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Round 2 - Stage 2 - Brighton Pavilion Ice Rink

   

The stage is set for tomorrow (Sunday) morning. For those of you who haven't met the ice rink before, it was built for the closing stage of the 2021 WHO Winter Rally Sprint (report here) and also featured as Test One in that summer's TR7 proxy (report here). The winners were an SRC Porsche 914/6 GT and a Scalextric Triumph TR7. I believe the winner of that latter stage is in the mix tomorrow - up against four Porsche 914s.

   

The track is routed into a 6 x 2 foot sheet of white matt PVC foam board (Foamex), with 12 volts provided via copper tape. The board is not painted and gives a low-grip road surface. Two of the corners are very tight - the slot is cut on a 4.5-inch radius.

   

Driving the ice rink is all about rhythm and a decently set up car. In the past, the stage has been run over 15 laps. For this event, I've lowered it to just 5 laps - a quick 15 second blast...

   

Incidentally, a real ice rink is built each winter on the lawn in front of the famous Brighton Pavilion (more about the Pavilion here). Probably not quite big enough for a full-size ice racing course, but it would be rather cool to see some cars on there!

Tomorrow's stage will start at the crack of dawn and will run through to mid/late morning. I'll post results and pictures after each group of cars - starting around 8-8.30am GMT.