2nd-Apr-23, 08:01 PM
Race reports - 30th March - Grand Prix & Pre-wing F1 plus Classic F1 & F1
Grand Prix & Pre-wing F1
A mix of Modified and Open class cars, all of which seen driven carefully because they’re easily deslotted.
Geoff started the evening racing a Talbot but it kept slowing badly on a certain part of the track, after testing with another controller to confirm the controller wasn’t the problem was lent a Brabham by Chris…which lasted a while until the rear axle bearings parted company with the chassis…so finished this class with a third car, one of Kev’s Merc W165’s.
Brian, Chris, Mike & Kev had fairly uneventful races racing favoured cars in this class whilst Ed raced a borrowed Alfa Bimotore from Andy whilst he was in Dublin enjoying a pint of Guinness.
Race wins for Chris, Kev & Geoff
Classic F1 & F1
No Classics tonight although a couple were seen in practice beforehand.
NSR F1’s again the most popular with Mike racing a standard Allslot, a car he hadn’t raced for ages because he couldn’t find the chassis for it, something made him check the bodyshell, lo and behold the chassis was hiding underneath the bodyshell all along…anyway it goes great, the Flat6 motor running out of steam at the end of the straight but brilliant round the bends.
Heat #3 was a great race, Brian vs Mike…but who crossed the line first!...Brian with 35.12 laps, Mike with 35.11 laps, only a tenth of a second apart.
It turns out Brian backed off because he thought he only had to beat Mike by one lap to finish 2nd overall behind Kev…a dangerous game to play which meant he actually finished behind Geoff & Chris too.
Chris vs Geoff was good, Geoff got a lap on Chris in Heat #2 but Chris got the lap back in Heat #4 so it was all down to Heat #6. Geoff (Yellow) and Chris (Blue) lapping at very similar pace, both had a deslot but in the end Geoff finished a few seconds ahead in the heat and in the overall results.
Kev managed mainly clean races with a couple of deslots to finish comfortably ahead in the end.
Ed still learning the foibles of Red lane and the two corners that catch him out but went well in Yellow lane.
Race wins for Mike, Kev & Brian
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Next week is Small Sports/Saloons plus Group 5’s
Grand Prix & Pre-wing F1
A mix of Modified and Open class cars, all of which seen driven carefully because they’re easily deslotted.
Geoff started the evening racing a Talbot but it kept slowing badly on a certain part of the track, after testing with another controller to confirm the controller wasn’t the problem was lent a Brabham by Chris…which lasted a while until the rear axle bearings parted company with the chassis…so finished this class with a third car, one of Kev’s Merc W165’s.
Brian, Chris, Mike & Kev had fairly uneventful races racing favoured cars in this class whilst Ed raced a borrowed Alfa Bimotore from Andy whilst he was in Dublin enjoying a pint of Guinness.
Race wins for Chris, Kev & Geoff
Classic F1 & F1
No Classics tonight although a couple were seen in practice beforehand.
NSR F1’s again the most popular with Mike racing a standard Allslot, a car he hadn’t raced for ages because he couldn’t find the chassis for it, something made him check the bodyshell, lo and behold the chassis was hiding underneath the bodyshell all along…anyway it goes great, the Flat6 motor running out of steam at the end of the straight but brilliant round the bends.
Heat #3 was a great race, Brian vs Mike…but who crossed the line first!...Brian with 35.12 laps, Mike with 35.11 laps, only a tenth of a second apart.
It turns out Brian backed off because he thought he only had to beat Mike by one lap to finish 2nd overall behind Kev…a dangerous game to play which meant he actually finished behind Geoff & Chris too.
Chris vs Geoff was good, Geoff got a lap on Chris in Heat #2 but Chris got the lap back in Heat #4 so it was all down to Heat #6. Geoff (Yellow) and Chris (Blue) lapping at very similar pace, both had a deslot but in the end Geoff finished a few seconds ahead in the heat and in the overall results.
Kev managed mainly clean races with a couple of deslots to finish comfortably ahead in the end.
Ed still learning the foibles of Red lane and the two corners that catch him out but went well in Yellow lane.
Race wins for Mike, Kev & Brian
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Next week is Small Sports/Saloons plus Group 5’s
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