[Nonfractal]

What a great day's racing. Thanks Andy.

Megane :
-Sub 70 despite an off. Lifting the motor in readiness for the dyke tomorrow was always going be playing dangerously into roll&tip DeSlot territory. 
Here's hoping that the compromise pays off on the rollercoaster descents down from the dyke in the morning.

Capri :
-A bit short on top end but No DeSlots ! The sprung  guide seems to be driveable which will be very  useful tomorrow I think.

Aventador:
... speechless! Go girl Go! keep this up and there 's a hydrographic  paint job in it for ya!.

[AdeC]

Thanks for some super hosting of round 1. Be intrigued to find out what went so wrong with my TR4

[Scuderia_Turini]

Hmm... that all worked fine testing during the week, both offline and online. Race Coordinator keeps crashing, so I’ll see what I can do.

Was going to ask you to share the Race Coordinator RC.DB file,  but maybe not!

Leo

[BAracer]

I'm "All In" on Class B. Hoping the Bentley shows some versatility around all the different tracks.

Bentley probably too chunky for Class A, and I always knew the Mini was a Work in Progress, so might withdraw from Class C after Brighton to avoid further damage!

[Mike174]

From our ‘squads’ cars I think I need to invest in a test track. Some poor results from our cars.
Thanks for the stage though. Was great to watch though.

[OXO cube]

surprised with the both fords...
the missing mirror obviously held the Nissan back
come on team cube !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[woodcote]

Apart from those cars on (or near) the podiums, I'd say these four were my favourite drives of the afternoon...

       

       

In other words, I can definitely see one or more being added to my wishlist

Ade and Jeremy... what can I say? Those little cars need plenty of weight down low. Your other cars were great - and you've both admitted the TR4 and Mini are works in progress. Both look lovely. The Mini could definitely do with a motor replacement - less revs, less torque. The TR4 chassis (or maybe the screws?) was dragging at times, which didn't help - but the main issue was the car tipped too easily. With some work, they are both going to be a lot of fun to drive.

Leo - The Race Coordinator data file was all part of Plan A... In the end Plan D (or was it E?) was alright, but missing a lot of the details I'd planned for. Thankfully I had a tried-and-tested lap timing alternative at hand.

Now it's time to start building the hill. It's going to be a long night...

If you're not acquainted with the Devil's Dyke Hillclimb, there's a scene-by-scene introduction over a few posts on this thread.

[Mike174]

After today, some of our cars are not looking forward to the hill!

[AdeC]

I did think the top heaviness of the TR4 may be an issue. Was fine until the interior went in and added a significant weight to what was a previously a very light shell. Plus it’s only ever driven on smooth Scalextric sport track. Think the grippyness of the ninco surface was its downfall

[Graham]

 Hi Guys,

Here are the official results of todays Stage1 round

   

   

   

Having my own technical difficulties tonight, but hopefully they are all there now

I will add on the PDF files of the results which maybe better

But yes it certainly was a day full of surprises, personally very pleased my Mercedes Benz 300SL did so well for it's class, I can just imagine Sir Stirling Moss with a smirk on his face, keeping up with those Ford GT40's, if only...

See you all tomorrow