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Summer 2017 general track use ban

Hi members,

There is growing concern amongst members and the hard working track maintenance crew that the track is getting destroyed by people using the track between race meetings. While we have always tried to keep the track open for members to use between race meetings it has got to the stage where the track requires significant rebuild before each meeting. This is not only costing the club heaps in equipment hire but more importantly it takes lots of time and effort by the small track maintenance crew.

The reality is that when you run on the track when it is bone dry the surface will break up very quickly and dig out.

To this end the committee has decided that during the next few dry months of summer we will close the track to general use by members and non-members between race meetings. What we will do instead is to have scheduled practice sessions mid week and on non race weekends where we will water the track to ensure that it does not break up and dig out. This way people get to practice on a mint track and we don’t have to rebuild the track every 2 weeks. We will have to charge a fee of $5 per driver to cover the cost of water and power. Each session will be about 2-4 hours and we will notify all members by txt and facebook.

Once the dry spell is over members will be allowed to use the track again.

Also – a reminder that there is to be no nitro cars on the track between 1/8th race meetings not even at practice sessions as this is what we have agreed with the landlords A&P.

National Champs Sponsors

Counties RC Car Club would like to thankthe following sponsors for supporting the NZRCA New Zealand EP Offroad Champs 2015.

They have provided heaps of RC product which we are going to raffle off during the meeting so bring some cash and be in to win!

ProSportRCLogoa Website

OutlawRCLogoaWebsite

HOTRCLogo1Website

RedsRCLogoWebsite

kyosho_logoKyosho NZ                                                                                                                                                (Toymod) Website

wecutshapes  Website

Round 2 Points Day 08 March 2015

Race Day Report

Click here for all the results.

Awesome days racing.  We christened the new table top – great work to Chris Black and the team for building this!

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The day started with a first – Ben (sporting AKA’s) herding a mob of cattle around the car park.

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Even with a bunch of guys down in Taranaki at the Offroad Nitro North Island we had a pretty good turnout.  There were a lot of close battles with drivers trying to make hay while some of the top guys were away.

Some notable results include Tyler how TQ’ed and won Open class but he was kept real honest by Lalita who was only a couple of seconds behind.

Once again the huge 1/8th Truggies surprised by nearly taking out the fastest race time but in the last race of the day Andrew with a 1/8th buggy just pipped the truggies at the post.

It was a bit windy forcing some to modify their gazebo’s accordingly

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How are Club Points Calculated in 2015

The race day is run according:

  • 2 rounds of qualifying
  • 1 round of finals
  • best race time from qualifiers is used to determine finals grid and heat
  • starting grids for 1st round of qualifying is chosen randomly by the computer
  • starting grid for second round is reverse grid from results of the first round of qualifying

Points are determined based on:

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Timetable for North Island Champs

WEDNESDAY 15TH OCTOBER:
8.00am – 5.00pm  Track open for free practice
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THURSDAY 16th OCTOBER:
7:00am – 8.00am:   Gates open
8.00am – 9.30am:   Controlled Practice Round 1
9.30am – 11.00am: Controlled Practice Round 2
11.00am – 12.00pm: Lunch
12.00pm – 1.30pm: Controlled Practice Round 3
1.30pm – 3.00pm:   Controlled Practice Round 4
3.00pm – 4.30pm:   Controlled Practice Round 5
4.30pm – 6.00pm:   Controlled Practice Round 6

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FRIDAY 17TH OCTOBER:
7:00am – 8.30am:   Gates open
8:30am – 9.00am:   Drivers Briefing photos and Concourse
9.00am – 12.00pm: Qualifying Round 1
12.00pm – 1.00pm: Lunch
1.00pm – 4.00pm:   Qualifying Round 2
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SATURDAY 18th OCTOBER:
7:00am – 8.30am:   Gates open
8:30am – 9.00am:   Drivers briefing
9.00am – 12.00pm: Qualifying Round 3
12.00pm – 1.00pm: Lunch
1.00pm – 3.30pm:   Finals Round 1
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SUNDAY 19th OCTOBER:
7:00am – 8.00am:   Gates open
8:00am – 8.30am:   Drivers briefing
8.30am – 11.00am: Finals Round 2
11.00am – 11.30am: Lunch
11.30am – 2.00pm: Finals Round 3
2.30pm:                    Prize giving