[Kevan]

Manx Slot Car Club - NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #5

   
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** NO MAGNETS IN ANY OF OUR CARS! ** ...Track set at 11v…Club controllers
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A good turnout tonight as six drivers meant plenty of marshals…but we had to modify the heats in the computer timing program to add the 6th driver…another lesson learned, easy enough…DON’T PANIC…DON’T PANIC!!!
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The track seemed very grippy tonight, slowing the cars down a little…that is except Chris’s car during his second race that couldn’t have had less grip if it only had 3 tyres!...the race was halted for investigation…nothing obvious was found, which is very strange, but one tyre looked…tired…
Despite that, he did manage to get into the 6.2’s earlier in the evening.
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Four of us got round the track very quickly nonetheless, a shed load of sub-six second laps by Kev, Brian, Andy & Mike.
At times when two or more of these were on track together it was hard to get onto proper race pace when another car was going round at the same pace.  You have to try and ignore the other car.
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A fast lap for Ed is 6.4 seconds, he did plenty of those tonight so he was on his quick pace.
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…one off could mean losing an overall position, two off’s and there’s a lap gone.
There was some very enjoyable racing with these and they never fail to disappoint on the performance side of things..

   

Championship standings

   

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The race report for Grand Prix & prewing F1 will follow once the race video has been uploaded.
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Next week is Slot Rally
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