August 22nd - COBRA Cardiff - Electric 10th only

[DCM]

Booking in will close at 11pm tonight, any other entries will be on the morning and will be put in the bottom heats

Timetable for Sunday

Booking in from 8:30 to 9:15
Practice from 9:00 to 9:40, max 10 at a time, 3min time intervals, you practice you marshall, the club WILL NOT provide marshalls.
Drivers Briefing at 9:45
First heat on the line at 10:00am

All going well, we should be finished no later than 16:00

OK guys, I can confirm that COBRA will now be putting on a regional.

We have decided to keep the entry fee as per Caldicot, £10 first car, £5 for second, half price for children!

Entries to be sent to cobra.entries@virginmedia.com Please include

Per Car

Name
BRCA Number
PT Number
Crystal
Grading (if you have not competed in the WRCA)
Club

Once I have your entry, I shall send a confirmation reply back.

There will be food available on the day, Vanessa will have her cooker out, there will be hot food and snacks (so thats Reg and Steve happy!!), cans and maybe coffee to!!

Track will now also be on the main field, so another old skool grass track.

Directions

closest post code to the track is CF14 4EP

for google maps put in 51.509597, -3.187848

Otherwise, follow signs for University of Wales Hospital, Heath, drive through the hospital grounds, till you get to the traffic lights on Allensbank Road, turn left, then left again onto King George V drive, right at small roundabout, then you will see the park entrace about 300 yards ahead, on the left. Turn in there, drive to opposite side of carpark.
More details to come.

2WD Entries
Spencer Farley
Jamie Thomas
Tom Cholde
Carl Morgan
Dave Gooding
Owen Gooding
Tom Graham
Richard Whitcombe
Brian Ali
Ky Smith
Clive Apperley
Dean Morgan
Mike Baldwin
James Davies
Matt 'Dyna' Lovett
Clive Bennet
Anthony West

4WD Entris
Steve Curtis-Rich
Spencer Farley
Jamie Thomas
Ian Tomlinson
Steve 'the racing god' Axon
Chris 'Reg' Reardon
Owen Gooding
Chris Cox
Tom Graham
Mathew Williams
James Mags
Simon Hurds
Andy Nancollis
Mike Baldwin
Roy Davies

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Tom Graham

New News

It looks like the council have given us permission for camping on the Saturday night, no raves or loud noise, but if all goes well, it should be good for next year too.

Ken Graham is going to be building the rostrum for us.

[Dyna]

Good on you & COBRA Steve :thumbsup:

Talk about leaving it to the last minute though :lol:

So is this an addition to the WRCA Regional calender or is it replacing another round ?

[axeman]

I hope this doesn't cancel your other round you held at talywain!!!!

sounds good though!!!!!!

put me name down!!!

[DCM]

We never held a round at Talywain under the COBRA banner? I thought that was just Rd1?

Anyhows, any update will go in the first post!!

[FARLEY]

Should be a good day lets hope the weather is good to us :thumbsup:

[Balders]

Good work!

I'm free for that date too, count me in as well...

I'll book in proper when it opens.. :)

Mike

[Pops]

Count us in steve.. any cobra this weekend?:confused:

[Roy]

Count us in steve.. any cobra this weekend?:confused:


Yes there is racing this weekend

All proposed dates are available on "Race Dates" on the COBRA Website http://www.swmcrc.co.uk/

[Pops]

Yes there is racing this weekend

All proposed dates are available on "Race Dates" on the COBRA Website http://www.swmcrc.co.uk/


Thanks Roy:thumbsup:

[Ian F]

All the post seem to have been altered, I also remember the post stating talywain was holding the cobra round, please correct me if I am wrong but I don't think I am

[ant west 71]

DAM, cant make the 22nd at cobra. welsh dub fest is on at margam park, promised the kids id take um camping there. very gutted.

[axeman]

Cobra I feel you have a lot to do if you believe you are ready for regional meeting..

Please take this as constructive comments

Your track is way too rough to have a decent class of racing on it. You need to sort an alternate venue or do some work on the track.

Your race controller needs to pay more attention to what is going on on the track.. ie people still on the main streight putting cars down when the race is starting, Marshells still putting there cells on charge and not at track side, Races being held for the selective few racers to get ready.

Your layout had much to be desired with no marshells on the in-field, and when a car rolled in there no-one knew who's responsibility it was to marshell that car.... result was too much time was wasted....

I have been involved now with three clubs getting ready for a WRCA round and a lot of effort was put in, into making those days a great success,

I can only hope Cobra can do the same... and again please take these comments as constructive..:)

[chris (reg) reardon]

dont think track up to wrca standards !! marshaling is an issue to b looked at but over all not bad club racing track had great day

[DCM]

Cobra I feel you have a lot to do if you believe you are ready for regional meeting..

Please take this as constructive comments

Your track is way too rough to have a decent class of racing on it. You need to sort an alternate venue or do some work on the track.

Your race controller needs to pay more attention to what is going on on the track.. ie people still on the main streight putting cars down when the race is starting, Marshells still putting there cells on charge and not at track side, Races being held for the selective few racers to get ready.

Your layout had much to be desired with no marshells on the in-field, and when a car rolled in there no-one knew who's responsibility it was to marshell that car.... result was too much time was wasted....

I have been involved now with three clubs getting ready for a WRCA round and a lot of effort was put in, into making those days a great success,

I can only hope Cobra can do the same... and again please take these comments as constructive..:)

Your observations are mostly correct. So, lets put some things at ease.

For the WRCA, the computer will be put on automatic and this is how it will go.

If your car is not ready, and you will have plenty of warning, once the race starts, the track is closed.
If you are not out to Marshall at the start of the 10s countdown, you WILL get a penalty.
If you have interference, the race will be paused for a short while, if your on the wrong crystal, then the timer will be restarted.

Track, now we are going to find out about using the field the other side of the hedge, if so, none of the track issue's will remain, but that is to be confirmed (we are asking tomorrow).

Current track, the issue was the layout today, with using that straight, it is a no go, so this is what will be done to work around the ruts.

1) Straight will be laid on the carpark, before you all moan, we have carpet that we are bringing from our container, and a transponder bridge to. The straight will also be staged back away from the kerbing so you will have a clear line of site of the cars.
2) the track will be laid to take into consideration the current ruts.
3) Some of the club will be down to try and remove some of the worst issue's and the track will be set out to either avoid them, or so they aren't an issue, or even used to punish taking a wide apex (for you racing gods :thumbsup:)
4) track design will also take into consideration the ability for marshalls to get to and retrieve a car.

Any other questions guys?

[chris.c]

Steve
When does booking in open?
Count me in!

Cheers
Chris.c

[Pops]

Drop me a pm when your ready and team dad will be there to help set up etc:thumbsup:

[DCM]

First post updated with details

Entries to be sent to cobra.entries@virginmedia.com Please include

Per Car

Name
BRCA Number
PT Number
Crystal
Grading (if you have not competed in the WRCA)
Club

Once I have your entry, I shall send a confirmation reply back.

There will be food available on the day, Vanessa will have her cooker out, there will be hot food and snacks (so thats Reg and Steve happy!!), cans and maybe coffee to!!


More details to come.

[DCM]

We have been given permission from the Park Dept to use the large field the other side of the trees, so a nice big track will be laid!!

[JACKOR33]

Any news on the track steve?
Who is going to be race controller on the day?
Am soo gutted i can't make this meet!:cry:

[DCM]

Track will be on the main field, a rostrum is being assessed and for my sins, I am Race Director for the day :thumbsup:

[JACKOR33]

Sounds like the plan is coming together nicely:thumbsup:
So on the main field right, that means very little bombholes and ruts :pwith just natural undulations and what ever other bumps/jumps/whoops you stick in??!! That should allow for a nice large fast and or technical circuit as you've got a nice blank canvass:drool:

[DCM]

indeed :thumbsup:

[Pops]

We have been given permission from the Park Dept to use the large field the other side of the trees, so a nice big track will be laid!!

Good job guys!:thumbsup:

[millzy]

top news

[DCM]

I have also got for the day, two referees!

[Ian F]

A few questions

Is there camping

Postcode please as it's been a few years since I was last there

Thanks
Ian

[DCM]

for google maps put in 51.509597, -3.187848

Otherwise, follow signs for University of Wales Hospital, Heath, drive through the hospital grounds, till you get to the traffic lights on Allensbank Road, turn left, then left again onto King George V drive, right at small roundabout, then you will see the park entrace about 300 yards ahead, on the left. Turn in there, drive to opposite side of carpark.

We are finding out about camping currently, as it is a council park.

[Ian F]

Cheers steve, might dust the 4wd off and give it an outing

[Dyna]

Ohhh do we tell them about the parks 'no exit' toilet or do we watch people enter and cant get out again without the Fire Brigades assistance ?? :woot:

[DCM]

Cheers steve, might dust the 4wd off and give it an outing

Go on, be a devil!! Would of loved to do Saundersfoot, but the thought of getting five kids up on Sunday morning was a killer lol!

[tom plumb]

IS COBRA RUNING THIS WEEKEND STEVE:thumbsup:

[JACKOR33]

Yep Cobra are deffo running this w/end ;)

http://www.swmcrc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=7&Itemid=37

[Pops]

Yep Cobra are deffo running this w/end ;)

http://www.swmcrc.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=section&id=7&Itemid=37

Team Dad are in:thumbsup: Il bring my trench boards...I mean track features along for a gander dcm

[DCM]

IS COBRA RUNING THIS WEEKEND STEVE:thumbsup:

It is, but it will be Brian running the day :(
(15th Aug)

[B4R4CER]

WILL COBRA POINTS COUNT IN THE WRCA STANDINGS

Only ask because i need points to get my 4 runs in out of 7 and couldnt make all of them and Cobra and Swansea are my only 2 left i can attend to make it 4

[Pops]

WILL COBRA POINTS COUNT IN THE WRCA STANDINGS

Only ask because i need points to get my 4 runs in out of 7 and couldnt make all of them and Cobra and Swansea are my only 2 left i can attend to make it 4

Carl you have Cobra a week sunday, then Swansea then our final wrca event at tally which is going to be an all weekender. So you have 3 more chances to catch me!:p

[Roy]

WILL COBRA POINTS COUNT IN THE WRCA STANDINGS

Only ask because i need points to get my 4 runs in out of 7 and couldnt make all of them and Cobra and Swansea are my only 2 left i can attend to make it 4


COBRA's round on the 22nd August will count as one of the 4 from 7 as confirmed by Hywel in another thread.

[B4R4CER]

COBRA's round on the 22nd August will count as one of the 4 from 7 as confirmed by Hywel in another thread.

BONUS ... Thank You Hywel

[B4R4CER]

Carl you have Cobra a week sunday, then Swansea then our final wrca event at tally which is going to be an all weekender. So you have 3 more chances to catch me!:p

After your performance Sunday @ Saundersfoot I have no chance now ..... especially after you were taunting Ant in the final qualyfier with your bald tires etc pmsl

Team Snake Is On The Up People .... LOOOOOK OUT

[tom plumb]

anyone got a post code for cobra:thumbsup:

[DCM]

closest I can get is CF14 4EP

[Roy]

anyone got a post code for cobra:thumbsup:

Unfortunately the venue does not have a postcode. If you follow the link from the front page of the COBRA website http://www.swmcrc.co.uk/ you should be ok.

To find the link you need to page down the front page of the website to the picture of the club outside track (not planed to be used for the meeting) and double click the venue address.

[DCM]

Still lacking in emailed entried guys, I don't want them PM'd, entried to cobra.entries@virginmedia.com

[Jamie.T]

Just e-mailed my entry Steve.

[axeman]

I is booked in blood!!!!

[DCM]

I got Gods entry!

[tom plumb]

I just booked in happy days :D

[B4R4CER]

Team Snake will be representing .... details are sent .... awaiting conformation from Peter Griffin:thumbsup:

Look out people the Snake is slithering up that WRCA standings table

[DCM]

haha, should have a response already lol

[tom plumb]

steve wot time is booking in this sunday so i can gague wot time to leave home:thumbsup:

[DCM]

I got to work on times, but I want to try and get the day running early, so we can all go home at a reasonable time!

[tom plumb]

ok so i rough idea of wot time booking in will be cobra is def runing this sunday isnt it:D

[DCM]

there is a club day this Sunday, and the week after, regional.

I would like to run booking in from 8:30

[Pops]

Entries sent:thumbsup:

[DCM]

Come on guys, get them entries in, at this rate, The Racing God and his henchman will be in the 4wd A!!

[Dyna]

Im hoping to Steve, im just making sure nothing else is going to get in the way so mine will be a last minute entry im afraid....

[DCM]

More new news and entries so far in the first post!

[DCM]

A few questions

Is there camping

Postcode please as it's been a few years since I was last there

Thanks
Ian

We will be allowing camping!

[tom plumb]

I cant wait do you think the weather will be ok :confused:

[DCM]

now, that I wouldn't like to guess at!!

[gnr racer]

Is booking in on the day allowed?

[DCM]

Yes, but you will be seeded into the bottom heats, as the heat list will already be sorted by then/

[gnr racer]

Ok cheers, I hope to make it..and i would be in the ummm 'bottom heats' anyway ;)

[DCM]

Well, chuck me an email at cobra.entries@virginmedia.com and I book you in, if you want, I give you my mobile number so if you can't make it on the day, you can let me know?

[DCM]

30 entries so far, if you are unsure whether you can make it or not, can you please email me your details so I can have them on the computer, and it will be far quicker in the morning than having to enter ALL your details

Your friendly Race Director :thumbsup:

[tom plumb]

Wot is the weather like steve it is raining heavy down here is the forcast good or bad for the weekend :confused:

[ant west 71]

count me in, ill be there now as im not at vw welsh fest camping. daugther has chicken pox

[DCM]

Anthony, got you booked in, and Clive!

Tom, currently the weather is overcast but dry, forecast for Sunday is dry to!

[DCM]

Booking in will close at 11pm tonight, any other entries will be on the morning and will be put in the bottom heats

Timetable for Sunday

Booking in from 8:30 to 9:15
Practice from 9:00 to 9:40, max 10 at a time, 3min time intervals, you practice you marshall, the club WILL NOT provide marshalls.
Drivers Briefing at 9:45
First heat on the line at 10:00am

All going well, we should be finished no later than 16:00

[ant west 71]

thanks steve, see u sunday :thumbsup:

[tom plumb]

any updates on the weather :thumbsup:

[gnr racer]

Check out metcheck or bbc weather sites
forecast cloudy but dry for tomorrow

[i4n]

I'm about 12 miles West of Cardiff and it's hoofing it down at the moment :cry:

[tom plumb]

yes i have look at them but i live 2 hours from cardiff so i would rather hear from someone who is actually there cheers:thumbsup:

[toooldskool]

Will there be a shop? I haven't go any wet weather tyres:cry:

[Jamie.T]

Just checked BBC and metcheck and they both give a nice day for tomorrow. Fingers crossed their right.

[i4n]

yes i have look at them but i live 2 hours from cardiff so i would rather hear from someone who is actually there cheers:thumbsup:

I'll be there helping to set up in a couple of hours, I can let you know what it's like then.

As for shop, don't know if one's there or not tomorrow.

[i4n]

At the track now, grass is damp but ground under it is solid so should take a fair bit of rain if it comes.

Weather at the mo is brightening up so cross everything for tomorrow......

No shop tomorrow, bring all the spares you think you'll need and those that you don't!

[DCM]

Right, the ground under foot is solid, it has rained and the grass is wet, but that field dries fast, I don't think you will be desperate for BB greens. Paul Knight is on holidays, so no shops present.

When you arrive tomorrow, any silly business when driving onto the field and you will be asked to go home, as it will ruin it for the club to hold meetings on there in future.

Track will be a nice size :thumbsup:

[chris (reg) reardon]

were is the track to . same as club or were

[Pops]

were is the track to . same as club or were
Its in the field behind the bushes that you always hang around in:woot:
Its a nice bit of grass so get youself down there at 7 and we can both help the guys set up:thumbsup:

[DCM]

were is the track to . same as club or were

As you come into the carpark, you will see an open gate in the tree's up from the track, through there and left!

The ground is nice and firm, it drains super good there and the breeze dries the grass quickly to!

[axeman]

Great day well done Cobra!!!! you pulled it off!!
everything about the day was A++++

[chris (reg) reardon]

same as above but with a big x

[Jamie.T]

Above +1. would also like to say a special thanks to Steve (Dcm) for all his hard work in organising it all, cheers mate. Also well done to cobra as a club.

[axeman]

i would like to say well done to Reg for efforts in the B final:p

[gnr racer]

I hate to be a sheep, but its got to be said it was a cracking day
well done Cobra :thumbsup:

[tom plumb]

yea same as. a great day well done cobra:D

[Dyna]

Great day, thanks to DCM and everyone else from COBRA who helped out - great track, organisation and you even managed to get the weather to stay good :thumbsup:

Plus, and i think other clubs should take note ( if its possible to do so), having some hot food on site to buy was spot-on - the bacon roll i had saved me from another lunch of cold sarnies... :D

[DCM]

Thanks guys, I really enjoyed sorting it out, although kick me when I do it again :lol:

Got to say, thanks to Ken (and his boss) for supplying the material and goods to build a great rostrum, and for all the guys who came yesterday (Spence, Ian, Dave Zerk, Ken, Vanessa and Tom), and all those who pitched up at some ungodly hour to define the track perimiter, erect the rostrum (Ken!!), lay my track design down and H for sitting there to referee, eat food, drink and put banana skins on me boys head when he was having a nap!

Hot food is just ace, next yeat I may get time to eat some!!

Also, for you guys to, you make the meeting good, didn't have to nag for you guys to marshal, and in all, driving standards were ace to!!

p.s. Reg, Hywel said he would come collect his kiss!!

[Pops]

Top job to the cobra massive!. Yet another awesome day at cobra..This is getting a bit predictable now:p;)

[Jamie.T]

Im looking forward to seeing those video's that Anthony west took. Will they be on Youtube shortly sir?

[ant west 71]

well done cobra, awesome day. wot more can u say:thumbsup:.
just started to upload first video on you tube, will post all links on here to all finals as i go. hope i get it right.:) will be in order of running.

[DCM]

top man Ant!

[DCM]

how lucky were we, lovely warm weather all day, and it is now hoofing it down!!

[ant west 71]

looks like its going to take around 90 minutes per video to upload, so may not get them all done 2nite. ill see how it goes.

[ant west 71]

new thread open for cobra videos.

[minimatto]

Dont forget to send me finals results :D

[DCM]

Dont forget to send me finals results :D

PM me your email address, and will email them up to you later today Matt.

[minimatto]

Results are up:

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