HINCKLEY CLUBS 2015 OUTDOOR OFFROAD SEASON

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HINCKLEY CLUBS 2015 OUTDOOR OFFROAD SEASON

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Hi all,

Last Saturday(11th April), we saw the FIRST Meeting of Hinckleys 2015 Outdoor OffRoad Club Championships!

We were fortunate that a Heavy Rain shower was in the early hours of the morning, so by the time everyone had Arrived, the Grass was virtually Dry & the Weather had become quite Sunny, allowing a great days Racing!

As usual, there was a decent Turnout of 2WD Buggies but it was also nice to see a Full Heats worth of Short Course Trucks, courtesy of the Gang from the Coventry Club Attending.
The Layout of the Track was Fast & Flowing, but pretty Challenging in places, making the Racing Close & Competitive allday! With the Table Top Ramps & Jumps now being covered with Astroturf for this Season, it gave Fantastic Grip & Minimal Tyre Wear.........a vast Improvement over last Season!

We ran the usual Format.i.e Open Practice before we Started, then 4 Rounds of Qualifying(with your Best 2 to Count), followed by Finals. This time round, we managed to get 2 Legs for each Final as well, giving everyone Exceptional value for money!

PHOTOS FROM LAST SATURDAYS FINALS :
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SEE YOU ALL AT THE NEXT CLUB MEETING : SATURDAY 18TH APRIL
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Hi,

Last Saturday(25th April), we saw ROUND 3 of Hinckleys 2015 Summer Club Championships!

The Weather ended up being noticeably better than Predicted, allowing another great days Racing!
The Track was very Fast & Flowing & usual Format was applied.i.e 4 Qualifying Rounds & 2 Legged Finals for all Drivers, making the Racing very Close & Competitive allday!
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With it being a Bank Holiday this Weekend, the Weather Forecast looking pretty Promising & a 2WD Regional coming up, this Saturdays Club Meeting should be even better!!

NEXT MEETING : SATURDAY 2ND MAY
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Hi all,

Last Saturday(2nd May), we saw ROUND 4 of Hinckleys 2015 OffRoad Club Championships!

With Hinckleys first Round of the 2WD Midwest Offroad Series only a week away, we saw a Number of familiar faces turning up for some last-minute Practice & Testing!
The Ground was bone Dry & the Weather itself was fine initially, through Setting up, Practice & the 1st Rd of Qualifying, but then there seemed to be a very fine Mist coming down on & off for the rest of the day, making the Grass alittle Damp/Greasy, creating mixed thoughts in the Pits for Drivers, on what Tyre Combos to go for..........all part of the fun of Racing!!

The Track itself was very Fast & Flowing again, with a couple of Tricky sections, including a Quick Chicane near the rear & a Diagonal Straight with a Large Jump in the middle! This Layout made the Racing very Close allday & there was some really Clean Driving in all Races!

SOME PICS FROM VARIOUS FINALS :
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NEXT CLUB MEETING : SATURDAY 9TH MAY
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Hi all,

The Hinckley Club has been pretty hectic over recent weeks, due to Holding 2WD & 4WD Mid-West Offroad Regional Events, but we're now back into the usual Routine of weekly Club Meetings, with ROUND 7 of Hinckleys Summer Series kicking off over this Bank Holiday Weekend - SATURDAY 23RD MAY.

The Forecast is currently showing Saturdays Weather to be the best day of the Weekend, so this should allow us all to have a Fantastic days Racing!

ARRIVAL TIME : Around 11.30am

Hopefully see you all there!!
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Hi everyone,

Last Saturday(23rd May), we saw ROUND 7 of Hinckleys 2015 Offroad Club Summer Series!

The Weather was great & there was also a decent Turnout of Drivers, Arriving nice & early to get a good days Racing!

Due to the 4WD Mid West Regional taking place on the the Weekend previous, we'd decided to leave the Track out & run the same Layout again, keeping everything nice & simple & allowing a Relaxed Practice Session, before the Meeting started.

Usual Format took place.i.e 4 Qualifying Rounds, followed by a Final for each, with 5minute Practice Sessions allowed between the Rounds, for anyone trying to make some final tweaks to their Setups!

The 2WD Buggy Class was extremely Close & Competitive allday, making some Fantastic Battles during the Finals!

SOME PICTURES DURING THE FINALS
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The Next Club Meeting will be be on this Weekend - SATURDAY 30TH MAY

So far, the Weather Forecast is looking really good for this Saturday, we'll be Laying a completely New Track out & we also have another New Roll of Astroturf to use, so we can use it to lay over the very Bumpy/Worn sections of Grass!!

Hopefully see you there!
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Last Saturday(30th May), we saw ROUND 8 of Hinckleys 2015 Offroad Summer Series!

We were fortunate to have some good Weather again, allowing for another decent Turnout of Racers & giving a really Competitive days Racing!

After 3 Meetings of virtually running the same Track, it was really good to Build a completely Fresh Layout, going back to the Main Straight right at the Rear & the Inclusion of a Brand New Roll of Astroturf, placed over the really Worn/Bumpy sections of Grass.
The Track itself, had a nice Selection of Sweeping corners, where you could carry good cornerspeed, as well as a really Technical section, where you could really make time up on other Racers, if you took the line just right!

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As always, there was some Brilliant Racing seen allday, with Qualifying extremely tight between everyone & the Finals even closer!

SOME PICS FROM THE FINALS :
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NEXT CLUB MEETING : SATURDAY 6TH JUNE
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Hi all,

Last Saturday(27th June), we saw ROUND 12 of Hinckleys 2015 Offroad Club Championships!

We were fortunate to have some good Weather, creating another decent Turnout of Drivers Arriving nice & early, to help Setup the Track.

The Layout had a good Mix of fast flowing corners & Tight technical Chicanes, as well as the usual Straight & Corner Table Top Ramps. A Big Jump was situated right in the middle of the Track, which was a lot trickier than it looked, due to the Lefthander after it. A Double Jump was also Included this time, which if taken just right, could be cleared in one, allowing time to be made up!

SOME PICS TAKEN DURING THE FINALS :
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With us currently in abit of a Heatwave, it also appears that this great Weather is here to stay for the Weekend too, looking like we can have another Fantastic days Racing this Saturday - 4TH JULY

Hopefully see you all there!!
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Hi Everyone,


Just a Reminder that its ROUND 15 of Hinckleys 2015 Summer OffRoad Club Championships this Saturday - 18TH JULY

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Over recent weeks I think we've had some really good Tracks Built by all the Dedicated weekly Club Racers, with a very good Selection of Fast Flowing corners, to some Tight Technical sections, Catering for all Racers with various Driving Skills! Also, with the Inclusion of some Astroturf used on all the Jumps & other Features, its made the Racing much more Consistant & Enjoyable!

The current Weather Forecast for this Saturday is looking Fantastic, showing it to be bone Dry with Sunny Intervals, so it should allow us all to have another great days Racing!

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Hopefully see some of you Guys there this Saturday, for some Super-Close 'Old School' Grass Racing!
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Hi everyone,

Last Saturday(18th July), we saw ROUND 15 of Hinckleys 2015 Offroad Club Championships!

Right from Arrival, many Dedicated Racers worked together in Assembling another Fantastic Track very quickly, ready for another great days Racing!

The Layout consisted of the usual Straight & Corner Table Top Ramps, with a good Selection of Fast Sweeping corners & some very Technical sections, where good time could be made up on others, if taken correctly. We also had the Inclusion of our Double Jump, for the third week in a row, but this time they were spaced further apart, making it best to take it as 2 singles!

The Racing itself was very Clean, Close & Competitive allday, with the Qualifying Rounds very tight between the Top bunch of Drivers!

There ended up being some brilliant Battles during all the Finals, with a lot of Overtaking, making another cracking Meeting!

SOME PICS DURING THE FINALS :
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The current Weather Forecast for Hinckley this Saturday is looking very good again so far, Showing it Dry with Sunny Spells allday, so we should get another awesome days Racing in!

Next Club Meeting : SATURDAY 25TH JULY

Hopefully see you there!
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Hi,

Last Saturday we saw ROUND 16 of Hinckleys 2015 Offroad Club Championships!

Another great Weather Forecast allowed a decent Turnout of Racers again, making light work of the Track Build, specially with Master Track Builder Martyn Ross Drawing up a Selection of New Layouts to try!

A VIEW OF THE TRACK FROM THE ROSTRUM :
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The usual Format of 4 Qualifying Rounds with your Best 2 to Count was Applied, followed by Finals, making some really Close Competitive Racing allday!

The Hinckley Club was always well Renowned for having a 'Retro' Offroad Heat over the years, with many Guys coming along with Buggies & Trucks from the 70's, 80's & 90's, including lots of the well Detailed Tamiya Vehicles, so it was great to see the Return of some Retro Racers at the Club again, Showing off their Gold/Black Tub Associated RC10's & Schumacher Cougar 2000's! It was Surprising to see just how Competitive these Cars still are today & how much Fun they looked to Drive!

A PHOTO FROM THE 'RETRO' CLASS :
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The Wear rate of the Grass & Racers Tyres have generally been very Low this Season, thanks to some extra Seeding & the Inclusion of Astroturf over all the Table Top Ramps, Jumps & Bumpy sections of the Track, so its made the Racing even better than before!

SOME PHOTOS FROM THE 2WD BUGGY CLASS :
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The current Weather Forecast is looking very nice again for this Weekend, which should allow another good Race Meeting!

NEXT CLUB MEETING : SATURDAY 1ST AUGUST
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Hi all,

Mr Gibbs was away on holiday last weekend, not sure who authorised that! So in his absence I took a few photos :n1

Last Saturday was round 17 of the championship. The day was a quiet affair with a number of regular members away, but the grass was mowed by its dedicated members and another great track laid. Was a variation on last weeks and had a great flow.

Racing was competitive as always, a great display off racing was put on by Mark S and one our youngest members Zach in the B final. The battle was enjoyed by all :-D
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See you at the track :n1

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Hi guys,


Just a Reminder that HINCKLEY has another Club Meeting on this Saturday - 8TH AUGUST.


The current Weather Forecast for Tomorrow is showing it to be Bone Dry, have an Increase in Temperature & with some good Sunshine allday, from 10am, so it'll allow us all to have another Fantastic Meeting!

ARRIVAL : Around 11.30am.

OPEN PRACTICE : From 12.30pm.

FIRST HEAT ON THE LINE : Around 1.15pm.


Hopefully see you there!


P.S Thanks for the Post on last Weekends Meeting Martyn............sounded like a good day & the Track looked great! :wink:
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Hi everyone,

Just a quick Reminder that its HINCKLEY RADIO CONTROL CAR CLUBS FINAL ROUND of their 2015 Summer OffRoad Club Championships this Weekend!

This Meeting will be on SATURDAY 22ND AUGUST & on our usual Fantastic Grass Track!

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There'll be the Regular Format of an Open Practice Session, 4 Qualifying Rounds with your Best 2 to Count, Followed by Finals!

As per usual, Retro, 2WD Buggy, 4WD Buggy, Short Course Trucks & Stadium Trucks will be Catered for.

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ARRIVAL : Around 11.30am.

FIRST HEAT ON THE LINE : Around 1.15pm.

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The Current Weather Forecast is Showing that Saturday is going to be by far the Best Day of this Weekend, with Hinckley having Sunny Intervals, so we should manage to get a really good Final Offroad Club Meeting in!


Hopefully See Some Of You There!
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