
Latest news and updates from Worcester Model Car Club
Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here


Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here

Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here

Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here

In Memory of Matt Jones, who sadly passed away after a Car Accident in January 2009.
Matt was an avid racer and would do anything to help any fellow racers.
Sunday 18th April 2010
• 4 Rounds of Qualifying + 2 Leg Finals.
• Matt Jones Trophy for Pro-Stock Winner.
• Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd & Raffle.
• 25m x 14m Prima Duo Carpet Track.
• High Quality Track Marking System.
• RC-Timing Race Software.
• Wireless Race Information.
To Download the Entry Form click on the image below:
If you would like to Book-In online please register your details below. Once we recieved payment, you will recieve a
confirmation via email/post You dont have to pay now, but we Currently accept payment by
• Cheque (By Post)
• Cash (On Club Nights & at the event)
• Paypal

Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here

Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here

Standings for the Winter Spring Championship 2010 Click Here


Its that time again!
Due to Race Control being Christmassy unavailable,
Racing for the 18th December is as planned:
*Free Racing!
*Oval Track Layout
*Free Food!
*Attendance Raffle
Prizes include:
1/10th Tamiya Mini Kit
Touring Car Bodies
*PS3 and X-box 360 Games on Projector Screens *League Prizes will also be handed out for this league.
Merry Christmas from WorcesterMCC!
See you all on the 8th January.

Standings for the Autumn/Winter Championship 2009 Click Here
Well done to the following:
Pro-Stock Touring
1st – Ian Watkins
2nd – Alex Everett
3rd – Paul Leach
Stock Touring F1
1st – Graham Liddell
2nd – Reece Hodges
3rd – Tom Willetts
Stock Touring F2
1st – George Baulch (Advance to F1)
2nd – Robbie Lloyd (Advance to F1)
3rd – Martin Parry
Mini
1st – Simon Maycroft
2nd – Ross McAllister
3rd – Steve Brewer
1/12th
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Ian Watkins
3rd – Alex Everett

The WMCC 2010 Club Membership form can now be downloaded Here
Get yours in before Christmas to make sure you have your BRCA license for next year.

Standings for the Autumn Winter Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Autumn Winter Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Autumn Winter Championship 2009 Click Here

After a few weeks break while the the hall was re-decorated, we are back!
Standings for the Autumn Winter Championship 2009 Click Here

Due to the school hall being refurbished during the summer there will be no racing on:
See you all on the 4th September.

Standings for the Summer Autumn Championship 2009 Click Here

Matthew Jones Memorial Race Meeting 2009 Photo Gallery now available.

Well done to the following:
Pro-Stock Touring A-Final
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Richie Thorn
3rd – Shaun Ogden
Pro-Stock Touring B-Final
1st – Andrew Bird
2nd – Alan Meredith
3rd – Robert Clark
Stock Touring A-Final
1st – Andrew Bird
2nd – Graham Liddell
3rd – Reece Hodges
Stock Touring B-Final
1st – Tom Willetts
2nd – Stewart Woodend
3rd – Charlotte Bird
Mini A-Final
1st – Ross McAllister
2nd – Ian Watkins
3rd – Harley Youngs
Mini B-Final
1st – Joe Brown
2nd – Stefan Godfree
3rd – John Ryland
Mini B-Final
1st – Jonathan Vince
2nd – Billy Maycroft
3rd – Colin Hancocks
1/12th
1st – Alex Everett
2nd – Jonty Walkeden
3rd – Shaun Ogden

In Memory of Matt Jones, who sadly passed away after a Car Accident in January 2009.
Matt was an avid racer and would do anything to help any fellow racers.

Just a quick Remdinder to book into this event. It should be a packed day of racing!
Doors Open at 8am, With Racing to Start at 9am.
With Raffle prizes mounting up, most notabley:
1 x Tamiya M05 Mini
2 x paddock passes for Porsche hospitality for the Silverstone TOCA meeting (courtesy of Paul Leach/JHR Developments/Porsche)
1 x £10 meal voucher @ Time to Eat, Worcester.
1 x EZ-Run 3000kv Motor and ESC.
1 x Bodyshell Painted by GreenSpeed
More details can be found in the events section.
In Memory of Matt Jones, who sadly passed away after a Car Accident in January 2009.
Matt was an avid racer and would do anything to help any fellow racers.
Sunday 12th July 2009
• 4 Rounds of Qualifying + 2 Leg Finals.
• Matt Jones Trophy for Pro-Stock Winner.
• Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd & Raffle.
• 25m x 14m Prima Duo Carpet Track.
• High Quality Track Marking System.
• RC-Timing Race Software.
• Wireless Race Information.

Standings for the Summer Autumn Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Spring/Summer Championship 2009 Click Here
Well done to the following:
Pro-Stock Touring
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Shaun Ogden
3rd – Ian Watkins
Stock Touring F1
1st – Matthew Habershon
2nd – Tom Willetts
3rd – Reece Hodges
Stock Touring F2
1st – Jay Orgee
2nd – Jamie Curtis
3rd – Lewis Oak
Mini
1st – Ross McAllister
2nd – Harley Youngs
3rd – Steve Brewer
1/12th
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Ian Watkins
3rd – Alex Everett

Hi All, As reported in the news this week, Nunnery Wodd High School has been closed to sudents due to Swine Flu, Apart from pupils taking Exams & Staff.
We have confirmed with the Caretaker that the school is still open for racing on Friday!
See you all On Friday!
Regards
WMCC

Transponder Yellow 1 has been missing for some weeks now, and mysterously appeared this week. This has been followed by Yellow 4 disappearing this week!
Before you leave racing, Could you PLEASE check your Cars, Tool boxes, Pit Boxes and anywhere else you can think of.
These units are £120 each! So would appreciate its return.
If you find it please email me
If people cannot remember to bring these back, we will have to enforce clocking in and out of tranponders.
Regards
WMCC

Standings for the Spring Summer Championship 2009 Click Here

As you can see from the picture below, the new carpet has arrived! (Thanks Nick). This should give use some more racing area, and make our track a little larger.
Please make sure all cars are free from sticking our screws, broken bumpers etc. that could damage the carpet, as this has has cost over £500, and we want to keep it in good condition.

For those that think it looks like a rocket…...


Standings for the Spring Summer Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Spring Summer Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Spring Summer Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Spring Summer Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Reported by Tom Green
The livvys smile charity race was held on the 4th of April in memory of Olivia Georgia Meredith at the Tamworth radio controlled model car club.
The Worcester team arrived to a smaller than expected track with a very large turn out, pitting was interesting but the 50 plus drivers all managed to squeeze in and after the late booking ins were sorted out racing was underway.
Team Worcester was represented by Shaun Ogden, Addam Talbot, Alex Everett, Tom Green, and a close friend of the club Jonty who also supported Worcester. Even The chairman Neil came down to lend a hand and support his drivers!
Before racing kicked off drivers were offered the chance to get a brief practice session, many drivers opted not to go out as it was mixed practice although Alex and Tom found the courage to go out and put a few laps in, both drivers were happy with the cars and felt confident for qualifying.
Qualifying in general was a difficult time for the team, with random mixed ability groups the team were pushing to set fast times but also dodging traffic and trying to keep it fair. The team split in two over which tires to run in qualifying with Tom and Alex using the harder Vtec 30’s with Addam and Shaun using the softer Vtec 27s.
By the end of qualifying Alex (Xray) and Addam (Associated) had the stock class sorted and were easily setting the pace, they pulled out a massive gap over the field and battled it out solidly for the full race duration, unfortunately there was some accidents with back markers and after some pretty unique racing moments the Xray driven by Alex emerged the winner by the smallest margin just 0.81 sec. Both drivers really had to work for the results, constantly changing race lines to dodge the slower drivers and still race each other.
In Pro stock both Shaun and Tom had made the A final in the middle of the grid, with Tom (Tamiya) taking 5th and Shaun (Xray) taking 7th. Both had shown brilliant pace in qualifying but had not managed to translate there super fast lap times into higher qualifying positions with unfortunate accidents in qualifying. The finals were not off to the smoothest start with many cars at the back trying to win the race on the first corner. This set the tone for the finals with many other crashes constantly switching the running order. Shaun used consistency to eventually win the final, with Tom making many driving errors taking 3rd but setting some of the fastest laps of the night along the way.
Jonty an occasional visitor to the club took 3rd in 1/12th qualifying, his years of wisdom paid off as he expertly drove his Xray 1/12th car to the finish keeping his cool when his rivals cracked under the pressure.

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here
Well done to the following:
Pro-Stock Touring
1st – Paul Leach
2nd – Craig McAllister
3rd – Tom Green
Stock Touring F1
1st – Graham Liddell
2nd – Simon Maycroft
3rd – Tom Willetts
Stock Touring F2
1st – Jay Orgee
2nd – Jamie Curtis
3rd – Rob Hillman
Mini
1st – Ross McAllister
2nd – Steve Brewer
3rd – Andy Wagstaff
1/12th
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Andy Wagstaff
3rd – Ian Watkins
GT10/2WD Touring
1st – Paul Leach
2nd – John Ryland
3rd – Addam Talbot

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

In Memory of Matt Jones, who sadly passed away after a Car Accident in January 2009.
Matt was an avid racer and would do anything to help any fellow racers.
Sunday 12th July 2009
• 4 Rounds of Qualifying + 2 Leg Finals.
• Matt Jones Trophy for Pro-Stock Winner.
• Prizes for 1st, 2nd and 3rd & Raffle.
• 25m x 14m Prima Duo Carpet Track.
• High Quality Track Marking System.
• RC-Timing Race Software.
• Wireless Race Information.
To Download the Entry Form click on the image below:

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Looking for a custom painted bodyshell? Or fed up of painting your own?
Tom Geeen is now offering Custom Painted Bodyshells, Price’s vary according to complexity.
You can contact Tom at track side or email him:
Tom Green
Examples of Tom’s Work:


Courtesy of Leighton Buzzard Model Car Club, Not everything is relevant to our rules, but a good guide never the less.

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here


Pictured are several club members who achieved good results at the 6 round carpet thrashnals series held at the chippenham club in whitshire, Ian Watkins achieved the best result with 2 wins to come 3rd in the mini championship, Graham Lidell, John Ryland and Tom Green (not pictured) also finnished in the top ten of there championships.
Other club members who competed at rounds of the series were Ross McAllister, Paul Leach, Chris Baker, Reece Hodges and Andy Wagstaff.
Report by Ian Watkins

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

Standings for the Winter/Spring Championship 2009 Click Here

As many of you may of noticed during the last few weeks, the mini’s are growing!

The new mini class, is aimed at seasoned racers as well as beginers, based around Tamiya’s excellent FWD M Class chassis. These kits are very keenly priced. M-03’s are available from most suppliers at around £80.
These car’s can be bought and run for a fraction of the cost of a running a high end Touring Car
We hope this class can grow and become a regular occurance at WMCC.
The rules for this class can be found Here
And of course you can win one in the end of year raffle!
Links of Interest:
RC-Mini.Net
Australian Mini Website, all the information you will ever need!
Rally RC Mini
Tamiya Mini Preped for rallying!

Interested in Racing Radio Controlled Model Cars?
Come along during the evening of 12th Decemebr to our Open Night and see the cars in action! And even try for yourself!
Club Members will be available to answer all your questions.
Location:
Nunnery Wood High School
Main Hall
Spectchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2LT
7pm – 10.30pm
Hope to see you all there
WMCC Comittee

Standings for the Autumn/Winter Championship 2008 Click Here
Well done to the following:
19T Touring
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Craig McAllister
3rd – Alex Everett
27T Touring F1
1st – Graham Liddell
2nd – Simon Maycroft
3rd – Reece Hodges
27T Touring F2
1st – Andy Wagstaff
2nd – Barrie Ford
3rd – Tom Jenkins
Mini
1st – Ian Watkins
2nd – Ross McAllister
3rd – Adrian Clamp
GT10/2WD Touring
1st – Paul Leach
2nd – Ian Watkins
3rd – John Ryland

Its that time again!
The Christmas Raffle will be drawn on 19th December.
£1 a Strip
Purchase from Race Control on the Stage.
Prizes include:
League Prizes will also be handed out for this league.

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

The WMCC 2009 Club Membership form can now be downloaded Here
Get yours in before Christmas to make sure you have your BRCA license for next year.

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

Final Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here
Well done to the following:
19T Touring
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Ian Watkins
3rd – Ross McAllister
27T Touring F1
1st – Reece Hodges
2nd – George Baulch
3rd – Tom Willetts
27T Touring F2
1st – John Ryland
2nd – Barrie Ford
3rd – Jay Orgee

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

Standings for the Summer/Autumn Championship 2008 Click Here

Standings for the Spring/Summer Championship 2008 Click Here
Well done to the following:
19T Touring
1st – Tom Green
2nd – Ian Watkins
3rd – Ross McAllister
27T Touring F1
1st – Adrian Clamp
2nd – Tom Willetts
3rd – Jason Frost
27T Touring F2
1st – Reece Hodges
2nd – George Baulch
3rd – Liam Holland

Standings for the Spring/Summer Championship 2008 Click Here
Qualifying Results Click Here
Finals Results Click Here

Standings for the Spring/Summer Championship 2008 Click Here

Standings for the Spring/Summer Championship 2008 Click Here
Qualifying Results Click Here
Finals Results Click Here

Standings for the Spring/Summer Championship 2008 Click Here
Qualifying Results Click Here
Finals Results Click Here
As normal the Track will change next week. Anyone with any ideas please bring them along.


From the 02/05/08 the race fees for members will be increased to £6 per Night, With £2 being refunded to anyone who stays behind to help put the track away.






In an attempt to speed up club nights, and maybe get another round of qualifying or two leg finals! the following start times will apply from Friday 14th March.
7.00pm – Doors Open, Set-Out Track
7.30pm – Booking In Closes.
7.45pm – Racing Starts!
We need all efforts to help put out and put away the track.
If everyone helps it can be done in minutes! And we can get some more racing!

For those wishing to race outside this year, The Online Central Booking is now open for The BRCA Nationals, Junior Nationals, TORC, BTCC & STCC.
For More information Click Here




Transponder Green 1 has been missing for some weeks now.
Could you PLEASE check your Cars, Tool boxes, Pit Boxes and anywhere esle you can think of.
These units are $100 each! So would appreciate its return.
If you find it please email me
Regards
WMCC



To download the BRCA Approved Battery List 2008 Click Here
Only cells detailed in the list are approved for BRCA National Events in 2008. Previous lists are no longer valid.

This article was published up on the BRCA Website before Chritsmas. As some people may not have seen it so i have published here.

‘’No doubt you will have read or heard the stories of batteries exploding and that the Norwegian Federation has temporarily suspended all electric racing. We have been monitoring these ‘incidents’ but obtaining hard facts is not easy, making it difficult to draw any meaningful conclusions.
Given that there are thousands of cells in circulation, such incidents have been exceedingly rare in the past. The only serious incident that has occurred to date in UK was when a receiver pack blew, that has permanently damaged a person’s eyesight. Although there will have been more injuries caused by scalpels or super glue in eyes than caused from exploding cells, you still need to take care! The NiMh cells have a chemistry that allows the cell to ‘self-discharge’ over a relatively short period, (days as opposed to weeks). Lately, some of the 4200 cells seem to self-discharge more rapidly than other/previous versions. More importantly the amount each individual cell within a pack discharges varies (i.e. cell 1 might be .9v, cell 2 .8v, cell 3 .9v, cell 4 .7v, etc.) If charged in this state, some chargers will not know when to stop the charge process, as some cells are demanding to continue with the charge, whilst others could be over charged. It is also important to control the delta peak (voltage drop-off after completed charge) to a low value when charging. Once the cell has achieved full charge, any further charging will produce gas. The cells have a pressure vent, but if that is blocked or not working, the gas pressure could cause an explosion. High charge rates will also produce more gas and reduce the cell’s useful life. It is possible that internal gas pressure may cause distortion to some internal parts that could result in a short circuit within the cell. An internal short circuit combined with gas pressure is likely to be a ‘big bang’. Drivers need to recognise that the ‘matchers’ recommendations are intended to achieve maximum performance. It is the recommendation from the cell manufacturer that should be used. Best Practice for use of NiMH cells.Equalise cells before charging if they have been stored (with charge) for more than 2/3 days. If any of the cells in the pack show that they do not need to be equalised (i.e. the light does not show or goes out straight away) then remove the pack from the equaliser and charge for a short period (approx. 5 mins. should be adequate). Then carry out the equalising process.
Never exceed the manufacturers recommended fast charge rate. This should be 1C max., even if the manufacturer states higher. (C being rate of charge based on capacity of the cell, e.g. a 4200 mAh cell = 4.2 amps)
Disregard any charge rate recommendations by the ‘matcher’ if it is more than 1C.
Use a maximum Delta-Peak setting of 3mV per cell (6-cell pack = 3mV x 6 = 0.018V).
Never repeak cells after main charge.
Use a temperature cut-out as an additional safety feature set at 42 deg. C max., located on the hottest cell (usually middle cell). If charging on a cold day then consider reducing this to around 35 deg. C.
Allow cells to fully cool to ambient temperature before further charges. Be aware the centre of the cell cools slower than the outer casing. Do not put them in water to cool down; in an emergency cover the cells with a damp/wet cloth if you have to quickly cool them.
Store cells with some charge (30/50%).BRCA Electric Board 16.11.07’’



Round 1: Aldershot 26th/27th Apr
Round 2: Cotswold 7th/8th Jun
Round 3: West London 12th/13th Jul
Round 4: Halifax 16th/17th Aug
Junior Nationals: Bedworth 20th Jul
For More information on the BRCA, TORC, STCC & BTCC National events Click Here


To be able to race you must have applied for your BRCA License, as this is your 3rd Party Insurance. Without this you cannot Race. For more information plese download a membership form from the forms section.



The WMCC Club Membership form can now be downloaded Here
Get yours in before Christmas to make sure you have your BRCA license for next year.

Just to inform everybody, WMCC has found a new venue!
We will be racing on Friday Nights at Nunnery Wood High School. The first night being on 19th October 2007.
Note we are not racing on the 12th of October.
Directions can be found here:
Directions to Nunnery Wood High School
We would appreciate all the help on the first few nights, until we settle in.

After a long time being not being updated, the website should now be updated regularly, mainly being Leagues and pictures.
If anyone has anthing they want adding, just give a committee member a shout.


WMCC committee would like to thank Mike Hurt of MH*Technical for, what we hope you will agree, is an execelent and much improved web site and image.
If you have any articles, images/photos, comments you would like to see up here o the site; please submit via the Contact page.
We can also post your ‘For Sale’ items and any tips and advice you can offer on car set-up.
Any comments, please email me.
Simon Evers
Chairman
