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2025 Season - Rnd 11 - Nov 8th

Nine club members turned up for the penultimate meeting of 2025, fortunately with none showing  signs of the dreaded lurgy! The long circuit was set up on 11v and  running in the reverse direction once again. Practise was much needed, with many cars being driven into the bridge barriers on the shorter straight at full speed, some hitting so hard they ended up on the floor. It certainly helped focus the drivers attention but it took a long time to retrain the hand/eye coordination, with many crashing several times before they 'got it', although it was quickly lost again under race conditions!
 

First support race: Sideways Group 5 Club cars

 

The grid comprised two each of the Gp5 BMW M1's, Capri's and Lancia Betas, the eight drivers getting to race all six 'Vic-prepared' cars, Vic' sitting this one out. Average lap times were around 13.6 seconds with many dipping into the high 12's, which makes David class record of 9.001 look like a marshalling glitch. Sorry David! Racing was 'fast and furious' in most heats with Mark J eventually coming home in 1st place, ahead of Ben and a rapidly improving Graham.

          

 

Main race: Owner/driver American Muscle and Nascars.

 

An interesting class with many different (and some highly modified!) cars from Pioneer, Thunderslot and Scalextric, with several using 3D printed chassis. Nevertheless, both lap times and racing were very close, Mark Ware setting the class lap record at 11.769 seconds on his way to a 3.2 lap win over Vic and Ben, the latter pair being separated by just 0.6 of a lap.

                   

 

Second Support race: Slot.it Nissan R390 Club cars

 

With the meeting having run very smoothly there was time to 'slot.in' a quick Slot.it class using the club Nissans, again race-prepped by Vic', who also added custom paint and tape mods to help differentiate them on track. Heat times were cut to two minutes, with average lap times being around 12.5 seconds, about 1.1 seconds faster than the Gp5 class. Having set a class lap record of 11.72 seconds Mark J went on to take his second win of the evening. It was hard won though, this being the most hotly and closely contested race of the night. Two laps covered first to third these being taken by Ben and David, Vic missing out on third spot by just a tenth of a lap.