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2026 Season - Rnd 06 - Sat June 6th

Once again, the report is running a bit close to the wire after the carrier pigeon succumbed to the heat. Fortunately the racing pigeon got through just in time, as your reporter has a planned absence coming up shortly!
 

Anyway, enough of the excuses.

 

It was  good to have eleven racers turn up, including new guest Tim. As (fairly) usual the long circuit was set up and practise began in earnest, with many drivers needing to return to their pit boxes to make adjustments, change tyres or even  rebuild the odd motor to get the best from their own Sports GT cars.

 

Support Race: 'Club' Ninco McLaren GT's.

       

 

To ease everyone into the meeting the first round was for provided 'club' cars. With the usual Vic' set-up to get them evenly matched, heats were close. The driver who made the least mistakes and came home in 1st place was Mark J, followed closely by Shaun and David. 

       

Tim did well for his first time on a big track, coming home ninth with a strange car and controller, so it was a shame he had to leave before the 'Big Event'. Hopefully we'll be seeing him again next time.

       

 

Mains:  Owner/driver Open Sports and GT cars.

       

 

The norm for the owner/driver class is for a varied grid, with many different makes and models of cars. This was no exception but this time the track seemed to favour the Thunderslot cars. 

       

The race was hotly contested with a number of crashes but Vic', driving steadily, reading the road and keeping out of trouble came home the winner with his red Thunderslot McLaren. 

       

In fact it was a completely different podium in this class, with Vic' on the top step, Mark W second and Larry an excellent third. He's very quickly got on the pace since joining earlier in the year. Ben, however, was the most consistent coming fourth in both classes.