[Kevan]

Race reports - 19th October - Club Revoslots plus Club BMW 320i

Brand new original NSR Ultras on the BMW’s, these should hold up to racing far better than the Evo Supergrips that only lasted three lots of racing and were frankly shockingly bad value for money.

All the cars were checked for screw adjustment to be as close to the same as possible.  The blue Viper Revo has always been a bit unpredictable, it was found the body screws were far too tight, once adjusted it was much more competitive.

Club Revoslots

Mike turned up just in time to enable us to have 3 marshals and 2 racers and the first two drivers of Kev (Red lane) and Brian (Blue lane) lined up with the Revoslots for what was to be the closest race of the whole night as Brian won by less than one second.

Other close races were:
Heat #3, Andy (Red lane) and Kev (Blue lane) finished just over one lap apart
Heat #4, Brian (Yellow lane) and Mike (Blue lane) finished a little over one lap apart
Heat #6, Mike (Yellow lane) and Kev (Blue lane) finished just over one lap apart

Ed’s best race was with the Viper in the Blue lane in Heat #7 racing against Brian & Andy.

Heat winners in heat order - Brian, Mike B, Kev & Andy

Checking the tyres after the racing, bearing in mind these are 3 years old now, they’re fantastic tyres, don’t ball-up at all and have a smooth shine which gives tremendous grip.

   

Club BMW 320i

The drivers were mixed around a little then Heat #1 was Andy (Red lane) vs Ed (Blue lane).  The red lane BMW is the smoothest runner of the three, Andy won this race but only by a little over one lap.

Heat #2 was entertaining as Mike (Red lane) wouldn’t let Kev (Yellow lane) past to be lapped as he waited a couple of laps for Mike’s car to wander off the track.  We should encourage more racing like this, it was fun (but frustrating…what goes around comes around).

Heat #3 was another close one as Brian (Red lane) vs Andy (Yellow lane) finished just over one lap apart.

Heat #4 was close, Ed (Yellow) vs Mike B (Blue lane) which ended just over one lap apart.

Heat #5 was the closest of the BMW races as Kev (Red lane) and Brian (Blue lane) finished just over one second apart.

Heat #6 was another one lap decider as Mike B (yellow lane) vs Andy (Blue lane) even though Mike lost nearly a lap after an early deslot.

Finally, Heat #7, Brian (Yellow lane) and Kev (Blue lane) met for yet another close call with Ed doing really well in the Red lane with the smooth runner of the three.

Heat winners in heat order - Andy, Kev, Mike B & Brian

Looking at the BMW tyres after the racing, they’re showing signs of being raced hard but holding up much better than the Evo Supers that were on the cars last time.

   

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Next week is the AGM, moved to coincide with the end of our financial year.