A thank you to all those for SLCC @ SHMCC

[Reuben]

Well what a awesome day. dunno about you guys but i REALLY REALLY enjoyed it today. The meeting ran REALLY smoothly and not many incidents.

I would just like to say to the 3 guys that managed to run today, and all those involved in setting everything up....

THANKS for a GREAT days racing.

now lets all just kick back and put our 17.5's in for next week

[mattsedgley]

I second that one!

Had a lovely weekend!

Thanks to all of you people who turned up early and helped out!

Geoff for the doin' wires.

Keith and the crew for possibly the longest bbq on record.. think we had it on for a whole 12 hours!

Darren for running a well stocked shop

Onetens fantastic food wagon

Mrs H for running scrutineering

Rob/Mark/Simon for doing the Race control jobby!

Ed Clark for letting me break his M03R

The list just goes on! I guess it just shows what a brilliant bunch of people are in the SLCC Cup and how much fun we have a SHMCC!!!!

Go team!

Matt

(Looking forward to trying the 17.5)

[yellowshark]

What a stonker, what a result

Highlights

Seeing Ian enjoying himself
Graham's 21 laps
A lot of stonking performances from the home drivers
Matt ripping his car apart on the home straight (not good for him obviously but great spectator entertainement ;D
Seeing Ian taking his 13.5 missile down the home straight and forgetting to turn right at the end.
Dan & Craig showing that you can still do well with cheap 30 quid motors

Lowlights
Profanities and threating langague on the rostrum by A final stock drivers, especially with kids present.
Poor driving and total lack of track etiquette by many B and A finalists - thought they were meant to be the creme

[keitheroonie]

Aug 17, 2008 19:19:07 GMT yellowshark said:

Poor driving and total lack of track etiquette by many B and A finalists - thought they were meant to be the creme

My wife said the same thing

I must admit, I was a little vocal on the rostrum myself when two marshals failed to spot my car go into the fence, which cost me a whole lap and messed my head up for the rest of the race
I did apologise to the other racers on the rostrum for my sarcastic outburst though just heat of the moment!!! Sorry marshals as well (whoever you were)

Great performance from Ian and Adam coming 1st and 2nd.

[Simon Crabb]

I had a great day too, thanks to everyone, and to the weather for giving us a clear day.

I'm still trying to work out if I hadn't had accidentally let Adam through accidentally in leg 2 would it have affected the outcome! I'm not too concerned, I should have let him tell me that he was lapping rather than assuming it!

[mattsedgley]

I forgot to thank Mrs Davies for her part in the day! Many thanks for keeping Keith in line, and also selling raffle tickets!!!

Many thanks Mrs D

Matt

[TryHard]

Yup had a good day myself, couldn't quite believe I was still third in Pro-stock after the second round!!
Still, made the A, which was the key... even manged a 20 lapper with 3 18s and 1 16s lap, I think I'm learning the circuit now

First race was less than impressed by being put on my roof in the first corner, and being left behind... I got my own back though (won't mention how on here, but sufice to say I was impressed with my own slyness, and those who pitted close to me know )

Second final... apologies to Dan, tagged him in the first turn, so waited to let him back by... unfortuantly he got tagged a few times on the way... then hit him again later on trying to pass onto the straight, simply got caught out with the closing speed between the brushed a brushless, was expecting him to accelerate much quicker. Again waited, but we both got tagged heavily. Made sure the first thing I did off the rostrum was to apologise though.. my mistake.

Oh and look out this weekend, have a few friends down from sheff.. and they want to run mod (actually, more correctly, one refuses to run anything but mod!), so that'll be three nutters out there then... Les, you man enough ?

[lesbaldry]

Might be tempted old boy ..but fitted to a better chassis not a wobely pice of junk...even so its dam hard work but every one needs now and again to go nuts ;D

5 cell or other??..real men run mods with Lipos ;D

Ps your mates dont happen to run "blue things" do they?..if so they are banned

[TryHard]

5cell... and both Corally Phi's...Don't know what you were worried about, my car felt easy to drive even with the 3.5

[lesbaldry]

Aug 18, 2008 15:18:04 GMT TryHard said:

5cell... and both Corally Phi's...Don't know what you were worried about, my car felt easy to drive even with the 3.5

Yeh yeh..I can smell that one fom here :Ptoo you too

The prob is I have only 3 five cell packs and ones dodgy with duration..I nearly blew a pack pushing Amp's into it on sunday trying to make charge time!..that why I missed a heat.

for me to run mod on sunday it would probably be somthing sensible like a 7.5 and Lipos,,,that should be a 3.5/5 cell equal??

[Darren]

Big thanks from all the lads at DMCRC, cracking day again... i'm looking forward to the next event... (getting addicted to racing outside) ;D

[number1dan]

then hit him again later on trying to pass onto the straight, simply got caught out with the closing speed between the brushed a brushless, was expecting him to accelerate much quicker

Dont worry about that because there was a pre race mistake with putting in too many com drops (silly brushed motors) which greatly restricted the speed for a few laps, so really it was my fault for not warning u... but hey thats racing ;D i still got 4th overall even with sum dodgey overtaking by Mr Townsend who took away my 2nd place position oh and ive now cracked the top 10 in the slcc, Mark your 9th

[Simon Crabb]

Aug 18, 2008 12:15:19 GMT Simon Crabb said:

I'm still trying to work out if I hadn't had accidentally let Adam through accidentally in leg 2 would it have affected the outcome! I'm not too concerned, I should have let him tell me that he was lapping rather than assuming it!

Argh! I've just spotted the points from the final, if I hadn't let Adam by, I'd have ended up with the 3rd place spot overall with Adam still in second. D'oh!

[lesbaldry]

Aug 18, 2008 16:29:34 GMT number1dan said:

then hit him again later on trying to pass onto the straight, simply got caught out with the closing speed between the brushed a brushless, was expecting him to accelerate much quicker

Dont worry about that because there was a pre race mistake with putting in too many com drops (silly brushed motors) which greatly restricted the speed for a few laps, so really it was my fault for not warning u... but hey thats racing ;D i still got 4th overall even with sum dodgey overtaking by Mr Townsend who took away my 2nd place position oh and ive now cracked the top 10 in the slcc, Mark your 9th

Get that BL in Dan boy!!..you may have done better with that extra grunt ;...you may need it for the Cotswolds

[number1dan]

thats the plan for sunday!! wot gear ratios do u recommend for a nosram 10.5, i noticed on the spec sheet that a guy was runnin a nosrasm 10.5 at 4.69, is that the rite area

[yellowshark]

Aug 18, 2008 14:24:11 GMT TryHard said:

Second final... apologies to Dan, tagged him in the first turn, so waited to let him back by...
quote]
Walking back to the pits after the 2nd A final I mentioned to Craig that he ought to apologise to Barry for advertently taking him out. Some pr*t from Yateley who was walking beside us commented that he woudln't do that. So I pointed out that at our club not only would we apologise we would also wait for the marshall to put the car back. Pity they don't follow what their race director preaches to visiting drivers.

[TryHard]

Aug 18, 2008 15:28:28 GMT @lesbaldry said:

Aug 18, 2008 15:18:04 GMT TryHard said:

5cell... and both Corally Phi's...Don't know what you were worried about, my car felt easy to drive even with the 3.5

Yeh yeh..I can smell that one fom here :Ptoo you too

The prob is I have only 3 five cell packs and ones dodgy with duration..I nearly blew a pack pushing Amp's into it on sunday trying to make charge time!..that why I missed a heat.

for me to run mod on sunday it would probably be somthing sensible like a 7.5 and Lipos,,,that should be a 3.5/5 cell equal??

about that I guess. STCC has 6.5/LiPo... but I reckon a 5.5 might be closer.. who knows (end thread hijack..)

[TryHard]

Aug 18, 2008 20:13:01 GMT yellowshark said:

Aug 18, 2008 14:24:11 GMT TryHard said:

Second final... apologies to Dan, tagged him in the first turn, so waited to let him back by...
quote]
Walking back to the pits after the 2nd A final I mentioned to Craig that he ought to apologise to Barry for advertently taking him out. Some pr*t from Yateley who was walking beside us commented that he woudln't do that. So I pointed out that at our club not only would we apologise we would also wait for the marshall to put the car back. Pity they don't follow what their race director preaches to visiting drivers.

Well, it's just simple racing etiqute, isn't it. You hit someone and take them off the track, you wait till there back on and in front of you before going... unless it was absolutely not your fault (a sideways les-speed into the top hairpin springs to mind... but I did ask if it was ok to carry on afterwards, otherwise I would have stopped to let him back by).

And Dan.. I would say 4.8 to 5.0 for the Nosram round the track. And you'll defo need the grunt for cotswolds... it's big! (nice and wide too )

[lesbaldry]

Aug 18, 2008 18:49:26 GMT number1dan said:

thats the plan for sunday!! wot gear ratios do u recommend for a nosram 10.5, i noticed on the spec sheet that a guy was runnin a nosrasm 10.5 at 4.69, is that the rite area

Depends on his punch setting Dan,I dont know much about the Nosram 10.5 but what Ed recomends is sound advise and seems safe to start with!

It depends on driving styles Dan!..one lad in my heat was cooking his Novak "thermaling out" at 4.9 yet I had a happy motor at 4.77, I expect he had max punch with a heavy thumb action ..keep your punch very low untill you get used to the extra torque,10.5s have the low speed punch close to a 12/14x1 brushed.

Dont read to much into spec sheets either..If you found an slight edge with set up/ratio combo at an important meeting would you tell a non team member??I would'nt !!but I'd tell a mate

[number1dan]

I would say 4.8 to 5.0

ok kl, i expect we'll start with 5.1 just to be safe because i really dont want to over heat the motor

[lesbaldry]

Aug 19, 2008 8:26:43 GMT number1dan said:

I would say 4.8 to 5.0

ok kl, i expect we'll start with 5.1 just to be safe because i really dont want to over heat the motor

You wont with that FDR chap....have a chat with Ed I expect he's more clued up on that motor? or Mark, he may have run one on sunday?...my temp gun is allways with me anyway ..I would start around 4.9 and play race with someone to check your punch and top end speed!you are smooth so I'd expect you will end up with quite a low ratio with a low punch setting

[Mark Townsend]

Fixed my LRP after the initial problems and assuming it's the Nosram equivalent you're using Dan (i.e sintered and version 2) I was running it at 5.1 on Wednesday night and it was OK. Go up a tooth or two when you're comfortable with the punch. By the way mine is down to minimum on the ESC and -25% on the transmitter.

I would also recommend a fan to keep it cooler at lower gear ratios. The LRP super cooler takes about 20` from the motor and makes it rapid while keeping it cool to the touch.

[number1dan]

i'll bear that in mind thx guys

[gbu1]

Thanks for a great day last sunday. Btw where did you order the weather from :-) I was looking for sun all week but it was out of stock

[lesbaldry]

Aug 20, 2008 13:44:38 GMT @gbu1 said:

Thanks for a great day last sunday. Btw where did you order the weather from :-) I was looking for sun all week but it was out of stock

THANKS fot the thanks...see you next year or for a off season club meet??

[www.YDMRCC.com]

The Yeovil Club would like to say a big thank you to SHMCC for their round of the SLCC. As per normal, a very well run and organised event. All our racers had a good weekend, we did not get the results we would have liked but there is always next time ;D.

a big thank you to Les Baldry for his assitance with the 008, that man is a star.

See you all at the West London round.


Trev [Chairman].

[lesbaldry]

Thank you Trev..and for your sence of humor "you know what I mean" ;D

[www.YDMRCC.com]

I do know what you mean oink, oink ;D ;D