[Kevan]

Race reports - 24th March - Club Challenge #2 - Two Rounds of 3 x 5 minute heats
 
A good turnout tonight, 6 eligible club members with one working and one away on holiday.
 
Once all the eligible drivers had arrived, the box containing the Club Challenge cars and controllers was opened and the cars handed to their respective owners.
Everyone was given half an hour to check their car over, clean the debris from inside, check for loose parts (headlights), make any adjustments then do a few test laps with their own controller.
 
The heats were set up to mix up the racing somewhat, heat #1 was the fastest three from Club Challenge #1, followed in heat #2 by the other three racers.  After that the heats were mixed slightly.
This seemed to work well with a little teething trouble in ‘round #1’ as the timing program didn’t count the last lap parts which significantly changes the overall results.  I figured out how to work out the missed part-laps and the results table is the final version.
 
To the racing…for some reason, everyone was 2 tenths quicker than last time out with Kev & Brian even managing 5.9” sec laps, this is the first time Brian has done so with any car other than a JK Falcon car on foams.
 
Although the marshalls were busy at times it’s fair to say they had an easier time tonight and as a result the drivers scores weren’t affected as much.
 
We had quite a few lead changes and close races tonight, too many incidents to remember actually.
 
Geoff had a loose gear that he was convinced was a controller problem…shortly followed by other people checking their gears/wheels.
 
We had casualties too, two rear wings…and Gavins fingernail…all fixable with superglue.
 
It's becoming obvious that some tyre management is being used as drivers are aware there's a long season ahead and tyre wear has been noted.

Heat wins in heat order for Kev, Mike B, Geoff & Brian

   
 
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Next week is GP + Pre-wing (half tonners) followed by Classic F1 + F1