[Kevan]

Race reports - 7th December - Le Manx Classic followed by Le Manx Group C & LMP
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Andy was back from his hols and testing cars during practice announced that his cars had TOO MUCH grip…a world first surely, Andy with TOO MUCH grip!...how would it affect racing?
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The format for tonight is the same as similar themed events this year, the best lap time in the Red lane being used to calculate a predicted overall score, the closest to each drivers predicted score declared the winner.
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There’s three results sheets, one each for Le Manx Classic and Le Manx Group C/LMP and one for a combined Team score.
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Le Manx Classic

   
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We saw most of these cars during the summer Le Manx but this time Andy decided to race his Matra Simca MS670…TOO MUCH GRIP is now a genuine excuse for deslotting…well it was for the first couple of times.
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Things got close in Heat #3, although Geoff’s GT40 won in the Blue lane, not far behind we saw Brian’s GT40 and Ed’s Ferrari 412P crossing the line simultaneously.
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The next close race was Heat #5 as Geoff in Red lane took all three cars out at the end of the main straight ending up half a lap down, a few laps later Brian’s GT40 knocked Ed’s Ferrari over the barrier into the path of Geoff’s GT40 ending up with all 3 cars off track again…it wasn’t the last time Geoff’s GT40 was off track in this heat leaving Brian’s GT40 to win less than two seconds ahead of Ed’s Ferrari
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Heat #6 was also close as Kev’s Porsche 908/3 (Yellow) and Andy’s Matra Simca (Blue) had separate and costly deslots but the Porsche finished 2 seconds ahead at the end.
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Mike’s Aston Martin just got on with it, doing his own thing with a best run in Yellow lane in Heat #2.
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Heat wins in heat order for Geoff, Kev, Andy & Brian

   


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Le Manx Group C & LMP

   
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A swap round of a few drivers with Mike B, Brian & Ed racing together, Heat #1 was close as Brian & Ed were too quick for Mike’s Peugeot 908, Brian’s Porsche 956/962 finished fractions of a second ahead of Ed’s Jaguar XJR9.
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That was the only close race for the Group C/LMP races…but Heat #5 was a good one for Ed just when a clean run was needed, finished a lap ahead of Brian’s Porsche.
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Geoff, Kev & Andy raced together, Geoff’s gold leaf Lola going really well in the final race whilst in the Blue lane.
Andy’s Group C Nissan had three similar runs but a couple of deslots on each lane kept him off the pace of Kev’s Audi LMP that managed three clean runs.
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Heat wins in heat order for Brian, Kev & Ed

   



TEAM RESULT

   

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Next week is the final Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ of 2023.  The last one was a car swap with the track at 11V which was easily the best race of this years series as the cars were so much closer.  Let’s see what condition the tyres are in after racing at 11V on the new grippy surface - TOO MUCH GRIP may well be heard even though the tyres on these have never seen a drop of oil.