10th-Mar-23, 05:12 PM
Event 3 - Rally Legends
These cars looked the fastest group from Graham's Round 1 stages and include the much-fancied SRC Porsche 914/6 rally cars. Rose has obviously been studying the form, as she appeared from her afternoon slumbers to watch the action from a perfect vantage point...
First to run was the first of four Porsches...
The Brumos RSR 914/6 rattled its way over the bumps, but was also very quick. One deslot marred an otherwise perfect timed run - 67.93 seconds was the fastest 5 laps of the day so far.
The three TR7s have all raced in Brighton before - but not on Ninco off-road track. Team Cube's car did not find the rough stuff to its liking... Three deslots gave a time of 89.56 seconds.
Savage GT's Escuderia Montjuïc Porsche 914/6 is a cracking rally livery. It rattled away over the off-road track, one deslot meaning it finished with a 72.21 second stage time.
The RoadRunners SCX Fiat 131 Abarth body sat on top of some very fine engineering. Whereas the Porsches were being hammered by the bumps (and so risking deslots) the Fiat skipped over the rough surface - driving smoothly and predictably. A stage time of 67.08 was a new best of the day.
The second of the TR7s was BARacer's. Although a little unpredictable on the rough stuff, it was a good car to drive and a time of 73.89 seconds (1 deslot) was mightily impressive.
The Scott Sports Escort skipped round the track very nicely. A clean run gave a time of 73.93 seconds - pipped by BARacer's Triumph by four hundredths of a second!
James' Porsche 914/6 was super-smooth, but I couldn't push it quite as hard as I wanted. Nonetheless, a 68.01 second run (no deslots) put it in third place in this group.
A third TR7 - entered by SRRC - required gentle handling on the rough stuff. A time of 80.24 seconds (no deslots) was pretty decent, all things considered.
A great-looking car, ALS Racing's Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm was another one that found the rough stuff a struggle. A gentle run with no deslots gave a time of 83.20 seconds.
Courtney Sport's Porsche 914/6 had a stage to forget. Rather like the Audi in the previous group, the guide caught on the ramps to and from the bridge. However, unlike the Audi, the Porsche wasn't predictable enough to negotiate the ramps at speed. As a result, numerous stalls and deslots resulted in a disappointing time of 108.80 seconds - disappointing, because the car was pretty nimble around the rest of the stage. That put the Courtney Sport car dead last in the group...
1. RoadRunners - Fiat 131 Abarth - 67.08 seconds (0 deslots)
2. Brumos RSR - Porsche 914/6 - 67.93 seconds (1 deslot)
3. James WV - Porsche 914/6 - 68.01 seconds (1 deslot)
4. Savage GT - Porsche 914/6 - 72.21 seconds (1 deslot)
5. BARacer - Triumph TR7 - 73.89 seconds (1 deslot)
6. Scott Sports - Ford Escort - 73.93 seconds (0 deslots)
7. SSRC - Triumph TR7 - 80.24 seconds (0 deslots)
8. ALS Racing - Alfa Romeo Giulia - 83.20 seconds (0 deslots)
9. Team Cube - Triumph TR7 - 89.56 seconds (3 deslots)
10. Courtney Sport - Porsche 914/6 - 108.80 seconds (many deslots)
Just one group to go to finish a busy day of racing... The Modern WRC cars did look the class of the field in last night's shakedown - can any of them beat RoadRunners' best time of 67.08 seconds?
These cars looked the fastest group from Graham's Round 1 stages and include the much-fancied SRC Porsche 914/6 rally cars. Rose has obviously been studying the form, as she appeared from her afternoon slumbers to watch the action from a perfect vantage point...
First to run was the first of four Porsches...
The Brumos RSR 914/6 rattled its way over the bumps, but was also very quick. One deslot marred an otherwise perfect timed run - 67.93 seconds was the fastest 5 laps of the day so far.
The three TR7s have all raced in Brighton before - but not on Ninco off-road track. Team Cube's car did not find the rough stuff to its liking... Three deslots gave a time of 89.56 seconds.
Savage GT's Escuderia Montjuïc Porsche 914/6 is a cracking rally livery. It rattled away over the off-road track, one deslot meaning it finished with a 72.21 second stage time.
The RoadRunners SCX Fiat 131 Abarth body sat on top of some very fine engineering. Whereas the Porsches were being hammered by the bumps (and so risking deslots) the Fiat skipped over the rough surface - driving smoothly and predictably. A stage time of 67.08 was a new best of the day.
The second of the TR7s was BARacer's. Although a little unpredictable on the rough stuff, it was a good car to drive and a time of 73.89 seconds (1 deslot) was mightily impressive.
The Scott Sports Escort skipped round the track very nicely. A clean run gave a time of 73.93 seconds - pipped by BARacer's Triumph by four hundredths of a second!
James' Porsche 914/6 was super-smooth, but I couldn't push it quite as hard as I wanted. Nonetheless, a 68.01 second run (no deslots) put it in third place in this group.
A third TR7 - entered by SRRC - required gentle handling on the rough stuff. A time of 80.24 seconds (no deslots) was pretty decent, all things considered.
A great-looking car, ALS Racing's Alfa Romeo Giulia GTAm was another one that found the rough stuff a struggle. A gentle run with no deslots gave a time of 83.20 seconds.
Courtney Sport's Porsche 914/6 had a stage to forget. Rather like the Audi in the previous group, the guide caught on the ramps to and from the bridge. However, unlike the Audi, the Porsche wasn't predictable enough to negotiate the ramps at speed. As a result, numerous stalls and deslots resulted in a disappointing time of 108.80 seconds - disappointing, because the car was pretty nimble around the rest of the stage. That put the Courtney Sport car dead last in the group...
1. RoadRunners - Fiat 131 Abarth - 67.08 seconds (0 deslots)
2. Brumos RSR - Porsche 914/6 - 67.93 seconds (1 deslot)
3. James WV - Porsche 914/6 - 68.01 seconds (1 deslot)
4. Savage GT - Porsche 914/6 - 72.21 seconds (1 deslot)
5. BARacer - Triumph TR7 - 73.89 seconds (1 deslot)
6. Scott Sports - Ford Escort - 73.93 seconds (0 deslots)
7. SSRC - Triumph TR7 - 80.24 seconds (0 deslots)
8. ALS Racing - Alfa Romeo Giulia - 83.20 seconds (0 deslots)
9. Team Cube - Triumph TR7 - 89.56 seconds (3 deslots)
10. Courtney Sport - Porsche 914/6 - 108.80 seconds (many deslots)
Just one group to go to finish a busy day of racing... The Modern WRC cars did look the class of the field in last night's shakedown - can any of them beat RoadRunners' best time of 67.08 seconds?
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