Tag Archives: Rallycross
SWORDS Round 5 Practice and Racing
As most of you now know this weekend (11th & 12th August) is SWORDS here at Plymouth.
We are doing a Saturday Practice from 12.00 till 4.00 on the Saturday for the standard £5.00 per person. You are also able to pre-book ready for Sunday if you should wish to make life easier for the organisers on Sunday.
Sunday the gates open at 8.00 and booking in closes at 10.00 Racing is £10.00 a person. There will also be hot and cold food and drink on offer in the burger van.
Classes being run are:- 1/8 Rally Cross Nitro Buggy, 1/8 Rally Cross Electric Buggy & Truggy
See you all there and hope you all have a great weekend.
Endurance Race 2012
Hi All,
As most of you now know the Plymouth Endurance race is back again for a 4th year now, and we are trying to make it bigger and better.
For More information on it please look at the Thread :- Endurance Race 2012
Places are starting to fill up so to get an idea of timings and interest if you can all start emailing in your team deals with following information to Chairman@PlymouthRC.co.uk
– Team Name
– Members of Team
– Frequencies
Also there is going to be a raffle at the event.
HDA – 8th & 9th May 2010
Just a quick update, after the great success this year when we did the 2 day racing as part of the Huntington’s Disease Assocation Fayre we have been invited back already for next year.
This time the event is being help at the old race course at Buckfastleigh and this time we are going to have a bigger area more central to the whole event so visitors the the fayre do not miss the racing or miss any of the event.
Watch this space for more information.
How to Set Up Buggies, Truggies and Trucks
One very common thing we often get asked at the club is how to get the best out of the cars when racing. Regularly we point people towards a section in our forum with a link that is very helpful, however some people do not seem to find it so I am going to post the link here and on the link section on the right.
Site back, read and enjoy. It has helps lots of us:- Max Bashing Setup Tips
Track Work and Changes
View of Left Side of the Track from the Rostrum
Over the weekend of 8th and 9th August we carried out a major weekend of maintenance improving and tiding up the track. The whole thing started with the idea of moving the rostrum, the end result was moving the Rostrum back about 6 feet and raising it around another 9 inches. This has given a lot clearer view of the track and minimize the chance of drivers blocking other driver’s view by leaning forward. The other big thing that has been done to improve the rostrum is a decent roof has been put on it, this is so in the sun the Drivers are kept cool and in the winter the Drivers are keep dry.
Also the main straight has be widen allowing for higher speeds and a better run up to the backed corner before
View of Right Side of Track from Rostrum
the triple jump. The other benefit of widening the main straight means the edging to the Pitlane Entrance has been moved out of the run line that most the Rallycross drivers take.
By the end of Sunday the track was open for tests and trial runs to see what everyone thinks and the end result was a thumbs up from the 1/10th Nitro and Electic Buggies and Stadiums, Rally Cross guys flew round the track with out any problems, Truggy drivers (including the new ones) Bounced around leaped as high as they could. As for the 1/5th that tested the track, well he well and truely tested it by bouncing off the edge of all the new sections of the track, and yes the track did survive.