24th-Oct-19, 01:33 PM
October 20th meeting
45 minutes after arriving we've gone from a bare room to this. Almost ready to start.
In fact there was even time to browse through a small library of old slot car magazines.
No time to waste though, as Bill sets us up for the first heat.
A broad spectrum of cars entered the 'Lighted' class. The sixth car, still to turn up, was a GT40.
And they're ready for the off.
The end of a later heat and 'Lighted' really was a broad brush, with a Chaparral in the foreground.
Four minute heats for the Lighted cars were reduced to two minutes thirty for the Sidecar combo's.
Different bikes had different cornering attitudes, one cornering flat and fast everywhere, one being unpredictable and the other two lifting a wheel or bobbing a curtsey depending on where they were on the track. Great fun!
They provided some very close racing too!
Couldn't let this one slip by. My only win in twenty-four heats, thanks to the Gulf bike. Somehow the pic' of me coming last in the very last heat of the night got deleted by mistake! (Come to that, I think it was my only win in six meetings, or 144 heats. Still, I'm improving
)
... and there is that glorious Gulf machine.
Another broad brush, 'Saloons'. DTM, NASCAR, BTCC, historic circuit racers, they were all in there. Shedden's BTCC Honda proved the one to beat.
Eyes right! Loved this shot. What are they all looking at? Certainly not the sixth car, as it's in David's hand, nor the start line, which is right in front of them.
At the end of the heat all six cars are still in shot, with the Shedden Honda first and the Alfa, nearest the camera, second judging by the screen.
... and now we see 'George (Shaun) Shedden' scooping up the winner of the heat.
NEXT MEETING: November 9th (5pm to whenever.)
(CONTACT DETAILS, MEETING TIMES AND ADDRESS IN THE FIRST POST)
45 minutes after arriving we've gone from a bare room to this. Almost ready to start.
In fact there was even time to browse through a small library of old slot car magazines.
No time to waste though, as Bill sets us up for the first heat.
A broad spectrum of cars entered the 'Lighted' class. The sixth car, still to turn up, was a GT40.
And they're ready for the off.
The end of a later heat and 'Lighted' really was a broad brush, with a Chaparral in the foreground.
Four minute heats for the Lighted cars were reduced to two minutes thirty for the Sidecar combo's.
Different bikes had different cornering attitudes, one cornering flat and fast everywhere, one being unpredictable and the other two lifting a wheel or bobbing a curtsey depending on where they were on the track. Great fun!
They provided some very close racing too!
Couldn't let this one slip by. My only win in twenty-four heats, thanks to the Gulf bike. Somehow the pic' of me coming last in the very last heat of the night got deleted by mistake! (Come to that, I think it was my only win in six meetings, or 144 heats. Still, I'm improving
)... and there is that glorious Gulf machine.
Another broad brush, 'Saloons'. DTM, NASCAR, BTCC, historic circuit racers, they were all in there. Shedden's BTCC Honda proved the one to beat.
Eyes right! Loved this shot. What are they all looking at? Certainly not the sixth car, as it's in David's hand, nor the start line, which is right in front of them.
At the end of the heat all six cars are still in shot, with the Shedden Honda first and the Alfa, nearest the camera, second judging by the screen.
... and now we see 'George (Shaun) Shedden' scooping up the winner of the heat.
NEXT MEETING: November 9th (5pm to whenever.)
(CONTACT DETAILS, MEETING TIMES AND ADDRESS IN THE FIRST POST)
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