[Kevan]

Race reports - 6th April - Small Sports/Saloons plus Group 5

Small Sports/Saloons

   

A later than normal start as we waited for Brian who had a prior engagement…

Some wonderful close racing tonight.  Ed, Mike & Geoff kicked off the racing and finished well spread out, after this heat the racing got a lot closer!

Kev (Chaparral) vs Andy (Merc 300SLR) was not only fast it was also close for two of the three heats with Andy winning both. Kev made the most of the run in Blue lane to overcome Andy’s advantage and edge ahead a few seconds overall.

Brian’s Ferrari is a very quick car in this class but couldn’t keep up with the two quicker cars ahead.

Mike & Geoff finished on the same lap in Heat #3, Geoff’s very noisy Jag was quicker but had more deslots than Mikes Moggy Racer. Geoff’s Jag sounded like the gearmesh was too loose and was confirmed after his race, it was quickly adjusted and we waited for his next heat to see a difference.

Poor Ed just can’t keep up with these quicker guys, the cars in this class need to be driven with a little care but he did find Kev’s voltage reduction box very useful…so useful in fact that it was packed away into his bag at the end of the night until Kev noticed!

Heat #5 saw Geoff’s adjusted mesh car…ready…set…GO!...and BOOM it quietly took off from the start and blasted round quicker than it’s ever gone, Mike’s Moggy didn’t stand a chance as the Jag gained an extra couple of laps.

Small Sports/Saloons is a completely different animal to what we used to see a few years ago with a couple of them more than matching most of the Group 5 cars.

Race wins for Geoff, Andy & Kev

   
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Group 5

   

Heat #1, One of the least changed classes we race, what was quick a few years ago is still quick today.  After his earlier success, Geoff was pushing his BMW 320i round the track a fair bit quicker than previous outings easing to a first heat win ahead of Mike’s Capri. Ed racing in Blue lane just couldn’t keep the Porsche 935 in it’s own lane as it met a blue BMW 320i a few times too many!
Heat #3 and these three raced again, this time Mike’s Capri was more than a match for Geoff’s BMW finishing less than two seconds behind Geoff.  Ed had a much better race this time.
Heat #5…this time Mike was in the quick Blue lane with Geoff in the slower Red lane and Mike had a clean and quick race that Geoff couldn’t match after an early ‘off’, Mike finishing nearly a lap clear with Ed setting his fastest lap in this heat.

The other three guys, Andy, Brian & Kev…Andy’s BMW M1 wasn’t being caught tonight, although Kev’s M1 managed to beat him when he was in Blue lane with Andy in Red lane.
Brian’s fast Capri really catching Kev’s M1 in the last heat towards the end of the race, another 30 seconds and it would have been a different result.

Race wins for Geoff, Andy, Kev & Mike

   


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Next week is a special theme night, the first of a new ‘50’s & 60’s Monsters vs Minis’...anything BIG vs anything small.  Monsters aren’t limited to Americana and Minis aren’t limited to Mini Coopers