Midlands Astro Masters

[stuartw]

Kidderminster have confirmed that the first round of this popular series will be held on Sunday October 14th.
Successive rounds will be held at Kidderminster on the 2nd Sunday in November, February & March.
Coventry will run their rounds on the 4th Sunday in November, January, February & March.
The Coventry clubs website will be updated to reflect these dates.

Anyone wishing to enter the meetings at Kidderminster should send an email to tonymeredith@sky.com including all those who informed Tony verbally at the Regional on Sunday 30th September.

[Chris Green]

Are there any more details about this series? Sorry for the newbie questions, but...

1. are there control tyres?
2. can you enter, and pay on the day?
3. how many rounds count?

Thank you very much.

[losixxx]

no control tyre
2 from 4 at each venue normally
tony prefers pre booking but im sure you wont be turned away. think its £4 entry, thats what it usually is but they may have increased it?

[Chris Green]

Thanks for that.

What tyres work well at Kiddy on a B4? I have some pro-line bow-tie rears, some green Ballistic Buggies, and some kit Associated pro-line tyres?

I'm guessing I should be looking at Shumacher Yellow mini pins really?

Also, as I'm used to the luxuries of indoor racing, this will probably be my first outdoor meeting. What do I need to bring with me? Is pitting indoors? do I need a 12v?

Thanks.

[Chris Doughty]

Ballistic Buggy Pink Pins in the Wet, BB Green Pins in the dry.

BB spikes work OK, thats the tire most people used at the national (control tire BB spike or Schum Mini-Spike)

its outdoor pitting and unless you have or can share someones generator then you will need a 12v

[ashleyb4]

And a table

And maybe a tent or gazebo if it rains to keep dry.

Again as chris says ballisitic pins work the best round kiddy pinks wet and greens dry.

Andyou course you will need the normal three crystals or if your spektrum you dont need them.

Kiddy is an ace track.

A

[ashleyb4]

What time is booking in on sunday????????

A

[stuartw]

The second round of this series will be held at Kidderminster on Sunday November 11th.

Numbers will be restricted due to the lack of daylight hours so get your entries in.

Anyone wishing to enter the meetings at Kidderminster should send an email to tonymeredith@sky.com including the usual details - name, brca number, class, & xtals.

[Wraggy]

The second round of this series will be held at Kidderminster on Sunday November 11th.

Numbers will be restricted due to the lack of daylight hours so get your entries in.

Anyone wishing to enter the meetings at Kidderminster should send an email to tonymeredith@sky.com including the usual details - name, brca number, class, & xtals.


if we told Tony we were coming at the end of 1st meeting we dont need to do it again do we Stuart ???

[GRIFF55]

That took you longer to write then sending an email to Tony:D:D:D

[stuartw]

if we told Tony we were coming at the end of 1st meeting we dont need to do it again do we Stuart ???

I would, just to be on the safe side.

[Chris Green]

What tyres will I need for Coventry? The same as Kidderminster?

Cheers!

[losixxx]

normally use schumacher green on the front 2wd and ballistic buggy greens rear blicks all round 4wd

[RogerM]

Does Tony normally confirm the entries requested via e-mail? I mailed him last week and have not had confirmation yet.

[losixxx]

normally does rog, but he did say you should stay racing those smelly orrible nitro stuff

[RogerM]

LOL,

bet he did!!!!

LOL

I missed Jake's fluent 80110cks and Brian's "Humour" so have to give it another go

;)

[Chris Green]

normally use schumacher green on the front 2wd and ballistic buggy greens rear blicks all round 4wd

Sorry to be a newbie!

Is that Pins? or spikes?

cheers!

[losixxx]

spikes

[CDS MODELS]

HI
chris will be at the kiddy event with tyres and other bits as per usual but if anyone want's any ballistic buggy mini pins then please let myself or chris (losixxx) know as he will NOT be carrying these as stock only to order.
we also have some stock of schumacher mini pins in so if anyone want any for the indoor season contact us at the shop 01527 577175 and chris will bring them to kiddy

regards mark

[RogerM]

Entry confirmed ...... :)

must not forget to forget something, must take 10 packs of charged cells but have no shocks or motor attached to the car, must insist on trying daft tyres and absolutely must break the car in practice!!!

Oh the memories ;)

[shark]

Hello all, first time at Kidderminster on sunday anyone got a postcode for the track please.Cheers

[Wraggy]

Hello all, first time at Kidderminster on sunday anyone got a postcode for the track please.Cheers

Track directions to Kidderminster



From M6 take M5 to junc 3 Halesowen
A456 to kidderminster
Enter ouskirts of kidder at traffic light (land oak pub) straight on until you meet ring road (1 mile)
Turn left on to ring road (to stourport)
next island straight on
At large island with bus station in the middle take the A451 to stourport
1st lights at park straight on
over railway bridge
next lights straight on
At lights where dual carrigdge way starts straight on
At end of dual carridgeway(3/4 mile) turn 180 degrees back up other carridgeway
3/4 mile track on left with wire mesh fence and white pavilion.

Address
Oldingto leisure centre
Stourport rd
Kidder
dy11 7xx

Back of golf driving range

[shark]

Thanks for that,great service see ya sunday:D

[stuartw]

Entries received so far -
Names in Bold have confirmed their entry to Tony.

Mark Ashforth
Stuart Band
Jamie Banks
Jason Bennett
Tony Bishop
Martin Booth
Chris Bowater
Duncan Brass
Phil Channon
Allan Davies
Tony Davies
Mathew Dodd
Chris Dyke
Mike Elliott
James Evans
Nathan Ferguson
Andy Griffiths
Roy Hadley
Stuart Harlow
Rob Harris
Jake Hemming
Alex Hillman
Les Hobday
Micheal Hobday
Callum Hodges
Jonathon Kedge
John Langley
Branden Mance
Malcolm McDougall
Roger Mills
Shaun Ogden
Neil Oliver
Matt Osland-Jones
Anthony Parr
Paul Penny
Jason Potter
Brian Preddy
Nathan Ralls
Richard Ralph
Andrew Reeves
Ken Rieth
Paul Robinson
Phil Sleigh
Aaron Smith
Jeff Stanton
Lloyd Storey
Mark Taylor
Mike Temple
Adam Tinsley
Neil Tinsley
Ian Ward
Mick Ward
Michael Waugh
Scott Whyman
Ashley Williams
Paul Wragg
Tom Yardy

[losixxx]

hi
due to a family crisis myself and CDS won't be racing sunday at kiddy, i will hopefully be coming up for an hour first thing with everyone's orders and some tyres/spares so let me know if you want anything

chris

[ashleyb4]

Today was great fun thanks to mat for letting me borrow his shell really liked the cr well done to tom for another win and im not sure who won 4wd never watched the final. I was to busy trying to dry all my stuff off.

A

[neiloliver]

It was a good day. Qualified 8th in the B and came 6th. Was in fourth for most of the race but Mike and Martin had other ideas. Shame about the rain, but my positions in the round were better when it was wet!

Highlight of day was Phil Channon throwing a TRF501 ten feet into the air whilst marshalling...

N

[Kopite]

explain what happened please Neil?

[RogerM]

Was a good day. Spent most of it making changes to the BJ4WE to try and get somewhere close to a drivable car. Hampered by only having Schummy Greens but worked hard on the car and it was getting there by the end of the day. Borrowed some blick pink spikes for the final and it proved that it was the rubber holding me back all day, much improved the car ..... thanks to Ian for the help.

The cells I got from Neil seem top notch .... thanks for all your help too mate ... will try to get more of a chance to chat to you at the next one!

Good days racing, really enjoyed it!!!

[losixxx]

should have put your hand in your pocket and bought some blicks u tight a**e :D;)

[Yardeeee]

explain what happened please Neil?

Allow me to jackanory... this was absolutely hilarious...

A guy with a Tamiya 4wd was comin down the straight and his car stopped. Channon was marshalling the straight so he ran to go get the car out the way fast as it was in the main straight. Even though people shouted "car in the straight!!!" they kept goin flat chat... So Phil bombs over to it, reaches down and tries to wrist whip it out the way, he grabs the back shock tower, goes to lift the car up as fast as he could and, as the track and car wer soakin wet... it slipped out the back of his hand, flew about 8ft, did a 1080 in the air and crashed back to the ground poppin a turnbuckle off i believe... I was in fits, I saw it all unfold as I was marshalling at the back of the track opposite... still lauhghing at it now!

Yardy

[IceMike]

haha yer it was jeff comin down the stright at full pelt. he wanted a good run. it was all over when i got there after him all i saw was phil collectin the car from the other side of the track and shouting its broken. and tbh i only heard one shout and that was just before i heard the car crash to the floor and i was next to jeff.

brilliant day though. shame about the wet conditions but it did give me some valuable testing for different conditions

[_JP_]

another well run meeting, track layout was awesome, pitty it was wet but the XX4 felt good in the final.

[matdodd]

Bish won the A final in 4wd with a perfect run! I still cant believe he didnt bin it ;)

[ashleyb4]

preddy went well with his toys 'r' us special. Winning the B :p:p:D

A

[RogerM]

should have put your hand in your pocket and bought some blicks u tight a**e :D;)

LOL ..... I tried but there where no blick spikes to be had, pink or otherwise! Didn't want to go to pins as it would be no use as a reference for the future.

To be fair I think it was best to do it the way I did as at least the Schumy greens where consistent(ly poor) through all runs which meant I learnt a lot more about the BJ4WE than I would have done if I had shifted tires too much.

Anyway the most important thing was it turned out to be a very enjoyable school day....

[losixxx]

[quote=RogerM;70253]LOL ..... I tried but there where no blick spikes to be had, pink or otherwise! Didn't want to go to pins as it would be no use as a reference for the future.

quote]


YOU DIDNT LOOK HARD ENOUGH;) i had over 20 car-sets of pinks and 15 of greens when i arrived just after 9 still had a couple of pairs left when i went home about 11.30

[RogerM]

Oh well, thems the breaks .... already had the greens on the one and only set of wheels I had by 9am.

[tyreman]

preddy went well with his toys 'r' us special. Winning the B :p:p:D

A

Your a spanner:mad::confused:

There is nothing wrong with this car, infact at the moment it is as quick as my Losi XXXcr and that was straight out of the box. The only thing i changed was the rear springs, and got more lock out of the car.
Time will tell how quick the car can be, but after yesterday it looks promising.

[Kopite]

Allow me to jackanory... this was absolutely hilarious...

A guy with a Tamiya 4wd was comin down the straight and his car stopped. Channon was marshalling the straight so he ran to go get the car out the way fast as it was in the main straight. Even though people shouted "car in the straight!!!" they kept goin flat chat... So Phil bombs over to it, reaches down and tries to wrist whip it out the way, he grabs the back shock tower, goes to lift the car up as fast as he could and, as the track and car wer soakin wet... it slipped out the back of his hand, flew about 8ft, did a 1080 in the air and crashed back to the ground poppin a turnbuckle off i believe... I was in fits, I saw it all unfold as I was marshalling at the back of the track opposite... still lauhghing at it now!

Yardy

I can't believe i missed it! bollocks :mad:

[matdodd]

I can't believe i missed it! bollocks :mad:


Ye but you made your self sick though :D

[markwilliamson2001]

What Car is this Brian?

And why should it come from Toy's R Us? :confused:

Mark

[Kopite]

Ye but you made your self sick though :D


that's what you get for buying shots from a random lady in revolution!

Any other happenings i missed out on?

[tyreman]

What Car is this Brian?

And why should it come from Toy's R Us? :confused:

Mark

It's the new Academy GV2 2wd car

http://i118.photobucket.com/albums/o86/tyreman/Photo-0001a.jpg

[andy05]

that's what you get for buying shots from a random lady in revolution!

Any other happenings i missed out on?

You didnt eat soap nuts again did you whose bathroom was it this time?:D

[stuartw]

Round 3 of the series will be held at Coventry this coming Sunday 25th November.
Please send your entry to billharlow1@aol.com

[Southwell]

That academy looks good, whats the quality like Brian?

[IceMike]

which track at coventry are we goin to be using? the same one as the f3 f4 f5?

[Mark A]

Coventry will be useing the astro all winter, just hope it dry,s out a bit.

[tyreman]

which track at coventry are we goin to be using? the same one as the f3 f4 f5?

Mike as the title suggests Midland ASTRO masters

[IceMike]

yer i know that, but when i went to coventry i saw 3 tracks an from wot i remember they all have astro on them.

[tyreman]

That academy looks good, whats the quality like Brian?

It's really good Ian, I was a bit aprehensive about the strength of the plastic, it held up well to a days racing at Kidderminster, so as far as I am concerned there are no quality issues with it.

[tyreman]

yer i know that, but when i went to coventry i saw 3 tracks an from wot i remember they all have astro on them.

Right the main track that you raced on at the F3's, was 95% grass and 5% astroturf (so thats the grass track)

The next track is the dirt track (mainly for the 1/8th cars) take a buggy round if you want but its as bumpy as silverstone.

Then you have the 99.5% astroturf track think it's quite simple really.

Don't you Mike:confused:;)

[IceMike]

sorry i was only askin

[bert digler]

sorry i was only askin

lookin at the forcast mike itll be the one covered in water lol:D

[Slimboyfat]

can we book in on day anyone? Kinda last minute if i can attend so dont want to mess anyone around etc....

[RLGfx]

what tyres should we be using? I'm guessing yellow minis in the dry, but it's probably not going to be...

[Doomanic]

Ballistic Green, or possibly Pink depending on the weather, MiniSpikes.

I'll have a shed-load with me at the weekend.:cool:

[RogerM]

Ballistic Green, or possibly Pink depending on the weather, MiniSpikes.

I'll have a shed-load with me at the weekend.:cool:

Less a 4wd car set of each please!:D

[matdodd]

what car you running Rob?

[RLGfx]

the new one... :D

[matdodd]

Nice one mate I hope it better than the last one :)

[RLGfx]

well it's only 2 wheel drive.....;)

[matdodd]

You got it then! I cant wait to see it!

[RLGfx]

not yet... it's another toy.....


you will learn patience young matthew.... :p

[Doomanic]

Is anyone actually going tomorrow?:confused:
Several people have called me say they're not bothering because of the weather.:(

[neiloliver]

I am going. the weather is meant to be cold but sunny. just packed the car. got some bacon, bread, brown sauce and the stove ready too.

Neil

[IceMike]

me an ash are comin if i wake up in the mornin

[andy reeves]

yea i will be there tomorrow. Should be fun. The weather forcast i have seen is for it to be nice, so hopefully this will be the way.

[RogerM]

Just checked the beeb and it is clear with possibility of light ran at lunch time .....

Hopefully be a good day

[andy reeves]

yea hopefully we will have a good days racing and looking forward to racing the xx4 for the first time since the last regional. But i think 4wd might be pritty hot tomorrow. hehe

[bert digler]

yea hopefully we will have a good days racing and looking forward to racing the xx4 for the first time since the last regional. But i think 4wd might be pritty hot tomorrow. hehe

ill bet its breezy lol

[tyreman]

yea hopefully we will have a good days racing and looking forward to racing the xx4 for the first time since the last regional. But i think 4wd might be pritty hot tomorrow. hehe

I might dust my 4wd off and give it a run, hasn't been used since Silverstone.

[GRIFF55]

you'll have to do more than dust it off bri!!!:D:D

[tyreman]

Another good days racing today, stayed dry all day although the track was damp all day.

[GRIFF55]

who were the top 10 today and what time did you finish?

[matdodd]

We finished about 3.30 & like Bri said it was a good day, dam slippy in the final though!

Old man Phil :p Tq & won 2wd
not sure about the rest :confused:

I was Tq in 4wd & finished 2nd
Yard was 2nd & won
Bish was 3rd and 3rd & Bri was 4th

[ashleyb4]

I qualified 7th in the B and finished 5th yay :D
Thanks for the bacon butty neil it was just what i needed.

And thanks for taking me mike :)

Yea it was good fun a total lack of grip what so ever everyone was spinning round and round.

And brian taking the picc out fo my car :( Just cus i got confuesed.

A

[tyreman]

We finished about 3.30 & like Bri said it was a good day, dam slippy in the final though!

Old man Phil :p Tq & won 2wd
not sure about the rest :confused:

I was Tq in 4wd & finished 2nd
Yard was 2nd & won
Bish was 3rd and 3rd & Bri was 4th

Didn't quite have the pace of you or Tom over the 5 minutes but Bish was there for the taking, as he so vocially complained in the final:p.

Really good day though pity about my 4th round when the kingpin screw came out just as I got infront of Tony.

[tyreman]

I qualified 7th in the B and finished 5th yay :D
Thanks for the bacon butty neil it was just what i needed.

And thanks for taking me mike :)

Yea it was good fun a total lack of grip what so ever everyone was spinning round and round.

And brian taking the picc out fo my car :( Just cus i got confuesed.

A

It wasn't ment in malace BUT, your setup was SO random it was untrue, then your justification for going back to it, was it doesn't spin out as much.:confused::eh?:

[tyreman]

I still reckon Roger was do-able off the double:D;)

[ben]

Whats a "kininp" :eh?::eh?:

lil ben

[ashleyb4]

well i started with a setup sleigh sent me and i downloaded the setup tips from the horrizon website and i sorta followed them it said if you have over steer lengthen your front camber link so i lengthened it all the way. And as for the anti squat i thought the 2 degree's on the brace meant 2 degree's toe in not anti squat.

A

[tyreman]

well i started with a setup sleigh sent me and i downloaded the setup tips from the horrizon website and i sorta followed them it said if you have over steer lengthen your front camber link so i lengthened it all the way. And as for the anti squat i thought the 2 degree's on the brace meant 2 degree's toe in not anti squat.

A

The rear pivot block has 3 deg toe-in as standard, the 2 on it referers to the antisquat

[ashleyb4]

oooohhhhh! you learn something new every day.

A

[alrg500]

2wd results were

1st Phil Channon
2nd Llloyd Storey
3rd Richard Ralph
4th Tony Parr
5th Allan Davies
6th Robin Lucas
7th Jamie Banks.

I think anyway.

[neiloliver]

An eleven lapper escaped me all day by two damn seconds (10L 302s) Fourth round was on to be quick but a 47 second lap screwed that up when i put it on its back on the back straight (Marshal no man land). I was 7th in the B. Came 5th after a great battle with a person I dont know (D4 or BJ4 I think, with lots of lightenining in the rear part of the shell?).

Good day, possibly the last with the yoke given we dont race now for another 6 months!

pity about the cold wind. Well done to Craig J.. 6th in the A..

[andy reeves]

Was a good days racing, glad i was doing 4wd as i think 2wd would have been horrible. Qualified 7th in the A then proceded to carry on the routine of my final 2 rounds and break it in the final. Was my own fault tho. hehe Think i managed to finish 9th in the end as think someone forgot to put a transponder in. :rolleyes: Didn't have the speed of the front guy's but what can you expect from quite old 3300's :cool: Still the car was very drivable, just need some new batteries after christmas.

[RogerM]

I enjoyed the day, even if trying to get a set-up on teh BJ4WE was proving VERY difficult.

Bri's comment about getting me off the double probably cost Tom TQ as when marshalling with Bri anywhere on the track near me I just wanted to get away from the jump altogether!!!!!! There you go Tom .... Brian's fault!

Learned two things today,

BJ4WE does not like being set soft at all .... not even a little bit :(
When set stiff it was about as agile and drivable as an oil tanker :(

[Wraggy]

enough said about Cov i think is the best thing for me !!!!
it just proved to me how random it is ..:mad:

[RogerM]

Your car was certainly proof that you'd had a smashing day!!!! Unlucky as it looked to be going well till then.

[IceMike]

prob a stupid question but i wanna know how far to strip my car down to clean it off after the weekend. how far would that bloody sand have penitrated?

[Southwell]

Bearings are the biggest worry. Just take them out the hubs and clean them. Diff bearings are normally ok, unless your diffs are very crunchy, then you might think about a proper rebuild.

[tyreman]

prob a stupid question but i wanna know how far to strip my car down to clean it off after the weekend. how far would that bloody sand have penitrated?

You should have done that by now, mines was done last night, as generally if it's wet your bearings will get packed full of sand and sieze quite nicely.

[ashleyb4]

Yea did mine last night quick I took my motor out this evening and cleaned it hopingly this should make it a little more quiet.

A

[Wraggy]

mines still in the shed untouched !!!
complete with snapped rear chassis plate :D.
might look at it sometime over the weekend and strip it down ..

[Mark A]

i clean mine each round with a 1/2 inch paint brush so the sand doesn't build up around the bearings,then oil after a full strip at home. There is very little sand in the track after about 4 years of rally x and truggies taking it home with them lol. it used to fill the inside of your wheels in the early days.

[Jonny_H]

prob a stupid question but i wanna know how far to strip my car down to clean it off after the weekend. how far would that bloody sand have penitrated?Don't know what you mean! :p The level of damp in the track was about perfect - my car was coming off spotless (by Baginton standards...)! :wtf:

Cracking day's racing (once I'd given up breaking it on the double) - with a very close qualifying battle for the middle 4WD places. I didn't get caught up in the first corner of the final, so that counts as a success for me!

[stuartw]

To remind you all -
Round 4 of the series will be held at Coventry on Sunday 27th January.
Please send your entry to billharlow1@aol.com

[Gaz_Stanton]

Stuart, please can you confirm the date of the next Kidderminster round(s)
I did have a trawl around here but only dates of the earlier rounds were listed.

[IceMike]

All the dates are listed in the calandar section of the oswestry website for the forthcoming year. www.oswestryrcc.org.uk

[losixxx]

wouldnt publish the regional dates/venue's as they still havent been confirmed!

[stuartw]

Stuart, please can you confirm the date of the next Kidderminster round(s)
I did have a trawl around here but only dates of the earlier rounds were listed.

Gaz
The next meeting at Kidderminster is February 11th.
Followed by Coventry on 24th Feb
Then Kiddy on 9th March

[Gaz_Stanton]

Gaz
The next meeting at Kidderminster is February 11th.
Followed by Coventry on 24th Feb
Then Kiddy on 9th March

Thanks. :)

[_JP_]

Do you mean 10th Feb???

[stuartw]

Do you mean 10th Feb???

Probably ;)

Lets try again -
Feb 10th - Kiddy
Feb 24th - Cov
Mar 9th - Kiddy.

Dates subject to change, depending if I have got em right.:D

[tyreman]

Anyone wanting to book in for the next round of the Midland Astro Masters on 27th Jan can email there details to billharlow1@aol.com Gates open from 0740, usually finish about 1530-ish

[IceMike]

can we have an entry list sometime for the weekend please

[OldTimer]

Can you use PT's at cov these days ?.

[Jamie B4]

I think you can yes I did the last time just before xmas

[tyreman]

Can you use PT's at cov these days ?.

They have all of the equiptment so I don't see why not.

[Mark A]

we have the latest AMB system, close on 90% of our members use pt's now. hand outs are also available.

[losixxx]

hi mark
how many entry's are there??

chris

[OldTimer]

we have the latest AMB system, close on 90% of our members use pt's now. hand outs are also available.

Thats good news i will get my entry across to Bill tonight.

[Mark A]

Hi Chris
Bill has the entry's

[stuartw]

can we have an entry list sometime for the weekend please
I have just received the list to do the computer, and you havent booked in, so why ask for the entry list?

[ashleyb4]

Maybe he wanted to check to see if he had entered!!!!!!

A

[IceMike]

I have just received the list to do the computer, and you havent booked in, so why ask for the entry list?

i send an email in as i posted that. didnt you get it???

[stuartw]

i send an email in as i posted that. didnt you get it???

Well as I am NOT billharlow1@aol.com then no.

[IceMike]

stuart that is the email posted on here to bookin to. i asked for a list so i could check i had been. please can ya book me into 4wd then. .775 .885

[neiloliver]

Well done to Mike for making the A today.

Poor luck to me for making Q 5th in the B and finishing 4th.

Found out some things though:

B44 jumps like a bunny rabbit :)
Zap cyano doesnt glue tyres very well :(

[tyreman]

Well done to Mike for making the A today.

Poor luck to me for making Q 5th in the B and finishing 4th.

Found out some things though:

B44 jumps like a bunny rabbit :)
Zap cyano doesnt glue tyres very well :(

Mine stuck alright with it, but i did put the tyres in the footwell of my car and have the heater on full blast.

Losi thick glue is the best for cold damp conditions though.

[ashleyb4]

LOL neil when im not there knowone has stuff its always blag it off ashley.

A

[stuartw]

The next round of the Midlands Astro Masters will be held at Kidderminster on Feb 10th.
Please send your entry to tonymeredith@sky.com
Anyone who informed Tony that they would be attending at the last Kidderminster meeting is requested to confirm their attendance.

[mw02veg]

do u have a online entry form or just send my name over?
cheers grant williams

[stuartw]

do u have a online entry form or just send my name over?

Grant,
Just send your details to Tony. That'll do nicely.:thumbsup:

[mw02veg]

oh and also wots the situation with tyres? just spikes or can u use pins?

[losixxx]

use anything for the winter series!

[mw02veg]

wots the best tyre to be using?

[KevLee]

wots the best tyre to be using?

I think the best would be Ballistic mini pins, but they're not the chosen tyre for the national, so unlikely many will run those. I think in the wet ballistic buggy mini spikes would be the best national tyre (and what most will run on the 10th). someone correct me if i'm wrong!

[mw02veg]

I think the best would be Ballistic mini pins, but they're not the chosen tyre for the national, so unlikely many will run those. I think in the wet ballistic buggy mini spikes would be the best national tyre (and what most will run on the 10th). someone correct me if i'm wrong! :confused::confused:

[Mark A]

Anyone got a Futaba 3GR FS receiver they don't want any more, either a R153F or a R303FHS. I,ve changed transmitter but i've 2 cars and as my old tranny is a Hitec thats seen better days I would like to put my B4 on to the 3GR for the next round at Kiddy.
I have 1 on order but has not arrived yet:(

[matdodd]

Grant if you want to work on setup for the national run BB green spikes (damp) or SCH yellow mini's (dry) or if you have loads of green BB mini pins lying around like some have there fine in the wet or dry!

[mw02veg]

lol thats wot i wanted to hear im not so worried about a set up just wanna get some some track time in! so ill be running mini pins got loads floating about. cheers matt :thumbsup:

grant williams

[KevLee]

what was wrong with what i said?

pins are the best but most people will use spikes because its the national tyre....:(

[mw02veg]

i just totaly read it wrong mr lee!! ive read it again and it makes sense hahaha long day at work!!! i just wanna run on the pace and get a feel for the track was my worst result at the nationals last year the D in 2wd lol so u comming up??

[KevLee]

i just totaly read it wrong mr lee!! ive read it again and it makes sense hahaha long day at work!!! i just wanna run on the pace and get a feel for the track was my worst result at the nationals last year the D in 2wd lol so u comming up??

I'll let you off then:thumbsup:

yeh i'm booked in! looking forward to it!

[mw02veg]

good good see u at the weekend mr lee. woo hoo 3 weekends of racing on the trot!

[rowley]

Is there an entry list available? Sorry Tony M if I am creating extra work for you!!

[stuartw]

Is there an entry list available? Sorry Tony M if I am creating extra work for you!!
Chris,
Tony doesn't visit here. I'll see what I can do, but no promises.

Stuart.

[stuartw]

2WD.
Mark Ashforth
Jamie Banks
Chris Bowater
Phil Channon
Nick Child
Phil Child
James Evans
Tony Goode
Roy Hadley
Alex Hillman
Les Hobday
Michael Hobday
Callum Hodges
Jonathon Kedge
Branden Mance
Anthony Parr
Paul Penny
Brian Preddy
Richard Ralph
Ken Rieth
Phil Sleigh
Mark Taylor
Mike Temple
Paul Timberlake
Adam Tinsley
Ian Ward
Mick Ward
Michael Waugh
Scott Whyman
Grant Williams
Paul Wragg
Tom Yardy

4wd
Jason Bennett
Tony Bishop
Martin Booth
Nicholas Child
Nick(any) Child
Mathew Dodd
Michael Elliott
Andy Griffiths
Rob Harris
Jake Hemming
John Langley
Kevin Lee
Roger Mills
Shaun Ogden
Neil Oliver
Jason Potter
Ian Purnell
Andrew Reeves
Paul Robinson
Chris Rowcliffe
Matt Simpson
Aaron Smith
Jeff Stanton
Mark Taylor
Neil Tinsley

[Slimboyfat]

I've just booked in for 4wd.

[IceMike]

stuart have we got some results so far!!!!

[alrg500]

http://www.dammit.org.uk/cmcc/results/electric_mam_overall.pdf

[IceMike]

what does the red stand for?

[GRIFF55]

I'd like to know that one too:confused::(

[rowley]

Thanks very much Stuart.... See you then!

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Just checked the weather and its looking good for sunday :thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

stuart
matthew latham, chris cocker and his son conner are coming this weekend can you add all 3 in 2wd please
matt,s details are
12978 brca number
4108198 pt number
895, 835,765 xtals
not sure on chris or conner ill try to get back to ya

[stuartw]

stuart
matthew latham, chris cocker and his son conner are coming this weekend can you add all 3 in 2wd please
matt,s details are
12978 brca number
4108198 pt number
895, 835,765 xtals
not sure on chris or conner ill try to get back to ya

as per previous posts all entries go to tony meredith - tonymeredith@sky.com

[Slimboyfat]

Stuart, Is Scott attending on sunday or working?

Matt OJ

[stuartw]

Stuart, Is Scott attending on sunday or working?

Matt OJ

Attending (as it says on the entry list) :D
I understand that we are also going to be honoured by the presence of a well known scouser.
The gazebo could be a tad full.

[Slimboyfat]

Yeah just a bit full!

See you in the morning chaps.

[PaulRotheram]

Didn't realise the meeting was this full.. i've sent tony an email, hopefullly i can squeese in :eh?:

[bigred5765]

just realised it says 31/1/08
were coming this weekend
what time is kick off

[wayneski]

can someone tell us when it starts tomorrow. Taking my nipper to watch you decent drivers race. Only down the road from me.
Cheers

[IceMike]

i was tld half 8 to bookin. kick off by 10 normally

[ashleyb4]

great day today qualified C10 and finished c8 would have been higher if that silly marshall hadnt run out infront of my car i was up to about 5th or 6th by then. Made bacon sausage and egg sandwiches on a stove which was good fun saw some peopel havent seen in a while and really enjoyed myself felt a little down in the dumps earlier on in the week and thsi made me really happy again.

A

[tyreman]

great day today qualified C10 and finished c8 would have been higher if that silly marshall hadnt run out infront of my car i was up to about 5th or 6th by then. Made bacon sausage and egg sandwiches on a stove which was good fun saw some peopel havent seen in a while and really enjoyed myself felt a little down in the dumps earlier on in the week and thsi made me really happy again.

A

Thats funny because me and Sleigh watched all of your finaland you were last for the most of it:confused:

[mw02veg]

had a great day 2 day all for a 4 quid now thats great value!!

from the word go the car felt good was on cheating pins i know but i dont like kiddy in the damp. but fortunatly enough the sun dryed the track out but end of round 2 and the yellows appeared out the box car felt much better and quicker. qualifed 3rd in the 2wd A and finished 3rd in the final really enjoyed my day after having good battles with cragg and bradbury through out the day:D

cheers kiddy
grant williams

[MikePimlott]

Great day, My first time at Kiddy and can honestly say it was excellent :thumbsup:

Yey outdoors is (nearly) back. :thumbsup:

[ashleyb4]

Thats funny because me and Sleigh watched all of your finaland you were last for the most of it:confused:

well i caught mike elliot who was running 5th or 6th passed him then i run into the marshall and ended up 8th and i couldnt catch neil It went wrong at about 2 or 3 minutes.

A

[mw02veg]

well done preddy uve started him off now can of worms comes to mind :lol:

[ashleyb4]

I just like to defend myself what did you and sleigh think to my car if you where watching me. what should i do i know for a fact i finished 8th as i looked at the tiems afterwards i beat nick child and i think malcolm did not start.

A

[RogerM]

I had a great day too, learnt a lot more about the ZX5-SP and by the final had a great car that could be really pushed. Shame I didn't do a clean run all day, but then again I can accept when the result is of my making .....

The end result was more to do with my lack of real off-road over recent months, carpet is no replacement for the great outdoors in many many ways!

Looking forward to Cov now.

[andy reeves]

Was a nice day of racing, the sun definatly made it more enjoyable. Only had one really good round but that is just me at kiddy. I did seam to make some progress though today to get used to the track. The car also felt more stable also, just looking forward to getting my new batteries now :thumbsup: The track seamed to flow today which makes a change for me.

[tyreman]

I just like to defend myself what did you and sleigh think to my car if you where watching me. what should i do i know for a fact i finished 8th as i looked at the tiems afterwards i beat nick child and i think malcolm did not start.

A

There's little point in helping you as you never take it on board you seem to think we are criticising you.

I had a great day too, learnt a lot more about the ZX5-SP and by the final had a great car that could be really pushed. Shame I didn't do a clean run all day, but then again I can accept when the result is of my making .....

The end result was more to do with my lack of real off-road over recent months, carpet is no replacement for the great outdoors in many many ways!

Looking forward to Cov now.

Rog it looked like you were running the BJ4we in your final (car 9) could be wrong though.

[ashleyb4]

There's little point in helping you as you never take it on board you seem to think we are criticising you.

I do take it on please brian :(

A

[GRIFF55]

Thanks to all at Kiddy for another good days racing, can we book that weather for the next one please:thumbsup:

[andy reeves]

Ash, I saw some of your races and personally I think that at the minute the car seamed to fast for you. What motor were you running today? Also how did your set up seam as most corners you seamed to be running quite wide (also possibly down to the speed) Don't worry you were not the only one guity of this. we were trying to get someones b4 set up right and its too fast for him at the moment.

[neiloliver]

I enjoyed the day very much. That weather was perfect for racing. The b44 is great for me compared to the BX, It seemed so settled, I could do consistant, I just need to do it quicker now. Great people in my heat too, Simon, Martin, Spencer, Roger, Mike, Jeff... so little on-track agro...

My son also ran his second ever non club meeting and improved each round which please both of us.

N

[ashleyb4]

Ash, I saw some of your races and personally I think that at the minute the car seamed to fast for you. What motor were you running today? Also how did your set up seam as most corners you seamed to be running quite wide (also possibly down to the speed) Don't worry you were not the only one guity of this. we were trying to get someones b4 set up right and its too fast for him at the moment.

i think this was mainly due to having harld no shock oil in my front shocks lol as i thought i had filled them but only did rears lol havent run my xx4 since first round of winter series at kiddy. As i only has 2 finishes i was more worried about getting a time than gettign car dialled i like alittle safe understeer i was runnign a 6.5

A

[jasonrcb]

thanks to kiddi for another top meeting and even the weather was good for us,starting to get to grips with the car now yes i know i have to stop swapping cars lol i have listened and now have got my 4wd sorted,great heat i was in close racing every round and looking forward to cov in a fortnight :thumbsup:

[andy reeves]

Ash, If i was you i would consider possibly running a 7.5 or stick with the 6.5 and don't use full power and work on your lines more as this is where most of the time is made. I think in my second run i was only using full power in about 3 places, mainly cus it was quite close in our heat and i posted my fastest of the day.

Jase, nah i can't beleave it we have finally got you to stick to one car :woot:

[strobe]

Great days racing yesterday. Weather was a bonus. Car worked really well yesterday on Ballistic green spikes. Used 1 of Chris Doughty's set ups of the Atomic website.
Had some close racing during the heats with Jason and Jonathan Clarke.
2nd round 1.5 secs between 2nd & 6th at the finish.
In the final had a good battle for 1st with Simon Overall. Dumped on the last lap. Looking forward to the next round.

[stuartw]

Glad to hear that you all enjoyed yesterday. Shame about the number of no shows. As Tony closed the books during the week when we had 80, it meant some were refused entry - apologies if you were one of those.
Still, we had 74 who raced - not bad for a winter meeting.

The next round of the Midlands Astro Masters will be held at Coventry on Feb 24th.
Please send your entry to billharlow1@aol.com

[Spencer Mulcahy]

Thanks to the Kiddy club for a very very good meeting still one of my favourite tracks, just a shame it is 2 hours drive away for me. I have been realy dissapionted with my racing over winter (indoors) I now know that indoors does not suite me. I ran in 4wd with my D4 and it was fantastic as Neil has said was in a good heat which made for clean runs ended up qualifying 10th in the B which I was well happy with. I had a good half race battle with a B44 I think (sorry dont know your name) and got past on the last lap to finish 4th, so it was well worth the 4 hour round trip.

One last thing my two fastest times of the Day both 12 319 where done using five cells, the car felt easy to drive smooth but still with good speed on the straight.

[ashleyb4]

Ash, If i was you i would consider possibly running a 7.5 or stick with the 6.5 and don't use full power and work on your lines more as this is where most of the time is made. I think in my second run i was only using full power in about 3 places, mainly cus it was quite close in our heat and i posted my fastest of the day.

Jase, nah i can't beleave it we have finally got you to stick to one car :woot:

By no way is that car is to fast for me the main reason why i ran wide on 2 of the corners the first one was because it was damp there and i didnt have new tyres my tyres where ptetty old. And the corner at the top left hand corner is because if i take it to close i just clip it and end up on my roof. So take it wide and i dont roll it savign load sof time. Other than that i wasnt taking any of the corners wide.

A

[Wraggy]

Ash dont get defensive !! people are trying to offer you advice ..
take the advice as its ment.:)

i dont think my car is quick but you ask anyone else and see what they say.:thumbsup:

[ashleyb4]

Idont mean to sound that was im just trying to show i understand why it was doing that every so often i did goa little hot into corners but i think the car was going well.

A

[andy reeves]

i dont think my car is quick but you ask anyone else and see what they say.:thumbsup:


Wraggy, your car is definatly too quick, esp when your slipper is so sensitive. hehe

[Yardeeee]

Wraggy's slipper is very sensitive... especially when he asks for it tightened and the tit holding the spanner loosens it! I still claim it was the wind that caused me to miss hear that request... ;)

I liked the layout at Kiddy yesterday, pretty challenging, especially when the left side was covered in frost, and the right side was bathed in sun...

Yardy

[RogerM]

Tom, track was great wasn't it.

Brian, I was running a BJ4WE body all day ..... still not got around to painting my Lazer shell yet ...... and all the painters are very busy at the moment so can't even get them painted by a 3rd party :(
Still need to get an RB5 shell too.