The Iconic RC Vintage Class at BRCA Clubs

[Iconic]

http://www.tcphotos.com/pc_userimages/30876/img30876_13082014201353_1.jpg

I'm delighted to announce that 4 BRCA Clubs have kindly decided to name their forthcoming venture into the Vintage resurgence the Iconic RC Vintage Class.

The Iconic RC Vintage Class will be relaxed rules to suit each club and their members, with the recent very successful Revival rules in mind.

If you think your club might be interested, please ask their chairman to contact me.

Participating Club Details:

A1 Racing Club Website: http://iceman.a1racingclub.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/a1racingclub?fref=ts

East Shrewsbury Buggy Club Wesbite: http://www.eastshrewsburybrc.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EastShrewsburyBrc?fref=ts

Surrey & Hants Radio Control Car Club Website: http://www.shrccc.co.uk/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Surrey-and-Hants-Radio-Control-Car-Club/203972966294261?fref=ts

West Bridgford Model Car Club Website: http://www.wbmcc.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/West-Bridgford-Model-Car-Club/141067219293267?fref=ts

[Iconic]

The current participating clubs have announced their dates. All doing 6 dates over their Winter Series.

A1 Racing: Sundays - 2 rounds per date. 7 out of 12 to count.

26th October
23rd November
14th December
11th January
15th February
22nd March

East Shrewsbury: Sundays - 4 out of 6 to count.

19th October
16th November
21st December
18th January
15th February
15th March

Surrey & Hants: Sundays - 4 out of 6 to count.

26th October
23rd November
21st December
18th January
15th February
29th March

West Bridgford: Saturdays (Provisional Dates)

25th October
29th November
20th December
17th January
28th February
28th March

[J'MM'N]

Thanks for starting this thread, would be nice to see more vintage racing at Kidderminster and Telford clubs.

[J'MM'N]

And Mendip, such a natural track, ideal for vintage racing.

[gainsy]

If you think your club might be interested, please ask their chairman to contact: john@iconicrc.com

[Iconic]

To support clubs who wish to name their class the Iconic RC Vintage Class, we will be providing buggy decals and trophies.

We will also promote on our main site, facebook, here and on Tamiya Club.

Iconic RC have strong ties with Racer Magazine so there will be promotion for this class appearing there as well.

Cheers, John

[Nick Goodall]

I could be interested if I ever get my RC10 even built haha.

I'll speak to Mr Dudman at some stage and hope to make a couple of races at Surrey & Hants.

[Ashlandchris]

Hoping some clubs slightly further north decide to play :thumbsup:

If I can get my Optima running, anyhow

[Peakey]

I might breakout the Procat and see how it fairs at west bridgeford if I get time after the house move. You'll have to bring yours up gainsy and we can battle it out :thumbsup:

[Peakey]

I've just booked in for round 2,3,4,and 5 at wbmcc I'll try and make round 1 but we'll see

[gainsy]

You'll have to bring yours up gainsy and we can battle it out :thumbsup:

Bit far that one for me fella but i will be at the surrey & hants rounds :)

[Iconic]

Booking in is open for Shrewsbury Buggy Club. The Shropshire Winter Indoor Series.

http://www.eastshrewsburybrc.com/?page_id=37

[Iconic]

Booking in is open for West Bridgford Model Car Club. Bridgford Buggy Blitz Winter Series.

http://www.wbmcc.com/index.php?option=com_forme&Itemid=70

[Dudders]

I think Surrey and Hants will just operate a turn up system, no need to pre book etc

[Iconic]

2 more BRCA Clubs potentially coming on board. :thumbsup:

Here is a graphical winter calendar for the 4 current participating clubs.

http://www.tcphotos.com/getuserimage.asp?t=n&id=img30876_27082014193507_1.jpg

[Slider SCT]

Hi, I'm hopefully going to be taking part in the s.w.i.s series with my tamiya dirt thrasher, just a quick question are there any guideline rules regarding running modern wheels/tyres, are lipo's and brushless systems allowed? . Is there a link to iconic rc class rules?

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask

Cheers
Steve

[Iconic]

Hi, I'm hopefully going to be taking part in the s.w.i.s series with my tamiya dirt thrasher, just a quick question are there any guideline rules regarding running modern wheels/tyres, are lipo's and brushless systems allowed? . Is there a link to iconic rc class rules?

Apologies if this is the wrong place to ask

Cheers
Steve

Hi Steve, Each club will fine tune the rules to suit them and their members so it is best to contact East Shrewsbury Buggy Club.

Rules are generally relaxed though so you should be ok with Brushless, LiPo, Modern Wheels/Tyres. Please check with the club though.

Thanks, John

[Slider SCT]

Ok John,thanks for your help

Steve

[Dave Dodd]

Can drivers wishing to take part in our Iconic rc vintage classes please pre book at the following link:
http://www.autocareandcycles.co.uk/?page_id=353

For more information, follow this link:
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153254

It is relaxed rules but tyre of choice if they fit is Schumacher mini pin rear and cut stagger front - 2wd
Schumacher mini pin rear and 2wd mini pin stretched on 4wd rims - 4wd
Hth :D

[Iconic]

A1 Racing Club have opened their Booking In site:

http://iceman.a1racingclub.com/

[Dave Dodd]

A video from last year's championship. (Top drivers, so quite fast)

http://youtu.be/9ikIPTQWwgU

Plenty of spaces available in all classes.
Don't worry if your batteries are not brca approved, so long as the lipos are hard cased and charged in a Lipo sack.
Any electrics allowed.
Any rubber tire.

No scary jumps to worry about.

[The Doctor]

48 drivers pre-booked for R1 of the WBMCC Indoor Off Road Championship so far. :thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

Right chaps, we now already have 52 drivers pre-booked for Round 1 of the 2014/15 WBMCC Indoor Off Road Championship, which is being held next Saturday, 25th October. :thumbsup:

We're expecting more drivers to book-in on the day, so this is looking like it's going to be a good championship again this year, especially with the inclusion of the Iconic RC Vintage Off Road classes.

If you want to ensure your place and get practicing as soon as you arrive, please pre-book using the link earlier in this thread.

Video from last year's series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxQ4JzRzjRg

Cheers. :)

[The Doctor]

70 drivers now pre-booked for the WBMCC Indoor Off Road Championship! :thumbsup:

[Peakey]

A quick pic from the vintage class today at WBMCC
http://i1345.photobucket.com/albums/p662/peakey29/64063B7E-DC94-43EF-AE71-0CBC6B443894_zpsz2qhbriv.jpg (http://s1345.photobucket.com/user/peakey29/media/64063B7E-DC94-43EF-AE71-0CBC6B443894_zpsz2qhbriv.jpg.html)
I'm sure better ones will follow

[OptimaFan]

Nice line-up. How did you fare?

[Peakey]

The Procat did better than the SX3 which died after a heavy impact with the wall in the 3rd round. Got through to the final when on lap 2 the ball studs came loose on the front hub, and with all my tools packed away saw an end to the day. But never mind came 3rd in the 4wd so points on the board for the next round.

Good day though roll on round 2 :thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

Great start to the 2014/15 championship yesterday. Fantastic to see the Iconic RC vintage cars running alongside the modern-day machinery too. :thumbsup: If only I had kept my Tamiya Astute, Tamiya Top Force, Associated RC10, Associated RC10 B2, Associated RC10 B3, Losi XX, Schumacher Bosscat, Schumacher Cougar 1... All were sold on to upgrade to the next one... :(

I think we will see some more classic cars running in the Iconic RC Vintage class next time; I heard some comments in the pits that some of the Dads are planning to blow the dust off their old war horses for R2. :) And I know a few of us are planning to bring out some vintage rally cars for a run too... (thank goodness I still have my Yokomo MR4-Rally). :thumbsup:

Anyway, thet top 3 in each class from R1 are as follows:

2WD
Craig Collinson 200
John Spencer 197
Eugene Galley 197

4WD
Leigh Richardson 200
Simon Smith 197
Mick Butler 194

Iconic RC Vintage 2WD
Stefano Lazzarato 200
Mark Stanton 198
Dave Dodd 196

Iconic RC Vintage 4WD
Ian Watson 197
John Weston 194
Justin Peake 193

Full results will be posted on wbmcc.com soon...

Hope to see you at R2 on 29th November. :)

[MattyBox]

Hi all.

Just a reminder that rd 2 of the SWIS series will take place at ESBRC on Sunday 16th November.

For round 1 we had just 4 entries for the Iconic class and would really like to have a couple of full heats for this round.

Booking in can be found at http://www.eastshrewsburybrc.com/?page_id=37

The drivers list for round 2 can be found at http://www.eastshrewsburybrc.com/?page_id=381

Thanks for reading and we hope to see you there!

Matt
ESBRC

[Iconic]

As you can see from the posts above it was a very successful round 1 for the clubs over the last 2 weekends and it has created a real buzz. :thumbsup:

I'll be writing up a round summary which will appear in Racer Magazine.

We've also introduced a Rally Class which West Bridgford Model Car Club are introducing from their round 2. All the detail is in the photo.

http://www.tcphotos.com/getuserimage.asp?t=n&id=img30876_01112014081326_1.jpg

[The Doctor]

Yep, my 1998 Yokomo MR4 Rally will be let loose at the next round. That'll get me off race control for a break anyway! :thumbsup:

[Dave Dodd]

Yep, my 1998 Yokomo MR4 Rally will be let loose at the next round. :thumbsup:

Including the good "The Doctor" we have 6 entries for the rally class :thumbsup:

Due to time restraints and of course the many buggy entries :), we are limited to 1 heat of 10 rally cars.
So if you do wish to enter a rally car, please do so sooner rather than later. :D

[The Doctor]

Hi guys,

We're nearing capacity for R2 of the West Bridgford Model Car Club 2014/15 Indoor Off Road Championship on 29th November, so if you haven't pre-booked and do want to race then get your entries in quickly via the pre-booking link in Dave's signature above.

So far we have 20 Vintage entries across 2WD, 4WD and Rally. :thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

Right chaps, we now have just 1 spare place in Iconic RC Vintage 2WD, 1 spare place in Iconic RC Vintage 4WD and 2 spare places in Iconic RC Vintage Rally for the next championship round on 29th November. Booking in link is in Dave's signature above.

Once these places are gone, we will start a reserve driver list and check for any cancellations the week prior to the event.

Should be a good one. :thumbsup:

[MattyBox]

This Sunday 16th November sees round 2 of the SWIS series take place.

We have 75 entries at the moment but have to say I am a little disappointed with the Iconic RC Numbers.

We had 4 entries for round 1 and have 4 entries as it stands for round 2.

We could do with at least one full heat of Iconics for it to be worthwhile running the class.

Its great to see these old cars going around and expected more entries to be honest. Is there any reason why the numbers are so low for the SWIS series compared to other series?

The drivers list and booking in can be found on our website at www.eastshrewsburybrc.com (http://www.eastshrewsburybrc.com)

Any questions fire away!

Matt.

[Iconic]

Matt,

I think it just needs more enthusiasts in your area to gather the momentum.

You've got Craig Drescher entered into the Iconic class for Sunday now so that is huge news and can only make it more popular.

J

[The Doctor]

Hi again everyone.

Here's the latest update regarding entries for Round 2 of the West Bridgford Model Car Club Indoor Off Road Championship, which will be held on 29th November:

2WD: full, with 7 reserve drivers
4WD: full
Iconic RC Vintage 2WD: full
Iconic RC Vintage 4WD: 3 spare places
Iconic RC Rally: 1 spare place.

So if you want to race in either Vintage 4WD or Rally, get your entry in quick!

Cheers
Paul. :)

[Dave Dodd]

Here's the latest update regarding entries for Round 2 of the West Bridgford Model Car Club Indoor Off Road Championship, which will be held on 29th November:

2WD: 58 entries, 2 spare places
4WD: 20 entries plus 1 reserve ( Andrew Hicklin)
2WD Vintage: 10 entries, no reserves
4WD Vintage: 9 entries plus 1 Rally, no reserves
Rally: 10 entries, no reserves.

Due to the fantastic number of entries (108), we will only be running 1 Round of practice, so P1 will start at 8:15am. I will post a heat list in the next couple of days.

[Peakey]

Practice list for Saturday at WBMCC https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/content_link/BMqkgWdAo46aJzEWRFcdDkCR0ZXykd16ClmrjQtbBAznb2aqxo Expg3UXu98aep2?dl=1

[Iconic]

Saturday at West Bridgford's Round 2 was awesome. 28 Iconic entries. :thumbsup:

http://www.tcphotos.com/getuserimage.asp?t=n&id=img30876_01122014074340_1.jpg

http://www.tcphotos.com/getuserimage.asp?t=n&id=img30876_01122014074340_2.jpg

[OptimaFan]

Nice line-up.

[ste_lazzaro]

Car number 4 paint job is absolutely stunning!!!!!!!!!!
And it was so cool with left/right wheels of different colour!
:thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

Yep, some good vintage racing on Saturday; I especially enjoyed the Subaru (aka Rally) heat. Looking forward to seeing a full 3 vintage heats at the next round on 20th December, which should be a good pre-Christmas race. :thumbsup:

[The Doctor]

So then, for this weekend's round 3 of the 2014/15 West Bridgford Indoor Off Road Championship, we have:

103 drivers in total:

2WD: 56 drivers, 4 spaces
4WD: full plus 1 reserve
Vintage 2WD: 7 drivers, 3 spaces
Vintage 4WD: full
Rally: full.

Should be another good one! :thumbsup:

[ThumpstarUk]

Hi folks,

I've just started up after a long break from racing, this sounds like my cup of tea and would like to enter a round, this dose meen a trip down from newcastle. What's the 2wd and rally rules.???
Currently own, ta-01, yokomo yr4, astute, and a cobra (all from back in the day) what motors/shocks etc can/could I use??

Ta
Mike

[The Doctor]

Can drivers wishing to take part in our Iconic rc vintage classes please pre book at the following link:
http://www.autocareandcycles.co.uk/?page_id=353

For more information, follow this link:
http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=153254

It is relaxed rules but tyre of choice if they fit is Schumacher mini pin rear and cut stagger front - 2wd
Schumacher mini pin rear and 2wd mini pin stretched on 4wd rims - 4wd
Hth :D

Assuming you're referring the West Bridgford Model Car Club series, then see Dave's original email that I've copied above.

The rules etc are in the 2nd link. You can pre-book via the 1st link. Next round is on 17th January. :)

You can always PM me for further details if you like.

[ThumpstarUk]

Bugger night shift all that weekend :(

But thanks for the reply, I'll get to play out soon I hope.

[The Doctor]

Right then, now that Christmas & New Year is out of the way, we can get back to racing! :thumbsup:

The next round of the WBMCC Indoor Off Road Championship is on Sat 17th January.

We currently have 2 spaces left in Iconic RC Vintage 2WD and 2 spaces left in Iconic RC Vintage 4WD / Rally, so if you want to enter then send your details to me soon via the following link:

We also have 2 spaces left in modern 4WD and 14 spaces in modern 2WD.

http://www.autocareandcycles.co.uk/?page_id=353

Cheers, Paul. :)

[The Doctor]

Just a few spaces left for the next round of the WBMCC Indoor Off Road Championship on 17th Jan, so if you've not yet entered and want to then please do so quickly:

2WD: 5 spaces
4WD: Full
Vintage 2WD: Full
Vintage 4WD: 3 spaces
Rally: Full

Pre-booking link: http://www.autocareandcycles.co.uk/?page_id=353

Cheers!

[The Doctor]

We still have 3 places available for next weekend's indoor off road race meeting in the Iconic RC Vintage 4WD class. 1 space has also become available in the Rally class.

[Iconic]

All of the trophies are ordered and I'll get them to the participating clubs in time for the final dates in March. :thumbsup: