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As we were getting started on our afternoon action, news came in that the Hill Farm stage had been cancelled due to ongoing technical issues. That meant just three stages remained for our group.

   

Three laps on the soon-to-be-retired Gymkhana got us going after lunch. This was run in the opposite direction to the previous two years and required getting the rear of the car swung out to avoid getting hung-up where the slot crossed over itself...

   

There are some great features on this stage, so hopefully Lawrence will incorporate them into future designs.

That was the first classroom finished and we moved back next door for our final two stages - the Airfield and ART...

   

The Airfield has a spectacular straight, made even faster by being run at 15 volts. That did make the technical sections a little tricky, but those four laps do go very quickly...

   

The heat was beginning to get to us as we ended our event on a new stage - ART. It certainly bore a resemblance to our Ford Ice Rink at WHO...

   

And it featured a new lap counter design by Neil's Racing Bits (here on Facebook), which was easy to use and seemed very reliable...

   

Fifteen laps round ART and we were done - time to hand in our time sheets, take a peek at other people's cars and wait for the final few groups to finish their stages...

   

   

   

Alan and Seb crunched the numbers and soon we were ready to hear the results...

Starting with Classic...

   

Where Mike finished ninth and I was at first disappointed not to hear my name called in the top end of the top ten - and then nicely surprised when I picked up the trophy for third!

80s / 90s was next...

   

With a tenth place finish for Mike.

Then Modern...

   

Mike finishing eighth.

And Targa Florio...

   

Steve finishing eighth and Phil tenth. Oliver's best was fourteenth for his Porsche 934 in classic.

Here are the overall results...

   

   

   

   

A huge field of 111 cars!

That was a very enjoyable day and always good for the journey back to take home some WHO silverware...

   

A big thanks to Lawrence and everyone at Farnborough Park Scalextric Club for hosting and to the SRGB crew for running the day. The next one - in St Albans - is just a week away on Sunday 7 June.