On Monday 31 July, the Clubman will return to the Eckington Civic Raceway for its third action pack series! This time it will include an exciting support class of 225mm M Chassis cars.
There are no major changes to the rules for season 3, only minor tweaks. The main one will be a RRP focused limit to the chassis rule. The events team are going to be more strict on the reversing rule this season along with checking shell and chassis ride heights. There will also be spot checks on cars before the finals to really heat up the pressure on rules. The series will once again feature the handicap tyres which are both loved and hated by racers.
The support class will be the popular M chassis racing that has been growing in numbers over the past few months. Ambassador Michael Royston wants it to be a visually epic and is only allowing one body shell design. The grid is going to look epic with the Race Mini body set they will all have to race.
Both classes will run the Core-RC 27t motor and Hobbywing 1060 ESC. This combination lead to some really competitive racing at the club. The motor is the perfect speed for the Eckington track without getting to hot when geared correctly. The ESC is a very well established ESC and doesn’t offer anyone an excuse for reversing on track.
There will be 6 rounds to the series with racers best 4 rounds counting towards their championship. The series will start on 31 July with the first two rounds, it will then have a break for the usually bank holiday fun meeting on the 28 August. The final four meetings will follow and decide the championship.
Dates
R1 - 31/07/2023
R2- 14/08/2023
28/08/2023 - Mid series break - Bank holiday fun
R3 - 11/09/2023
R4 - 25/09/2023
R5 - 09/10/2023
R6 - 23/10/2023
To enter the series you will just need to make sure your car meets the following rules. From then you just book into each meeting using the usual booking in page on our website. Please make sure you are book in well in advance of the meeting as spaces at the club are becoming very limited. Spaces at our meetings are always decided by the time racers booked into them.
CLUBMAN-E CHASSIS RULES
Any 1/10 scale chassis.
Original RRP must have been under £300 on day of release or design must be over 15 years old.
4WD chassis - Handicap tyres will be applied to the championship contenders who have the most wins (Virtual leader). It will not be enforced on the final round of the series.
2WD Chassis - No handicaps will be applied.
The clubman team can enforce a "race fair" rule to anyone they feel has found a chassis which has to much of an advantage within the budget cap. This will exclude the chassis from the series and the racer will be asked to change to a more suitable chassis to continue the wheel to wheel racing.
Core RC 27 Turn motor only
label must be visible within the chassis and not show any signs of water damage. The motor must not have been opened or show signs of tampering.
All chassis hop-ups are permitted
Minimum chassis ride height: 5mm
Slick or cut slick rubber tyres only
There are no restrictions on brand or compounds. Treaded or spiked tyres are not permitted at the club.
Handicap tyres for Virtual Leader will be "Ride Frontie Tyres"
Non-jelly mould style bodies only
The body needs to resemble a real production car. No aero focused "jelly mould" TC racing bodies. GT bodies are permitted.
Minimum body ride height: 8mm
Lipo or Ni-Cd cells are allowed with a maximum voltage of 8.4v.
Lipo batteries must be charged in a lipo safe bag.
Hobbywing 1060 ESC only.
Reverse must be turned off.
Only water based tyre additives are permitted at the club.
MINI-E CHASSIS RULES
2WD 1/10th M Chassis 225mm wheelbase cars only
Core RC 27 Turn motor only
label must be visible within the chassis and not show any signs of water damage. The motor must not have been opened or show signs of tampering.
All chassis hop-ups are permitted
Minimum ride height 5mm
Slick or cut slick rubber tyres only
There are no restrictions on brand or compounds. Treaded or spiked tyres are not permitted at the club.
Phat Bodies Race MINI bodyshell only.
The body must be painted in a realistic racing livery.
Minimum body ride height: 8mm
Lipo or Ni-Cd cells are allowed with a maximum voltage of 8.4v.
Lipo batteries must be charged in a lipo safe bag.
Hobbywing 1060 ESC only.
Reverse must be turned off.
Only water based tyre additives are permitted at the club.