[Kevan]

Race reports - 7th July - ‘Club Challenge’ #4
 
Another good turnout tonight and a lot of laughter…at least one club member having to hold his side as he was ‘in stitches’.
 
Andy decided the cars were to be swapped around and allowed time for car checks and tuning where deemed necessary.
 
Andy raced Brian’s car - it’s been clear from the first Club Challenge race in February that Brian’s car is the best handling of the bunch, tonight after even more tuning by Andy he managed to get into the 5.8’s.  Five heat wins for Andy.
 
Brian raced Andy’s car - another well set up car and again into the 5.9’s for Brian, he drove really well tonight. Two heat wins for Brian.
 
Geoff raced Mike H’s car - Three heats wins for Geoff - and 6.2s laps.
Mike H raced Geoff’s car - Ignoring the deslots, Mike went well at times, 6.45s lap time is starting to edge towards being competitive. Best runs seem to come in Blue which is understandable as the ‘easy’ lane.
Gavin raced Mike B’s car - Not as many deslots as in the past, a 6.5s lap in the second round is pretty good.  Best runs in Red and Yellow for Gav.
Mike B raced Gavin’s car - Four runner-up scores for Mike - and 6.4s laps.
Kev raced Chris’s car - Four heat wins for Kev - and 6.0s laps.
 
It’s fair to say the marshals got a good workout tonight, the road sweepers were called in to clear up a few bits but there were some really good performances, Andy & Brian’s cars performing exceptionally well.
 
Geoff’s pristine car just didn’t want to go over the line in its own slot no matter how Mike H drove it, the inevitable broken bits that followed that worrying crashing sound was calmly brushed under the carpet by the marshal proclaiming “nothing to see here…nothing to hear…!”  If Andy had laughed any louder he wouldn’t have been able to breathe.
 
Surprisingly there were no close finishes tonight, every race being won by at least one clear lap.
 
At the end of the night I noticed the three club controllers were all set almost identically with brakes and sensitivity at 9 O’clock, this would have been Mike B, Geoff & Mike H. These Moslers seem to like some brakes and a medium amount of sensitivity.
 
   

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Next week is the ‘Mike Dove Memorial Classic Grand Prix & Pre-wing F1’ team race.