[Graham]

 Good Evening


North Staffs Slot Car Club (Round 10)

Well what a day, on arrival I was delighted to see some familiar faces.....and they even remembered me from the few occasions I frequented the club for a while before Covid. The club track is one of the best in the country and frequently used for National GT3 type competitions. The drivers which Chris had seconded where also some of the best in the country, so I knew we were in for a good Round. Classichrisk did the race control, and I did the videos presentation and some marshalling.
For this Round we used the "Yellow flag" technique, stopping the track for any car de-slots and avoiding excessive lost time for the cars concerned. As this track normally has 6 marshal's and we had 3 available it was a great way to run.

So to the Results.
Tourist Event 1
1st Place - Savage GT Mustang
2nd Place - Brumos RSR - Porsche 911
3rd Place - RoadRunners - Galaxie
          

Drivers Comments
Savage GT Mustang- run well, not as smoothly as the Brumos RSR Porsche which both drivers really loved, however the Mustang proved again that it just had the pace over the Porsche.
Roadrunners  Galaxie -was said to run very well and smooth.
Lifeboats Galaxie -was very stiff with no body rock, front axle/wheels felt uneven.
Groundhogs Ford Cortina -felt little unpredictable.
Makem Movers Sunbeam -was reasonably stable and quite quick.

Grand Event 2
1st Place - Brumos RSR - BMW 2.8
2nd Place - Makem Movers - Camaro
3rd Place - Bangers Racing - BMW 3.0 CSL

          

Divers Comments
Deadheads Rover SD1 - very unstable to run (front wheel issue)
Bangers Racing BMW 3.0CSL - ran quite fast.
Harrisons Racers Camaro - good run, tyres back slide allowed drifting
Red Devils Alfa GTA - heavy but stable.
Brumos RSR BMW 2.8 - really enjoyed this one fast and stable.
Makem Movers - Camaro- Better traction then the other Camaro.
ALS Racing BMW 2002 - run well and smooth.
Lifeboats Racing Alfa GTA -felt very unstable and jumpy.
Team Cube Rover SD1-difficult at times felt light on front.
BARacer Capri - Braids needed adjustment comes off easily.
Groundhogs Capri- similar to above, better traction of rear tyres.
Green Star Racing Ford Capri - run fairly smoothly a little unstable around corners.

Super Event 3
1st Place - Savage GT- Calibra
2nd Place - Hotlap - Calibra
3rd Place - Team Tatters - Calibra

          

Drivers Comments
Savage GT Calibra - excellent running car
Hotlap Calibra - Fast
Team Tatters - Also good running car.
WVSAM Nissan Skyline - really poor running, wheels slipping on acceleration out of corners. Back panel fell off on final lap.
Ruscillo Racing Calibra- smooth but not so fast.
ManxBrian Nissan Skyline- quick around the corners very stable.
Mountain View BMW M3 - Quite good
ALS Racing  Audi A4 -heavy and slow.
ManxGeoff  Calibra - Good running car.
Red Dragon Laguna - slowish 
ManxEd Calibra - Great handling but rather slow
Team Cube Vectra - Slowish and ab it difficult on corners
BARacer Alfa 155- ran smoothly and quick along the straight but with some loss of grip on corners
Team Alaric Sierra - very unstable on the corners
Scott Sports Sierra - even more unstable on corners, too high off track.

Modern Event 4
1st Place - Deadheads - Audi A5
2nd Place - Bangers Racing - Alfa 156
3rd Place - Mountain View - Astra

           

Drivers Comments
Deadheads Audi A5 - ran very well and stable
Bangers Racing Alfa 156 - Smooth running
Roadrunners Civic - difficult to run around the bends
Mountain View Astra - Very stable on the track and surprisingly fast.
Ruscillo Racing BMW M3 - Stable running but lacked grunt.
Scott Sports BMW 125i - Ran quite well 
Harrisons Racers BMW 321i - Less able on corners than others
Green Star Racing - BMW M4 - very difficult to drive, gearing did not suite track.

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