2010/11 Vintage Series Points

[peetbee]

This week was round 1:
Pre 99: TQ and Win went to Owen Gooding and his B3, all on his own! 101 points
Hopefully he will get some competition at the next round if Bill dusts off his old Schumacher (now that he's remembered why he asked for this class to be added :rolleyes:)
Pre 94:
Dave Belsten - TQ & Win with his Kyosho Optima Mid SE - 101 points
Matt Lovett - 2nd Place with an awesome Tamiya Top Force - 99 points
Pete Belsten - 3rd Place with an RC10 Champ Edition - 98 points
Brian Spooner - 4th Place with an RC10 Team Car - 97 points

All good fun with Dave and his 13.5 powered car putting in a time only marginally slower than the fastest modern 4wd.
Here's to next month, which should see possibly two more RC10s plus a Traxxas from Matt.

[Dyna]

Was great fun, havent laughed like that in ages, nor probably driven so well... when your driving a 20 year old buggy with no spares on hand suddenly your driving gets smoother and more consistent !

Just to put it in perspective, Dave would hve been second on the grid in the 4wd 'modern' final with his 23 year old Optima Mid, and Owen would've been in the top three 2wd with his B3...

Ill dust off the TRX1 for the next round, and maybe somethng like a Triumph or Astute as well. I still have my old original rear-motored Optimas too, would be nice to hear the old chain-drive in action again :woot:

Ill keep the Top Force on hand though, it went well yesterday :)

[weeman]

Yeah good fun:) Look forward to some more pre 99's to race:bored:
You forgot to mention a teeny tiny 2wd b3 took the overall win against the 4wd's...that surely means i would have been in the top 3 in modern 4wd as well as 2wd:p

[Dyna]

Yeah i was going up until the final results O :p

I thought Matt Williams was going to run one off his early CATs, you never know he might drag one out... and i think Bills got a pre-99 Schumacher as well ? And Axeman i thought was going to run something too ?

[Gaz_Stanton]

Gutted I couldn't make this. Nearly had the TRX-3 running then found out had German visitors this weekend. I couldn't really leave them & go racing after staying at their house 3 weekends in the last year. :cry:

When is the next round?

[Dyna]

Pete has scheduled the next round for 10th December Gaz - be nice to see your TRX3 if you can make it :)

[Balders]

arr man..

Not going to be able to make the next round either... :mad:

[weeman]

Oooooooooo

10th of december is my birthday :woot:

[axeman]

Yeah i was going up until the final results O :p

I thought Matt Williams was going to run one off his early CATs, you never know he might drag one out... and i think Bills got a pre-99 Schumacher as well ? And Axeman i thought was going to run something too ?

Was going to mate but had people bitchin that my T3 wasn't vintage although it was pre-99...

[peetbee]

T3 is ok Steve, same age as Owen's B3. :confused:

[peetbee]

This week was round 2:
Pre 99: No one entered this week:(

Pre 94:
Dave Belsten - TQ & Win with his Kyosho Optima Mid SE - 101 points
Matt Lovett - 2nd Place with a Tamiya Top Force - 99 points
Dave Jackson - 3rd Place with a Tamiya Fire Dragon (somehow running a 10.5!) - 98 points
Pete Belsten - 4th Place with an RC10 Champ Edition - 97 points
Phil Caine - 5th Place with an RC10 Team Car - 96 points
Brian Spooner - 6th Place with a Schumacher Pro Cat - 95 points
Bill Pier - 7th Place with his Kyosho Lazer ZX - 94 points - this somehow survived all evening on 20 year old tyres and electrics, even down to it's Mabuchi silver can motor!

Once again the front runners weren't far off the modern car's pace - will post a comparison of the fastest laps after some sleep!

Championship positions after 2 rounds:

Pre 99: Owen Gooding 101 points

Pre 94:
Dave Belsten 202
Matt Lovett 198
Pete Belsten 195
Brian Spooner 192
Dave Jackson 98
Phil Caine 96
Bill Pier 94

[Caine]

Woohoo i have points :)

Most excellent night, nice to see all the old boys running P.S i'm not talking bout the drivers or am i? lol

[Dyna]

These are also in the o0ple Vintage section, but thought id put them up here as well in case some of our clubmembers don't see them over there....

And im sure i saw Andy taking some running pics of the vintage cars, can you get them up here as well dood ?



My original Top Force with full Graphite Design chassis & shock towers, all running gear to Top Force Evo spec and a couple of other small original Tamiya Team mods from '93... running Vampire Lipos & MRT VX Pro brushed speedo and 17t Double motor.

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/dynastorm/RC%20Stuff/vintage%20runners/Pictures389.jpg


What can i say about this one... :woot: The fastest car ( in a straight line ! ) on the track, running a 10.5 brushless !! On the straight it pulled 6-7 feet clear on my Top Force ! If it could go round corners as good as it went in a straight line, the rest of us would've been 3 laps behind :lol:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/dynastorm/RC%20Stuff/vintage%20runners/Pictures390.jpg


Bills original Kyosho Lazer ZX, running original tyres, silvercan mabuchi motor and period electrics. Very slow, no grip at all but Bill had us all in stitches the whole night with his running commentry of his own driving and how bad the car was :lol: I came down from one heat with tears in my eyes from laughing so much as it couldnt even get grip to get over the doubles - on carpet !! :woot: Im lending him some decent wheels & tyres and a spare old 18 double for the next round - once those are on he will be a contender as he's a hell of a good driver and his Lazer is a good car in good nick...

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/dynastorm/RC%20Stuff/vintage%20runners/Pictures392.jpg


Pete Belstens RC10 Champ Edition, a belter of a car, running Lipos & modern electrics, and its set up very, very well... :) And boy can he drive it - again Pete was only a couple of laps down on the modern 2wd's... Sorry about the poor photoe Pete, thats when my camera decided it had had enough :bored:

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/dynastorm/RC%20Stuff/vintage%20runners/Pictures393.jpg


The 'other' RC10, ran well, needs a period wing but in very good condition :thumbsup: Modern electrics & mild brushless, a bit more practice & playing with set-ups and it will be as quick as Pete's...

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/dynastorm/RC%20Stuff/vintage%20runners/Pictures391.jpg


Now this was the nicest car there last night - Brians Schumy Procat with all the original Team hop-ups.. you name them, it had them ! And in such good original nick, most people would call this a shelf-queen and not let it run - credit to Brian, he was in there racing crashing like the rest of us :thumbsup: Again, my camera was on the fritz, so rubbish picture - make no mistake ill get a better one of this car next round as its brilliant :woot: Running modern electrics & brushless, once Brians got it set up and used to driving it again it will fly !

http://i223.photobucket.com/albums/dd257/dynastorm/RC%20Stuff/vintage%20runners/Pictures395.jpg


There were 2 other vintages there last night, Dave Belstens Optima Mid and Brians sons Tamiya Lunchbox but my camera decided to retire dead before i got pics of them... Sorry !

All in all great night again, no worries or stress apart from running repairs to 20 year old plastics and more fun than ever - and there more smiles from people running vintage than there were modern cars :thumbsup:

[peetbee]

And the results from rounds 3 are:
Dave Belsten TQ & Win
Gaz Stanton - First run with his Traxxas!
David Jackson
Brian Spooner
Si Osborne - First outing with his RC10!
Phil Caines
Mike Baldwin - What happened Mike?
Liam Watt - And to you Liam?

Championship positions after 3 rounds:

Pre 99: Owen Gooding 101 points

Pre 94:
Dave Belsten 303
Brian Spooner 289
Matt Lovett 198
Dave Jackson 196
Pete Belsten 195
Phil Caine 191
Gaz Stanton 99
Si Osborne 96
Mike Baldwin 94
Bill Pier 94
Liam Watt 93

Hopefully Matt and I can make the next one!

[Balders]

I didn't run a PT... :)

[peetbee]

Aaah, that'd do it then.
Where did you actually finish then?

[Caine]

Got some more photos to post up next few days as well pete! :)

[peetbee]

Cool:)

[Belsten]

No results from the last round :cry:

[peetbee]

oops! will update it later :blush:

[Caine]

Its not like we dont know your gonna win dave:D

[peetbee]

And the results from rounds 4 are very late, but here at last!:
Dave Belsten TQ & Win
Gaz Stanton
Pete Belsten
David Jackson
Phil Caine
Brian Spooner
Lee Francis

Championship positions after 4 rounds:

Pre 99: Owen Gooding 101 points

Pre 94:
Dave Belsten 404
Brian Spooner 384
Dave Jackson 293
Pete Belsten 293
Phil Caine 287
Matt Lovett 198
Gaz Stanton 198
Si Osborne 96
Mike Baldwin 94
Bill Pier 94
Lee Francis 94
Liam Watt 93

[Belsten]

Woo Hoo
XLS is going to be ready for the next round :thumbsup:

[peetbee]

And in Round 5 Dave carried on with the xls where the mid left off with another TQ & Win!
Martyn Spooner proved Brian's RC10 can go quickly in 2nd
Matt Lovett managed to get the Top Force's gearbox to stay together long enough to bag 3rd
Ahead of Dave Jackson's Fire Dragon which goes far too well!
I was less than 1 second behind with my RC10 in 5th
Phil brought his RC10 home in 6th
and Brian's poor procat was 7th after someone's RC10 found it on the straight:blush:

Overall positions are:
(using best 4 results)
Dave Belsten 404
Dave Jackson 390
Pete Belsten 389
Phil Caine 384
Brian Spooner 384
Matt Lovett 296
Gaz Stanton 198
Martyn Spooner 99
Si Osborne 96
Mike Baldwin 94
Bill Pier 94
Lee Francis 94
Liam Watt 93

The last round is on the 22nd April now, see you all there!

[peetbee]

And finally the last round has been run.
With Dave sitting this one out, it was down to Martyn to TQ and win, nearly hitting 20 laps with Brian's RC10 :woot:
I finished in second (using Dave's Optima Mid to prove that the car wasn't the reason that Dave won!), just ahead of Dave Jackson in 3rd with his Thunder Dragon with Phil's RC10 marginally ahead of Brian's Optima Mid (which made it's maiden outing in the final).
Everyone seemed to have a good time and Dave and I had some great racing in the qualifying at the expense of setting a good time!

This means the overall results (best 4 from 6) are:
1st - Dave Belsten - 404 points
2nd - Pete Belsten - 392 points
3rd - Dave Jackson - 391 points
4th - Brian Spooner - 385 points
5th - Phil Caine - 384 points
6th - Matt Lovett - 296 points
7th - Martyn Spooner - 200 points
8th - Gaz Stanton - 198 points
9th - Si Osborne - 96 points
10th - Mike Baldwin - 94 points
10th - Bill Pier - 94 points
10th - Lee Francis - 94 points
13th - Liam Watt - 93 points

An excellent turn out of drivers and various cars over this series and here's to next years! :thumbsup:

[brian s]

great series,really enjoyed the racing (will have to hide the rc10 from martyn as he seems to have taken a liking to it).roll on the next one,maybe get a few more interested in running vintage.:thumbsup:

[Caine]

Agreed. it was great to actually run the car i've wanted to for almost 20 years!
Maybe my driving will of improved enough to do better next time round! :thumbsup: