16th-Nov-25, 04:55 PM
Carrera Classic Nascar
We had eleven cars for this individual race - ten 1970s Fords and Plymouths, plus a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air which won September's St Mary's Trophy at the WHO Goodwood Revival. Most had run at last year's Tin Top Saturdays, but Simon's Roadrunner was a new addition to the grid...
The field was split into two groups for qualifying, the slowest six would battle it out in a 10-lap B Final for one step-up into the 20-lap feature race. Mike's Roadrunner was the fastest of the first group with a 11:923 second lap, Alex the best of group two clocking a 12:392 to join Mike on the front row. But before that, we had the B Final...
Six cars - two Fords and four Plymouths (one a winged Superbird) - lined up for a ten-lap sprint. Dean grabbed the lead early on and his #17 Torino Talledega comfortably led Kev's Torino and Rob's Roadrunner at half distance. Simon's Plymouth had lost touch with the top three, with Ollie and Isaac struggling with the big, heavy cars - Isaac's Superbird losing its wing in a big impact...
The momentum stayed with Dean, but the others got into a better groove - apart from Simon, whose new car sounded a bit rough by the end. Rob pipped Kev to runner-up spot, Isaac found both pace and consistency to finish fourth, Simon was fifth and Ollie sixth.
Mike & Alex lined-up on the front row for the feature race, with Oliver & Andy on row two and Terry & Dean at the back. As usual, it was a very tight pack early on, until Mike de-slotted and collected Alex & Oliver and Andy's '57 Chevy slipped through into the lead. It was a slender advantage, Alex close behind with the winged Superbird. After 5 laps it was Andy, Alex, Oliver, Dean, Terry and Mike - all on the same lap. Alex had a bit of a wobble and that took some of the pressure off Andy, who was keeping things very smooth with the narrower fifties Chevy. At half distance the top three remained the same, but Mike had moved up to fourth, ahead of Terry and Dean.
Fuel consumption would become an issue towards the end - Oliver, Mike and Alex had tanks under 50% after ten laps. Alex decided to conserve, but the other two pushed on. A six-second pit stop dropped Oliver behind Terry, but he could now push hard to the line. Pole-sitter Mike had to stop from fifth, but ran out of fuel before he got there and found himself dead last. Meanwhile, Andy continued to stroke the car round and avoided any dramas. Alex wasn't able to push,which gave hope to both Terry and Oliver. In the end, Oliver overtook both Terry and Alex to finish runner-up, with Terry grabbing the final place on the podium - but it was the 1950s Nascar that crossed the line first for a most surprising victory...
Next... BTCC Race Three - the reverse grid.
We had eleven cars for this individual race - ten 1970s Fords and Plymouths, plus a 1957 Chevy Bel-Air which won September's St Mary's Trophy at the WHO Goodwood Revival. Most had run at last year's Tin Top Saturdays, but Simon's Roadrunner was a new addition to the grid...
The field was split into two groups for qualifying, the slowest six would battle it out in a 10-lap B Final for one step-up into the 20-lap feature race. Mike's Roadrunner was the fastest of the first group with a 11:923 second lap, Alex the best of group two clocking a 12:392 to join Mike on the front row. But before that, we had the B Final...
Six cars - two Fords and four Plymouths (one a winged Superbird) - lined up for a ten-lap sprint. Dean grabbed the lead early on and his #17 Torino Talledega comfortably led Kev's Torino and Rob's Roadrunner at half distance. Simon's Plymouth had lost touch with the top three, with Ollie and Isaac struggling with the big, heavy cars - Isaac's Superbird losing its wing in a big impact...
The momentum stayed with Dean, but the others got into a better groove - apart from Simon, whose new car sounded a bit rough by the end. Rob pipped Kev to runner-up spot, Isaac found both pace and consistency to finish fourth, Simon was fifth and Ollie sixth.
Mike & Alex lined-up on the front row for the feature race, with Oliver & Andy on row two and Terry & Dean at the back. As usual, it was a very tight pack early on, until Mike de-slotted and collected Alex & Oliver and Andy's '57 Chevy slipped through into the lead. It was a slender advantage, Alex close behind with the winged Superbird. After 5 laps it was Andy, Alex, Oliver, Dean, Terry and Mike - all on the same lap. Alex had a bit of a wobble and that took some of the pressure off Andy, who was keeping things very smooth with the narrower fifties Chevy. At half distance the top three remained the same, but Mike had moved up to fourth, ahead of Terry and Dean.
Fuel consumption would become an issue towards the end - Oliver, Mike and Alex had tanks under 50% after ten laps. Alex decided to conserve, but the other two pushed on. A six-second pit stop dropped Oliver behind Terry, but he could now push hard to the line. Pole-sitter Mike had to stop from fifth, but ran out of fuel before he got there and found himself dead last. Meanwhile, Andy continued to stroke the car round and avoided any dramas. Alex wasn't able to push,which gave hope to both Terry and Oliver. In the end, Oliver overtook both Terry and Alex to finish runner-up, with Terry grabbing the final place on the podium - but it was the 1950s Nascar that crossed the line first for a most surprising victory...
Next... BTCC Race Three - the reverse grid.
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