15th-Oct-23, 08:04 AM
Race Report - Morning Session
The WHO Birkett Relay would run during the afternoon, with the morning taken up with two half-hour practice sessions, plus an hour of quick-fire pairs races to get us warmed up. First, we needed to build Simon's wonderful Silverstone layout, which filled the Barn very nicely and gave us a flowing lap and some very enjoyable racing...
Sixteen racers joined us for the day, all allocated to their Birkett Relay teams before the event. However, we put together three pairs races with some hastily thrown together pairings. First up was a Formula Libre race, followed by two Goodwood classes - the TT Celebration and Sussex Trophy - with three cars in each...
Terry has wanted to run this Sideways Riley for ages - and now was his chance! He and Matthew split the ten minutes and gradually pulled away from Stephen's Slot.it Porsche, which was shared with his brother Daniel. Rob got to run his new Scalextric Ford GTE '66 Le Mans Heritage car, but only after four minutes of work in the garage. An unfortunate rear-ending in the dying seconds of practice had dislodged something... The car was back on track for six minutes - Rob and Kev dividing the remaining time. Their 20 laps would have been at least 33.5 over ten minutes, plus a pretty quick fastest lap.
So that was six drivers warmed up and ready for the relay...
Next was the inaugural running of the TT Celebration for RTR front-motored GT cars of the early 1960s. With most of the TT car owners elsewhere - and a couple of cars still being prepared - bravo to Isaac, Dean and Simon for getting on the grid...
The three cars looked close in practice and that proved correct in the race. Dean and Alex kept the GTO on the road, while the other two cars lost ground with the occasional excursion. Typically, Simon's E-Type was a convertible by the end of the ten minutes!
Congrats to Alex and Dean on winning the first medals of the day. The TT Celebration will run as a pairs race after lunch at the WHO Goodwood Revival next September - expect at least three more cars on the grid, probably more...
Last up for the morning were the Sussex Trophy cars. With three owners unable to attend today, these were bumped from the relay - getting their own race in the morning...
Again, it was a very close start. However, Dean's D-Type was soon in the pits - leaving the Aston and the Ferrari to battle it out for the win. Alex got the better of Ash, handing the DBR1 to Oliver about a lap ahead of the yellow 250 TR. The final five minutes were all about Andy hunting down the Aston and taking the lead with around 50 seconds to go - these Sussex Trophy car needing gentle coaxing on their super-skinny tyres...
That meant all sixteen drivers had got some race laps under their belts in a most enjoyable and laid-back morning...
Meanwhile, twenty-four cars were assembled in parc fermé - ready for the WHO Birkett Relay...
The WHO Birkett Relay would run during the afternoon, with the morning taken up with two half-hour practice sessions, plus an hour of quick-fire pairs races to get us warmed up. First, we needed to build Simon's wonderful Silverstone layout, which filled the Barn very nicely and gave us a flowing lap and some very enjoyable racing...
Sixteen racers joined us for the day, all allocated to their Birkett Relay teams before the event. However, we put together three pairs races with some hastily thrown together pairings. First up was a Formula Libre race, followed by two Goodwood classes - the TT Celebration and Sussex Trophy - with three cars in each...
Terry has wanted to run this Sideways Riley for ages - and now was his chance! He and Matthew split the ten minutes and gradually pulled away from Stephen's Slot.it Porsche, which was shared with his brother Daniel. Rob got to run his new Scalextric Ford GTE '66 Le Mans Heritage car, but only after four minutes of work in the garage. An unfortunate rear-ending in the dying seconds of practice had dislodged something... The car was back on track for six minutes - Rob and Kev dividing the remaining time. Their 20 laps would have been at least 33.5 over ten minutes, plus a pretty quick fastest lap.
So that was six drivers warmed up and ready for the relay...
Next was the inaugural running of the TT Celebration for RTR front-motored GT cars of the early 1960s. With most of the TT car owners elsewhere - and a couple of cars still being prepared - bravo to Isaac, Dean and Simon for getting on the grid...
The three cars looked close in practice and that proved correct in the race. Dean and Alex kept the GTO on the road, while the other two cars lost ground with the occasional excursion. Typically, Simon's E-Type was a convertible by the end of the ten minutes!
Congrats to Alex and Dean on winning the first medals of the day. The TT Celebration will run as a pairs race after lunch at the WHO Goodwood Revival next September - expect at least three more cars on the grid, probably more...
Last up for the morning were the Sussex Trophy cars. With three owners unable to attend today, these were bumped from the relay - getting their own race in the morning...
Again, it was a very close start. However, Dean's D-Type was soon in the pits - leaving the Aston and the Ferrari to battle it out for the win. Alex got the better of Ash, handing the DBR1 to Oliver about a lap ahead of the yellow 250 TR. The final five minutes were all about Andy hunting down the Aston and taking the lead with around 50 seconds to go - these Sussex Trophy car needing gentle coaxing on their super-skinny tyres...
That meant all sixteen drivers had got some race laps under their belts in a most enjoyable and laid-back morning...
Meanwhile, twenty-four cars were assembled in parc fermé - ready for the WHO Birkett Relay...
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