WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - Printable Version

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - Top Down - 8th-Mar-21

A good round-up of the event and very professionaly put together. Thank you

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paul.cooper.22@googlemail.com - PaulCooper - 8th-Mar-21

A most enjoyable event my first proxy too.. 
big thanks to all the garage hosts and event organisers. 
Much appreciated ???

Until next year .. planning already ??

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - JasonB - 8th-Mar-21

Fabulous work Andy.

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - woodcote - 8th-Mar-21

Thanks chaps for your kind words here and via email and Facebook - they are much appreciated

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All entrants should have received an email or message from me this evening about the return of your cars - please reply and I'll get your parcels off to you asap.

If you didn't see it... don't forget the 56-page souvenir fanzine is ready and waiting for you on this post. It includes dates and plans for next year's event.

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - woodcote - 9th-Mar-21

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The first batch of parcels are ready to go - the Wye Valley chaps, Graham, Andy D, Simon K, Mike, Paul, Kev, Ade, Craig & Steve and Leo will have their cars posted today. I shall be in touch with PayPal payment details for the princely sum of £3.00. If Alan gets back to me soon, his Mégane will be in the post too.

Simon C, Duncan, Oli and Pete's cars will be making their way to Worthing - one way or another - in the next 24 hours.

That only leaves Team Chesterfield, plus Clive and Jeremy's cars, which are all waiting to return with HO drag cars next Monday/Tuesday after the weekend's event on the strip.

Don't forget, there will be a final News Briefing tomorrow (Wednesday) at 5pm. Pretty much everything in this thread is now indexed on the opening post.

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - woodcote - 10th-Mar-21

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WHO Winter Rally-Sprint News Briefing 7 – Wednesday 10 March 2021

In this final News Briefing, we'll re-cap on the climax of the 2021 Rally-Sprint, introduce the Souvenir Fanzine and look forward to next year’s event...

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1. Stage 10: Falmer Rally Cross 2. There was plenty of trepidation for the return to the Ninco off-road section, the scene of the first stage back in January. The report of the action starts here.

The class podiums for Stage 10 were…

Class A: 1. Graham Edwards, 2. Clive Mills, 3. Noah Passell
Class B: 1. Leo Capaldi, 2. Doug & Noah Passell, 3. Paul Cooper
Class C: 1. Alan Wilkinson, 2. Andy Player, 3. Sebastian Birchmore

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The full results for Stage 10 are here.

Just off the podium, Phil Barry had a good run and took the lead of the rally, 2.74 seconds ahead of Graham. With just one stage to go, Graham led classes A & B. You can find the overall standings after Stage 10 here.

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2. Stage 11: Brighton Pavilion Ice Rink. This was the final drama of the Rally-Sprint and most of it can be viewed on the Facebook event here. The running order was based on class standings, so the top two were the last cars through the stage. The report of the stage starts here.

The class podiums were...

Class A: 1. Graham Edwards, 2. Paul Cooper, 3. Noah Passell
Class B: 1. Graham Edwards, 2. Doug & Noah, 3. Andy & Rebecca
Class C: 1. Phil Barry, 2. Phil Field, 3. Graham Edwards

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The full results for Stage 11 are here.

You can view most of the final stage in two videos on Facebook: https://fb.me/e/LkQ3gR4W

3. Final Rally-Sprint Standings. Those results meant Phil Barry's SRC Porsche 914/6 was the winner of the inaugural WHO Winter Rally-Sprint. Congratulations Phil!

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Graham was second and Alan B hung on to third. Graham did win both class A & B – Noah and Dylan came second and third in Class A, with Andy & Rebecca second in Class B and David & Dylan third. Noah won the junior medal and Rebecca won the Pat Moss award, finishing just ahead of Gill. Pete & Jerome won ‘Best-in-Show’ for their SRC Capri RS2600...

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The final standings after Stage 11 can be found here.

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4. Official Souvenir Fanzine. This 56-page pdf fanzine – complete with stage results, standings after each stage, pictures, reports and a smattering of articles – is available to download now from this post: https://slotracer.online/community/showthread.php?tid=1853&pid=14848#pid14848

The fanzine is a nice way of remembering the event and also has information and tips about getting involved in future UK proxy and slot rally events. If you see any photographs in the fanzine (or on this thread) you’d like a copy of, just ask. Clive and me both have the picture of his Alpine on the hillclimb as wallpaper on our respective iPads and desktop PC.

5. Index page for this thread. If you go to the opening post of this thread, you’ll see that there are links to all the stages, all the results, the sign-up & info thread, each of the News Briefings and to the videos of the stages that were streamed live. If you want to navigate your way around the Rally-Sprint report thread, that will make it a lot easier! This is what it looks like....

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6. Official WHO Rally-Sprint 2021 souvenir mugs available. Don’t forget there are two types of ceramic mug – a 325ml ‘Classic’ mug and a 354ml ‘Tall’ mug – available to buy at print-on-demand website RedBubble: https://www.redbubble.com/i/mug/WHO-Winter-Rally-Sprint-2021-by-Woodcote/71072065.9Q0AD

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7. WHO Winter Rally-Sprint 2022. Yes, the Rally-Sprint will be back next January & February. We’ve really enjoyed ourselves and learned so much from the past seven weeks. Expect a bigger and better event next year without quite so many gaps. The provisional dates are Wednesday 19 January to Sunday 27 February. Cars will be required at Rally-Sprint HQ by Sunday 16 January. There are more details here and in the fanzine.

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8. Before I sign off, I want to thank everyone for taking part in this event – it couldn’t have happened without you! A massive thanks goes to my fellow stage hosts – Jean, Oli and Simon – and to Stephen, who was part of the event planning team from the beginning. We are very grateful to Jadlam Toys & Models and to Gaugemaster, who both supported the Rally-Sprint with prizes and goodies – and to Jason and the team at SlotRacer for providing this wonderful space to host the coverage… and for some cool SlotRacer Proxy stickers.

However, probably the biggest thanks should go to the Wye Valley club members who organised and ran two proxy slot rally events last year. When Simon suggested we look at some 1:32 scale proxy racing to go alongside our HO drag events, the Wye Valley format was a perfect fit and quickly became the basis for the WHO Winter Rally-Sprint. It was an honour to have Alan, Phil, Phil and Sebastian sending cars to take part in our event. Cheers!


And that’s a wrap on the WHO Winter Rally-Sprint 2021

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - woodcote - 11th-Mar-21

Leo and Kev's cars make the front cover of the March issue of Slot Car Magazine...

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One will be the print magazine, the other the ebook. Both should be available soon

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - AdeC - 15th-Mar-21

The Herne Bay duo arrived home safely today, ready to go under the knife for the next event!

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - woodcote - 5th-May-21

There's the second part of the Rally-Sprint report coming up in the May issue of Slot Car Magazine...

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That should be published in the next week or two.

And there's also a short report on the Jadlam blog here. Jadlams were the title sponsor of the event.

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RE: WHO Winter Rally-Sprint Proxy 2021 REPORT - woodcote - 23rd-Nov-21

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The WHO Winter Rally-Sprint will not take place in January / February 2022.

Sorry for those who were looking forward to some more proxy slot rally fun, but the event doesn't fit with the club's focus of getting back to racing next spring - after what will be a 24-month lay-off. There's a lot of work involved with the proxy and - with all the preparation for the club's return - we felt we wouldn't do it justice.

A condensed Rally-Sprint format is something we'll keep on the back-burner - either as a two-venue weekend proxy event or as a hands-on event at the Barn. Last year's experience was too much fun to leave as a one-off. Plus we hope to get a WHO contingent to any future slot rally events in Wales, Oxford and elsewhere.

For HO proxy drag racers, the races scheduled for January and March will continue as planned - so no worries there

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