15th-Feb-26, 04:12 PM
Race report and results - 12th February 2026 - Sports followed by GP/F1
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A baker's dozen racing and a visitor tonight, standing room only!
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It has to be said the influx of members in the last few months has seen many changes and for the better.
Out-of-the-box cars are now a regular thing, a wide mix of ages, abilities and car classes has actually been great for the club with some of the older club regulars now sifting through their car collection and looking at long ignored ‘not competitive’ cars to bring back to the track as either ‘Standard’ or tastefully upgraded ‘Modified’ racers.
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With three distinct groups (5+4+4) there were some good races to watch and enjoy racing in. The track marshals were kept busy at times and during multi-car incidents, where possible the cars were put back on track in the right order (offending cars go on last).
Talking of track marshals, Macaulay is THE guy you want trackside when your car goes off track, he’s super quick!
Mike said he was impressed by how well some of the younger newcomers have progressed, some are starting to make this look easy, nice one guys.
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The Sports class always go well, Ed decided he wanted to race his little Porsche 904 in Small Sports, as the only entrant he was guaranteed a class win but it’s nice to see the small classes still being represented in our amalgamated classes.
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Mike thought it was Saloons tonight and brought his Jaguar XJ12C so raced that and it went fantastic!… that bodes well for next week when we are racing Saloons… it might be joined by Brian’s XJ12C that he’s been working on and loves driving.
…it might even also be joined by Andy’s XJ12C built for a proxy later in the year
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Moslers & Audis were popular tonight amongst seven different manufacturers of cars including a resin cast bodyshell (Mike’s Jag).
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The Grand Prix cars (four of them) raced each other whilst the much wider and faster F1’s were split into two groups, the standard and slower pro cars kept together and the faster pro cars kept together.
One heat saw all three Grand Prix cars cross the line a car length apart.
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Jamie’s NSR F1 saw more than its fair share of racing as it was shared by two other drivers. It’s a fantastic runner but something wasn’t right with it in Jamie’s first race and he retired half way through. His next heat, a great but incident-packed race in the yellow lane - getting below that ‘officially fast’ 6 second barrier - almost won the heat but lost it on the last-but-one lap.
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How refreshing to see a pair of standard Scalextric F1’s racing for a class win.
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NSR F1’s have dominated F1 for a couple of years and all five Prostocks were either the 86/89 or the 2022 version.
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The ‘50p Trophy’ awardee this week was Gav for two noticeably good runs, well done.
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…enjoy the two videos!
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Next week is going to be a slight change of plan. Club GT40’s followed by Saloons (small, Gr.5 Saloons, silhouettes etc)...If you want to race your own GT40, you can, this means we will have more class winners rather than just one winner…
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A baker's dozen racing and a visitor tonight, standing room only!
.
It has to be said the influx of members in the last few months has seen many changes and for the better.
Out-of-the-box cars are now a regular thing, a wide mix of ages, abilities and car classes has actually been great for the club with some of the older club regulars now sifting through their car collection and looking at long ignored ‘not competitive’ cars to bring back to the track as either ‘Standard’ or tastefully upgraded ‘Modified’ racers.
.
With three distinct groups (5+4+4) there were some good races to watch and enjoy racing in. The track marshals were kept busy at times and during multi-car incidents, where possible the cars were put back on track in the right order (offending cars go on last).
Talking of track marshals, Macaulay is THE guy you want trackside when your car goes off track, he’s super quick!
Mike said he was impressed by how well some of the younger newcomers have progressed, some are starting to make this look easy, nice one guys.
.
The Sports class always go well, Ed decided he wanted to race his little Porsche 904 in Small Sports, as the only entrant he was guaranteed a class win but it’s nice to see the small classes still being represented in our amalgamated classes.
.
Mike thought it was Saloons tonight and brought his Jaguar XJ12C so raced that and it went fantastic!… that bodes well for next week when we are racing Saloons… it might be joined by Brian’s XJ12C that he’s been working on and loves driving.
…it might even also be joined by Andy’s XJ12C built for a proxy later in the year
.
Moslers & Audis were popular tonight amongst seven different manufacturers of cars including a resin cast bodyshell (Mike’s Jag).
.
The Grand Prix cars (four of them) raced each other whilst the much wider and faster F1’s were split into two groups, the standard and slower pro cars kept together and the faster pro cars kept together.
One heat saw all three Grand Prix cars cross the line a car length apart.
.
Jamie’s NSR F1 saw more than its fair share of racing as it was shared by two other drivers. It’s a fantastic runner but something wasn’t right with it in Jamie’s first race and he retired half way through. His next heat, a great but incident-packed race in the yellow lane - getting below that ‘officially fast’ 6 second barrier - almost won the heat but lost it on the last-but-one lap.
.
How refreshing to see a pair of standard Scalextric F1’s racing for a class win.
.
NSR F1’s have dominated F1 for a couple of years and all five Prostocks were either the 86/89 or the 2022 version.
.
The ‘50p Trophy’ awardee this week was Gav for two noticeably good runs, well done.
.
…enjoy the two videos!
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Next week is going to be a slight change of plan. Club GT40’s followed by Saloons (small, Gr.5 Saloons, silhouettes etc)...If you want to race your own GT40, you can, this means we will have more class winners rather than just one winner…
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