6hrs of The RockBull Ring July 31st - August 1st 2021 @ Rockingham SCC

Hey Tamar, wow you're quick off the mark Be great to see you in July all things being well.

GT body minimum weight noted.

If anybody has a preference regarding their team ID number please say so and we'll do our best to accommodate.

We'll leave it a bit longer to ask what cars teams will be running.

Yes Tamar you can have 1st pick on the rostrum for qualifying, followed closely by Garage 27

Entries so far...

1. Mission 8/Low Lands Racing...

2. Garage 27................................ID 17

Cheers.

Nik.

Everyone, the age old question of what is or isn't a WEC car has arisen.

To encourage some diversity, as we have done at other Rockingham DiSCA GT races, we are allowing any GT car whether it's a GTE/GTLM or a GT3 car but it MUST BE BUILT TO DiSCA WEC SPECS.

Entries so far...

1. Mission 8/Low Lands Racing...ID 14 and/or 15

2. Garage 27................................ID 17

3. Exiles

Cheers.

Nik.

Thanks Tamar very useful

Entries so far...

1. Mission 8/Low Lands Racing...ID 14 and/or 15

2. Garage 27................................ID 17

3. Exiles

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12

Cheers.

Nik.

tamar.nelwan said:

will this edition of the RockBull 6hrs...finally have a "dark session"?

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As all cars should have the required illumination systems and therefore be prepared for any ambient light conditions, I am keeping this information strictly on a need to know basis.

At this point no-one else needs to know

Tamar are you trying to get 2 teams sorted out, are Mission 8 and Low Lands 2 seperate teams hence the 2 ID numbers? It's not a problem I just need to know

Lots of positivity for this event so far thanks everyone, please keep the entries coming.

Cheers.

Nik.

Thanks Nick, I'll put Stanborough in as ID 10

Entries so far...

1. Mission 8/Low Lands Racing...ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Deposit Paid

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

Cheers.

Nik.

Thank you John, Thank you Gary, Grid half full in just 24hrs

Entries so far...

1. Mission 8/Low Lands Racing...ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Deposit Paid

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

Cheers.

Nik.

tamar.nelwan said:

And this being announced as a 1 day event...no time to test and finish the car the evening before the race

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Tamar, It's a 2 day event hence the dates of 17th and 18th of July, the probable plan will be free practice on the Saturday and then qualifying and race on the Sunday.

Room now for up to 6 more teams, anyone from Gas Monkeys, Worthing, Great Barr or QuornStars interested?

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Deposit Paid

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID ?

Cheers.

Nik.

The International travel situation is a bit of a minefield currently but I'm sure everyone here in the UK has their fingers crossed that you can make it

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Deposit Paid

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8.....................Deposit Paid

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID ?.....................Paid in Full

Cheers.

Nik.

9 weeks to go until the RockBull Ring 6h, we can accommodate 6 more Teams.

Here is the provisional timetable for the event, things will be finalized nearer the time but this will give an idea of how it will run...

Saturday July 17th.
10.30 Doors open
10.45 Firmware updates
11.00 Track opens for free practice
18:00 Club closes

Sunday July 18th.
08:00 Doors Open
08:15 Driver Briefing
08:30 Firmware updates
09:00 Qualifying/Technical Inspection
10:30 Team Rostrum Selection
10:45 Grid Formation
11.00 6 Hours of Rockbull Ring
17.00 Award Ceremony
17:30 Track Breakdown

*NOTE* During Free Practice on Saturday we ask that Teams only use the same tyre compounds that are to be used in the race.
Most of you guys probably have some left over from previous events?
Rockingham has enough N18 and F22 tyres for handout ONLY.
With the advent of Slot.It replacing the N18 with the new G25 compound, we will see what the guys at DiSCA decide for future events.
PLEASE DON'T USE THIS EVENT TO "TEST" G25 TYRES.

Any questions please ask

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Deposit Paid

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8.....................Deposit Paid

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID ?.....................Paid in Full

Cheers.

Nik.

LMP said:

Hi Nik

I can bring some extra tyres for practice sessions just in case

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Hi Gary, yep bring them along please there may be some teams with no N18's or F22's

tamar.nelwan said:

Team LLR Covid update:
Got my first vaccin last Saturday, 2nd shot due June 18th so that side will be covered.
Making steady progress on the AMR Vantage(s) GT3 (in WEC spec) hopefully first roll-out on May 30th with SRC Eindhoven expected to be able to re-open its doors...
...so those should be ready come Sunday morning July 18th.

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The only thing standing between me and a trip to Rockingham is the red, amber and green list of countries by GOV.UK

On the updated list of this morning 4am Belgium and Holland are still "amber".
Hopefully by June 17th (next expected GOV.UK update) Dutch and Belgium drivers will get the call:

Green, Green, Green!

With kind regards
Tamar

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Tamar you need to have Matt Tucker diagnose you as Amber/Green colour blind

Fingers crossed things will improve with now only just less than 9 weeks to go.

Cheers.

Nik.

Thankyou Alan I have put Gas Monkeys down as ID 6.

Rockingham are now down as ID 5.

9 entries now on the board with another 5 places still available.

If anyone wants to shows us your cars for this event please feel free, we have Low Lands Racing's Aston, Garage 27 will most likely give the Wynn's Ford GT it's 1st outing since been built originally for 2020's ill fated Le Mans race, it seems so long ago doesn't it?

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Deposit Paid

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8.....................Deposit Paid

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................Paid in Full

9. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................Deposit Paid

Cheers.

Nik.

Hi everybody I have an update regarding Firmware.

After a discussion between the Rockingham Organisers we request that teams should perform their own firmware updates BEFORE the event please.

As we have all been away from racing for so long, to put it honestly, we feel that we as a club aren't willing to be held responsible for any possible firmware issues which may possibly arise with individual cars or controllers as we'll have enough to deal with to try and ensure the track system is working correctly.

I have no doubt that we'll be able to offer advice on updating your firmware should you have difficulty but please note that we will not do it for you.

I personally updated my cars using the Slot.it App, I am not a computer wizz by any stretch but after a little coaching I found it to be a doddle to do.

So, here are the up to date firmware versions as we understand it...please correct me if I have got this wrong

A and B Chips......V2.13 (Now unsupported)

B1 Chips..............V3.01 (Now unsupported)

B2 and C Chips...V3.15a (Current)

SCP2 Controller...V3.04 (Most recent)

A note on SCP3 Controllers.

If any teams wish to use an SCP3 we have no real issue with that as long as there are no problems with cars going out of control for any reason.

If any cars on track cause accidents or any other issues arise through use of an SCP3 then ALL TEAMS will be requested to use an SCP2 as normal so please make sure you bring 1.

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Paid in Full

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8.....................Paid in Full

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................Paid in Full

9. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................Deposit Paid

Cheers.

Nik.

Alan, It's such a time consuming exercise, the task invariably falls on Matt Tucker who can be sat for a couple of hours or more trying to sort out updates for teams with varying degrees of success. I'm sure you've witnessed for yourself and indeed stood in the queue to get firmware updated when you've really just wanted to turn up and race? Our aim is to achieve the latter with as little delay as possible and therefore more on-track time for everybody.

At previous events the word "shambles" was often heard to be muttered. We aim to prevent this from happening in future by making teams responsible for they're own updates.

The only update the club will be responsible for is the Chrono system to run Race Control.

We can't promise a delay free event but we are trying to take steps to get it as good as it can be.

I hope this all makes sense.

Cheers.

Nik.

Hello all, Exiles have asked for ID 18 for Saturday only, I see no problem with this as we have plenty of places available, I assume this is to test either another car or indeed an SCP3?
Still some previous attendees missing from the entry list, with 6 1/2 weeks to go there's still time to enter if you wish too.

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................Paid in Full

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8 and/or 18.....................Paid in Full

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10...................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................Paid in Full

9. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................Deposit Paid

Cheers.

Nik.

Thankyou Wayne that takes us into double figures
I've given your Team ID16 but if you have another preference that hasn't already been taken please let me know.
We have 4 places left on the grid with now only 6 weeks to go...any takers?

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...................Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................................Paid in Full

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8 and/or 18.....................Paid in Full

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...................Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10....................................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......................Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................................Paid in Full

9. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................................Deposit Paid

10. Chimera Model Sport.............ID 16

Cheers.

Nik.

!!!EVENT DATE CHANGE!!! July 31st - August 1st TBC.
Hi All, I'm pretty sure you've all absorbed the news given yesterday by our Imperious Leader BoJo that current restrictions are to stay in place until July 19th. This is literally the day after our planned event date.
To that end I am currently trying to secure the use of the BSCRA room for Saturday July 31st and Sunday August 1st. This date is 2 weeks after our original planned date.
I am confident this event will go ahead on the revised date but until I get confirmation on the room please treat the new date as TBC!
If there is any Team that cannot make the revised date please let me know and I will refund your deposits / payments.
Alternatively if there are any Teams out there who haven't yet registered and can make the revised date then please come and join us, there are 4 spaces left on the grid.
I will update you all as soon as I know more, as usual all questions welcome.

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...................Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................................Paid in Full

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8 and/or 18.....................Paid in Full

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...................Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10....................................Deposit Paid

6. North Staffs..............................ID 19...................................Deposit Paid

7. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......................Deposit Paid

8. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................................Paid in Full

9. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................................Deposit Paid

10. Chimera Model Sport.............ID 16

Cheers.
Nik.

Sorry to lose North Staffs from the entry list, their deposit has been refunded.
Hopefully everyone else can make it with 6 and a half weeks now until the rescheduled event and 5 spaces left.
Still some familiar names missing from the list.

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...................Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................................Paid in Full

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8 and/or 18.....................Paid in Full

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...................Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10....................................Deposit Paid

6. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......................Deposit Paid

7. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................................Paid in Full

8. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................................Deposit Paid

9. Chimera Model Sport.............ID 16

Cheers.
Nik.

Hi All, in an ideal world 4 weeks from today we will be getting the 6hrs of The RockBull Ring weekend underway.
There is potentially another Team waiting in the wings but nothing confirmed for definate as yet.
I'm guessing that there may be some kind of Government announcement on Monday July 12th regarding the possible lifting of restrictions on the 19th? Obviously we will make further decisions on this event around that time depending on what BoJo has to say.

Entries so far...

1. Low Lands Racing...................ID 14 and/or 15...................Deposit Paid

2. Garage 27................................ID 17...................................Paid in Full

3. Exiles.......................................ID 8 and/or 18.....................Paid in Full

4. Demon Slot Racing..................ID 11 and/or 12...................Deposit Paid

5. Stanborough............................ID 10....................................Deposit Paid

6. Sports Carazing.......................ID 9 and/or 7.......................Deposit Paid

7. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................................Paid in Full

8. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................................Deposit Paid

9. Chimera Model Sport.............ID 16

Cheers.
Nik.