CML Raceway 27th Jan

[Lee Martin]

Hello Everybody!!!!

CML Raceway on the 27th of Jan is going ahead and with fine style....

we are going to try and doalot of track work between now and then and get it nice fresh and looking good....

if people could book in this would be great!!!! looking for a nice healthy turn out in order to start the new year well and give people that extra jump practise that they are crying out for!:D

the track may have some little tweaks of adjustment to help make the track better in many ways and some good drivers to turn up to!!!

this would be an awesome time to get practise in for the big meeting in the summer that the raceway has in store!!!!!!!!!!!

book in now on

[email protected]

Lee;)

[Nick Goodall]

I'm there mate.

Would be great to get a good number of people pre-booked for this one as we're all aware how much effort is required to put on meetings and provide a nicely prepared track.

The food as always will no doubt be spot on and the racing is always good at this track!

[RogerM]

Drat and double drat ....... I'm in Nottingham the night before and will most likely be VERY drunk ..... I so wanted to go to an event at this venue

damn and blast :(

[rob8246]

27th no good for me as Rnd 4 of Clanfield Winter Champs :(

Leading the buggies so need to attend really ;)

[dan_kitty]

4wd for me ta!

email sent :)

[pesky badger]

I'll have a dose of 2wd please (e-mail sent) :)

[Lee Martin]

entries.........

[AdrianJones]

2wd for me thanks!

email sent :)

EDIT: YAY booked in, very quick response!!

[RogerM]

Pidge, what time are you starting???

Might change plans if it works out possible!

[Lee Martin]

a nice relaxed 10.30 ish

[ginger fixit]

pidge you gona post an entry list dude :)

[Lee Martin]

entry numbers still quite low....

although its international.....lol

[Kash]

I will be defo be there for the Summer one :) Seen as though i ain't doing Nats i've always wanted a run on your track.

[Lee Martin]

cool man!!! look forward to it!

[mobile chicane]

put me down as a possible please pige, wench is in hospital so I may be there and I may not depending on how her operation goes.

I'll try and pop over sat to help tris with the track as well.

[Guy]

I'm in for some 4wd action.

Email sent.

Ta.

Guy.

[showtime]

:)stick me down as a possible Lee ;)

i'll maybe even do 2 & 4wd if the days schedule makes it possible

[RogerM]

Pidge, will this be a heats and final type race meeting or an open track practice day?

I'm trying to sort things so I can come along, track looks great in the vid on the other thread

[ginger fixit]

hi roger

we run 4 rounds of heats with 1 final very relaxed great food by lees mum awsome track and of course the best race controlers in the world LOL:D

hope that helps Andy

[GRIFF55]

You shouldn't miss it Roger, the track is so much fun to drive it would be worth not drinking (as much:p).

[Lee Martin]

hahaha loving tht griff....you going to come down the night before and come out??

[RogerM]

You shouldn't miss it Roger, the track is so much fun to drive it would be worth not drinking (as much:p).


Have you gone mad ...... I was refering to getting the misses to drive .. :D

[GRIFF55]

hahaha loving tht griff....you going to come down the night before and come out??

I'm gona have to decine that offer seeing the state you lot were in at the last meeting i came to:p. I'd be over the limit driving home sunday too:D
Thanks for the offer, but i gota get some drinking practice in for the nationals;)

[Wraggy]

I'm gona have to decine that offer seeing the state you lot were in at the last meeting i came to:p. I'd be over the limit driving home sunday too:D
Thanks for the offer, but i gota get some drinking practice in for the nationals;)
WELSH LIGHT WEIGHT !!!!!!:p

[GRIFF55]

I wouldn't say lightweight:p:D, wish i was!!

[Chris Green]

Hello!

I'm considering entering, as the track looks ace.

I might have my B44 sorted in time too, however I think I'll run my B4.

I've got a quick question about tyre and motor selection? What would work best out of these...

2WD

Rears
Bow Tie rears
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin
BB Green Mini Spikes
Hole Shot Rears

Fronts
Step Pin
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin
BB Green Mini Spikes
Schumy Yellow Mini Spike

4WD

Holeshot's all round
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin's all round

And, the motor's I have are...

10.5 Brushless - Nosram, currently in the B4
5.5 Brushless - Novak, planned to go in the B44
10x2 Brushed BRM

If someone could give me some guidance, that would be great.

Cheers.

[Southwell]

Ahaha, i read it as the indoor event!!!!

[jim76]

it it's wet then bow ties on the rear of the 2wd will help give you drive. Ideally you want to pair them with ribs on the front as sch mini's will understeer in wet.

BB pink spikes are ace in 4wd in the dry or damp, yellows are ok as long as it's not too wet.
i ran BB pink rears and yellow front mini's at the regional in the summer which gave a nice balance, but the track was pretty hot then.

[Lee Martin]

[Hello!

I'm considering entering, as the track looks ace.

I might have my B44 sorted in time too, however I think I'll run my B4.

I've got a quick question about tyre and motor selection? What would work best out of these...

2WD

Rears
Bow Tie rears = work well and fun to drive
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin = Not in wet
BB Green Mini Spikes = work ok, slightly slippy!
Hole Shot Rears = only in dry, so not this tiem of year

Fronts
Step Pin = yeh
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin = not in wet
BB Green Mini Spikes = yeh
Schumy Yellow Mini Spike = not in wet

4WD

Holeshot's all round = not in wet
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin's all round = not in wet

And, the motor's I have are...

10.5 Brushless - Nosram, currently in the B4 = slow and smooth.
5.5 Brushless - Novak, planned to go in the B44 = be fast
10x2 Brushed BRM = quite fast

Motor depends on experience of driver.

Lee

[Body Paint]

I hope to be coming down with the Griff, don't know what class yet, depends what goodies JC brings to Newbury Sunday.

What tyres do I need LEE?

[Lee Martin]

for a safe option BB pink spikes work well and also M3 steps and ribs.

lets face it, i dnt think it will be dry! lol

you want booking in?

JC racing?

[Body Paint]

Step pins I can do, Ta!

JC = Jonathan Clark aka Atomic Carbon,

I don't know if I'm doing 2wd or 4wd yet.

I'll let you know Sunday if your at Newbury, that OK

[Lee Martin]

yeh man coooooooool. i kno JC....

lol.....

[c0sie]

Lee, bearing in mind its your back garden, are spectators (i.e me) welcome to watch??

[Nick Goodall]

Lee, bearing in mind its your back garden, are spectators (i.e me) welcome to watch??

Come and race :-) I'd love to see a micro going round, Lee's went round fine ages ago but the track's quite different now with the big wall etc haha

[JCJC]

Lee, bearing in mind its your back garden, are spectators (i.e me) welcome to watch??

Yes you would be welcome I am sure, but as Nick said why not race ?

[RogerM]

Chris .... you can borrow my 2wd if you like!!!

[Body Paint]

Cris- bring the blaze, I'll bring Fergal

[Chris Green]

2WD

Rears
Bow Tie rears = work well and fun to drive
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin = Not in wet
BB Green Mini Spikes = work ok, slightly slippy!
Hole Shot Rears = only in dry, so not this tiem of year

Fronts
Step Pin = yeh
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin = not in wet
BB Green Mini Spikes = yeh
Schumy Yellow Mini Spike = not in wet

4WD

Holeshot's all round = not in wet
Schumy Yellow Mini Pin's all round = not in wet

And, the motor's I have are...

10.5 Brushless - Nosram, currently in the B4 = slow and smooth.
5.5 Brushless - Novak, planned to go in the B44 = be fast
10x2 Brushed BRM = quite fast

Motor depends on experience of driver.

Lee

Thanks very much for that Lee. Looks like I'll be racing the B4 then I guess. Probably Brushed i guess, as the 10.5 is a bit underpowered, even indoors, so I'd expect it to be pointless using that.

I'll let you know asap if i can book in.

[c0sie]

Rog - If you were talking to me: Every car I borrow I break *crys*
Captain Harris - w00t! Thats a plan! Just hope it dont rain cos im a micro dirt hater at heart :D

[c0sie]

G-unit, wanna borrow my 4.5? lol

[RogerM]

Chris,

The RB5 is a tuff beast ...... and I have enough spares that if you break it every round it'll be on the line for the final!!!

[Chris Green]

G-unit, wanna borrow my 4.5? lol

:o Haha, umm. Nope. Thanks tho.

Won't your B44 be finished in time for the 27th Cris?

[Lee Martin]

anyone can enter, just drop me an email guys!

micros welcome.

Leeroy

[c0sie]

Still waiting on afew bits LOL

[RogerM]

Chris .....

I have an RB5 and a B4 I blew the dust off that you could use ... stop making excuses!

[AdrianJones]

Pidge,

Have we got a list of drivers yet?

[Nick Goodall]

Anyone else coming then??

The Weather's looking good at the moment too!!!

http://www.metcheck.com/V40/UK/FREE/dayforecast.asp?zipcode=RG14%20&day=6

[rob8246]

Anyone else coming then??

The Weather's looking good at the moment too!!!



Sorry guys but as the weather is looking so good I have decided to do a touch of gardening instead :rolleyes:

[Wraggy]

Sorry guys but as the weather is looking so good I have decided to do a touch of gardening instead :rolleyes:
lol Quality Rob .... :).
G Spot !!! piss poor mate ...thats all i will say ... lol

[Lee Martin]

Charlie Dimmock!!!!

[GRIFF55]

Nice Baps:p:p

[Lee Martin]

nipple on!

[Nick Goodall]

Sorry guys but as the weather is looking so good I have decided to do a touch of gardening instead :rolleyes:

Listen Flanders, we had this conversation already :D I can only apologise for such a poor excuse - What more can i say!

[Lee Martin]

say NOOOOO! im not gardening may help! hahaha

[Wraggy]

you managed to get the Thumb print off yet Nick !!!!:D

[GRIFF55]

And the forehead!!!:p

[Nick Goodall]

you managed to get the Thumb print off yet Nick !!!!:D

Hahaha that old chesnut hey? If only it was that simple.......... if it was just her indoors telling me it would have been different but the fact that the in-laws booked the day off work to come down made it seem a bit off if i say "yeah thanks but i'm off to race Toy Cars for the day" :D

I think we must all realise that people outside of this hobby will never fully understand us giving up weekends to "play with toy cars" as they put it :rolleyes: Never mind, i will be there next time!!

[dan_kitty]

bbc weather says sunny at the mo. hope it holds:)

[GRIFF55]

Have you sorted a motor Dan?

[Nick Goodall]

Have you sorted a motor Dan?

I've got loads of modifieds if that's what you're after? All V2's or Checkpoints ready to go (11's and 12's) so you're welcome to use one if you need it

[dan_kitty]

cheers nick but any is talking bout full size car. Yeah got me some new wheels so will be a good test drive down on sunday:D

would have had it for last saterday but the guy at the shop didnt have the updated mot papers for me otherwise i could have drove it away there and then.

looking forward to it

[AdrianJones]

Got all my spares ready, new tyres, batterys and hotel booked......................................


CANNOT WAIT, GONNA BE A GREAT WEEKEND!!!!:yawn::yawn::yawn:

[Lee Martin]

CML track design to be completely new and include a CROSSOVER!

be ready people. be ready!

[JCJC]

Is it still 10.30 start, will there be reedy starts. jordan should be there with the ZX5. Looks like good weather.

[AdrianJones]

Its 7am Sunday morning and just woken up at the hotel!!!:yawn:

Track work done yesterday by the lads looks great, Wrexhams timing equipment hooked up and working great so we should be set for a good day today!!!:thumbsup:

I am just waking up with a cup of coffee before I go get my full english breakfast then to the track to annihilate my B4 :D

See you all their guys......

[GRIFF55]

Thanks all for a cracking day! Well run again. Lovely weather was a bonus:thumbsup: Gota get some pics of that forign guys xx4 shell, v nice. Oh and pics of Nick doing some kind of war dance in my race whilst marshalling:lol::woot:

[RogerM]

Was a very "interesting" day ... shame I couldn't run a final but I striped the thread in the hardest to reach piece on the car ... only myself to blame.

The track layout certainly requires concentration and I am sure a little practice goes a long way as watching the fastest local guys they seem to be running a different line from what you'd think through some sections.

I'll definately be back ..... I have to practice that double-double on the back section (and practice ... and practice .......)

I really enjoyed the day, learnt alot about the RB5 and it was warm and dry .... what more could you ask for (food was good too, especially after having not eaten for 17 hours!)

[unluckypixie]

Hi all, it was a good day, I really enjoyed it. I saw several people taking pics are they on the web anywhere yet?

[jim76]

the double double is magic. does take a little getting used to, but is so rewarding once you've figured it.

[RogerM]

It is, trying to remain restrained is the key .... so easy to over do it!

I'll be back to practice as much as I can!!!

Great track ... next time I'll take the correct tires too!!

[Nick Goodall]

Thanks to all that came down and helped, i know some guys made a very long trip down/over/across so it was much appreciated by all.

Racing was good yesterday with some awesome weather at last, especially as it's still Jan!

Highlight for me was beating Pidge at Pro Evo (again)...... you love that don't you mate :thumbsup:

Thanks as always to Lee's Mum with the awesome food as usual and Pete for not getting to annoyed when i cheered Utd's goal against Tottenham :D

[GRIFF55]

Hey Nick, you got any of the pics you were taking or was that andys' camera?

[Nick Goodall]

Hi mate

It was Andy's camera actually so yeah hopefully he'll have some online soon! I know Mick and Jordan (JCJC) were also taking some pics so hopefully they'll be up soon too :cool:

[jim76]

thought you were gardening Nick?!!!!

[Nick Goodall]

thought you were gardening Nick?!!!!

A'hem, not this weekend although technically on Saturday digging away at Lee's track was just like my previous weekend only not raining........

Where were you anyway sir? Hey?? Any excuses? :D

[Southwell]

How did the cross over work? Gutted i couldnt make it.

[Lee Martin]

we changed the lay out and didnt run one in the end................

new track was quite funky though!! so that was all good!

[dan_kitty]

cheers for yet another fun day racing, and cheers to andy for the emegency pit work.

will there be a summer series?

[Guy]

Just wanted to say thank you to all for a great days racing on Saturday.

I had a great time and look forward to the next one.

Props to the track, the people and the food.

Shame about the broken chassis, but just an excuse to buy more!

Big up.

Guy.

[GRIFF55]

No Worries Dan, it would have only been an emergency if we couldn't find gears!!

[Guy]

Errr - I mean Sunday!

Too much fun has gone to my head!

Aaaaaaaaaaargh.

[AdrianJones]

Cheers guys for a great weekend! Really enjoyed myself.

Cheers to Lee's mum for the grub and to Lee for a great location of the BEST curry I have every had!!!:drool:

Money might prevent me coming to the next meet next month, as it costs quite a bit in hotels and fuel. But hopefully in the summer we shall be down.


Cheers for a great time see you next time!!

[jim76]

A'hem, not this weekend although technically on Saturday digging away at Lee's track was just like my previous weekend only not raining........

Where were you anyway sir? Hey?? Any excuses? :D


My excuse is i'm under the thumb too!! I'm actually off to Eden park this Sunday and the Mrs gets a bit humpy if i nick the car two Sundays in a row!! Plus i'm planning to do nationals for the first time this year so wanted to try out Eden park, see if it had changed since i last raced there in the early 90's.
I also have the offer of an X6 to try for the day while i'm there and it's a car i've always wanted to try.

hopefully the next meeting, see all the new features

[JCJC]

What a nice day, John spot on again in race control, burgers & bacon butties perfect and the weather was great, must thank Pidge for adjusting Jordans controler (just what did you do? - next time TEACH HIM).

Not to many pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/MickJackson2007/CMLRaceway27Jan08?authkey=tLTsnRAYiMo

(fool had the camera on the wrong setting :()

[Lee Martin]

just adjusted a few things on the speedo....................

re set it...then we were off...........easy!

[unluckypixie]

Not to many pictures: http://picasaweb.google.com/MickJackson2007/CMLRaceway27Jan08?authkey=tLTsnRAYiMo

(fool had the camera on the wrong setting :()

Pity about the wrong camera settings, he still got some nice pictures there. A rather blurry picture of my car in action at the end there!! ... He was probably photographing me because I was going so slow and easy to photograph! :thumbsup:

Dave

[JCJC]

Jordan had the right camera settings, I was the fool, managed to take a load at 50th/sec !

So the last blurry one was one of mine, but something about it............

[ginger fixit]

her you go guys finally got round to it there is loads so have a look

thanks Andy :thumbsup:

http://s49.photobucket.com/albums/f275/gingerfixit/cml%20raceway/

[RogerM]

Now who is the better photographer from Andy and JC????

Well Andy did get a picture of my car on it's wheels, pointed in the right direction and moving ..... that was a hard shot on Sunday ..... LOL :D

I have to give it to JC though for the about to crash / mid crash / stopped crashing sequence ... ;) ...... had enough options to choose from for that though .. LOL


Andy ... just put my RB5 next to the B4 to check the ride height and it makes it so easy to see the difference. You were right, the back end was a bit high on the RB5, that chassis makes it so difficult to judge on the bench. Thanks for the heads up!
It's what Sunday was all about, learning ...... ok and having a great track to run on!!!

[ginger fixit]

no worries roger im afriad thats about as far as my knollage of set up gos though im afriad LOL:woot:

[RogerM]

No worries ... any info is good info. Car looks perfect on the bench on it's own but when compared to the B4 the diff is about 3mm lower centre - centre so it actually needs to be shafts under level to get the centre of mass at a similar height!

Thanks for the help, always appreciated.

[MK999]

Mine is lacking a little ride height on the front atm :o