Ascar Radio Controlled Racing Archive News page. |
Welcome to the new ARCHIVE NEWS PAGE from year 2001. You will find all the messages posted here from last year ! Please select here, to return to the 2002 ASCAR R/C RACING NEWS PAGE. |
ITEM 01. 01/05/01 |
Please note, all non-affiliated clubs wishing to host rounds of the Ascar R/C Series,
must apply to the BRCA Oval Section for affiliation. Please contact Dave Waters the Oval section chairman,for details. All drivers wishing to race in the Ascar R/C Racing series must have an Oval Section race number. If you already hold an Oval Section race number, and you wish to use this for your ASCAR R/C Racing car, then you can use this for free. Just notify Suzanne Cooper , the new Oval section Membership secretary, to register it! If you do not have a number, you can use the on-line application form, on the OVALNET site to get one. Then as a member of the Oval Section you can use this registered number on your car, and will get the first opportunity to renew it for use in following years. |
For further details of how to contact Dave, Suzanne, or any of the other officials
of the B.R.C.A. Oval section, then visit my CONTACTS page. - (To be up-dated
for 2002.) |
ITEM 02. 01/05/01 |
Guestbook, Forum / Message board, Chat facility and Classified Ads. sections, all
added now to the web site. |
To find these utilities, please click on the GUESTS button here! |
This page is Copyright © 2001-2002 Mike Cooper All rights reserved. Ascar R/C Racing E-mail: ascarrc@lycos.com Last revision: 05/02/2002 |
Two more Ascar R/C Racing Fixtures have been added, both at MOATFARM RACEWAY, as support to the MNHRA meetings listed here :- a) 22nd July 2001. MNHRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP. (All Hot Rods welcome.) Start time 10.30 am. Sponsored by SPEDEWORTH INTERNATIONAL. b) 19th Aug. 2001. MNHRA BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP. (All Hot Rods welcome.) Start time 10.30 am.. |
ITEM 04. 21/05/01 |
ASCAR RACING NEWS. - (Courtesy Ascar Racing website.) Anglo-American Stock Car Racing has concluded lengthy discussions regarding television coverage of the forthcoming new motor racing championship, with prestigious packages now confirmed on Sky Sports satellite television and Channel 5 terrestrial TV. Sky Sports will screen 22 hours of ASCAR coverage. All rounds will be broadcast 'as live,' on the Thursday following each race between 8 and 10pm. The package will include full race footage and behind the scenes programmes focusing on the drivers, sponsors and other key aspects of the ASCAR Mintex Cup. A one hour package of racing action will be screened on Channel 5's 'Live and Dangerous' sports programme after each championship round, and Channel 5's exciting new 'Motorsport Max' programme will carry edited highlights on Sunday evening. Additionally, ASCAR is currently in the final stages of discussions which could see TV footage of the ASCAR championship distributed worldwide. ASCAR CHAMPIONSHIP PREVIEW SET FOR PRIME TIME TV COVERAGE. Sky Sports are to preview the 2001 ASCAR Mintex Cup this week, with a half hour program scheduled to be shown 4 times over a three-day period. The program billed as "A preview of the ASCAR Championship 2001 which features 10 races from across Europe", will be shown at the following times:- WEDNESDAY 23RD MAY @ 6:00pm on Sky Sports 3 THURSDAY 24TH MAY @ 9:30pm on Sky Sports 3 THURSDAY 24TH MAY @ 12:30pm (1/2 past mid-night) on Sky Sports 2 FRIDAY 25TH MAY @ 11:30am on Sky Sports 3 |
ITEM 05. 23/05/01 |
THE WAITING IS OVER ASCAR MINTEX CUP - ROUND 1 ROCKINGHAM MOTOR SPEEDWAY, SATURDAY, MAY 26 The waiting is over, the action is about to begin as Anglo American Stock Car Racing
(ASCAR) takes centre stage at Rockingham's grand opening event this Saturday,
May 26, giving UK race fans their first taste of American-style, oval track
stock car action. Teams and drivers have grasped the ASCAR concept whole-heartedly and around 20 all-American racers are scheduled to appear at Saturday's opening round of the ASCAR Mintex Cup. The opening 100-mile ASCAR feature race has the backing of performance tire giant Goodyear and the 'Goodyear 100' will open the ASCAR Mintex Cup calendar. |
Please Click on the GOODYEAR 100 Challenge logo to see more details about this meeting! |
ITEM 06. 12/06/01 |
Start time for First Round of BRCA/RRCI/ASCAR RC Racing National Series, at Chessington
Radio Car Club, on 17th June 2001, will be as follows :- 11.00am. RC ASCARS. 12.00am. STOCK CARS. N.B. This is a combined meeting, making up part of the "Metfix Open " Race Organiser : Ian Spiller. |
ITEM 07. 12/06/01 |
The second round of the BRCA/RRCI/ASCAR RC Racing National Series, being held at
ADUR Model Car Club, on 24th June 2001, will be run on the Stockcar Oval Track. Start time to be :- 11.00 am. This will be an ASCAR RC Race meeting only. |
ITEM 08. 28/06/01 |
A List of registered ASCAR RC RACING Drivers, supplied by Terry Dickinson, is now available. Click on the DRIVERS link here, to visit this new page! |
ITEM 09. 28/06/01 |
Results page has been up-dated. Visit the Results page to see results from the recent BRCA/RRCI/ASCAR RC National series rounds. |
ITEM 10. 05/07/01 |
IMPORTANT NEWS ! - At the MNHRA EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP meeting being held at MOATFARM RACEWAY, on 22nd July 2001,(mentioned in News Item 03), there will now be a film crew from Meridian TV present. They will be recording the race meeting for a program called SMALL WORLD. This will be transmitted later in the year, between October and December, on a Sunday evening. As our ASCAR RC CARS have been invited to join the Hot Rods racing at this event, then this is an ideal opportunity to promote our new formula, that should not be missed! To find out more information please E-mail me, or visit the MNHRA EUROS INFO Page. Moatfarm Raceway are asking that drivers pre-book for this event, and applications should be received by 14/7/01. |
ITEM 12. 06/08/01 |
On August 25th-26th Snetterton Market Model Car Club are holding an Oval meeting (Practice on the Saturday - Races on the Sunday) At this meeting on Sunday Snetterton will also be hosting the 5th round of the BRCA/RRCI/ASCAR RC Racing National series championship. * (Ascar RC Racing Rules apply! - see Ascar RC Racing RULES page link here, or click in the MENU for details.) The Race Meeting is open to both IC and Electric. This type of racing has been done on this track before, and was a great success. The meeting will consist of four, 5min heats and one final (20mins for the IC's) There will be four main classes:- 1.) IC With Ascar Shell. - *For Drivers competing in the BRCA/RRCI/Ascar RC Racing National series championship 2.) IC Without Ascar Shell 3.) Electric With Ascar Shell 4.) Electric Without Ascar Shell NOTE: Each heat will only consist of 5-6 cars! This is because of safety considerations, due to the speed the cars will reach, and to limit damage to the cars during any crashes. For this reason we will need some volunteers to act as spotters on the rostrum (1- 2 per Heat). All you will have to do, is simply inform the drivers of a crash, saying at what corner or straight it is on. This is done, because we found that when racing on the large Oval at Snetterton, you are at the next corner before you realize it, and have no time to check the corner for crashed cars yourself.(There will be 1 spotter per heat at least!) You can book into the meeting through the Snetterton Market Model Car Club entries page. Click Here (Please ensure you enter for the correct class) You will still be able to book in on the day, but if you can enter by E-Entry, it would be appreciated. |
ITEM 13. 06/08/01 |
The next round of the BRCA/RRCI/ASCAR RC Racing National series championship (Round 4.), will be held on Sunday 12th August 2001, at the Notts and Derby Arena. This is
the largest and newest purpose built Oval track in the U.K. |
Do you want to know more about Radio Controlled Oval Racing? -Then please click on
the RC OVAL Yahoo! Group Banner opposite, to join our RC Oval Racing community,
to learn all the LATEST news! |
ITEM 11. 06/07/01 |
Friday, 06 July 2001
Sadly, ASCAR Ceases Trading! The company, Anglo American Stock Car Racing Limited, the driving force behind the new ASCAR series ceased trading on Friday the 6th July 2001. Hopefully, full-sized Nascar style Oval racing will be back soon in the U.K. and Europe! - I will keep you posted as soon as I hear anything! However, the 1/10th R.C. scale version is "alive and well", and will continue racing at model car tracks around the U.K., throughout this year. |
See the TRACKS page link here, or click in the MENU for details! - Racing starts
at 11.00 |
ITEM 14. 20/08/01 |
ITEM 15. 27/08/01 |
ITEM 16. 08/09/01 |
Are you interested in racing your Electric Touring Cars, fitted with a Nascar style body, on the Oval Tracks in the U.K.? If you want to find out more information about this Electric version of our Ascar RC Racing formula, please contact Tony French, at the Notts and Derby Track. Either call Tony at:- 01332 - 874961 or E-mail Tony at:- tbf@rcsports.fsnet.co.uk |
Ascar Racing is back with us again! They will be racing at Rockingham Motor Speedway on Mon. 27th August. For more details of the Full-sized racing, and new fixtures, please visit the new official website at:- http://www.ascar.co.uk |
Congratulations to JOHN MICKEL, winner of the Ascar Mintex Cup Rnd.1. |
27th August 2001 - ( Images courtesy of rockingham500.co.uk ) |
Congratulations to MICHAEL VERGERS, winner of the Ascar Mintex Cup Rnd.2. |
ITEM 17. 09/10/01 |
Ascar R/C Racing at the ROCKINGHAM MOTOR SPEEDWAY! A DEMO model car meeting was held at the Rockingham Motor Speedway on Sunday 7th Oct.2001. The Model Radio Controlled Ascars were invited to be part of this Model car exibition. Both Nitro powered and electric powered RC ASCARS took part. To find out more, click on the RC RACE NEWS link here! For more pictures, and news visit the R/C SPORTS NEWS link here! Also visit the Ascar RC Racing "Gallery" page for more pictures! |
ITEM 18. 09/10/01 |
Check out the Ascar RC Racing "Results Page", to view the latest results from the BRCA/RRCI/Ascar RC Racing National series championships. You can also view the current Drivers Standings for this series by clicking here! "STANDINGS" |
ITEM 19. 07/10/01 |
Congratulations to JOHN MICKEL, who pulled off a sensational victory on Rockingham
Motor Speedway's 1.5 mile oval at Northamptonshire, England on Sunday 7th
Oct.2001 and clinched the inaugural ASCAR Mintex Cup |
ITEM 20. 07/10/01 |
ITEM 21. 23/10/01 |
See the results of our own 1/10th scale Ascar RC Racing demonstration car meeting
held at Rockingham Motor Speedway on 7th Oct. 2001.Click on R.M.S. Results. |
For pictures from this meeting, visit the Gallery page. |
To view a copy of the Ascar RC Racing Handout / Flyer I have created, click here. Ascar RC Racing handout. This has been created as a webpage, but can be printed out from your browser! (A4 size.) |
ITEM 22. 01/11/01 |
ITEM 23. 07/11/01 |
18 Round Calendar Announced for ASCAR 2002, to be held on oval tracks at Rockingham in the U.K.,, and
Eurospeedway Lausitz in Germany. - Visit the ASCAR website for details. |
ITEM 24. 07/11/01 |
ITEM 25. 07/11/01 |
The Final results are now in for the first BRCA/RRCI/Ascar RC National series championships
2001. Please visit the "RESULTS" , and "STANDINGS" page , for details! |
Click here to find out details of the 39 race, 2002 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Schedule.
Winston Cup Series Schedule 2002. (Printable version.) |
UPDATED ! 29/11/01 |
ITEM 26. 29/11/01 |
The ASCAR R/C RACING formula, has been invited to race our 1/10th scale Radio Controlled Ascars
again at the Rockingham Motor Speedway (in 2002), as part of the Ascar race meetings to be held on May 19th 2002, and August 25th 2002. - T.B.C. (Details
to follow - check back again, later! ) |
Please select here, to return to the 2002 ASCAR R/C RACING NEWS PAGE! |
