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The presents that were Lovingly donated by the competitors at the recent Answer Rc Santa Challenge At Frankley Model Car Club went to the Children's Ward at the Royal Orthopaedic Hospital (ROHBTS) In Selly Oak Today,

and although their were only a few Kids there today Over the next couple of Days the Nurses at the Ward will be Giving out the Presents to the Kids on our Behalf.

Jenny as you Can see was very Pleased at the amount of support the Charity has Received and was Grateful to everyone who had Donated and support the event This year, Jenny Said "Can you ensure that everyone who was evolved in this event all deserve a Big Pat on the Back"

So From all of the Kids, the Nurses at the Hospital., The Parents,

And on Behalf of Myself and all of my Team At Frankley Model Car Club and Of Course Our Sponsor For The Event Peter Edern From Answer-Rc

A Big Thankyou

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The First ever Answer Rc Xmas Challenge was hosted By Frankley Model Car club over the Xmas period (28th Dec) with a turnout of 66 Driver (4 Less Than The Cap) braving the cold condition

Drivers Briefing Got under way bang on queue and the First Heat was On the Line at 9.25 ,The Format of the day was to be 3 rounds of qualifying with the best 2 to Count with the additional Fun Measure of  71/2 Minute Qualifyers

After the First Initial Round of "Dancing on Ice" the Overall Qualifying after Round One

Qualifying after Round 1

Round 2 became a a More Competitive affair and produced some good qualifying throughout the Whole of the Round with Graham Alsop (HotBodies) Kevin Brunsden (Xray) Greg Hill (Xray) Rob Cork (Losi) and Jon Howells (Hobao) All Now hitting the 11 Lap Mark, Frankley Driver Elliot Taylor Now coming into the top Ten Pack with his Kyosho MP9, Sirrio Combination

Qualifying after Round 2

Round 3 Became the Most important of all as although Graham had completed the best 2 rounds of Qualifying, the Pole for His Final Had Been Secured, and the fight was on for the rest of the positions for that all important A Final Main Grid, Graham Proved His Dominance again in round 3 with a 12 lap (12/ 479.07) 3rd round, following him was Kevin Brunsden again with a 12 Lapper But a Good 9 seconds down (12/ 489.74) with these 2 Guys Being now the only ones to secure a 12 lap Run Overall.

Qualifying after Round 3

So Down to The Overall Qualifications

Overall Qualifying Best 2 Rounds To Count

The Finals

All the Final where to be set at 15 minutes with 3 drivers from each final bumping up, Lee Bunker (Maverick Stealth/Nosram Engine) Had a complete mare of a day with Technical issues and started the Pole in the Bottom Final and Proved the Car of His Choice was to put him in good stead for the Finals In Hand

Results from E Final

Results From D Final

Results From C Final

Results From B Final

Results From A Final

The second round of the CML Winter Series saw two heats of truggies, and one of buggies. The track was run the opposite way round, making it anti-clockwise. This time, however, some big names turned up, obviously trying to get that always helpful practice for the buggy round the following day. These included Jon Hazelwood (Hyper 9), Jon Howells (Hyper 8.5) and Craig Drescher (RC8). With the track wet, Maxx Mulchers were the tyres to use, allowing some grip in the treacherous conditions. With limited grip, it was very hard to put down fast laps which became increasingly difficult with unpredictable rain showers lashing down during the races,this lead to some drivers having problems with electronics and others just finding it too cold!

Overall in qualifying, Matthew Lewis once again showed that he was among the best after his win at the last round, by overcoming problems in the first two rounds to win the last two, putting him in front of the rest of the field with 2 points. Ricky Cooper came second, with three points, after his win in round 2 and then coming second to Matthew in the final rounds. Michael Lewis finished off the top three in qualifying with 4 points after his impressive consistency enabled him to finish second in the first two rounds, followed by third in rounds 3 and 4.

In the buggies, Craig Drescher put on a great show, winning 2 out of the 4 rounds, enabling him to start on the pole spot for the finals. Jon Howells finished in second, after winning round 1 and fighting for all his positions. 3^rd on the grid was well contended for, with Bruce Thompson and Jon Hazelwood both ending on 4 points. However, Bruce’s fastest time was 0.61 seconds quicker than Jon’s!

Onto the Finals, and after getting bumped up from the B final, Tom Jordan and Paul Keatley found out that the A final was a very quick race, with Paul  finishing a full 2 laps behind the 4th place driver, Ricky Cooper, leaving them to battle between themselves. Matthew Lewis once again got off to a great start, and pulled away a considerable lead, allowing him to pit and still keep his top spot. Michael Lewis started in second and had a tough battle with both Ricky Cooper and Paul White, all having at least one lap in 2^nd position. On lap 3, disaster stuck for Michael, when he overcooked ‘the cheese’ and ended up needing marshaling. But thanks to fast reactions from the marshal, he was able to regain 3^rd almost immediately. During the first pit stop window – around lap 10 – things started hotting up in the battle for second. With Matthew Lewis still half a lap in front, he just needed to coast it home, but his brother had pitted early, so he could get an advantage when the other two drivers he was fighting with pitted. This worked perfectly, as Ricky Cooper had a slow pit stop, due to crashing on the entry, which left Paul White to take his pit stop on lap 11 after overtaking Ricky. After the pit stop, it was a straight fight, with the order being, Matthew Lewis out in front, with his brother behind him. Then after him, there was Paul White then Ricky Cooper. This is how it ended at the checkered flag.

As it turned out, the buggy race provided practice for both the track and the weather conditions on Sunday. Craig Drescher and Bruce Thompson finished 1^st and 2^nd respectively, with Russ Wynn-Smith’s consistency showing through, whilst all the top drivers were having problems, he just cruised through to take 3^rd.

Well done to all that were involved, especially the race organizers, it was a great meeting even though the weather was a horrible. Hopefully it will be better for the next round, but somehow I doubt it; this is England after all.

By Scott Walker

Following on from the success of this years interclub ‘8th-08’ Series we are currently well into the process of putting together the details of next years successor which will be known as ‘The Race Central 8th-09 Series’

CML winter series round 1 Rally Cross

The 2ND annual CML series was again to take place at Frankley Model Car clubs excellent all weather venue in the Midlands. After the success of last years series it was no surprise to see Sundays meeting fully booked up which included some of the UK's top Rallycross drivers.

After an informative drivers briefing the 1st round of the CML series got underway, the drying track looked fantastic and with the sun shinning everything was in place for good days racing.

 Luckily this round would see the drivers getting a round of timed practice in before going into qualifying. This unfortunately won't happen at  following rounds as we will lose day light hours throughout the winter.

With 3 rounds of qualifying we saw Darren Bloomfield lay down the gauntlet in the 1st round with a staggering 8 laps/5m18.13. 

 Onto round 2 and Neil Cragg was now the quickest man with a fast 8/5m28.08.

Round 3 and Darren was back up there with a 8/5m22.04, although not as quick as his 1st run was impressive never the less.

On to the finals and we would see 3 bump-ups per final with 8 finals taking place!.

 The lower finals saw some excellent racing; Cameron Currin managed a double bump going from the G final to the E final.

 The C final saw Steven Childerhouse take the win, followed buy Charles Goodwin 2nd and then Ian Bernard 3rd.

The B Final saw bump up man Ian Bernard come from the back of the grid (car 15) to take the led for a while until he ran into problems, we would then see John Holmes and Chris Leighton battle it out at the front for the rest of the 15 minute final. By the end it was Chris Leighton 1st , John Holmes 2nd,  3rd was taken by Richard (KONG) McKenzie who came from 10th on the grid.

In the A final our TQ man Darren Bloomfield led the way from the start with Neil Cragg and Simon Willetts hot on his heals, Darren Stayed in front for the entire 20 minute final leaving Simon and Neil to battle it out for 2nd position. After the chequered flag it was Darren Bloomfield with a well deserved 1st, Neil Cragg 2nd and Simon Willetts 3rd.

This year along with the normal Championship standings there will be a constructors championship running along to promote team work amongst the drivers, the teams and results can be seen below.

Team Horizon 130 Points

Team CML 119 Points

Team DXR 70 Points

Team Mirange 66 Points

Team 1st Models 43 Points

Team Bluegrove 37 Points

 Race Report Rob Cork

CML Winter Series Round 1 – Truggies

With only 12 Truggy entrants for the first round of this series, buggies were allowed to join the event. Many drivers opted for the Maxx Mulchers for the first few rounds on the slightly damp track. Once the track dried out, there were many different tires used. The reduced numbers allowed plenty of track time to get to know the Frankley track.

Qualifying

In Round 1, Chris Leighton (RC8T) pulled out 4 seconds on the Matthew Lewis (Losi 8T) to produce a fast 7 lapper. They were followed by Mark Gilmore (RC8T/GO), Paul white (Losi 8T/Ninja) and Tom Jordan who also gained 7 laps It was clear that these were the drivers to watch.

Round 2 was the fastest round for many drivers. Chris and Matthew both came within 5 seconds of 8 laps and Matthew only 0.57 seconds behind Chris. This time more drivers were all on the leading lap, with Paul White, Mark Gilmore, Jack Laws and Scott Walker all achieving 7 laps.

Once again Matthew and Chris were out in front, but this time Matthew led by just under 3 seconds. Neither improved on their previous times, however this was the only round that all drivers managed to finish at least one lap. It was a shame for Steve Saxton, as problems prevented him competing more than 2 laps along with Mark Gilmore. Glyn Morgan also had a hard time of qualifying, with a new truck (RC8T) and using the meeting as running in for his engine. Or at least this was his excuse!

Finals

B – Final

Both finals were 20 minutes long, with the top 3 progressing to the A-Final. On pole for the B–Final was Jack Laws, followed by Scott Walker then Piers Pearson. These three got off to a great start and by the end pulled away a considerable lead. Piers Pearson still finished 3^rd even though he stopped 2 laps before the end because of a LiPo failure.

Picture of aTop 3 B Final

A Final

Matthew Lewis took control the start, and got in front of the pole sitter, Chris Leighton on the back straight, as he carried more momentum over the tabletop. This left him to run his own race, coming away with a clear victory. The next two positions were very closely fought for. Chris Leighton was looking on to take 2^nd, but then made a mistake with his pit stop strategy and ran out of fuel on lap 12, letting Paul White take 2^nd. However, he misjudged ‘the cheese’ and flipped. He dropped to 6^th while he waited for a marshal and Michael Lewis took 2^nd. Chris Leighton and Michael Lewis battled for the rest of the race, showing great determination and driver control. A crash looked inevitable, but they raced well and in the end Chris came out on top only 2 seconds in front of Michael. Matthew Lewis continued on a lap of honour after the race had finished and even completed a full back flip off the double to please the crowd.

Round 1 of the Truggy winter series ran very smoothly, and all the drivers showed great skill.  I hope that this will continue for the rest of the series, although it would be nice to see a more people turning up to show their support for all the hard work put in by these guys. Well done to all that entered, it was a very enjoyable meeting. All that is left to say is... bring on Round 2!!!!

Written By Scott Walker

The 2nd Annual CML Nitro Winter Champs has been announced and the dates again will be split over the Saturday and Sunday with Truggies Being the Saturday and Rally Cross Being the Sunday Dates Are

Round 1: 11/12th October
Round 2: 8/9th November
Round 3: 13/14th December
Round 4: 10/11th January
Round 5: 7/8th February
Round 6: 14/15th March

Saturday Series – Truggy

Maximum 60 entries.
One practice round plus 3 qualifying rounds (10.30am start)

Sunday Series – Buggy

Maximum 90 entries.
One practice round plus 3 qualifying rounds (9.15am start)

Rules
Both classes run to BRCA rules.
Best four rounds to count towards overall standings.

Controlled Tyres

Buggy: HoBao Angle Spike or Pro-Line Crime Fighter

Truggy: Pro-Line Maxx Mulcher or Pro-Line Crime Fighter
(your choice for the relevant conditions)

Discount on prepaid entry fees

entry form can be found here
http://www.freewebs.com/bnrc/CMLNitroWinterChampsorm1.pdf

race-reports will be covered By Racer Magazine,Race-Central ect

 Byron Fuels are proud to announce the inaugural Byron Fuels UK Junior Challenge to be held on the 14th September 2008 at Frankley Model Car Club, West Mids. Specifically aimed at drivers up to 19 years of age it provides the perfect opportunity for younger, aspiring drivers to showcase their talents at an less pressurised event than nationwide championships. The key to the event is fun and enjoyment. With this in mind places are to be capped at 60 to provide more track time and additional competitions such as single lap speed run.

All entrants will received a FREE quart of Byron Fuel RACE Gen2 20% nitro fuel upon booking in and winners in each class will receive additional Byron product and merchandise.

So hurry now to what promises to be a great end of season bash!

You can find out more details about the club by visiting www.frankleymcc.com/

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Download the entry form here.

 We all know its a charity thing but did he really have to look like this for £100

Full Report can be found under race reports in the Navigation Tab

It was a rather early start for most of the drivers who opted to drive up/down for the day to attend Round 3 of the 2008 Tyro's at Dartford Race Track

Full race report together with pictures can be found here

http://www.piraterc.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2001

TrackNAVCHALLENGE is aimed at 14–18 year olds – Key Stage 4 and Key Stage 5 students – and tasks them with designing and building (with a bit of help!) a radio controlled, four-wheel drive model vehicle that emulates the all-terrain capabilities of a Land Rover.

What TrackNAVCHALLENGE is can be found here

http://www.landrover.co.uk/gb/en/Company/TrackNav/TrackNAVCHALLENGE_Company.htm

Round 2 of this new exciting series saw us at grantham A1's facility in the East Midlands. Grantham had experienced some really bad weather the week before this meeting and there was a period when it was thought that the meeting may have to be re-scheduled, but A1's team worked together and managed with the help of the TYRO Team and the weather to get the track back into a reasonable condition. A Full Race Reort cab be found Here

http://www.freewebs.com/tyro-series/racereports.htm

The 8th-08 series moved to Frankley after a Re-Shuffle of the Event Due to a very waterlogged Track a full race report together with the results can be found here

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/racereports.htm

The 2 day Panther Cup finished in what has to be the best finish anyone could have asked for and Race Central would like to thank everyone for an awsome weekend Including Andrew Taylor for the new Radio System wich was Brill and a suprize to the Drivers and the setup of Wifi and PDA

Also Special Thanx to Jason Potter for the help with the Fixed IP Address for the WIFI

a full race reprt from our Partner Site Can Be Found Here

http://www.piraterc.com/piraterc/panther08/panther_cup_report2008.php

With the First event Taking place in the heart of Sutton Coldfield on a very sunny day the stage has been set for what is hoped to be the best inter-cup series this year

a Full Race report can be found here

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/racereports.htm

RD4 of the CML winter series at Frankley was once again a very wet affair.but Darren pulls all of the stops out to TQ and win Round 4

Full story in the race report tab in navigation bar

Round 4 saw Robert Cork come and take TQ and win in Truggies

a full race report can be found under race reports in the navigation bar

After an eventful 2007 with his HoBao Hyper 8.5 Graham Alsop finished the year in style By taking the round 3 win and final race of the year at Frankley

Full Race report can be found under the race report tag in the navigation Bar

On a very wet Round 3 of the CML Winter Champs Rob Cork came and took the Round 3 win with his new Losi 8ight B

A full Race report can be found in the navigation Bar under race reports

The 2nd round of the CML Nitro Winter Champs was run in wet conditions over the weekend, proving the advantage of running on astroturf and was just the right combination For Lee Martin to win The second round of this popular winter series

a race report can be found under race report in the navigation bar

Jon Holmes Takes Round 1 Win

Round 1 had a fantastic turnout with 90 drivers booked in and a reserve list of 9, with a few drivers cancelling or having problem beyond their control we were able to give every reserve driver a place for the first round.

A full race report can be found in the navigation bar under Race Reports

Lee Taylor takes Round 1 Truggy Class

Round 1 of the CML winter series started on a very cold crisp morning and saw 27 drivers start the series off in style, Drivers briefing started at 10.15 and the first heat to start the series were on the line at 10.40 .TQ for the overall qualifying went to Lee Taylor and started the A final on Pole

With just 17 days to go the question will be how many days will be left to the complete closure of the series entry with only 31 spaces left for the first round and some top names in the sport coming i have a feeling within the next week or so we may have to start a reserve list and turn up on the day and hope you can race..undoutably there will be people unable to attend after entering and paying the question is how many with the meeting being capped at 90 with no exceptions to the rule some people may ultimatley be disapointed

stay tuned to race reports, drivers spot lights and many many pictures with the meeting being covered by the magazines also this promises to be the series with maximum exposure and hopefully maximum fun in a profetional eviroment 

Frankley and CML Distributions are proud to anounce a joint venture to Give the drivers a winter series with a difference with both Saturday and Sunday Racing, Saturdays being a Truggy series and Sunday being a Buggy series, the series will run over one weekend in the month over 6 months Giving the driver the opotunity to race at other venues or support your local club for the remaing 3 weeks in the month

a special event will also be planed for the 27th Dec (details to follow)

£1 from every entry in the buggy series will be donated to worthy causes throught out the series with a total of 6 charities/worthy causes benefiting

the series will be 6 rounds with 4 to count in both truggy and buggy and raffle prizes Curtosy of CML will be won at every event , the meetings will be capped at 60 truggies on Saturday and 90 Buggies on the Sunday and preference will be given to drivers booking 4 for more events in advance this is expected to fill up Quickley so if you want to race and know what/where your going to be racing over the winter this is not to be missed

entry form found in navigation bar under CML winter series

 Frankley has had a major refurb ready for the Radio Race Car event and the 1/8th National coming to Frankley over the next 2 sundays back to back with RRCI being on the 12th August and the national being on the 19th August and was done in 9 phases

phases 1 was to install drainage around the perimetre of the track and herring boned the Astro Section to ensure draingae works well

Phase 2 was to get the best in the buisness to create a "howllers Turn" which was done by Club driver and CML sponsored driver Jon Howells

and it true Jon Howells does know how to drive a digger!

Phase 3 was to convert the crossover from netting to wood to give a consistant jump every time

Phases 4 , 5and 6 was to finish the end of "howllers turn", "goodgers groove"and Taylor's table and put in fencing to prevent going over the top of "howllers Turn"

Phases 7 was to include the Maddog's Wedge nothing speacial but get's rid of the "obstical after the chichane

Phase 8 was the completion of Taylors Table after some heavy Mods on the down-slope

Phase 9 was to finish the fencing round Howllers turn

the finshed artical hope you enjoy

First on the new mods will be RRCI  round 5

Many thanx to

Jon Howells,Andrew Taylor,Mark Goodger,Madpup and Lee,Mike Churchill,Terry and Jake Freeman,Nigel,Kerry,Chris,Rob and many others Big Big Thankyou

Sunday saw the 2nd of the events taking place at frankley with the BNRC Club Challenge taking place the event attracted a "few" drivers with Nigel Punshon taking the first place slot with his son Joe Punshon taking the coverted second place although joe made an error in lap 9 totally missing the loop Race-Central belive"he would have had ya" congratulations also goes to Matt Alcock for taking the 3rd place slot



In the B Final John Kickham took the win from Rob Cock croft with Eric Wilcox taking the 3rd place to complete the trio

Truggy king Paul Broom had fun in his final with a win with 27 laps with 2nd going to Steve Saxton and 3rd going to Dave "plod" biffin

full race results can be found here
http://www.freewebs.com/bnrc/ENTRYS/html folders/mtg38/mtg40/ressum.htm

Due to unforseen curcomstances the meeting sheduled for this weekend(1st July) has been moved to Frankley anyone is welcome to come and join in email your details to themaddog@blueyonder.co.uk

the meetings at Swindon and J12 will be re-sheduled to a later date

The BNRC are proud to anounce a sponsored team event and junior championship to be sheduled over 2 days with Junior champs on saturday and team event on the sunday both will carry sponsorship deals detail to be released to press over the next 48 hours if you have any plans for you or your child over the next 6 weeks i would hang on til this has been released trust me this is not to be missed !!!!

The BNRC at the Frankley facility in Bromsgrove Hosted round 2 and 3 of the 8-ten series with 95 drivers booking in. A full Race Report of round 2 and 3 together with Race Results can be found http://www.freewebs.com/8ten/

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