Silverstone 2wd Regional this Sunday

[Smartalec]

Silverstone 2wd Regional this Sunday.

For all those booked in for this event that haven't been before (and the one's that have) here's a few pictures of the (grass) track at sunny Silverstone taken on Tuesday 15th (excuse bad pics from my phone).

From these pictures you can see some of the track, including the main straight and you should be able to get a pretty good idea of how the surface should hold up during racing. You must keep in mind that this track has not actually been raced on since LAST YEAR so should be in prime condition.
;)

[Chequered Flag Racing]

has the club got a website?

also postcode if known as I plan to be @ the Juniors/Veterans event later in the year

[Northy]

You must keep in mind that this track has not actually been raced on since LAST YEAR so should be in prime condition.
;)

You having a laugh? :o :o

G

[notlawnomis]

http://www.srcmcc.com/outdoor_cal.html

[spenner]

That is the same layout from our 4wd regional last year!!! My racing line is still on there!!:D

[Smartalec]

Grass has really taken well hasn't it
:D

[jim76]

whay happened to the plans to reseed the grass and sort out drainage etc? The club had major plans for the track but it hasn't been touched! Looks indentical to the way we left it except it in now soaked instead of dry and dusty!
Looks like Swindon all over again judging by the forecast for the week!

[Nick Goodall]

I'm intending to go, but the Weather forecast is really doing a good job of putting me off at this moment in time......... Hopefully it'll improve later in the week.

[Southwell]

But wet racing is fun! Well not so much for the yok, it's a pile of rust at the moment :D

[Nick Goodall]

Ian, it's 2wd though isn't it anyway???

[Southwell]

Yeh, 2wd wet is fun too....

[JCJC]

Looks like light showers Saturday arvo, same again Sunday, with only 34ish on the booking in page at DMS mabey we can get finished early enough to miss the worst of the rain.

Is there a burger/butty/breakfast thingy.

[Nick Goodall]

Fun's one word lol, blowing up electrics and having no "wet" tyres is not so good.......

[spenner]

On there web site it says Breakfast from 9am!!!! Im guessing there is something for food.

Nick, we are racing on grass shouldn't be any problem with water unless it tips down with rain. If you need any wet weather tyres there will be loads of us with left over bb pinks from Kiddy, and John will be there with the shop. You know you want to be there :rolleyes:

[Nick Goodall]

:D we'll have to see Jon, i know what you mean about Water with Grass but it still gets the cars absolutely caked and nearly everything on the car is new - seems like a bad way to christen it....... or could be a good way i guess?

I think i'll just see how it pans out this week, if it starts to brighten up the good old BBC 5 day forecast changes anyway so it may be better later this week!

What do you guys mainly run in the wet now (grass)? Is it just Ballistics? No more TR32's or Full spikes??

[spenner]

TR32's if you can get hold of them. BB's are pretty good in the rain, as the track at Silverstone has alot of clay content the BB pinks should work great!! I hope.
The weather will be fine!! i hope anyway, don't want two meetings washed out in one week

[Southwell]

So to clarify we CAN use TR32's at a regional?? I don't want to try and run them only to be told I can't....

[spenner]

I think there is a very big grey area on the tyre situation. BB 2wd front's according to Jacquie haven't been made for 5 years, but we used them at the weekend!!!!
The way i look at it if you can buy them in shops they are comercially available.
Tr 32's ARE still available you just got to look on ebay etc....
A shop across sea's has and can get them. (And i have just been informed they still produce them )
Think this may be a rule that is re-wrote end of this year

[PTRU]

Hi John
I am going to Silverstone Track with Mark tonight to inspect the track at 7.00pm If you and Alec wish to be there to add your coments I would be greatfull.

Phill T

[pro4nut]

Tyre choice is open for our regionals.

by the way there is a Tamiya supergripper with the same tread pattern as a TR32.

[Teddy truman]

nick lee's not going so grab his spear car and tyres lol that way your car wont get muddy..... problem what problem lol:D

[Nick Goodall]

Hmmm now that's not a bad idea..... Lee? Where are you???

I don't mind my car getting muddy, it's just a shame if it requires TR32's/Full spikes as i'm sure it's still the case that nothing else gets close if it's really wet - i know Lee said that's why he left Swindon last year as even he was 2 seconds a lap slower.

I'm just hoping it's dry for the first part of the day at least :-)

[Lee Martin]

nick i got some of them big spikes on B3 wheels u could try....

o and tony....u going to spear my car?????

[spenner]

Hi Phill,

I was intending going over Saturday to have a look at the track, also if the club are looking for any help with regard getting it all right by the End of season finals i don't mind lending a hand.
Can you let us know what the situation is with the track once you have been over ??
Would love to get over before sat but family plans already made.


Regards

John

[PTRU]

John
ok will do, will tell Mark that you are willing to help

Phill T

[JCJC]

Weather looking better at:

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=Ox3&day=3

[Nick Goodall]

Good spot Mick, hope it does stay dry! A bit of rain in the morning won't do any harm, but it's horrible racing all day when it's pi$$ing down.

[JCJC]

If you do decide to race nick what you driving ? (assuming in aint pidge's car).

[spenner]

Phil,

Any news on how the track is????

[Smartalec]

Hopefully if Phil has looked at the track he'll be able to suggest some alternative layouts so as to make the meeting on Sunday a success. Especially as the weather looks a little more promising now . . . . . I think the weather men guess. . . . . must be the only job on the planet that you can get wrong 365 days of the year and still stay employed !!!!!

:D

[Nick Goodall]

If you do decide to race nick what you driving ? (assuming in aint pidge's car).

I've got my own B4 now, so hoping to run it for the first time this weekend ;) I'm hoping it'll be an easy step from the B3 as it should really just do everything a bit better? Hope that's the case anyway :D

[Swiss]

Anyone got a postcode for Sunday?

[PTRU]

Hi Guys

The track is ok to race on bit muddy at present but a lot of grip. The grass has not taken in some places and it has not helped the club that some nice young gentelmen have been riding there bikes around the track, thus the racing line. Bet they had fun though. Still old school grass track there are some jumps

If the weater stays as it is now, the grass will be cut on Saturday and rolled. The weather forcast looks ok dry today and windy, dry tomorrow. showers from about 1pm-2pm on Sunday.

The club are going to re seed the grass after this event.

Hope this helps you all and lookforward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Can anybody help me with the name and tel number of the people who supply the free astro please, seem to of lost last years BRCA book

Phill T

[Smartalec]

If the track is good enough for the Regional Rep (Phil) then it should be ok for everyone else
;)

See you all Sunday

....... and Nick, should be good to see you driving the B4 (a much better car than your old B3)

[JCJC]

Start here for Astro Phil :

http://www.oople.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2913&highlight=astroturf

You may need Tony to give you a lift with it..........

:)

[KevLee]

Anyone got a postcode for Sunday?

Yeah, me too !! anyone?

[PTRU]

It is at the silverstone sports and social club if that helps
Thank you for the information on the astro

[JCJC]

Try NN12 8XA this puts you in Church Street, track entrance is between the village and West End (road name) on the north side of Church Street, on the right driving out of the village (west).

Maps on club site here:

http://www.srcmcc.com/where.html

"SRCMCC are based in the sports hall which is part of Silverstone Recreational Association Sports and Social club. The Pavilion and Sports club are situated off the main A43 on the other side of the village to Silverstone racing circuit. Follow the Whittlebury Road into Church Street. Take the road that goes round the Shop. The hall is near some swings, Football pitches, Tennis courts and the village Cricket ground."

So head into the village from A43 and look for the rec. parking on the grass near track (at least was last year) drive around the edge of the cricket pitch. Toilets in pavilion/sports club, walk back across the pitch.

[KevLee]

Thanks! See you sunday

[Nick Goodall]

Well done to all for yesterday, meeting went really well and it was good to be home at a sensible time!!

Well done to Kev and Tony too, great days racing :cool:

[jim76]

you didn't waste any time adapting to the B4 Nick! How many times did you lap the guys in the bottom heat!?!! :D

[spenner]

Thought yesterday was a good day, there was some small problems but i actually really like the 'Real Off Road' nature of the track.
I think with some help they could develop the track into something great.
Racing was really close in the A-final and the surface made for some great passing moves (Mr Spicer).
Was good to see Mr Goodall racing again, Nationals next year Nick ???
Looking forward to the next meeting now.

[Swiss]

Yep, totally agree with Spenner, (apart from he should buy a new racing 'outfit') Excellent track, with some small mod's will be a brilliant venue. Nice and close racing to, nothing apart from a small error seperating the A final to the B.......

[Nick Goodall]

you didn't waste any time adapting to the B4 Nick! How many times did you lap the guys in the bottom heat!?!! :D

I loved the B4 Jim, really really pleased me with how easy it was - it just worked the second i threw it down! I must say though, Lee changed one small thing for the 3rd leg and the car was even better, i really liked it then.

I felt bad for the guys in the heat, i'm actually an F5 so can't expect to be placed higher, but they probably felt their runs were compromised through having to move out of the way, other times i'd get held up so nobody really benefits in that situation but i understand why it has to be done.

It was good to go back to the old skool type of racing on grass though, really took me back to the old days and the finals were enjoyable. I was gutted at finishing 3rd though having been 2nd in all three legs :D

Jon - Well done on Tyre choice, i had been weighing up step-pins from Rd1 but probably wouldn't have tried them until i saw your car!! My car was still lifting the front wheels everywhere in Leg3 after they'd done 5 runs!

[Chris Doughty]

you didn't waste any time adapting to the B4 Nick! How many times did you lap the guys in the bottom heat!?!! :D

B4's are ace, its almost like cheating its that good! :D

[jim76]

[quote=spenner;40275]Thought yesterday was a good day, there was some small problems but i actually really like the 'Real Off Road' nature of the track.
I think with some help they could develop the track into something great.
quote]

i really like it there too. The ground has some great natural contours. great effort from the hosts, nice approachable guys. Hopefully they will be fully used to the software etc for the 4wd round. Only minor gripe was i thought they could have spread the drivers out into 5 heats instead of 4 as two heats had the full 10 drivers which made it slightly congested on track.
Once the stagger was increased though it went fairly smooth.

looking forward to the 4wd round.

[KevLee]

Well done to all for yesterday, meeting went really well and it was good to be home at a sensible time!!

Well done to Kev and Tony too, great days racing :cool:

Cheers Nick, i really enjoyed yesterday as i think a lot did. The track, as others have mentioned, is on the bumpy side but has some really intersting off camber corners which makes it challenging.

The finals were very close, its good to see you getting up to speed (imagine what you could do with a CR !! ;) (how long until i'm shot down on that one i wonder))! You've got to be a challenger for the F2 trophy this year.

Spenner, was close especially in leg one, got to be another contender for the F2s i would have thought.

[jim76]

and if Nick doesn't win the F3/4/5 i think we should shoot him!! :D

[MK999]

B4's are ace, its almost like cheating its that good! :D

Absolutely ! Just need to get mine (Jim's?) running now :p model shops need a pizza style delivery service, deliver within an hour and if it isn't hot at the door get your money back :D Amazing how much some odd bits add up to though, allow for 60ish... spend nearly 150 :o

[JCJC]

What a good days racing we all had at Silverstone, veryverylucky with the weather, warm & sunny all day, great track, grass wearing to clay, well run and good food all day, rain in the week before and after, the surface stayed good and step pins on the rear went well.:)

A few (to many) pictures here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/MickJackson2007/Silverstone2WD?authkey=nxHXrGmyO7Y

[Nick Goodall]

Nice one Mick, some great pics there - love these :D

http://www.anything-cars.com/images/uploads/SilverstoneA.jpg

http://www.anything-cars.com/images/uploads/SilverstoneF.jpg

[JCJC]

Cheers Nick, think a lot of these were down to Jordan, but as you can see this is the same shot, I like this one myself, Tony Truman edging out of shot, Kevin Lee outside & yourself inside on the corner. I think thats how the day finished, Truman first, Lee second and Goodall third, not bad for first time out with the B4.

What you running for 4 wheel drive and is you coming to Stotfold on the 3rd ?:)

[KevLee]

Cheers Nick, think a lot of these were down to Jordan, but as you can see this is the same shot, I like this one myself, Tony Truman edging out of shot, Kevin Lee outside & yourself inside on the corner. I think thats how the day finished, Truman first, Lee second and Goodall third, not bad for first time out with the B4.

What you running for 4 wheel drive and is you coming to Stotfold on the 3rd ?:)

Great pictures there !! are you going to be taking some at stotfold too?
The day finished with me winning from tony and nick but it could have gone anyway in the last leg, nick crashed on the last lap and let me through. I think if he had won the leg, he would have taken the meeting as we would have all been on three points, and he was going for a faster time!

[JCJC]

Sorry Kev, thought it may have been a different result, know it was close, and yes it could have gone either way, what great racing. Problem is when you are involved in the lower heats (C almost D) your attention is diverted. Expect to be at Stotfold, we like racing there, and yes, expect to add pictures at all regionals we get to.

[Nick Goodall]

It certainly was good racing, i really enjoyed it and was the first competitve event i've done for a fair while so i was just pleased to be mixing it up really, but the B4 was great first time out - couldn't fault it really although Lee did set it up so probably had a big factor in it.....

If i do go to Stotfold i'll be running the old Cat 2000 EC, i've just fitted some associated shocks but it still doesn't feel quite right and i've got far too much droop so may need to fiddle about this week.......

Hope to see you there anyway.

[KevLee]

It certainly was good racing, i really enjoyed it and was the first competitve event i've done for a fair while so i was just pleased to be mixing it up really, but the B4 was great first time out - couldn't fault it really although Lee did set it up so probably had a big factor in it.....

If i do go to Stotfold i'll be running the old Cat 2000 EC, i've just fitted some associated shocks but it still doesn't feel quite right and i've got far too much droop so may need to fiddle about this week.......

Hope to see you there anyway.

If its dry, that car will be ace round there!

[Nick Goodall]

Think you could be right Kev, but any idea what set-up you/we used to run on it? I can't remember at all!

[KevLee]

Think you could be right Kev, but any idea what set-up you/we used to run on it? I can't remember at all!

Thats far to far in the distant past for me to remember a set up.

I'd probably do what you are doing and make a guess from how it feels on the bench and go from there.