Race Meeting - Hinckley 5- 7 March - with a difference

[Jim Spencer]

1/12 Scale European Sports Car Championship

Radio Controlled Model Car Racing at it's very best.

5 – 7th March, Hinckley Leisure Centre
Coventry Road, Hinckley, LE10 0JR

Friday 5th – Practice & Qualification
Saturday 6th - Qualification
Sunday 7th - Finals.

The event features 1/12 scale LMP prototype style cars, driven by the very best RC racers in Europe (The top 120 drivers out of the 30,000 who race)

The cars are electrically powered and compete in10 car 8 minute races, qualification is by laps completed in that time and the finals are decided from a grid start by racing for position.
Performance is outstanding 0-30 in well under a second, 5g plus lateral G, lap times in the order of 12 seconds.

Plus of course all this happens indoors in the warm!

Doors open at 9am each day, with the last race at around 6pm, admission is free.

Special Media Day, Friday 5th March,
Experts on hand to take you through our sport, guided pit tours including behind the scenes of a fully computerised race control facility ( 120 drivers competing in 140+ races all digitally timed ) plus analysis and technical explanations of the cars.

Further Details from:-
Jim Spencer – 07976 623772, [e-mail]
www.ec2010.org
www.brca.org

[Holst]

The leisure centre is a fair walk away from the station.

I might pop down on the Sunday if I get a chance, I guess I will know some of the UK entrants.

12th scale cars are stupidly fast in the right hands and well worth watching.

[Jim Spencer]

Weslake-Monza said:

I've heard of this and might try and take the kid along on Saturday. How far is the venue from the train station (she's used to walking)?

Hi
About half a mile, straight up Station Road, left into Lancaster Road and it's 200yards straight in front of you.