[Kevan]

Race reports - 14th July - Mike Dove Memorial Classic GP & Prewing F1
 
   

5 qually laps were run in the Red lane, the best lap time being used to see who finished closest to their estimated result.
 
This years event was an endurance race. 10 minute heats saw three of the four GP cars suffering tyre degredation at various times through the heats, quick pitstops were seen by all three drivers (as quick as possible that is…some more successful than others!).
 
Heats were mixed so everyone raced three different drivers, with five drivers we had three marshals in the first six of seven heats.
 
Kev’s Merc W25B suffered really bad tyre degradation in heat #1, lap times falling rapidly after 28 laps. The driver swapped to a W165 for the other two heats.
 
Chris’s Maserati was the surprise of the evening going really well, two heat wins proof of just how well.
 
Thankfully Andy put Slot cars before table tennis tonight, the Ferrari 156 always goes well and did tonight.  Not troubled on track and was an obvious candidate for the win.
 
Geoff’s Talbot Lago was also troubled by tyre deg later in the heats, lap times falling round about lap 40.  The Talbots closest race was the final heat finishing a couple of laps behind Chris’s Maserati.
 
Brian’s Vanwall had a best run in heat #6 in the Yellow lane racing Kev’s Merc W165, tyre deg again having a bearing on the cars overall result.

   
 
Heat wins for Chris, Andy & Kev.
 
When all the results were in, predicted results compared to actual results…Chris’s Maserati race pace was the closest to his predicted result.

   
 
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Next week is GP/Pre-wing F1 plus Classic F1/F1