South Lakes Regional

[RickRick]

Here is the information that you need:-


Practice Starts:- 10:00 - 10:45
Booking-In Starts :- 9.30 - 10:15
Racing Starts:- 11:00
Light Refreshments, tea, coffee, cans, chrisps ect provided by school pta during most of the day
Speed Limit:- for real cars (http://slmcc.freeforums.org/instructions-for-other-clubs-t766.html#) is 2mph.
There will be no P.A. announcmeants before 10am to keep noise down, so please come and book in as soon as you arrive.
Entrance to the school:-
Turn left into Vicarage park school gates, turn first right, over a large ramp (lowered cars take care) and turn left, drive along the back of the school buildings onto the playground. To ensure everyone can park in the same place close to the track, share lifts where convenient, and please take care when parking.


Directions to Vicarige Park school Kendal
From the South Use the M6 turning left off the M6 at Junction 36,
Turn left (about 3rd turning) following signs for south kendal on the A6 shortly after the shell petrol station.
Follow the A6 into Kendal, straight on though the only set of traffic lights
Turn next left at the end of the collage buildings in to vicarage drive carry on straight for 400meters, turning left into vicarage park primary school

http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?sourceid=navclient&rls=GGLG,GGLG:2007-31,GGLG:en&q=kendal&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wl Aiming for the playground at the lower edge of the school


For those who haven't raced at South Lakes before, We will be running on a different area to normal,so we have not raced there either! it's all grass, with plenty of sloping sections, hopefully a jump or 2 and will be cut very short
All information pertaining to the regional will be posted on www.southlakesmodelcarclub.org.uk/forum (http://www.southlakesmodelcarclub.org.uk/forum) and we will endeavour to ensure that relevant information is posted on Oople too. But the clubs website should be your first information point.

[burgie]

I'm really looking forward to this one....:thumbsup:

[sly]

Me too. It`s been far to long since South Lakes held a regional.:thumbsup:

[pizzaman]

:thumbsup: cant wait

[Stu]

I think I'm right here, I'm sure Richard will correct me if I'm wrong, I don't think the patch of grass is the same one I posted in the photo's a few weeks back - but is an area at the other side of and above the car park.

If I'm right it's a mad bit of ground, like the venue the Telford club used until a couple of years ago, loads of level changes and off camber stuff - totally awesome.

[RickRick]

Yes that's right there's plenty of slopes and lumps to work into the track, i think it should work out really well and all the members of our club are keen to make this a fun days racing for you all

[bigred5765]

Sorry guys we wont be at this one, but i think this is the post code for you sat nav men LA9 5BP.

[jenski]

Yup, thats the right one.

Unfortunately, I wont be able to make it to my own regional :thumbdown::thumbdown: as I am on holiday. But the club is working real hard to make sure the day goes well. Just need to hope the weather is kind for the first time ever!!!!

[RickRick]

looks like food/drink wise it'll just be tea, coffee, cans chrisps that sort of fare, no bacon buttys i'm affraid

[Stu]

What time tomorrow Richard?
It a definate no to setting the track out tomorrow?

[RickRick]

we're meeting at 10 am tomorrow, plan is to set out the track, then take it down again, atleast we'll get the layout sorted should make short work for sunday morning

Looks like someones hatched a plan to order bacon buttys from somewere too result!

[RickRick]

Just got back from setting up for tomorrow the tracks looking really good, should be able to get a few pics up later on, weathers looking ok for tomorrow too

[sly]

Thanks to all the Guys and Girls(tea ladies with great cakes) at SLMCC for all your efforts to hold todays event and a great days racing.
I`m looking forward to the next regional at your club and lets use the same grass site for the next one if possible.:thumbsup:
Si.

[pizzaman]

i second SLY had a great day,for a so called small club you made a GREAT day well done to all for your efforts,them hotdogs filled a hole to :) bring on the next meet.

[Scouser]

Same here, awesome day, fantastic weather, a brilliant track and some very nice cakes!!:thumbsup: Looking forward to next time.:D

[burgie]

Yep, another thanks from us here - truly enjoyed all of today's racing, the track was great and the event ran well. Even the weather came good for us!

[woOdy]

Yep. What a great day! SO glad they are back in the North West Regionals. Great venue and great club members. I know it was a field of grass but you couldnt call it flat. The only thing I do have to mention is that the tyres on the track are not BRCA legal. I dont mind but some people out there may have a different opinion. I see it as its the same for everyone.
Thank you very much for a great day. Got some great views on the way to the track too.
If you didnt go then you missed a good one.

[RickRick]

Someone did mention the tires on the saturday when we were setting off, i agree it's the same for everyone, and i don't think i saw any cars getting broken against the scooter tires. just interested what the reason might be for them not being legal? and if it's enough of a issue that we should avoid using them at the next round

I think for the next round, we're already thinking about hiring loo's rather than wait for the school pta to turn up, and maybe look at getting a bbq going.

Thats the first time we've raced up on that side, and everyone seems to agree it worked well, and it definatly had some challenges, compared to just a flat grass track

[Stu]

I think it's to do with cars getting stuck inside them - it can be difficult for marshalls to extracate the car as they get jammed inside the 'cavity' (you don't want to get jammed in a cavity - :woot:) York use motor-cycle tyres, cut in half around the centre circumference of the tread, then have a wood disc to cover the hole up - they make superb track markers.

I really enjoyed today, pity Colin is so fast - :cry:

Looking forward to the next meeting up there - August 23rd.

[col300]

Great day :thumbsup: Thanks to all involved. Definitely worth the trip and will be back for the next one.

[DanW]

Even though i didn't do to well, I had a really great day today. :D

A big thanks to the South Lakes guys! I think the school bumping you off your normal plot worked in your favour as that hillside had great natural features.... and gave marshals a work out to!

With regards tyres.... bot dots are the future; something that will deter and impede corner cutting but not get cars stuck.

As Stu says you can cut down and cap the tyres, or use something like heavy bin lids pegged down. Maybe even sandfill some of the firehose and peg it down in a curved profile.

With regards turnout I think there might of been a few that shyed off because of the forecast and gloomy skies this morning..... if so they made the wrong choice, the weather was absolutely glorious :p :p :p

[RickRick]

sand filled hose should be easy to do, though i'll have a look into some bot dot type markings too. i think we should also have got some of the gutter up from the indoor track to use in place of some of the hose, i'm sure we'll manage to do even better next time, and i'll do my best to organise using the council land we were on today again next time, although having to sort out somwere else to race with about 4 weeks to go was a bit of a nightmare!!

It's great to hear people enjoyed the day i know i had a really good days racing, and it's also nice (kind of) to hear peoples critiscims, so we can improve the next meeting

[gazhillAE]

I think it's to do with cars getting stuck inside them - it can be difficult for marshalls to extracate the car as they get jammed inside the 'cavity' (you don't want to get jammed in a cavity - :woot:) York use motor-cycle tyres, cut in half around the centre circumference of the tread, then have a wood disc to cover the hole up - they make superb track markers.

I really enjoyed today, pity Colin is so fast - :cry:

Looking forward to the next meeting up there - August 23rd.

Great day really enjoyed it !

Colin "the girl" May played another blinder, I think il retire if I get beat again haha

Yeah those tyres! Damn them tyres gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2nd to last lap ggggrrrrrrrrrr stu!!!!

Will be back in august for next very good track, better before being chewed up but all the more fun

[racingdwarf]

Hi

We had the same thing about tyres on our track for a regional, and I think the way we read the BRCA rule was you cannot use tyres to mark the track BUT you can use them within the track, so for e.g we had some small 1" pipe marking a longish bend at the end of the straight, so to stop corner cutting we put some tyres on the inside, thus they were not marking the track as the brca states as they were inside the pipe that was marking the track.
I know we should have had better pipe, but most clubs don't have big pots of money and we have to make do with what we have. :D

Of course all of the above could be total wrong:lol:

[col300]

Great day really enjoyed it !

Colin "the girl" May played another blinder, I think il retire if I get beat again haha

Yeah those tyres! Damn them tyres gggggrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr 2nd to last lap ggggrrrrrrrrrr stu!!!!

Will be back in august for next very good track, better before being chewed up but all the more fun

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too :lol:

[gazhillAE]

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too :lol:

Ordered anymore pink paint recently????
Pink undertray so I also see today tut tut "big girl"
Was that your daughter who designed that shell then haha

I personally blame those tyres for losing me a 16lapper and 2nd in final oh well

Life goes on !

[DanW]

The rule is "tyres are not to be used to define the track". It doesn't state tyres can't be used. So it all comes down to whether or not the tyre is the defining feature. If you wrap the tyre in 1" pipe, then you can justify the pipe as defining the track outline and the tyre is just their for weight.

But enough of tyre talk....

South Lakes Club laid on a great day for us. The land they aquired for the track turned out to great. :D

[Stu]

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too :lol:


That's ace boss.

[DanW]

You may as well take the batteries out of your tranny now then, and chew off your thumbs whilst your at it coz it's only gonna happen next time.... You'll need to find a lap from somewhere too :lol:


But Col's probably just "Murray-Walkered" himself in to defeat at the next round now! :p

[col300]

Ordered anymore pink paint recently????
Pink undertray so I also see today tut tut "big girl"
Was that your daughter who designed that shell then haha

I personally blame those tyres for losing me a 16lapper and 2nd in final oh well

Life goes on !

Yeah thanks, just had my B4 shell done the same.... you'll see it soon tho flashin past you a couple of times each race :woot:

[burgie]

i don't think i saw any cars getting broken against the scooter tires.

they broke mine :cry:

not that it made any difference to my results though, it's a long time since I enjoyed a days racing as much as I enjoyed yesterday!

[Oscar]

Great venue:) It was really good just to have some variety in where we race. The hillside provided a good layout with all the elevation and camber changes:thumbsup:

As for the track markings, I thought they were fine, they were well marked with hi-vis paint which was also very helpful.;)

Could you order the same weather next time please:cool:

[njc11]

Yeah thanks, just had my B4 shell done the same.... you'll see it soon tho flashin past you a couple of times each race :woot:

Lol!! Quality! lol!

You at Eden Park mate??

Cheers

Nick
:thumbsup:

[bigred5765]

hi col let me know if you still want the shell posting or should i just take it to eden park??
here it is,

[Chrislong]

Nice job Carl (save me a space for that pop up jobby, will see you Friday mate)

[bigred5765]

nps chris see u there

[col300]

Lol!! Quality! lol!

You at Eden Park mate??

Cheers

Nick
:thumbsup:

Not doing this one Nick. Too far :lol:. Will be doing the rest though :thumbsup:

[woOdy]

Can anyone tell me if the guy with the video cam corder will be posting anything?

[Jonesy]

Not doing this one Nick. Too far :lol:. Will be doing the rest though :thumbsup:


Col, where's the commitment!!

[PJC]

This has been posted on youtube
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeNX0YS0Htw

[jameswilkinson7]

Great day.. Really enjoyed it. grass racing on a sunny day has to be the best. Cool video. Looking forward to the next one.

[RickRick]

Jim videos quite a few of our meetings, http://www.youtube.com/user/SLMCarclub should work
it's not all sensible racing clips there's some monster truck action mixed in

Just been watching the video from the steamfair last year, got a good crowd watching us too. we're there again this year 25th 26th of july, camping over the friday night before then normaly do 4 heats 2 finals and a 1 hour endurance race each day and maybe just the odd beer during the day

[gazhillAE]

Yeah thanks, just had my B4 shell done the same.... you'll see it soon tho flashin past you a couple of times each race :woot:

Ggggrrrrrrrrrrrr

Since when has pink made you go faster !

Dont let everyone start thinking it does else we will have a grid full of shells designed by there "daughters" ha

You better do something a bit better to that B4 after a fortnight ago !!!!

[col300]

Ggggrrrrrrrrrrrr

Since when has pink made you go faster !

Dont let everyone start thinking it does else we will have a grid full of shells designed by there "daughters" ha

You better do something a bit better to that B4 after a fortnight ago !!!!

What, you mean this fortnight ago?
http://i40.tinypic.com/2epn677.jpg

You know you'll need to keep up with me for the entire race not just 1.5 laps :lol:

[col300]

This one's ace!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5Sow9QtCho&fmt=18

[craigosh]

Yeah cause its 6 mins of you :P

[Chrislong]

LOL, Colin your sooooo vaine! Well done though. ;)

[PJC]

Footage I took at the weekend:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MqCzPHk2R74

[woOdy]

IS it not the regional this weekend? IF so what time do we get there?

[col300]

IS it not the regional this weekend? IF so what time do we get there?

Stu, I beleive booking in is 9.30 - 10:15. So i'll be aiming to be there for about 9:15.

[RickRick]

it's the same times as the last round posted at the start of this thread we've got loo's sorted this time from 8am.

[Stu]

Really looking forward to this, the meeting in Jume was ace.

[sly]

Are the T ladies in attendence? as the cakes where very nice.

[Stu]

Is there a time for track prep on Saturday?

[bigred5765]

weathers not looking to good,

[CBRDEAN0]

weathers not looking to good,

Is it ever lately - haha

[ianjoyner]

Is there a time for track prep on Saturday?

Track prep from 2pm on Saturday.

[woOdy]

Is there going to be someone selling tyres there or do I have beg and borrow again?

[burgie]

well, you could have always bought them in advance, Stu...

[ianjoyner]

Sorry beg and borrow only.

[bigred5765]

So who forgot to order the weather,link (http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/tomorrow.asp?zipcode=LA9 5BP) boooo

[woOdy]

well, you could have always bought them in advance, Stu...

Very very true but then that would of made it easy!

[woOdy]

Does anyone out there want to sell me some Schues yellows 4wd for tomoz? Col?

[RickRick]

atleast a classic grass track still gives loads of grip, and minimal spray in the wet, i'm almost looking forward to a bit of rain!

[col300]

Does anyone out there want to sell me some Schues yellows 4wd for tomoz? Col?

Yeah, I got a 4wd set Stu, although looking at the weather you might not need them. Forgot to get them springs back off you too at the last regional mate.

[Stu]

Well, it did what it did today, can't say we didn't try - twice.

Shame when the club puts in so much effort, but hey ho - that's just the way it is.

The series will be scored on 3 rounds from 5 - full results will be posted soon.

Provisional's are Colin May winning 4wd & Chris Evison winning 2wd.

Stu.

[Chrislong]

SO who got F2, F3, F4, F5 etc etc etc.

Shame the weather was poor for you, I wasn't going to be there either way :lol:. Id have found an excuse, but I had a valid one today.

[Stu]

SO who got F2, F3, F4, F5 etc etc etc.


We'll only be able to work that out next week, after Blyth national.

[Chrislong]

Ah ofcause, forgot that!