[Kevan]

Race reports - 17th Feb - Small Sports/Saloons + Group 5
 
With a couple of storms imminent and a couple of club regulars unable to attend we had six entrees in each class tonight.
 
Small Sports/Saloons

   

   

 
Three Modified class cars, Mike B racing his Moggy Minor for the first time and had a fantastic race with Geoff’s Mini in heat #2.
Chris’s E-type strangely went best in Red which is always the toughest lane but his closest race was heat #1with Mike’s Moggy.
Kev’s Chappy 2C had a best run in Blue which was also his closest race against Andy’s King Cobra.
 
Three Open class cars, Brian racing a well worn Big Healey won his first race ahead of Geoff’s quick Mini but in his next race finally had a ‘blow out’ despite meticulous pre-race prep (in 2020) ended the evening racing a rather quick Ferrari 365 P2.
Andy’s King Cobra flew round in Yellow & Blue whilst setting the fastest lane score overall but had a couple of deslots in Red whilst chasing Kev’s Chappy.
Geoff’s Mini had a best run in Yellow finishing a couple of seconds behind Brian’s Healey.
 
Group 5

   

   
 
Three BMW’s, two Fords and a Nissan…
 
Standard class racing got closer tonight as Chris’s Skyline sporting NSR tyres on the back looked proper racey for the first time and managed 2 laps per lane more than last time out!  Heat #1 showed how much improved as Mike, Andy & Chris all finished within 5 seconds of each other.
Andy’s BMW suffering from ‘water in the tank’ which was initially thought to be controller problem but proved not to be as the club controller used in his next race had the same problems and looking more like the motor in it’s death throes as it got worse in his final race…but it was the quickest car round the track when it was on song.
Kev’s BMW got nerfed off the bridge on lap #1 and spent the rest of the evening chasing Brian’s quick Capri, two storming races later relinquished the lead from the Capri.
Geoff’s BMW is probably his most consistent race car, winning heat #3 in Yellow whilst Brian & Mike finished a few seconds behind, this was to be Geoff’s best run tonight.
Mike’s Capri still running without a back window wasn’t quite quick enough to win a heat but was very close in two races. It’s a rapid race car that’s tough to catch as Brian found out in heat #3.
In Modified class, Brian’s Capri is another best runner, a deslot in the awkward Red lane meant a nervous wait until the final couple of laps of the evening to see if his overall runs were good enough for top overall score.  A 28 lapper in Yellow was a super run to win heat #4.
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Next week is the first team race, Italian Cars…with Andy off to Oz for 6 weeks and Mike B off for a fortnight, let’s hope there’s enough entrants to make two teams.