RRR is now 17 years old. This club is old enough to get a drivers license! Of course, many of us are from the earlier racing clubs.
We look forward to continuing the annual fun in the sun RC racing season. Bring your cars, smiles and your friends and family.

Out of towners, please plan your trips with refundable hotels/ferries/etc. Short notice race cancellations for filming at the campus may occur.
We've added more dates to make up for filming and weather cancellations.


2025 Summer Season Dates

May:
10 - Test and Tune
17 - Club Race
31 - Club Race

June:
7 - Club Race
21 - Club Race

July:
5 - Club Race
12 - Club Race
26 - Club Race

Aug:
2&3 - Summer Challenge Trophy Race
16 - Club Race - Possible Cancellation, CAMRC Trophy Race
23 - Club Race

Sept:
6 - Club Race
13 - Club Race
20 - Club Race

We would like to do an enduro this year - it will likely be electric only, and longer than 3 hours.


Race Classes:

Minimum 5 entries for the class to run that day or at RD discretion.
No other classes to be run unless scheduled.
Motors and ESCs to be ROAR Approved.

If GT8 attendance declines, we will turn it into an option class rotation.
Please organize GT8 attendance if you wish to keep running it.


Electric:

• Scale Spec: 21.5T Motor, Blinky ESC, 1350g minimum, FWD no minimum weight, USGT / VTA / Scale Bodies, Gravity RC / Ride USGT treaded tires or HPI/Protoform VTA treaded tires
• Super Stock TC: 17.5T Motor, Blinky ESC, 1320g minimum, TC Bodies, Open 32-36 shore tires
• Modified TC: Open Motor, Open ESC, 1320g minimum, TC Bodies, Open 32-36 shore tires

Nitro: (These classes are not for beginners. Please consult with the club before buying if you are a new or inexperienced racer.)

Mandatory fail safe and throttle return devices for all nitro cars, you will be checked and you will be DQ without them.

• Touring Nitro: .12 3-port maximum engine, 1650g minimum, foam tires, ROAR rules
• GT 1/8: .21 5-port maximum GT8 spec engine, INS Box Required, rubber tires, ROAR rules
• Nitro 1/8: .21 engine, INS Box Required, foam tires, ROAR rules - Drivers must be approved by RD for this advanced class

Club Race Schedule

The schedule is tentative on setup completion time. Schedule will always be changed as needed to ensure 6PM or earlier teardown as needed.
We may adjust from 3 Rounds of Qualifying to 2, in the interest of time on any Club Race day.
All local racers are expected to help with setup and teardown.


Friday:

6:00PM Track Blow-off

Saturdays:

8:00AM Track Build
9:00AM Traction Laydown
10:00AM Open Practice
11:00AM Round 1
12:30PM Lunch and Open Practice
1:00PM Round 2
2:30PM Round 3
4:00PM Mains
6:00PM Teardown

Location

BCIT Aerospace and Technology Campus
3800 Cessna Drive, Richmond, BC.

We are in the South Lot, enter via open gates(if open) from BCIT main entrance, or heading Northbound on Russ Baker Way.
You can always turn left heading south into the McDonalds at Inglis Drive to turn around for Northbound.



Google Map Link


Facilities: No garbage collection, clean up after yourselves and your pitting areas. No excuses.

Bring your own tables, chairs and canopies. There may be some canopy space for those without.

No washrooms trackside. BCIT Buildings may have washrooms available. There is also a McDonalds 1 minute away.

Parking charge is included with race entries, we are charged per person racing.

We encourage those with generators to bring them and plan with a few members to share costs.

There is shared power available with the club generator, but not quite enough for everyone to tap in.


Entry Fees:

$50 First class including $10 tear down fee
$10 Second class
$Free Third class
$30 Out-Of-Towers Flat Rate (Outside of Metro Vancouver)

$10 teardown fee given to racers that help from start to finish of teardown. All local racers are expected to help with setup and teardown.


Lot Rental, Insurance, generator, blower maintenance, fuel, parking lot rental and pop are still our main costs.
We are continuing to save for capital replacement of storage and transport in the near future.

Club funds are used for preparations, hosting, racing, insurance, track materials, and parking charges. If you would like to inquire about our finances, please speak with us.

Rainouts:

Race day cancellations will be on the morning of. No plans to reschedule as we have added extra race dates to compensate for this. Rare, last minute changes to a Sunday will be announced as soon as possible.

Volunteering:

If you have suggestions or requests for us to help improve the club or race day, please share. We do this for everyone, and we need the help of everyone to keep going strong.
Thank you to the organizing members of RRR for putting in countless hours of hard work and planning.
Thank you to the many setup and teardown helpers that continue to make this worthwhile for the organizers.


See you trackside.

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I'm excited to finally get up there and run this year!

main thread updated

All remaining dates are now re-confirmed at YVR BCIT Student parking lot.

Sad to hear after all these years you're being forced to move, that was a great location. Hopefully you find a comparable place and maybe with an onsite bathroom.

Club Race Sunday May 18
We have shifted the club race to Sunday for better weather.
Hope to see you there, Setup 8AM.
We are still looking for new locations to race at, after May.

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Ready to Run Raceway (RRR) to continue racing at YVR

Great news – Thanks to incredible efforts by club members and their families, we have been offered a way to stay racing in our current location.
Notes:
-Previous rental cancellation was a misunderstanding. We race RC cars, not real cars.
-New communications directly with YVR, instead of through security company.
-Work to be done with safety compliance, organization formalities.
-Proposed rental fee is 4x previous. We are working on this.
What changes for racers:
-Increased club fees to cover rental cost, to be determined.
-Continue to bring all garbage HOME, not to any nearby garbage cans.
-Safety plan to be followed, prevent spectators from entering marked safety zone.

All remaining dates are now re-confirmed at YVR BCIT Student parking lot.

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Happy Fathers Day!

We had a great club outing last Saturday, and with all the work happening in the background, we can re-confirm all remaining dates.

In the drivers meeting, we continued to thank all racers that help with setup and teardown.
We wish to remind all racers that this is an expected help so that we can all start racing earlier.

Changes if you missed them:
-We now have direct booking with YVR, filming should not affect us
-Rental rate for the lot has tripled, race fees increased by $10
-Pay for your own parking in the lot on race days via PayByPhone or meter
-Racers to pit in the same stalls as the drivers stand, pay extra in other areas

Out of town racers: while we have the lot strictly booked for us on our dates, we still recommend booking refundable/cancellable ferries, flights and hotels for poor weather or unexpected changes.

Our next scheduled race is this coming Saturday, June 20th.

Is the Summer Challenge race still happening on Aug 2 and 3?

Yes!

Race Results Attached