Newcastle R.C. Racers @ TyneMet

[chris68nufc]

Right, im there! Thanks Paul!

[cheapskate]

hi all,
been thinking about getting into racing again, i raced a bit at longbenton a few year back, so think i'll pop along on monday for a bit crack and see what everyones running,

Mal

[onewheel]

Just out of interest, does anyone else have any mircos?
I've got a little Maverick Atom truggy. Its great fun, although I just bash it atm.

Joe

[lazysurfer]

Hi Guys

Firstly thanks for your patience last night while we struggled with the Laptop. For whatever reason it decided to do that thing that computers do and randomly change a setting in BBK that we didn’t even know WAS a setting! So apologies for only getting in 3 instead of the usual 4 qualifiers although we did run a bit of free practise while we messed on with the system. Luckily Colin had come across the same problem before otherwise we may still have been searching!
Not the best night for it to happen either with a record (for a while) of 18 racers and at one point at least another 12 spectating with a view to getting into/back into racing.
We still managed 3 heats (2 Touring and 1 buggy) for 3 rounds and 3 finals.
Nice to see faces who haven’t raced with us for a long time turn up and some we’ve never seen before. Hopefully the technical problem didn’t spoil your night as much as it did mine - made worse for me by the fact that a change of bodyshell left me with no grip!

Hope to see you all back there next week, and those of you with cars (Gary & Jim) bring them along!

[cheapskate]

a good turn out last i thought
i popped into Phills today and had a good chat about lipo's and brushless with Gary, cant belive how much has changed in rc in the last 3 years that i havnt been racing!!!!

Mal

[dpackster1980]

Looks good, it looks like a nice size hall too. I'm gonna have move the dinner with the parents night.

[lazysurfer]

Get it sorted Dave!

[cheapskate]

Just got myself a Mi1
could be racing sooner than i thought

will these new "harry" transponders work ok with the timing gear?

[lazysurfer]

Hi Mal

Hopefully see you monday then.

[cheapskate]

Originally Posted by lazysurfer

Hi Mal

Hopefully see you monday then.

you'll see me monday mate but wont be up and running till mid april i reckon

[dpackster1980]

I'm coming this week, what's the postcode and the actual place called?

Cheers

[lazysurfer]

Address again for anyone still unsure

TyneMet College
Battle Hill Dr
North Tyneside
NE28 9NL

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?hl=en&...ed=0CCYQnwIwAQ

[lazysurfer]

Well lads another decent turn out last night with 15 racing, 9 TC & 6 buggies won by Gary & Paul. And that was still with a fair few regulars missing.
Good to see Mal still showing interest until he gets a car up and running and to see Jason back.
Nice to see Dave Pack & Keith Shields pop along for their first time at the new venue - hope to see you make it a regular slot.
Not nice to my rear wishbone break on the lap 2 of race 1 but ho hum - a bit superglue at least managed to get me one and a bit rounds in before the wheel came off again.
All ran fairly smoothly last night starting just after 7:30 and finishing in plenty time so see you all next week.
As promised to stay at TyneMet or return to Longbenton was put to the vote after the months trial - no votes in favour of returning to Longbenton so it looks like we’re staying put.
Also just a reminder membership is due so anyone who still hasn’t paid can you see Gary.
BRCA membership is included in your subs - you need BRCA membership otherwise the club’s insurance becomes invalid. If you have BRCA membership though another club you are covered which means you can race as a guest tho we’d still rather you joined!

See you all next week!

Mark

[TangerineDream]

Don't forget next week (4th April) is the start of the Spring Series, best 4 of 6 rounds to count! Hope to see you all there!

[lazysurfer]

Well another good turn out this week, 15 racers comprising a heat of 10 touring and one of 5 buggies completing 4 rounds of qualifying and a final.
Gary Armstrong won the touring final again despite sandbagging all through qualifying with Paul Hindson maintaining his 100% record at the new venue in the buggy class.
Interest was added to the TC’s - the buggies landing on a filthy roll of carpet from Benton and tracking the dirt onto the next corner resulted in a local skid pan! So much I thought someone had burst a shock and left silicone oil there. We’ll try for a cleaner carpet next week!
A couple of new faces again with Mal racing for the first time at TyneMet and a totally new face in Mark Bryell, coming along for a reccy to hopefully be racing in a week or two.
Still a fair few “regulars” missing so try to get along next week lads - see if we can achieve 20 racers at some point!
Hopefully we’ll see those of you who’ve been for a look with a view to getting back into it racing pretty soon as well?
And as I’ve just discovered our IT police have blocked oOple from my work internet, if any of you can copy and post this to the forum it would be useful cheers J!

[cheapskate]

good to back racing
alot of messing about with the setup of the mi1 to be done-
i must remember to fix my rear spoiler properly too
see you's monday,
Mal

[TangerineDream]

Chaps, round 1 results (updated for the dodgy loop) as below:

Buggy
1 Chris Clarke
2 Mike West
3 Paul Hindson
4 Nigel Johnson
5 Chis Haves

Touring
1 Mark Richardson
2 Harry Vaulkhard
3 Gary Armstrong
4 Paul Ferris
5 Mark Fairbairn
6 Gary Campbell
7 Ray Macauley
8 James Davidson
9 Mal Richardson
10 John Davidson
11 Jason Seymoure

See you all next week!

[lazysurfer]

Well lads thanks to those of you who turned up last night, those of you who didn’t missed a cracking nights racing in week 1 of Paul’s “best 4 from 6” race series.
17 racers was a good turn out again with 12 TC’s and 5 buggies running 3 qualifiers and 2 leg finals - second final starting with a reverse grid to make things even more interesting. Everyone I spoke to seemed to agree it was the best nights racing in a long time helped by the highest grip level I can ever remember on a wooden floor giving close accurate racing.. That’s despite the fact I’ve now ran 6 meetings with the same set of tyres - they just seem to be lasting for ever on this floor!
Still a few regulars missing - Mel where the hell have you disappeared to?
Anyway, look forward to seeing even more of you next week for what’s looking like being a good race series - Paul’s posted the first weeks results on oOple despite loosing his 100% record in the buggy class since moving to TyneMet.
Be good to see those of you who’ve turned up once or twice to check out the venue back on the track!

[cheapskate]

yep some excellent racing last night- especially between Mark, Harry and Gary armstrong in the A final- mint to watch
still alot of improvement needed from myself- had loads of grip upto the 3rd heat and then it all went pete tong maybe been alittle too heavy on the throttle.

how is the series running? is it going to be every week or one a month?

see you's on monday,
Mal

[kosh]

good racing and good grip. good race format as i enjoyed keeping those flying at the minute behind; for too short a time sadly! sweeping top end of the straight great! Three weeks for mini pins going quite strong so need for any new tyre yet.