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Pitting
Hi there,
I'm about to get in to Nitro and was wondering what one would do about having someone in the pit? The wife wont want to come so if one is lacking a friend/buddy what happens? Do people help each other out?
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17-12-2011
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99% of the time you can find someone to pit for you if you do it in return.. or for a drink. Its nice to have a few mates to come race with you to help pit and so on. But everyone is very friendly, and you should not struggle to find someone who is willing to lend a hand mate.
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17-12-2011
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Thats good to know. I think there may be a few guys that I know from 1/10th electric. I'm quite looking forward to starting. What is the first race at clanfield or Slough.
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17-12-2011
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Clanfield-No idea.. will have to keep looking out..
Slough.. Check there website for dates and so on
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17-12-2011
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Clanfield is getting back going, track work starts over Christmas.
I've almost got everything to get racing now due to a very kind person ( cheers Mark ) giving me a sort of permanent lend of some of his old kit. So I'll be there as a newbie as well. Hopefully I can get up to Slough too. Nasir mentioned a race on the 8th Jan, keep in touch, even if I'm not running by then I'll be there to watch / photograph it so I'll pit for you, not that I really know what I'm doing, car comes up ramp, grab car, put fuel in, put car back down facing correct way.  It's when the engine cuts I get confused and panic a bit as it's all new to me. You got your Kyosho then ?
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17-12-2011
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Not got one yet but I've just sold a real car so I'm going to treat myself to a complete nitro set up from Tommy Chung.
He seems very knowledgeable and a very friendly helpful gent. I look forward to meeting you Ian and thank you for your kind offer. We can get it wrong together. I think that we also have to keep an eye on the stop watch for fuel.
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18-12-2011
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Tommy Chung is an absolute wealth of knowledge for all things Rally Cross. I pitted at Clanfield last time I was there so almost know what I'm doing, lets hope I've got the Agama all together and running by then, can't see why not.
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18-12-2011
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What are you missing for the complete set?
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18-12-2011
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Little things, glow starter, plug spanner, engine nut, it's all things that cost very little, I guess in total I need less than £50 worth, as you know even that sort of money isn't easy to come by for me at the moment, my girlfriend said I've been good all year so will have to wait and see what Santa brings
 So I'm confident I'll be there. I could do with getting some practice in driving though, I've not driven anything RC for 3 years so trying to get an 8th nitro car around Slough when I've only done tenth electric on road before is a touch daunting  If I can get to Clanfield for a few races just to get my eye back in I reckon I'll be okay. Irrespective of that I want to come up to Slough so keep in touch and I'll pit for you !
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18-12-2011
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If you get stuck for those little bits I may have some of those spare
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18-12-2011
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Slough's an easy enough track to get round so you should be fine.
Yes it's a bit harder to get around as Quicky as the top boys but that's the same everywhere  Tbh after tenth, 8th always feels a tiny bit slow! It's still the best class though You gotta be keen to race right through the winter A lot of us just pack up & come back in Feb or march Freezing my bollocks off all day & wearing my car out in the mud isn't my idea of fun. Plus half the week cleaning it & replacing bearings! Not for me thanks See you in the spring
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18-12-2011
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Ah right, it's like the fair weather bikers who only get their motorbikes out in the dry then
 - yeah that'll be me nowadays as I'm getting older and apparently wiser...  I can understand that, a set of bearings isn't cheap, still I've gotta learn to drive sometime so if it's a bit quieter now maybe it's a good time to practice ! Cheers Chef dude, I'm sure I'll be sorted by then though.
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i got no problems with being called a fair weather racer
is supposed to be fun, the reasons above outweigh the fun as far as i'm concerned so i'm happy to return once the suns dried the track for me one thing to consider though is how sticky Slough gets after a frost the first run where its still hard is fast as you like but for some reason as soon as it starts to thaw out the mud becomes really, really sticky & i've seen cars get so heavy they literally just stop on the track! even if you're so keen you just have to race i'm sure a post frost sludge fest will take the shine off for you 
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2012 Winter Series Dates announced 08/01/12 - Winter Series Round 5 29/01/12 - Winter Series Round 6 19/02/12 - Winter Series Round 7 11/03/12 - Winter Series Round 8 Thanks
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Those dates are for the Winter series. The summer dates will be announced after the new year . But yes those are the only Winter series races. Thanks.
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18-12-2011
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I didn't think it was open except on race days ?
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