Ozfest 08 - Unofficial Oswestry National Thread

[ashleyb4]

Right Boys and Girls I know its early but i want to beat neil to it :p (aka my to much time on his hands)

So who's coming?

If you have any questions here is the place to ask.

If you want more info check out our website http://www.oswestryrcc.org.uk/

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[Northy]

Unofficial? :confused:

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[Chris Doughty]

are you racing Ash? or are you reserve?

[Kopite]

i remember last year being superb weather on the Saturday, and bobbins on the Sunday.

I also remember a certain Mr Phil Channon running the quiz on the Saturday night :thumbsup:.

I had a cracking laugh that weekend, until i woke up at 5am Sunday morning hanging out of the boot of my car :(

[Northy]

hanging out of the boot of my car :(

:eh?:

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[jimmy]

the quiz night was indeed genius! more more more!

[ashleyb4]

Unofficial? :confused:

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Im sure i put official!

are you racing Ash? or are you reserve?

No chris i didnt enter any nats this year.

i remember last year being superb weather on the Saturday, and bobbins on the Sunday.

I also remember a certain Mr Phil Channon running the quiz on the Saturday night :thumbsup:.

I had a cracking laugh that weekend, until i woke up at 5am Sunday morning hanging out of the boot of my car :(

lol



the quiz night was indeed genius! more more more!

it was good.

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[Kopite]

LOL, Northy, i didn't mean it in THAT way :lol::lol:

[Lee]

Ash, its only Official if it is started by a BRCA official ;)

[Northy]

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:

More details required :p

[ashleyb4]

We also now have some nice new hard standing which is nice tarmac.

A:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Kopite]

i was just really really hammered, think i was drinking with Ben Riley, Paul Rotheram and a few others. I was going to sleep in Jamie Banks' caravan, but decided i didn't want to wake them up, so put the back seats down in my car, and fell asleep with my top half in the boot, and my legs on the mud. i was freezing when i woke up :(

[Northy]

Legend :lol:

You let Ben Riley out drink you? I KNOW he's shite at drinking :lol:

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[Kopite]

he talks a good game, i'll give him that!!!

[c0sie]

Im gonna come up and watch 4WD on Sunday again.
Will bring milk @ Craig.

[MattADH]

Cris - please come and find me if I dont find you first!
I will pitting in the very large red EZ-Up with Rockford Fosgate on the roof!

Matt

[Northy]

he talks a good game, i'll give him that!!!

He does that with everything :thumbsup:

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[IceMike]

Before anyone askes where we are running the national. this year we have a change of location. we will be running it on our new surface seen as everyone likes it nice an flat :P

Cant wait its gunna be fun

[ben]

hahahaha ill second that lol:lol:

[ben]

Before anyone askes where we are running the national. this year we have a change of location. we will be running it on our new surface seen as everyone likes it nice an flat :P

Cant wait its gunna be fun

If its tarmac we may as well run snouring cars. And slick tyres:thumbdown:

[IceMike]

haha, awesome. nah its on the bank but would be fun to have abit of both

[ashleyb4]

There will be no tarmac on the track lol

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[neiloliver]

The Factory Team Pub Quiz will be making a return this year, hosted again by Phil Channon.

The area between the trailer rostrum and the buildings HAS just been freshly tarmac'd so it is great for hard standing pitting. You could even run TC's on it if you were that way inclined.

We have track designs ready, the track will be smaller and tighter than previous years, but instead of being made to feel embarassed about our grass we are embracing it.. grass is good. grass is now different!. If anything it's retro!

Its going to be great :)

im gonna link my video again... get that grass in your nostrils!

here goes...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQH3yASHsk8

[ashleyb4]

The hard standing would also be good for caravan without awnings if its wet.

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[telboy]

Cool I can't wait now.
Hope I get the chance to do both days this time! :)

[Danny McGee]

all i ask for is a decent track :bored:

[emzy]

i was just really really hammered, think i was drinking with Ben Riley, Paul Rotheram and a few others. I was going to sleep in Jamie Banks' caravan, but decided i didn't want to wake them up, so put the back seats down in my car, and fell asleep with my top half in the boot, and my legs on the mud. i was freezing when i woke up :(

Did you?! The last time me and Paul saw you you'd fallen asleep inside the back of your car... because me and Paul kept trying to wake you up!

[ashleyb4]

all i ask for is a decent track :bored:

We aim to please danny. This years track will be better

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[Stu]

We aim to please danny. This years track will be better

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For god's sake don't do another one of them wanky corners with random stuff under astro, 'cos it's crap.

If the track improves as much this year as it did between '06 & '07 it should be very good.

Glad to hear the quiz will be back, it was ace last year.

[Richard Lowe]

With smaller diameter markings hopefully, not the past couple of years' large diameter magnetic ones ;)

[ashleyb4]

For god's sake don't do another one of them wanky corners with random stuff under astro, 'cos it's crap.

If the track improves as much this year as it did between '06 & '07 it should be very good.

Glad to hear the quiz will be back, it was ace last year.

Dont worry stu if anyone trys to put pipe or wood under astro this year ill shove it somewhere where the sun doesnt shine :p

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[Chrislong]

I agree with Stu, please no ripples or random things under astro.

With a good layout and no rain, it ought to be a great event. :thumbsup:

[Chrislong]

Dont worry stu if anyone trys to put pipe or wood under astro this year ill shove it somewhere where the sun doesnt shine :p

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Under the trees?

[Stu]

No, where your thumb goes.

[Chrislong]

:lol: until it is snapped off.

[ben]

hahaha chris. I found that hilarious when you told me:lol:

[bigred5765]

Unofficial? :confused:

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thats because someone got there hands slapped for typing
OFFICIAL KIDDY THREAD LOL
now modified to unofficial:eh?:

[c0sie]

Matt - Will do fella :)

[Kopite]

Did you?! The last time me and Paul saw you you'd fallen asleep inside the back of your car... because me and Paul kept trying to wake you up!


i think i woke up cos i wasn't comfy in the front seat. tbh, waking up in the boot was all i remember!!

i really enjoyed the track last year, and the biggest plus point for me was one set of tyres all day :thumbsup::thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Wraggy]

No chris i didnt enter any nats this year.
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how come Ash ? thought it would be good experience for you !

[ashleyb4]

Wanted to save my cash so i can learn to drive a real car :thumbsup: and so i can consentrate on regionals and hopefully get a good f license woudllove my f3 if i can full my finger out.

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[rc boy]

so ash will we be having more jumps than usual
it would be awesome to have more jumps to the track:thumbsup:

[IceMike]

We dont know yet what the track will have on it. So no details to post sorry

[Danny McGee]

Track size?

please have more jumps this year, that are a bit of fun

[strobe]

Wall of Death?

[ashleyb4]

Guy currently we dont have much track info for you we have a design for 2wd then a similar one for 4wd its no fun to show you drawings so we will keep you in suspense until friday night as for jumps and other features. Im pretty sure we wont have a wall of death sorry:p But hoping to have some good jumps dotted around the track. And as for size it is slightly bigger than kidderminster track.

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[Chris Doughty]

But hoping to have some good jumps dotted around the track.

I hope they are not just a few propped up boards scattered around the track.

it would be nice to see some features where it rewards the driver getting them right, such as landing on the downside.

don't place them too far away from the drivers stand, especially if its another trailer. if the track is Kiddy size viewing it from only 9 feet off the ground will make the far sections hard to see.

these are just my thoughts, not sure if anyone else thinks the same.

[Danny McGee]

I hope they are not just a few propped up boards scattered around the track.

it would be nice to see some features where it rewards the driver getting them right, such as landing on the downside.

don't place them too far away from the drivers stand, especially if its another trailer. if the track is Kiddy size viewing it from only 9 feet off the ground will make the far sections hard to see.

these are just my thoughts, not sure if anyone else thinks the same.

agreed!

[ashleyb4]

I hope they are not just a few propped up boards scattered around the track.

it would be nice to see some features where it rewards the driver getting them right, such as landing on the downside.

don't place them too far away from the drivers stand, especially if its another trailer. if the track is Kiddy size viewing it from only 9 feet off the ground will make the far sections hard to see.

these are just my thoughts, not sure if anyone else thinks the same.

Chris and Danny

I also hate tringle jumps. all i can do is nose dive and land on my roof. I cant say for sure but i have some idea's ide like to run past to comitee members tonight.

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[Chrislong]

Yeh, no tringle jumps please.

[Wraggy]

I also hate tringle jumps.
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is that like a single but looks like a triple :confused::woot:

[Chrislong]

is that like a single but looks like a triple :confused::woot:

Yep, also known as Siples too.

Hey, where is Ash? taking the mikey is no fun if he isn't around to take it. :lol:

[ashleyb4]

Ive been racing.

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[Body Paint]

With smaller diameter markings hopefully, not the past couple of years' large diameter magnetic ones ;)

PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE don't use that blue hose anywhere, did I say PLEASE :)

Can't wait for the quiz, more RC related questions though this year please Phil:thumbsup:, I can't beleive you done me with Jammin full spikes :lol:

[ashleyb4]

We might have a way round the pipe problem but im not an official so i cant really confirm anything.

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[PaulRotheram]

solution: don't use it :woot::lol:

[tyreman]

solution: don't use it :woot::lol:

It's easy to say don't use it, but to replace it with something thats going to last will cost at least £500, Coventrys yellow piping that was used for the F3,4,5's which is the right size cost nearly £700.

[ben]

haha £700 for us to play with toy cars :lol::p

[josh_smaxx]

haha £700 for us to play with toy cars :lol::p

Ben, have you ever priced up how much just one of your cars is worth? with all the leccy's. Your S4 must be worth a fair bit over that.

[Lee]

It costs about £300 just to compete at a national so £700 for something that wll last 10 years + isn`t to bad.

[Northy]

It costs about £300 just to compete at a national so £700 for something that wll last 10 years + isn`t to bad.

Is that for a single National?
If it is your off your tits man!

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[ben]

lol graham. You have a caravan though. So you dont have to pay for hotels. I think that sounds about right lee. Becuase once you have got tyres, and stuff it soon all adds up. :thumbdown:

[Lee]

Last weekend

£90 for deisel (kiddy is one of the closer ones)
£75 for 5 sets of tyres for the weekend without wheels/inserts
£100 hotel
£100 food/drink etc

plus spares:cry:

So its £300 +

I dont mind though i have a laugh:thumbsup:

[Kopite]

dude, camp out, it's miles cheaper! you can spend the money you save on hookers


....and you'd better be having a 1000lb steak to be spending that much on food!!!

[josh_smaxx]

....and you'd better be having a 1000lb steak to be spending that much on food!!!

He did say food/drink :thumbsup:

[Kopite]

good shout

[niggs98]

good shout

pmsl :woot:

[Lee]

I was waiting for niggs to add a spur gear to the list:thumbsup::lol:

[andy05]

dude, camp out, it's miles cheaper! you can spend the money you save on hookers


....and you'd better be having a 1000lb steak to be spending that much on food!!!
MMMMM 1000lb steak:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

[bigred5765]

MMMMM 1000lb steak:drool::drool::drool::drool::drool::drool:

what was she called :woot:

[ben]

one big mother fu***r of a steak :lol:

[andy05]

what was she called :woot:
Most cows are/were(befor being cooked:thumbsup:)called daisy i thought:confused:

[ashleyb4]

Go play in the playground children :p

For people who havent been before:

For directions i have found the postcode for everyone which is SY11 4AB This will get you really close to the track where you will see signs to direct you and then on your left you will see a load of tents etc.

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[ben]

then on your left you will see a load of tents etc.

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what if were the first people there? There wont be any tents :lol::p

[rc boy]

so is there any news if there going to be using more jumps this year :D

[niggs98]

I was waiting for niggs to add a spur gear to the list:thumbsup::lol:

omg an extra 3 quid + the £25 pound back hand slap from bob for leaving 4 rather important screws loose :woot: :thumbsup: (only took me 4 days to see ya post :woot:)

[niggs98]

what if were the first people there? There wont be any tents :lol::p

you will have to be a very early bird to beat mcdc to the track ;)

[ashleyb4]

There will also be a big lorry there two. First people to arrive last year where chris long with paul.

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[neiloliver]

If people still want to pre-order cells for Oswestry can they please PM me as soon as possible as I am working on a first come first delivered basis.

Cheers
Neil

[bigred5765]

Most cows are/were(befor being cooked:thumbsup:)called daisy i thought:confused:

did you know they only use bulls for meat:thumbsup:
so may it was called dazz or dave but doubt daisey unless it was gay lol:thumbdown:

[losixxx]

There will also be a big lorry there two. First people to arrive last year where chris long with paul.

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what time was that then ash:lol:

[ashleyb4]

God knows.

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[bigred5765]

so what time can we turn up with the caravan mate

[losixxx]

as unless it was before 11 they werent first;)

[neiloliver]

Arrival after 1pm on Friday is OK (as stated on your welcome pack)

Neil

[ashleyb4]

Ill be there collecting the money. Neil you have an e-mail.

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[RogerM]

Hoping this turns into a great event as it could be my last 2wd national ever (or at least for quite a while) as I am changing jobs and need to be available on saturdays for support if required :(

Weather looks good too :D

[GRIFF55]

Will there be showers there so i can have a scrub up? Or should i bring a bucket:lol:

[Northy]

Just bring plenty of deodorant :p

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[Southwell]

Will there be showers there so i can have a scrub up? Or should i bring a bucket:lol:

Only if you wanna risk flashing anyone using the toilet....:lol:

[Bathy]

Only if you wanna risk flashing anyone using the toilet....:lol:

You spend a lot of time hanging around the men’s toilets huh, weak bladder yeah? :eh?:

[Southwell]

You spend a lot of time hanging around the men’s toilets huh, weak bladder yeah? :eh?:

Yeah, watch out or ill go on your tent. :D

[GRIFF55]

Just bring plenty of deodorant :p

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better not tell the wife then!!

[Chrislong]

A peg is also good.

[Southwell]

Whats the postcode/road name for the track?

[Lew]

Should be a top weekend.. am looking forward to it :)

[bigred5765]

postcode for BT whittington house which is SY11 4TB which is about 50 metres away. I will put signs up on the A5 directing you towards the track. You cant miss us.
found this from ashley's post

[James]

Are we still playing footy?

Sounds a great idea but the lack of showers might be a problem :eh?:

[Southwell]

Cheers Carl.

[IceMike]

Track looks awesome, bring on the heat wave weekend. and everyone bring plenty of beer, and water for the kids :P and jimmy i hope your coming looking forward to all the awesome picys

[losixxx]

good luck to all...will be thinking of you racing in the rain whilst im supping another cold beer watching the rugby.....:D

[Lee]

Mr and Mrs oOple shall be in attendance from friday evening.


Thankyou

Lee

(official oOple spokesperson:D:p)

[jimmy]

haha yeah we'll be there late on - save us a space! :thumbsup: Aero brother.

[Lee]

Will do,

Will rich vermin or Tom save a space for me and lil ben, we wont be there till 7 ish

[IceMike]

haha save space. where do you think you are this is oswestry theres acres of space.

[rcracer]

good luck guys and have a good weekend :thumbsup:

[losixxx]

who's going to be nice and post some pic's of the track to see what im missing:lol:

[Bathy]

Was just remembering how funny the quiz was last year, we had every question correct according to our cheers... and yet we didn't win! Crazy :lol:


http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/oswestry2007national/2wd/bigimages/OOP_9935.jpg

[IceMike]

i will post some 2m mayb. not spoiling the suprise

[millzy]

of it being flat??

[IceMike]

Y is everyone so negative???? it defo ant flat

[millzy]

Just teasing, im sure its good...but the next national will be better.

how many jumps are there this year?

[IceMike]

5 but you shouldnt be usin them all

[millzy]

sounds good hope they all like the effort thats been put in.

[IceMike]

well i know i have done 50 hours almost this week so far. and ive not been the only one there all week.

[_sleigh_]

Track is pretty awesome.

Jumptastic :drool::drool:

[millzy]

show some pics then phillip

[Gaz_Stanton]

Nope. Wait for the expert pics from Jimmy. :p

[rcracer]

wonder how its going down there

[YoungChazz]

ELLIS TQs. Wins round one by nine -- count 'em -- nine seconds!!!

Ellis and The New Math ROCK!!!!!!

[rcracer]

have you got satellite link Chazz :D...well in Ellis.:thumbsup:

[Darren Boyle]

have you got satellite link Chazz


No just DMS Darren phone link!!! I spoke to Ellis a few minutes before I was due to speak with Chazz, so naturally passed on the good news!!!

Ellis is indeed TQ and I believe that Pidge is second on the grid (or he at least TQd the last round)

Racers from the track will confirm the full details later today I am sure

[c0sie]

w00t! Pidge ftw :)

[_sleigh_]

Indeed...

Qualifying
Ellis Stafford
Lee Martin
Chris Doughty
Tom Yardy
Simon Moss
Paul Bradby
Phil Channon
Phil Sleigh
Stu Wood
Danny McGee

Finishing pos. (vague)
Ellis
Lee
Simon
Chris
Tom
Phil S
???
???
???
Phil C

[jimmy]

Ellis Stafford
Lee Martin
Chris Doughty
Simon Moss
Tom Yardy
Phil Sleigh
Stuart Wood
Danny McGee
Paul Bradby
Phil Channon

[YoungChazz]

Nice job Ellis!!! The New Math ROCKS!!!!!

[bert digler]

Nice job Ellis!!! The New Math ROCKS!!!!!

to be honest chaz a report from the meeting said it was shit hot:lol:

[YoungChazz]

Congratulations also to Phil Channon who put it in The Show and to the newest of The Boyz, Tom Cockerill for winning the B!

Super Dan Greenwood was in the B too, and Andy Carter, returning to racing after a long lay-off with the X - 6, was also in the B, for FIVE New Math in the top 20!

[col300]

any results from today at all??

cheers.

[YoungChazz]

Proving again that the X - 5 remains the fastest car out there, Indoor Finals Champion Ellis Stafford won 4WD at Ozwestry to complete domination of the meeting!

Tom Cockerill also made The Show, Doing The Math for his new Team.

The Big E TQed one round of qualifying and took second in all the others to sit second on the grid. He took second in A - 1 and won A - 3 to take home the Ozfest crown for X Factory.

Incredible job E!!!

[mattym0310]

Welldone Ellis!

[super__dan]

All Oz chaps, I thought it was a great track and a great meeting, thoroughly enjoyed it. Special thanks though to Phil for the quiz (WHICH WE WON AGAIN!!!) and Mcgoo for cutting th grass Friday night which I think was part of the reason the track was so good!

[paulc]

yeah great weekend well done oswestry :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[Stu]

Well said there, considering the flat grass base for the track the club did good - it gets better each year.

Quiz was ace as well.

Where is my box?

[ashleyb4]

the qualifying order was sorry havnt got full results

TQ: Chris Doughty Atomicized b44
2nd: Ellis Stafford X factory X5 squared
3rd: Lee Martin AE b44
4th: Danny Mcgee Team Losi xx4we
5th: Simon Moss Schuamcher Cat (meowe)
6th: Paul Bradby AE b44
7th: Kev Lee Aero
8th: Phil Sleigh Hot Bodies D4
9th: Tom Cockerill Xfactory x5 squared
10th: Mark Stanley Team losi xxx4

BQ: Tony Truman HB D4

Results from today is

1st Ellis stafford (amazing driving all weekend Ellis)
2nd Chris Doughty(He got TQ he won leg 2 wasnt the fastest car in the final but he was really consistan and was driving amazingly he had a little mistake in the last leg which was unfortunate but he well deseved 2nd place)
3rd Lee Martin
4th Danny Mcgee

We where blest with really good weather most of the weekend only friday night it rained and thundered!!!!!! it was ace fun.

Was a really good weekend's racing i would also like to say welldone to ellis for the double and to Phil channon for makign his 2nd national A.


While we where scruiternering i sent away 4 cars for ilegal cells and phil channon sent one away form illegal cells.

ALso we counted the number's of cars at the event and the most popular car was tied between two chassis. Until the final where richard taylor changed chassis which tipped the balance theses are the numbers.

Losi xx4 29
AE b44 28
AC S4 12
HB D4 12
AC b44 9
X factory x5 8
AERO 6
JC BJ4 6
Jokomo BX 3
Losi XXX4 2
Schuamacher CAT 2
Pred x11 2
501x 1


I would also like to thank Danny Mcgee for cutting the grass for us on friday night there was a large group volentering to do it danny did the first stint and then the res tof the bogged off leaving danny to finish it off. We highly apreciated this danny.

Also welldone to the (We wonlast year (your mum) sponsered by nortec racing) for winning the quiz.

And thanks to the people who donated prizes for the quiz:

http://www.dcracing.co.uk/
http://www.stormforceracing.co.uk/
http://www.nortechracing.co.uk/

i think thats it ooooo no wait

great comentry MCDC

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[ashleyb4]

Also Thanks to Simon moss, Phil sleigh and simon moss for helping move the jumps about.

Chris Long had your box last stu.

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[IceMike]

ashley i was there when neil counted them car results there was equal number of b44 on losi xx4's dont make it sound like ppl like the losi more as it was equal. :p also like to say well done to Tony Bishop for the design of the track. I thought it was great fun and i loved the jumps wanna see more in the future:thumbsup::thumbsup::woot::thumbsup::thumbsu p:

[Jonesy]

I'd like to echo the comments off everyone above.

Special thanks to Oswestry club and the club volunteers, special mention to Gareth Stanton for his sun burn on Thursday, silly boy!! Fantastic track and I really enjoyyed the jumps once I got used to them, get one st up on the Triangle track for Regionals now guys!

I'd like to thank the BRCA officials as always, it was a tricky weekend and there were some decisions made which I know didn't sit well with people, in fact I don't think there have been that many complaints at a National since I started doing them in 1996!!

On a personal note I thought it was a great weekend to be a ref, alot more penalties dished out this weekend than I've known as a ref but every single one (to my knowledge) were accepted by the drivers and marshalls - thank you!

2wd - managed to put it in the 'D' Final after nailing a 14th in Round 4, without my silly mistake on the In Lap it could have been a 9th with a bit of luck but a 14th is more than acceptable for me at the minute, shame it went with a 35th :cry: :cry:

4wd - Not as a good a day today and was down in the H Final, mainly to do with my lack of experiance adapting the BJ4 thoughout a meeting, but again I felt on a clean run I'm not that far behind a Top 30 spot in each round so I feel a still made progression despite taking a step back!

Finally, congrats to Ellis for his weekend. I'm not at Talli...... (South Wales I mean) so see you all at Eden Park unless you race in the Mid West in which case I'll see you next week :p

[Mossy]

Great meeting! Great track and some excellent finals! Bring on Tailywain!

[Jonesy]

Seems like you'd like to go back next year then Moss?

[Mossy]

Thought Oz put on a great meeting. Club members always helpful, with Channon & Ashley the un-sung hero's of the weekend. Cant fault it!

[Lew]

Absolutely quality weekend, Driving was alright on saturday, but was on form today, electrics && car let me down though(overheating and stupidly breaking)
Thanks to all the Oswes team for a great track.

Oswes has officially wrote off 2 of my cars now :o

top weekend, thanks boys

[andy reeves]

Really enjoyed today, Thanks to all the people making today happen and thanks for booking the sun :D Thought the track was interesting and a test for everyone. I did make one possible improvment to a club member. But that was only a slight suggestion. On a personal note i cracked the top 100 for the first time at a national :D

[ashleyb4]

ashley i was there when neil counted them car results there was equal number of b44 on losi xx4's dont make it sound like ppl like the losi more as it was equal. :p also like to say well done to Tony Bishop for the design of the track. I thought it was great fun and i loved the jumps wanna see more in the future:thumbsup::thumbsup::woot:

We added them up at the end of round 4 tricky ran his xx4 in the finals which put the xx4 one ahead but it doesnt really matter.

From a social side of things i really enjoyed myself met James Haliwell and trish and spoke to danny a fair bit. The quiz was ace there was me my parents my uncle and aunty, james oliver and mrs oliver jeff and berrol stanton and out of about 45 points we scored 10 :p I dont think we got any of the rc ones right. :p:p

Im glad i didnt race as i dont think it would have been as much fun.

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[bigred5765]

again as already said, a huge thanks to the oz fest club members and volunteers
track was good and held up well,weather after a shaky start turned out fantastic,
Matty had two really good results for a grass track (not his favorite )so on to the next one tally something of other lol,whats there can some locals post details on here please, just pondering weather to take the caravan or hotel it as its like 180+miles for us each way,

[MikePimlott]

Proving again that the X - 5 remains the fastest car out there

At round 2.

Excellent results Ellis

[Stu]

http://www.northernracer.com/posted/15.JPG
http://www.northernracer.com/posted/16.JPG
http://www.northernracer.com/posted/17.JPG
http://www.northernracer.com/posted/18.JPG
http://www.northernracer.com/posted/19.JPG

Lots more where they came from, more box pictures and a few cars.

[neiloliver]

Thanks to all the drivers who made our job so much easier through scruntineering, its not the most interesting job the world but everyone was cool with us looking under your shells and calling your cars bricks, buses, tanks etc etc...

Well done to the two A finalists who used cells from Stormforce Racing.. im just so very very proud..:cry:


:DNeil

[trekkerkk]

id like to echo all the positive things said in earlier posts great weekend.
learnt a hell off alot,
great debut for mcdc on the national scene,keep it up,

trekkker

[Richard Lowe]

Well done to the club and Danny for his gardening skills!

The 'jump issue' spoilt the day for me a bit today but this thread is not the place... :(

[Cockerill]

Very well done to the club, BRCA and all involved (Including Danny who cut the grass :p). It was a well run meeting on a good track with great weather.

I agree with Rich that the triple was not great for consistency, but hey, we live and learn. The track gets better each year so I look forward to an even better one next year.

I also noticed that the yellows I got today were much better than the ones I got at Kiddy :thumbsup:

[DaveG28]

the qualifying order was sorry havnt got full results

TQ: Chris Doughty Atomicized b44
2nd: Ellis Stafford X factory X5 squared
3rd: Lee Martin AE b44
4th: Danny Mcgee Team Losi xx4we
5th: Simon Moss Schuamcher Cat (meowe)
6th: Paul Bradby AE b44
7th: Kev Lee Aero
8th: Phil Sleigh Hot Bodies D4
9th: Tom Cockerill Xfactory x5 squared
10th: Mark Stanley Team losi xxx4

BQ: Tony Truman HB D4

Results from today is

1st Ellis stafford (amazing driving all weekend Ellis)
2nd Chris Doughty(He got TQ he won leg 2 wasnt the fastest car in the final but he was really consistan and was driving amazingly he had a little mistake in the last leg which was unfortunate but he well deseved 2nd place)
3rd Lee Martin
4th Danny Mcgee

We where blest with really good weather most of the weekend only friday night it rained and thundered!!!!!! it was ace fun.

Was a really good weekend's racing i would also like to say welldone to ellis for the double and to Phil channon for makign his 2nd national A.


While we where scruiternering i sent away 4 cars for ilegal cells and phil channon sent one away form illegal cells.

ALso we counted the number's of cars at the event and the most popular car was tied between two chassis. Until the final where richard taylor changed chassis which tipped the balance theses are the numbers.

Losi xx4 29
AE b44 28
AC S4 12
HB D4 12
AC b44 9
X factory x5 8
AERO 6
JC BJ4 6
Jokomo BX 3
Losi XXX4 2
Schuamacher CAT 2
Pred x11 2
501x 1


I would also like to thank Danny Mcgee for cutting the grass for us on friday night there was a large group volentering to do it danny did the first stint and then the res tof the bogged off leaving danny to finish it off. We highly apreciated this danny.

Also welldone to the (We wonlast year (your mum) sponsered by nortec racing) for winning the quiz.

And thanks to the people who donated prizes for the quiz:

http://www.dcracing.co.uk/
http://www.stormforceracing.co.uk/
http://www.nortechracing.co.uk/

i think thats it ooooo no wait

great comentry MCDC

A

Ash, am I the only one left ever running the Tam (swapped from my broken Aero half way through) or isthere someone else still plugging away??

[David Church]

Thanks to all involved with this meeting!!!!!!!!!!!! You all did a great job!!!!!!!!!

[ashleyb4]

Ash, am I the only one left ever running the Tam (swapped from my broken Aero half way through) or isthere someone else still plugging away??

You where the only tamiya left dave.

A

[bigred5765]

Thanks to all involved with this meeting!!!!!!!!!!!! You all did a great job!!!!!!!!!

Ace skills on the commentating MCDC,have to say i enjoyed it loads, did feel you left out a (boy he hit that one outa the ball park)
and (he's crashed he's crashed on the double doubles):D
hehe

[neiloliver]

DC, the commetary was very good. I would also love to see a two man commentary... dodge ball style :)

N

[ben]

Thanks to all involved. Good track... great weather :thumbsup:.

Great commentary MCDC made the weekend alot more enjoyable.:p

[Chrislong]

I think Oz has come on a long way since 2 years ago, each year gets better. But the consistency of the two big jumps partially spoilt what was otherwise an ace track (I mean my ability on the 2nd to hit a microscopic down ramp - it was built well after the repair)

Brian Harris does a great job, but dare I say it - I want MCDC to be the full time MC! Its ace!!!!

Big thanks to McGee for doing the grass cutting, I think my comments regarding the track would have been negative now if it wasn;t for that.

[Lee]

Again thanks to the Oz team for all the effort and hard work, you did a top job:D

Both my cars were pretty crap but i had a great weekend and a lot of laughs, roll on talliwaingggfffggh:woot:

[Northy]

On a personal note I thought it was a great weekend to be a ref, alot more penalties dished out this weekend than I've known.......

Agreed, but it's just a pity that there seems to be very little consistancy it the whole thing :mad:

G

[Chris Doughty]

the qualifying order was sorry havnt got full results

TQ: Chris Doughty Atomicized b44
2nd: Ellis Stafford X factory X5 squared
3rd: Lee Martin AE b44
4th: Danny Mcgee Team Losi xx4we
5th: Simon Moss Schuamcher Cat (meowe)
6th: Paul Bradby AE b44
7th: Kev Lee Aero
8th: Phil Sleigh Hot Bodies D4
9th: Tom Cockerill Xfactory x5 squared
10th: Mark Stanley Team losi xxx4

BQ: Tony Truman HB D4

Results from today is

1st Ellis stafford (amazing driving all weekend Ellis)
2nd Chris Doughty(He got TQ he won leg 2 wasnt the fastest car in the final but he was really consistan and was driving amazingly he had a little mistake in the last leg which was unfortunate but he well deseved 2nd place)
3rd Lee Martin
4th Danny Mcgee

We where blest with really good weather most of the weekend only friday night it rained and thundered!!!!!! it was ace fun.

Was a really good weekend's racing i would also like to say welldone to ellis for the double and to Phil channon for makign his 2nd national A.


While we where scruiternering i sent away 4 cars for ilegal cells and phil channon sent one away form illegal cells.

ALso we counted the number's of cars at the event and the most popular car was tied between two chassis. Until the final where richard taylor changed chassis which tipped the balance theses are the numbers.

Losi xx4 29
AE b44 28
AC S4 12
HB D4 12
AC b44 9
X factory x5 8
AERO 6
JC BJ4 6
Jokomo BX 3
Losi XXX4 2
Schuamacher CAT 2
Pred x11 2
501x 1


I would also like to thank Danny Mcgee for cutting the grass for us on friday night there was a large group volentering to do it danny did the first stint and then the res tof the bogged off leaving danny to finish it off. We highly apreciated this danny.

Also welldone to the (We wonlast year (your mum) sponsered by nortec racing) for winning the quiz.

And thanks to the people who donated prizes for the quiz:

http://www.dcracing.co.uk/
http://www.stormforceracing.co.uk/
http://www.nortechracing.co.uk/

i think thats it ooooo no wait

great comentry MCDC

A

Technically, the Atomic/Atomized B44 are Associated, so it looks like AE had domination in 4WD.

did you get any car counts for 2WD, that would be interesting.

[Barry Williams]

Well done Oswestry team, best event you have put on to date, although from our point of view everything went pear shaped with the racing, plus my exhaust fell off on the way home!!
Top laugh on Sat night at the quiz, especially Daz Horsman & Graham Hunter making tits of themselves.... quality

Barry

[losixxx]

Technically, the Atomic/Atomized B44 are Associated, so it looks like AE had domination in 4WD.




On that point you could also say the x-factory is technically losi so with 39 cars they beat AE :p

[Wraggy]

the numbers.

Losi xx4 29
AE b44 28
AC S4 12
HB D4 12
AC b44 9
X factory x5 8
AERO 6
JC BJ4 6
Jokomo BX 3
Losi XXX4 2
Schuamacher CAT 2
Pred x11 2
501x 1


A
think you may find that there was at least 1 Kyosho running also !!!
so looks like your counts a little out ..

[neiloliver]

2WD Breakdown (118 running)

Associated B4: 73
X Factory X6: 19
Losi: 14 (CR and BK combined because they all look the same to me)
Atomic Carbon S2: 10
Kyosho RB5: 2

Total Team Associated domination!

[ashleyb4]

think you may find that there was at least 1 Kyosho running also !!!
so looks like your counts a little out ..

Yes there is one kyosho its only list here which wasnt in order so when posting i put them in order and must of missed the Kyosho so yes there was one lazer.

A

[Cockerill]

That would make 121 cars Ash, not criticising you, just pointing it out.

It's quite nice to see how many of each car are been used, 14 different cars in total and 8 different cars in the A in 4wd.

[Lee]

Are we going to see the magic 10 different cars in a 4wd national A this year:o

[neiloliver]

We were tallying them up whilst still handing out bugs, so a minor error may have crept in.. please dont report us to the national office for statistics! :p

[losixxx]

That would make 121 cars Ash, not criticising you, just pointing it out.

It's quite nice to see how many of each car are been used, 14 different cars in total and 8 different cars in the A in 4wd.


tricky swopped from xxx4 to xx4 for the finals so there the extra car

[IceMike]

i know y the counts are out. its cos ash added that xx4 he didnt take the xxx4 out.

[millzy]

PICS

[ashleyb4]

Yea tricky run his xx4 which meant it was an extra car.

To tell you the truth i was really suprissed there where so many xx4's left out there. I was also exspecting more 501x's and preds.

A

[Darren Boyle]

2WD Breakdown (118 running)

Associated B4: 73
X Factory X6: 19
Losi: 14 (CR and BK combined because they all look the same to me)
Atomic Carbon S2: 10
Kyosho RB5: 2

Total Team Associated domination!


Judging by the number of X6 orders we have come in to here at the shop this morning, those numbers might be swinging a little bit!!! Dont get me wrong the B4 will still be the most popular (by a long way) BUT if all these X6's are going to national racers we could see a big rise in X6's in one swoop!! At this rate the number of X6's would double in just two nationals!!!! :woot:

Not quite so much interest in the X5 after the weekend but one or two less XX4's may be seen dotted around now in favour of an X5!! :eh?:

[Bathy]

think you may find that there was at least 1 Kyosho running also !!!
so looks like your counts a little out ..

Also at least one of the so called 'jokomo's' was a BX (world spec), which broke the mold of all previous BX's cars by landing me in the dizzy heights of the 'K' final!!!

Big thanks to everyone involved at Oz, had a great time at the quiz and while attempting to race on Sunday.

[tony12795]

Well done to Phil Channon for making the 2wd A Final
and
Well done to Stanlop for also making the 4wd A final

GET IN !!!!

[GRIFF55]

thanks to all for a good weekend, really enjoyed it.
well done to Chris for taking TQ with the atomized b44 on sunday and to Ellis for the win. See you all again at tallyw---:D

[Gaz_Stanton]

special mention to Gareth Stanton for his sun burn on Thursday, silly boy!!
Special is right, special retard of the week award!! :blush:

Got so burnt building the jumps on Thursday that I haven't slept since & was in agony all weekend so couldn't actually race. :cry: Looks like Gremlins about to hatch from my back!
Not all bad though as the doctor wrote a sick note this morning for me to be off work for at least another week. :)

[telboy]

I had fun yesterday, and it was yet again, a well run meeting. Well done all.

But I thought the jumps were a bit hit and miss, for us 'less experience' off roaders.
The tripple wasn't too bad, but the jump under the rostrum was difficult to get right as the down ramp was higher than it was long, so made it difficult to land on consistently.
Eventually I decided to land on top and drive off, but even then, you somtimes 'dug in' and ended up on your roof.

I also thought the track was a tad large and it took marshals a long time to get to your car. And because the air was so big on the tripple, marshalls wouldn't go near it unless there were no cars coming, which cost you a lot of time...even if it wasn't your fault.


Other than that, great job and smoooothly run.:thumbsup:

Well done to Mr Stafford for the double win.

[RogerM]

Great meeting, I must say that I found the table top a real challenge to judge on the Sunday (over jump and flat land = stop ...... under jump and clip the top and on your roof ) ...... only thing that proves is I need more jumping practice!!!

Yes, definately a ZX5-SP in there which was awesome all Sunday ..... just not well driven.

[SHY]

Congratulations Ellis, you are a superstar! :D

X-Factory cars aren't too shabby either...

[Slimboyfat]

Enjoyed the atmosphere of the weekend even though I was there for just the 4wd.

We finally got the weather sorted too which was a bonus.

Didn't like the track at all, no faulting the effort put in, but it was shocking for me. Bring on the next one in Millzy country!

[Chrislong]

Yeh i forgot too, that I nearly hit Adam Skelding in the head off the jump infront of rostrum. (Sorry Adam)

I saw a car roll and Adam ran out, so I went wide on the jump to give him space and ofcause have to commit early for the jump - but Adam saw me and stayed wide thinking he'd be out of my way, and nothing I could do as I was midflight, its just very lucky that he moves so well.

If there was more thought put into downslopes, then there would be no car to marshall in the first place.

Im in no way slating you guys tho, im 100% impressed with effort (some of that %age goes to Mcgee tho ;)). Would be happy to return in 2009!!!! (Where we can win the quiz again - you really need to make it harder tho :lol:)

[niggs98]

Yeh i forgot too, that I nearly hit Adam Skelding in the head off the jump infront of rostrum. (Sorry Adam) :lol:)

it wernt just you tho chris as i think about 6 cars came over just behind you................... i swear that skelding was dancing like micheal jackson for a brief moment with his awsome duck n dive technique :woot: ive never seen eyes so wiiiiiiiiiiide and most of us waiting for our final saw it and were waiting for a good old fashioned happy slap in a chassis to face style :woot:

[P_B]

Whoever booked the weather - great job. Whoever built the track obviously took on board things said after previous events and I'm sure will do so again - great job. All the club/region members who pitched in to keep things running so smoothly - great job. Meetings this good almost make me want to pick up the sticks again!

I'm sure Jimmy and Stu will have some ace pics, am fairly pleased with mine but took loads and can't be arsed going through them all right now. Still, to keep you going there's a quick 'n dirty event gallery up on Photobucket (here) (http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/?albumview=slideshow) and I'll perhaps stick a few more there later in the week. Apologies to the bulk of competitors as these are largely 'the usual suspects', will try and watch more racing next time!

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0350.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0185.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0149.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0270.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0193.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0486.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0545.jpg

http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa41/perapi/Oz%20Nat%202008/IMGP0401.jpg

Racers who want the large version, PM me.

[mw02veg]

big congrats to ellis that 2wd has been looking awesome of late :thumbsup:. and a big congrats to andy carter pulling his weigh and sticking it in the b in 2wd go team essex!!!! i had a double b so werent a bad weekend at all. big thank u 2 all the guys at oz thei hard work really showed this year and produced a great track!! i have to say i am definatly hoping they are on the calander next year :D

grant

[Gnarly Old Dog]

big congrats to ellis that 2wd has been looking awesome of late :thumbsup:. and a big congrats to andy carter pulling his weigh and sticking it in the b in 2wd go team essex!!!! i had a double b so werent a bad weekend at all. big thank u 2 all the guys at oz thei hard work really showed this year and produced a great track!! i have to say i am definatly hoping they are on the calander next year :D

grant
And I definately have enough weight to pull about:p

Echoing everone else's words - Big E was superb all weekend and the Organisers did a fantastic job. Had a load of fun all weekend.

Respect to Danny McGee - Not wishing to detract at all from the superb job that the organisers had done in preparing the track, It was refreshing to see that a top driver was prepared to put a lot of effort in and not just comment adversely on someone else's work. His 2x Afinals were (IMO) justifed rewards for his sweat and efforts in (re) cutting the track on Friday evening.

Well done to everyone who contributed to Oz-fest '08 - a lot of hard work goes on behind the scenes from the club organisers and the BRCA officials which often goes unnoticed - without this work, we'd all have nowhere to race so big thanks to you all.

[telboy]

Where did he get the lawnmower from?

I'm sure G wouldn't have brought one in the caravan surely.:p

:lol:

[IceMike]

the club one

[IceMike]

im desperate for some pictures of the weekend. if you have any can you please send them to the club email address orcc@oswestryrcc.org.uk

[Stu]

Lots more pics,

northernracer.com/oswestry08 (http://www.northernracer.com/oswestry08)

[rcracer]

great pics stu , the box ones are so mad :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

great piccys stu
your such a CARD, you look so BOARD,in some of the BOX pics,lol

[Chris Doughty]

ace pictures Stu!!

hangtime!!
http://www.northernracer.com/images/oswestry08/4wd/20.jpg

[neiloliver]

is it just me or does that tree have eyes and a mouth?


N

[IceMike]

Its defo you!!!

[elvo]

hangtime!!


... like a coat hanger!

[Bathy]

Lots more pics,

northernracer.com/oswestry08 (http://www.northernracer.com/oswestry08)


Nice photo work Stu, very pleased to see my car in action in this one, looks like another perfect landing about to take place :eh?:

http://www.northernracer.com/images/oswestry08/4wd/34.jpg

[bigred5765]

heres the face in the red circle i see it to spooky

[Stu]

People should be aware that when Jimmy posts his report there will be some groundbreaking stuff in it, stuff the likes of which not even God has seen before.

[footey]

stu a big thanks for getting them picks of my pred :D

[Northy]

People should be aware that when Jimmy posts his report there will be some groundbreaking stuff in it, stuff the likes of which not even God has seen before.

I heard he got God to do a bit of editorial work on it, innit? ;)

G

[IceMike]

I heard that jimmy was asked by god to edit the world but jimmy didnt mail back

[niggs98]

i heard that jimmy is chuck norris's alterego :thumbsup:

[James]

'Jimmy doesnt just write reports, he plugs himself into the matrix and thinks them'

[James]

'when jimmy created fister, chuck norris applied for a job'

[Northy]

When Jimmy shoots his seed, only Jammin' J is not impressed! :lol:

G

[jimmy]

Keep it going! :lol::lol:

Stu is right tho, people will be subjected to goodness-overload when they see the unprecedented goodness in the report :woot::D
Sadly I'm moving house so not had time to finish it off and upload it all.

Awesome photos from Stu and PB - actually the best I've seen!!!!!!

[bigred5765]

good luck on the move jimmy and Vicky, hope the new house has less chavs in the area, hope the new owners don't read this thread oops,
cant wait for the report sounds GOD like

[Chris Doughty]

Thief!!! thats my TQ trophy!!! :p

http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/2008national-oswestry/4wd/bigimages/OOP_3124.jpg

[jimmy]

hahaha, good call chris!:lol:

[markwilliamson2001]

"Mini-Me... stop stroking my leg..."

"Why of course Mr. Stafford..."

[sparrow.2]

"Mini-Me... stop stroking my leg..."

"Why of course Mr. Stafford..."

LMAO :lol::lol::lol: Thought the same thing when I saw it :D:D:D

[YoungChazz]

I think it's majorly cool that E's beautiful wife and children were there to see his double!!!

[Body Paint]

LOL, it made me all warm and fuzzy to see the first person he ran to when the result was finally decided was Mrs E... awww so shweeeeet!!