Time Table for the 9th may comp

TIME TABLE FOR THE 9TH MAY COMPITION

12.00PM: GATES OPEN

12.00 - 12.30: BOOKING IN EVERYONE TO ATTEND BOOKING IN DESK WITH CARS AND SEE TOM WALTON FOR CAR SCURTNERING

12.30 - 1.15: TRACK OPEN FOR STRUCTURED PRACTICE CARS RUN IN TWOS

1.15 - 1.30: BEST BODY

1.30 - 3.00 QUALIFING : 2 GROUPS NOVICE 70pts AND LOWER EXPERT 70pts AND HIGHER

3.15 - 4.00 FINALS

4.00 - 4.30 PRESENTATION AND PHOTOS

4.30 - 6.00 TRACK REOPEN FOR PRACTICE


RULES FOR COMPETITION
All transmitter frequnceys must be written on booking in form on arrival there will be a check of all frequnceys in the morning

all tranzmitters must be turned off when in the pits unless ur on 2.4ghz this dose not apply to you

1.Wheels must not stick out no more then 1mm outside the shell

2.No rubber based compound tyres (Tamiya tyres)

3.No motor limit

4.When u here from me Tom walton that track is open its open when u hear me say track closed THE TRACK IS CLOSED

5.BRCA is recommended otherwise a disclaimer must be signed if you don't have it or " YOU DONT RACE "

6. The judges decisions is final

This is our first competition so please bear with us and feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Tom walton
Head judge
d1rc club national champion and ranked 5th in Europe.

well done Tom well scripted first class job mate

Nice and simple ginge, I like it, just watch your tyre rules tho mate, Tamiya do a plastic that proper drills the T's in the traction stakes.

Stu Cave
D1RC Head Judge
D1RC Pro Class Champion and ranked No1 in Europe

Hi Cavey, hope i got that right, its exactly the reason we don't want it to run as there has already been an incident with the speed that car was carying hitting another car, it was like it was using sorex 28's, it was so fast it was stupid and to fast may as well of been a race.
The good thing is you can use any other tyre you like....

d1ginge wrote:TIME TABLE FOR THE 9TH MAY COMPITION
5.BRCA is recommended otherwise a disclaimer must be signed if you don't have it or " YOU DONT RACE "

Buying £15 BRCA licenses or signing disclaimers?

I know it's only sticking your moniker on a sheet of paper, but no dicking about with anything like that is what made drifting great fun in the first place and is still the reason I'd rather go drifting with the D1RC than racing. Merely an observation, that's all.

Stu

Hi Skodes, the reason behind it is D1RC have there own public liability insurance for there events which is why you pay the entrants fee to go there, this pays for all the little things including the insurance, we are only a small group and the PLI cost loads so instead of doing that we ask people either to have there own insurance (BRCA) or just to sign a disclaimer to say they understand if anything goes wrong it not our fault that's all.
It allows anybody to race with us on a very small budget hope this helps you to understand why the disclaimer is there.

Hope to see you at the weekend.

Marti

Hi Skodes.
As Marti pointed out mate we are only a small concern buddy so for us to get public liability insurance would be mega, Most of the guys are BRCA insured mate so no problem on that score some of the drift guys have no insurance at all and this is a safety measure to protect ourselves.
At the end of the day it would be me that carry’s the can for anyone who got hurt or had damage done,
I understand why you have raised concerns about it mate but it takes 2 seconds to sign mate and just kept on file for that event.
You said about the bigger events that you attend you don’t have to do this but they carry public liability insurance Skodes and you pay a lot more to attend their meeting than ours. At £3.00 we think it’s good value for money mate for a cracking afternoon of fun compared the the large amount you have to pay at JT’s venue.
Don’t get me wrong this is not a dig or jibe at you just trying to answer your question the best I can maybe in time we may well look into blanket cover but at £13.00 for BRCA insurance I think it well worth the money.
Give me a tug on Sunday and we will explain in more detail about the insurance and the cover as we was speaking with Jeff Clifton the other week at Tamworth

]This Sunday will make up for the week we dont drift due to weather (forcast). by the look of things there will be lots going on and a chance to grab the (bull by the horns)
and have a really good day. Thanks to tom walton for getting the gide lines of the competion and the
rules and regs of drifting.......
RC CURCUIT CARS

RC CURCUIT DRIFTERS DOING IT SIDEWAYS

LOVE THE POSTIVE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE MICK!!!!!

Hi guys
just a quick question on the tamiya tyres
I was planning to run the tamiya plastic drifttech tyres on sunday but am not sure if these are the ones your talking about??
I'm brushed 19t
and allthougt the tyres may be good. that good don't know!
yet to test but want to !
Or is it a total ban on Tamiya tyres
Si

Si it is the tamiya drift tek tyres matey, they have to much grip and cause to much speed to be held by the drift car (touring car speeds) so we are not allowing them to be used for the comp, you can use any other type of tyre as long as its a drift tyre without rubber in it, this includes duel compound tyres so normal hard plastic tyres only there are loads to choose from.

Si your tyres will be fine mate as Marti said yours are the hard plastic type buddy will have some wheels with me as well so you will be ok dude

no matey it is the tyres that he has that are banned.................!

dont worry then simon i have a set you can put on buddy you can try then before and after the comp mate just run with the ones i borrow you

Sweet job done sorry si not being awkward it was a comity decision not to allow them to run because there just to fast.

so that rules out the fasttrax and any other similar as they have rubber on them too

Chris4x wrote:so that rules out the fasttrax and any other similar as they have rubber on them too

Depends on how much rubber is in and how much grip you get from them

i think its just the tamiya ones chris

surely if theres rubber tho then you cant use them as no rubber allowed it says i mean fair enough but if theres a rule then it should be stuck too not have loop holes or just have it as any tire specific to drifting

im not sure are these banned at other drift meets as im quite new to the drifting what i dont want to happen is people not having fun maybe this can be talked about at the drivers meeting and tom can tell us the reasons behind this so its no good me saying anything as i will be wrong mate.
eddie was very fast on the tamiya tyres and boy did he drift thats the fastest drifting i have ever seen i must say i was well impressed watching hi

I have the OEM T's so its no issue for me i just know other ppl run different things

Hi guys just checked the spec
on tamiya super drift tech tyres
there made from resin so no rubber in them!
I mean if there that good as people say they are why dont we all get them??
It seams from looking at a few drit comps running around the world they spec only super drifts
Call it the next move on from A.B.S plastic resin is just a form of plastic
Not just because I have them I do think that specifying a brand is wrong
plastic not rubber I understand, but not different types of plastic as I'm sure you know there are many!

I mean whats next
No brushless because there to fast!
And to say I was running with plastic tyres and brushed motor
and the people who had brushless were going twice as fast so do they have to stop to or is there one rule for one and one for another!
Because if its a speed thing from which it seems to be I do think you get a better drift from a brushless car because you have the power so more control.
So to reverse that a slower car with better tyres give you the same drift
I cant see whats wrong with that.
And I sure tamiya won't the first and last to use different resins / plastics
Still miffed Si

I have tried my hardest to answer the question Chris sometime's it makes you think if its all worth it trying to get a club going mate you cannot please everyone all of the time.
but on reflection im begining to think i have more important things in my life to do.
So much stress and runing about im fast thinking f*ck it Tom and marti raised the question about the tyres and the speed they can give me i dont give a monkeys if someone turns up with cartwheels on their car as long as they have a good time. whatever corner i turn there seems to be some sort of problem so like i said bring this up at the drivers breif tomorrow mate and then i think you may get the answer you are looking for buddy im just sorry that i cannot give you a answer buddy
Simon print the spec off buddy if you have down loaded it cus i for one are as confussed about it as my dog is so there is no rubber in the tyre then dude if thats the case then they are ok yes no i dont know

dont winge at me paul is this gonna be one of them clubs where you cant ask a question seems a bit of a stroppy response to be honest

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