[Kevan]

Touring Cars Slotting Proxy 2023 - Round 1 - hosted by the Manx Slot Car Club - Saturday 9th September

   
   
   
   
   

I arrived with the box of cars about 10am, Brian & Andy were already there setting up ready, cleaning the track.  We keep all three tracks covered with a plastic sheet before we leave, it stops dust collecting and saves time running cars round to clean it.

The cars were unboxed and laid out in pairs to run in reverse order with the quickest pair (on official qually times) racing together in the last two races.

   
   

All cars then had braids straightened where necessary and cleaned with lighter fluid and a toothbrush and the tyres were cleaned with tape.

First cars on the nice clean track were Groundhogs Capri in the middle lane driven by Andy and Scott Sports Sierra in the outer lane driven by Kev. No practice was allowed so look at the motor, guess at controller settings (if you have any) and drive the 4 metres or so to the start line to get a feel for controller settings (brake/top speed tweak here)...5-4-3-2-1...GO!

...and we were off

It was hoped each heat would be fairly even with lap times decreasing and lap counts increasing as we worked through the cars...this didn't actually happen as there's some very pleasant surprises to be enjoyed by you guys...and a few cars that had to be driven far more carefully.

I already knew what to expect from the five Manx entries but cars that pleasantly surprised were Makem Movers Sunbeam, ALS BMW 2002, Green Stars mk1 Escort, Road Runners Galaxie 500, Bangers BMW CSL and Brumos RSR Porsche 911.

I think the biggest surprise of all was the Mountain View Astra, standard Hornby sidewinder with upgraded gears and wheels, a brilliant car that shows you don't need a fancy dan special to have a competitive race car.  There were other really nice to race cars, as so much happened I can't recall them all.

Event 1

   
   

Event 2

   
   

Event 3

   
   

Event 4

   
   

Class A

   

Class B

   

Class C

   


Video footage will follow during the week, Mike is our film director again with two camera positions, one high up the other low.