Lebury Buggy Track

[strobe]

Prior to the Mid-west regional the Ledbury club are looking at doing some work to the 1/10 buggy track.
Are there any Current features that you mid west racers don't like on the track and any we can add to make it a good off road grass track.
Looking at using astro on the jumps to keep them in good condition and from wear and tare.
We are hoping to do this on saturdays over the next couple of months weather permitting. Will post dates on hear to confirm and hopefully if youre bored you could lend a hand

[GRIFF55]

The only thing i would change is the two doubles off the slab section. Maybe make them into a tabletop or bigger double that is more consistent lap after lap.
Love the bombhole, get rid of the wood in there and have it as just a dirt hole! Oh, any way a drain could be put from there into the gulley by the track too, incase we get our usual heatwave of a summer,LOL.

[Belsten]

ditto andys comments really, I dont like those 2 little jumps

[strobe]

Those two little humps are hopefully going to be turned into something larger. Not sure what at the moment. Ideal double as it will be in front of the rostrum with a long landing ramp.
Wood has been removed from the bomb hole.
Drainage isn't a problem at Ledbury due to the sandy mud.
The Nitro track has some really good features added to it in the last month.

[Body Paint]

I personally hate the dust bowl, I much rather see grass and astro.

Bring the banked corner about 10 foot further up, this will allow the corner to be propely banked and longer.

[strobe]

Where can we get Astro from. Does get very dusty and hard for the grass to grow back in there.
Will try to improve the bank corner as well.
All depends on weather and helpers.

[GRIFF55]

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO, not more astro!!! keep the dust, it improves throttle control and impares your opponents visibility:lol::thumbsup:

[Belsten]

does get the cars extra dirty but I dont mind it, hate cleaning the car though

[Neil867]

Cant please everybody? this is a small club with only a few track builders.
So if there are anybody willing to give them a hand:thumbsup: You will be able to have a say in what features you want in track.

[Neil867]

Going to do some track mods.
looking for some ideas? let us know what you want.

[Belsten]

how about a big table top ?
or convert those 2 little jumps in to either a rythm section or some whoops :thumbsup:

[Neil867]

Thanks for ideas,Dave. hopefully going to do some work next wkend.
If there is anybody willing to give us hand it would be much appreciated:)

[strobe]

Work party next weekend at Ledbury. Hopefully get something done to the little humps and a few other things done as well.
Hopefully have a warm up meeting prior to the 2 regional events on April 5th

[Pownabown]

Hey New to the site, run with the ledbury club.
We are looking to change the two small humps into a largish double jump and after everything is running smoothly look into astroturfing the jumps but leave the bombhole as dirt.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Also acknowledged the banked corner will be built up more at some stage :)

thanks

[crtpromachine]

Hi guys i am down at Ledbury this weekend for a blast around the dirt track with the truggy so i will let you all know how the electric track is coming alon from what i hear last weekend the guys have done some really nice work to it so keep you informed after weekend

crtpromachine

[strobe]

Is there any work going on this weekend to the track

[strobe]

Sunday April 5th.
Summer warm up meeting at Ledbury.
Racing on the Grass track with a couple of new features.

[jasonrcb]

what time is booking in mark

[markwilliamson2001]

I will come to this! Its only down the road from me..count me in!

How do we enter?

Ta
Mark

[tyreman]

Like Jason what time is booking in, do we need to pre book? do you have a postcode for the track please.

Cheers
Brian

[strobe]

Track location.
O/s grid ref - SO741 319 - Satnav ref HR8 1.
- Lat 51 59'12 26" N Long 2 22' 36 07" W
Website http://www.ledburymcc.com/index.html (http://www.ledburymcc.com/index.html)
E-mail Doug your entry
at contact@ledburymcc.com (contact@ledburymcc.com)
Book in on the day will be ok.
Booking in around 9am.

[RogerM]

Assuming wrist healed enough to hold transmitter I'll be there .... outdoors on grass .. yippy!

[Chris Green]

I might be up for this if the weather is ok.

What tyres would be best, on a 2WD?

[Neil867]

Who is going to this meeting on sunday, would like to know numbers:thumbsup:

[GRIFF55]

I'm guessing its 10th not 8th?

[Neil867]

Yes you are right there Griff:p

[Wacker1]

Hi there,

I think a Bunch of us are planning to to Race at Ledbury this Sunday, providing the Weather is ok:lol:
We're all planning to do all of the 2WD Mid-West Regionals this Year, so it would be a good opportunity for us to get some practice in, specially as we've never been to your Club before:blush:

THE HINCKLEY BUGGY BOYS

[RogerM]

Just sent my entry off, wrist still bloody painful but if I stay at home I'll only wreck the other one :)

Running the ZX5-FS for the first time on grass so should be interesting!

[Pownabown]

Ill be there running the X-6 as long as i get some batteries together in time.
Should be good weather from the looks of it so be a good meeting :)

[bert digler]

Ill be there running the X-6 as long as i get some batteries together in time.
Should be good weather from the looks of it so be a good meeting :)

is it doug to send the entrys too cheers

[Neil867]

Yes mate it is:thumbsup:

[panch]

Nice to see alot of interest in this warm up event, should be a good days racing..

Weather looks promising.. cant wait to the brand new CAT's dirty :thumbsup:

See you sunday chaps..

[RogerM]

Question for the Ledbury team ..... are you going to be running weekday meetings this year or will it be just be untimed practiceas last year?????

I'd kill for some mid week off-road!!!

[crtpromachine]

Question for the Ledbury team ..... are you going to be running weekday meetings this year or will it be just be untimed practiceas last year?????

I'd kill for some mid week off-road!!!

Roger not sure if this will help you or not;



Regular Sunday morning timed club meetings are popular with members to check out cars and try new equipment. In April to August months we also race on Wednesday evenings, "tune and try" sessions which is great fun


We run a club meeting once a month and great time for praticising and good value of a £5 and we normally run 4 rounds and finals in the morning and the same in the afternoon with a short break for luch.We get around 40 drivers at the club meetings on a Sunday

As the lighter nights are approaching we also run a pratice session every Wednesday evening

Hope you are keeping well

crtpromachine

[Richard_Griffiths]

Wish i was there racing. But cant make it BooHoo

Roger let me know how you get on with the FS would be nice to see how she performs on grass.

If i get the read after i get back i might take a run up to ledbury on wednesday night to see how mine handles before i run her at cov on the sunday

[strobe]

Great day weather wise at Ledbury today.
4 rounds and a final in morning and then 3 rounds and final in afternoon with a different track.
All for a fiver:thumbsup:
Seemed like most of the racers liked the layouts and new features. We know what needs to be improved and wiol sort out the tufts of grass:mad:

[Wacker 2]

I was new to the Ledbury track but racing today was great. Massive amount of racing for the money and an overall fantastic day.

I personally liked the dust bowl, even though I was racing a 2wd X6 (Jon Seals Edition, lol) as it was difficult, tricky and needed good throttle control!I luved the first round as the table top at the end of the straight was very satisfying shooting onto the banked corner, and also the 3 jumps that were being taken as a double then a single - seemed to flow alot better. As far as improvements the guys were telling me about a dug out 'U' section on the straight under the rostrum which would be interesting, but as far as further improvements a rumble strip might be a thought on one of the hair pin corners, and better grass (which I know is difficult due to the sandy soil they have to work with!).

Great weather, great people, great racing... Thanks very much guys!

See you all again soon, Jon

[panch]

Cracking days racing today in all ways..(Wishbone & Shock Tower :thumbsup:)

Weather was great, as mentioned above Doug always puts on the two meetings in one format so loads of track time as usual..

A great turn out of racers with a few youngsters doing extremely well, everyone seemed to enjoy the day.

Keep a look out on the ledbury website (www.leburymcc.com (http://www.leburymcc.com)) as doug will at some stage put a link to all the pics he took during the course of the day.. :thumbsup:

Dont forget that there is a Nitrux 2 day event next weekend (Sunday & Monday) at the cider mill in Ross on Wye, The series is mainly a nitro event but if there is a good amount of interest Electrics can also have a few heats :thumbsup:

Otherwise see you all at the Coventry in a few weeks time..

[GRIFF55]

oooh, electrics at a cider festival:drool:. When will they know if there is enough 2 or 4wd leccies?

[panch]

Lol Griff, good point, Overnighter, Cider, Racing...hmmmm im in..:thumbsup:

I think the best thing to do might be to post here to gauge numbers..?

Then if its feasable, we simply just email book in the normal way..

Doug said today that we could run and if the numbers were low, just mix in with the 12th scale nitro, but id prefer an all electric heat or two..

[GRIFF55]

i see strobe is down for 8th, might have to do that:). Can only do the sunday though:(

[RogerM]

A great days racing and so much track time some people went home "fatigued" before the event was done!!! You know who you are ;)

First track was great, I really enjoyed that. Less so the second track, a bit too point and squirt for my liking and the tripples didn't work too well that way round IMHO.

Surface was great apart from a couple of tuffty bits here and there that resulted in random offs.

All in all the club should be very proud to have improved the track so much over the last year, can't wait to get back there for the regionals and more than likely will be at a few practice sessions too over the summer.

[RogerM]

Richard, the FS was pretty damn dialed by the end of the day. Won the first final and TQ'd and won the 2nd session. I've posted the set-up in the relevent section. Enjoy your holiday an get in touch when you get back and I'll go through the car in detail with you.

[Wacker1]

I'd just like to thanks to Doug for putting on a GREAT Meeting yesterday, as well as making Newcomers(like me) very welcome to the Ledbury Club:)
Having the 2 Race Meetings during the Day(4+Final in the Morning & 3+Final in the Afternoon)was fantastic, making it very different to any of the Clubs I've Raced at before. Having 2 different Track Layouts during the day made the Racing evenmore intresting, eventhough I was'nt so keen on the first Layout, as it was far to tricky for 2WD in the Dustbowl section of the Circuit.........the amount of times I had to stop in the middle due to others crashing there, making it almost impossible for me to climb up it:(The second Track Layout was awesome though, making the Racing close & Competitive.......it was just unfortunate that I was nursing a poorly Car allday:cry:
I'm already looking forward to my next Meeting there!:thumbsup:

Regards,

Dean.

[dogpinkscot]

Again backing up dean ...A great days racing really opened my eyes to the difference in track surfaces at regionals .. as ive never raced there ..perhaps a better selection of tyres next time for me and better driving skill in the dust:mad:

sugestions from the regular guys would be cool on tyres :confused:

looking forward to your next meeting:thumbsup:

[Neil867]

You going to have a go at nitro on sunday Griff;)

[GRIFF55]

The main one i have used there is ballistic buggy green spikes, they seemed good in the dust too:o
not sure yet Neil

[Neil867]

Thanks guys for your remarks about sunday:thumbsup:
I think there will be more work done on track to improve it.
So hope to see you all at regional.

[RogerM]

Again backing up dean ...A great days racing really opened my eyes to the difference in track surfaces at regionals .. as ive never raced there ..perhaps a better selection of tyres next time for me and better driving skill in the dust:mad:

sugestions from the regular guys would be cool on tyres :confused:

looking forward to your next meeting:thumbsup:

I ran Ballistic Buggy green mini-spikes in the moring when there was a bit of dampness to the grass, changed to Schumacher yellow mini spikes about noon.

The BBs were a little more forgiving in the soft dirt areas than the yellows but if you modified your line to stay on the packed dirt then the yellows were easier to drive everywhere else.


For regionals in general I would suggest having the following glued up at all times if you can

1)A full set of new (i.e. still sharp edges to the spikes) Yellow mini spikes and BB green mini spikes.

2)A set of each of the the above with the outer row of spikes removed front and rear (can be mixed and matched with the above obviously)

3) A set of each both 1) & 2) with some wear on the spikes (rounded edges) .... obviously 1) & 2) become 3) after a couple of meetings!

4) A set of Schumacher green mini spikes

If you can get to that point you should be able to turn up and get straight on with your days racing.

[markwilliamson2001]

Agree Rog, I always have a scrubbed, and new set of yellows available, since new ones give SO MUCH MORE grip when the track gets dusty (at the end of the day).

[panch]

I started the day with abrand new set of Schuey Yellows which were great early on in the morning due, but as the track dried out I found so much grip I started to get roll..!

Quick fix as Roger suggested, i cut the outer ring of spikes off front and rear and found them much more forgiving and i was able to attack the corners again :thumbsup:

This was on 4WD by the way, not sure on 2WD :thumbsup:

[Doomanic]

I started shorty off with slightly worn Schuey Green minispikes all round which were ok while the track was covered in dew. As the track surface dried out he started to get grip roll so I changed his tyres to a newer set of Shuey Greens but with slim fronts. These suited his driving style quite well (he improved in every round) so I left them on until the final. For the final I sent him out on worn Yellows with standard 4WD fronts, outside row trimmed front and rear. His time improved again so I left them on for the afternoon. He didn't get the new layout right away and his car was damaged beyond repair in the second round (thanks Ian...:cry:) but the Durga seemed pretty planted.

All in all, it was a good day for us, very enjoyable, if a little hectic. 5 qualifiers and a final before lunch is some going!

Well done to the Ledbury club, we will be back for more.:thumbsup:

[losixxx]

I started shorty off with slightly worn Schuey Green minispikes all round !




slightly worn! thats like going out on new tyres for you :woot:

[Doomanic]

You know it! :lol:

[strobe]

Sunday and mondays Nitrux event at Ross on Wye Cider mill is looking good. Over 100 entries received.:thumbsup:

[Chris Green]

good to see! where is the Cider Mill in Ross?

Cheers!

[toooldskool]

http://www.rosscider.com/How%20To%20Find%20Us.htm

Here you go