RCAWD presents Melbourne Comp Crawlers’ ROUND 2 crawl meet for 2024! Once again, a bunch of us like-minded hobbyists will be enjoying some time on the rocks with our crawlers. You’re welcome to join us to run some courses and just hang out down in South Morang in late March.
** As always, your safety is your responsibility! **
We’ll be on public land and just driving toy trucks together. This is not any kind of official event. Rocks can be slippery. It’ll be hot and possibly wet. If you have a child and/or pet with you, their supervision and safety is completely your responsibility. Please be careful!
SPONSOR
RCAWD has stepped up to sponsor the club for 2024, with prizes! If you’re building a rig, check them out here. Browse and buy after following that link to support the club, which is run as a not-for-profit, registered with Vic gov. Also, get 5% off with this code at checkout: MCC5 . Thanks RCAWD!
WHEN
Sunday, 24 March 2024, 09:00-16:00 (end time may vary, pending numbers)
WHERE
The rocks at Plenty Gorge, just under Mernda Community Garden @ Carome, South Morang.
PARKING
Along/around 46 Kempen Rd, South Morang on the north side, or along Hathfelde Blvd, South Morang, on the south side (and walk in through Two Beans Farm Cafe).
TOILETS
There are no toilets directly onsite. Servos and Maccas are 5ish mins drive away, while Two Beans Farm Cafe has coffees. Toilet access is not a given; probably available for paying customers, but don’t rely on this.
MAPS
G Maps: https://maps.app.goo.gl/E8V8eEz4Bjhz5myHA
NOTES
- The gorge is often windy. If there’s been rain in the days before the comp, the water will be up.
- Dress for a windy day on the rocks. Sunscreen and water recommended. Boots or closed shoes are advisable. Snakes are still a possibility in late March. Recommend you don’t bring your dog.
- Shops are a few minutes away by car for coffee, lunch, etc.
- Rules and Build Guidance on our FB group.
- There are no bins here. Please carry out what you carry in.
- Lastly, we’re in a public area. We’ll have signage up for the club. Please be mindful of the locals’ expectation of peace and driveway access when parking on nearby streets, especially early in the morning.
COST $0
CLASSES & SCHEDULE
We’ll be running 6 classes. In a first for MCC, this time we’re going to experiment with running all-day courses for all classes.
Here’s what you need to do when you arrive:
- Find the MCC table and complete a waiver form. This is required to participate in this event, even if you’ve filled one in before.
- Get your car/s to the table to have them checked and cleared to run.
- Find a person or people to score your runs. The aim is to take turns driving and scoring with each other/your group.l We’ll be using crawlerresults.com. Site password will be at the table.
- Run your car/s in the appropriate courses for your class. Have fun!
All classes will have 5 courses to run. They’ll be marked clearly from #1 to #5. Be sure to match this with your scoring on crawlerresults.com when doing your runs.
Here’s how we’ll approach the classes. 10 courses total will be set:
5 Courses for Tuff Truck, Sporty and Pro MOA
- these will be labelled 1B to 5B and are wider than the other 5 courses.
5 Courses for P/Scale, Scale-1 and Mini 1.9
- We’ll have some ‘C1’ gate markers on the P/Scale courses, making these 5x courses appropriate for both P/Scale and also Mini 1.9 and Scale-1 classes simultaneously.
- Mini & Scale-1 (aka. Class 1 or C1) will use C1 gates wherever they’re present. Performance Scale will use the same course, but not through C1 gates; only through the numbered gates.
** GROUP RIG PHOTO AND PRIZES IN LATE AFTERNOON **
More info on Classes: https://melbournecompcrawlers.com.au/2023/02/08/wrcca-ruleset-a-quick-primer/
With all courses set for the day, you should be free to run whatever you’ve got in whatever order you like, whenever you like. Come back to the table or find the MCC guys (Craig, Martin, Simon, Toby, Adam) if you need a hand, directions, first aid, life advice or Bitcoin’s price for tomorrow. If you’re in doubt about what class your rig/s will suit, ask in the FB group here and/or just turn up on the day. We’ll work it out! 🙂
DISCUSSION
On our FB page for this event: https://fb.me/e/8uEE3EPhN
ps. ECCF is at end of April near Toowomba. See SEQRCC FB group for more on that. Our Round 3 will be June 16 at Mt Martha (the cliffs above Dromana Bay, here)
