14th October! Clanfields

[Lee Martin]

14th of october is the first 10th meeting at clanfields.........

I will be going down to help adjust the track and help all i can upcoming to the event....

you have to get to this track....

maybe a national next year!

its a nice flowing dirt track! perfect for learning how to control your 10th scale car!

nice big jumps and good landings!

tyres are a bow tie or step pin....these will work best!

with studs or ribs up front!!!

email if you want to attend

Leemartin_uk@hotmail.com

[Lee Martin]

OI! PEOPLE

[Teddy truman]

shhh im sleeping:o

[Nick Goodall]

Can we Bongo it?

I've got a mates Wedding on the Saturday so not sure what sort of state i'll be in but i'm definitely up for it!

[GRIFF55]

It may sound stupid, but where is clanfields?? Also would 4wd be ok?
Cheers

[losixxx]

small village about 7 miles north of portsmouth just off the A3
used to be in guiness book of records for building the local village pub in 24hours!!

[Lee Martin]

lol....

yeh 2 or 4wd...either or truck.....

yeh nick...bongo

[Nick Goodall]

Nice one mate, should be cool!

Give us a shout if you're free later?

[JCJC]

We would like to be there, seems I have been misreading the http://bolwextric.co.uk/ (http://bolwextric.co.uk/) site, only the slot car racing seems to be closed, outside track is still open, what time etc............:)

[jimmy]

looks a good venue but it's a bit too far to drive down for a play around for us

[MK999]

Looks quality, looks like the rwmcc track in slough in surface etc, makes me want my old hyper and some crimefighters back ! :p

[Lee Martin]

its a tenth meeting.......

[MK999]

I know it is, rwmcc is the 8th track in slough, which is where and what i used to race, and the surface is like that, and it was great fun with an 8th, gerrit? :D

[ballistic bolwell]

gates open 7-30am ,signon from 8am ,practice 9am ,racing start 10am ,this is just a fun meeting to see if electric will work at this track ,every one is welcome ,just turn up on the day or drop me a pm with your details cheers tony

[Lee Martin]

hey tony.

how did the track work go at the weekend?

i think ill phone you at somepoint today.

Lee

Cant wait for clanfield!!! so cool people going!!!!!

[Lee Martin]

whos coming thn!!!!

this should be TIP TOP MAN!!!!

[JCJC]

Have to check with Jordan's mum, but 80% there...........:rolleyes:

[Elliott Hopkins]

My car is a touch unwell at the minute. But if I can get it fixed, I'll be more likely to come.

Elliott.

[Nick Goodall]

What's up with it Elliott?

Should be a good day anyway, looking forward to it :-)

[JCJC]

Whats wrong with the B4 then Elliot ?

[Elliott Hopkins]

Fanbelt.

Not got a great tool selection and Dad's gone off on holiday. I might stick it in a garage.

Elliott.

[Nick Goodall]

Ahhhh real car - i was just thinking actually you may have meant big car not the small one ;-) Hope you get it sorted anyway!

[JCJC]

Fanbelt on a B4, what am I thinking ! 4-40 bolts on that !:eh?::eh?:

[MK999]

Should be good to come along if Mike can still give me a lift. :D Though i may well be running on whatever tyres i can find thanks to the postal strike :rolleyes:

[pesky badger]

I'm in.

Looks like the battle will have to be postponed until the next CML meeting then Elliot.

Stu

[Elliott Hopkins]

He'll be in the garage on Friday. I have an interview on Tuesday so he'd better be done.

Elliott.

[Elliott Hopkins]

So what's the preferred route down?

For Portsmouth (East), I normally go through Guildford, because the M27 is a stinker. But I'm going to go via Basingstoke and the M3 and then go cross country.

Also, what motor shall I start with? If the track is going to be a cut down 1/8th track would a 10x2 be appropriate or will it be a 'normal' size?

I was mid table last time Pesky.

Elliott.

[showtime]

depends where you're coming from, if going via Guildford just stay on the A3
the traffics ok in the mornings its the way home its crap!

[showtime]

flash earth link to track location http://www.flashearth.com/?lat=50.929547&lon=-1.042079&z=18.5&r=0&src=msl

the crosshairs are where the gate is & the tracks right there in the bottom of that field, old satellite image so track not shown!
zoom out to see roads etc to plan your journey, maybe even use coordinates for satnav?

hope that helps those of you who've not been before ;)

[JCJC]

Map from Bolextrix site:
http://www.bolwextric.co.uk/map/

[Lee Martin]

mick, we need you and jordan there with camera!!!!

[Nick Goodall]

Yeah Mick, would be great to get some decent pics if you do come along :-)

The Weather's looking spot on for Sunday too!!!

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=Portsmouth&day=2

[JCJC]

Fret not little grasshoppers, the force is with us, but first we must travel to the dark side of the city, near the smithandlow, and make contact with he who calls himself MK999, then together we shall venture towards the southern edges of our fair land, a sharp eye watching for bongo's as we approach warp speed at dawn, a cheesyburger and a cup of tea being our first reward.

expect to arrive 7.45ish, somewhere cosy to pit would be nice as gazebo is with the Droyds .................:cool::cool:

[showtime]

cheesyburger cup of tea & an argument more like!

Steve the burger man is well funny at Clanfield, you always end up having a heated debate over something when you order your food! :D

when you order you food say to him "2 bacon rolls a cup of tea & an argument please" LOL
if you really want to have a laugh try buying just a cup of milk off him as if you've got your own kettle with you, that always goes down well or when he tells you the price try chipping him by 10 or 20p everytime LOL

seriously! its funny as :D

[Elliott Hopkins]

Minis fixed, batteries charged, dud cell in rubbish pack replaced, thanks to Mr. Stormforce.

All set here.

Elliott.

[MK999]

Is there likely to be a trackside shop? postman still has a load of my stuff :( inlcuding tyres, which are quite crucial really :rolleyes:

[JCJC]

Mark, Bolextrix shop at Clanfield do not stock 10th tires, only 8th, I emailed em, may have some old step pins around. Mick

[MK999]

Damn, i got some step pins, but they're a bit worn and different compounds for some reason :o other than that i have holeshots which might kinda work maybe not really :p ballistics on loose dirt for comedy value maybe? :confused:

[JCJC]

if you really want to have a laugh try buying just a cup of milk off him as if you've got your own kettle with you, that always goes down well or when he tells you the price try chipping him by 10 or 20p everytime LOL

seriously! its funny as :D

I traveled with a kiwi bloke once who would alway ask for some hot water (free!) as he had his own tea/coffee and milk, always got it the first time.

[Dan Cockill]

i will be there but travelling light, will have some step pins and a few spares.
john

[MK999]

cool, was gonna try some bow ties too if you could save a set for me? :)

[showtime]

I traveled with a kiwi bloke once who would alway ask for some hot water (free!) as he had his own tea/coffee and milk, always got it the first time.


try it ;)

it will be funny :D

[pesky badger]

A big thanks to Lee and all those responsible for making today a great race day. Good weather and good racing on a tricky track. Just a shame there weren't more people there. :(

Stu 8-)

[KevLee]

I really wanted to come to this but was away last night in Liverpool so would never have made it for the early start.

How did it go? was it driveable for a 1/10th car? who won?

Any plans for another one?

[showtime]

cheers guys
was a good day :D

Tony had groomed the track really well & we had perfect weather all day
cheers also to Pidge & his bitches for keeping me running ;)


i'm definitely up for another one :D

[Crazy L]

Hi guys

Had a good day today, Hope you all come again. The track was good for 1/10th I thought. Hope you agree.

Defo up for another:D

[MK999]

Was a brilliant track on a fantastic racing surface, if they hadn't had the slightly dodgy dirt delivered it would have been spot on. Great for learning your car on too, by the end of the day even I had throttle control with my heavy left index finger and a 13 turn :p Was somewhat annoyed by dumping in the final after leading for a lap though (still haven't figured out why :wtf:).

Only criticism of the track is that it's a little hard to see smaller 10th scale cars around the track with regards to marshilling, with the large pipes and features, quite often it took quite a while for people to get marshalled, but i can't say i really know a solution either. It seems to me they usually have more marshalls out at a time there? was points numbered up to 15 or so.

[David Church]

How many people were there and who won???

[Lee Martin]

not many people at all....which i must say im very pissed off about.

the track and organisers re laid the surface and done alot of work to the track to make this work for us 10th guys. tony is extremely helpful and will do almost anything for the racing community and to repay him by a small turnout is unexceptabl really...

i feel quite embarrased for myself and 10th scale as it showed alomst no commitment to a new and awesome venue.

makes myself wonder why i try so hard to find new palces and put on events when the turn out is minimal.

the day went smooth. we all had fun and the cars got some BIG air and loved it!

i TQ'ed and after messing around in the final Daz Bloomfield won with truman 2nd.

all i can say is im dissapointed.

rant over

[markwilliamson2001]

Location may have had something to do with this, and also that the 1st round of the Kiddy winter series was running!

Just my 2 cents (I didnt go to Kiddy btw)

M.

[Lee Martin]

How many times have people been to kiddi.................?

its not going to change....this is a one off track that is only a one off event........

i thought that racing on dirt with big jumps would appeal. no disrespect for kiddi......

but its not change from the past 10 years! and this is a one off meeting that we were lookingfor support for.

i also used 1 set of tyres all day! what did you all use?

[markwilliamson2001]

I didnt use any tires...

I didnt even go racing... :(

Know what you mean pidge! Considering this could be one of the rounds that COULD replace Tiverton next year as a national, I do wonder where some of the national drivers were...

Sorry to hear about ur turn out.

Mark

[David Church]

Sounds like a good track that people just didnt go too. The weather was good, but I bet alot of people went to Kiddy. Its hard to get people to try different things, its easier for people to just complain!!!!!

And I didnt race this weekend either, was home recovering from an operation.:o

[Lee Martin]

i hope it does become a national next year....

i know each national round if i had a choice.

but then thats me.........................

[JCJC]

What a great days racing, great weather, great venue, unable to keep Jordan off it, any car & batteries and he was out between heats and after the finals, but, yes more racers would have been nice, we went expecting this to be fun & interesting and it was. every one was friendly & helpful, great day out. Big thanks to all involed.

Results are on Bolextric site already,

http://www.bolwextric.co.uk/rcresultsarchive/clanfieldelectric/

ps: venue was photogenic as well.......:cool::cool:

[Nick Goodall]

What an awesome day it was!!!!!

That track gets huge respect from me, 2wd with Proline tyres on a Dirt track with huge jumps is what this hobby is all about :cool:

I think the track would easily cope with a big 1/10th meeting, especially with a few minor adjustments to tighten certain sections up a bit, but the main thing is that it's soooo big there are loads of ways to make it smaller / different.

The two huge doubles were absolutely awesome, even the Sun was out so all you guys that decided not to come really missed out i'm afraid.

I know where Lee's coming from as it does just make the 1/10th people look like they're not interested - If he'd advertised it as a 1/8th meeting he'd have probably got 50 people easily.

Just hope they're still prepared to help us all out by making this superb venue even better for our little 10th cars, as for me there won't be another track like this for a fair bit of time.........

Thanks again to Tony the organiser, and to Adam and Rob for making the day somewhat entertaining for us all :D

[bigred5765]

would love to come and have a practise, its just to far for us lee,
especially for a fun day,200 plus each way sorry

[mw02veg]

any pics?

[Elliott Hopkins]

I don't want to look at the results.

So that's what the American tracks are like. Cool.

I can tell I'm a really slow learner. I broke a bunch of stuff. My arse was all over the shop.

Fantastic day. Beautiful drive down and back along the A272 between the A and M 3. I'd certainly do it again.

If you weren't there you missed an outstanding meeting. I wouldn't touch the track, it doesn't need to be shorter, narrower or need an infield.

I had Bowties and fat ribs and they look barely touched after a day. Although, I can't be certain, because they are caked in mud.

Elliott.

[racingdwarf]

not many people at all....which i must say im very pissed off about.

the track and organisers re laid the surface and done alot of work to the track to make this work for us 10th guys. tony is extremely helpful and will do almost anything for the racing community and to repay him by a small turnout is unexceptabl really...

i feel quite embarrased for myself and 10th scale as it showed alomst no commitment to a new and awesome venue.

makes myself wonder why i try so hard to find new palces and put on events when the turn out is minimal.

the day went smooth. we all had fun and the cars got some BIG air and loved it!

i TQ'ed and after messing around in the final Daz Bloomfield won with truman 2nd.

all i can say is im dissapointed.

rant over


Thats how it always seems....You put a meeting together, loads of people say "Yep I'll be there and then on the day yur lucky to get half the people you should have got.It seems this is case for most clubs I have spoken to & for the club I run.:wtf: Went to East tracks this wend to what was the biggest meeting round these parts,Good prizes (RC10) nice astro track covered pits,Food etc &...........about 17 people!!!!:oI was expecting 30+

[JCJC]

I don't want to look at the results.

I can tell I'm a really slow learner. I broke a bunch of stuff.

Fantastic day. Beautiful drive down and back along the A272 between the A and M 3. I'd certainly do it again.

Elliott.

We had the B4 and the ZX5 and managed to rip the suspension off both of em! plus a couple of battery packs with "thin" bars just became sadle packs ? no wonder Jordan was stuttering last turn in his final.

Drive back to the A34 - Winchester - was outstanding, beautiful piece of road.

[Nick Goodall]

Grant, there will be some pics up at some stage as i know Mick and Jordan were taking some :cool:

[Elliott Hopkins]

Can anyone post their final setups from yesterday? How were the B4s running for those that ran them?

*cough* :)

Elliott.

[Lee Martin]

B4 set up would be something liek this...if they took my advise.......

frnt;

no 1, 35wt, brown spring. middle hole on tower. outside on arm
short link with 1 washer.

rear;

no 2, 30wt, silver spring, inside hole on tower. inside hole on arm.

2 degree sqwat.

big wing.

cells middle.

[Nick Goodall]

I didn't get any advice LeeRoy!! I just ran a set-up that i found on the net for loose bumpy dirt :D

Front

Inside hole on shock tower
Outer hole on wishbone
30wt, No 1, Brown Springs
30 Deg Casters

Rear

Inside hole on shock tower
Inside hold on wishbone
25wt, No 2, Silver Springs

S/Short wheelbase
Cells Back
Big Wing


To be fair it could have been a bit better but it was working well enough for me not to worry about changing it, and i don't think it would have been possible to really generate that much more grip from the car - maybe just a bit of fine tuning but saying that i'd probably still run what Lee suggests for next time :) - He knows the car better then i do that's for sure ;)

[Nick Goodall]

First pic, Mick just sent it to me! Gotta say the full size version is awesome, you can see all the dirt flying up in the air, great job again to Jordan for taking it!!

http://www.anything-cars.com/images/uploads/B4_Clanfield_A.jpg

[Lee Martin]

wheres the rest???

and some of my car?

[Wraggy]

and some of my car?
is there not enough pics of your car already Pretty Boy !!!!!!!!!!! :p

[Nick Goodall]

Hahah i'm sure he's got loads Lee - he just mailed me that one as he was impressed with the way Jordan had got the car in full frame, the full res one is superb!!

[Lee Martin]

no theres not..........

lol

[Wraggy]

no theres not..........

lol
whats wrong with you !!! Mardy arse :cool:........

[Lee Martin]

ahahahah........

shhhhh tank girl!

[JCJC]

wheres the rest???

and some of my car?

I will start to sort em now, but may take a couple of days, that orange jumps off the screen like a glowing ember ! may have to try and knock it back a bit, tires not showing any sign of wear tho. Mick

[Crazy L]

I'm glad you guys liked the track, I had a bit of a culture shock as did the rest of you as I normally go round it with an LST, and have no trouble "seeing" it., but when I stood up on the rostrum and drove my "little" 1/10th round for the 1st time, It was like nothing I'd driven before.:eh?:

Must agree, the turnout was a bit lame, and as I like 1/10th I did wonder if Tony (Bolwell) thought maybe it was a waste of time inviting a load of electric buggy boys over. I think he enjoyed it though as it wasn't hectic like the barrage of nitro meetings (RX national, XRay, club round, T&T national) he ran last month.

I hope we have another one, and this time, bring your mates, all of them.

Anyone interested in my set up for my DF03?:D

Front:
TRF shocks,
Red springs
45wt
"Super Gripper" tyres

Rear:
blue springs

Motor: 16x2
Cells: RC2000

Laugh all you like:D, I did.

[David Church]

I will come if you have another, and I will try and bring some of the South East boys!!!!!!

[showtime]

We had the B4 and the ZX5 and managed to rip the suspension off both of em! plus a couple of battery packs with "thin" bars just became sadle packs ? no wonder Jordan was stuttering last turn in his final.

Drive back to the A34 - Winchester - was outstanding, beautiful piece of road.

my car fell apart on my very first lap for no apparent reason but once fixed i never touched it again all day :D
it survived a few tumbles i thought would kill it but kept going!
slapped the ground hard a lot of times when over jumping the doubles which didn't seem to bother it so i'd have to say the B4 is stronger than it looks ;)

i'm used to 8th but had no problem seeing my car all day, it didn't look that small to me even on the far side of the track!
i was expecting a fair few more drivers but im used to 8th meetings that fill up really quickly!
so you guys don't run on dirt tracks with jumps much then?
everone was smiling when they came down off the rostrum so it must have been an enjoyable experience for them!
dirt & jumpsd is where its at :D

[MK999]

didn't break a thing all day :D

[JCJC]

Snap-er-oosies, Picturesque spot, dusty late in the afternoon sun, enjoy:

http://picasaweb.google.com/MickJackson2007/Clanfield?authkey=u9mDC9VHiUE

[GRIFF55]

That track looks great!! What would it be like in the wet??? Nice pics too:)

[Crazy L]

That track looks great!! What would it be like in the wet???

Muddy:D, seriously though, It depends what sort of "wet" it is. As far as rain is concerned, It's actually better when it's pissing it down rather than just stopped, Cos the mud doesn't "stick". The track dries out, to the extent of having a true "dry" line, within an an hour or two. It really is an all weather track, despite it being made of dirt.

You guys must be bored af astroturf and block paviers by now, surely, lol:D

Clanfield for 1/10 off road, you know it makes sense.

[MK999]

sideways on dirt is just better than all other forms of moving slideways, it has rooster tails :D

[ballistic bolwell]

glad to see every one had a good time ,already ordered 30tons of dirt to shorted the track for 1/10 ,plus a few layout ideas ,will put another meeting on at end of november for 1/10 ,

[showtime]

as long as its dryish we'll be there :D

Clanfield is one of thise strange places that despit it being in the bottom of a valley it doesn't flood & holds almost no water & it drys out real quick!

we do appreciate the work & effort you put in Tony, hopefully the pics will stir a few others into making the trip down ;)

[JCJC]

Here is the results of taking the camcorder with a dirty lens and pointing it into the sun with a shakey hand.

http://video.google.co.uk/videoplay?docid=-1458104219755555510

put this up on Google video, something new from google and new to me, best view is to "collapse frame" in top right corner, and "double size" button bottom right hand of viewer. enjoy Mick

[Lee Martin]

looks cool dude!

[showtime]

we never did get the offer of another tenth meeting here!

shame :(

[Crazy L]

You're right Adam, I've not been about this year until now, but the Newbury trips have got my 1/10th fire going again, but I've not heard any mention of another 1/10th day. It is a shame, I enjoyed that day.

[showtime]

well its the wrong time of year for a dirt meeting now!

hopefully we can get something organised for next year ;)

[Crazy L]

...But you could always visit this place, if enough go down and convince them if you all liked the place you'll go back if they did a few realistic changes.

http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i112/The-Lateshow/?action=view&current=Torchpromovid2.flv

[mobile chicane]

do'h completley missed this I thought clanfield was up north somwhere.

looks like a cool track esp with real dirt what tyres to use gor the b44 though schumi blue spikes ?