[Kevan]

Race report and results - 28thAugust 2025 - NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #7 followed by Saloons
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Five of us tonight for some fast and furious…and at times super close racing followed by a round of applause and a handshake!
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NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #7

   
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Two racing with three marshalling (except the final heats when we had three racing and two marshalling)
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Straight to the really good stuff.
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Chris has had a rough time in the last couple of these events with his Mosler drifting for fun in left handers (or was it right? )... time for a good close look.
A couple of weeks ago, Kev gave it a ‘reset’ and a few test laps showed it was back to sub 6 second pace again.
…tonight was the first time Chris had driven it since and it did take him a while to trust the car again but was definitely on level terms as far as hot lap pace and Heat #6 was THE race of the evening, Chris’s Rothmans Mosler on the tail of Andy’s Gulf Mosler for most of the five minutes.  The race ended with a round of applause as the two drivers shook hands after a brilliant race.
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So what about the other guys?

• Andy got fastest lap and finished 2nd overall
  
• Brian was one of the four drivers tonight who managed to get round under 6 seconds and finished 3rd overall
  
• Ed always practices in Red lane and says he doesn’t like driving in Blue lane but his performance shows he’s better in Blue and can’t quite keep up with the faster guys when they’re going so well
  
• Kev managed the best score in each lane, slightly quicker in Yellow and Blue but the main advantage was Red lane for a change.
  

   
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As far as the NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ Championship is concerned, Kev, Andy & Brian have each got their ‘best 7 of 9’ results and will be dropping scores for the last two rounds, this will mean the gap to the top three cars will close significantly as the championship draws to an end.
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Mike, Chris & Ed are super close in the championship:

• Mike & Chris both have two more rounds to count
  
• Ed has one more round to count
  
• Gav hasn’t been able to get down as often as he wants so will only have a maximum of five rounds
  

   
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Saloons

   
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Four classes covered this evening:

• Ed with his Back2Basics Ninco Opel
  
• Brian with his Standard Class Slotit Opel
  
• Chris with his Modified Class Scalextric/SlotIt Honda
  
• Andy & Kev with Open Class Peugeot and Camaro
  

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It’s fair to say the pair of Open Class cars were quick, making the Moslers we’d all enjoyed racing earlier look slow!
I don’t know how on earth we’ve managed to develop Saloons to go like this but there it is.
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Ed’s Ninco Opel is one of his dependable cars, it just works and he seems to enjoy racing it whenever possible.
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Chris’s Honda has always been a good car and only ever looks in trouble when he’s under pressure.  Putting a SlotIt chassis/pod under a Scalextric bodyshell is a winning combination.
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Brian’s SloIt Opel was chosen over his Open Class Peugeot (which turned out to be a wise choice looking at the other two cars in that class).  They’re a great car in Standard Class.

   
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Next week is Targa Florio night - all four tracks including three Rally tracks with one car each.