Nick Sismey wrote:
The first running of the Brad Bowman built 122 foot eight lane Rockingham Oval (believed to be the worlds largest purpose built slot car oval) will take place on Sunday 28th February 2010 in the Nightingale Hall, Rolls-Royce leisure association, Moor Lane, Derby, DE24 9HY, England from 10am. Please see attached map, which shows our normal Club Room, the Nightingale Hall is opposite this room.
While the four races run at this event are part of the 26 Round 2010 DHORC Championship we are opening up DHORC Membership to those racers who cannot normally make a Tuesday Club Night. For just £10 you can race as a Member at the four Rockingham races above and the Le Mans Club Night on the Thursday night before our Le Mans 24-hour race in November. This is a wonderful opportunity for racers up and down the country to pit their skills against long standing DHORC Members with similar machinery on a brand new track, new to all. Alternatively you can pay just £5 and run as a Non-Member with separate Finals. Racing will be split into Adults and Juniors, with Juniors being classed as those competitors who are 16 years of age this year or below.
Up to date competitor race information will be projected onto a wall-screen so all are aware of their positions.
If you are interested please contact myself Nick Sismey at ------------------ or on ---------------. I can then send you our Rules and Regulations so you can see what cars we use. More details, including a timetable, about the day's racing can be found after the photographs below.
We are having a final trial run of the circuit at the end of January where the first cars will run on both the oval and the four-lane infield circuit, which will be between 300 and 400 feet in length. A further update will be provided after that which will include pictures of some new features never seen before on a UK HO slot car track as well as the final confirmation of the event going ahead in February.
Timings are as follows. Note: Timings after 1000 hours are approximate, depending on the number of competitors, but below are the latest each section will be run.
0900 hours
Four Lane circuit opens for practice in 3-minute sessions
0955 hours
Track Closes
1000 hours
Qualifying begins for the Open Wheel four-lane event.
Each competitor will race their Open Wheel car on all four lanes for 3 minutes at a time. (Note: Each competitor will complete all four of their qualifying races consecutively in line with normal DHORC rules. The total number of laps completed by each racer will be added up and then a series of Finals will take place with the bottom qualifiers in the first Final and the top three qualifiers in the 'A' Final. Therefore even if you qualify last you can still win the event, but you have to win through every Final!
1230 hours
Open Wheel Finals, with lane choice going to the top qualifier in each Final through to the third place qualifier in that Final. These will also be three-minutes in length. The winner of the previous Final will move up onto the lane remaining in the next Final.
1300 hours
Lunch
1330 hours
Qualifying begins for the Enclosed Wheel four-lane event.
1600 hours
Enclosed Wheel Finals
1630 hours
Track closes while it is converted over to the Oval
1700 hours
Qualifying begins for both Open Wheel and Enclosed Wheel
This consists of each competitor completing 5 laps from a standing start on one lane, Open Wheel on Lane 4, Enclosed Wheel on Lane 5 (Note: Two competitors will therefore qualify at the same time and then change over to their other car). The time taken for each competitor to complete the total of five laps will then be used to calculate the Final grid positions.
As the Finals are "Win From Any Final" the top qualifier can choose the best lane in the 'A' Final, the second qualifier the best lane in the ''B' Final etc if they wish.
1745 hours
Open Wheel Finals of three-minute duration.
1800 hours
Enclosed Wheel Finals of three-minute duration.
1815 hours
Track Closes
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