HMCC Team Race - June 23rd & 24th, HMCC Team Race - June 23rd & 24th Options

[ken]

Hi,

Just a post to let you all know that Hamilton Model Car Club will be holding its annual team race on June 23rd & 24th.
This year we will be running SCX GT cars (Aston Martins, Corvettes, Seat GT etc) which will be provided by the club for each team to race (one car per team).

Teams will be formed once everyone has arrived but each team will have at least one HMCC driver (for insider track knowledge purposes ).
The format will be for each team to run for one hour on each lane on Saturday and on Sunday although this may change depending on the number of teams (no racing till midnight!!!!).

We aim to begin practice around 10am on Saturday (or when most drivers have arrived) then start racing between 11am-12am (more specific details will follow once we have an idea of number of racers/teams) .
On Saturday night the club will also provide a buffet / BBQ. We also aim to finish on Sunday afternoon around 4pm - to allow visiting drivers to get home at a reasonable hour!!

This should be a good team event round one of the best slotcar tracks in Britain (see reviews and comments of visiting drivers at the Slot.It Challenge 2007 Round 3 HMCC event).

If interested in the event please contact myself or Jim McKie for more info - accomodation etc.

Cheers,
Kenny B

[ken]

Hi,
Some further details for the HMCC Annual Team Race.

Race Format

4 TEAMS (4,5 or 6 per team depending on entry)

6 HOURS ON SAT AND SUN

90 MINUTES EACH LANE WITH ONE LANE IN DARKNESS

COMPULSORY PIT STOP ON EACH LANE FOR MAINTENANCE

PARK FERME RULES OVER NIGHT - NO PREPERATION TIME BETWEEN LANE CHANGEOVERS

Provisional Schedule

SAT
10.00AM to 12.30PM FREE PRACTICE FOR TEAMS
1.00PM to 7.00PM FIRST SIX HOURS
7.00PM to 10.00PM PARTY NIGHT + OPEN TRACK (NO SCX CARS)

SUN
10.00AM to 11.00AM BREAKFAST
11.00AM to 5.00PM LAST SIX HOURS


Cars

ALL CARS WILL BE SCX GT.
EACH TEAM WILL BE ALLOCATED EITHER A:

- CORVETTE C6R
- ASTON MARTIN DBR 9
- FERRARI 360 MARANELLO
- SEAT CUPRA GT

TEAM CARS ALLOCATED AT RANDOM

ALL CARS TO HAVE A 9/26 GEAR RATIO ONLY

EACH TEAM WILL ALSO RECEIVE A PRO TURBO MOTOR AND 3 SETS OF P4 TYRES IN A BAG ALSO ALLOCATED AT RANDOM.

Please contact myself or Jim McKie to register for the event. Hope to see you there.

Cheers,
Kenny B

PS: Can Fisherprice Racing be stopped from completing 3 in a row?? The seniors say yes!!!!

[RMckie86]

Hi All

We fisherpricer's have youth and cheekiness on our side. But don't worry, we will go alot slower this time so the margin of victory isn't so embarrassing.

(We're all Singing)
Seniors Winning, You're Havin a Laugh
Seniors Winning, You're Havin a Laugh



Ross

[ken]

But don't worry, we will go alot slower this time so the margin of victory isn't so embarrassing.

Ross,
Thats very kind of you - we may just hold you to that!!!!!

I remember a certain football pundit saying you don`t win anything with kids - wonder how that turned out...........oh yeah they won the treble including the European Cup, doh - bad example

C`mon seniors - we need to get some respect back!!!

Cheers,
Kenny B

[I fear no man. I...]

Hi

defo think me and my crew will win cos we got youth and old (lol) on are side. Power 2 the people of my team!

ian c

[ken]

Hi,

Just over a week away from the team race - currently looks as though there will be 4 teams battling it out for the win with between 16 to 20 participants.

Cheers,
Ken

PS: Ian I also think your crew may do well - got any possible team names??

[ken]

Well those pesky kids have done it again!!!!

Congratulations to Fisherprice Racing for completing the treble of HMCC team race victories

The results were:
1. Fisherprice Racing
2. Good Bad Ugly
3. Billbo Racing
4. Fast or Last (unfortunately last!!!)

All teams completed between 3000 and 3200 laps in 8 hours (real distance of 55miles per team) with no major breakdowns using standard SCX RX42 motors.

The major competition was between Billbo Racing and Fast or Last (only 5 laps seperated these teams after 8 hours of racing!!! with Good Bad Ugly a further 15 laps or so ahead).

A good time was had by all racers (although there may be some sore trigger fingers today after completing around 800 laps in 2 hours).

Cheers,
Kenny B