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It was a great line-up of nine cars for the Legends race. Seven took the opportunity to head home or to sit back and watch the 18 racers in two 8-minute qualifying heats, with driver changes at half distance...

   

Some of the Legends are looking a little worse-for-wear after two seasons of hard racing - but we also had some new models for 2024...

   

Heat one was a five-car battle, qualification based on all nine pairs being ranked on their scores. A triumphant return - and Legends debut - saw John and Alex beat a strong field...

   

1. John & Alex F - Gulf #15 - 28 Laps - Best lap 10.730 seconds - 1 pit stop
2. Rob & Ollie - Sunoco #7 - 27 Laps - 10.461 - 2 pit stops
3. Terry & Daniel - Gulf #44 - 25 Laps - 11.281 - 3 pit stops
4. Mike D & Ash - Sunoco #2 - 23 Laps - 10.154 - 2 pit stops
5. Kev & Isaac - Rockstar # 52 - 19 Laps - 11.538 - 2 pit stops

The second heat was no less fiercely contested - the top two finishing on the same lap, Alex and Dean just ahead...

   

1. Alex S & Dean - Rockstar #90 - 27 Laps - Best lap 10.523 seconds - 1 pit stop
2. Simon & Ryan - silver & orange #9 - 27 Laps - xxx - 2 pit stops
3. Stephen & Mike Mc - Rockstar #69 - 22 Laps - 12.098 - 3 pit stops
4. Steve & Ray - Jim Beam #13 - 20 Laps - 11.896 - 1 pit stop

That put the top four directly into the feature race - all those on 27 laps and above - with the other five pairs battling it out for the remaining two spots in a 5-minute last-chance race...

   

And it was an extremely tight scrap for that final step-up...

1. Mike D & Ash - 24 Laps - 10.305 seconds - 1 pit stop
2. Isaac & Kev - 20 Laps - 11.082 - 2 stops
3. Stephen & Mike Mc - 20 Laps - 11.651 - 2 stops
4. Daniel & Terry - 18 Laps - 11.382 - 1 stop
5. Steve & Ray - 15 Laps - 13.657 - 1 stop

Giving us a full 6-car line-up for the final action of the evening - the 8 minute feature race. And what a race!

   

1. Mike D & Ash - 37 Laps - 9.646 seconds - 3 pit stops
2. Simon & Ryan - 37 Laps - 10.623 - 2 pit stops
3. Alex S & Dean - 36 Laps - 10.257 - 2 pit stops
4. John & Alex F - 33 Laps - 10.822 - 2 pit stops
5. Isaac & Kev - 32 Laps - 10.142 - 4 pit stops
6. Rob & Ollie - 30 Laps - 10.418 - 3 pit stops

Congrats to Mike and Ash on a scintillating Legends performance!

   

Huge thanks to everyone who came along for a superb start to the 2024 Scalextric digital season. Special thanks go to the set-up and tear-down crews - and to Ash, Oliver and Ryan for their awesome work on Race Control, plus Ollie & Rob for their camerawork.

We're back for more Nascar & Legends action next month, before the start of our four-race GT Endurance Championship in March. A couple of Gold drivers (BARacer and myself) desperately need to get some practice in!