Wednesday, January 31, 2007

Drivers Notes Version 2

MARINE PARADE RCMC
presents
2007 SINGAPOREINVITATIONAL CHALLENGE 1
for
8th Scale GAS POWERED OFF-ROAD BUGGY
& TRUCK FUN RACE
On behalf of every member of the management committee of the Marine Parade Radio Control Modellers Club, we would like to extend our invitation & thanks in advance to your support and participation.

ORGANISERS: Singapore Marine Parade RCMC
VENUE: TURF CITY, BUKIT TIMAH

DATE: 21st & 22nd April 2007

TIME: 7:00 am
REGISTRATION: 7:15 am TILL 8 am
RADIO IMPOUND: 8 am TILL 8:30 am
Your punctuality would be most appreciated. Due to the high number of entries we will have to start on schedule. We trust that you would support us with your kind understanding.
A special word of Thanks is accorded here to all who are using your personal AMB transponders. You are definitely a great help in ensuring smoother proceedings to the event.

Guest-of-Honour: Mr Lim Biow Chuan, PBM
Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC
Advisor to Marine Parade GRC GROs
Arrival: 22nd April 2007, 3:30pm



SIMPLE RULES & REGULATION:

8th Scale Off-Road Gas Powered Buggy;
Open to any brand, .21 Size Engine, Fuel Tank size shall not exceed 125cc & a minimum weight of 3.2kg. Maximum entries shall be 108. Christmas Tree Finals

8th Scale Gas Powered All Truck FUN Race;
No rules, all Truck/Truggies/etc.Minimum entries needed is 8, maximum is 36. A-B-C type Main Finals


TROPICAL WEATHER:

Special note for all Guests; Singapore is a tropical country, we cannot control the weather, therefore we need to accommodate it. Each full run of Heats shall be run under similar conditions on a best effort basis. Mains shall continue to run unless there is lightning and thunder. The track facility is located within a lightning safe zone, provided by the location of the lightning arrestors in the adjacent main building. However, we shall take additional precautions to avoid racing under a thunderstorm. Drivers are advised to water proof their electronics appropriately.


PROPOSED TIMETABLE

Before 18th April 2007 - Track Under Maintenance

18th~20th April 2007 – Uncontrolled Practice.
All drivers please take note, this facility is privately owned and operated, and therefore, there is a SGD $10 per day charge per driver, at your own expense. Please observe frequency control procedures as there is an on-road track next to this facility. Please contact Mr Pegan Teo (+65 97 634 634) or Mr Yeo Seong Leng alias Ah Leng (+65 9663 9101) at iRacingWerkz.com

20th April 2007 - Friday
3:00 pm Track Closed for Final Maintenance
4:30 pm Race Registration

21st April 2007 Saturday
7:15 am Registration Starts
8:00 am Radio Impound.
8:30 am Run 1 Heats x 7 to 10 minutes.
11:30 pm Group Photography Session followed by Run 2 Heats x 7 to 10 minutes.
2:30 pm Run 3 Heats x 7 to 10 minutes.
5:30 pm Track is closed for the day.

22nd April 2007 Sunday
8:00 am Radio Impound.
8:30 am Truck C Main x 10~15 minutes. Truck B Main x 15~25 minutes.
10:10 am Truck A Main Driver Introduction. Truck A Main x 20~35 minutes.
10:20 am Sub Finals for Buggy x 10~20 minutes.

3:30 pm Arrival of Guest-of-Honour. Mr Lim Biow Chuan, PBM Member of Parliament for Marine Parade GRC Advisor to Marine Parade GRC GROs

3:45 pm Buggy Main Final – Driver Introduction.
4:00 pm Main Final for Buggy x 35~60 minutes.
5:30 pm Prize Giving


QUALIFYING SYSTEM

• We aim to take the best 2 of 3 heats based on points. Points shall be assigned to the drivers of every run of Heats. In order to be prepared for thunderstorms disrupting any of the runs, drivers need to be prepared that we shall total points for 1 of 2 or 1 of 1.

• All Heats shall be 7~10 minutes in duration. We shall plan for A, B & C Main finals for trucks and X’mas tree finals for buggies. The finals duration shall be decided on site depending on weather conditions.

• Each run of heats; drivers will score points based on the laps and times achieved. The maximum number of points awarded to the best driver will be equal 115 (Truck: 41).o The fastest in each run will score: 115 points (Truck: 41).o The 2nd fastest will score: points of fastest driver, -2 points. o The 3rd fastest will score: points of 2nd fastest driver, -1 pointo Down to last position one by one.

• In every run, in case of a tie, the points will be equally awarded to each driver, and the first driver not to tie, will receive one point less per tie. For example:
1st driver will score 115 points
2nd driver will score 113 points
3rd driver will score 112 points
4th driver will score 111 points
5th driver 7 laps, 5:01.00 will score 110 points TIE
6th driver 7 laps, 5:01.00 will score 110 points TIE
7th driver 7 laps, 5:01.00 will score 110 points TIE
8th driver 7 laps, 5:10.00 will score 97 points

• In a case of two or more drivers having the same point score, the next best point score determines position. If still unable to resolve with the next best runs, then the driver with the highest laps and fastest times in his best score will determine position.

• Assuming that all goes as plan, we would have 3 runs of heats. The point results of the best 2 will be totalled to sort for finals. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, we will use best 1 of 2, or 1 of 1.

• If a driver does not start a heat, he receives no points.


WET WEATHER PROGRAM

• The following contingencies shall be applicable in the event of clement weather: lightning & thunder.

• In the unfortunate event that this happens before we complete run 1; the event schedule shall be halted to accommodate the weather. Thereafter, when the weather permits, the event schedule shall be continued from that point onwards – if we halted in the midst of Heat 4 Run 1; when the weather permits, we will continue from Heat 4 Run 1.

• Run durations may be adjusted between 7 and 10 minutes to all Runs before and after the clement weather condition – if we started with 10 minute runs for Heats 1 to 4 and had to stop due to clement weather; once the weather permits, we will re-schedule the timetable and MAY reduce run duration down to 7 minutes. In this instance, only the first 7 minutes of results from Heats 1 to 4 shall used instead of the full 10 minute run. This procedure shall be based on the change in run duration through Spark2.

Country Drivers
Australia Craig Laughton
Australia Ian Haley
Australia Matt Griffin
Australia Wayne Walker

Country Drivers
Indonesia Aldi G
Indonesia Andri Hartanto
Indonesia Ario S
Indonesia Azis P
Indonesia Buddy Ilawan
Indonesia Chopin Yusuf
Indonesia Danny Boy
Indonesia Dodiet
Indonesia Ewa
Indonesia Ferry W
Indonesia Hengki
Indonesia Indra Liono
Indonesia John Agus
Indonesia Jonathan
Indonesia Rudy Yap
Indonesia Sammy H
Indonesia Toar Soedharto
Indonesia Wijaya.H

Country Drivers
Malaysia Alex Lee
Malaysia Alvin Lam
Malaysia Andy Lee
Malaysia Anthony Wee
Malaysia Chai Kok Chin
Malaysia Danny Teh
Malaysia Datuk Lim
Malaysia David Lim
Malaysia Eric Lim
Malaysia JONATHAN TAN
Malaysia Kelvin Ngow
Malaysia L.B.
Malaysia Lai Kok Heng
Malaysia Mizan
Malaysia Ngai Kuan Yew
Malaysia Ong Chee Yong
Malaysia Syaaf
Malaysia Thomson Chong
Malaysia TPK
Malaysia Vincent Woo
Malaysia YC CHONG

Country Drivers
Taiwan Cheng Yi Kuan
Taiwan Didian Ho
Taiwan Lin Chang Ta
Taiwan Yeh Hsia Ching
Taiwan Yeh Wei Lin

Country Drivers
Thailand Akenurin Kankate
Thailand Charlee Phutiyotin
Thailand John Ho
Thailand Meen Vejrak
Thailand Nattorn Soorapanthu
Thailand Patchara Sirisomboonchai
Thailand Porapong Ratanarat

Country Drivers
Singapore Adrian Wong
Singapore Ah Heng
Singapore Ah Leng
Singapore Ah M
Singapore Alan Hoon
Singapore Albert Sang
Singapore Alvin Goh
Singapore Alvin Sim
Singapore Andrew Chin
Singapore ARTHUR
Singapore Ben Seet
Singapore Bobby Chan
Singapore CH TAY
Singapore Chee Hui
Singapore Chester Chua
Singapore Chris Sze
Singapore Dave Chan
Singapore Dennis
Singapore Dickson Lim
Singapore Faizal
Singapore Fong Kum Weng
Singapore Gan
Singapore Garry Goh
Singapore Glenn Phuah
Singapore Ho Chee Wu
Singapore Isaiah Poon
Singapore Issac Khoo
Singapore Izam Sallim
Singapore James Loke
Singapore Jason Fong
Singapore Jason Quek
Singapore Jerry Leow
Singapore Joe Hwee
Singapore Jonathan Lane
Singapore Kai
Singapore Kanis
Singapore Kelvin Yong
Singapore Kent
Singapore Kevin Cheong
Singapore LCW
Singapore Lin Hup
Singapore Luigi Venturi
Singapore Mok JY
Singapore Nasri
Singapore Ng Say Joo
Singapore Pason Phua
Singapore Pegan
Singapore Philips Lee
Singapore Razif
Singapore Roger
Singapore Roy JJ
Singapore Ryu Goh
Singapore Sam Cheng
Singapore Sean Wee
Singapore Seef
Singapore SernHan
Singapore Syafiq
Singapore Tan P K
Singapore Timothy
Singapore Tony Neo
Singapore Tony Ng
Singapore TS SIA
Singapore Wenyi
Singapore William Tan
Singapore ZAMIL


GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING INFORMATION

a. Thanks to all your support, we will be having a very full program for the two days of racing. Please be punctual and if possible please be early. Your early arrival before 8:00am would be most appreciated.

b. Radio impound would start at 8:00am sharp. Radio impound boxes are laid out on the driver stand. Please place them into the appropriate box.

c. Food & Drinks: Turf City is a shopping complex with many eateries; Restaurant, Coffee Shops, etc. Turf City also has a large supermarket “Giant” with many varieties of pre-packed food, snacks and drinks.

d. Electricity: There is no provision for AC electrical power. Participants who needs to charge their RX and TX batteries are to make their own arrangements.

e. In Singapore, Littering is an offence, by law. Similarly, Smoking is banned by law in all covered areas with or without air-conditioning.

f. Radio Impound bins for all heats shall be placed on the driver stand. Drivers are reminded to place their radios into the respective radio impound bins by the stipulated time. No radio transmitters are allowed anywhere else, except up in the driver stand.

g. Drivers shall be issued with a Driver Identification Tag, please display it prominently for identification purposes. Other than race officials, no one else, without a driver identification tag shall be allowed access to the driver stand.

h. Each Driver is allotted ONLY ONE (1) table and ONE (1) chair please. Drivers participating in both the buggy and truck event will get an additional table and chair.

i. Singapore enjoys Tropical Weather; all drivers please take note and prepare for it. On a best effort basis, we will try to have each run of heats completed under similar conditions. However, once we start off the X’mas tree finals, we will only stop the time table if there is lightning and thunder, this would mean that drivers need to be prepared to compete under wet and raining conditions.

j. Assuming that all goes as plan, we would have 3 runs of heats. The point results of the best 2 will be totalled to sort for the X’mas Tree Finals. If, due to unforeseen circumstances, we only have 2 runs of heats, then best run will count and finally, if there were only one run of heat, then it shall be the only run to count.

k. The AMB Sparc2 software’s “Assign Points” function shall be used to assigned points to each driver of every run of heats. When all the runs are completed, we will use the “Merge of Runs” function with “Sort Merge on Points (Advanced)” and “No. of valid runs” set respectively.
i. Each driver will be issued with a single Number Sticker for your Heats, please clean the surface of the left side wall of your wing (bearing reference with the front of your car facing away from you) and attached the number sticker onto it. This is to ensure that when your car goes across the transponder pick-up coil, the Time Keeper, AMB Spark2 Manager and Race Director can verify your car number.

l. Drivers using DSS-based radios and or AMB Personal Transponders please take note of your radio transmitter and receiver battery condition. The Time Keeper shall not be held responsible for any miss counting by the AMB Spark2 system.

m. Useful Contact Numbers:

Pizza Hut & Kentucky: 62353535
MacDonald’s McDelivery: 67773777

Taxis: 65521111, 65522222, 65558888, 65553333, 63636888, 64857777

Track Address: Turf City @ Bukit Timah In front of “Giant” car park 200, Turf City Road, Singapore 287994


The Marine Parade Radio Control Modelers Club (RCMC) brings you this 2007 Singapore Invitational Challenge 1 through the voluntary efforts of the following:


Race Organizers: Singapore Marine Parade RCMC
Race Director: Tan Seng Kiat
Paddock IC: Lim Peng Heng
AMB Club Transponder IC: Lim Peng Heng
Trophies IC: Tan Seng Kiat
AMB Setup Assistance: Lim Peng Heng
Public Address System Setup & Supply: Sunny Hee
Lucky Draw Prizes from all sponsors

Special Thanks to our overseas guests who had put aside their busy schedule to support us at this event.

Time Keeper & AMB Spark2 Manager: Eddie Lee

Unofficial Club URL: http://sgmprcmc.blogspot.com

Please do mark your calendars for our upcoming events for 2007; we look forward to your support and participation:

2007 Singapore Invitational Challenge 28th Scale International Class (IC) Gas Powered (GP) On-Road Model Cars. And 10th Scale 200mm GP International Scale Touring Cars (ISTC)Date: 23rd & 24th June 2007Location: Marine Parade RCMC East Coast Raceway

2007 Singapore Invitational Challenge 310th Scale 190mm Electric Powered (EP) ISTCDate: 22nd & 23rd September 2007Location: To be announced.


EVENTS SPONSORS

We are pleased to list the following sponsors, please help us express our thanks when you see any of their representatives at the track:

Main Sponsors
To be announced

Sponsors
To be announced

And all others that have supported us in one way or another:
To be announced

All participating drivers Etc.

Look out for our 2008 Challenge 2 & 3 announcements in the Singapore thread at http://www.rctech.net/and the unofficial club URL at:
http://sgmprcmc.blogspot.com/

2 comments:

dodiet said...

Hi Mr.Lim, is there any picture of the circuit for me to take a look for this event (Sing.Invitational Challenge 1) Tks alot

All Things Marine Parade said...

I did shoot a short video with my phone camera, but that's already 1 week old. Over the last week there had been quite a lot of developments. I'll see if I can do a new one then post here. Thanks dodi.