[Kevan]

Race reports - 27th July - Small Sports/Saloons plus Group 5

A good turnout of club members and visitors tonight, eight racers meant a 3+5 split.

Small Sports/Saloons

   

This is a truly diverse class, these may be small cars on narrow tyres but some are nipping at the heels of the larger Saloons.  The majority are modified specials but a couple of Standard class Revo saloons were seen in practice, Kev’s Alfa and Nigel’s BMW.  Nigel’s BMW had a major motor failure so couldn’t make it’s race debut but Kev’s Alfa showed these go pretty well for Standard class.

One sole Standard class car, Kev’s Alfa GTAm has raced once or twice before and goes at least as well as some of the quicker Open class cars, these Revoslots require an adjustment to your driving style but a great ‘RTR’ racer.

Andy’s Merc 300 SLR was away in a flash and not seen again until the racing was over.

The trio of cars chasing the Merc in the Open class ended up headed by Geoff’s Jag XK120 but closely followed by Brian’s Ferrari and Chris’s Alpine A110S.
Brian (Red) and Geoff (Blue) finished on the same lap in Heat #2, Chris (Yellow) and Brian (Blue) finished on the same lap in Heat #4.
Chris set the second fastest score in Red lane and lost a couple of laps in Blue which would have seen him finish ahead of Geoff.

Ed, Mike H & Nigel raced each other all night with both Ed and Mike managing heat wins whilst Nigel managed a couple of second places.
Two Mini’s in this group and it was good to see they both went surprisingly well and maybe seen on a Rally stage sometime soon (next week possibly).
Nigel raced Brian’s trusty Big Healey, Brian always managed 21 lappers with it in the past so Nigel did well tonight…the BMW 2002 Ti will be back another day.

Wins in heat order for Mike, Kev, Ed & Andy

   

Group 5

   

It’s not often we see different cars in this class, everyone seems to race the same car every time, even so there’s a good mix and more importantly Standard class is always represented.

Standard cars seen tonight, Geoff’s BMW, Chris’s Skyline and Mike’s Mustang, all standard Racer Sideways cars.  Geoff has his BMW well sorted and is more than competitive with the modifieds as well.  Chris raced the Skyline well, this year in particular it’s gone fantastically well.  Mike’s Mustang is definitely improving and went well in Yellow lane.

Four Modified class cars, Kev’s BMW M1, Brian’s Capri, Ed’s Porsche 935 and Nigel racing a club BMW 320i.  Brian’s Capri is definitely down on pace of late by nearly two tenths, tyres really need replacing and couldn’t catch Kev’s M1.  Nigel struggled to be consistent in his first race but had a clean run in Blue lane.

Andy raced the only Open class car, his BMW M1 one lap per lane quicker than the rest and had three clean runs.

Wins in heat order for Ed, Andy, Mike & Kev

   


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