EASTRAX MID EAST REGIONAL

[maky]

Eastrax mid east regional this weekend . if you arent booked in please get booked in on me-or.com . makes things a lot easier on the day.


4wd on the saturday
2wd on the sunday

short course heat both days if theres enough for it


Booking in 8 - 9
Heat Practice 8:15 - 9:45
Drivers Briefing 10
Heat 1 at 10:15, 11:25, 12:35, 13:45
Finals 15:00


the track has had a lot of work done to it over the winter by a group of local lads. the track is now capable of multiple layouts by moving just a few hoses. the track has had a good weeding etc and has had a lot of sand removed. i went down month or so ago and the car came of the track with very little sand in it.

the actual track were running wont be put down until the day. we dont even no the layout so thell be no home advantage:drool:

the rostrum has had work done to it . its now about a foot higher and has been concreted in.

hand out transponders on the day are available

just had delivery of the junior trophies . top three in under 13 and under 16 both days. our trophy guy has done a top job as usual.:thumbsup:

Camping - £5 a night paid to patrick at the gate as you go in. toilets are left open all night for anyone staying over

Directions -

East Anglia Super Trax
Crown Farm,
Eastlands Bank,
Walpole St. Andrew,
Wisbech,
Cambridgeshire.
PE14 7LB

for the people that no know the shortcut off the main road its a bit slippy:cry:. so please use the main back way by going down king john bank and then marsh road.

pictures of track found here http://www.holbeachrcmodelcarclub.co.uk/eastrax (http://www.holbeachrcmodelcarclub.co.uk/eastrax)

if anyone is gonna be late etc ring tony on 07786 245490

[Rich D]

Do you know if there`s any food there bud ? Also, may aswell ask, is there a shop on site for this round ?

Hope it drains well. Forecast rain. Lets hope they`ve got it wrong like Bingham.

[maky]

Track usually drys up quick

burger van be there as usual

There is a shop but I can't remember which one ill find out

[Rich D]

Track usually drys up quick

burger van be there as usual

There is a shop but I can't remember which one ill find out


Doesnt matter to me bud, just info others will want. Always useful :thumbsup:

Hope you`re right about the track, seen some recent pics and it was pretty much flooded on Monday

[Frecklychimp]

Looking forward to this one, hope the weather is as good as Bridgford Regional :thumbsup:

Rumour at Broxtowe SCT National last weekend was that there are bad roadworks on A17 around Sutton Bridge area, can someone local please keep us all posted as to whether it will cause delays in getting to the track at weekend?

[RDG 40]

Nice finish sunday wud b appreciated lol pub is callin for match !!!!!

Hope forcast changes as its pretty poop and track dries out

[maky]

Pretty sure the road works were just last weekend . Ill check up on it

[maky]

No roadworks so nothing to worry about

[wes j.]

Hi Adam,

Just remembered i'm booked in for 4wd on the Saturday but i won't be racing so could you remove me please ( Wes Jolly ). I'll be there Sunday for 2wd though.

Cheers.

[fox]

Doesnt matter to me bud, just info others will want. Always useful :thumbsup:

Hope you`re right about the track, seen some recent pics and it was pretty much flooded on Monday

You only have to ask mate, I'll bring a extra spoon-:)

[Rich D]

You only have to ask mate, I'll bring a extra spoon-:)

I never knew you cared Paul ;).

I usually raid Woodhouses pack up much to his disgust. :D

[racingben]

Any suggestions for 2wd tyres.

Yellow minispike in dry. What for wet? Dboots, ballistic buggy?

[RDG 40]

Any suggestions for 2wd tyres.

Yellow minispike in dry. What for wet? Dboots, ballistic buggy?

Canoe / paddle !!!!

[Jamesy]

With the forecasted for heavy rain today and more rain tomorrow is it likely the track will be flooded?

Rich D mentions the track was flooded on Monday and we havn't had the best weather this week to completely dry things up.

Could somebody go and check the track is raceable on Friday evening and make a decision whether the meeting will be run on Saturday? It would be good to know Friday evening as there are quite a few people travelling a fair distance for this meeting.

[maky]

Theres people going down this afternoon and Friday aswell so will let ya know

[john333]

Agree with the above post, admittedly we are only racing Sunday but it would be great if people updated on here what conditions are like. 80 miles is a long way to go to find out the meeting is cancelled

[Dave 1975]

You pipped me to it John lol

Me and my mate Paul are coming down from Sheffield so as John said we'd be very grateful for a track update Saturday or something..

Regards

Dave

[john333]

Not that I'm a prima dona though, if it's on I'll be racing lol

[maky]

Just been down the track . considering the rain we just had due a tornado going through long Sutton up the road....yeah ya read right .. the track is 80% usable with a few large puddles that were drying pretty quick

[wes]

And how would you rate conditions under foot for those who have not got toes joined together:woot:

[bigtrev]

Hi adam can you pm me a contact number for your dad just in case we dont come sat due the rain and racing hong nor and they are not water proof at all like a buggy. And i dont want to let you all down as trying to get sat and sunday.

[Jamesy]

Just been down the track . considering the rain we just had due a tornado going through long Sutton up the road....yeah ya read right .. the track is 80% usable with a few large puddles that were drying pretty quick

Thanks for checking on the conditions. Hopefully they will improve for Saturday. How does the pitting/camping area stand up to the rain?

[JBL]

Also what tyres would you use in the wet, Schumacher greens, Ballistic greens etc.

[maky]

Trev - dads number is at bottom of my first post .

Jamesy - grass area for pitting ain't to bad in the rain. Bit of a muddy section before u get on it but if you go around that its fine .

Jbl - ain't sure on this as its long while since we hit the track when its wet . I'm sure it was ballistics tho

[bigtrev]

got it thanks adam hope to see you sat and sunday

thanks

trev

[nottmboy]

check it out :thumbsup: http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=PE12

[Nick]

Postcode is pe14 not looking good to me

http://www.xcweather.co.uk/forecast/pe14_7lb

[Jamesy]

PE14 looks alright on Metcheck-

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=Pe14

I guess weather forecasting isn't an exact science!

I'll take the Metcheck forecast.

Has anybody been to the track today to see how it is? We've had quite a bit of rain locally.

[Rich D]

PE14 looks alright on Metcheck-

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/today.asp?zipcode=Pe14

I guess weather forecasting isn't an exact science!

I'll take the Metcheck forecast.

Has anybody been to the track today to see how it is? We've had quite a bit of rain locally.


Adams put some pics up on FB, looks fine for now, a few small puddles off line but nothing to stop a meeting. Im sure he will post here shortly :thumbsup:

[maky]

Yeah just been down getting rid of the big puddles. fast and we was spreading them out the track was drying . The main problem we get when it rains is the puddle at the start of the straight. We just put in a second loop and modified the track to avoid that area just incase . Other problem areas if we need to can also be avoided . So basically unless it really chucks it down tomoz shouldn't be an issue to race .

Just a warning getting to the pitting area tho. It's a bit muddy head out towards the burger van before you cut across . The grass area itself for pitting is perfectly fine tho

See ya all in the morning

[racingben]

Is there a shop there this weekend.

Need some yellow rear minispikes for Sunday if it's dry.

[maky]

a1 is bringing there shop

[Secret Squirrel]

A1 Hobbies will not be at eastrax on Saturday his partners car gave up the ghost today so he need to find a replacement for her,if all goes to plan he will be there for the 2wd on Sunday ,sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.

[dadtc3]

Big thanks to all who cleared all the water off the track only for the heavens to open and ruin all the good work
At least we got the 4wd regional completed on saturday
Tony

[wes j.]

Gutted for everyone who put the work in to try and put a meeting on for us but cheers for your efforts :thumbsup:.

[JBL]

Gutted for everyone who put the work in to try and put a meeting on for us but cheers for your efforts :thumbsup:.

My response entirely, shame the heavens opened when the track looked fit to race on.

[racingben]

Yes thanks guys for your hard work. Shame mother nature didn't agree with toy car racing today!

[Dave Dodd]

Piccies here on FB (https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.456560524354336.107633.209603789050012&type=3)

Big pat on the back to all who helped clearing the track :thumbsup:

******* weather :thumbdown: :mad: Grrrr

although had good laugh, good weekend & 4wd was brilliant
(yes it did finish all the races despite making everyone wait while i fitted a new hinge pin :lol:)

[Robbiejuk]

Gutted about today, cocked my season right up now. About three hours track clearing for five minutes of rain to put it all back again.

Still the 4wd on saturday was ace :thumbsup:

[Dave 1975]

Yeah it's a shame there isn't more indoor venues to fall back on... The weather seems to be getting worse these days with frequent rainy summers! :(

[Dave 1975]

Is it a possibility that the sunday 2wd regional could be rescheduled again ??

[shark]

The 4wd regional at Blyth was rained off and not rescheduled mate so doubtful Eastrax will be :(

[luniemiester]

If this race isn't rescheduled will it become 2/4 instead of 3/5 (I've read in mid-west that this is what they are doing but can't see a rule on the me-or site?)

[Frecklychimp]

Think the scoring 'rule' for series is usually half + 1 meetings, so would have thought it would be 3 out of 4 to count like last year when we ran 4 rounds of each.

Shame there are not enough dates to reschedule the dropped rounds, not sure if there was a spare date set because giving 3 from 5 to count was an extra chance at scoring really.

[maky]

Pretty sure we were short on dates anyway which is y we ran the 2 2day meetings