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Saturday 2nd April. race night 

Things are looking up with nine attendees, three being newbies and one a recent joiner bedding in nicely, eh Alan. 

Racing opened with the Club Slot.it Nissans. 

   

Nice to drive, the results reflected the membership profile exactly, with the four long established members closely matched at the top end, Mark taking the win from David, Vic and Bill. Alan slotted in with a score mid-way between the lead group and the three new joiners, eleven laps behind Bill but fourteen ahead of Wayne, Brian and Aaron.

   

Next up were the Club Classic Minis, which looked great. A full grid of six were available.

   

However, with Aaron opting to run race control for the rest of the night and the need for marshals only four were used on the middle four lanes.

   

Mark took the top step of the podium again. Vic and David swapped places, Bill making fourth his own, while Alan, Wayne and Brian followed in the same order - but much closer together, with the Scalextric Minis being more familiar territory for the trio.

   

Finally the wild card, no holds barred Owner/Driver Saloons - any make with the only restriction being an inline motor with a  max. of 20k rpm..

   

The grid was varied with Scalextric, Slot.it, maybe Carrera? and a home built Anglia taking to the track. 

   

The other Mark, not seen for a long time due to shift working, arrived in time to bump the grid up to eight, with the ninth attendee, Aaron, happy to continue on race control.  

Vic finally prevailed here, taking top step of the podium as David made it to second spot again. Mark R inserted himself into the finishing order, demoting Mark J to fourth and Bill to fifth. Newbie Brian picked up the pace to finish ahead of Alan this time, with Wayne providing strong support to the rest of the field in the runner up spot.

   

Hope to see them all back for the next meeting, which is on:

Saturday May 13th

Where? The usual place:

Gt. Whelnetham Community Centre, Stanningfield Road,
Bury St. Edmunds. IP30 0TX

All photos courtesy  of Vic King.