BRCA Micro Nationals
 

I thought I'd post a link to the BRCA Micro Nationals which are currently running (only round 1 completed!) just in case someone hasn't seen it:

http://www.ukmicrox.co.uk/

Get your entries in, the tracks are amazing, good practise during winter and the atmosphere is friendly and relaxed. :D

w00t! @ micro section on oOple

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Wooohoooo for micro section :D

So.....

How many of you 10th Offroad boys and girls are gonna brave the carpet and enter a Round of the Micro National's?

We've been lucky enough to have seen Mister Doughty, Jimmy, Vick(e)y and afew other o0ple pe0ples over the last few events we've done...

:)

geography
 

pardon my ignorance,
are any of the events located close to or acessable by public transport from central london?

I am doing at least the first 4 rounds and I live in Coulsdon so if you wanted to car share you could get a lift from me. I tend to drive down the night before and stay in a hotel, have a civilised breakfast the next morning and then head of to the venue.

Here are the locations of the remaining 5 rounds:

Round 2:
Stafford M6
Moto Service Area, M6 Motorway, Eccleshall Road, Stone, Staffordshire, ST15 0EU

6.5 miles from ST17 4LX

Directions to this hotel
Traveling North bound pass junction 14 and exit at the Moto Services sign following the arrows to the Services , the Travelodge is next door to the Services - Travelling South Bound - exit at junction 14 and rejoin the motorway heading north exit at the Moto Services sign following the arrows to the Services , the Travelodge is next door to the Services - - Access is also available from the A34 by following the A34 heading towards Stone then the B5026 heading towards Eccleshall, on your left hand side you will see a Cold Norton sign take the first turning on your left through the no entry sign.
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Round 3:
Ludlow Woofferton
A49, Station Road, Woofferton, Ludlow, Shropshire, SY8 4AL

5.7 miles from HR6 8EA

Directions to this hotel
On the A49, 4 miles south of Ludlow at the junction of the A456 and the B4362, 8 miles north of Leominster.
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Round 4:
Tamworth M42
Moto Service Area, Green Lane, M42 Motorway, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B77 5PS

1.1 miles from B77 5LF

Directions to this hotel
Exit M42 at junction 10 and follow signs for services. Travelodge is situated southbound at A5/M42 intersection.
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Round 5:
Wirral Eastham
A41 Northbound, 1408 New Chester Road, Eastham, Wirral, Merseyside CH62 9AQ

4.0 miles from CH65 9DB

Directions to this hotel
On A41 northbound, just off junction 5 on the M53.
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Round 6:
Alfreton
Old Swanwick, Colliery Road, Alfreton, Derbyshire, DE55 1HJ

5.7 miles from S45 9LX

Directions to this hotel
Set close to the Derbyshire Dales, Alfreton is just 3 miles from junction 28 of the M1 where the A38 joins the A61.
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I am thinking of doing one or two, I could probably bribe Jimmy to come along again also;)
I wont be using the Mini-T though, hence my wanted add:)

I wouldn't mind coming, me and vicky have Tamiya TamTechs now - if there is a class for those?
The FTX Blaze was awesome but I don't have one.
Btw John, I looked and we found one in Tokyo but it was pretty big and there was no way we could really fit it in at the last min as we were stuffed full already :(

we might even join you here
and we have a ftx blaze

It would be awesome to see some Tamtech's there! We were just talking about them the other day :)

There isn't a 1/16 specific class (basically only 2 classes: Pro Stock and Mod).

As long as they fit the dimensions I think they'll be good to go!




Here are the rules:
1/18th Offroad
1. Racing Classes.

Pro Stock
1.1. Any brushed micro motor, no larger than 400 size and complying with the following dimensions:
Can width Max 29mm
Also see Rule 7, (Technical Diagrams).
1.2 Any available Stadium Truck or Buggy micro shell.
1.3. Any Micro Scale chassis with any chassis modifications.
1.4. A maximum of six 2/3A NiMh cells allowed to a maximum nominal voltage of 7.2V.

Modified
1.5. Any brushed micro motor (complying with 1.1) or brushless micro motor complying with the following dimensions:
Can width Max 29mm
Also see Rule 7, (Technical Diagrams).
1.6. Any available Stadium Truck or Buggy micro shell.
1.7. Any Micro Scale chassis with any chassis modifications.
1.8. A maximum of six 2/3A NiMh cells or any LiPo cells allowed to a maximum nominal voltage of 7.4V.
1.9. Lithium cells MUST have a voltage cut-off device set to 6V. This device can be integrated in the ESC or fitted as an external component.

2. Construction Rules.
2.1 All cars must comply with dimensional requirements. Also see Rule 7, (Technical Diagrams).
2.2 Dimensions in mm: Max Min
Overall width (Ready to race) - 205 N/A
Overall length (Ready to race) - 275 N/A
Ride height - N/A 5
2.3. The car shall be measured for width and length in a constructed box of internal dimensions 275mm x 205mm x 150mm in height. All parts of the vehicle must fit within this box freely.
2.4. Any commercially available foam or rubber tyre may be used as long as the vehicle conforms to the constructional dimensions in section 2.2.
2.5. All rubber tyres must be of a solid construction, i.e. ‘Cut and shut’ tyres are not allowed.
2.6. Tyre treatments are not permitted. The BRCA has not yet found a substance which it can recommend for the treatment/cleaning of tyres.
2.7. Bumpers may be fitted but must be designed to minimise injury that could result from being hit by a car, also to reduce the risk of damage to other cars.
2.8. All cars to have clearly visible identifying numbers to the Race Directors satisfaction.
2.9. Numbers must be at least 25mm high with minimum stroke of 4mm. They must be black numerals on a white background
2.10. When initially entered in a meeting the body shell must be neatly finished and complete.
2.11. Cars must not reverse during competition under any circumstances.

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Entries need to be in 2 weeks before the event? no booking-in on the day possible? :(

Hi Jimmy,

Entries now only need to be in a week before the event.

There is also write up of the Hereford Open held
on the 12th August, in the latest issue of Racer. (Due out on the 4th Oct I believe, but some model shops receive it sooner).

Regards,

Chris.

Jimmy,

As Chris has confirmed, entrys have to be in one week before the event and no booking in on the day.

Come to Hereford in November..it'll be ace :)

Our meeting was cancelled so we were looking at other places to race - I didn't realise about the week cut-off thing tho :wtf:

The second round of the nationals has just taken place, you can see all the pics from the days racing at http://www.ukmicrox.co.uk/images/stafford/index.html

hope you like them.

http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/new...iew=0000000783

There is a small write up on the CML site aswell. The full write up will be posted soon enough :)

Any vids from the event ?.. any full finals ?.. would be really nice..

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