[Pondiless]

Congratulations to the class leaders. It looks like tomorrow will bring some close racing. Waiting will be a chore but good luck to all tomorrow.    

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Coverage of the racing will start in just over an hour - and it'll be here on SlotRacer Online...

   

Schedule is something like this:

• Match Racing part deux
  
• Micro Scalextric Super Stock
  
• Match Racing III
  
• T-Jet Nostalgia Super Stock
  
• Auto World Pro Stock exhibition
  
• Match Racing goes fourth
  
• Micro Scalextric Street Stock
  

Hope to finish by 10pm tonight

[Top Down]

Thanks for running this - and all the great photos and reports Andy 

[Mazda]

Things are now starting to get exciting  . Good luck everyone.

[Pondiless]

I'm on board getting excited.?

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Starting Wednesday's action were two match races that didn't happen last night...

First were father-and-son Doug and David with some 3-Gear Xtraction Fourth of July action. Round One went to David by 0.145 seconds:

David - Stars & Stripes '55 Chevy: 0.873 RT / 0.899 ET
Doug - Chevy Nomad: 0.864 RT / 1.053 ET

   

Jerome took the first run against Andy in the modern NHRA Funny Cars and won by 0.007 of a second!

Jerome - DHL JR Todd Funny Car: 0.949 RT / 0.885 ET
Andy - Castrol Ashley Force Funny Car: 0.944 RT / 0.897 ET

   

Next up, Micro Scalextric Super Stock...

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The Micro Scalextric Super Stock Eliminators were first on the strip on Wednesday. No surprises in the Quarter Finals, the top four qualifiers all comfortably through. Rebecca had a bye run and the closest contest was Andy Phillips’ Mini getting within 0.030 of a second of Leo’s Jaguar...

   

In the bottom half of the ladder, Iain improved on his best qualifying run, but Clive’s Aston remained surprisingly slow. No race-day miracles for him this time.

   

For the second event running, there were big shocks in the Super Stock Semi Finals. Again, the top qualifier fell to the fourth place qualifier. Usually a fast starter, Rebecca’s Sanditon Motorsport Nissan bogged down off the line. Leo took advantage, making his first sub-700 run of the event count. A winning margin of 0.024 looked comfortable, but was a massive upset...

   

The second Semi was expected to be close. Alan looked good down the first half of the run, but then Andy Player’s Nissan picked up the pace. A finishing speed of 7.706 mph to Alan’s 6.043 was the difference - a 0.026 winning margin.

The third and fourth place qualifiers faced off in the Final. It turned out to be a much closer race than expected. Leo’s Jaguar got off to a good start, but Andy edged it at half distance. The Nissan usually finishes strongly, but it was Leo’s car that was quickest through the speed trap, giving a tantalisingly close winning margin of 0.013 seconds for Andy’s orange Nissan...

   

And here's some video...



   

   

That’s four different winners in the first four races of the Summer Series. Will there be more?

[Mazda]

Well done Andy that was a good run 

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Thanks! I don't know how that happened at all...

While the T-Jet nostalgia cars were warming up for their eliminators, it was time for

Match Racing III

Noah made it a two-to-zero victory in the Top Fuelers, beating Dylan by 0.074 and taking revenge for last month's whitewash:

Noah - Optima Top Fueler: 0.709 RT / 0.769 ET / 6.973 mph
Dylan - Alanabi Top Fueler: 0.712 RT / 0.840 ET / 6.136 mph

   

The two Auto World Legends Funny Car match-ups also ended 2-0, David beating Rebecca by 0.053 and Clive beating Doug by 0.060...

David - Plymouth Cuda: 0.747 RT / 0.849 ET / 6.119 mph
Rebecca - Ford Mustang: 0.752 RT / 0.897 ET / 5.486 mph

Clive - Ford Mustang: 0.730 RT / 0.890 ET / 5.486 mph
Doug - Ford Mustang: 0.729 RT / 0.951 ET / 4.972 mph

The Aurora Speciality chassis had a decider, with the two cars level on one win each. The race was won decisively - Iain's Nova beating Alan's C-10 truck by 0.039 seconds and setting the fastest ET of their contest...

Iain - Chevy Vega F/C: 0.751 RT / 1.029 ET / 4.545 mph
Alan - Chevy C-10 P/M: 0.756 RT / 1.063 ET / 3.977 mph

   

That's it for now. The T-Jet eliminator is coming up in about an hour...

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T-Jet Nostaglia Super Stock

Qualifying was a breeze for Clive, but anything can happen in the elimination races. A field of nine gave us an odd-looking FIA ladder, but it worked well. Clive had a bye run in the first round, so the first competitive action was a humdinger between Doug and Gareth...

   

It looked as if a steady run by the yellow Impala would give Gareth the win, but a sensational recovery by Doug saw him sneak past on the line - a 0.002 winning margin and a very rapid 8.533 mph in the speed trap... not far off his class record. Another very close one was between Alan and Noah in the bottom half of the ladder. A hole shot win by Alan of 0.005 was enough to see “The Tortoise” through to the Quarters.

   

There were only two second round races - Clive beat Doug and Rebecca beat Alan - both comfortable wins. It was Andy’s turn to receive a bye.

Rebecca’s win saw her straight through to the final. Clive and Andy would battle it out in Round Three to meet her there.

   

The Malcolm Durham “Strip Blazer” tribute Dodge 330 had been incredibly consistent, but required a big mishap from the Tasca Ford Thunderbolt to get any further. It didn’t happen - Clive beat Andy by a comfortable 0.086 seconds.

The Final ended up with the fastest two cars of the elimination rounds - and the possibility of an upset. Rebecca’s AMC AMX-1 needed to continue its momentum towards 0.700 seconds and hope that the Thunderbolt had an average run. Both seemed very possible...

   

Although Rebecca was visibly slow out of the blocks, both cars had great runs. The Thunderbolt always had the advantage and pulled away at the top end of the strip, finishing 0.045 ahead having clocked a 682.

   

And here's some video...



Clive is our first repeat winner of the series - his Auto World Ultra-G car has set the standard for the T-Jet class...