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Default RHR DIRT - 10th Off Road Clay in the UK



A new 1/10th off road clay track has been born in the UK - RHR DIRT is based at the same venue as the well respected regular BRCA National venue, RobinHood Raceway.


650 tons of dirt went into the new track which resides right next to the existing all-weather astroturf track - with a brand new 30ft rostrum and new race control.





There's a track cover to protect it from the worst the English weather can throw at it - and protect race meetings during intermittent rain showers.

The track owners have agreed a control tyre to be used at all meetings on the track, which has been tested extensively, to make racing fair and cost effective - more on this to be announced later.

The first BIG race on the new track will be the oOple invernational - yes, it's on DIRT.


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"Hell Yeah"

looking forward to seing some action on there

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Is the track electric only?

Looks ace rear or mid motor will be the question

Jimmy was looking forward to astro racing lol but dirt is good.

James best book a euros or worlds now then
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Yes, electric off road.
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Astro baaaaaad.
Dirt good.
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Loooks awesome!

Well done james and crew !! That is a amazing amount of work all gone into that!! Pretty gobsmacked tbh!! Top draw all that from pure volounteering basis and time given up let alone the cost of it all !!

Mayb stayin losi 22 was a good idea ;-)
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Hi there, what type of dirt was used, normal top soil, clay what?
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It's clay, James can probably tell you exactly where it's from but I believe he tested a few samples before choosing one.
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Looks like gold dust to me
Great job rhr
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Hi there, what type of dirt was used, normal top soil, clay what?
.......... crccc.ie
It is pure 'blue' clay - the same as Vaasa, we did LOTS of research and tested around a dozen samples and actually acquired genuine clay samples from some of the best dirt tracks around the world to compare so we made sure we had exactly the right stuff it took a while to find in the quantity we required but we sourced it from a brickworks.. We started the project in October and hence have had very limited testing on 'dry' clay, the track works very well when damp and grip levels are excellent unlike some other samples of clay that were tested, its just a fantastic surface to drive on, take my word for it
An enormous amount of credit must go to RICHARD COATES, STEVE PIERCE and BEN JEMISON who have put many, many hours in to the project so far, with assistance from Graham Hunter and Stu Evans, the track and venue aren't finished yet but we have the full RHR team including Graham North, Jim Dixon, Shane Foot and co available now to get the venue finished off into something really special and unique which will officially open in JUNE
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Is the track electric only?

Looks ace rear or mid motor will be the question

Jimmy was looking forward to astro racing lol but dirt is good.

James best book a euros or worlds now then

2014 Euros is the soonest we can apply... Who knows!?
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