[Kevan]

Race results and report - 28th November 2024 - F1 followed by Group 5
.
‘The Lurgy’ hit again this week, this time different club members, but 7 of us still got down for a great nights racing.
.
F1

   
.
Straight into the fastest overall class we race.  NSR F1’s normally dominate this class and why not as they go great with nothing but a tyre-true.
Tonight however we saw a couple of SCX cars (Kev’s Modified Class Minardi and Gav’s Standard Class Ferrari), a Paul’s Cartrix Porsche and the return of Andy’s Open Class Fly Ligier on a Eurosport chassis which was flying round (fly-ing…yeah yeah I’ll get my coat ).
.
Gav, Paul & Geoff raced each other three times, what started as a mix of three different class cars with Geoff deciding to race his Policar Ferrari ended half way through Heat #1 as his car lost a wire from the guide…the restart saw Geoff racing the rest of the night with his NSR F1.
.
The other two NSR F1’s of Mike & Brian did go well, Brian’s in particular getting into the 5.9 second laps I think for the first time, he thinks the kit tyres are finally ‘coming in’.  Mike’s F1 going a lap quicker from Red to Yellow to Blue lanes.
.
Paul’s Porsche 804 could possibly have won a heat or two had Geoff’s Ferrari not broken down.
.
Kev & Andy had two quick races, Kev really enjoying racing an old SCX and it’s probably not the last time we’ll see Andy’s Ligier as he really enjoyed racing it.

   
.
Group 5

   
.
We rarely see a major change in this class as Racer Sideways cars have been the most popular cars for years but tonight Paul broke the mold with a Carrera VW Kafer Beetle as a ‘B2B’ car which made a pleasant change.
.
Mike raced his tried & tested Open Class Mack chassied Capri and managed low 6.1 second laps.
.
A pair of Modified Class Racer Capri’s with SlotIt sidewinder pods and NSR Shark 30 motors, Andy’s knocking on the door of 5.8 second laps, Gav’s looking too lightweight as the front end was lifting under acceleration and caused him to struggle with consistency.
.
The other three cars were Racer Sideways BMW’s, Kev’s M1 and a pair of 320i of Geoff & Brian.
Geoff’s BMW was THE car to catch early in 2024 but Kev’s M1 was sorted in the Spring and has managed to keep ahead…for the time being.
.
Brian’s relatively new 320i is still not ‘there’ yet but he’s working on it…

   
.
The Club Christmas Dinner draws closer, please ensure you get your menu choices (and payment) to Andy.
Whilst on the subject of Christmas, December is here and Christmas jumpers are traditionally mandatory for those four weeks so get them out of the drawer and let them air for a week.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This Saturday between 10am and 12 noon we’re opening the club for a Saturday Scalextric Club for ‘out of the box’ racing with basic cars (think Scalextric, SCX, Fly Slot cars).
We’ve spent a few hours testing this Saturday and the manufacturers fitted magnet is allowed but no car mods or upgrades are allowed.
No doubt we’ll see how it goes and possibly make changes if deemed necessary.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


Next week is Le Manx Classic followed by Le Manx (Group C/LMP )