Eden Park Raceway
History
Eden Park Raceway has been resurrected from the well known and successful club Eden Park Overlanders. Having closed its gates in 1999 due to vandalism and difficulties with management of the landlords, a few of us have spent many years hoping we can bring it back. With only a few venues in the South East (albeit very good ones) we thought another track can only help the diversity of racing and hopefully open up the catchment area of the drivers taking part in the region.
When we first arrived at the track in January 2007 to assess what could be done, we were more than a little overwhelmed by how overgrown the area was. We followed this with surprise at how much of the track was in good condition, and then excitement that this could actually happen. With tentative agreement from the new landlords we began some exploratory work and, having seconded the help of many volunteers, the really enjoyable but extremely hard work began.
After 9 weekends of slog the track was completely raceable, with a renovated rostrum and race control. Okay, it's not fully up to the days of the British Grand Prix back in 1998 but we'll get there. There is still some cementing to do as well as lots of painting plus building a full scrutineering hut but all this is planned out for this year. The weeds are an ongoing battle!
We couldn't have made this happen without some VERY important people. Thanks to:
Ian and Jane Benfield, Duncan Benfield, Craig Darnley, David Church, Paul Sykes, Roger and Darren Brayshaw, Ryan Coxall, Stuart Band, Ian Boulter, Nick David, Andy Turnbull, Jon Pick, Ian Boulter, Steve Andrews and many others.
See you at the raceway soon,
Matt, Steve and Alex.
Classes
EPR currently caters for 1/10 th electric off road buggies, 2&4wd. Unfortunately due to noise restrictions imposed we will are unable to run nitro cars. Recently we have discovered a great layout for mini-t's, so this may be added soon.
Prices
We have three options for membership. We hope this caters for all levels of interest. If you have any suggestions please let us know.
We also include membership of Langley Park Sports & Social Club (the track is based on their land) which is a club offering a host of sports and social activities from football to line dancing and they have a function centre available for hire. Please make the most of the facilities at this great club!
FULL MEMBER
- Membership of Langley Park Sports & Social Club and the use of the on-site facilities, renewable annually
- Free unlimited practice for one year, normally £10 to Non-Members, so just ten practice sessions and it's paid for!
- Reduced club race fees - normally £7 reduced to £5
- Cost - £130 (BRCA Members), £142 (BRCA Non-Members)*
Of the Full Membership fee, £100 will be EPR membership which we will invest into the facilities and £30 covering membership of Langley Park Sports & Social Club.
ASSOCIATE MEMBER
- Membership of Langley Park Sports & Social Club and the use of the on-site facilities, renewable annually
- Reduced rate for unlimited practice for one year - normally £10 to Non-Members, and £5 for Associate Members
- Reduced club race fees from £7 to £5
- Cost - £40 (BRCA Members), £47 (BRCA Non-Members)*
NON MEMBER
- Club race fees will be £7 of which £2 will go to Langley Park Sports & Social Club for Day Membership and the full use of its facilities
- Practice fees are £10 for full use of EPR for a day's unlimited practice. £2 will go to Langley Park Sports & Social Club for Day Membership and the full use of its facilities
*non BRCA members are ineligible to take part in regional race series as these are sanctioned and insured by the BRCA.
Practice to be notified to one of the EPR Committee.
Fees to be paid either in person (collected at subsequent Regional or National events), by cheque, by Paypal (both using nominated addresses).
Transponders
We are currently running and AMB20 system which means we can't yet support PT's. However we are saving for the price of a new decoder. We should have this next year!
Rules
We aren't ones for being stuffy! After all this is a hobby and is supposed to be fun. The main things are to listen out for PA announcements, check your race order, frequencies, (unless you're on 2.4) listen out for your race, be on the line in good time and don't forget to marshal.
Remember, it's your fault if you crash, no shouting at marshals and keep the language clean - have fun!
Track layout
We are able to run a host of different and layouts and run in a clockwise and anti-clockwise direction. The track surface is made up of astroturf, tarmac and concrete. Lap times are about 23 or 24 seconds.
We'll soon be adding a full drawing of the overall layout so you can see the options we have. If you have any suggestions for layouts at the meetings just let us know and we'll try and accommodate. Also, if you are a newcomer or junior, do let us know if you are finding the tracks too difficult to learn or you're not having fun. Again we'll try and accommodate your views.
Driver profiles
Coming soon.
Sponsorship
We are always looking for sponsorships for the Raceway to help us invest in and improve facilities. Sponsorship opportunities could include track-side advertising, one-off race meeting sponsorship, track area naming or just small donations. Please contact us if you would like any information. Talk to: Alex Brayshaw
