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August 3rd meeting and two new members are added to the roster to race club rally cars, Scalextric Karts and their own rally cars.

   

Nice colourful and varied grid of 'owner/driver' rally cars. The '33 Export' MSC Metro ran in 4WD mode and wiped the floor with the competion, which was nevertheless fierce.

   

That fearsome turn onto the bridge.

   

The 'Pendle-ised' Mini was great fun to drive and a strong contender - supporting the rest of the field in fourth place 

   

Getting ready for the next heat.

   

A close-up of that gorgeous MSC Metro.

   

You can just about make out all four contenders on the 'technical' (difficult!) end of the track.

   

After a lot of development work on Race Coordinator, which worked perfectly, it was a bit disappointing that the sound system itself failed to work! Led to some interesting ad lib sound effects from the assembled racers. (All in the best possible taste though, of course.  ) 

   

A lot of 'Old School' cars were in evidence - hiding a lot of development work under the hood. It was surprising how well they handled and quickly they ran with just the most basic race prep allowed. Remove magnet, glue and true the right tyres and judicious use of weight in the right places. Great to see them being used! Just like 1:1 Historic racing.

   

The end? Well, nearly.

   

NEXT MEETING: August 31st  (5pm to whenever.) 
(CONTACT DETAILS, MEETING TIMES AND ADDRESS IN THE FIRST POST) 

Classes: Owner/driver Saloon cars (inline with max motor rpm 20,000) Club Lorries and Owner/driver 'Unlimited' Sports, GT, Le Mans type cars with any motor and chassis.