Within two weeks of the Nene Valley Raceway Club being selected to host the British round of the off-road European championship the club heard the devastating news that our landlords second daughter had

died.

Jodi Dunmore (22) died within 20 months of her sister,

Lucinda (19).

Both sisters died of cystic fi-brosis and the club felt that it was only right to support the Dunmore family in increasing the £100,000 they have al-

ready raised for this charity.

The British Large Scale Off Road Grand Prix which is being held over the August bank holiday weekend (28-30th Au-gust) at the Nene Valley Race-way club just outside Rushden in Northamptonshire will be the main fund raiser the Nene will undertake in supporting

the family in 2009.

The club will be working with the family to provide all those who attend this event with an

event they will remember.

Already booked is a live band

for Saturday night.

The maximum attendees for an EFRA GP is 125 drivers and the club would like to achieve

this.

The club has already distrib-uted literature at the 2009 Autosport show and at the 1st EFRA off road GP at Exloo in

January.

Along with the distribution of literature the Nene’s advertis-ing banner has been seen at both these events and will be seen again at all the 2009 BRCA National meetings and the EFRA meetings preceding round 5 at the Nene. This means the marketing banner will be seen in France, Spain

and Austria.

The club is seeking sponsors

for the British Grand Prix to help maximise the profit for

the Cystic Fibrosis Trust.

If you are able to help the club no matter how great or small then please contact the club via the contact details on the

last page of this newsletter.

British Large Scale Off Road Grand Prix becomes a charitable event

Positive comments still flying around about the revamped Nene

Seven months after the Nene

reopened the positive com-

ments are still flying around

about the Nene Valley Race-

way facility from the various

drivers who have visited the

venue.

This is a credit to the many

friends of the Nene who

helped lay the all weather facil-

ity last summer

Since the reopening on the

30th August the Nene has

been undertaking at least one

race meeting a month. These

meetings have all taken place

unhindered despite the area

being hit by some of the worst

winter conditions experienced

for years.

Along with the race meetings

the Nene has undertaken bash

meetings most weekends

which have attracted not only

local racers but drivers from

around the country of all

scales.

The Nene welcomes drivers of

all abilities and scales to its

floodlight all weather facility.

Keep watching the calendar on

the Nene’s website for forth-

coming events but remember

“When you come and race at

the Nene you and your car will

remain clean”

Latest from Nene Valley Raceway, RC Club

Winter 2008/2009

Volume 2, Issue 1

Nene Valley Raceway News

Special points of interest:

• Revamped Nene Valley Raceway

contains a 36m by 110m astroturf

area, floodlit and powered pits along

with a remote timing monitor

• Nene Valley Raceway to host EFRA

Large Scale off road Grand Prix in

2009 for charity

• Nene Valley Raceway round of the

BRCA LSOR in 2008 attracted the

most drivers of the championship

• Track area illuminated by 3KWatts of

floodlighting

• The Nene Val ley Raceway

2008/2009 winter series is underway

• Nene Valley Raceway is the most

centrally located Large Scale Off Road

track within the UK

Inside this issue:

BRCA News 2

Winter Series Round 3 2

Winter Series Round 4 3

Winter Series Round 5 3

Help & Support 4

Fast & Close Action In Large Scale Racing

Stevo Backland leads the 2008 winter series with his Elcon Cleon on 397 points can he be caught with only one round remaining.

At the 2008 BRCA AGM a num-

ber of new rules and regula-

tions were voted in by the vari-

ous sections of the BRCA and

over the coming weeks all

BRCA members should be

receiving their copy of the

2009 handbook detailing all

the relevant changes for your

preferred racing scale.

It is also that time of year

when you need to renew your

BRCA membership. You can

renew your membership either

directly with the BRCA mem-

bership secretary by download-

ing a form from the BRCA web-

site at www.brca.org or via the

Nene Valley Raceway.

No matter which method of

renewal you use you will not be

able to run at the Nene without

BRCA membership if you have

used the Nene facility three

times in 2009 inclusive of

bash and race days.

In terms of the BRCA Large

Scale Off Road section of

which Darren Worth is its race

director and Bill Pridding its

treasurer the news from the

AGM is that the series will be

visiting a new venue in the

2009 national series. Finals

will be “double sided tree”

format which means no driver

automatically qualifies for the

main final.

The series is open to both 2

and 4 wheel drive vehicles

with the standard class re-

stricted to 2 wheel drive bug-

gies with a maximum engine

capacity of 26cc and conform

to preset vehicle dimensions.

Whilst the open class is open

to anything with a maximum

engine capacity of 30cc’s.

Further details on the LSOR

rules and regulations are con-

tained within the 2009 hand-

book.

It should be noted that if any-

one is intending to race in the

Nene GP in August then please

visit the EFRA website as there

are additional vehicle specifi-

cations to be achieved for the

2 wheel drive entrants (The

EFRA meeting is only open to 2

wheel drive vehicles).

2009 LSOR race dates are:-

Rnd 1—29th March, N&D

Rnd 2—26th April, Nook

Rnd 3— 24th May, Nene

Rnd 4—21st June, KORT

Rnd 5—12th July, Sweetnap

Rnd 6—2nd August, Warstone

Rnd 7—20th Sept, Nook

Rnd 8—4th Oct, N&D

The BRCA run a club of the

year competition and if you

want to vote for your favourite

club then write to the BRCA

ahead of the 2009 BRCA AGM

(25th October 2009) telling

them why you feel your club

should win.

BRCA News

Did it not rain! - Dave Smith (HT2 Evo)

The heats commenced just after 10am and by lunch time the top three were Ben Doyle, James McCarthy and Steve

Backland.

The finals commenced just after lunch with the semi B drivers attacking the Nene track. James McCarthy led the semi from start to finish and was followed home by Bill Prid-ding, George Harrison and Tim

Harrison.

The semi A went along similar lines once pole setter Ben Doyle had retired from the final. Stevo Backland came home first, Lee Downing was second, Adam Griffith third and Mathew Ball took the fourth spot. Due to the damp conditions encountered in both semis a number of driv-ers were encountering water induced issues either electrical

or engine related. The final two positions went to

Tim Harrison and Dave Smith.

The main final commenced with the sky getting greyer and by the end of the 20 minutes there were a handful of cars running and out on top was Lee Downing, Lee led home Dave Smith his “Black country Brother” and third place went to Tim Harrison who despite being the older of the team bud drivers was the first to take home any silverware from the Nene. Well done to Lee, Dave and Tim for their efforts and to those who stayed to the end.

2008 Large Scale Winter Series Round 3 — 30th November

On a true winters morning 18 drivers braved the bad weather to attend this meet-ing. The forecast for Sunday was more of the same. Despite the damp conditions the Nene’s track was holding up to all the elements the UK

weather was throwing at it.

Another meeting and another respectable turn out of HPI Baja’s, also in attendance was the Griffith family who have recently taken over as the UK Harm main agent. Adam was not the only driver to travel some distance to race, he was joined by Steve Backland who travelled down from Lanca-shire. The regular Rally X driv-ers were joined at this meeting by local ace Lee Bunker who was entering his first large scale off road meeting using a

friend’s FG Baja.

Despite the damp

conditions many drivers

braved the weather to

participate in the Nene

winter series

Cars and their stars at the Nene

Page 2 Nene Valley Raceway News

New season and new rules.

Do you have your 2009 BRCA

membership card, if not why not!

RRCi review of the New HPI 5T undertaken at the Nene Valley Raceway

(Due out 5th March)

Only 3 days after Christmas

the Nene decided to hold

round 4 of its winter series.

Despite air temperatures being

sub-zero and the festive fun

being in full swing 25 drivers

attended this meeting which

helped Barry and Mark cele-

brate their birthdays.

Round 1 commenced straight

after the drivers briefing with

all drivers struggling for trac-

tion. James McCarthy came

out on top, Stevo Backland

was second despite using his

new Elcon Cleon fitted with his

Evotuning engine. Third spot

went to Mathew Ball with his

HPI Baja.

With the track drying out for the remaining two rounds all drivers bettered their round 1 qualification positions and by the end of qualification James was still the fastest driver in qualification, Dave Smith was

second, third spot was Mathew Ball and in fourth sport was Darren Curtis with the first of 3 Elcon Cleons in the top eight. Despite his sore head Mark Cove was fifth and Andy Knight led home a brace of Cleons with Stevo Backland in sev-enth. Due to the Nene’s large ros-trum it was decided to run just the semis with 12 cars sched-uled for the B semi and 13 cars the A semi. With 11 cars lined up on the Nene’s long back straight the B semi com-menced and Dave’s Hoërmann was out the starting blocks faster than Linford Christie ever was. This was beneficial for Dave as he escaped a first corner incident which resulted in second place driver Darren Curtis falling three places. As the laps went by Darren fought his way back into second place and at the end of the 15 min-utes Dave and Darren had completed 21 laps. Close rac-ing was witnessed back down

the field and third, forth and fifth place could have been anyones. Finally Tim Worthey was third, George Harrison fourth and Paul Sparks in fifth. The Semi A went as you would have predicted with the calibre of the drivers involved and by the end of the 15 minutes the top 5 drivers had finished in the top 5 despite a few places changing as the session went

on.

By the end of the 1st lap of the main final Stevo Backland was flying and had pulled out a lead. With Dave Smith’s depar-ture Darren Curtis was able to pick up the second spot and kept this position until the end. James McCarthy suffered tech-nical trouble and dropped down to 10th position after just 4 laps but bravely fought back and finished a respectable 4th having battled with Tim Worthey(5th), Paul Sparks(6th). Birthday boy Mark Cove fin-

ished in 3rd. Well done all.

2008 Large Scale Winter Series Round 4 — 29th December

Close racing at the Nene (HT2 Evo, Elcon Cleon)

Ben Doyle happy with his win. Stevo (3rd), Ben (1st), Darren (2nd)

top doing 18 laps in the dry

conditions. Steve Sunnocks

with his EFRA spec car coming

home second, with third spot

being taken by Gerry Doyle and

his police livered Elcon. Who

says the police don't have a

sense of humor!!

The second round once again

saw Daren and Steve out on

top but this time third spot

went to Stevo Backland.

With snow flakes falling round

3 was going to be down to

drivers skills and this time

Steve Sunnocks was out on

top with an 18 lapper but was

1 second behind Darren’s

round 1 time.

Semi B commenced with 12

drivers on the Nene’s rostrum

and after the 15 minutes Ben

Doyle had come out on top,

ahead of Stevo Backland and

Steve Sunnocks, George Harri-

son was in fourth and James

McCarthy was fifth despite

being 3 laps down when he

started!!

Semi A went as predicted with

Darren Curtis leading from

start to finish.

With graying sky’s the main

final was delayed by 10 min-

utes whilst Ben Doyle fixed a

receiver problem meaning he

was going to start form 11th

on the grid.

Following 30 minutes of close

racing with Darren, Stevo and

Steve all leading at some point

Ben Doyle came out on top

leading home Darren Curtis

and Stevo Backland making it

a 1,2,3 for the Elcon. Dave

Smith was fourth, Lee Downing

fifth, Steve Kendall sixth and

Glyn Tailor in seventh.

2008 Large Scale Winter Series Round 5 — 1st February

On a chilly February Sunday

the Nene held its first race

meeting of 2009 when 24

large scale racers travelled to

the Nene. Not only does the

Nene have a loyal local follow-

ing but over the winter rounds

many drivers have travelled

down from the North, up from

the South and across from the

East for some winter fun! This

meeting was no different to

the rest.

Thanks from the Nene to all

those who spend 2 hours in a

car just to reach us.

Despite the forecast of snow

this meeting saw an increase

in Elcon Cleon attendees with

team Doyle turning out with

there new rides for 2009.

Round one commenced with

the Nene tracking being dry

and Darren Curtis came out on

Mark Cove finishes 3rd

despite partying until late

the night before!

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Not quite Sky Cops! Gerry Doyle (Elcon Cleon)

Darren Curtis (Elcon Cleon)

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Nene Valley Raceway is an off road radio controlled model car

club who are affiliated to the British Radio Car Association.

The club has been going for 10 years and welcomes drivers of elec-

tric, nitro and petrol powered vehicles to its track.

The track ideally suits 1/8th and large scale RC off road vehicles

but all scales and driver abilities are welcomed by the club.

Race meetings at the Nene are timed to 1/100th’s of a second

utilising AMB timing solutions just like full size racing.

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If you have a suitable vehicle

and wish to join a growing club

then please visit the club one

weekend or if you would like

further information visit our

website or contact one of our

committee members.

If any organisation would like

to get involved with the forth-

Nene Valley Raceway is an Off

Road Radio Controlled Model

Car Club which is based just

outside Rushden, Northamp-

tonshire.

The club meets most Sundays

for its members to either race

or practice & has young and

old members.

coming EFRA meeting or the

club in general then please

contact our club chairman via

our website.

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