2nd-May-24, 07:06 AM
Race Report - Qualifying Heats
We had 25 on the grid for our May Day Nascar race and got underway a little earlier than usual...
The track was a challenge - the 9" & 12" radius curves at turns 1 & 2 tighter than we normally see on a big Nascar oval and could fit inside the 15" & 18" corners at the other end of the layout. Stopping at the end of the 24-foot start/finish straight, but keeping momentum at the end of the parallel straight proved a tricky feat all night...
From early on, it looked like the top Super-G+ Nascar were looking for 32+ laps over the 2 minutes. And all four lanes definitely had potential. The rotation didn't give us a halfway point - and some drivers had three scores in the bag before others had made their first run. Car trouble was inevitable, given the speed, tight corners, hard barriers and general carnage on track. Top junior Ollie was the major casualty, his Super-G not surviving the first heat. Ozzy too had early issues, eventually coming good on red and yellow lanes.
Of the Gen6 runners, Deborah continued her excellent form from February to dominate the eight-car Mega-G+ field. Dylan took full advantage of Ollie's woes to put in a top performance, including a massive 29.3 in blue lane. He'd finish the heats a lap and a half ahead of Isaac in the battle of the junior racers...
At the front, Andy finished his four heats early and his 97.7 laps was the score to beat. Pete went past that total by two laps and held pole with eight heats to go. Oliver would also beat Andy, but fell short of pole by a lap. Four more drivers were in with a shout of at least an A Final place over the final four heats - giving us an exciting climax to qualifying. Gareth sent tantalisingly close in Heat 22, his run in yellow less that half a lap short of third spot. Ryan and John followed in Heat 23 - Ryan almost achieving the impossible, setting an equal top score of 33.65 laps, not enough to beat Andy, but just pipping Gareth to fourth by a twentieth of a lap. John set the fastest lap of the heats in white lane, but hadn't done well enough in the others to trouble the top three. Last of the top dogs to go was Terry - 31 laps in yellow was enough to jump John and qualify sixth...
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Next up is the finals.
We had 25 on the grid for our May Day Nascar race and got underway a little earlier than usual...
The track was a challenge - the 9" & 12" radius curves at turns 1 & 2 tighter than we normally see on a big Nascar oval and could fit inside the 15" & 18" corners at the other end of the layout. Stopping at the end of the 24-foot start/finish straight, but keeping momentum at the end of the parallel straight proved a tricky feat all night...
From early on, it looked like the top Super-G+ Nascar were looking for 32+ laps over the 2 minutes. And all four lanes definitely had potential. The rotation didn't give us a halfway point - and some drivers had three scores in the bag before others had made their first run. Car trouble was inevitable, given the speed, tight corners, hard barriers and general carnage on track. Top junior Ollie was the major casualty, his Super-G not surviving the first heat. Ozzy too had early issues, eventually coming good on red and yellow lanes.
Of the Gen6 runners, Deborah continued her excellent form from February to dominate the eight-car Mega-G+ field. Dylan took full advantage of Ollie's woes to put in a top performance, including a massive 29.3 in blue lane. He'd finish the heats a lap and a half ahead of Isaac in the battle of the junior racers...
At the front, Andy finished his four heats early and his 97.7 laps was the score to beat. Pete went past that total by two laps and held pole with eight heats to go. Oliver would also beat Andy, but fell short of pole by a lap. Four more drivers were in with a shout of at least an A Final place over the final four heats - giving us an exciting climax to qualifying. Gareth sent tantalisingly close in Heat 22, his run in yellow less that half a lap short of third spot. Ryan and John followed in Heat 23 - Ryan almost achieving the impossible, setting an equal top score of 33.65 laps, not enough to beat Andy, but just pipping Gareth to fourth by a twentieth of a lap. John set the fastest lap of the heats in white lane, but hadn't done well enough in the others to trouble the top three. Last of the top dogs to go was Terry - 31 laps in yellow was enough to jump John and qualify sixth...
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Next up is the finals.
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