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WHO Nascar - 4 November 2026 - woodcote - 5th-Nov-26

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The first Wednesday of November is a busy evening at the Barn: the club AGM is followed by a full HO Nascar night plus the Gen6 Championship showdown. We'd be racing on the 44-foot oval we used at the same event last year...

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Eighteen racers joined us, with Philip getting his first taste of WHO oval racing. We were missing Gareth and Pete, who was stranded near Gatwick in his work van. We put Pete on the race sheet, in the hope he might make it back to the south coast.

The AGM was brief - a successful year, a healthy bank balance, more fun to be had next season etc - and we were into the Nascar heats shortly after 7...

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The shorter oval gave the marshals plenty to do, especially during the first half of qualifying when drivers hadn't yet mastered the track. There were good scores across all three lanes and also some complete disasters: proper HO Nascar oval mayhem!

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The Gen6 Cup Mega-G+ cars held their own on this short track, losing time to the Bulldogs on the straights, but making it up round the corners. At the front, Oliver led Matthew by less than a lap at halfway, with Alex a further lap adrift, Ash a sensational fourth with his Gen6 Mega-G+ and fellow Gen6 runner Ollie not far behind...

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Scores were a bit more consistent for the drivers' second pair of heats and marshals weren't called upon quite so often. Oliver, Matthew and Andy raced in the penultimate heat - Andy's win saw him jump to third overall, but Oliver just did enough to grab pole by a quarter of a lap...

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In the Gen6 Cup battle, Ash beat Ollie by exactly two laps to qualify sixth. Ollie would need to win the C Final to challenge Ash for Gen6 race...

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Philip raced one of Pete's heats, meaning our 2025 WHO Nascar champion had a place in the finals, should he arrive in time...

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RE: WHO Nascar - 4 November 2026 - woodcote - 6th-Nov-26

Race Report: Finals F to C

Sadly, Pete didn't get to start the F Final, so Phil's Mega-G+ (yellow) lined up against the Bulldogs of Kev (white) and Kevin (blue)...

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It was the rookie who led 5 of the first 6 laps, until an off handed the lead to Kevin...

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After a slow-ish start, Kevin was the last man standing as Kev had an early off and Phil's fine start got a bit crashy. Kevin was lapping steadily, but his lead over Kev soon evaporated and he slotted into second, upped his pace and hung on. This turned out to be a scintillating race for the first final of the night - neither crashed in the run to the line and Kevin edged back into contention. Neck and neck round the final lap, the track power cut as the two Bulldogs passed over the dead strip - Kev just ahead... 

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... but Kevin's car rolled past, stopping just a nose ahead and giving us one of the closest WHO HO final finishes we've ever seen!

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Kevin stepped up into yellow lane for the E Final, facing the Mega-G+ cars of Rob (red) and Tracy (white) plus James' rapid Bulldog (blue)...

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Tracy led the first time round, but then it turned into a masterclass from James as Rob lost three laps with a big off and the others also had excursions off the tarmac...

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James' Bulldog was very quick over a lap during the heats, but he struggled to get a consistent run going. His first 30 laps were faultless, but then three offs in succession gave Rob some hope...

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Despite a tricky end to the race, James had done enough and won by a lap in another high-scoring final...

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James moved to red in the D Final, where he'd line up with Mike's Mega-G+ (white) and the Bulldogs of Isaac (blue) and John (yellow)...

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It wasn't a great start for James, with a first lap crash immediately putting him two laps down. John crashed on lap 4 and Isaac on lap 5 leaving Mike out front with his Gen6 Mega-G+ and his eyes firmly on a clean run to the end...

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The chasing pack of Bulldogs faltered. James was quickest over a lap, but way too crashy. John crashed two more times early on and again around half way. Isaac only had the early crash, but was the slowest of the three and on a similar pace to Mike. With John eventually putting together a clean second half of the race and lapping a few tenths a lap quicker than Mike and Isaac, marshals and spectators were treated to a super-exciting and rather chaotic climax to the race. 

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An off for Mike put Isaac right on his tail - and the 2026 Junior champion grabbed the lead after another crash for the Mega-G+ with only eight laps left. Meanwhile, John was on a mission and closing the gap relentlessly. Last time through, the gap was tiny - surely John would take a famous last-lap victory. But no - a pile-up at turn two caught John's Bulldog, while Isaac slipped through the carnage to take the win...

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Isaac stayed in blue for the C Final, lining up against Chas (red), Ollie (white) and Stephen (yellow)...

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Ollie had the only Mega-G+ in this race, hoping to step up and challenge Ash for the Gen6 Cup win. Stephen had the only Christmas jumper - and why not? Halloween is over and it's only even weeks to the big day. Isaac had a first lap wobble, Stephen was off on lap 3 and the Ollie-Chas battle looked like it was going to be a good one...

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Ollie was straight into 2.8 second territory, whereas Chas took a few laps to go sub-3 seconds - and that gave Ollie a nice lead. Yet Chas wasn't giving up...

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Chas upped his pace and was (very) gradually eating into Ollie's lead, when a crash on lap 27 put him two laps back. Ollie could relax a little and a brief off for him with twenty seconds to go didn't matter as Chas had just crashed again too. Behind, both Stephen and Isaac had recovered well, but any slim chance Isaac had of catching the leaders went up in smoke with a big off, losing him three laps with thirty seconds to go...

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Ollie won with a huge 40.55 score - and Ash would have Gen6 company in the B Final...

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RE: WHO Nascar - 4 November 2026 - woodcote - 6th-Nov-26

Ollie stepped up to blue lane in the B Final and would face Ash (red) and the Bulldogs of Terry (white) and Alex (yellow) in the gutter lanes...

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It was Alex who led the early stages and first to drop sub-3 second laps, before successive offs on laps 8 and 9 left him at the back...

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Terry took over the lead, but had Ash right behind him and on a similar pace. Ollie was trying to hang on in third. Terry could not shake Ash, but a brief off for the Gen6 racer cost him almost a lap at half distance. Ollie and Ash were now in a close race for the Gen6 win...

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It all went wrong for Ollie on lap 23 - an off costing him nearly five laps. Ash continued to push and almost got what he needed when Terry had a late off. However, the green Bulldog was marshalled rapidly and Ash had to make do with a close second, missing out on the A Final by less than a third of a lap...

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Terry stepped up to red lane in the all-Bulldog A Final, facing pole-sitter Oliver in white, Matthew in yellow and Andy in blue...

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This race had plenty of drama, including a restart after turn two was destroyed in an early marshalling mishap. Oliver and Andy had got away at that first start and they did so again as the race was reset back to zero...

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This time it was Andy's red retro-bodied Bulldog that had the lead for the first 13 laps, until a crash at turn one... and that retro body came off. That left the other three on the same lap, Oliver having the lead...

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It was all going nicely for the champion-elect until an off with twenty five seconds to go let Terry and Matthew through. There was still plenty of time for Oliver to catch up and he set about the chase with gusto. The three came back together briefly before Terry crashed out with just seconds to go, collecting Oliver in the process. Terry continued, Oliver did not and Matthew took the chequered flag half a lap ahead...

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It was another massive score - 42.35 laps to give Matthew his second HO A Final win!

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Huge congrats to our race winners - Matthew, Isaac and Ash...

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And here are the results and stats from all the finals...

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There was still the Gen6 Championship Shoot-out to go, but those results confirmed Oliver as our 2026 WHO Nascar champion, 60 points ahead of Matthew...

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Back to the action in a minute...

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RE: WHO Nascar - 4 November 2026 - woodcote - 6th-Nov-26

Gen6 Cup Championship Shoot-out

Our Gen6 competition for AFX Mega-G+ cars runs like the real Nascar format, with a winner-takes-all championship race at the end of the season. Drivers that win a regular Gen6 race qualify for the shoot-out, with remaining slots in the four-car final decided on points...

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That meant Ollie had choice of lane - and he chose white, Ash chose red, Mike yellow and Rob was left with blue...

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Mike was hot out of the blocks, led the first lap, but binned it next time round, losing the car's body and four laps. Ollie was now in the lead, followed closely by Ash - and it would be just the two of them when Rob had an off on lap four...

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The battle between Ollie and Ash was a humdinger! Running side-by-side at times, Ollie just about hung on to the lead with Ash pushing very hard. High drama struck on lap 22 when the leaders tangled with Mike and Ash got going first, ending up with nearly a lap advantage on Ollie. Ash had one hand on the trophy, but could he hold on for the win?

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Seven laps later disaster struck for Ash. A brief off let Ollie back through, but as Ash tried to keep in contention he over-drove on dirty tyres and crashed again - and again. Ollie could breathe, although he didn't slack off, setting another big score...

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Huge congrats to Ollie for winning the race and the 2026 Gen6 Cup! He joined Nascar champions Oliver and Isaac...

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Sadly, Oliver's trophy was stuck in Pete's van. He'll have to wait until next month, when he attempts to add the Formula One championship to the Mod, Nascar and Club titles he has bagged so far. It won't be a clean sweep (no Tuners...), but four trophies will be a record.

Here's the club championship and Rookie of the Year table with one race to go... 

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Big thanks goes to everyone who came along and made it such a fun night at the Barn. Special thanks goes to the set-up crew, race control team and everyone who stayed behind to pack away. We couldn't do it without you.

We're back on Wednesday 18 November for our annual HO Test and Fun night...

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You'll have the chance to test and tune your HO cars ready for the new season - and have some fun on the drag strip. Bring all your HO cars!

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