[Kevan]

CLUB CHALLENGE - 4th February
 
NSR Moslers and Truspeed BP2 controllers kindly donated by Andy Corrin
 
Finally…it was time for this event to take place, all 8 cars were on show for the concourse lineup…wow, we all did an amazing job, many hours of work were on show on the track, to be honest it was impossible to choose just one as the best. We all did an absolutely brilliant job and should be proud of how our cars look.
The votes were in, as the votes were read out each car moved up the track one spot per vote and in the end Mike H’s orange & green ‘Renown’ paint scheme won the concourse prize kindly donated by Andy Corrin.


 
The race entry was randomised 5 times and heat #1 was Mike B, Brian & Andy.  Everyone was allowed 5 setup laps with the controllers then we settled down for a long nights racing with 15 minute heats…which didn’t all go to plan with one or two cars having problems bad enough to stop racing to get them sorted out.  Andy’s ‘Gulf’ car bizarrely suffering jammed front wheels, the reason for which was only realised after the second race stoppage with one of the front headlight moldings being loose and jamming against a front tyre. Once sorted he was quickly up to race speed.
 


Gavins ‘Esso’ car was creating an awful high pitched whine which needed a race stop and investigation, I’m not sure it was fully sorted but sounded like grub screws cutting a channel in the front axle.
 


There was another race stoppage as Kev’s ‘Racing Stickerbomb’ car was nerfed off the track and rolled half way down the main straight along the wall which ended up with handling issues and zero grip…nothing obvious was found but it didn’t run right until the next race.
 


Mike B was the first to do three 15 minute runs consecutively, this shouldn’t have been the case as it was hoped Euro Round Robin would mix the heats up…the race program is being looked into for next time.
There were dozens of incidents during the evening, the marshalls were as busy as they’ve ever been with some cars leaving the track numerous times, sometimes even on the same lap.
 


With 15 minute races there weren’t many close finishes, but heat #2 saw Andy & Kev finish on the same lap.  Heat #6 saw Chris finish 4 laps ahead of Geoff and heat #8 saw Brian finish 4 laps ahead of Andy.
 


Amazingly after 2892 laps all 8 cars were boxed back up for next time still intact…and that will be 24th March.  Until then we’ve got Club BMW’s, Team Italiano, a couple of Slot Rally’s and four normal classes to enjoy.
 


Many thanks to Andy for donating the cars and controllers for this event, I can see it being with us for a long time.
 


   
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Next week it’s the first round of Slot Rally 2022