Carpet racing in the North East
 

If you are interested in getting some good quality club carpet racing up and running in the North East (Tyne and Wear area), please come and support us at the following meeting.

Venue: Jarrow School sports hall, NE32 5PR

Date and Time: Sunday October 19th 11am-4pm

Classes: 1/10th touring (suggested 19T/10.5 and rubber tyres), 1/10th Mini, 1/12th circuit

Format: 3 rounds of qualifying, 3 leg finals.

Since this is the first time we will be rolling out the carpet, entry is FREE - repay us by helping to set up and put away! This is the biggest venue in regular use in the North East, surface will be Duo carpet (we will try and fit in 4x4m rolls, if not 3x4m rolls with a long straight) and markings are ropes.

The meeting is kindly supported by the NERCR club. If it is a success a winter series will follow!

Dave A.

can we lower our buggys and put touring car wheels on? :woot::thumbsup:

Sure, lower it, put tc wheels on, narrow it to 190mm and put a touring shell on and I will welcome you with open arms!

ace i got everthing i need right here :p:woot:;)

Thanks to everyone that turned up today.

Good news is that we will be getting a winter carpet series up and running, dates to be confirmed as soon as I can.

Quick update...

The series is starting to come together now.

Three dates confirmed...

Sunday 2nd November
Sunday 16th November
Sunday 7th December

...and two dates pending, one before and one after Christmas.

Venue (as stated above): Jarrow School Sports Hall, Field Terrace, Jarrow, NE32 5PR.

Time: 12-4pm (note change of start time).

Race Format: 3 rounds of qualifying 2 leg finals

Classes: 1/10 Touring Car (19T/10.5/Rubber), 1/10 Mini, 1/12 Circuit

Fee: £4 Senior, £2 Junior plus £2 track deposit. PLEASE arrive on time and help set up and put away the carpet as the sooner it is done the more racing we can fit in for everyone.

More info to follow once all dates are confirmed.

Let me just add that this series has attracted some generous sponsorship so is officially known as...

Much-More UK North East On Carpet - Winter 08/09

Much-More UK have supplied some unique trophies for 1/2/3 in the touring class and there will also be a prize draw at the end for those that have entered. Next meeting is on 16th November.

Quick reminder to everyone - next round of the series is this coming Sunday, 16th November - 12pm-4pm at Jarrow School. See you there!

The last two dates for the Winter series have been confirmed...

Sunday 18th January 2009

Sunday 1st February 2009

Looking to the future, I'm hoping to get dates confirmed for every fortnight, will post more confirmed dates for the Spring series closer to the time.

how often do you race each month?

We're trying to get a booking every fortnight or so, school holidays permitting.

cool. u might see me soon, started 1/8 rally cross again but its not looking good for local track so was seeing what races most in north, buggys or touring cars

Depends which area of "the north" you live in. Around Tyne and Wear we probably have quite even numbers interested in electric buggies, touring and also 1/12ths, regular clubs catering for each class at the moment.

Extra date!

Some great news for racers worried about their thumbs getting rusty over Christmas!

We have managed to book an extra date for on-road racing in the Jarrow hall.

Sunday 4th January 2009

This will be a non-championship meeting - so a chance to test the new cars Santa brought you with no pressure to get a result. Remember that all on-road cars are welcome, it would me nice to see a few TT01's, Mini's or even pan cars racing (markings may be rope though).

Format the same as the MMUK NEOC championship rounds. Time as usual 12-4pm.

See you all in a couple of weeks!

what rules are there with tto1 's

Don't mind really. As long as it has a Tamiya-supplied silvercan and rubber tyres I'll be happy.

sounds good Dave :) i will be there,
is there any way of knowing who will be racing what, Booking in maybe?
I wouldn't mind running a 12th but would not be good if it was just me:o
Can run a tt01 if enough people turned up or fix the tourer:woot:

would the 12th run for 8 minutes

steve

Unfortunately there is no way of knowing what people will be running apart from what they post on forums, word of mouth, and what they have in their bag when they turn up!

Online booking is not something we have running at the moment.

12th will run 8 minutes if there is enough time to fit in the 3 qualifiers and 2 leg finals, if not, they will run for 5 like everyone else, assuming there are enough of them to justify a seperate heat. Judging by recent attendances, one heat at 8 minutes should not be a problem, two might be possible, three is not.

Look forward to seeing you there!

just got me a new tto1 today so should be there :D

Good stuff, might have to bring my TT-01 too!