[Kevan]

Race report and results - 14th August 2025 - TV/Film cars followed by Small Sports/Saloons
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A good turnout tonight, 6 racers enjoyed a night of slow but steady followed by a class of pocket rockets.
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TV/Film Cars

   
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No ‘racing specials’ as this class from the beginning was ‘all show… and no go’ with bonus points for ‘all show’ and reduced bonus points if your car had too much ‘...go’
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Last time out in May, Ed’s Batmobile came out top with Chris’s ‘007 Lotus’ not far behind.  With both cars back tonight would we see a repeat performance?
That little Lotus Esprit seems to fly round the track and looks better each time Chris races it.
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Mike raced his ‘The Batman 2022’ for the first time and found out the hard way that ‘lead’ is a four letter friend with this top heavy monster.  It’s very ‘tuner unfriendly’ with all the fiddly bits inside but looks great on the track.
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Brian’s ‘General Lee’ coasted to a dead stop at the end of its second race, coming to a standstill on the dead strip (quite appropriate really)... with a burned out clutch, engine revving away and no drive!
…Scalextric ‘Joker’ car to the rescue for his last race.
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Andy raced his Scalextric ‘Back to the Future’ DeLorean and Kev raced his Scalextric ‘Knight Rider’ Trans Am, both cars seemed untroubled by any issues…
Someone commented these cars would look good driving in the dark with their fancy flashing lights.

   
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Small Sports/Saloons

   
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OK, now for the racing specials… all but two of these are scratch built.
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Chris raced his MRSlotcar Corvette C1 for the first time.  It’s had some track time and he found a couple of issues that needed sorting out so it’s still early days just yet as far as this cars capability.
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Ed’s MRRC Porsche 904 GTS has had some sensible running gear upgrades and is a nice little runner, having minimal ground clearance is always going to help cornering speeds.
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The rest of the grid is where we see the scratch builds, resin 3D printed bodyshells (Andy’s Mini Sprint and Mike's Moggy Racer), modified standard bodyshells (Kev’s Mini Cooper), brass chassis (both Minis), modified steel Mack chassis (Brian's Ferrari 365 P2), bespoke 3D printed chassis (Mike’s Moggy Racer)… even 3D printed wheels on one car (Minilites on Kev’s Mini Cooper).
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What’s good about our scratch builds is there’s a lot of collaboration between us, helping each other out with our various skills.  Consequently the overall performance of cars in this class is very good.

   

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Next week is Club Revoslots followed by Grand Prix/Prewing F1