GNR round 2 Sunday 13th June

[axeman]

Ok folks round 1 is over lets get round 2 underway.

to enter please PM me Axeman

We will be running laps free,
Aprox timings

booking in for 1/10 is 8.15-8.40
drivers briefing 8.45
round 1 on the line 9.00
electric finals start 14.45!!!

nitro booking in 8.15-11.00am
nitro drivers briefing 11.05
nitro practice 11.10
nitro finals start 15.30

Finish 16.45

[Dyna]

So does this mean there's no practice round then Steve ? Straight into the first qualifier ? Or will there be a practice round and one less timed round ?

Good idea to get things started earlier i admit, and even if things do go slightly off schedule there should be enough time in hand to finish things off before it gets too late.

[axeman]

round 1 is practice round
I have got a schedule am trying to get it on here!!!

[axeman]

given up trying to get schedule on here. I will email it out on request

[weeman]

On behalf of myself mr knight and all the other guys who have helped can i say that the GNR track has seen some good improvements over the last few weeks including.....New turfed whoops, some serious smoothing out of the track and now boasts a new 10th layout within the rallycross circuit!! Weather permitting(and labour!!) there will also be three whoops placed close together on the bend after the big table top..Track open for practice every sunday.. :thumbsup:Post code...np442df..cwmbran nr newport south wales

[DCM]

Last time I was there, the rostrum had no guard rail and the table top were in front of the rostrum, have these been changed (I am sure Hywel has sent you the Risk Assessment form for all regionals)?

Also, is pitting on the field next to the track again or can we pit next to the track?

[axeman]

OK folks

There are 5 rounds for 1/10 electric.
Round 1 is practice
Round 2,3,4,5, are qualifing
then finals!!!!

There was always going to be practice!!!

The guard rail was up last year for the rostrem Mr DCM !!

Electric drivers will also be able to make full use of our undercover pits as you will be there first!!!

[DCM]

I wasn't there last year.... :blush:

[axeman]

You need to stay up to date!!!

GNR is open this sunday if you fancy a look!!! and practice!! after last weeks performance a practice might help you!!!:p:p:p:p

[DCM]

I didn't do to bad... needed bi-focals to see the whole track!! :lol: made the A in both, even made 4th in 4wd.... lol

[GRIFF55]

Any track pics please guys?

[axeman]

I will get some pics done on sunday and post them!!!

cheers

[minimatto]

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this is axon guiding the mower to cut track

[mrspeedy]

Why does it say on the entry form that Paul Knight gave me last night that the meeting is to be held on the 19th ? :eh?:

[axeman]

not sure mate?????
prob a typo
http://www.wrca.org.uk/2010calendar.html

[mrspeedy]

OK cheers mate :thumbsup:

[tom plumb]

Has anyone got a post code for the gnr track:thumbsup:

[gnr racer]

Has anyone got a post code for the gnr track:thumbsup:

waun-y-pwll farm, lower llanfrechfa, cwmbran np44 2df

[axeman]

pics as requested
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo333/axeman666/S5030916.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo333/axeman666/S5030915.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo333/axeman666/S5030919.jpg
http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo333/axeman666/S5030918.jpg
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http://i389.photobucket.com/albums/oo333/axeman666/S5030921.jpg

[gnr racer]

Was that prior to track work being carried out??....just joking :D
Check out mine & Dave's track markers....nice!!...If they claim a few 1/10th front ends I had nothing to do with them ;)

[Jamie.T]

Any pics available of the 1/10th electric track? Am thinking about coming up to do this event.

Jamie......

[axeman]

The pics are of 1/10 track

[Dyna]

:lol:

[Jamie.T]

I presumed with the roughness look of the track and the 1/8th buggy in the pics that it was the rallycross track. Sure i read somewhere there was a 1/10th track inside the 1/8th track.

Jamie.....

[Dyna]

The 1/10 track is part of the 1/8th track thats cordoned off once classes are changed- a bit like Talywain.

I wouldnt worry too much, im sure it will be great on the day - they have worked very hard on it :)

Old skool grass track - what a refreshing change :thumbsup:

[mat williams]

yer ur rite matt old school grass, thas all we need is a nice damp start just like the old days! :p

[axeman]

I'm sure GNR will challenge you all!!! This is no smooth carpet track or ironed astro track!!! After using the track last sunday with the B44 I can tell you that there is a racing line!! Mr Knight found it and I nearly did!!.

[Dyna]

Oh so now your practicing are you Steve... you really must be taking it seriously :p

[Balders]

Has the farmer had a crack at levelling out the road up the track? I don't want to take the exhaust off me car.. :cry:

Track looks much better then the last time i saw it, just a bit sorry I couldn't get up there to help out...

Mike

[axeman]

road did actually seem a lot better to me last sunday!!! although I did go up in a mitsibishi shogun...:p

[DCM]

bugger, so the road is still like the moon?

[Balders]

I think I'll try and pinch my mothers old Civic just in case... :)

[DCM]

I can put your car in the back of the yank tank?? :thumbsup:

[blue_pinky]

Maybe there could be some sort of offroad bus system?

I only know it by it's reputation...didn't the road to the track break Craigs car/van once?

[DCM]

yeah, it ate his VW

[Dyna]

Hmmm not liking the sound of that road tbh, certainly not coming in the 944 then... the cars rusty enough as it is i dont want to leave bits of it all down the lane... :P

[gnr racer]

Cant you tell these are electric drivers whining & whinging ?? :p
I was driving a Mazda 6 lowered all round up to the track when the lane was in a worse state of repair than it is now & i never had a mishap
Take it easy up the lane & your motors will be fine...anything falls off im weighing it in for scrap 1st thing Monday morning :thumbsup:

[axeman]

The excuses will come out now, It's just because they can't face loosing to the axeman again!!!!!:p:p:p:p:p:p

[DCM]

you be entering 8th electric then.... lol

[axeman]

no can't afford the lipo's!!:(

[DCM]

and I don't have a big enough pinion.... and the way it is going, I will only be doing 2wd at the moment, still waiting for a shock shaft for the Dirk Diggler...

[gnr racer]

Weather looking good for the whole of the weekend :thumbsup:

[DCM]

looking forward to it, and great that the electrics get to go home early this weekend!!

[axeman]

Just like to thank everyone for coming!!! it was a great day and good atmosphere!!!

The Axeman finished in 6th happy days!!!!!!

Oh yes has anyone lost a car?????

[weeman]

Wicked day at gnr!! Nice job guys.:thumbsup:

[DCM]

Just like to thank everyone for coming!!! it was a great day and good atmosphere!!!

The Axeman finished in 6th happy days!!!!!!

Oh yes has anyone lost a car?????

I did, regularly on every lap... no, thats wrong, I lost control of it... the track drove it :lol:

[matthew]

its okay im sure you wernt on your roof as much as i was :thumbsup::thumbsup:

[axeman]

Gents I was serious!!!! :cry:

Has Anyone lost a car??? it was left in the pits!!!!

I'm aiming for a reward here!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:

[GRIFF55]

What colours and what car? Perhaps they are not on here and we might know who's it is??
Any results from the weekend?

[DCM]

It pissed down at the end of electric, Griff, my boy picked up my cars as I went out to marshall... so I am guessing it is my B4 grrrrr

[minimatto]

I will get results up as soon as axeman sends them to me

[Balders]

Some vids on of the Electric finals.. :)

(didn't get the trucks as it was raining...)

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Thanks to Matt and Si for helping with the filmage and the guys at GNR for putting on a fun day.
:thumbsup:

[GRIFF55]

great films guys!! Well done to simon hurds on tq'ing and winning the 4wd class in only the second time he's drove his car in a bloody long time:thumbsup:
Tom plumb had a sneaky b final win, just on the line.... Nice one mate!

[axeman]

I will get the results up to Matt in next few days for thim to get on the WRCA website..
Cheers

Also the lost car has been claimed!!! Nice one DCM!!

[DCM]

I blames me boy, as he said he was picking it up, so in the pissing rain, I bailed right after marshalling, lol, I was sooooo tired, I didn't even notice it wasn't there whilst unpacking lol

[Dyna]

Thought i'd offer some constructive critism of the day & track if thats ok ?

First of all, thanks to all the people involved running the weekends meet, it was run very well - race timings were good, everything ran to schedual ( or near as damnit ) and no problems there at all. Great :)

The track. Ahhh. The actual layout was fine, i quite liked the length of track and having a slope was great, adding to the experience. And although a bit rough at the start of the day, if only electric had run it would've been acceptable and wouldt have worn too much. Problem was, once the larger nitros had run after round two it became very, very worn & rutted - even the best electric drivers cars were being thrown around like rag-dolls in certain areas - before the table top and after were worst, in two of the places where the nitros shared the course.

Could those areas that are dual-use nitro/electric use be covered in Astrourft like Talywain for instance to cut out the extreme wear ?

The other track feature that i feel needs looking at for electric use was the large jump before the timing loop which i found hard to judge consistently once the Nitros had dug the middle out of the jump in latter rounds, making it inconsistent if you hit it in the middle... you might make a good jump or it might kick the rear up. Due to the angle of the rostrum to the jump i personally found it hard to accurately judge it if you tried the more consistent and not so worn edges of the jump.

Ok so maybe thats just me being a below average driver, but to me it should be a off road course not a obstical course, as you HAD to jump it - with a sheer trailing edge you could not roll it like i personally would've done once it got worn & inconsistent - there SHOULD be that option to roll, in my opinion, if the jump is large. Also due to this jump i broke my car in the 3rd & 4th rounds and had to retire twice - i also broke the car in the final but luckily i could finish - and that was just from trying to get over that damn thing slowly and safely :bored:

All in all I think all the work thats been put into it deserves praise for sure, especially in quite a short period of time thats been spent on it getting it ready for the Electric Regional, but with just a little more thought and tweaks it could be a really great venue for next year :)

Matt

[weeman]

Spot on mat..An excellent day and great fun. The track..Mmn!! Firstly as you know but prob not many others,a small few converted a farmers field with some 8th and 5th!! obstacles into the track we all ran on in about 4 sundays..Labour was(After virtually begging people) non existant.(granted some people came when they could and others like yourself genuinley wanted to help but could not) So on a very positive note...Future plans include a raised rostrum, a 10th track which will be isolated from the mud munchin monsters;)(You guys get an improved track also!) and a whole host of wicked features specifically designed(Driver input here please) for the 10th racer:woot: (Banked turnes.Whoops,etc All as smooth as a smooth thing!!!!)
So lets get that track turned around into what you guys want and we'l have ourselves another awsome venue to race at :thumbsup:

[DCM]

if you would like, in order of preference, what I felt could be improbed

1 - Rostrum needs to be a lot higher, this could also then be converted to more under cover pit space - reason - with the track on a slope, there were certain 'flat' areas that, due to the low rostrum height, you lost all depth perception.

2 - ruts, now I know from COBRA, you not got the manpower to do it, there isn't much you can do, but if and when you can, you need to rotovate and then roll, as the 8th scalers just ripped out all the hard work you had done, to patch the track :(

3 - Jump Profiles - they just need a smoother upramp for them, and then they would be a challenge and not a 'luck' thing.

On the positive side, it is good to see a club trying to make the changes, and that is not to be sniffed at, so you got to pat yourself on the back, got a good venue there, and if you listen to what people are suggesting (and I am sure you guys will), you can have a cracking venue.

Just a little foot note, for the electric cars, having to drive up that hill, really heats up the motors, diagonals and switch backs would work a lot better, as you would have the cross slope challenge too.

[weeman]

if you would like, in order of preference, what I felt could be improbed

1 - Rostrum needs to be a lot higher, this could also then be converted to more under cover pit space - reason - with the track on a slope, there were certain 'flat' areas that, due to the low rostrum height, you lost all depth perception.

2 - ruts, now I know from COBRA, you not got the manpower to do it, there isn't much you can do, but if and when you can, you need to rotovate and then roll, as the 8th scalers just ripped out all the hard work you had done, to patch the track :(

3 - Jump Profiles - they just need a smoother upramp for them, and then they would be a challenge and not a 'luck' thing.

On the positive side, it is good to see a club trying to make the changes, and that is not to be sniffed at, so you got to pat yourself on the back, got a good venue there, and if you listen to what people are suggesting (and I am sure you guys will), you can have a cracking venue.

Just a little foot note, for the electric cars, having to drive up that hill, really heats up the motors, diagonals and switch backs would work a lot better, as you would have the cross slope challenge too.


Cheers Steve. Some very good points there.. Liking the extra pit areas under the raised rostrum. thanks.:)

[DCM]

all criticism should be constructive :thumbsup:

[minimatto]

Results are up

http://www.wrca.org.uk/results.html

[minimatto]

Ammended results are up.

http://www.wrca.org.uk/results.html

Just like to say that a PT (Personnal Transponder) is the responsablity of the driver to ensure it is plugged in and is being counted by the computer.