10th-Apr-24, 03:54 PM
Race Report - Qualifying Heats
We welcomed 30 racers to the Barn for our Easter WHO Mod & WHO Tuners race...
Making their WHO debuts were Will and James, both racing in Tuners. We had Creme Eggs for all our finals winners (a full box of ten was required), plus a big egg for our race winner, top junior, top junior and top rookie...
Pete was also doing brisk business in the club shop - rookies Kevin and Ian both snapping up new cars for tonight's racing. It would be a very fast evening on one of Simon's classic WHO Mod tracks. With 19 Vipers on the grid and probably a dozen of those with the pace to challenge for pole position, it was always going to be a thrilling couple of hours of qualifying heats...
Andy immediately threw down the gauntlet with a 23.10 in blue, that staying the best until Keith hammered in a 25.05 in red. All four lanes were quick, but most drivers found something extra in red - and as we cycled through the drivers' first run, Isaac set an astonishing 25.30 lap score, which would no-one else would beat all night! His fastest lap of 4.252 seconds was also untouchable.
After two runs, Andy led Keith and Oliver - the three covered by just 0.3 of a lap. Isaac was a long way ahead of the other juniors, despite a disappointing second heat. Dexter was second running Mega-G+ club cars, ahead of Dylan's Life Like Tuner and Ollie's Mod. Gareth was top Tuner and in amongst the tail end of the Vipers. Nathan was top rookie, just getting the better of debutants Will and James...
The second round of heats ramped up the excitement. After a cracking run in blue, Oliver went top by a quarter of a lap over Terry. Lurking less than a lap behind were Keith and Andy - and they had blue and red lanes to come. Terry jumped into pole after his third heat - a 23.90 on red - but that lead only lasted a few minutes as John went top by half a lap with his final heat - a 23.60 on red. Two heats later and Terry was back for his final run - a 22.45 on white put him ahead by 0.15 of a lap!
Keith and Oliver had their chance of pole in heat #28, Oliver in yellow and Keith in blue. Neither required anything special to jump ahead of Terry and John, but both blew it - Oliver stayed in third and Keith in fourth. Andy finished in the final heat. He needed 23.70 in red for pole. It was looking good, until he too failed at the final hurdle - caught up in other racers' drama. Like so many down the field, the top three at half way ended up wondering what could have been... but Terry and John had made all four lanes count.
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Top scorer Isaac had to make do with eleventh place - his gutter lane performance letting him down. Ollie recovered to be second-placed junior, but was faced by a daunting 3 step ups to be able to challenge Isaac for the junior medal. Gareth strolled to Tuners pole - his nearest challenger was top-rookie Will...
Next would be ten step-up finals, with two medals and fourteen Easter eggs awaiting the winners.
We welcomed 30 racers to the Barn for our Easter WHO Mod & WHO Tuners race...
Making their WHO debuts were Will and James, both racing in Tuners. We had Creme Eggs for all our finals winners (a full box of ten was required), plus a big egg for our race winner, top junior, top junior and top rookie...
Pete was also doing brisk business in the club shop - rookies Kevin and Ian both snapping up new cars for tonight's racing. It would be a very fast evening on one of Simon's classic WHO Mod tracks. With 19 Vipers on the grid and probably a dozen of those with the pace to challenge for pole position, it was always going to be a thrilling couple of hours of qualifying heats...
Andy immediately threw down the gauntlet with a 23.10 in blue, that staying the best until Keith hammered in a 25.05 in red. All four lanes were quick, but most drivers found something extra in red - and as we cycled through the drivers' first run, Isaac set an astonishing 25.30 lap score, which would no-one else would beat all night! His fastest lap of 4.252 seconds was also untouchable.
After two runs, Andy led Keith and Oliver - the three covered by just 0.3 of a lap. Isaac was a long way ahead of the other juniors, despite a disappointing second heat. Dexter was second running Mega-G+ club cars, ahead of Dylan's Life Like Tuner and Ollie's Mod. Gareth was top Tuner and in amongst the tail end of the Vipers. Nathan was top rookie, just getting the better of debutants Will and James...
The second round of heats ramped up the excitement. After a cracking run in blue, Oliver went top by a quarter of a lap over Terry. Lurking less than a lap behind were Keith and Andy - and they had blue and red lanes to come. Terry jumped into pole after his third heat - a 23.90 on red - but that lead only lasted a few minutes as John went top by half a lap with his final heat - a 23.60 on red. Two heats later and Terry was back for his final run - a 22.45 on white put him ahead by 0.15 of a lap!
Keith and Oliver had their chance of pole in heat #28, Oliver in yellow and Keith in blue. Neither required anything special to jump ahead of Terry and John, but both blew it - Oliver stayed in third and Keith in fourth. Andy finished in the final heat. He needed 23.70 in red for pole. It was looking good, until he too failed at the final hurdle - caught up in other racers' drama. Like so many down the field, the top three at half way ended up wondering what could have been... but Terry and John had made all four lanes count.
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Top scorer Isaac had to make do with eleventh place - his gutter lane performance letting him down. Ollie recovered to be second-placed junior, but was faced by a daunting 3 step ups to be able to challenge Isaac for the junior medal. Gareth strolled to Tuners pole - his nearest challenger was top-rookie Will...
Next would be ten step-up finals, with two medals and fourteen Easter eggs awaiting the winners.
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