat - no probs tho as he swapped to his new TC midway through the night and seemed to go pretty well.
Another visit by Westy and Scowen showing his face with a new TC so hopefully see you two back next week.
A good night for me again with the old museum piece (the car not me) flying for most of the night other than leg 1 final when I stuffed it on lap 1 from pole as usual only managing to get back up to second and not starting leg 2 thanks to motor mount screws coming loose just before I put my car on track. Oh well - the racing I did get was fun J

See you there next week with hopefully some of you AWOL regulars back on track - with notes from your mums explaining your absence this week!

[lazysurfer]

Well another good race night last night though a few regulars missing meaning only 2 heats - getting 4 quali and 2 leg finals as per the norm.

Again late starting setup as people starting to drift in at 7:10pm instead of 7pm - just saying.

See you all again next Monday

[lazysurfer]

Well a rather quiet night last night with Richie, Richie, Richie, and Tony all on holiday, Scowen and Hindson off sick, Josh at his re-arranged Monday scouts, and Screamer seemingly having defected to Barely Mow permanently now. Presumably Westy & Jedward with work excuses.
Anyway still ran a buggy and TC heat and were joined by 2 potential new racers, Jonny & Rob who hopefully are as keen as they seemed. Both got in some racing, Jonny with his TC which I lent him some tyres for and Rob with Trev’s TC for a couple of rounds (cheers Trev) both of them seeming to get round very well for a first try on a slippy floor. Looks like the ploy of Gary handing fliers to Nitro lads in the shop for spare parts may have had its first success!!!

Hope to see you back in the next few week lads and bring as many mates as you can.J

Hopefully have some of the AWOL regulars back again next week.

[lazysurfer]

Well last night was our best numbers in a long time with 3 busy heats, 2 TC & 1 Buggy class and a few new faces. Nice to see Rob & Jonny having a good nights racing and James joining in. Also Lee Freeman and his mate (who’s name I didn’t catch as Ian “future chairman” Watson was running RC) joining the buggy class with 2WD and giving the 4WD lads something to think about - impressive.

Anyway - no racing next week or the week after due to bank hol and college enrolment so see you all back there on 8th September

[lazysurfer]

Well we had our best numbers in a while this week with 15 racing and another and 3 regulars missing so 3 heats - 2 TC and a buggy.
Also had my best nights racing last night with the old Losi back on track again taking pole (much protest from Barry being passed on the last lap but there was a gap ;-) and the win in the first TC A final.
Thanks to Barry for spending the past week trying to fettle my TC6 , appreciated mate - much better than it had been but still not nice to drive hence the return of the Losi - so it’s definitely going on ebay this week.
Second TC final was combined to a ten car race due to time constraints, the most we’ve had on track at once for a lot of years - won convincingly by Barry over half a lap ahead of me in second. While the prospect of 10 cars in a race was a bit worrying - surprisingly it ended up being very clean given the difference in abilities - so well driven to all.
So all in all some great close racing last night, particularly with Barry & Trev and a very good standard of driving by everyone - looking forward to more of the same next week