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WHO Racing HO Nascar - May 2025 - woodcote - 8th-May-25

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Our May HO Nascar race fell on the eve of the 80th anniversary of VE Day - a time to remember grandparents and parents who lived through the last world war and the 20 million people who lost their lives in Europe.

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We raced on a Mexican Nascar layout, the Mexico City track being prepared for a real-life Nascar Cup race next month. As with all our Nascar road courses, the 4-lane AFX version is short, simplified and fast. This one proved a challenge. but was immensely quick if hooked up correctly...

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Eighteen lined up for the heats. It should have been 19, but James only got the go-ahead to stay at about 7.15. Very generously, he stayed to marshal and loaned Stephen his Bulldog to drive. That bolstered the Bulldog contingent to five - Stephen, Steve P, Kev, Kevin and Andy running the new chassis on a layout that really shouldn't have suited the low-downforce set-up. Apart from Keith and Deborah, everyone else was giving their Super-G+ cars one last thrash on a WHO Nascar road course.

Right from the first heat, there were some big scores and fast time. Terry's 28.55 in Heat One was soon eclipsed by Keith's Gen6 Mega-G+ with a 29.8. Keith and Deborah's rapid Mega-G+ cars were comfortably sub-4 seconds, along with the Super-G+ runners. The Bulldogs needed more care and were lapping half a second or so slower.

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Ollie was the first racer to break the 30 lap mark - his 31.05 in yellow was the best run of anyone in the first pair of heats. However, it was Keith's Mega-G+ who was in provisional pole position at half way, 0.9 of a lap ahead of the chasing pack, led by Terry and Pete's Super-Gs and Deborah's Mega-G+. Andy was the first Bulldog in sixth, after two steady, error-free heats. Ollie was fifth and top junior, Stephen in twelfth and the only rookie - he'd raced a Mega-G+ in red and James' Bulldog in white...

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As usual, the pace increased across the board during the second pair of heats, but that didn't necessarily translate into improved scores. There were enough challenges around the 55-foot track to punish over-exuberance. Pete and Terry pushed each other to a 32.05 and a 31.25 in Heat 13 and looked to have shaken off the Mega-G+ cars - Keith could only manage a 29.65 two heats later, followed immediately by a disastrous 23.9. In that heat, Andy placed his Bulldog provisionally in the B Final having pushed hard for a 27.55 in red - the best score for the new chassis.

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However, there were still two heats to go and Oliver, John and Rob all leapfrogged the leading Bulldog, giving us an A Final trio of Pete, Terry and Keith, a B Final of Deborah, Oliver and John, with Rob, Andy and Gareth lining-up in the C...

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Before the finals, a track clean took place. The grime and rubber of 15 years was mopped up, but would we be looking at more grip or less in the finals?

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