Wbmcc - Bridgford Buggy Blitz 2014/15

[Dave Dodd]

WBMCC are proud to present their Saturday Indoor Off Road Championships in association with our sponsors Schumacher Racing. Held in West Bridgford, Nottingham, on one of the biggest carpet tracks in the country. The Indoor off road championships have been very popular in previous years and this year we now include the Iconic Rc Vintage classes.

Dates are:
Oct 25
Nov 29
Dec 20
Jan 17
Feb 28
Mar 28

Classes for this championship will be:
2wd Buggy
4wd Buggy
Electrics: Any
Tires: Controlled, Schumacher only (all Schumacher, mini pin on rear and either staggers or pins on front)

Iconic Rc Vintage Class -
Electrics: Any
Tires: Any rubber but schumacher prefared if they fit.
2wd upto 1983
2wd 1984 to 2000
4wd 1984 to 2000
Re-release models based on original design welcome. sorry no DT02's

Order of the day:
8:00 am doors open.
8:15 am Timed practice, possibly 2 rounds (3 min practice heats of upto 10 drivers each heat).
Drivers Briefing.
4 rounds of Qualifying.
1 round of Finals.
For everyone.

Adults £10, Juniors under 16 £7 and additional class £7

Brca required.

Trophies awarded at the final round of the championship, depending on entries but as in previous years, top 10 in 2wd and top 3 in 4wd, And this year with the Iconic series top 3 2wd and top 3 4wd, Not forgetting trophies for the under 16's in each class. (again depends on entries) followed by raffle prizes, including a kit (fingerscrossed)

Click here to pre book


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[Pedros20]

Excellent news! Count me in!

[dicky14]

count both of team pink in as well

[Muzzie]

Originally Posted by dicky14

count both of team pink in as well

Better to be pink than brown I suppose But count me in also.

[Dave Dodd]

Added some more detail to post 1

Booking in should be open in September.

[Craig1983]

Awesome. I'll be there. Hoping to do better this yeah lol

[Dave Dodd]

3 weeks until round 1.
Remember if you pre book, I can then sort a practice list for fair track time.

You can pre book by clicking the link in post 1 or the link in my signature.

Cheers Dave

[Dave Dodd]

[The Doctor]

Looking good so far with 42 drivers already pre-booked for the series.

Click on the pre-booking link in the first post of the thread to register your entry guys.

Round 1 in 3 weeks time.

[Peakey]

Originally Posted by The Doctor

Round 1 in 3 weeks time.

Should be ready and tested in time if I don't keep having to do decorating

[The Doctor]

10L trade emulsion, massive roller - done! Time for racing!

More pre-bookings received, new ramp construction underway.

[Dave Dodd]

If you've never been before we have power available, just bring an extension cable.

we do have snacks and drinks for sale but there is an Asda and a chippy not far away.

please use the main school drive entrance on Loughborough road, parking is available at the end of the left or right fork of the school drive.

Loughborough Rd, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7FA

Doors open at 8:00 am

HTH..

[The Doctor]

And, practice will begin at 8.15am, so arrive on time so we can get through all of the racing in good time.

The heat lists will be posted on the day, because I am sure we will have more drivers who have not pre-booked.

See you tomorrow.

[james_xray]

can I make a suggestion that practice is timed so that everyone has a fair turn.
I'm sure Dave did this at least one round last year and it worked well.
thanks
james

[Dave Dodd]

Practice was timed and there was a practice list printed.
We had 12 heats of practice, 10 heats printed and then 2 additional heats added for drivers that booked in that morning.

........

It was a fantastic day, a big thanks to all drivers that attended.
A big thanks to the few that stayed to help pack away, managed to get out just after 6pm , to find I had a flat tyre..

[shark]

Could we have just one round of practise next time maybe (4mins)
As the 2 rounds combined with other delays contributed to the later than usual finish , racing didn't start till around 11
Most people were there from around 8.15 .
All good otherwise though

[The Doctor]

Great start to the 2014/15 championship yesterday. Great to see the Iconic RC vintage cars running alongside the modern-day machinery too.

Top 3 in each class from R1 are as follows:

2WD
Craig Collinson 200
John Spencer 197
Eugene Galley 197

4WD
Leigh Richardson 200
Simon Smith 197
Mick Butler 194

Iconic RC Vintage 2WD
Stefano Lazzarato 200
Mark Stanton 198
Dave Dodd 196

Iconic RC Vintage 4WD
Ian Watson 197
John Weston 194
Justin Peake 193

Full results will be posted on wbmcc.com soon...

Well done to all, we hope you had a great day's racing. See you at R2 on 29th November.

Thanks for the feedback above; the rationale for 2 rounds of timed practice (3mins each) was to allow everyone the chance to get their cars set-up before qualifying. We could easily change that to one round of 5mins though, so we'll consider it for next time.

[clunk]

First time racing at the club and event and what a great day all round. Good size track and well ran and friendly people. Personally I thought the 2 rounds of timed practice worked well ( turned up with a new un-run buggy lol ) , and really enjoyed the day. Hats off to all involved and will defo be doing more rounds.

[thorny97]

Very good first round of the winter series, it did go on a little longer than last year, hopefully the little problems will get ironed out. The 2 rounds of practice were very good, gave you a little time to try a couple of things ready for qualifying.

My only disappointment was the standard of driving not only in my heats but also in other heats I watched. People must realise you are racing the clock in qualifying and not each other.

[The Doctor]

Thanks for the comments, good to hear; we'll take them all on board.

It was a shame we had the couple of timing mis-haps and had to re-run 2 heats. Someone unfortunately wiped out the co-axial cable to the loop, and so we had to replace it with the spare. We now have a protector for the loop box, which will avoid that happening next time.

Looking forward to R2 on 29th Nov.