2wd Regional May 4th WKRCC

[B&H Racing]

The 1st South East 2wd Regional of the year will be held at WKRCC on Sunday.

Location: behind the Plough Pub , Leigh Road nr Tonbridge, Kent. TN11 9AJ

Please park in the Old Tarmac carpark at the back of the pubs carpark. Pitting area on the grass beside the track.

Toilet Facitlities open from 8am - No muddy shoes.

Food able to be bought throughout the day from the pub.

Postcode directs you straight to the track by Satnav I have been told.

The meeting will be run by an experienced race director but please be patient as this is the 1st regional this club has held.

[niggs98]

am looking forward to this one as iv heard that steve and his band of helpers have been working very hard to get the track up and running for the rest of us to come and play :thumbsup:

[B&H Racing]

Team Meerkat will be there :D

Linky to the weather http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=tonbridge&day=6

[dancoog]

Really eager to attend the race this weekend but it looks like it might be hard to get to via my only means of transport.. Public Transportation and Trains.:confused:

If there is anyone that is attending from London way I would love to carpool and put some petrol money your way.
PM me if you can lend any advice.

Cheers.

[trekkerkk]

very much looking forward to experiencing a new venue,
pm sent to dancoog,

trekkker

[mw02veg]

well im going to be at this meeting minus my mechanic:( but its 2wd so shouldnt be 2 hard to keep on top of it! and that reminds trekker and niggs im definatly goin to be pitting with u if thats still ok :thumbsup: as i did try to get everything in the boot of my car plus gazibo and yeah i aint got no hope lol.

[niggs98]

no worries we will save ya a space ;)

[abray]

great to get another track up and running, well done guys. can't wait for the racing and a nice pub lunch - great idea!

alex

[martboy21]

looking forward to it too,be good to go some where else from eden park and race,had a look on site,any photos of whole track anyones got?

any rules on drinking beer and racing or is that not advisable!ha ha

[mw02veg]

nice one :thumbsup:

[martboy21]

love the avatar nathan!

[MattADH]

I am not too sure that the quiet country town of Hildenborough is ready for the Essex Boy Racer!

[martboy21]

not from essex matty!not boy racer either, unless you were talking about someone else?

[niggs98]

not from essex matty!not boy racer either, unless you were talking about someone else?

i think there might be a small hint there towards mr st wiliams there with his go faster fester:woot:

[mw02veg]

oi oi lol my cars all bk to standard now all boring and quite except for the bassline! still fairly quick though!! so we got some country roads on the way love it!!:thumbsup: least i aint got those stupid over the top stripes!!

[shawn]

The 1st South East 2wd Regional of the year will be held at WKRCC on Sunday.

Location: behind the Plough Pub , Leigh Road nr Tonbridge, Kent. TN11 9AJ

Please park in the Old Tarmac carpark at the back of the pubs carpark. Pitting area on the grass beside the track.

Toilet Facitlities open from 8am - No muddy shoes.

Food able to be bought throughout the day from the pub.

Postcode directs you straight to the track by Satnav I have been told.

The meeting will be run by an experienced race director but please be patient as this is the 1st regional this club has held.

Here's a little information we have put together for you guys. (http://www.wkrcc.co.uk/docs/regional_information.pdf) :thumbsup:

[martboy21]

shawn,i take it you are a member/worker at west kent

found the google satelitte image of plough pub but obviuosly its old as no image of track

got any full track photos of track you can upload for us mate?cheers

Grant-good job on the NO go faster stripes,keep it plain,only for vipers and gt40s! :)

[MattADH]

Grant - if you need a hug from a father figure, go see Uncle Ellis. He will look after you - Essix Boyz togever (sic).

Will you have your dad on speed dial?

So, we will hear you coming down the road then!

[tjf]

I think the only photos we have are what Shawn took of the track and they are already on our site.
I'm looking forward to our first regional plus I get to run my buggy for round a track and not outside my house :thumbsup:

[martboy21]

ok well cheers for replying about photos,i'll just have to wait, what are control tyres for grass anyone please?full spikes?cheers

[MattADH]

Unlike EPR club meetings, the regionals dont run to a control tyre - just got to be a per the BRCA rules.

I think that if its wet, a BB Spike (Green) would be best as its fresh grass and then moving to Schumacher Mini Spikes as it dries and wears.

[shawn]

shawn,i take it you are a member/worker at west kent

got any full track photos of track you can upload for us mate?cheers



As tjf has said; the only ones we have are these (http://www.wkrcc.co.uk/gallery/gallery_offroad.asp) ( it's THAT top secret ;))
Looking on the Google Map the track is now at the lefthand side / far end of the carpark, behind the hedgerow.

Oh be warned. The pub has a Busty Bar Maid :woot:
A little scary but I am sure you Essex Lot can cope... " OOH - YOUNG MAN ! "

[MattADH]

sneaky practice ey?

Gonna be a tight squeeze for the finals!!!

[shawn]

sneaky practice ey?

Gonna be a tight squeeze for the finals!!!


Nah. Testing the ground for bumps and Rabbit Holes :D

Having never raced off road I need all the practise I can get. The Blue'n Yellow Kyosho is mine. The other cars were some lads from Ramsgate.

I thought the same about the width but Steve Andrews says the track is fine for racing. Although I haven't seen it he has re-designed the layout since the photos were taken.

[B&H Racing]

Hi Mat, If you were talking about the rostrum being a tight squeeze for the finals, it has been recently extended. :D

[tjf]

Nah. Testing the ground for bumps and Rabbit Holes :D

Having never raced off road I need all the practise I can get. The Blue'n Yellow Kyosho is mine. The other cars were some lads from Ramsgate.

I thought the same about the width but Steve Andrews says the track is fine for racing. Although I haven't seen it he has re-designed the layout since the photos were taken.

I think he was refering to the rstrum but I helped Steve sort it on Saturday its now twice the size it was :D

[MattADH]

Sorry guys, yes I was talking about the rostrum!

Not trying to pick holes by the way...

[tjf]

No problem didnt think you was.
I think it will be trial and error anyway as its our first one.

[martboy21]

5 nights and we all there!!im like a big kid at christmas!

matt-cheers for tyre info wasnt aware.:)

[trekkerkk]

the weather is even looking positive:thumbsup:

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=tn11&day=2

could we finally get a dry race day,
would be nice:thumbsup:

trekkker

[B&H Racing]

Just been on the phone to Steve Andrews, a lot of thanks needs to go to him for all the work his has put into providing this meeting.

Rostrum has now got a roof and the grassed has been cut / rolled.

Can`t wait until Sunday :D

[tjf]

I have just come home from having a look at the new track and I must say it looks rather good. Steve has put an awful lot of work in to get it looking like it does. Well done Steve.

Lets hope the weather holds off for us :thumbsup:

[trekkerkk]

just a quick thanks to all involved at wkrcc,
the time effort put in getting this track up and running was very much worth it,
thanks to ellis for his help with the 4 gear.
finally got it quicker than my 3 gear:thumbsup:
thanks to nath for getting the setup on the car for the last leg off the final,

trekkker

[niggs98]

just a quick thanks to all involved at wkrcc,
the time effort put in getting this track up and running was very much worth it,
thanks to ellis for his help with the 4 gear.
finally got it quicker than my 3 gear:thumbsup:
thanks to nath for getting the setup on the car for the last leg off the final,

trekkker


just to echo stuart with a big thanks to wkrcc and to steve andrews as well for all the hard work that he has put in, think the bloke deserves a medal for all the work he has put in between wkrcc and epr whilst still fitting in his normal work as well.

when i first saw the track i thought it would be a little easy to say the least but with all the adverse camber sections it proved to be a hard days driving.

thanks to Rafa for the setup, the car took a rather large leap forwards to say the least and awsome racing in the finals with gnarly boy, was really good and close even if team rafa's breakage cost ya 2nd :woot:

roll on ozfest :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

were did ya end up nath

[trekkerkk]

i think nath got 2nd,
was very close,

trekkker

[Gnarly Old Dog]

That's 2 regionals in as many weeks and the standards keep getting higher.
Well done to all at WKRCC - the meeting ran like clockwork and all of your hard work was very much in evidence and is well appreciated:thumbsup:

What's also evident is just how friendly and amiable the whole bunch of SE racers are. Even us Essex boyz are made to feel welcome :woot:

Track surface made it real tricky for those who didn't have the new mathematical advantage today:thumbsup:

Bumps? What bumps? I felt some mere ripples - but nothing to write home about!!!
Nice work guys - thanks for a blinding day.

[David Church]

I really enjoyed today!!!! A big thanks to all that helped build and run toady's meeting!!! Cheers Steve A!!!!!!!!!! And brian!!!!!!!!!

We do have alot of fun at these meetings, long may it continue!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:thumbsup:

[markmarshall]

yep what a top day thanks steve and all his crew done a blinding job an i for one am really looking forward to the next meet :thumbsup:

[abray]

Steve and the WKRCC team, I think you can count that opening meeting as a resounding success. Well done for all your hard work - it's great to have another track in the series. It was great fun today! Roll on the 4wd!

[Ebordraw]

Great meeting I enjoyed it more in the finals as I remembered how to drive again, funny how you get rusty in only a few months. I was using GRP's yesterday and now may never use a schuey again! Nice not to worry about your tyres.

Anyway a few photo's:eh?: ok there is 105. I thought stuff the quality stick them all on, people may like to see their car in action even if it is disappearing off the top of the picture. Mostly A final and open class because I was either marshalling or racing in the other races. One of the pictures is Mr Stafford's car flying through the air mid crash! It is quite blurred because through the zoom it looked like it was coming straight at me and I ducked:lol:

http://s276.photobucket.com/albums/kk10/Ebordraw/BRCA%20Southeast%20off%20road%204th%20may%202008/

[niggs98]

forgot to ask but how is toby's foot as he did take a hell of a whack on it in that final. looked to only be bruised to gary and myself but wanna be sure as it did hurt the little lad

[Ebordraw]

It was touch and go but we managed to save the foot. No seriously he moaned about it for a bit after but has not mentioned it at all since so all good. He is tougher than he makes out.

[niggs98]

good to hear as a couple of peeps have asked after him to make sure he was ok :thumbsup: