[Graham]

 Good Morning

yes the new live google spreadsheet has been launched which makes my life a whole lot easier.

So the Results at the half way stage 
Pitlane Review (Rounds 1-5)
Generally the Round at Wye Valley Club appeared in the main less problematic then on the "set up plastic tracks" with guide blade depth being less of a problem for most of the cars. The Camel stage was as expected a bit of a mammoth hill to climb for some cars whereas only a couple of cars suffered on the " Quarry" probably due to their longer wheelbase or width.

Monte Carlo
1st Place                         2nd Place                             3rd Place
ManxAndy                       Manx Kev                             RoadRunners
 Jaguar XK120                 Jaguar XK120                        Jaguar XK120

 
Well there are some gaps beginning to emerge, with Manx Andy's Jaguar breaking further ahead of his Club mates, and the RoadRunners Jaguar keeping up with Kevs car. Green Star Racing's Austin Healey more erratic behaving car had a great run on the Camel stage, it seems to have its moments but perhaps not enough consistency. At the back of the field there is close running between Lifeboats Racing -Ford Cortina and Novissime Iterum's Landcrab. And perhaps the Gran Turismo of Groundhogs can make an effort to gain some "Ground" in the next Rounds.

Rally B Cars
1st Place                        2nd Place                        3rd Place
Bangers Racing              Green Star Racing             Harrison's Racers 
Metro 6R4                      De Tomaso                      Lancia 037

Again the top 3 cars maintaining their relative positions within the Event, the BMW M1 of Savage GT seems to finding its feet again on the Quarry stage but struggled on the Camel. The De Tomaso of Green Star Racing not quite liking either on this round, whereas the Lancia 037 of Harrison's Racers ran particularly well on the Camel Stage.

Rally Legends
1st Place                         2nd Place                        3rd Place
RoadRunners                   Savage GT                        BARacer
Fiat 131 Abarth                Porsche 914/6                   Triumph TR7

Well eventually it was we was always going to find a Round dominated by the Porsche 914/6's, and this was it. Although one would have to say that the in fighting of the Porsche's for podium positions was a sure sign that there is no dominant formula there for our Rally tracks, which might give me hope that the little RoadRunners Fiat 131could actually have have the upper hand.... we will have to see.

WRC Modern
1st Place                                        2nd Place                       3rd Place
Woodcote  Racing                           Ruscillo Racing               Bangers Racing
Subaru                                           Citroen C4                       Citroen Saxo

Well this Event is much closely contested then the others perhaps, with all 3 positions changing depending on the preferences at each stage. Certainly less than a paper width between the times 

Class A ( Standard RTR cars)
1st Place                                     2nd Place                           3rd Place
Scott Sports                                Harrison's Racers                  Team Alaric
Renault Clio                                 Lancia 037                           Subaru

Looking comfortably ahead at the moment the Renault Clio of Scott Sports has a head start on the others, but it is closely run battle between the Lancia 037 and the Subaru.

Class B (Modified & Scratchbuild Cars)
1st Place                                       2nd Place                           3rd Place
RoadRunners                                 Woodcote Racing                 Ruscillo Racing
Fiat 13 Abarth                                Subaru                                Citroen C4

All these leading cars have closed up rapidly in the last Round and we could be in for some changes especially as the Citroen Saxo of Bangers Racing seems to be a charge now.

Class C (Procars)
1st Place                                      2nd Place                               3rd Place
Savage GT                                     ManxAndy                             Green Star Racing
Porsche 914/6                                Jaguar XK120                         De Tomaso

In theory the Porsche 914/6 of Savage GT looks way ahead, but the Jaguar XK120 of ManxAndy seems to be on a charge and the De Tomaso could still be in the mix, additionally we have the rest of the hungry Porsche 914/6's getting back onto the Stage podiums.
So what next I think....

Team Placings
After a really great run by both the Bangers Racing Cars, they have stepped ahead of the RoadRunners, who now share 2nd place with Harrison's Racers...and the Teams are very close behind 

Fastest Cars of Round 10
1st Place                                       2nd Place                                    3rd Place
Bangers Racing                              Savage GT                                  RoadRunners
Citroen Saxo (157.14 sec)             Porsche 914/6 (159.72 sec)            Fiat 131 Abarth (162.57 sec)

So we take a breather for the next 2 Rounds 11 & 12 at Abergavenny Rally Club, their Stages look like they will favour the faster cars, but then you never know.

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