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Event 1 - Monte Carlo

The last of the groups and the final action from Brighton...

       

First on the stage was Green Star's Austin Healey 3000. Lots of fun again today and a decent time for this group of 15.25 seconds (0 deslots)

       

ManxAndy's Jaguar XK120 was a pleasure to drive - as comfortable and quick on the twisty ice rink as it was on the rough Ninco stage on Friday. The clock stopped with a superb time of 13.88 seconds (0 deslots).

       

The Cortina was a nice smooth drive, coping well with the tight corners. Lifeboats Racing's Ford ended its run with 15.28 seconds on the timing screen (0 deslots).

       

RoadRunners' Jag was back on form on the ice. It clocked a 14.48 second run with no deslots.

       

The Landcrab was a little bit of handful! All that weight on the roof didn't help round the twisty bits, but after getting the measure of the car & track, a 16.35 second run (0 deslots) wasn't 'arf bad for Novissime Iterum's Austin.

       

The oldest car in the race, Groundhogs' Alfa Romeo pre-war Gran Tourismo was a superb drive round the twists and turns of the ice rink. Quick and surprisingly nimble, its time of 14.01 seconds (0 deslots) was one of the highlights of the morning.

       

The final car to run was ManxKev's XK120. Great fun, with some crowd-pleasing tail-out action, the blue Jag finished with a time of 15.62 seconds - only enough for sixth on the stage, but hopefully enough for a Round 2 podium...

   

1. ManxAndy - Jaguar XK120 - 13.88 seconds (all cars 0 deslots)
2. Groundhogs - Alfa Romeo Gran Turismo - 14.01 seconds
3. RoadRunners - Jaguar XK120 - 14.48 seconds
4. Green Star - Austin Healey 3000 - 15.25 seconds
5. Lifeboats Racing - Ford Cortina - 15.28 seconds
6. ManxKev - Jaguar XK120 - 15.62 seconds
7. Novissime Iterum - Austin Landcrab - 16.35 seconds

And the combined times for the Round 2 result gives us this podium...

   

1. ManxAndy - Jaguar XK120 - 83.24 seconds
2. Green Star - Austin Healey 3000 - 87.00 seconds
3. ManxKev - Jaguar XK120 - 93.95 seconds
4. Lifeboats Racing - Ford Cortina - 95.53 seconds
5. RoadRunners - Jaguar XK120 - 106.08 seconds
6. Novissime Iterum - Austin Landcrab - 107.67 seconds (not last this time...)
7. Groundhogs - Alfa Romeo Gran Turismo - 123.71 seconds

Some lovely classic cars there - definitely worth the time to photograph each and every one of them in action on this quick-fire stage. Awesome to see Groundhogs Alfa in second place today - but it was ManxAndy's Jag that walked away with this Round... Green Star's Healey a gallant runner-up. Gratius tibi to all the entrants in the Monte Carlo event for sending their cars for me to race - they were great fun!

And that's it for the action in Brighton - I really enjoyed it! Thanks again to all the entrants, the hosts, to Graham for organising and to Mike his social media work.

   

Just for interest -  across all four Events, the top ten combined times for the Brighton round look like this...

1. Woodcote Racing - Subaru Impreza - 78.20 seconds
2. Scott Sport - Renault Clio - 80.96 seconds
3. Bangers Racing - Metro 6R4 - 81.32 seconds
4. Brumos RSR - Porsche 914/6 - 81.81 seconds
5. RoadRunners - Fiat 131 Abarth - 81.83 seconds
6. Ruscillo Racing - Citroën C4 - 82.66 seconds
7. Team Alaric - Subaru Impreza - 83.08 seconds
8. ManxAndy - Jaguar XK120 - 83.24 seconds
9. SSRC - Ford Focus WRC - 83.48 seconds
10. Savage GT - BMW M1 - 83.90 seconds

That's pretty close! Just 5.7 seconds cover the lot - and an astounding 2.94 seconds separating second from tenth.

The cars will be on their way to Eastbourne this afternoon, ready for Round 3... and the challenges of Scalextric Classic track!