Winter Racing 2024/2025

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Blake

IROCC Winter 2024/2025 Race Season Information:

Welcome to IROCC's Winter 2024/2025 Carpet Season.

Dates in 2024 (Saturday evenings):
Oct 5
Oct 26
Nov 2
Nov 16
Nov 30
Dec 14

Jan 11
Jan 25
Feb 8
Feb 22
Mar 22

April 2025 dates TBA

Location:
Eagle Ridge Community Center Dry Arena
1089 Langford Pkwy, Victoria, BC V9B 0A5

Race Night Program:
4:00PM Doors open for track setup
4:45PM Practice
5:15PM Q1
6:25PM Q2
7:35PM Q3
8:45PM Mains
10:00PM Track teardown

Race Classes:
Touring Stock 21.5
12th Scale Stock 17.5
Novice

Race Fees:
Adult $30 flat fee
Child/Student $10 flat fee

Track:
100' x 48' CRC Black Carpet

Notes:
Limited tables provided
Chairs NOT provided
Bring an extension cord
SXT traction compound only


Blake

Blake

First Carpet Club Race, Saturday October 5th

Saturday October 5th evening is our first carpet club race.  Doors open at 4:00pm and track setup starts at 4:10pm.  All local racers are expected to help with track setup (reasonable exceptions are fine).  Some notes:

  • New Track Setup: We'll be building a new track layout for the first night which will take extra time.  We'll then run an extended practice session, followed by two qualifiers and one main.  Future race nights will run three qualifiers and one main.
  • Tables/Chairs: Eagle Ridge has some tables for our use, but not enough for everyone.  If you have a small table, it would be wise to bring it along.  You MUST bring your own chair.
  • Payment: Cash and E-Transfers are accepted.
  • TC Rubber Tires: The club will have touring car rubber tires on hand for purchase.  They are the same tires that most racers have used the last few years.
  • Traction Compound: SXT is the only permitted traction compound.

Blake

Blake

First Club Race This Saturday October 5th
This Saturday evening is our first indoor club race.  Doors open at 4:00pm and track setup starts at 4:10pm.  All local racers are expected to help with track setup (reasonable exceptions are fine).


Important Quick Tips for Race #1
Follow these tips if you want to have fun at Race #1.  The car must be race ready, with the battery installed, before making these measurements:

Touring Car

12th Scale Car
  • Ride height should be set somewhere between 3.4mm and 3.8mm.
  • Body height should be set to 8mm.

Front Tires
  • Same applies to 12th Scale front tires.


Blake

Blake

#3
Excellent First Carpet Race!
Thanks to everyone who made it out for our first carpet race of the season on Saturday.  We had a good turnout and lots of strong performances.  Setup was a little slow due to laying out a new track.  It will be twice as fast next time now that the layout is chalked and all the corners are preassembled.  We will run 3x qualifiers next time.

Big shoutout to Phil C and Shawn Z for bringing along all the PA gear and the extra scaffold planks.  Much appreciated guys!

A few notable performances, especially from some of our new racers:

Rich F had never touched an RC car transmitter in his life and managed to run the loaner car to a D-Main win and a bump-up in the C-Main.  He was very consistent all evening, steadily getting faster with each lap.

Rain A ran the second club car, and although she didn't have a transponder, she also ran impressively well with zero RC experience.  Really awesome to see!

Another new racer Gavin A also caught on very quickly and ran some clean laps in qualifying.  Great work Gavin.

Matthew C had a career night qualifying 11th overall in TC earning a solid B-Main spot.  He also ran 12th Scale for the first time and did very well bumping out of the C-Main and getting some extra runtime in the B-Main.

Special mention to Dale S and Kevin M for doing really well in their first ever onroad carpet races!

And finally, awesome performance from Ryan P, making his first ever 12th Scale A-Main in the modern era of IROCC!

There are too many good performances to list as racing was quite competitive with lots of racers stepping up early in the season.  Let's keep it going.

Next Race is Saturday Oct 26
We have three weeks until the next race, Saturday Oct 26th.  Doors open at 4:00PM.  We will run a full race program with three qualifiers followed by the mains.

Results
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/12K1p6m3Uw1hful2hM0Jw-OapZk4qr0VZ


Blake

Blake

Club racing this Saturday October 26th
This Saturday evening is our next club race.  Doors open at 4:00pm and track setup starts at 4:10pm.  All local racers are expected to help with track setup.  Please make an effort to help with at least setup or teardown at a minimum thanks.

We will run a full race program with three qualifiers followed by the mains.  Make sure your cars are ready to go.


See you there!
Blake

Blake

Fun Club Race!
Thanks to everyone who made it out for racing on Saturday.  Setup and teardown were both very smooth which allowed for some extra practice time.

Highlights of the night:

Jarrod H debuted his new 12th Scale car and took it to a strong win, even with an older motor.  Blake B and Craig R were in the hunt for the whole race but Jarrod didn't make any mistakes.  Nice run J-Rod.

The TC B-Main featured an epic battle between Jay and Tim B for the second transfer spot to the A-Main.  This was Tim's first ever carpet race with IROCC and he got up to speed quickly.  Initially Jay tried a clumsy pass which wasn't great, so he regrouped and made a really nice clean pass coming out of the pool table corner.  Unfortunately he gave it back to Tim on the next lap.  Finally, on the last couple laps Jay tried a third time and made a pass around the outside coming out of the big "S" section and this time it stuck.  It was really fun to watch these guys.  Hats off to both Jay and Tim for some great driving while also showing great on track etiquette.

Shoutout to Jack F and Joe F for continuing to get faster and cleaner in their racing programs.  They've both been running fairly regularly the last few years and you can see it in their driving.  These guys both managed to finish ahead of brother Rob for a little family bragging rights.

Armed with a transponder for the first time, Rain A made steady progress throughout the night, peaking with 13 laps in the main.  Great work Rain!

Special mention to Wendell C and Avery B for helping out a potential new racer with the loaner car.  Wendell and Avery weren't even racing that night but they managed to get another racer on the track which was awesome.  Thanks guys!

Next Race is this Saturday Nov 2
We are back racing this Saturday.  This is the only back-to-back race of the season.  Doors open at 4:00PM.  We will run a full race program with three qualifiers followed by the mains.

Results
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/12K1p6m3Uw1hful2hM0Jw-OapZk4qr0VZ

Consistency Rankings and other Analytics
https://irocc.shinyapps.io/Analytics/


Blake

Blake

Club racing this Saturday November 2nd
This Saturday evening is our next club race.  Doors open at 4:00pm and track setup starts at 4:10pm.  All local racers are expected to help with track setup.

We will run a full race program with three qualifiers followed by the mains.  Make sure your cars are ready to go.

The following race will be in 2.5 weeks on November 16th.

See you Saturday!
Blake

Blake

Fun Club Race!
Thanks to everyone who made it out for racing on Saturday.  Setup and teardown were very smooth.  We had a lighter turnout which made for a more laid-back schedule and some extra practice.

Dalyn S was the class of the field on this night with two TQs and two wins.  What made it even more impressive was that this was his first race of the season and he was running a new 12th Scale car that he'd never driven before.  He will be tough to beat this year.

Dan L had a great run in the TC A-Main keeping Dalyn honest for almost the entire main, never more than a few feet behind.  Unfortunately he made a small tap on the last lap but it was a great effort nonetheless.

Jay J and Ryan P had a very close finish in the 12th Scale B-Main for the final bump-up to the A-Main.  Jay miscalculated his lead and let Ryan close the gap leading to a shootout over the last half lap.  It was fun to watch even if it was born out of a mental error!

Next Race is Saturday Nov 16
The next race is Saturday Nov 16.  Doors open at 4:00PM.  We will run a full race program with three qualifiers followed by the mains.

Results
https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/12K1p6m3Uw1hful2hM0Jw-OapZk4qr0VZ

Consistency Rankings and other Analytics
https://irocc.shinyapps.io/Analytics/


Blake

Blake

Club racing this Saturday November 16th
This Saturday evening is our next club race.  Doors open at 4:00pm and track setup starts at 4:10pm.  All local racers are expected to help with track setup.

We will run a full race program with three qualifiers followed by the mains.  Make sure your cars are ready to go.


See you Saturday!
Blake