[Kevan]

Race reports - 25th August - Club BMW 320i
 
Six club members turned up before racing started, Chris back after surgery but took it easy.  Lot’s of practice took place with many of last weeks Italian cars seen on track again.
 
The Club BMW’s were given plenty of tyre cleaning laps after being sat in the box a few months, each car getting a service and adjustments where necessary.
 
We mentioned using the controllers from the ‘Club Challenge’ set, this was offered as an option that three of us decided to use.
 
No qualifying tonight but two lots of custom heats and races of 200 seconds…Murray Walker popped in a few times tonight with inevitable mayhem.
 
   

Round #1 heat #1 was Kev in Red vs Brian in Blue, Brian winning the race by just over one second and had a great 30 lapper.
R.1 H.2 was Paul (Red) vs Chris (Yellow), Paul winning by just over a lap.  It was obvious Chris was struggling to get comfortable, he tried sitting for one race but didn’t like the perspective and couldn’t gauge the bends as easily.
R.1 H.3 was Kev (Yellow) vs Geoff (Red), kev off to a good start…a deslot lost the lead…a few laps later another deslot whilst adjusting the controller meant Geoff was miles in the lead…Kev fought back to finish just over two seconds behind Geoff who drove the quick red car well.
R.1 H.4 was Brian (Yellow) vs Paul (Blue), Paul raced the blue car very well, it’s the easiest of the three cars to push hard and he finished a lap and a half ahead of Brian who had a couple too many deslots.
R.1 H.5 - Chris (Red) vs Geoff (Blue) - a great 30 lapper by Geoff no stopping him this race as Chris struggled a little with the very quick red car.  The red car is easily the quickest of the three but not the easiest to push hard.
R.1 H.6 - Paul (Yellow) vs Kev (Blue) - a great 30 lapper from Kev with a clean run, Paul pushing the Yellow car too hard a couple of times with the marshal helping out, sometimes not the easiest place to grab a car.
R.1 H.7 - the final heat of Round 1 has three drivers and only two marshals…time to race carefully…what could possibly go wrong…yes, thanks Murray.  Chris (Blue) and Geoff (Yellow) weren’t far apart at the end, both circulating within a tenth of a second of each other, Geoff was off the track three times to Chris’s two.  Brian couldn’t keep up, taking it easy and only one deslot may count when the results of Round 2 are in.
 
Race wins in heat order for Brian, Paul, Kev, Geoff & Chris (everyone a winner).
 
   

The heats were mixed up and Round #2 Heat #1 was Geoff (Red) vs Paul (Blue).  Paul finished just over a lap clear.
R.2 H.2 was Chris (Red) vs Brian (Yellow).  Brian finished two laps ahead of Chris,
R.2 H.3 was Kev (Red) vs Geoff (Yellow) - this heat was close, Kev finishing two seconds ahead of Geoff.
R.2 H.4 was Paul (Yellow) vs Chris (Blue).  Paul finished just over a lap ahead of Chris, this was to be the best heat of this round for Chris.
R.2 H.5 was Brian (Red) vs Kev (Blue).  Kev finished two and a half laps ahead of Brian.
R.2 H.6 was Chris (Yellow) vs Geoff (Blue).  Geoff finished three and a half laps ahead of Chris.
R.2 H.7 was Paul (Red) vs Kev (Yellow) vs Brian (Blue).  Brian & Kev weren’t far apart all race, Paul in Red not able to keep up the same pace and in the end Brian won by less than a second ahead of Kev.
 
Race wins in heat order for Paul, Brian, Kev & Geoff
 
     

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Next week is ‘Club Challenge’ #5