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BRCA and LRCCC membership is now due, please make sure you pay at the next meeting if you have not already paid.
Check the new LRCCC Forum on Oople
The King of Cordeaux Series started on 7th June with the first of 7 rounds and has now finished.
Its time for a quick summary of 2009. Its been a good year for the club, all the race series were well supported and racing was very close.
Many new drivers have joined us during the year and on the Sunday Set-up and Race day we presented prizes to the most improved drivers. The
Mardave class grew from a few drivers to having to have 3 heats to accomodate them all. The outside racing season went quite well with not too
much interference from the weather, and a good support from the club members and a good number of visiting drivers. Sadly the Grimsby club has
failed, but LRCCC has benefitted in that we now have their carpet to race on. We have initially planned a monthly carpet race starting January
2010. We have had quite a few failures of the club AMB transponders and the repair costs are now becoming prohibitive, so we would encourage
any drivers to buy themselves a personal transponder as soon as their finances allow it. During the year we have purchased a custom built
lightweight rostrum and steps for improved safety and visibility. This has allowed castors to be fitted to the bins we keep the track in, making
loading the trailer much easier now that they don't have to double up as the rostrum. We started to notice a drop in driving standards
during the second half of the year and had a concentrated effort to improve them, including having a referee on the rostrum for each race some
weeks. This has worked well and driving standards have improved steadily since then and will be continued in 2010 if needed to maintain driving
standards. During the year we have seen many drivers change to brushless motors and LiPo batteries and expect this trend to continue in 2010,
although a few drivers have changed back to brushed motors again. 2.4GHz radios are becoming more affordable and more people are changing to them
making crystal clashes much less of a problem. With the drop in minumum weight for touring cars for 2010 it will save people having to find space
for piles of lead weights and most manufacturers bringing out new cars specifically designed for this new weight limit.
The BRCA provide our insurance cover in case of any accidents. They will only cover non-members for 3 weeks after that you must either join
the BRCA or not race. The LRCCC committee have to enforce this rule to maintain our BRCA membership and insurance cover. Any driver turning up
to race after this 3 week period will not be permitted to drive at the club until they have joined the BRCA. If you have not joined through
LRCCC, please make sure you have your BRCA membership card with you as proof of membership.
LRCCC make no profit from the BRCA and only charge £1 on top of the BRCA fee of £13.
Note that race night fees for 2009 are £2.50 for members and £3.50 for non members, which has not changed from 2008.
I'm looking to update the website so any photos of cars or LRCCC events would be welcome - see your car on the site.
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