29th-Apr-22, 03:52 PM
Race reports - 28th April - Club GT40
Kept in the tin since 2021 the cars were all cleaned out, one had a body repair, bearings oiled, screws set then everyone had a while to set their controllers and get a fair few practice laps in.
Round 1
Race #1 was Kev, Brian & Andy and ended with all three cars within 7 seconds of each other, this was to be repeated throughout the evening.
Heat #2 was close, Mike B winning by 1.4 seconds from Kev.
Heat #3 saw Mike B & Kev sitting on the line as they hadn’t heard the ‘GO!’ whilst Chris cruised off to a half lap lead.
Heat #4 saw Geoff winning by 3.6 seconds from Chris.
Heat #5 saw Andy winning by 2.4 seconds from Geoff.
Heat #6 had the biggest winning margin with Andy in Yellow racing Brian & Geoff.
Race wins in heat order for Kev, Mike B, Geoff & Andy.
Round 2
Heat #1 was a double false start as Geoff & Andy had to go round again leaving Brian to lead for a fair few laps.
Heat #2 saw Geoff winning by 3.1 seconds from Andy.
Heat #3 was the closest race of the night, Mike B, Chris & Geoff all finishing within 1.7 seconds, Chris winning ahead of Mike B then Geoff. All three drivers suffering deslotitis with the lead changing a few times, the last minute in particular was hero to zero and back to hero time.
Heat #4 saw Mike B winning by 2.7 seconds from Kev.
Heat #6 saw Brian winning by 1.7 seconds from Andy.
Heat #5 had the biggest winning margin with Kev in Yellow racing Brian & Mike B.
Race wins in heat order for Andy, Geoff, Chris, Mike B & Kev.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Next week is Saloon + Sports.
Kept in the tin since 2021 the cars were all cleaned out, one had a body repair, bearings oiled, screws set then everyone had a while to set their controllers and get a fair few practice laps in.
Round 1
Race #1 was Kev, Brian & Andy and ended with all three cars within 7 seconds of each other, this was to be repeated throughout the evening.
Heat #2 was close, Mike B winning by 1.4 seconds from Kev.
Heat #3 saw Mike B & Kev sitting on the line as they hadn’t heard the ‘GO!’ whilst Chris cruised off to a half lap lead.
Heat #4 saw Geoff winning by 3.6 seconds from Chris.
Heat #5 saw Andy winning by 2.4 seconds from Geoff.
Heat #6 had the biggest winning margin with Andy in Yellow racing Brian & Geoff.
Race wins in heat order for Kev, Mike B, Geoff & Andy.
Round 2
Heat #1 was a double false start as Geoff & Andy had to go round again leaving Brian to lead for a fair few laps.
Heat #2 saw Geoff winning by 3.1 seconds from Andy.
Heat #3 was the closest race of the night, Mike B, Chris & Geoff all finishing within 1.7 seconds, Chris winning ahead of Mike B then Geoff. All three drivers suffering deslotitis with the lead changing a few times, the last minute in particular was hero to zero and back to hero time.
Heat #4 saw Mike B winning by 2.7 seconds from Kev.
Heat #6 saw Brian winning by 1.7 seconds from Andy.
Heat #5 had the biggest winning margin with Kev in Yellow racing Brian & Mike B.
Race wins in heat order for Andy, Geoff, Chris, Mike B & Kev.
---------------------------------------------------------------
Next week is Saloon + Sports.
Life is like a box of Slot cars...

![[+]](https://slotracer.online/community/images/bootbb/collapse_collapsed.png)