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FORMULA ONE AT THE FORT
Last Thursday saw the delayed continuation of the 2020 Formula One season, this class is for standard SCALEXTRIC Start F1 cars, the only allowed modifications are additional weight, and truing of tyres, the idea is that anyone can come 'off the street' and race their homeset cars.

The format is everyone has 4x1 minute qualification heats, the best single lap time counting for quallie, this is followed by 3 minute 'step-up' finals.
 
 Qualification started with Graeme quickest, soon overtaken by Bernie, then Bob came storming in to take pole.

 The finals started with Graeme moving up from the C into the B final where 2 places were waiting to meet Bob in the A, Graeme & John stormed away but had a couple of 'offs' which allowed Bernie into a one lap lead which he controlled until about 20 seconds from the end, his car just stopped coming down the hill, it briefly started again then died over the start/finish line which allowed John (Down Jrd) & Graeme to pass him and move up to the A final.
 Bobs car had looked unbeatable in qualifying but in the final he lost grip and struggled to keep up, John took control and claimed his first win of the season, by nearly 3 laps from Graeme, a very deserved victory, Bob regretting his choice of tyre cleaning method.
After the race Bernie put his car back on the track and it ran faultless, strange but that's racing.