Tamworth Micro National - Conway and Robertson take wins.

[jimmy]

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Tamworth was the venue for the 4th round of the 2009/2010 BRCA Micro National series, held on sunday the 3rd of January.
Danny Conway dominated 2WD, taking the TQ and win with his 2WD converted LRP Shark.
Meanwhile in 4WD things were a little more open - with reigning champion Mark Stiles battling with returning former-champion Craig Harris and Keith Robertson for the TQ and Win. Craig Harris too TQ, winning two rounds of qualifying - whist Mark and Keith took a round each. At the end of a hard fought final where all three lead the race it was Keith Robertson that took the well deserved win.

Check out the race report here: http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/tamworth030110/ (http://www.oople.com/forums/../rc/photos/tamworth030110/)

[c0sie]

Brilliant race report, thanks Jimmy :D

[Matisse]

nice work mate!!!:lol:

[frogger]

:thumbsup: awesome work!

[RCAshers]

Great race report and pics very good detail of drivers, well worth the read.
Ashley

[Radish]

Superb work, great looking report and some brilliant photos! :thumbsup:

[tomg]

Thanks for a great race report good read great shots ,cars and drivers.

[jimmy]

Cheers guys, hopefully I'll be able to come to some more and do another report :thumbsup:

[c0sie]

Please sir Mister Joffrey....

http://d0gl0ver.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/cute-puppy-pictures-loldogs-please-sir-may-i-have-some-more.jpg

Caldicot, Swansea and Hereford remaining :) Hope to see Team oOple atleast once more this season?

[frogger]

4WD B final video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MlYH7vW-0s

[Mini-JT]

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[c0sie]

LOL!

Entering a single colour shell into Concours reminds me of Stuart's 'Special Olympics' joke LOL

[jimmy]

I have to admit - mine was a 1 colour can job as well - but at least I tried to cover it up with stickers :thumbsup:

[Jonesy]

LOL!

Entering a single colour shell into Concours reminds me of Stuart's 'Special Olympics' joke LOL

I'm gonna be screwed then with the Orange!!

[Mini-JT]

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[KRob]

Great work Jimmy, super-quick getting the report up (glad the meeting wasn't at Eden Park...)

And that conversation about retirement was confidential or didn't I make that clear! LOL

[Radish]

4WD B final video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MlYH7vW-0s
Hahaha Carl, love the commentary on the vid! Sorry to see you crash into me when I was upside down, we both ended up a long way back after we got tangled!
It's hard to tell the cars apart as they're so damn quick. Good job mine's a bright colour.

[Ben Turner]

Craig, is that a XX4 servo mount holding you topdeck on?? :woot:

[frogger]

Hahaha Carl, love the commentary on the vid! Sorry to see you crash into me when I was upside down, we both ended up a long way back after we got tangled!
It's hard to tell the cars apart as they're so damn quick. Good job mine's a bright colour.

Yes, the wife needs to work on her camera and child silencing skills :lol: The whole B-final felt like a messy affair. There were bumps and shoves all over the place but I mostly messed up my own chances by falling off the big jump or hitting barriers! From B4 to B1 to B10 back up to B4. :bored:

Still, the loooong Shark felt AWESOME :thumbsup:

[jimmy]

The positive response convinced me to go through my photos and put a few up in a gallery here: http://www.oople.com/rc/photos/tamworth030110/pics/ (http://www.oople.com/forums/../rc/photos/tamworth030110/pics/) it's also linked on the race report itself:)

[Body Paint]

Jim, what an awesome report, I love you man :)

Gave me the shakes reading the report on the final :woot:

[c0sie]

Thanks for sorting out a gallery Jim, thats ace :)

[Danosborne6661]

Awesome pics, top review Jimmy :D
What lens do you use to shoot your indoor action shots??

[jimmy]

Half of them were with my old 70-200 F2.8 and the rest with my 50mm F1.4 - it was a pretty dark hall but the 50 1.4 was pretty good - just really shallow DoF and slooooow focusing:lol:

[Checa]

Half of them were with my old 70-200 F2.8 and the rest with my 50mm F1.4 - it was a pretty dark hall but the 50 1.4 was pretty good - just really shallow DoF and slooooow focusing:lol:


Have not got a clue what you are on about but wicked action shots and great report :thumbsup:

[c0sie]

Joffrey is the king of all things race report and race photo-wise :)

[Checa]

Joffrey is the king of all things race report and race photo-wise :)

We agree on some things then

[jim76]

ace report. shame i haven't been able to make any rounds this year.

Nice to see Keith take the honours. thought he would be dangerous once he upgraded his narrow blaze!! (he wasn't exactly slow with that!)

[Danosborne6661]

Half of them were with my old 70-200 F2.8 and the rest with my 50mm F1.4 - it was a pretty dark hall but the 50 1.4 was pretty good - just really shallow DoF and slooooow focusing:lol:
I was trying a 50mm 1.8! Wouldn't of been too bad with auto focus but my D60 body doesn't have it :(

[c0sie]

Can I have those pics Dan?
Need em asap'y :)

[Danosborne6661]

Sure thing, just finishing stitching the Panorama track shot now :)