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Category R3 - Lightweight Vehicles

BARacer drove this class, with me taking the marshalling / admin role. I enjoyed driving some of these cars last year.

First to go was the Lifeboats Racing Mitsubishi Lancer. This needed very careful speed control through the obstacles - not too fast, not too slow - and a 5 lap time of 117:50 seconds was a good effort. The best lap was 19:91...

       

Graham's Odyssey 21 is the real deal - very drivable and floats over the obstacles. You can see it doing its stuff in the highlights video in post #184 above - and also an example of a rare roll... On its timed run, the Odyssey stopped the clock at 87:84, with a fastest lap of 17:33...

       

Last year, the Porsche 959s went really well on my Ninco stage. However, Hotlap's new entry struggled badly on the obstacles. It was a busy couple of minutes marshalling, with a stage time of 133:70 seconds and a best lap of 23:99...

       

Makem's Lancer was back and ran well, despite being sensitive to the big bumps. It managed a time of 118:90 seconds over 5 laps and a best lap of 20:41...

       

James' Porsche was a stage winner in Brighton last year and was very stable through the obstacles in Jeremy's hands this time out. It clocked a 98:84 over the stage and a fastest lap of 19:12...

       

BARacer's Touareg is a standard SCX car fitted with fancy Mitoos wheels and tyres. Those additions (and the working lights) made it an impressive sight through the stage, floating through the bumps. You can see it on the video. Its time also impressed - 95:42 seconds on the stage and a best of 18:66...

       

Last to go and a likely podium contender was MYST's Porsche 959. Very drivable throughout the stage, it stopped the clock at 96:59 seconds and a best of 18:28 - good enough for third in class...

       

The scores for Category R3 were as follows...

1. Graham E - Odyssey - 87:84 seconds (17:33 best lap)
2. BARacer - Touareg - 95:42 seconds (18:66)
3. MYST - Porsche 959 - 96:59 seconds (18:28)
4. James - Porsche 959 - 98:84 seconds (19:12)
5. Jim S - RNLI Lancer - 117:50 seconds (19:91)
6. Makem - Lancer - 118:90 seconds (20:41)
7. Hotlap - Porsche 959 - 133:70 seconds (23:99)

And that means a podium for BARacer...