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20-05-2013
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Off road 1/10th Nationals
And so it came to pass that the WISE old men of rc racing in the RCCAOI have decided not to allow the 1st round of the National Championship to go ahead at the only dry indoor astro track in their jurisdiction ( Naul )( run by the only offroad 1/10th club ) as the track is too narrow to overtake on
  .Correct me if im wrong but i thought the idea was to make the best of your qualifying and start from the front and if you mess up in that ,you make the most of whatever skill you have to do your best and try to get to the front.I still havent heard a F1 driver whinge about Monaco , they all love it even though it does not conform to the norm!!! |
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20-05-2013
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Surely this is just silly, Passing up on the only indoor venue in the south because of 0.4M. I could see there point it they had a massive entry and lots of venue's to choose from but in this country we don't so we need to stop being silly and make the best of what we have.
I am assuming the RCCAOI run this rule throughout 1/10th Ie: on/off road and I don't think anyone from the RCCAOI checked the first round on the Touring car nationals. but then again our On Road Rep did'nt turn up to the national. |
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20-05-2013
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Strange alright. My car is roughly 20cm wide. The track is 10 times that. If you go around a corner do you actually need that extra 40cm to overtake??
But instead, the navan track which is perfect for 1:8 scale nitros, but woeful for 1:10 is said to be ok? Can EGM be called and the rule changed? Assuming no one has any objection to the track? Just get the minimium number of people needed for an EGM for 5 minutes, change the rule to 2m wide and bobs your uncle? The track width was 2m and changed only last year! Any idea why? Must start attending meetings 
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20-05-2013
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Don't think we need an AGM as if the date for the 1st round is anything like yesterday , where we had a great days "relaxed" racing where the quickest 1/10th off road racer in Ireland was being chased at times by two of the youngest drivers at the moment.
No rush between heats etc. and still guys practicing at 6 pm after the racing had finished at 4pm. Doors open and even the sun shone in! |
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20-05-2013
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It saddens me to see this situation unfold as it has.
I was at the RCCAOI AGM when a member proposed the change, I and others enquired if these were written in stone or just guidelines, from memory we were told they were guidelines, aspirational rather than dictates. It seems now they are being regarded as dictates, this was not my understanding at the AGM. As has been said, we are a VERY small community, at a guess I'd say 90% of the 1/10th offroad racers in S.Ireland race with the DMCC and their track has been deemed unsuitable due to a change to the rules that makes no sense in such a small country.  I feel one of the main functions of the RCCAOI is to promote the sport of RC racing, I can't see how this decision fulfils this remit? If racers want change then you have to get involved and turn up to AGM's, make proposals and maybe get involved in the RCCAOI committee, history has shown me that this rarely happens but I'd like to be proven wrong  On a more positive note, I think the large body of racers who race at the Naul are really enjoying themselves and the relaxed atmosphere is encouraging more and more people to join, long may it last 
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20-05-2013
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Because if whatever was said in the AGM was written down differently in the rulebook is surely void? I don't know how these things work, but if we're not using the naul because someone wrote something down wrong at a meeting it's a bit over the top. This is remote control car racing, not the Lisbon treaty. It should be changed easily enough
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