The Nook and Notts n Derby W-interclub

[twisty]

For smelly IC cars :)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/nookandnottsflyer.jpg

New updated flyer here
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/winter-nookandnottsflyer_sm.jpg



I hope it is OK to put this here?
Cheers
Simon F

[twisty]

Date change due to a clash.
The Notts meeting on the 20th of January is now moved to
the 27th of January because of the Exloo international in Holland.

The Nook is looking well for the kick off next Sunday :)

[twisty]

First meeting tomorrow,weather is given as dry but a bit cold,so wrap up warm.
:)

[twisty]

Definately feel like i am talking to myself here :D ,but if anyone is interested? ,here is a short grainy vid from today by one of our guests Ady G.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zi8iUVXiaMw
It was a great days racing,the weather was kind again,good turn out and lots of smiling faces.I am looking forward to the next one at Notts :)

results from R1 here
http://www.nookraceway.com/main.asp?content=results&detail=club&mthyr=Nov07

[twisty]

2nd one of the series and the 1st one at the superb Notts n Derby track
this Sunday,there should be plenty of large scale off road petrol cars with a good turn out of 1/8 nitro there too.
Weather is given as cold but dry.
:) :cool:

[twisty]

results from Notts 25/11/07 interclub R2
Courtesy of Bally,copyed from the Nook site.
Twisty.


Hi all just like to say how much i enjoyed the meeting at Notts today, the weather was good to us and i think everybody had a good days racing
Bally.



NDOR
New Meeting
Heat Results Final Results Meeting Summary
ndor 25 November 2007
A. Final (Modified)
Race Duration 20m, Started 15:38 Finished 15:59

Pos Car Name Result Speed Kph Scale Speed Kph
1 3 Martin Fallowfield 28/20m17.018 82.834 496.984
2 8 Stev Sunnucks 28/20m40.528 81.264 487.564
3 4 Steve Milner 27/20m35.195 78.694 472.144
4 6 Tevor Kersey 26/20m 5.489 77.654 465.904
5 7 Tim Press 26/20m 9.474 77.394 464.344
6 10 Dave Moore 26/20m30.906 76.044 456.244
7 5 Carlos Fandango 24/20m59.383 * 68.614 411.664
8 9 Richard Stiles 12/10m 8.800 70.964 425.764
9 2 Pete Whitehead 11/ 8m34.191 77.024 462.124
10 1 Stuart Carrick 5/ 3m47.132 79.254 475.504

B. Final (Modified)
Race Duration 10m, Started 15:18 Finished 15:29
Pos Car Name Result Speed Kph Scale Speed Kph
1 8 Stev Sunnucks 14/10m22.014 81.034 486.184
2 9 Richard Stiles 14/10m29.825 80.024 480.124
3 2 Dave Moore 14/10m32.271 79.714 478.264
4 1 James\ Mcarthy 13/10m10.019 76.724 460.324
5 4 Simon Cummings 13/10m54.114 71.554 429.304
6 6 Jonny Hall 12/10m24.344 69.194 415.144
7 10 Dean Coulson 12/10m36.591 67.864 407.164
8 3 Andy Knight 7/ 5m50.060 71.994 431.944
9 7 Dave Smith 6/10m 7.978 35.534 213.184
10 5 Ken Fandango 4/ 3m30.830 68.304 409.804

C. Final (Modified)
Race Duration 8m, Started 14:57 Finished 15:06
Pos Car Name Result Speed Kph Scale Speed Kph
1 1 Stev Sunnucks 12/ 8m33.865 84.074 504.424
2 10 Richard Stiles 12/ 8m45.659 82.184 493.084
3 2 Dean Coulson 11/ 8m44.746 75.474 452.824
4 7 Sinan Sunali 10/ 8m36.306 69.734 418.384
5 8 Dean Coupland 10/ 8m36.656 69.684 418.084
6 3 Chris Brown 10/ 8m37.432 69.574 417.424
7 5 Mike Humphries 10/ 8m46.421 68.394 410.344
8 6 Mark Osbourne 9/ 8m26.777 63.934 383.584
9 9 Simon Foaley 9/ 8m55.091 * 60.554 363.304
10 4 Semih Sunali 7/ 5m36.044 74.994 449.944

D. Final (Modified)
Race Duration 8m, Started 14:39 Finished 14:48
Pos Car Name Result Speed Kph Scale Speed Kph
1 3 Dean Coupland 10/ 8m18.411 72.234 433.384
2 4 Simon Foaley 9/ 8m41.150 62.174 373.024
3 2 Richard Stiles 4/ 3m30.775 68.324 409.924
4 1 Mark Sutcliffe 2/ 1m48.626 66.284 397.684
5 5 Bob Stiles DNS 0.004 0.004
6 6 Pete Murrey DNS 0.004 0.004
7 7 Kev Blears DNS 0.004 0.004

A. Final (4wd)
Race Duration 20m, Started 14:12 Finished 14:32
Pos Car Name Result Speed Kph Scale Speed Kph
1 1 Michael Ball 28/20m22.474 82.464 824.604
2 2 David Lawson 28/20m26.543 82.184 821.804
3 5 Alex Asquith 25/20m50.701 71.964 719.604
4 4 Simon Cowell 24/20m 4.276 71.744 717.404
5 6 Martin Smithson 22/20m41.123 63.814 638.104
6 3 Mathew Airton 11/ 8m32.999 77.194 771.904
Heat Results Final Results Meeting Summary

[twisty]

loads of pic`s courtesy of Dr Bacardi here
http://s125.photobucket.com/albums/p77/drbacardi/?start=0
Go beyond page 13 at your own risk :) there are some from Warstone raceway,The Nook and some others.

[twisty]

2nd one at The Nook this Sunday ,9th December,is anyone who visits oOple coming along? or what are you doing this Sunday instead?
:)

[Northy]

2nd one at The Nook this Sunday ,9th December,is anyone who visits oOple coming along? or what are you doing this Sunday instead?
:)

Sleeping? :rolleyes:

G

[twisty]

Is that your team job? :D extreme sleeping? :cool:
It should be another good day (fingers crossed) i have even made some new warning signs for jimmy to photograph ;)
Don`t forget,there is a pub(with a real fire) on site,so please do come along for a pint and watch the racing :) or even bring your 1/5 and 1/6 or 1/8 off road stinkwheels and book in.

[Scouser]

Those large scales are beasts! I seriously considered getting one a while back but there is absolutely nowhere to run them (club wise) in the NW that is within reasonable distance. Looks like a good track mate, nice vid too.;)

[twisty]

Looks like a good track mate, nice vid too.;)

Cheers :)

update: Team 5hite(E final specialists) have beeen at the track all day digging the drainage ditches out a bit to get rid of some of the water.
Thanks a lot chaps,the track is looking great :)
Rain or shine ,i hope to see you there :D
Don`t forget your brolly.

[twisty]

Another top day was had,the weather was very kind really,it started off with a bit of blue sky and sunshine,then went a bit drizzly around lunchtime and then dryed up a treat,ending off with a nice sunset :D

[woOdy]

I went down yesterday for a round and I was suprised on how good the LARGE scale was. I will defo have to have a go!

[twisty]

I went down yesterday for a round and I was suprised on how good the LARGE scale was. I will defo have to have a go!
Nice one,you would be made welcome and there is plenty of help on tap(if you need/want it).

R4 at Notts today 30th December 07,weather is top and the cafe is open for bacon buttys and tea :cool:
J26 on M1 head for Eastwood after about 1.5-2 miles there is a small slip road off duel carrigeway,signed for treatment works.track is just there on right hand side.
Come and have a look if your not doing owt :)

[twisty]

Did anyone go to Notts for a look?

The Nook website is down again,they forgot to send us the bill and just cut the site off again(like last year)
It will be back on line ASAP.
There IS another W-interclub day at The Nook next Sunday.

Happy New Year oOple folks :)

[twisty]

A before and after pic of my Baja,a pic of a new MCD Racerunner and the
new HPi Baja SS about to do battle.


A couple of links to photo albums from the last meeting of 2007
http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj220/Team5hite/?start=all
and
http://s274.photobucket.com/albums/jj260/monkified_racing/notts30th2007/

[twisty]

from today at The Nook,a bit of everything :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/Picture014Small.jpg

[twisty]

REMINDER.......

Don`t forget folks,the next meeting of our w-interclub series is on the 27th January 2008 at Notts and not the 20th as stated on the flyer.
This is due to the Holland meeting at Exloo on the 20th of January.

[twisty]

Final reminder...........
Don`t forget the next W-interclub meeting is on the 27th at Notts n Derby,NOT the 20th as stated on the flyer.

[twisty]

Final reminder...........
Don`t forget the next W-interclub meeting is on the 27th at Notts n Derby,NOT the 20th as stated on the flyer.

Victory in the A final for the HPi Baja 5b :woot: :woot:
and the sun was out all day,top stuff :D

[Stu]

Nook in two weeks?

[twisty]

Nook in two weeks?

It most certainly is :) you running the Dyson?

[twisty]

What a great day today 10/2/08 At The Nook(in the end) http://team5hite.forumup.com/images/smiles/icon_lol.gif The weather has been superb.

[twisty]

Well,we are cramming those meetings in.Notts n Derby tomorrow.Don`t forget the suncream or a Knotted hanky for yer eeead :D because weather is given as cold but SUNNY :thumbsup:

[Northy]

Nook Sunday? :confused:

New Neo toy needs a run out :thumbsup:

G

[twisty]

Certainly is.Last weekend we put a little jump in just after the big crossover.It seems to work well.
I think we might have to put a few more little jumps and maybe some other obsticals into the track,to raise interest a tad.
Although,saying that,you had better try to get there early doors,because the carpark gets full pretty quick,i would recomend no later than 9:00 AM

[twisty]

I hope all you oOplers enjoyed yourselves at The Nook today?
Special congrats are in order for Northy winning the 1/8 A final, whilst running his engine in,well done :D

The car park attendant.

[Northy]

Hi Twisty,

Thanks, we all (Stu, Tom, Me, Vermin, Rich, lil Ben, big Ben, Bens dad Mike, papa & momma smurf) had a good day today! :thumbsup::thumbsup:

Car was really good, if running a lot rich! :lol::lol::lol:

Flyover is cool, track would be ace with more jumps like that. :D

G

[WHITTLER555]

How did the car go, Tom?

[Cockerill]

Went well. Engine gave a bit of trouble early on, and cut once in the final. Got a piston & Liner coming tho. Other than that the car was good. Looking forward to the Neo now.

[WHITTLER555]

Good! Why did it cut? was it in the pits during a re-fuel cause that is when it tried to cut out on me last time?

See if jim wants to richen it up a bit??

[Cockerill]

Nah it cut on the first lap of the final, was fine during warm-up laps and the rest of the race so dunno why it cut then. Jim wasn't there to tune today so it wasn't perfect :lol:

[Northy]

Don't worry Damo, I'm taking it to get it J.A.P prepared off of Jim tomorrow night :thumbsup:

G

[WHITTLER555]

No worries G! Just hope it was competitive enough for Tom to race with.

When I ran it at Blackpool, it got better through the day as Tricky tuned it.

At one point he had it sat idling for 20 secs before gunning it off the line so I hoped the cut out problem was sorted??

[Cockerill]

I don't think the cut had anything to do with the idle, was just one of those things. It wasn't very easy to get started when it was cold, but once it had warmed up it was fine.

[dave g]

you just need someone who knows what they are doing with engines tom :)

if its cutting when warm its usually too lean on top end,it pops and cuts.

must have told about 5 people in the bottom final at herts yesterday..half of the field were cutting out on the straight :(

[ben]

I want one after going to the nook yesterday. The starts for the finals are awesome. :thumbsup: Proper enjoyed maself even if i didnt get a go with one:(

[johnboy]

i came to have a watch and if both tom and northy drive like they are capable of then they should do very well at neo.

good look.

[Northy]

Cheers John.

Did you want an Indoor finals entry? If so pm me your details.

G

[Stu]

Nook track is real bumpy, exactly what you would expect for a venue that is really for 5th scale. It had to be treated with a lot of respect, attack too muck and you are gone.

Slow=fast.

I susepct G was actually helped by having the engine still very rich, probably kept the speed down a little. G's skills on a bumpy track were very evident, thats running preds for so long, them buggers really teach you to respect a bumpy track.

Thanks to the Nook lads for putting us up for the day, and to the SlowLowe, Lil Ben, John, Papa-S & The Verminator for fuelling us up and keeping us running.

It's just a shame that Tom & I both had drive-train problems in the 'A' or it could have been '3-oOplers' in the top 4 or 5 places.

[johnboy]

what drive-train probs did u have

[WHITTLER555]

YEAH! what drivetrain problems:o

Did the grubscrew come loose on the propshaft again:wub

[Cockerill]

How did you guess Damo? I think both of us had the pin fall out of the front centre CVD. G is gonna heat shrink them for me so it will be sorted.

[Stu]

It was the grub screw in the CVD on the front-prop, not where it's onto the pinion gear.

:mad:

[Stu]

How did you guess Damo? I think both of us had the pin fall out of the front centre CVD. G is gonna heat shrink them for me so it will be sorted.

At least the engine didn't fall out again.

:o

[dave g]

i told graham they would fall out AGES ago and to heatshrink them..but there you go,what do i know :)

doesnt matter how much you loctite them THEY WILL FALL OUT..heatshrink or an alloy collar is the only way to keep them in.

[Cockerill]

G's are heat shrunk, mine weren't but he is doing it for me so the car will be dialled.

[Northy]

i told graham they would fall out AGES ago and to heatshrink them..but there you go,what do i know :)

doesnt matter how much you loctite them THEY WILL FALL OUT..heatshrink or an alloy collar is the only way to keep them in.

I listened Dave! Mine are done, and ran all day without a problem (apart from the engine being a bitch to start due to the pinch! :woot: ).

G

[dave g]

you need a heat gun like we do graham..makes an incredible difference,starts first time and no need to wait 3-4 mins to get engine upto temperature,makes the engine last sooo much longer too and stops the conrod from getting hammered to death on a new engine(you might need to replace the conrod after you have run a gallon thru it,seeing how many new os 21's snap conrods i personally would)

see if you can drop on a 12v hairdrier(most camping shops have them) with some decent heat from it.

we also noticed on bruces that the spring perches sometimes get dislodged and can either come right off or end up sitting cockeyed,so you can drill a small hole thru the bottom of it and tie wrap it onto the spring so it wont move or get the hong nor 16mm big bore bottoms,they have a much taller shoulder so the spring cant come off it and are a direct fit.

[Northy]

You've got plenty of time on your hands Dave, :lol::lol: any of these look any good? :confused:

http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/search.dll?sofocus=bs&sbrftog=1&dfsp=1&from=R10&_trksid=m37&satitle=12v+hair+dryer&sacat=-1%26catref%3DC6&sargn=-1%26saslc%3D3&sadis=200&fpos=YO17+7FJ&sabfmts=1&saobfmts=insif&ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=&fsop=1&fsoo=1

G

[dave g]

dunno :(

150watt is the biggest in those so no idea how warm that would be?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/WINDSHIELD-DEFROSTER-HAIR-DRYER-12V_W0QQitemZ350029929213QQihZ022QQcategoryZ9895QQ rdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQc mdZViewItem

do you have an inverter you could use G and use a normal hairdryer?

[twisty]

Top day at Notts n Derby off road club 16/03/08.
3 times British Superbike champion John Reynolds visited the track to watch the racing,he seemed to really enjoy the spectical and asked lots of questions around the pit area,i think he wants a HPi Baja :thumbsup:

Pic courtesy of Roverman,
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/picture067pz1.jpg

a couple of pic`s of my new MCD Lancia Integrale :drool:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/MCDLanciaDelta009.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/MCDLanciaDelta011.jpg

[twisty]

I was right about JR wanting a Baja,he phoned me the Monday after and with some help from friends
(MB Models and Nitel Graffix) i managed to put this together for his son in less than 24 hours.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/Itsformysonhonest005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/Itsformysonhonest015.jpg

I think he is happy with the results
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/bluetwisty/Itsformysonhonest009.jpg

[Northy]

Awesome :thumbsup:

Now you just need to sort me one ;)

G

[twisty]

Well that is the end of a great series,the results are here,
Largescale,
http://www.pgracing.co.uk/gallery/series2.htm

1/8 rallycross/truggy mix,
http://www.pgracing.co.uk/gallery/series1.htm

and junior 1/8,
http://www.pgracing.co.uk/gallery/series3.htm