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PaulUpton

19-11-2011, 08:23 PM

SilverstoneRCMCC are holding the BRCA Winter indoor Finals on the 11/12th February 2012. Entry forms can be downloaded here (http://www.brca.org/?q=content/british-winter-open-championship-2012/13393)

We are delighted to announce we will be running a warm up race on the 11th December 2011. Details are

Location - Indoor Sports Arena - Pitsford Centre, Moulton College, West Street , Moulton, NORTHAMPTON, NN3 7RR

When - 11th December 2011

Classes - 2wd/4wd/ShortCourse (6 needed)

Times - Doors open 7am practise as soon as you have booked in, meeting starts at 9.30

Format - 4/5 qualifiers (numbers depending)

Cost £10

to book in send a email to winteropen@silverstonercmcc.co.uk

Name
PT
X TALS
Ability (1-15)
BRCA No
Class

PaulUpton

05-12-2011, 07:42 PM

get booked in for this, nice warm indoor meeting :thumbsup:

Tycho

06-12-2011, 10:40 AM

Hi - interested in booking in for this 2WD it would be my lad and I except he doesnt yet have a PT. Will you have handout PTs on the day?

chuckie stella

06-12-2011, 03:38 PM

Hi - interested in booking in for this 2WD it would be my lad and I except he doesnt yet have a PT. Will you have handout PTs on the day?

Hi mate,

We stopped handing out transponders when the BRCA stopped last season. If you're serious about attending I'm pretty sure we will be able to supply a PT for your son. We have many members/regulars that want to help everyone race.

Matt

adam_u

07-12-2011, 12:32 PM

Paul/Matt,

Have any confirmations of entries gone out for the warm-up meeting yet? I sent details for myself and Roger Mills on Monday and just wanted to check they had been received before we make the journey over,

cheers,

Adam.

spenner

07-12-2011, 12:41 PM

No confirmations have been sent out that i know of, Paul will no doubt add entry list on here by friday evening. If you are not on there just give him email and we will sort.

DomSmith

08-12-2011, 02:11 PM

Is the track going to be more technical / more jumps etc. over the normal Tues night?

Its going to be my first outing with a buggy so might wait until Tuesday. :o

squiggle

08-12-2011, 02:24 PM

Will there be a RC shop for spares?

chuckie stella

08-12-2011, 02:37 PM

Is the track going to be more technical / more jumps etc. over the normal Tues night?

Its going to be my first outing with a buggy so might wait until Tuesday. :o

Hi Dom, I heard you joined us, mate :thumbsup:
With your ability you have nothing to worry about I promise. The track will be more technical but still drivable, however not on the scale of our winter series at MA as we're saving the special items for the actual Indoor Finals.
Come along and enjoy!!!
Matt

chuckie stella

08-12-2011, 02:39 PM

Will there be a RC shop for spares?

I think Insideline are attending (not sure what Kev will have with him) and maybe Matt from Telstar.
What car do you drive?

mattybucks

08-12-2011, 02:42 PM

I think Insideline are attending (not sure what Kev will have with him) and maybe Matt from Telstar.
What car do you drive?

I can't make it on Sunday, however Paul Upton is taking a small selection of tyres with him. If you need tyres let me know.

DomSmith

09-12-2011, 09:01 AM

Hi Dom, I heard you joined us, mate :thumbsup:

Matt

Count me in. :eh?: Hope the X2C's out of box setup is OK. Really looking forward to it!:)

JezT

09-12-2011, 10:16 AM

Anyone on for Short Course on Sunday - I'd love to give my Blitz a second run out. Paul says theres 1 booked in and a few others bringing theirs - 6 and we have a heat.:thumbsup:

Gonky

09-12-2011, 10:37 AM

Count me in. :eh?: Hope the X2C's out of box setup is OK. Really looking forward to it!:)

All i've done to mine is drilled the rear pistons out to 1.4mm, 30 oil in the front and 25 in the rear with kit springs. First run was at the Telstar winter series last sunday, was very good to drive!

Adam F

09-12-2011, 07:08 PM

Anyone attending this Sunday that can help out with a Durango DEX410 rear wheel cone and roll pin please let me know!!!

Cheerz... Adam.

dbizzle5

09-12-2011, 07:30 PM

What tyres for Sunday chaps?

spenner

09-12-2011, 07:32 PM

mini pins are best...

Hole Digger

09-12-2011, 07:37 PM

Count me in for the short course. Have you still got yours Dom

DomSmith

10-12-2011, 12:27 AM

No sorry. Have decided to try this buggy thing and see what all the fuss is about.:eh?:

Hope they are as fun as SC!:)

Adam F

10-12-2011, 11:19 AM

Any spots left for tomorrow in 4wd?

Might run both if there are spaces....

chuckie stella

10-12-2011, 11:35 AM

Any spots left for tomorrow in 4wd?

Might run both if there are spaces....

We'll get you in, dude. £15 for both not £20. I think there's a few like Magee running 2 classes.

Adam F

10-12-2011, 11:37 AM

Nice one Matt!

chuckie stella

10-12-2011, 11:42 AM

Nice one Matt!

Just realised! you might not have come tomorrow cause you're out on the beer all day and now you're doing 2 classes!?!? CRAZY!!! :woot:

Adam F

10-12-2011, 11:50 AM

Its not going to make my driving any worse at the moment....

Smartalec

10-12-2011, 12:29 PM

Its not going to make my driving any worse at the moment....

Thought you weren't allowed out on a Sunday mate ;)

Adam F

10-12-2011, 12:48 PM

Normal Sunday - Not allowed out.

Sunday following day of drinking - Made to go out.

chuckie stella

10-12-2011, 01:34 PM

Its not going to make my driving any worse at the moment....

Didn't want to say anything! Although I can't talk much at the moment! :o

ejw

10-12-2011, 05:38 PM

Bit late notice but can anyone confirm if their are any spaces left for 2wd tomorrow?

Elliott

InsideLineModels

10-12-2011, 06:14 PM

Bit late notice but can anyone confirm if their are any spaces left for 2wd tomorrow?

Elliott

I think they will all be busy building the track at the moment but i spoke to Spenner about an hour ago, and there were still spaces so you should be fine.

Kev

ejw

10-12-2011, 06:26 PM

Thanks Kev,

I will try booking in on silverstone email as directed by Paul in original post and just hope someone sees it, if not and it's booked when I arrive tomorrow then I've wasted an hours travel on far worst things so not the end of the world!

spenner

10-12-2011, 09:15 PM

There are places for tomorrow... One thing Silverstone will never do is turn away someone!!!

chuckie stella

10-12-2011, 09:18 PM

There are places for tomorrow... One thing Silverstone will never do is turn away someone!!!

That's not what you said about ..........:woot: (joke!!!)

spenner

10-12-2011, 09:35 PM

I had to think about that one!!!:thumbsup:

PaulUpton

10-12-2011, 09:57 PM

track for tomorrow :thumbsup:

location of track for tomorrow, the green arrow http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=52.296446,-0.872211&hl=en&ll=52.296761,-0.873306&spn=0.008241,0.01929&num=1&t=h&vpsrc=0&z=16

spenner

10-12-2011, 10:00 PM

http://g.co/maps/9bw8f

If coming from the South then continue past the destination... From the North or Midlands it may bring you the opposite way.

The map attached takes you to the car park!!!

Sat Nav - 52.296446,-0.872211

PaulUpton

11-12-2011, 08:29 AM

Hopefully live timing will be viewable at www.silverstonercmcc.co.uk/results :thumbsup:

chuckie stella

11-12-2011, 05:18 PM

Thank you to everyone today for a good days racing. A special thanks to all those that stayed behind to help pack away as usual, not just the regulars but even friends from the MA days. THANK YOU, ALL!!!!! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Jay Smith

11-12-2011, 06:29 PM

No! Thank you for providing such a good venue and day racing. Great track, well organized and good food - couldn't ask for more.

Good to see some old MA faces and my C4 chassis didn't bend.... and I had some pretty bad landings :thumbsup:

PaulUpton

11-12-2011, 06:34 PM

jackson.55

11-12-2011, 06:40 PM

Thanks for a GREAT day guys.*
Very nice venue , / cafe / hall (heated ) :-) *loads of room . Etc .*
Great job with the track and a very well run meet .*
C ya soon .

ejw

11-12-2011, 06:43 PM

Agreed, brilliant day smoothly run, track was awesome, venue was perfect, lots of help from more experienced drivers and I also managed to not bend my c4.1 despite some grim technique over the big jump :thumbsup:

First visit to a silverstone event and will definitely be making the journey more often.

Elliott

Adam F

11-12-2011, 08:05 PM

Top day ladies! Track was awesome and food was pretty good too :thumbsup:

Looking forward to the next weekend one... 27th?????? :D

chuckie stella

11-12-2011, 08:21 PM

Top day ladies! Track was awesome and food was pretty good too :thumbsup:

Looking forward to the next weekend one... 27th?????? :D

I think so!:thumbsup:
I think Paul and I are planning to build track in afternoon (with help please) then start our normal meeting early around 16.00, run a full meeting and home for around 22.30 as usual.
Let me know if you're interested and if enough of you are we may put jumps out etc... :)

nottmboy

11-12-2011, 08:27 PM

just like to add my thanks:thumbsup:
you should have seen the look on the girls faces when they saw THE jump
but they got stuck in, mastered it in the end and didn't break anything:thumbsup:
top venue looking forward to feb
cheers andy

simon

11-12-2011, 08:31 PM

Hi,
Im interested in going to the meeting in Feb....just wondering what motors etc you would run in 4WD?.......and over the two days is it 2wd one day and 4wd another?

Thank you simon

DomSmith

11-12-2011, 08:31 PM

Thanks to the Silverstone bunch, the track was great fun, especially the big jump. Really enjoyed my first outing with a buggy :o.The guys know how to setup a good days racing.

Only 2 sleeps till tuesday! :woot:

chuckie stella

11-12-2011, 08:40 PM

Hi,
Im interested in going to the meeting in Feb....just wondering what motors etc you would run in 4WD?.......and over the two days is it 2wd one day and 4wd another?

Thank you simon

Hi mate, on the size we'll be running I'd use a 6.5, however other may say different.
It will be 2wd sat and 4wd sun..

chuckie stella

11-12-2011, 08:41 PM

Told ya the JUMP looked more scary then it actually was! :D

squiggle

11-12-2011, 09:40 PM

Thank you, all for a great day. I recon the jump was good too :thumbsup:

forbesy

11-12-2011, 10:13 PM

thanks to the silverstone crew for another good meeting,well run,good banter,great venue. roll on feb. just wish i lived closer :thumbsup:

thanks guys..................

squiggle

11-12-2011, 10:22 PM

Check this out :thumbsup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sX-PNrb86Jo&list=HL1323641740&feature=mh_lolz

simon

12-12-2011, 08:01 AM

Hi mate, on the size we'll be running I'd use a 6.5, however other may say different.
It will be 2wd sat and 4wd sun..

Hi
Thanks........just one more question..what tyres?..yellow mini spikes?

Thanks simon

chuckie stella

12-12-2011, 08:34 AM

Hi
Thanks........just one more question..what tyres?..yellow mini spikes?

Thanks simon

No worries, yellow mini pins not spikes for me. Some do use spikes cause they're easy to drive, however definitely slower.
Matt

RogerM

12-12-2011, 06:05 PM

chuckie stella

12-12-2011, 07:22 PM

Firstly I would say that I loved the day but not the 4am alarm in order to get there for 7!! I was struggling by lunchtime to focus for 5mins (actually more like 1 mins .. lol)

Track was really good, surface was a bit of a suprise (less grippy than expected) but made for good racing. Loved the slippy section, thought the layout flowed well and generally it was a great track. Wish I had been running the Lazer as I bet it was a blast with 4wd!

Can I give you a couple of observations?

1) I think that the rostrum height Vs the hieght of the table top jump made it really hard for us shorties to see over a marshals in that area and quite often I was completely blocked from seeing my car over that whole side of the track. The feature was good and I am sure that if I was 6' plus it wouldn't have been an issue.
I know Adam had the same issue. Any way of lifting the rostrum another couple of feet?

2) I struggled to hear the call at the end of the race over the noise of the cars circulating, volume was fine at the starts though.

Looking forward to the main event now (especially with 4wd) :D

Thank you for feedback, Roger.

We hope to double the height of the rostrum and will hopefully have clarification of that tomorrow night so I'll let you know the score.
The feature was our first attempt and we will try to follow all the helpful tips that were suggested throughout the day.
I wish you would've said about comp volume mate as we had about another 300 watts to play with. We will have a designated monitor on the rostrum for all future large event.

Cheers, Matt

InsideLineModels

12-12-2011, 09:01 PM

Thanks to all the Silverstone crew for a great days racing. Great track and well organised.

See you again very soon!

AndrewCaunt

12-12-2011, 09:04 PM

Any results :thumbsup:

RogerM

13-12-2011, 12:41 PM

Matt, for a "first attempt" I'd be well proud of your club. I'd be back every Tuesday if it was even half the distance form me it is!

Swiss

13-12-2011, 06:04 PM

Yeh good job Silverstone. Really enjoyed my day. The 4wd final was pretty cool to.

Thanks

Paul