Novarossi GP ‘08
October 6, 2008 Events, Race Reports, Snaps No Comments
This year brought the 3rd running of the Novarossi GP held at Novarossi Raceway and there were to be some differences from the last 2 years. The event would be run on two tracks simultaneously; the Truggys would be running on the new Dirt
Track constructed just a few short months ago and the Buggys would be running on the Astro Track. With heavy rain forecast for both days this was going to be a tough meet, not just for the drivers but also for the organizers. The format of the GP was announced before the event, however, there was some controversy during the Saturday when this was changed, however most drivers did not let this bother them and with drivers such as Darren Bloomfield, Lee Martin, Elliot Boots and David Spashett there this was still going to be a great event. Read more…
The final round of the TYRO National took place on the 7th of September and it was promised to be an exciting race on the infamous Herts track. Multiple drivers could take the TYRO championship so it was all to play for. Rain had been falling on and off, very heavily some times, the week leading up to the race day but the work from the HNMC team helped make the track race able on the day. It was a wet start however the track did dry out and by the finals the track was looking great, however neared the end of the day the track did start to become rutted by it was not to serious.
We decided to drive down Sat afternoon to set up our Gazebo and have a quick look at the track and I must say the track looked AWESOME. However, after a good nights sleep we awoke on Sunday morning and it had been raining all night long. How was this going to affect the track I was wondering? Upon arrival I was shocked to see no puddles or standing water but the track was going to be muddy for a while. During drivers briefing Adrian announced that there was going to be 1 round of practice followed by 4 rounds of qualifying with your best two scores to count. With the rain still falling and the track getting muddy not many drivers took the option of going out for their practice. By the time round 1 qualifying started the rained had stopped but the track was going to take some time to dry out. 
We arrived early at Novarossi and were set for the 4th round of the SRS. We were greeted by a thin fog rising over the track but this was soon to thin out almost completely. As I sat in pit area, comtemplating my “tactics” for the days racing, I saw my points disappearing from my sight as more and more race faces showed up including “Bootsie”, “The Nutster” and “Bloomfield”. It looked like it was going to be a tuff to get into the A Final.
The penultimate round of the TYRO National series was due to be held at Fast Tracks Racing Club (FTRC). However there were concerns about the condition of the track and after hard work by the FTRC team who attempt to make the track BRCA legal. 4 days before the race day was due to take place the decision was made to abandon the meeting after a track inspection and in view of the fore casted weather. Less than 24 hours after this decision was made a meeting of the Rallycross Tyro National Committee and with the support of the BRCA Rallycross Chairman, the round was moved to Frankley Model Car Club (FMCC). The meeting was moved to Frankley due to how geographically close it was to FTRC and FMCC being an ‘all weather’ astro track. 
RCSnaps were present for the 4th Round of the TYRO Nationals this time at Swindon RC Model Car Club. The track was great and the meeting was well run thanks to the people at Swindon Model Car Club and also Glyn Morgan (TYRO Chairman). A race report will hopefully be available soon but for the moment there is a link to the detailed results and the photos of the day. The top 3 in the A final were:
It was the 2nd round of SRS and 4th round of the summer series. Upon arrival the first change I noticed straight away was the new jump which had been created where the old tabletop used to be and WOW it had some profile on it. During drivers briefing Tony B had informed us that the track had already had over 250 drivers on it in the last 21 days due to holding the two national events but the track looked ok.
The 3rd round of the TYRO Buggy Nationals was held at DRT (Dartford Race Track) in the South East of England, again some of the competitors who have entered would not have looked out of place at the BRCA ‘A’ Buggy Nationals it was almost guaranteed that this would be another successful and exciting meeting! Marc Knight secured TQ closely followed by Keith Robertson and Jess Saunders who now was sporting a HoBao covered in JQProducts upgrades. Marc, Keith and Jess were all fighting for 1st 2nd and 3rd for the 1st half of the race with Keith Robertson edging ahead of the battle that Marc and Jess were having until lap 21 
RCSnaps managed to get some photos of the 2nd round of the TYRO Nationals. This round was held at Grantham A1 Racing Club up in Lincolnshire which meant a trip up either the day before or a very early wake up for us lot down south! A full report of the event will hopefully be available soon but until then the results are:
On arrival to the track my first impressions was that it did not look as big as it does in the photos. The track has very long straights and there were several of these so came the first dilemma for drivers, what clutch bell to use?
