[CMOTD]

Race report:
Having spent a very pleasant Sunday playing with other people's cars I am pleased to report that everything went without a hitch. None of the cars broke down, nothing fell off them despite the odd trip to the scenery and the Race Coordinator software performed faultlessly.

Tel (Savage GT) came over to help and we shared the driving with two classes each. The track voltage was lowered to 12vdc at Graham's request so lap times were a little down from my 13.8vdc norm but not by very much and a couple of the class D cars were seriously quick with times in the NSR/Thunderslot bracket.

I used total time for the 25 laps as the primary measurement with fastest lap time as the secondary one. Our aim was to put in consistent lap times over the whole race rather than outright banzai laps which would have resulted in a lot of crashes and possible car damage. In practice the two measurements produced exactly the same result in 99.9% of cases.

Class A - Cannonball Run 
A change in the order from round 1 with Ruscillo Racing's Ninco Mégane moving up one place and just shading the win from Brumos RSR's Porsche with Courtney's Porsche taking third spot. Green Star's Lambo slipped down to 5th mainly due to being a bit sluggish on the long straights. It handled well round the twisty bits but just lacked a bit of grunt in a straight line. Not that much to choose between the top 5 cars though and other tracks in the series may well shake up the order.

Class B - Pan American Classics
The same podium as round 1 but with 1st and 2nd spots being reversed. ALS Racing's Corvette taking the win with Banger Racing's Cobra very close behind. These two were the class of the field and the Corvette was an absolute joy to drive  - quiet as a whisper, smooth and planted. It wafted round the track as if floating on air. Roadrunner's Corvette again took 3rd place but I don't think it quite has the pace to challenge for the top spot.

As Graham mentioned in his report there are some very interesting cars in this class and the big American tanks, while not particularly fast, are hugely entertaining to drive.

Class C - Classic Trans Am & NASCARS
An identical result to round 1 with Brumos' Camaro in top spot closely followed by Team Tatters' Mustang and Team Cube's Pontiac slotting into 3rd place. I don't foresee the rest of the field challenging these three. Like Graham I was really surprised by the pace of the Pontiac, it is a wide and very long car with a huge rear overhang but it proceeded at a fair lick round the track without any drama or a single off in the 25 laps.

Class D - Modern Trans Am & NASCARS
This was the only class where the car with the fastest lap didn't win. Courtney's Porsche 914/6 is an absolute rocket ship with speed to rival Thunderslot/NSR. It's sub 5 second lap on my track is quite amazing at 12vdc and I ran it after the event at normal voltage when it got to within a 1/10th of the outright lap record! Bangers Racing's Porsche 911 was no slouch either and just edged 1st place from Courtney courtesy of a slightly more consistent, trouble free run. 3rd place was taken by Road Runner's Corvette which was fractionally ahead of Green Star Racing's Pantera in 4th. Both were some way behind the first two but other tracks may suit them better.  

The cars are off to Canterbury tomorrow for the next round at Viking club so it just remains to thank Tel for his driving help, Graham for hosting the series, the competitors for trusting me with their lovely cars and our sponsors for providing the prizes.  

P.S.
Courtney, If you ever want to sell that Porsche 914/6 I will be first in the queue!