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With no family commitments to speak of attendance was back up to the more usual dozen, making for quickly assembly of the long circuit for the night's racing.
 

Support race: Club Scalextric Porsche 911GT3's, all rebuilt with new tyres, braids and added lead. What could possibly go wrong?

 

Ah, a lot it seems.

 

Racing was in the reverse direction, which takes time for the regulars to adapt to, never mind the newer members. The two main straights run parallel to one another, which usually means a quick burst of speed from left to right (looking at the track plan, not from the drivers viewpoint) along the shorter straight in front of the drivers and a long blast from right to left down the double-length main straight, the only point where you can 'relax' for a couple of seconds and look for the opposition.

   

 

In the opposite direction it takes a lap or two and a few heavy crashes to realise you can't do that on the short straight! There was a bit of a wake-up call as the cars took a heavy pounding against the solid bridge walls, with more chaos and destruction than storm Bert. It's not just once bitten either. In the heat of battle it's too easy to forget the lessons from the early laps and get suckered in to a flat out blast on the wrong straight! The winner was Mark J, who is always quick to master whatever club cars are run, in whichever direction. For full results click on the screen shot.

          

Main race, Owner/Driver Sports/GT cars with unlimited motor rpm and chassis layout.

 

Good planning by the organisers, running the Club class first. By the time it got to the owner/driver class the new braking points were well and truly hammered home and some very close racing ensued between the Slot it, NSR and Thunderslot cars, although Ben did suffer some guide issues with his car. 

                       

Vic led the field home with his Slot.It McLaren. Despite some niggling slot guide issues Ben took second in a tight grouping, with Graham  third and Mark J fourth. The three places were covered by less than a lap. Bill and David, in fifth and sixth respectively, were even more closely matched, barely a fifth of a lap apart.

          

(Making a Special 'Ghost' appearance was an experimental 3D printed 'Christine', complete with a 3D printed chassis.)

 

Next meeting is on Sat 14th December when the class will be Saloon cars from DTM,BTTC, ETC and WTC etc with inline chassis and maximum rpm of 20K, support tbc.