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Match Racing Round Three

For a change, we have four matches going to a deciding third round - and one that might go to a fourth...

In the isolated-front-axle-pancake (IFAP) battle, the coin toss kept the cars in the same lanes at last time. However, a bent shoe on Ken's 'Cuda was beyond repair - and all that Bill's 'Vette had to do was make it down the strip and avoid a red light at the start. A 0.792 run to a DNS gave Bill's slower car the match 2-1...

   

No such mechanical gremlins in the second race...

   


After the dead-heat in race 2, Andy's Camaro needed a win to tie the match. However, the Motown Missile had the edge, crossing the finish line 0.022 seconds ahead and winning 2-0 (or maybe 3-1?). The ETs were 0.667 and 0.692 - the speeds 8.523 and 7.576 mph.

   

Rebecca's orange Camaro had recovered some form after some unfortunate tyre-rub in Race 1. She put in another quick run - 0.656 to beat Kev's Chevy by 0.212 seconds and take the match 2-1. Kev's ET was 0.855 and the speeds 8.207 and 6.715 mph through the finish line.

With Bill having wrapped up on Micro 2019 match already, the final race was again between Rebecca and Kev...

   

Kev's Pontiac was checked for any rear tyre-rub after his poor start in Race 2... However, it was another slow get-away, giving Rebecca a head-start. The Pontiac came back very strong and the two cars crossed the line side-by-side. Who'd won? The Thursday lunchtime crowd looked to the scoreboard and it was the red Merc with a 0.008 second advantage! Rebecca had another holeshot win - her ET 0.480 to Kev's 0.475. The speeds were 9.024 and 10.027 mph. Another tortoise beating the hare.

That's it for match racing this time. The Pro Stocks and Micro 2019 cars will have a full qualifying and eliminator format in March - the isolated front-axle cars will return for some match racing, fingers-crossed Ken's car can be repaired back to its form in Race 1 and three-quarters of Race 2. If anyone else has a suitable car for a match race, send it in.

Next is the final action of the event - the Micro Scalextric Street Stock eliminators.