All day meeting - 24th July 2011 - 4th Round of 2011 Summer Series

[nicVEGAchildJR]

Just wondering if there's any racing

[mikeyscott]

Yes it's the next all day meeting, round 4 of summer series and I can't make it :(

[hotrodchris]

Count me in looking forward to it with lots of SHINNY NEW RED bits on the Rango to break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wub:cry:

[super gripper]

Is the parking going to be controlled this time to fit more people in ?

[MrMagoo]

Count me in looking forward to it with lots of SHINNY NEW RED bits on the Rango to break!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:wub:cry:

and a bling car-stand (if I get my arse in gear!).

[mikeyscott]

So who is in for another great days racing, hopefully some more people coming in from far and wide.

Would be great to see the Schumacher crew etc.

Also Schumacher are kindly supporting the series, so it'll be Schumacher TYRES ONLY.

There will be trophies for the top 3 in the finals.

Supporters of TORCH 2011 Summer Series are:
Schumacher
RW Racing
RCLazy

www.torchracing.org.uk/results/2011

2WD Standings

4WD Standings

Haven't raced with us for a while 6 months + or are new to TORCH, please email your details to info@torchracing.org.uk

[almo1985]

I am in, the last Summer Series meeting was my first ever off road meeting and I loved it, great day in a nice friendly atmosphere, the weather helped too :)

Alex Gardiner 2wd.

[martin so16]

Is the parking going to be controlled this time to fit more people in ?

the parking will be sorted by me i will be posting something on oOple

[Briangb]

Hey Chris. I bet I can break mine before you break yours. Hoping to manage more than 3 laps this meeting. That is assuming that I can get my electrics soldered. I am determined to learn to solder. I don't know if my mentor 'Byrners' will be appearing. Looking forward to it. hopefully!!

[SteveB]

Is the parking going to be controlled this time to fit more people in ?

Lee, no problems chap with controlling parking, are u offering to do this?

[jamiekerr14]

I think I will be down to give the Rango a Blast.. not been down in a while so like the look of the new features added!

[lordnikon]

Sorted the car out now so no cutting out, first time racing down there but should be worth a laugh :thumbsup:

[ASKay]

Now planning to be down for this... I assume it is turn up, and not book in advance???

[freddie]

i will be there !!:thumbsup:

[martin so16]

Now planning to be down for this... I assume it is turn up, and not book in advance???

just turn up mate and book in no advance the only thing is its schumacher tyres only on are all day meetings

[M.Andrews]

Looking forward to the meeting on sunday. Fingers crossed the weather will be good this weekend,it doesn't have to be sunny as long as it doesn't RAIN!!!!.

[ASKay]

just turn up mate and book in no advance the only thing is its schumacher tyres only on are all day meetings


Yep, i am on top of that one... :thumbsup: got my order with RC Lazy for the schumy tires today...

[simoncrabb]

Your order went out today Alex. I would have emailed you, but, err, your email was inside the package...

rcLazy will be bringing a full shop again, please get in touch if you'd like any orders reserving.

[lordnikon]

Hi simon, do you have any 3/32 ceramic balls in stock ?? If so could you bring some along as i will probably grab a set while there. Also some whatever you recommend grease for the diff too please. :thumbsup:

Your order went out today Alex. I would have emailed you, but, err, your email was inside the package...

rcLazy will be bringing a full shop again, please get in touch if you'd like any orders reserving.

[johnabbs]

Hi all,i will be there rain or shine,tlr is ready to rock,and hopefully not roll.will the burger van be there,mark andrews will hope it is for his 6 hot dogs,lol

[Nige]

Dare I ask, is there a raffle???? :thumbsup:

I just lov'em :lol:

[RobW]

Hi all,i will be there rain or shine,tlr is ready to rock,and hopefully not roll.will the burger van be there,mark andrews will hope it is for his 6 hot dogs,lol

Yes, just got e-mail from burger people confirming they should be there. Mark Andrews "7 hot-dog" challenge is on:thumbsup:

Rob

[simoncrabb]

Hi simon, do you have any 3/32 ceramic balls in stock ?? If so could you bring some along as i will probably grab a set while there. Also some whatever you recommend grease for the diff too please. :thumbsup:

Yep, will do.

[ASKay]

Yes, just got e-mail from burger people confirming they should be there. Mark Andrews "7 hot-dog" challenge is on:thumbsup:

Rob

thank gord for that, i was worried i was going to have to eat my own cooking :woot:

[mikeyscott]

Dare I ask, is there a raffle???? :thumbsup:

I just lov'em :lol:

Working on it. Certainly a potential for a few items.

I won't be there Sunday so please help Steve and his team on Sunday.

[The Chef]

Yes, just got e-mail from burger people confirming they should be there. Mark Andrews "7 hot-dog" challenge is on:thumbsup:

Rob

Where will you hide 7 hot dogs?:cry:

Any chance of some meat in the burgers LOL I think I saw a box last time saying something like now contains 60% meat:o. LOL. Could just add more Ketchup I guess.:woot:

[ASKay]

Where will you hide 7 hot dogs?:cry:

Any chance of some meat in the burgers LOL I think I saw a box last time saying something like now contains 60% meat:o. LOL. Could just add more Ketchup I guess.:woot:


Better than the 'Virgin Atlantic' nuts that state on the back 'this product may contain nuts' !! :woot:

[Nige]

Working on it. Certainly a potential for a few items.

Cheers Mikey, will bring some extra ££ with me for some tickets...:)

[The Chef]

ME TOO):thumbsup::thumbsup:

[M.Andrews]

Yes, just got e-mail from burger people confirming they should be there. Mark Andrews "7 hot-dog" challenge is on:thumbsup:

Rob

I'm getting a bit of a reputation now for eating 6 hot dogs,for the record it was a bacon sandwich and 4 hot dogs!(I do like those hot dogs with sweet chilli sauce!!!!:thumbsup::thumbsup:).
I did once eat 6 macdonalds apple pie's!.
Weather is looking alright for sunday:thumbsup:(fingers crossed)

[The Chef]

Excuses. How many hot dogs this week.:confused:

[mikeyscott]

Cheers Mikey, will bring some extra ££ with me for some tickets...:)

I've had no post so the main prize hasn't turned up. So it may be a case of a piece of paper with what it would have been and then send it on to the winner etc.

[The Chef]

12 hours to go. How sad I need a fix that badly. I hope that I can be competitive this week.

Weather looking good tomorrow. CLICKY HERE (http://news.bbc.co.uk/weather/forecast/348?area=Fareham)

[ASKay]

Just want to say thanks all for making it a most enjoyable 1st race meeting for me this century... I really enjoyed myself, and TORCH has a great feel for it as a RCCC... I will be putting an application in for membership, and look forward to the next time already... Thanks all...

Alex:thumbsup:

[mikeyscott]

How many racers, who won what etc?

My day was :bored:

[ASKay]

about 60 racers.... and they were all winners :thumbsup:

I think i heard it was a record meeting, however I would not know as it was my first visit to Torch...

[mikeyscott]

about 60 racers.... and they were all winners :thumbsup:

I think i heard it was a record meeting, however I would not know as it was my first visit to Torch...

60 and I missed it!! :thumbdown: That is indeed a record from what I understand.

Well done to the crew that handled the meeting. Now who won, did anyone beat Steve..

[johnabbs]

what do you think mike

[mikeyscott]

what do you think mike

Unbeaten

[Deano577]

Didn't see you at the christening mike!!! Sounds like it was a good day can't wait to next week

[The Chef]

Top day Friendly as always. It also seemed that evey one respected the parking request.:thumbsup:

[Dudders]

Glad all went well, see you at the next one :thumbsup:

[M.Andrews]

Another excellent all day meeting!:thumbsup:. Cheers Team Torch for a well run meeting!.

[racingben]

Had a fantastic day if slightly disappointed by crashing out of the lead of leg 3 in the a final. Think I ended up 4th overall?

Was really hard work getting the mad rat round at that pace. I had a go with a losi after the meeting and was very impressed.

Very well run meeting. Track is a challenge for car and driver. I did one morning meeting a few weeks ago and was faster this time straight away. Setup changes every round kept improving the car to the point that the gearbox gave up in the last heat.

Mad rat was standard bar ball races, turnbuckles and shocks (2nd hand hand off eBay £25) + an alloy idler gear in the gearbox after above failure.

Tempted to change the rat for a monkey and to change the steering servo for a quicker one. May be able to keep up then :thumbsup:

[Randall34]

We missed you Dean,
Qualifying sucks - finals Rock.
Hope you can come to the next one.

[Deano577]

We missed you Dean,
Qualifying sucks - finals Rock.
Hope you can come to the next one.

Thanks mate I was gutted I couldn't go but I I'll not be missing another one
when you next down there

[mikeyscott]

Sounds like I missed a good meeting :thumbdown:

From feedback from the committee, guys I need YOU THE RACERS to check the YOUR PTs on the heat listings. Then if they are wrong people can fix them before racing starts.

[jamiekerr14]

Have to agree with everyone it was a great days racing-It was my 1st all day meeting and enjoyed it 100x times more than the normal half day IMHO. Track time was brilliant and 3 leg finals is a great bonus.
It was run very well considering the large number of drivers for such a small and upcoming club. And track is very fun to drive since my last visit 6+ months ago.

Big well done to all the team for sunday was a great day for me personally. I have 1 slight thing that could possibly be looked at, is some of the driving? I know its a friendly meeting, but on numerous occasions there were a few *Iffy* overtakes or passes. I was unlucky enough to be pushed around a fair bit yesterday, but some people were totally wiped out. Didn't seem to be much in the way of Etiquette in my view. And this was in some of the top finals.
And people walking off the rostrum+marshals leaving there spots while the races are still running ect.. Some very slow marshalling too. I know its hard to keep a eye on, but it seems that it happened a fair bit yesterday. And for the club to keep progressing and encouraging some top driver's I think rules and warning should be looked at.

Anyway a few people have asked about my setup for my rango so I will post it below for people to have a look at.
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/ff211/jamiekerr14/JamesKerrTorch24thJuly2011SETUP.jpg
(Please ignore the Roll=1 down thing)

cheers guys thanks again

[mikeyscott]

We will discuss the role of a race director. However please also take into account that the commitee for this club is very small. It wasn't helped that I had a family event that caused the comitee to work harder yesterday. Trust me I know how hard it is to run a meeting and keep everyone happy.

So hats off to the comittee and the team of TORCH helpers yesterday - you know who you are.

[almo1985]

Would just like to say a big thanks to everyone at Torch for a really well run meeting yesterday.

There were alot of us down there and everything went smoothly.

Roll on next month!1

[jamiekerr14]

We will discuss the role of a race director. However please also take into account that the commitee for this club is very small. It wasn't helped that I had a family event that caused the comitee to work harder yesterday. Trust me I know how hard it is to run a meeting and keep everyone happy.

So hats off to the comittee and the team of TORCH helpers yesterday - you know who you are.


I appreciate that Mike, It was not a dig or anything the guys did a fantastic job with the high number's. Just thought I would mention it, even mentioning it at drivers briefing may help and then they know that they could be penalised or something if they don't drive fairly? Even that itself will show people that they have to race fair and they *Could* be penalised. I understand alot of the member's are locals just wanting to race and relax on sunday, but then again if someone for instance travels far and does nationals-or the like. And finds he is used as a dogem car, Im sure he would be a bit annoyed and would think x2 about coming back down? that my view anyway.

I mean no offence to the club, you have all done a remarkable job. Just thought I would put in my 2pence. As I did hear a few non locals mention the marshalling and some of the driving.

[Getpip]

Would just like to say a big thanks to everyone at Torch for a really well run meeting yesterday.

There were alot of us down there and everything went smoothly.

Roll on next month!1

+1 .... A good day.

[mikeyscott]

I'll liase with Steve this week and get the results up online and update champ results.

[Randall34]

I think Al was taking some pictures, can they be put up on the website. The last ones in the gallery where round 2 taken on my phone.

[RobW]

Thanks for the feedback.

The problem with the PT numbers is acknowledged. We need to make it clear at the drivers briefing that every driver is responsible for checking their PT number on the heat listing before racing starts just as in the old days (before 2.4g) we were all responsible for checking our frequencies. I’ll add this to our list of things to mention. There were a small number of mistakes made on Sunday which resulted in people losing their first round scores which was really disappointing for both us as organisers and obviously the people involved. Really like to avoid this in future.

As far as the driving/marshalling standards are concerned I did not directly see any particularly bad instances (all gentlemen in my heat:thumbsup:) but was informed of a couple of specific issues and in one case a driver was moved to a more appropriate heat after round one. We will look to see how we can improve things in this area and I agree a reminder at drivers briefing and then, if necessary, a gentle reminder at the start of the next round of any heats/finals that have seen a bit too much “rubbing” previously can be organised. Unfortunately there is little that can be done to reverse the damage to you once you have been taken out or poorly marshalled and my personal view is that if we get to the stage of having to hand out penalties then we have lost the plot in terms of a fun club day out which was the original idea of these meetings. I would not be willing to spend my Sundays handing out penalties to my fellow racers – not my idea of fun.

Just need to try and keep the balance right between trying to let everyone have a fair days racing whilst not getting too strict.

Looking forward to the next one already – just hope I have better luck in the finals – 3 laps in total yesterday:cry:

Rob

[mikeyscott]

Ok

I hope those that moaned about marshalling / driving standards were equally not guilty of the offence..

Guys it's a balance, it's not a regional, it's not a national, just hopefully a great days racing. We will be putting forward for a regional I hope in 2012 and agree that then things could certainly be different.

Rob has some very valid points which we the commitee will have a discussion about.

[simoncrabb]

Awesome day!

It was well run, finished on time and a credit to everyone involved. Great atmosphere.

My only criticism, the track was back to being TOO NARROW again! The wider it is the more room for passing etc, which in turn means cleaner racing. As I've said for months, make it 3m wide everywhere. Wide doesn't have to mean easy. Of course I'm only moaning cos I can't drive with the accuracy of some of the better drivers!

[Dudders]

TORCH can easily go 3m wide as you have the space to do so there Simon, 3m wide all round is not something we could do for the whole of the SHRCCC track however so it's not always possible.

[hotrodchris]

Thoroughly enjoyed the day despite my Rango misbehaving all day managed about 30 laps in total, but it just stayed together long enough in the last final too take the win minus a rear diff.

More money for RC Lazy!::cry:

[gwesty]

Awesome day!

It was well run, finished on time and a credit to everyone involved. Great atmosphere.

My only criticism, the track was back to being TOO NARROW again! The wider it is the more room for passing etc, which in turn means cleaner racing. As I've said for months, make it 3m wide everywhere. Wide doesn't have to mean easy. Of course I'm only moaning cos I can't drive with the accuracy of some of the better drivers!

totally agree with simon . after the sweeper to the loop the track doesnt offer much in away of being an off road track (too flat and straight) . id like to see long jumps and more width .
i think that would rele put torch on the map !

[mikeyscott]

Martin and others work very hard to try and bring a balanced track for all, please don't forget this.

If you wish to assist Martin please step forward.

[gwesty]

no one is disputing that mikey . just friendly comments .

[martin so16]

no one is disputing that mikey . just friendly comments .

i do like to hear this feedback it helps me to make the track better most of the track is allmost 3m wide but some parts of the track where it is only 2.5 m i just havent got the room 2 go wider the biggest problem i have is safe marshalling spots the only thing we can do is 2 re design the whole track and go 3m so we are looking into this now and changes will be made and i am going to make a big jump at some point

[lordnikon]

Should say thanks to all that organised and run the days down there. My first time with a newly built car (0 laps before) and first race meeting meant a big learning curve :blush:

Dont know if you guys are still looking for 'things' I remember seeing an amp and speaker requirement at one point but I'm sure between us we can all club together and take the place and meetings to the next level. :thumbsup:

[racingben]

I think the tracks wide enough tbh but yes a big challenging jump would be great. I was wondering if there would be a way of setting up two jumps that you have so that it would be possible to 'double' them.

How about a smaller jump before the table top in it's current location. This would also give a challenge in that you'd have a choice of the 'racing line' and take a little jump then over the table top or a wide line run up and jump onto the top of the table.

I have ramps that would be good for this at the bracklesham club. I could bring them along for a trial run. Happy for my car to be used to set positions as it's cheap if I break it!

Should be along next week.

[The Chef]

I had a great day. It is nice when tracks get changed alotn but I also understand the work involved. Great venu (the bit you can control) Would have been nice if the farmer tidy'd up a bit. But I love it all the comitty are friendly and helful and try to be accomodating which is very pleasent.

Both the MR Browns seem to learn eveyones name very quickly and make new comers very welcome.

Thank you:thumbsup: Can't wait till august.:thumbsup:

[SteveB]

Chaps appreciate all comments, we will strive to improve all aspects of your racing experience at the club ;)

Can you put your name at the bottom of your posts so I can put a face to it, would be most appreciated as not sure of oople names?

Results will be posted tonight, so a clear understanding of where people sit within the championship, with 2 rounds to go :thumbsup:

Don't forget our next round is on the 21st August there will be no racing on the 28th, so the plan is to take any torch racers to Surrey & Hants on the 28th. A change from the astro to grass and dirt :thumbsup: Hopefully a dry one Neil :thumbsup:

Thanks steve

[dibble34]

Steve the summer series thread here http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63494 still lists 28th Aug. Had a great day, shame my speedo blew up before the finals. Thanks to Wylie for a lend of his Durango :). Regarding the track i'd like it to stay the same for a while so i can look back over my times and see if i improve or not!

[Getpip]

I managed to lose a Cat SX2 undertray at TORCH on Sunday :mad: .. If anyone picked it up please let me know... Thanks all.

[maseace]

Loved the day, after sorting out the loss of top speed thank you rc lazy for your help on that one, and to Steve for the gearing. I think the guys at the club are doing a great job and I have a great day everytime even if the car Is having a bad day.

Some people just need to realise racing accidents happen and some times the marshalling is not great but no one is trying to ruin your day or race on purpose.

[SteveB]

Steve the summer series thread here http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=63494 still lists 28th Aug. Had a great day, shame my speedo blew up before the finals. Thanks to Wylie for a lend of his Durango :). Regarding the track i'd like it to stay the same for a while so i can look back over my times and see if i improve or not!

Dave, the Summer Series thread has been up-dated to reflect the date to 21st August for next meeting.

Thanks Steve

[racingben]

Easiest way to avoid bad marshalling - don't crash!

Hangs head in shame after 2 rolls in the finals. :cry: only had to shout marshal once though - was a early shunt and marshal was talking with friend about their own race. 2nd one was well rescued.