[Kevan]

Race reports - 22nd Feb 2024 - Italian Cars Night

   
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A really good turnout tonight.
Theme nights have used a ‘predicted score’ in the past to try to close the field together more but after the recent TV/Film Car night which used a race bonus system based on fastest laps let’s see what this turns out like.  The idea being the event isn’t all about who’s got the fastest car but sometimes it helps.
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We had four ‘Back to Basics’ cars which were all raced in the first round of racing with three of them racing each other for the three heats.
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We also had a trio of Gulf Lamborghini Huracans which raced each other for the three heats of the second round of racing.
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Mike raced a very interesting car in the first round, an SRC Alfa 33TT12 with what turned out to be a cracked chassis that limped home to finish it’s third race with a lightly superglued repair.  This was one of four ‘Back to Basics’ cars seen in the first round of racing. He intended racing it in the second round also but borrowed a Ferrari 458 off Andy.
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Of the two cars Brian raced, he wasn’t a happy bunny as far as the Ferrari 365 is concerned.  Having recently calmed it down from a Shark 28 to a Shark 22 it is capable of going round under 7 seconds but can’t be raced like a Mosler.  His second car, the Maserati looks calm and smooth on track and was expected to do well after the bonus laps were added..
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Kev decided to race a Ninco Lamborghini Gallardo recently purchased from Roger, it goes really well for a one-piece chassis car, one of the four ‘B2B’ cars.  His second car was another Lamborghini, a very rapid white Black Bull that was comfortably the quickest car round the track and so gained no bonus laps…but was it quick enough to beat those cars that did pick up bonus laps?
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Andy initially said he was racing a Ferrari 512BBLM as his first car but morphed into a Ferrari F40 come heat #1.  His second car was chosen to race against Chris & Geoff in a trio of Gulf Lamborghini Huracans triple header.
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Geoff’s first car, a Scaley Ferrari F430 was one of four ‘B2B’ cars, the three races it was in against two other ‘B2B’ cars was very entertaining, snatching defeat from the jaws of victory not just once but numerous times…needs a deeper guide!  His second car was one of the trio of Gulf Huracans, the closest of which was Chris’s that finished just ahead.
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Ed’s first car was a Fly Lancia 037, he’s spent ages working on it and it’s fair to say is a dramatically improved race car.  One of the ‘B2B’ cars, raced against Mike’s Alfa and Geoff’s Ferrari for three heats and got it finally into top gear in it’s last race beating the Ferrari.  His second car is a belter, a SlotIt Ferrari 412P, finished only a lap behind Brian’s Maserati and Mike’s Ferrari 458, drives like it has a magnet…which of course it doesn’t have…we checked.
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Chris put a Fly 365 GTB/4 Daytona onto a SlotIt HRS2 chassis recently, it looks fantastic but the tyres were holding it back which meant it was a little inconsistent and subsequently finished down the pecking order.  His second car was one of the ‘gang of three’ Gulf Huracans seen in the new FB club header photo.  Finishing ahead of Geoff’s Huracan in two heats.
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So to the ‘results’...as is usually the case with handicap or bonus adjusted racing, the fastest car didn’t win which is a great thing because anyone can win as long as their car is set up nicely and easy to drive and driven consistently…much like setting a good proxy car up in fact.
The most interesting thing was how well most of the ‘Back 2 Basics’ cars did and if Geoff’s Ferrari had a deeper guide then all four of them would have been in the top six cars…what more incentive do you need to get one of your basic standard cars off that dusty shelf?

   

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