Schumacher Meeting Rd2 at Worksop

[Danny McGee]

Glad to hear that everyone was happy with the layout of the track. With regards to the big jump i think next time the down slope will be better. (i.e double layered wood all the way on the down slope)

Already looking forward to the next one, especially as now the indoor nats are there. Should have more people interested

All good

Danny

[telboy]

my back and my knee were giving me a lot of pain when I was marshalling - so there should be a 'special' award for us oldies who aren't as mobile anymore

Well jimmy, funny you should say that. as soon as I hit 34 my lags have been giving me the same problems......no, seriously.

I thought the track was ace...well I would do wouldn't I? But I think although it was faster than the last one, it did provide you with more overtaking opportunities, which is good. The jump in from of the rostrum was loads better to land but can still be improved on. Maybe boards to cover the whole of the downslope would be better.

Good to see the turn out too, Loads more than expected.

I had quite a good day, I managed to get the RB5 working well. mid 'c' but a mare of a final, managing to break one of the mega thick atomic carbon shock towers!

The problem with the marshalling to the right of the rostrum, was that someone kept moving the chair that the marshal should have sat on.

We did have some numbers for the marshal chairs but never got round to putting them on. We'll make sure they're done for next time.

Some of the marshalls did seem a little scared of the job in hand sometimes, no fully sure why, they're only little cars after all.

But all in all, a top meeting and top track (thanks to Tom, Dan and Chris too).

[Richard Lowe]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Rich, your just an animal. They are just about every-proof, bar Rich-proof.

I think Novak should send me all their motors to test

[MattW]

So then Rich, you'll need to move on to the GM/Speed Passion/Orion motor to try and break now then!!!

[Danny McGee]

Hi folks

Can someone let me know the the final positions for both the A finals at the weekend and the cars that they were running if possible please.

I know the top 3 for 2wd and the winner for 4wd but other than that i dont know.

Would be much appreciated

Danny

[James]

2wd
I was Q5, fin 10th with 3 and a half wheels

think Ellis had a mare in 9th?

rob fox 8th?

sure others will be on here before long so you could piece it together but tim/muzzy will be posting results on the worksop forum if you can wait..

[Robfo]

I agree with everyone on here, the track was awesome. I had problems with the main jump and ended up just hopping onto the shortest flat bit. I really liked the set of jumps in the middle.

Danny, i Q'd 6th finished 6th with the Losi, Fabien Simonini was 2nd in 4wd with a 501x.

3 and a half wheels? You dont have much luck in finals do you James

[Northy]

Track was great, I had a great day - it brought back the great memories from days gone by

I qualified 6th and finished 6th in 4wd (after my rail slide along the rostrum - which I think Stan helped me to do ) with the X11

Damian qualified 7th, finished 5th with one of those old elastic band Losi XX4 thing-a-ma bobs

Only improvement for me would be better run practise. I don't think there was a peg board, and the general shouting out of crystals was all a bit random

G

[Slimboyfat]

really enjoyed the track and the racing, Sorry to Rich Lowe who i think i took out in the final after being marshalled but well done to Doddy in 4wd and Danny in 2wd who was pretty invincible.

I Qualified 5th in 4wd with the XX4 and didn't finish though not sure who, if anyone dropped out before me.

Managed to break a side belt and front belt, a front shock tower and the back of the chassis........nice.

[Kopite]

Originally Posted by Northy

I qualified 6th and finished 6th in 4wd (after my rail slide along the rostrum - which I think Stan helped me to do ) with the X11

Did i nail u in the final? Sorry if i did

Academy comin thru......

[Northy]

When we went up the upslope side by side I knew it would all end in tears

I ended up doing a rail slide along the front of the rostrum and then re-joined a little after you. No problem at all - a racing incident Just watch out next time Maybe your car 'flexed' into mine!

G

[antnee]

the way to get the best marshall is to be in the bottom heat so you get all the top 4wd guys

met, jim(jimarea51 i think), who used to own my losi xxx

only broke a rearshock tower in quali, but had a mare final, first corner, managed to pull a ballstud out the front bulkhead, then after 4mins clipped the track markings and broke the rear pivot block.... o well...

sweet track, hope for another one like that again

[Slimboyfat]

Originally Posted by Northy

When we went up the upslope side by side I knew it would all end in tears

I ended up doing a rail slide along the front of the rostrum and then re-joined a little after you. No problem at all - a racing incident Just watch out next time Maybe your car 'flexed' into mine!

G

was it your car i hit just of the jump before the last corner Northy with about a minute to go?

Pred vs XX4 head on ...... er XX4 lost

[Chrislong]

Originally Posted by Slimboyfat

was it your car i hit just of the jump before the last corner Northy with about a minute to go?

Pred vs XX4 head on ...... er XX4 lost

Wow, that was a well unfortunate accident. Northy was stuck on the pipe and not getting marshalled any time soon, so kinda driving up it, just as he hit the lip of the pipe join and car jumped about 6inches, you drove under him and his chassis snapped the tower....

[Slimboyfat]

yeah not good i made and error that put me into the pipe where the Pred was stuck......but i didn't like that shock tower anyway, lol.

I really can't believe how i haven't broken a XX4 in 4 years give or take and then have 4 problems in one meeting.

Utter poo but still thought it was a good meeting, track reminded me of the indoor finals at York a few years back.

[Stu]

Originally Posted by Northy

Only improvement for me would be better run practise. I don't think there was a peg board, and the general shouting out of crystals was all a bit random

G

Yeah, a peg board would be good.

I did hear one of the organisers (Tim/Muzzy?) shouting for drivers to get off the rostrum as it was overcrowded during practice, this was a problem in the 'old days' from what I remember. The answer then was to issue practice tickets at booking in, these allow one 5 min practice slot per entry and encourage drivers to get booked in & paid up ASAP, allowing the heats to be finalised quickly

The obvious downside to this suggestion is that someone has to be available to police the rostrum; the organisers looked to me to working very hard as it was.

[Northy]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

Wow, that was a well unfortunate accident. Northy was stuck on the pipe and not getting marshalled any time soon, so kinda driving up it, just as he hit the lip of the pipe join and car jumped about 6inches, you drove under him and his chassis snapped the tower....

Yeh, OJ, that was me sorry. I was doing my second rail slide along the pipe as Chris has stated, with the power on trying to get off it, and I think you were coming the other way!

Can I get some extra points for my tricks?

G

[Slimboyfat]

You should ask for an extra place for 'Style'......forget overtaking its how good you look when you crash that matters, lol

[Andrew Twigger]

Originally Posted by super__dan

It was an excellent track and excellent meeting, I really look forward to Worksop now more than any other indoor venue.

My (and some others) only bug bear on the day was that some of the marshalling was dreadfull. In round 3 after waiting for 5 secs for a marshall I actually had to get off the rostrum to marshall my own car and there was a guy who seemed scared to go on track to marshall. In our own little huddle we put this down to ex touring car racers, is this fair?

Hi Dan,

I don't know whether your post was aimed at my marshalling in any way, but I will apologise now for not hearing your call when you pulled up near me - I thought you had broken your car.

And for the record, I am a touring car driver but make every effort to reach the car before it has finished its 17th barrel roll and try to ensure a swift turn over so to speak. I don't think I could say the same about a few people that I saw - both buggy and TC people alike.

I do agree some of the marshalling was bad though, there were often points unmanned which meant that cars would go unnoticed for a few seconds. Personally, I would like to see marshalls be made to stay on their points until relieved like usual and actual points to be clearly marked with race numbers.

If somone wants to re-educate me on the intricacies of jumping a 4WD over that mahoosive launch pad at the next event, then I would be very grateful!

[super__dan]

Andrew,

Were you in the middle of the track, by the 3 jumps? In which case no it wasn't aimed at you at all. My run was burned and I had just pulled offline to get some clear track so I could go for that all important fastest lap time (bragging rights).

My touring car ref was more for banter than anything. I think everyone agrees that numbered marshal points though are good.