[Kevan]

Laptrax phone stand...the i-Stand

   

[Graham]

 Good afternoon,

on a day of "Crowning the King" the overall results are beginning to look like we also have a "king proxy slotracer" to crown very soon, or will there be a change on the last two Rounds at the last minute.......... The latest results have been uploaded onto the database.

However many thanks to Kevin for another varied mixture of Rally Stages, I though perhaps this Round had been the most diverse of all of them, but the stats seem to point towards this Round being more so in favour of the less powerful Event 4 cars.
   

Pitlane Review (Rounds 1-8)
In general the 15th Stage seemed to be a fast sprint run for the faster cars, but being a "Tarmac stage" was limited on run time. The 16th Stage was the last of the home track based Rally stages which again tripped up the cars with the deeper guides, and seemed to favour the more standard models.

Monte Carlo (Event 1)
  1st Place                   2nd Place                3rd Place 
ManxAndy                  ManxKev                 RoadRunners
Jaguar XK120            Jaguar XK120            Jaguar XK120
Although there was a hint of hesitation by the leading Jaguar of ManxAndy, the trio of Jags seem to have established a pecking order of sorts.

Rally B Cars (Event 2)
  1st Place               2nd Place                 3rd Place
Bangers Racing       Green Star Racing       Harrisons Racers
Metro 6R4               De Tomaso                Lancia 037
Again the Metro 6R4 of Bangers Racing did not look so happy on this Round, but still has a substantial lead, ahead of Green Star Racings De Tomaso and the Lancia 037 of Harrisons Racers who are within a cats whisker of each other. Kevin managed to get the Audi Quattro of Ruscillo Racing running again, although sadly not quick enough it seems to cause the others in this group any concern.

Rally Legends (Event 3)
1st Place                2nd Place                3rd Place
RoadRunners           Savage GT             BARacer
Fiat 131 Abarth        Porsche 914/6        Triumph TR7
I keep on having to pinch myself every time the RoadRunners Fiat 131 gets onto the Podium, and it's still the fastest running car overall after all these stages   
However the Porsche 914/6  of Savage GT is still not so far behind, (or not far enough) bearing in mind that the last two Rounds I think should favour the Porsche.
Similarly the TR7 of BARacer has done really well to date holding off the other Porsche's for 3rd position.....but will it last

WRC Modern (Event 4)
1st Place                  2nd Place                   3rd Place
Ruscillo Racing          Bangers Racing          Woodcote Racing
Citroen C4                Citroen Saxo                Subaru
Another close race between the top 3 cars, the Saxo of Bangers Racing slipped a little on this Round, but back on the wood tracks can be expected to be much faster again. Woodcote's Subaru had another great run on this Round and may also be in the final mix for the top position.

Class A (Standard RTR cars)
1st Place                  2nd Place                  3rd Place 
Scott Sports             Harrisons Racers        Team Alaric
Renault Clio               Lancia 037                Subaru
Scott Sports Renault Clio still looking comfortably ahead of the rest of the class cars, but 2nd and 3rd place cars could close the gap on the remaining Rounds.

Class B (Modified & Scratch builds)
1st Place                    2nd Place                3rd Place
RoadRunners             Ruscillo Racing          Bangers Racing
Fiat 131 Abarth            Citroen C4              Citroen Saxo
Very closely contested Class, the RoadRunners Fiat will do well to keep ahead on the closing Rounds.

Class C (ProCars)
1st Place                  2nd Place                 3rd Place 
Savage GT              Green Star Racing         ManxAndy
Porsche 914/6            De Tomaso            Jaguar XK120
The BMW M1 of Savage GT looks comfortably ahead of the others in this class.

Team Award
1st Place - Bangers Racing
2nd Place - Savage GT
3rd Place - RoadRunners & Harrisons Racers
Both Bangers Racing and Savage GT lost some ground with both their cars on this last Round, with RoadRunners and Harrison Racers closing the gap.

Well hopefully we will see the cars next running up in the North East on the 15th May with our hosts from the NERCS club, although they will be using the tracks provided by the Tyne & Wear Club just up the Road where we will see a really great wood based Rally track and and a wood "Tarmac stage " wood track.

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[Graham]

 Good morning,

The cars arrived safely and on time, so the penultimate Round 9 will be taking place on Monday night at the  Tyneside Slot club who have generously offered their facilities to the NERCS club members to use of their tracks below.
                

So good luck for Monday, there is still much to be settled in the running order.
As the guys will have their work cut out to complete both stages on the one evening, the results will be posted most likely on the Tuesday.

[Makem]

Plan is for two Events to run simultaneously, one on the 'Tarmac' and one on the rally track, then swap over.

Hopefully should be done in about 2 and a half hours, we plan to kick off at 5.30pm

Your erstwhile FB page Admin, Mike Scott has been tasked with photography and update duties.

Plenty helpers, they have a track call system and sufficient marshalls so 'offs' won't be drastic.
Tyneside members will be doing the driving, so when the Land Crab wins you won't think I have fiddled the results.

Our own track is in storage as our Parent Club wanted the room for their Open Day.

Regards

Gerry

[Kevan]

Cool looking Rally stage 

[Makem]

It is a Dave Wisdom masterpiece.

Although he rarely goes these days, Dave is a member at Tyneside.

Gerry

[Graham]

Plan is for two Events to run simultaneously, one on the 'Tarmac' and one on the rally track, then swap over.

Hopefully should be done in about 2 and a half hours, we plan to kick off at 5.30pm

Your erstwhile FB page Admin, Mike Scott has been tasked with photography and update duties.

Plenty helpers, they have a track call system and sufficient marshalls so 'offs' won't be drastic.
Tyneside members will be doing the driving, so when the Land Crab wins you won't think I have fiddled the results.

Our own track is in storage as our Parent Club wanted the room for their Open Day.

Regards

Gerry

"If the Land Crab wins !!" I will be lost for words................
And it would scupper your plan to come in last  

[Mike174]

Here are the podiums for last night. Gerry is still working out the other positions!

[Graham]

 Good Morning,

After an evening of hard racing by our NERCS hosts and Tyneside Club members we have the complete Event Results for Round 9  

                                  

[Graham]

Ok so I have uploaded all the Round 9 results above and will now set about updating the overall results.

As usual I will do my Pitlane Review once I have had a good look over the results.