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

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Rockingham Slot Car Club are pleased to invite entries for our 1st digital event of 2021 which will be run to DiSCA WEC GT Specification.
The date for your diaries is the weekend of July 17th-18th (Around 10 weeks from now).
Rules can be found at www.officialdisca.com

The event will be a 6 hour endurance race and be open to teams of 2 or more with a maximum of 14 teams.

The event will be run using the usual hand out tyres, 2 sets of N18 and 1 set of F22 compound, these will be available for practice/qualifying on Sunday morning.
There will be no handout motors, we will however be keeping a eye on suspect cars and will be working on the trust of our fellow competitors!
Any suspect cars may be subjected to an RPM test.

Entry fee is £40 per team and entries will be confirmed on receipt of an initial deposit of £10 which can be made via paypal to [email protected]
*NOTE* In the event that Rockingham has to cancel the event due to any Government imposed restrictions all deposits WILL BE REFUNDED.
Deposits paid by any team that "No Shows" WILL NOT BE REFUNDED.
Entry fee remaining balance of £30 per team should be paid on the day.

A full timetable will be announced in due course.

We hope that you're all as keen to get racing as we are.

Cheers.
Nik.
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Please register an entry for Chimera Model Sport.
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Wayne, Stephen, Paul + helpers
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Thankyou Wayne that takes us into double figures (y):cool:
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.
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!!!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.
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THX for the update, this is actually good news...at least for us from across the channel.
As with current restrictions it was getting near impossible to travel to the UK at the original date.

In all honesty I must admit that even two weeks later it will still be difficult.
Dutch Gov has placed the UK back on the Red list due to the Delta variant, so even if UK.Gov lifts its travel restrictions on July 21st allowing us to travel to the UK...
...unless the Dutch and Belgium go vernements lift their 7 days self quarantine restrictions coming back from the UK...
...its still a no go I'm afraid.

But unless more than 4 UK teams join the entry list.....keep our entry for now.

With kind regards
Tamar
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.
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Unfortunately North Staffs had to withdraw that weekend as it would only be Dave Maddock available. Although he's multi skilled I dont think even Dave can run as a one member team.

Its gutting really, after waiting for so long for an event to have to sit this one out. We were going to run a different car for a change and go with a Dodge Viper.

Hope the event goes well, and I demand frequent updates!!!

Mark
Hi All, just to confirm we have secured the room for the event and we will race on July 31st- August 1st unless the goalposts are moved again.
Cheers
Nik
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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.
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Hi Nik

I can bring some extra tyres for practice sessions just in case
Gary,
GasMonkey will take 2 pairs from you for Saturday if you are willing to sell them.

Nik,
I have 2 pairs of n18. They are the later versions (just prior Slot.IT discontinuing these tyres) without the "n18" marking.
I can't tell them apart from g25. They look absolutely identical.

Alan
Alan, for free practice we will count on the teams acting in good faith after all it is only practice. However our race control / scrutineering team will be marking the hand out tyres for qualifying and race and they will be checked out and returned to race control to keep tabs on it all.
Cheers
Nik
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Hi All,
Hope you've all been keeping well through the past 18 months. Just wondering if anyone is having trouble updating/registering Type C chips onto the Slot it app? I have 3 that for some reason i can not get registered onto my device nor do any updates through the app? I used the Nordic system to get them to version 310 but the slot it app would not see them, i then found the 315a firmware on slot its app and managed to register them on an old Ipad after giving up on my iphone XR, but again put another chip that has 310 on and the app cannot find it.

Managed to update to 315a using the nordic but if the app can not see the chip i cant find out if the updates was successful

Has anyone used the android version with no issues? as i need to check my SCP2 controllers

Graham
Hi Graham, have the chips been previously registered on another device? If so they probably need to be deleted from that device 1st before the app will let you access them. I had this issue with my B2 chips as they were previously updated by Matt Tucker.
Cheers
Nik
Hello All, It's the news we've all been waiting for...this event WILL go ahead on the weekend of July 31st - August 1st!!! :cool: That's just 2 weeks away folks!
Members of RSCC took a private vote and were in favour of face coverings/masks being optional NOT mandatory.
We do however recommend that anyone with concerns should wear an FFP3 level face mask, you can get 1 of these for around £4 at most DIY stores. As this event is open to Racers from wherever they may hail we would ask that you please do a Lateral Flow Test the day before you attend the event. Please help keep us all as safe as possible and DO NOT ATTEND IF YOU TEST POSITIVE OR FEEL UNWELL. Sanitiser and antibac spray will be available and we ask that you please use them. We also ask that where at all possible you keep to the main room where the track and pit tables are, by all means use the facilities and take fresh air breaks but please don't use any of the other tracks, etc in the other room.
I ask anyone who has yet to pay at least a deposit to please do so as it goes towards paying the room hire up front for the event.
5 spaces on the grid still available, we hope this news is the encouragement some you need to register?
Any questions or concerns please ask.

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.
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Thanks for the update, Nik

Saturday night meal, usual tradition but not compulsory.
We'll either do Chinese or Indian depending on what people want.
An indication of numbers who want to attend would be helpful.
I'll confirm numbers on the Saturday practice day around lunchtime.

John
Just over a week to go now, payment received from Chimera Model Sport many thanks Wayne (y)
Sad but inevitable news comes from Holland, unfortunately Low Lands Racing cannot travel to the UK for this event :(
Updated enrty list below.

Entries so far...

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

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

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

4. Stanborough............................ID 10....................................Deposit Paid

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

6. Rockingham.............................ID 5.....................................Paid in Full

7. Gas Monkeys...........................ID 6.....................................Deposit Paid

8. Chimera Model Sport.............ID 16.....................................Paid in Full

Cheers.
Nik.
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A shout out to anyone that would like race in this event. Any single racers that couldn't get the rest of a team up or someone that has been dropped either because the rest of the team dropped out or you just were not picked. Send me a PM and lets see if we can get another a team up,
Hi Everyone, below you'll find the now confirmed(ish) format for the coming weekend's event.
RSCC is currently operating a signing in policy so we would ask that upon arrival Racers sanitise their hands then please put your name, team you're racing with and a contact phone number for T&T purposes in the signing in book which will be placed by the door before you enter the race room.
Most, if not all of us know how these events usually work so please let's all be sensible and let's have some much needed fun!

Saturday July 31st.
10.30 Doors Open
10.45 Firmware Updates
11.00 Track Opens for Free Practice
18:00 Club Closes

Sunday August 1st.
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

As usual if there's any questions please ask, hope to see you all at the weekend.
Cheers.
Nik.
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A shout out to anyone that would like race in this event. Any single racers that couldn't get the rest of a team up or someone that has been dropped either because the rest of the team dropped out or you just were not picked. Send me a PM and lets see if we can get another a team up,
I take it you have a suitable car to pull a team around that's ready to go then David? What class and car would that be?

I suspect there won't be the need for as much lane changing skills as usual due to the smaller entry numbers.

Where do you usually race?

I raced that Corvette for 24hr back in 2005 or 2006 at the Le Mans race in Derby.
I will answer in turn,
1, No, I have an offer of some ones spare but if someone has a car we can use that would be good
2, I think you could be right, I did the last Rockbull ring and it was good fun. Keep in a good middle lane, head down, keep out of trouble, make laps, don't break anything, and change to overtake or into the pits
3. Rockingham
4. Nice. I'm not into Ho myself as I do so much other racing, Scalex, Bscra Cscra and I used to do Slot stocks

The idea of the post was to see if there were others that would race and see if we can swell the grid by 12%. A bit 11th hour and add hock but it would be a shame if guys are missing out through lack of a drive.
The question has been raised concerning "practice bodies". We will allow practice bodies to be used during Saturday's Free Practice. For this purpose the body being used must be the same model as your intended "Race Body" but a different livery is permitted and you will not be required to have lights fitted and working. "Race Bodies" must have fully working light kits fitted.
Cheers.
Nik.
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