11th-Aug-23, 11:34 PM
Race reports - 10th August - Saloon plus Sports
A good turnout of club members and visitors tonight, eight racers meant a 3+5 split.
SALOON
Five of us entering the Saloon Car Proxy that starts next month decided to have a final test session and raced our proxy cars. Bearing in mind these all have a minimum ground clearance of 1.5mm, maximum motor power of 22k, 10mm wide tyres and cut down shallowed guides, they’re not slow cars, in fact only fractionally slower than the usual choice of cars for this class.
We saw cars never raced in this class before and boy were there some faces full of concentration desperately trying to squeeze more speed from these ‘underpowered’ cars, it was a joy to watch actually.
The ‘proxy cars’ - Kev’s Carrera Audi RS5, Andy’s Scaley Rover SD1, Ed’s Ninco Opel Calibra, Geoff’s SlotIt Opel Calibra and Brian’s Arii Nissan Skyline R32, a real mishmash of cars with not a huge difference between most of them.
Strangely and a pleasant surprise to see Kev, Andy, Geoff & Brian all going so well in what’s normally the difficult Red lane…maybe there’s something in this slow motor malarkey.
Ed’s Opel was blasting round Blue lane, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him drive so well before and easily won his first heat in that lane…then followed that up by really struggling in Red lane, it’s a difficult lane to find a good flow especially the couple of very tight corners.
As one of those racing a proxy car I’d say they’re easy to drive and being underpowered seem to look after the rear tyres much better, precisely what you want to see on a proxy car.
Of the other guys racing, Mike B raced a large Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12C, Nigel raced a standard SlotIt Opel Calibra and Mike H raced a standard Spirit Peugeot 406. Mike’s Jag has been seen in racing action before but a few years ago now at the old clubroom, was very difficult to get past in the tight chicane (ask Brian) - It will have a new chassis soon, a KRB-3D jobbie.
Mike H has stuck with the Peugeot 406 coupe for a while, this was for a long time THE car to race in Saloon, seemed to suffer with thru’ppeny bit front tyres but went really well in Yellow lane.
Heat #3 - Nigel racing Brian’s Opel in Blue lane, set his fastest lap, no deslots and his first heat win…was awarded the 50p trophy by Brian for this week.
Wins in heat order for Ed, Andy, Nigel, Kev, Geoff & Mike H
SPORTS
After what was a brilliant set of Saloon car races we got the quick cars out…this is usually mostly occupied by Standard class NSR Moslers but tonight saw three non-Molsers. Mike H didn’t want a Mosler like everyone else so races a Mclaren 720S and he’s set it up to go nicely…they say you can’t beat proper preparation as a spinning pinion put paid to the Mclarens full racing schedule and made way for a Gulf coloured Porsche Kremer which is a wee bit slower but finishes races.
Ed’s Jag XJR9 was hopping and grinding in practice, some car setup tweaks by the ‘Deadhead Crew’ transformed it into a smooth operator…those rear tyres are rather good, the originals that came with it years ago apparently.
Geoff & Brian racing standard NSR Moslers racing for that last tenth of a lap has become a feature this year but which one was going to end up ahead this time…Geoff marginally ahead on Red lane, Brian grabbing the best part of a lap back on Yellow lane but Geoff’s race on Blue lane was too much for Brian’s Mosler overall.
Meanwhile just behind them both was Mike B’s Mosler…lost two laps with major deslots in Blue lane so could have been so much closer.
Kev normally races the ‘Copper Rocket’ Mosler but tonight chose to race a SlotIt Audi R18…LMP’s are never the best cars to race but this one has been worked on and goes surprisingly well…especially in Blue lane as the tyres had polished, raced neck-and-neck with Andy’s Porsche 917 for a few laps before the Porsche had a deslot then never caught up again as the Audi seemed dialled in and surprisingly set the fastest lap of the night.
Nigel racing a standard NSR Mosler matched Ed’s Jaguar on single lap pace but Ed’s consistency won the day between these two.
Heat wins in heat order for Ed, Andy & Kev
What a brilliant night of racing, probably the best Saloon and Sports night we’ve had at Riverside. So are slower motors the way forwards…I’m not going to say no, in fact one or two cars will be revisited!
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Next week is Italian cars night
The AGM is slowly but surely creeping up on us (end of October) if you have any proposals, take note of them because I’ll be asking for them to be included in the agenda in a week or so’s time.
The race calendar for 2024 will be discussed in the weeks after the AGM as we have plenty of time to tweak it if necessary.
A good turnout of club members and visitors tonight, eight racers meant a 3+5 split.
SALOON
Five of us entering the Saloon Car Proxy that starts next month decided to have a final test session and raced our proxy cars. Bearing in mind these all have a minimum ground clearance of 1.5mm, maximum motor power of 22k, 10mm wide tyres and cut down shallowed guides, they’re not slow cars, in fact only fractionally slower than the usual choice of cars for this class.
We saw cars never raced in this class before and boy were there some faces full of concentration desperately trying to squeeze more speed from these ‘underpowered’ cars, it was a joy to watch actually.
The ‘proxy cars’ - Kev’s Carrera Audi RS5, Andy’s Scaley Rover SD1, Ed’s Ninco Opel Calibra, Geoff’s SlotIt Opel Calibra and Brian’s Arii Nissan Skyline R32, a real mishmash of cars with not a huge difference between most of them.
Strangely and a pleasant surprise to see Kev, Andy, Geoff & Brian all going so well in what’s normally the difficult Red lane…maybe there’s something in this slow motor malarkey.
Ed’s Opel was blasting round Blue lane, I don’t think I’ve ever seen him drive so well before and easily won his first heat in that lane…then followed that up by really struggling in Red lane, it’s a difficult lane to find a good flow especially the couple of very tight corners.
As one of those racing a proxy car I’d say they’re easy to drive and being underpowered seem to look after the rear tyres much better, precisely what you want to see on a proxy car.
Of the other guys racing, Mike B raced a large Broadspeed Jaguar XJ12C, Nigel raced a standard SlotIt Opel Calibra and Mike H raced a standard Spirit Peugeot 406. Mike’s Jag has been seen in racing action before but a few years ago now at the old clubroom, was very difficult to get past in the tight chicane (ask Brian) - It will have a new chassis soon, a KRB-3D jobbie.
Mike H has stuck with the Peugeot 406 coupe for a while, this was for a long time THE car to race in Saloon, seemed to suffer with thru’ppeny bit front tyres but went really well in Yellow lane.
Heat #3 - Nigel racing Brian’s Opel in Blue lane, set his fastest lap, no deslots and his first heat win…was awarded the 50p trophy by Brian for this week.
Wins in heat order for Ed, Andy, Nigel, Kev, Geoff & Mike H
SPORTS
After what was a brilliant set of Saloon car races we got the quick cars out…this is usually mostly occupied by Standard class NSR Moslers but tonight saw three non-Molsers. Mike H didn’t want a Mosler like everyone else so races a Mclaren 720S and he’s set it up to go nicely…they say you can’t beat proper preparation as a spinning pinion put paid to the Mclarens full racing schedule and made way for a Gulf coloured Porsche Kremer which is a wee bit slower but finishes races.
Ed’s Jag XJR9 was hopping and grinding in practice, some car setup tweaks by the ‘Deadhead Crew’ transformed it into a smooth operator…those rear tyres are rather good, the originals that came with it years ago apparently.
Geoff & Brian racing standard NSR Moslers racing for that last tenth of a lap has become a feature this year but which one was going to end up ahead this time…Geoff marginally ahead on Red lane, Brian grabbing the best part of a lap back on Yellow lane but Geoff’s race on Blue lane was too much for Brian’s Mosler overall.
Meanwhile just behind them both was Mike B’s Mosler…lost two laps with major deslots in Blue lane so could have been so much closer.
Kev normally races the ‘Copper Rocket’ Mosler but tonight chose to race a SlotIt Audi R18…LMP’s are never the best cars to race but this one has been worked on and goes surprisingly well…especially in Blue lane as the tyres had polished, raced neck-and-neck with Andy’s Porsche 917 for a few laps before the Porsche had a deslot then never caught up again as the Audi seemed dialled in and surprisingly set the fastest lap of the night.
Nigel racing a standard NSR Mosler matched Ed’s Jaguar on single lap pace but Ed’s consistency won the day between these two.
Heat wins in heat order for Ed, Andy & Kev
What a brilliant night of racing, probably the best Saloon and Sports night we’ve had at Riverside. So are slower motors the way forwards…I’m not going to say no, in fact one or two cars will be revisited!
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Next week is Italian cars night
The AGM is slowly but surely creeping up on us (end of October) if you have any proposals, take note of them because I’ll be asking for them to be included in the agenda in a week or so’s time.
The race calendar for 2024 will be discussed in the weeks after the AGM as we have plenty of time to tweak it if necessary.
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