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We are based in the North-West we are currently the only outdoor club in Tasmania where you can drive and race off road. Established in late 2007 we pride ourselves on our relaxed and friendly attitude and have a broad range of members and spectators from ages 7 to 70. With the hard work and dedication from our members we have finally finished building a new 100% clay track, we also believe it will be one of the best facilities in Australia for remote control off-road racing.
NWRCCC is a not-for-profit club dedicated to providing a racing facility that encourages family values, supports and educates the patrons on racing techniques and vehicle maintenance, while striving to encourage new people to join a steadily growing sport. We provide a racing facility aimed at teaching beginners the excitement of competition, camaraderie, and friendship. At the same time we strive to provide the most experienced racer a challenging and fun facility to show their stuff. There is so much fun to be had for all ages. Bring the kids, Mum's, Dad's, Gran's and Grandad's they will all have a great time.
We offer racing in all the popular classes: 1/8th IC Buggies, 1/8th IC Truggies, 1/8th IC Monster Truck, Misc Electric and also Misc Beginners, 1/8th IC Buggy is split into Pro and Sportsman class depending on driver ability. Unfortunately we don't cater for larger scale RC vehicles. So whoever you are and whatever your background or experience, why not come along to the best Tasmanian off-road track and get involved in one of the fastest growing and most exciting sports around? We look forward to seeing you.
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Only Remote Control vehicles 1/8th scale or smaller are permitted on the track. No bicycles, mini-bikes, Oversized RC vehicles or any other un-authorized vehicles are allowed on the track at anytime.
Fittingly Peter Buck (Monster Truck), Matt Hodgetts (Truggy) and Tim Parsons (Buggy) scooped the silverware at the 2009 Performance R/C NWRCCC Championships in Tasmania's North-West. Buck, Hodgetts and Parsons have dominated their respective classes all year, and overcame serious opposition to record their victories.
The event took place at the club's all new Latrobe Raceway, members working overtime in the weeks preceding the December event to put down a new and challenging layout for the big event. A heap of local and international sponsors helped put the event together, including Performance R/C, AKA Australia, Massive Mods, Big Boys Toys, Devonport Discount Meats and Crusty's Bakery. As a pre-cursor to an official 2010 Tasmanian Championship, the club pulled out all stops to put on an enjoyable weekends racing.
Here then, is how it unfolded:
IC Monster Truck
Peter Buck opened up with a big win in the first round of qualifying, at it seemed he would have things all his own way. That changed rapidly with pursuers Jack Keenan and Lee Bonfield emerging from the pack over the next two rounds. In what turned into an absorbing qualifying duel, all three drivers scooped two qualifying round wins apiece to set themselves for a final in which anything could happen.
The Semi final did little to make things clearer, with Keenan defeating Matthew Ling and Aaron Peck in a spread out race - both Buck and Bonfield out early with mechanical issues. Fortunately for both, the small field meant the Semi was for grid positions and bragging rights only, and these two leading contenders would line up for the main final.
A Main: 30 minutes is a long time to pound a monster truck around the Latrobe layout - with its high speed sweepers, challenging jump
sections, and some rough stuff thrown in. Mechanical issues would dominate the final, with all of the podium contenders struggling with reliability at some point. Bonfield got the early jump to put his Semi woes behind him and streaked away from the field, setting fast times and making it hard for his opponents. Buck was wrestling with problems right from the start, but settled in to try and chase down Lee, overcoming a bright early performance from Michael Clarke. Buck was relentless in his pursuit, but Bonfield was looking very strong deep into the race…..until tragedy struck on lap 21, and again a lap later. In those few minutes, mechanical issues pushed Bonfield aside and allowed Buck to hit the front for the first time. Meanwhile junior gun Matthew Ling had been working his way through the pack, getting over the top of Clarke to take over the third spot and shadowing the leaders. As the race wound down, the drama was not yet done, Buck having an engine cut of his own, but holding down enough of a lead to stay out in front - and then driving some purposeful laps to secure the Championship win. One final twist in the tail saw Ling get by Bonfield on the final tour to grab second, Lee rounding out the podium. Jack Keenan finished a close up fourth, with Clarke, Robbie Ling and Aaron Peck rounding out the field.
1/8th IC Truggy
The already competitive truggy field was boosted by the return of regular 2009 truggy racer Sam Wells, and the arrival of Sydney's Robert Flanagan. Both brought speed to burn to put regular class master Matt Hodgetts on notice that he'd not have things all his own way this weekend. That's exactly how qualifying worked out, with Wells and Flanno fighting out a fascinating duel that went right to the wire - Wells finally scooping top qualifier honors with a stellar 6th round run. The two would line up in opposite semi-finals to ensure that they would not meet on the race track before the main event.
Semi A: Wells and Hodgetts lined up in Semi A, and both layed down a trouble free twenty minute run to secure their starting spots for the main event. Behind them Ian Sturzaker continued recent good form to run out third from a similarly speedy David Holloway, with Graham Viney edging out Michael Peck for fifth.
Semi B: Flanno headed Semi B, with the welcome return of Daniel Hellinga and first time truggy outing for Justin Strickland making it an interesting field. Flanno was untroubled throughout to take a comfortable win from Hellinga and Strickland, with club President Kelvin Marshall a little further back in fourth after a troubled run, with Dan Richardson and Danny Lewis not making it to the finish line.
A Main: When Sam Wells and Robert Flanagan jumped out to a great start, and Hodgetts recovered into third after the first couple of rough and tumble laps, we had what we hoped for - 45 minutes of head-to-head racing between clearly the three quickest on the track. That's how it unfolded, the three trading lap times in the opening minutes and feeling each other out. Flanno was the first to crack - losing an aerial in the moments surrounding his first fuel stop. An extra stop to try and manage the damage would compromise his run, and leave Wells out front from Hodgetts just 7 minutes into the race. What followed was a fascinating race to watch - with Wells out front turning consistent lap times and trying to eke out his fuel economy, Hodgetts wrestling a truggy that just wasn't its usual well behaved self, and Flanno setting the track alight with a string of fast times in an effort to recover. On lap 13 he swept past Hodgetts, and at one stage while trading fuel stops fell a lap behind the leader. A string of fast times in the middle of the race brought him right back into contention as Wells continued to play it safe out front - the gap shrinking alarmingly to less than ten seconds at one stage. Wells
toughed it out though, resisting the pressure and pumped out strong lap times to retain his advantage. At the 38 minute mark it all came unstuck for the Sydney pilot, Flanno's truggy lunching its front diff and sidelining what had been an epic fightback drive, Wells seeming set to cruise to the win with Hodgetts some way back. Meanwhile David Holloway had got the better of Ian Sturzaker as these two shadowed the leading pack throughout in a pair of impressive performances, inheriting third place. One final sting in the tail remained however, with Wells leading Truggy crying enough just a few minutes from the chequered flag, and leaving him to watch helplessly as Hodgetts swept by to the Performance R/C NWRCCC Championship victory. In a 45 minute final, Matt had hung on when his car wasn't working brilliantly, managing speed when he needed it, and with flawless reliability helping him once again to get the job done. Such was the speed of the leading battle, that Wells had done enough to finish 2nd, David Holloway a delighted third just a handful of seconds ahead of Sturzaker, with Hellinga fifth, Flanno 6th, Dan Richardson 7th, and Justin Strickland, Kelvin Marshall and Graham Viney round out the ten.
1/8th IC Buggy
The biggest field of the weekend lined up in the Buggy class, and it was consistent winner Tim Parsons who would start favoured by most. Simon Kernans would have none of it however, and struck first in qualifying, scooping round one from Craig Higgs and Justin Strickland before Parsons struck back in round two with a blistering run and then went on a streak, winning 3, 4 and 5 before succumbing to Justin Strickland and Kernan in Round 6. Parsons had the speed, but could Kernan, Strickland, Rayner or Higgs find something to go with him?
Semi A: Parsons won easily, running away from his opponents in this Semi, will some of the other fast guys (including Strickland and Craig Higgs) struck trouble. EP gun Patrick Hume was learning fast and finished a strong second, Strickland recovering in the dying seconds to third, Andrew Barrett and Nathan Page and Craig Higgs also progressing to the main final.
Semi B: Kernan ran away with this win, winning the twenty minute semi by a little over a lap from Steve Madziara with another EP regular Shaun Johnson laying it down in third narrowly ahead of the consistent Wally Sturzaker. Regular Pro Buggy pilot Mark Rayner was a big name casualty in this one, missing the final.
A Main: Parsons and Kernan leapt away early demonstrating again a clear pace advantage over the rest of the field. Kernan pushed hard and took the lead briefly on lap 7, before Parsons resumed the lead a lap later. From there it fell apart a little for Simon, a string of problems frustrating his challenge, and leaving Parsons out in front. Pace, consistency and reliability are an irresistible combination, and with Tim demonstrating all three, it was completely dominant performance - Parsons untroubled again through the 45 minute final, eventually
going to the line a staggering 6 laps clear of the field. Behind Tim, the race was anything but predictable - the podium seemingly a slippery pole that nobody but Parsons could hang on to for long. Kernan, Paddy Hume, Wally Sturzaker and Craig Higgs all had a shot at the podium, with Higgs eventually breaking through - coming from tenth on the grid, keeping out of trouble early and working his way through the pack to take over second on lap 23 and hold it from there to the finish - despite collapsed rear suspension making the Hyper an absolute handful in the closing minutes. With Kernon succumbed for good to his woes we were left with a pearler of a race between Sturzaker and Hume, both angling for their first podium in such an event, and spending much of the last 10 minutes just metres apart on the track. The two traded blows, with Hume seemingly poised to secure the final podium spot on the last lap before Sturzaker swept by, taking the spot by a little over a second after 45 minutes of action. Andrew Barrett had a quiet race by his standards to fifth, Strickland likewise in sixth, from Kernan, Steve Madziara, Nathan Page and Shaun Johnson.
It had been two fantastic days racing, on an excellent new layout. The 2009 Performance R/C NWRCCC Champs represents a further step on the road to maturity for this fledgling club, and three well earned wins for Buck, Hodgetts and Parsons. Roll on 2010 and the first fully fledged Tasmanian Championships.
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sections, and some rough stuff thrown in. Mechanical issues would dominate the final, with all of the podium contenders struggling with reliability at some point. Bonfield got the early jump to put his Semi woes behind him and streaked away from the field, setting fast times and making it hard for his opponents. Buck was wrestling with problems right from the start, but settled in to try and chase down Lee, overcoming a bright early performance from Michael Clarke. Buck was relentless in his pursuit, but Bonfield was looking very strong deep into the race…..until tragedy struck on lap 21, and again a lap later. In those few minutes, mechanical issues pushed Bonfield aside and allowed Buck to hit the front for the first time. Meanwhile junior gun Matthew Ling had been working his way through the pack, getting over the top of Clarke to take over the third spot and shadowing the leaders. As the race wound down, the drama was not yet done, Buck having an engine cut of his own, but holding down enough of a lead to stay out in front - and then driving some purposeful laps to secure the Championship win. One final twist in the tail saw Ling get by Bonfield on the final tour to grab second, Lee rounding out the podium. Jack Keenan finished a close up fourth, with Clarke, Robbie Ling and Aaron Peck rounding out the field.
toughed it out though, resisting the pressure and pumped out strong lap times to retain his advantage. At the 38 minute mark it all came unstuck for the Sydney pilot, Flanno's truggy lunching its front diff and sidelining what had been an epic fightback drive, Wells seeming set to cruise to the win with Hodgetts some way back. Meanwhile David Holloway had got the better of Ian Sturzaker as these two shadowed the leading pack throughout in a pair of impressive performances, inheriting third place. One final sting in the tail remained however, with Wells leading Truggy crying enough just a few minutes from the chequered flag, and leaving him to watch helplessly as Hodgetts swept by to the Performance R/C NWRCCC Championship victory. In a 45 minute final, Matt had hung on when his car wasn't working brilliantly, managing speed when he needed it, and with flawless reliability helping him once again to get the job done. Such was the speed of the leading battle, that Wells had done enough to finish 2nd, David Holloway a delighted third just a handful of seconds ahead of Sturzaker, with Hellinga fifth, Flanno 6th, Dan Richardson 7th, and Justin Strickland, Kelvin Marshall and Graham Viney round out the ten.
going to the line a staggering 6 laps clear of the field. Behind Tim, the race was anything but predictable - the podium seemingly a slippery pole that nobody but Parsons could hang on to for long. Kernan, Paddy Hume, Wally Sturzaker and Craig Higgs all had a shot at the podium, with Higgs eventually breaking through - coming from tenth on the grid, keeping out of trouble early and working his way through the pack to take over second on lap 23 and hold it from there to the finish - despite collapsed rear suspension making the Hyper an absolute handful in the closing minutes. With Kernon succumbed for good to his woes we were left with a pearler of a race between Sturzaker and Hume, both angling for their first podium in such an event, and spending much of the last 10 minutes just metres apart on the track. The two traded blows, with Hume seemingly poised to secure the final podium spot on the last lap before Sturzaker swept by, taking the spot by a little over a second after 45 minutes of action. Andrew Barrett had a quiet race by his standards to fifth, Strickland likewise in sixth, from Kernan, Steve Madziara, Nathan Page and Shaun Johnson.