Dear fellow racer,

ORCA are hosting Ireland’s largest on-road nitro event of the year, scheduled to take place on the weekend of the 11^th and 12^th of September, 2010 in St. Anne’s Park, Raheny, County Dublin.

The permanent RC facility will host the two-day event and will incorporate the following :

• SATURDAY :The track will be open for all, from 10:00am to 6:00pm for free practice in all on-road classes. Practice will be in 30min segments for each class, timetable to follow.

• SUNDAY : Sunday will provide for 1/8^th scale and 1/10^th scale 200mm nitro classes. A “Ready-To-Run” class will also be run. The track action will begin with open practice in each class, followed by 4 rounds of qualification “heats” and finally followed by finals.

• Main finals will be 30 minutes, RTR class and all other finals will be 20 minutes in duration.

The Irish GP will feature :

• Large trophies for 1^st to 3^rd place in each class’s main finals. Further trophies and prizes will be awarded for - the fastest lap of the day.

• Complimentary food and drink will be provided in a gazebo.

• A dedicated timing-system operator.

• A speaker located at the driver’s rostrum, a screen displaying lap times located in the pit-lane, a compressor for general use, and transponders will be available for those without personal transponders.

• Race results will be published on the popular RedRC and ORCA websites.

ORCA welcomes both newcomers and veterans to the event with the aim of continuing the high-quality racing that has taken place during the 2010 season so far. Everyone is invited to attend, family and friends, car enthusiasts and racers of all levels. ORCA appreciates everybody’s presence at the Irish GP.

For organizational purposes, entrance is by pre-registration only, but this couldn’t be simpler. There are 2 possible methods :

1. Go to http://gp.orcaireland.ie

2. Send an email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it with the Subject: Irish GP and with the details below.

In any case, please include the following information : Your full name, frequency used, the classes you’re participating in, contact information, and the number of your personal transponder (if available).

Registration for the Irish GP will close on the evening of Wednesday the 8^th of September. Finally, a registration fee of €15 applies for each driver, regardless of the number of classes the driver enters.

Futher info will be availible on the website (www.orcaireland.ie) as it becomes availible.

We very much look forward to having you compete. If you have any questions, please contact either of the following :

David Boylan (Secretary) – 086-8284448

Luke Collins (Public Relations) – 087-9875547

• Sincerely, ORCA committee.

A Final

It was a beautiful sunny day for fifth round of the Irish Onroad Nitro National Championships that took place at the Joey Dunlop Lesuire Centre in Ballymoney, NI. Hot weather made for perfect race conditions but resulted in heavy tyre wear. It was business as usual for defending champion Chris Steele. The Shepherd team driver performed as usual, claiming another TQ and victory.

B Final

Congratulations to all who attended.

ORCA Committee

Results have now been posted for Sundays National race. Report and pics to follow.

Congratulations to all who attended.

ORCA Committee

Guys,

We have changed a couple of dates on the calendar, namely Club Rd5 and the GP.

Regards,
Luke

We saw a wet start to the day on Sunday with some drivers thinking conditions would be un-raceable; this soon cleared and we saw a windy but excellent fourth round to the championship. Results and standings are now updated on the website.

Photos to follow.

Congratulations to all who made the podium.

ORCA Committee

It was a beautiful sunny day for third round of the Irish Onroad Nitro National Championships that took place at the country’s only permanent track which is situated on the outskirts of Dublin city. Hot weather and sugar watering of the track on race morning made for perfect race conditions at the St.Annes circuit and in 1:10 200mm it was business as usual for defending champion Chris Steele. The Shepherd team driver maintained his domination of the class making it three out of three in qualifying by claiming his third TQ honours of the season taking his Murnan Modified RB powered Velox V10 around the track in the fastest five minute run of the 2010 season. In the 30-minute final Steele led from start to finish to take a convincing victory over the Serpent of David Mulligan. Having qualified second on the grid Chris Lawlor had a troubled race at the controls of Kyosho but still managed to maintain his run of podium finishes.

1:10 ‘A’ Final results
1.(1) Christopher Steele (Shepherd) – 102 laps
2.(8) David Mulligan (Serpent) – 91
3.(2) Chris Lawlor (Kyosho) – 85
4.(7) Oisin O’Briain (Serpent) – 83
5.(5) Thomas Ward (Xray) – 81
6.(9) Colm Gaffney (Serpent) – 80
7.(6) Laurence McCormick (Mugen) – 78
8.(3) Darren Gibb (Shepherd) – 58
9.(4) Robert Boylan (Serpent) – 16
10.(0)Aaron Lynch (Serpent) – 7

In 1:8, Austin Elliot became the third different Top Qualifier of the season after he secured pole with his Kyosho over the Shepherd of championship leader Ian Campbell. In the early part of the half hour encounter the battle up front was between Campbell and former Champion Clive Connolly until the Mugen driver retired when his Reds engine dropped a plug after just four minutes. This left Campbell and Elliot to battle it out for the win the pair swapping the lead a number of times as they pitted but in the end it was Campbell who took the race for his third win of the season. Eoin Doran completed the podium with his IDM powered Mugen to move into equal second with Connolly in the championship standings behind Campbell.

1:8 ‘A’ Final results
1.(2) Ian Campbell (Shepherd) – 111 laps
2.(1) Austin Elliot (Kyosho) – 110
3.(3) Eoin Doran (Mugen) – 103
4.(6) John Delaney (Serpent) – 100
5.(7) Luke Collins (Serpent) – 94
6.(5) Clive Connolly (Mugen) – 16
7.(4) Darragh Fox (Serpent) – 11

Congratulations to all who attended.

ORCA Committee

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