[Kevan]

Race report and results - 30th February 2025 - NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge 2025’ #1 followed by TV/Film Cars
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NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge 2025’ #1

   

The first of this years championship with these standard cars:

• Track reduced from 12V to 11V for this series (lap times are only marginally slower but deslots happen far less often)
  
• Cars are all the same except the paintwork
  
• Standard tyres, glued & trued...no additives allowed whatsoever, cleaning tape only
  
• No ballast allowed
  
• Damping tape allowed underneath the chassis (the same stuff we use to clean the tyres works perfectly - cheapest cloth/gaffer/duct tape you can buy)
  
• Original guide, motor, gears, wheels, interior, windows, screws, washers, spacers etc.
  
• The original tyres were replaced after 12 months for supposedly the same as originally supplied, i.e. Evo Supergrips and these are now into their third year of competition and shiny and grip is great on our painted (non-gritted polyurethane floor paint) wood track
  

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The championship is no longer sponsored which means everyone is racing each other whereas the last two years we've had an official championship for those who are eligible (full club membership) but have yet to win it plus an unofficial non-championship for the sponsor and previous championship winners and guests.
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The three quick guys in this series have consistently been Kev, Andy & Brian and tonight was no exception.
Brian has become the ‘Red lane king’ with these, how on earth he manages those lap times we’ll never know.  Andy’s secret weapon has long been Yellow lane and Kev somehow manages to find something extra in Blue lane.
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Ed was rather out-gunned tonight but he’s still quick with his Club Challenge Mosler, it’s probably the quickest and most consistent car he owns.
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The results chart shows the scores and championship points after round #1…one down, eight to go…anything can happen and probably will!

   
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TV/Film Cars

   
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We started racing this ‘class’ last year which I feel has directly led to the start of the monthly ‘Saturday Scalextric Club’, more fun than serious racing.  Lap records have no place in this class, anyone can win, it’s all down to consistency and staying in the slot and the racing bonus laps will do the rest.
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It was a bit of a shock driving these cars round after the intensity of the closely matched Moslers…settle down, concentrate on your own car, ignore the others and see how it all pans out.
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How does this event work you might ask:

• Standard cars with original everything apart from a change of tyres which can be glued & trued…and of course a ton of lead.
  
• Bonus laps given for various ‘standard’ bits supplied by the manufacturer including lights.
  
• Bonus race laps depending on your cars fastest lap in each lane…go too fast and get no bonus laps, go too slow and you run the risk of being inconsistent but pick up more bonus race laps
  
• ‘Racing Specials’ aren’t banned…they just don’t get the various bonuses which is self discouraging.
  
• Bonus race laps started this time at 7.0 seconds ‘fastest lap in each lane’, this has incrementally increased each time we’ve run this class and originally started at 6.8 seconds.  Next time out it will be set at 7.1 seconds which means the faster cars will get no bonus race laps…or slow down!
  

   
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OK, these aren’t ‘proper’ race cars, even so they’re rather addictive to race, slow, headlights glaring, unpredictable handling…but when lined up on the start line look great, thank you Scalextric!

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