Round 4 - Telstar Racing - Towcester

[spyro]

Booking in is now open for Round 4 on the 15th July

http://www.ukshortcourse.com/entry.html

This is a change in venue and surface from Holbeach.

We're going old school and bringing the trucks to some real grass. :thumbsup:

Apologies to those that had already made accommodation plans for the Holbeach round but the change is beyond either the series or Holbeach clubs control.

The venue fact sheet will also be available in the next few days on the web site

Cheers

Chris

[Hpi_guy]

Any chance of the fact sheet?

[learnerdriver]

Any chance of the fact sheet?
Try this link to info about armaggedon event at same venue, hope this helps
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=103404
Schedule may be different lol

[Hpi_guy]

Kind of helped but the tyre choice is buggies

[spyro]

Any chance of the fact sheet?

Didn't know you were booking a hotel will :p

Minispikes are the way forward.

Fact sheet I'll be up in a day or so :thumbsup:

[Hpi_guy]

Hotel? Nope im going down with Rob when I ask him.......

[learnerdriver]

Kind of helped but the tyre choice is buggies

dont think we know what tyres work best yet at this venue as no one has raced there yet !

[Robbiejuk]

I'm going to be doing some intensive grass training on our club nights at wbmcc :thumbsup:

Just need to work out my calendar now though.

[jayst]

minispikes or coarse kings i wud say

[TonyM]

I need to consider whether to book a hotel or travel very early Sunday. I will be able to make this decision when I know if Saturday practice will be available.

Fact sheet please.

[spyro]

I need to consider whether to book a hotel or travel very early Sunday. I will be able to make this decision when I know if Saturday practice will be available.

Fact sheet please.

Here you go:

http://www.ukshortcourse.com/media/venues/fact%20sheets/telstarracing.pdf

No Saturday practice at this one.

[Robbiejuk]

Here you go:

http://www.ukshortcourse.com/media/venues/fact%No20sheets/telstarracing.pdf

No Saturday practice at this one.

This link might work better.. :D

http://www.ukshortcourse.com/media/venues/fact%20sheets/telstarracing.pdf

[spyro]

This link might work better.. :D

http://www.ukshortcourse.com/media/venues/fact%20sheets/telstarracing.pdf


Oops, have edited the original post :thumbsup:

[quincey]

No practice on Saturday??... Well I'm gonna be a bit blurry eyed on Sunday morning then gonna be a 4am start for me....(groan)...

[Frecklychimp]

Agree there shouldn't be any practice on a grass track as they do wear unlike boring astro...

But camping should be available bearing in mind it's a national series and some of us will have a few hours of driving to and from event.

It's not like there has been a lot of notice with this one for getting cheap hotel deals either!

[TonyM]

I think it will be a 4:00 ish start from Southport for me.

[quincey]

I'm sure we could sneek 30 or so drivers into 1 room at the local travelodge...that's about £2 each!..,

[Frecklychimp]

There must be something on in area that weekend as everything seems either booked up or £100+ a night!

British F1 is weekend before which is probably the reason,

4am start it is :thumbdown:

Maybe Telstar can reconsider their camping option?

[mattybucks]

There must be something on in area that weekend as everything seems either booked up or £100+ a night!

British F1 is weekend before which is probably the reason,

4am start it is :thumbdown:

Maybe Telstar can reconsider their camping option?

Hi Guys,

We should be able to arrange on site camping, the landlord charges £5 per tent per night. If there's enough people wanting to camp then I'll get it arranged.

[quincey]

New speedo,servo and car bought for this meeting so it looks like I'm camping in someone's garden because I'm now skint....

[Frecklychimp]

You've finally seen sense and got a XXX-SCT, with LRP running gear of course?

i'm in for camping if its available... sooner sleep in a field night before than do a 3 hour cross country drive before a race meeting!... don't even get to tickle a motorway to this one :o

[quincey]

Savox-Novak havoc pro sc with x drive and a 4wd that I got £100 cheaper than in the uk from a model shop in Calgary canada

[Hpi_guy]

Same system as me :thumbsup:

[mattybucks]

Hi Guys,

Camping is available at £5 per tent. We will open he doors at 12pm. Strictly NO practice on the Saturday. There will be no toilets overnight however the garden centre toilets will be open until 5.30pm and there are local facilities available nearby.

[1rcdad]

If this weather keeps going will the meeting still be on?
and no i am not i wuss i dont mind racing in the rain.

[spyro]

If this weather keeps going will the meeting still be on?
and no i am not i wuss i dont mind racing in the rain.


It's being discussed at the moment.

[Robbiejuk]

The weather forecast looks ok for Sunday, Will it be access to the site that might be a problem if there is heavy rain leading up to the event?

[Hpi_guy]

the best solution for that Rob it for everyone to arrive in a tractorrr :thumbsup:

[jimmy noke]

Saturday's forecast not looking good though, heavy rain most of the day wonder when a decision will be reached.....

[1rcdad]

If the track is waterlogged could be good for hovercraft racing.The fields opposite my house have 5cm standing water on them.

[Hpi_guy]

Fit sand paddles and go aqua planing, or tractor racing :D

[mattybucks]

Hi Guys,

I'm going over to the site to have a look tomorrow, it should be ok we've had a couple of dry-ish days. Where has the summer gone this year??

[jimmy noke]

Fingers crossed Matey but like I say weather looking really crap for Saturday it's forecast heavy rain your end all day. Hope I'm wrong

[JCJC]

you may be lucky, just look at last weekend, F1 in the sunshine on Sunday

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/Milton_Keynes

:)

[Checa]

Hope you can make a decision Saturday cos nobody wants to travel up Sunday and then be turned away

[Hpi_guy]

More of this good weather and should dry the track beautifully

[Frecklychimp]

Hi Guys,

I'm going over to the site to have a look tomorrow, it should be ok we've had a couple of dry-ish days. Where has the summer gone this year??

Any news on the conditions at the venue please?

:thumbsup:

[Adam F]

Any news?

[spyro]

We’ve had word from Matt at Telstar that the track condition is not looking good

The forecast is not good for the next couple of days, so the grass track will not have a chance to dry out.

The decision has been taken to move the meeting to Coventry on the Astroturf track as this is the closest venue to the Telstar track, so hopefully will mean the least inconvenience to drivers.

We hope this will be acceptable to all the drivers and see this as the most sensible option rather than postponing the meeting as there are no dates available in the calendar.

Obviously if any pre-paid drivers require a refund then please use the enquiry form on the UK Short Course web site to let us know.

Our thanks have to go out to Matt and the Telstar team for their efforts and thank you for making the hard decision in good time, thus allowing us to move the meeting.

Look forward to seeing you all Sunday.

Thanks

Chris