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2026 Season - Rnd 3 - Mar 7th

Best attendance for a while - perhaps it had finally stopped raining?
 

Fourteen racers turned up including new guest Chris F'. He was to have a slight advantage having never run the track in the usual direction, so didn't get suckered into accelerating into the bridge wall, rather than thinking he was on the main straight.

 

(The long track had been set up to run in the reverse direction for this meeting.)

 

Support race. Club Ninco McLaren F1's

 

Raced for the first time these 'new to the club' old Ninco McLaren F1's were all set up by Vic', with new braids, lead wire and tyres with the magnets removed and small lead weight added.

          

 

As usual there were six heats for each driver. With evenly matched cars racing was very close. This was where Chris showed the advantage of NOT having run the track before as several of the more seasoned drivers forgot to turn left over the bridge, muscle memory telling them they  were running flat out down the main straight. Coming home in first place was local boy Mark J, followed by Mark R less than a third of a lap down, Ben taking the third step of the podium. At his first meeting Chris missed that step by just a tenth of a lap!

          

 

Main race. Owner/driver DTM and Saloon cars.

 

As Brian had to leave it was down to thirteen for this class, the one that really turned the established order on its head.

       

 

All of the four minute heats were 'fast and furious', with those running Slot-it type cars winning most of the races. Having run the previous class in 'the wrong direction' all club members were now fully up to speed.

       

 

However, it was one of the more recent members, Ben, who led the pack home closely followed by newcomer Chris. First visit and straight on the podium! Good going. 

       

Another 'recent-ish' member, Graham, has also worked his way up to the head of the field of late. Not long ago a mid-field runner he put another podium place on his score card. It's getting to be a regular occurrence now.

 

       

Nearest long established member was Vic' in fourth place and rather surprising to see, all three Mark's finished mid-field. Still, got to give the new boys hope, eh!