Irish Buggy Nationals

[MiCk B.]

Irish Buggy Nationals.

1/10 electric off-road buggy single round championship.

As per last year this championship is pre-entry only. Entries from club secretaries on behalf of members, entries from individuals must include verifiable information of them being currently racing on a regular basis.

4wd Saturday 29th May 2010 (Entry closes noon 23rd of May 2010)

2wd Sunday 25th July 2010 (Entry closes noon noon 18th July 2010)

Entries to info@dublinmodelracing.com

Both events will be held in Lucan Dublin
(Map to location (http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&msid=113204958434267585668.000475e9c7dc986059314&ll=53.346222,-6.443567&spn=0.008967,0.012445&z=15&source=embed) )


MiCk B. :-)

[mini_brian]

Mail sent, already looking forward to it :)

[ian h]

Looking forward to it!!!!!!

[mole2k]

Cant make the 4wd as i'll be sunning myself in the algarve! Hopefully will be fit to make the 2wd though :)

[Legacy555]

Hi Mick, count me in for both days ;)

Are you limiting the event to 120 entries per class?....... :)

[ian h]

Hi Mick, count me in for both days ;)

Are you limiting the event to 120 entries per class?....... :)

I think we could squeeze in 140 if we started early!!!!!!!!!

[Grundy]

yep, stick me in for the 2wd class. cheers!

(email sent)

[snige]

hey mick stick me down for both days thanks:thumbsup:

[snige]

just wondering do we have to join the imrcc to take part in the nationals i know last year i joined something but cant remember:lol::lol::lol:

[tony6187]

just wondering do we have to join the imrcc to take part in the nationals i know last year i joined something but cant remember:lol::lol::lol:
your already a member of the dmcc so that covers the club side of things,you will have to join the rccaoi.ill have the membership forms with me on both days:thumbsup:

[snige]

a so that wha what it was thats grand tony thanks:thumbsup:

[Legacy555]

Heard yesterday that there are 7 or 8 entries confirmed for the 4wd nationals on Saturday in Lucan.

Best of luck to everyone!

I'm looking forward to hopefully finishing a 4wd final without damaging the car! :) Seems to be a difficult thinkg to do of late..... maybe I need a Losi 4wd!

[mixer]

Heard yesterday that there are 7 or 8 entries confirmed for the 4wd nationals on Saturday in Lucan.

Best of luck to everyone!

I'm looking forward to hopefully finishing a 4wd final without damaging the car! :) Seems to be a difficult thinkg to do of late..... maybe I need a Losi 4wd!
do you want to swap:lol:

[Legacy555]

Looking a bit "damp" for tomorrow up until about 3pm........

Although, it is Lucan, could be anything from hail to heat wave!

[ian h]

Great day, weather held out for us. Delighted with my 4th place finish. Congrats to Mick, Will and Derek the top3.

[colmo]

Great day, weather held out for us. Delighted with my 4th place finish. Congrats to Mick, Will and Derek the top3.

Oops - completely missed this one. And to think I could have been racing instead of watching rain fall on a touring car track in Ballymoney...

Still, the 2wd is still left...

[Legacy555]

To have all 8 A-Finalist qualify withing the same 15 seconds or so is really great! Really pleased with 2nd, and with car now that it is actually 4wd and has proper shocks on it :)

[Legacy555]

RCCAOI Results 2010

Q F1 F2 Total

1 Michael Bolger 100 100 0 200

2 William White 99 93 100 199

3 Derek McCloskey 98 99 95 197

4 Ian Hunter 97 94 99 196

5 Nigel Dungan 93 98 97 195

6 Tony Kavanagh 95 92 98 193

7Michael O'Leary 96 95 96 192

8 Colin Whelan 94 97 94 191

[FuzzyWuzzyWazza]

here is a short clip took while I was at the track for 5 mins during the championship
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[Legacy555]

2WD Nationals are on this Sunday in Lucan.
Best of luck to all competitors - hopefully it will be dry weather.

The national determines who will represent Ireland in the 2011 European and World championships.

[mini_brian]

Will anybody be out on Saturday, if so what time ill as I work till 4pm on a Sat, could be there for about 4.30 if there was going to be people there for a bit of practice.

[Legacy555]

Will anybody be out on Saturday, if so what time ill as I work till 4pm on a Sat, could be there for about 4.30 if there was going to be people there for a bit of practice.

Weather dependent, I'd say Mick and Dave will be out. I'll be at home preping the car - may go out and cut some grass if dry

[Model Mechanix]

I plan to test on Sat, so will be there for most of the day.

[blade]

I hope to get out on sat morning for a bit of practice

[glx]

unlikely I'll be able to make it this weekend to see this spectacle so I wish you guys a great event and hope the weather will be dry.

good luck and may be the best win :thumbsup:

[Legacy555]

2wd National starts at 10am on Sunday

[mole2k]

Woo Nationals tomorrow!

Just realised I don't really have many tyres in great condition, will Mick or anybody there have some new ones I could buy :p

[ian h]

Woo Nationals tomorrow!

Just realised I don't really have many tyres in great condition, will Mick or anybody there have some new ones I could buy :p

Mick should have what you need.

[Model Mechanix]

Haha are you kidding.....Mick WILL have what you need !
The guy is dripping with tyres, what a resource to have track side :thumbsup:

[Eiremaxx]

Great day racing welldone everyone..

[mole2k]

Great days racing! Thanks to all of DMCC for hosting the event!

[Model Mechanix]

Yeah, good fun and great that the weather held out.
Track was a challenge to all, right to the end of day :)

Cheers for taking the photo's of the shells Stephen, let me know when you get a chance to sort through them and we can work out getting copies :thumbsup:

[ADW]

Great days racing, well worth the trip up from Cork. Well done on organising a great days racing.
Rgs,
Alan:)

[blade]

great days racing today well done to all and mick our 2wd national champ

[mole2k]

Should get those shots of the shells looked through tomorrow!

On an unrelated note, my truck lives on! Double sided tape coming undone seems to be the only thing that can stop that truck :D I'll have to start taking some video's of my exploits!

[MiCk B.]

Hope everyone enjoyed the day.

It was a long one for me. Results have been mailed out.

Just an update. Michael O'Leary is back home as well.

MiCk B. :-)

[Legacy555]

Car Number A Final Q F1 F2 Best two

1 Michael Bolger 99 100 100 200

2 William White 100 99 99 199

3 Tony Kavanagh 98 98 98 196

4 Ian Hunter 97 97 96 194

5 Colin Whelan 96 95 97 193

6 Stephen Carson 94 96 95 191

7 Michael O'Leary 95 93 93 188

8 Karl Rankin 93 94 94 188

9 Nigel Dungan 92 92 86 184

10 Brian Mac Manus 91 91 89 182

11 John Dungan 90 88 92 182

12 Eoin Keating 89 90 91 181

13 Alan Dwyer 88 89 90 179

14 Lee McGuire 86 87 87 174

15 Colin Morrison 85 86 88 174

16 Dan Horgan 87 85 85 172

[colmo]

It was a good day indeed, even though the wheels did, literally, come off on occasion...

Pictures to follow from the last A final - not tonight though, still recovering...

Shucks, 15th? Why not 14th equal...? :(

[Mugenextreme]

Enjoyed the day i have to say , even if i did spend most of it napping to try and sleep off the night before.
Happy with my finishing position considering.
Well done to Mick for a fine display during the 2 legs to take the top spot.

Colm and Stephen looking forward to seeing a few pics of the Day.

[mole2k]

You wont see too many from me, my camera was stuck under the desk most of the day while I was napping :p

[Model Mechanix]

Should get those shots of the shells looked through tomorrow!

On an unrelated note, my truck lives on! Double sided tape coming undone seems to be the only thing that can stop that truck :D I'll have to start taking some video's of my exploits!

Howdy Stephen, any chance you got to look at them shell pics :)

[mole2k]

I was planning on looking at them tonight, I've not really been at home since the nationals with work and other things! I'll drop you a msg later tonight about them!

[Model Mechanix]

No bother mate :)
Cheers again to yourself and Collin for making the trip down, was great to see you and was good fun racing.

[mole2k]

The racing was good fun, I just wish it wasn't such a long spin down on crap roads :(

Made it back home in a bit under an hour and a half though which wasn't bad going for the little fiat!

[Model Mechanix]

Be careful, I hear them Fiats pop ball joints very easy :)
Ah seriously, good going for an hour and a half, you must have been flying !

[mole2k]

Got a good clear run the whole way up thankfully, none of the tractors that I came across on the way down.

Here's a group shot of us all!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4153/4838326203_f4b8eea101_o.jpg

My only 'action' shot of the day!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4839037994_73c97ce460_o.jpg

[Grundy]

any chance of my head being photo-shopped into that shot?! :lol:

[Legacy555]

My only 'action' shot of the day!
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4127/4839037994_73c97ce460_o.jpg

Quiet a useful photo for me. The car seemed to tons of grip to a point and then just snapped at the rear. You can see the positive camber on the rear wheel is too much - should have used a shorter link.

Turns out it wasnt the diff that was causing me problems - but double outdrive bearing failure!!!! freak failure! The balls from the damaged bearings got into the gearbox - it's not pretty!

[mole2k]

Nasty!

I've always found it quite beneficial to be able to see your car driven around the track by either another person or a good video so you can see what the car is doing mid corner!

[blade]

i think i should let other people drive my car get a better result i drove like a head less chicken last week:)