21st-Sep-24, 11:36 PM
Race results and report - 19th September 2024 - Club BMW 320i Group 5 followed by F1
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“It’ll be a quick night compared to last week's lads”...and so it came to be.
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Club BMW 320i Group 5
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Raced for the first time since the cars had a service and the rear tyres re-trued and paired into matching diameter on each car.
All three cars ran really nicely with a couple of close heats…but nowhere near as close as the final result.
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Heat #1 got us off to a high standard of racing and set the tone for the evening, Kev in Red lane, Andy in Blue lane, both cars circulating less than one second apart for the first 18 laps until Andy slowly pulled away and winning by just over 2 seconds.
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Heat #4 was the other close race with Andy in Yellow lane and Brian in Blue lane, both drivers managing to get round in the 6.2 second bracket, Andy slowly pulling away in his favourite lane with Brian finishing half a lap down at the end and both drivers getting their best lane results in this heat.
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Ed struggled in the Red lane, fared a little better in Blue lane but was flying round in the Yellow lane…that car was marginally better than the other two and the easiest to drive.
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Kev’s best run was in Heat #5 in Blue lane against Brian in Red lane, the car felt a bit twitchy during direction changes but must have been OK as it managed the fastest laps.
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As for the final result, it was close…very close…just less than 0.1 of a lap which is about 7 feet distance or half a second between Kev & Andy.
Brian finished 3.6 laps behind Andy with Ed 7.7 laps behind Brian.
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F1
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Now for the fast guys…Standard Class full of NSR F1’s with Kev racing his Modified Class SCX Minardi again after enjoying the challenge last time.
A few weeks of new tyres festering after oil treatment and the Minardi was lapping as quick as Andy’s NSR…but not quite as stable on the tight Red lane as it hasn’t got a pod.
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The NSR’s may be the same under the bodyshell apart from rear tyres but there’s a wide range in performance, Andy’s car has gone well since the first few weeks he got it, 5.6 in practice laid down the gauntlet for Brian & Ed.
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Ed’s NSR F1 had intermittent power issues so before his third heat the front axle was raised to get the guide and braid as low as possible which sorted the problem and he had a good final race getting a couple of extra laps…in Red lane too!
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Brian’s NSR F1 did seem more competitive this week, a 6.1 second hot lap is pretty quick but couldn’t get near Andy’s car…the only car to get close was Kev’s Minardi in the final heat, Andy in his favourite Yellow lane and Kev in the tight Red lane which he expected to cause the car problems which it did two or three times. This turned out to be the closest F1 race of the night which Andy comfortably won by two laps.
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So yet another really good nights racing drew to a close with this late summer warm spell stretching into the weekend.
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The video hasn’t covered the last two races of the night, it plays on the computer but has a glitch just after F1 Heat #4 which Youtube doesn’t like and cuts off the end of the video at this point…don’t let that spoil your enjoyment of the nights racing if you intend watching the races. There’s over 200 videos on the channel now.
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Next week is Group 5’s followed by NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #8…with only two more ‘Club Challenges’ left after this one…all still to play for regarding both the ‘Club Challenge’ Championship and the Unofficial ‘Club Challenge’ Non-Championship.
.
“It’ll be a quick night compared to last week's lads”...and so it came to be.
.
Club BMW 320i Group 5
.
Raced for the first time since the cars had a service and the rear tyres re-trued and paired into matching diameter on each car.
All three cars ran really nicely with a couple of close heats…but nowhere near as close as the final result.
.
Heat #1 got us off to a high standard of racing and set the tone for the evening, Kev in Red lane, Andy in Blue lane, both cars circulating less than one second apart for the first 18 laps until Andy slowly pulled away and winning by just over 2 seconds.
.
Heat #4 was the other close race with Andy in Yellow lane and Brian in Blue lane, both drivers managing to get round in the 6.2 second bracket, Andy slowly pulling away in his favourite lane with Brian finishing half a lap down at the end and both drivers getting their best lane results in this heat.
.
Ed struggled in the Red lane, fared a little better in Blue lane but was flying round in the Yellow lane…that car was marginally better than the other two and the easiest to drive.
.
Kev’s best run was in Heat #5 in Blue lane against Brian in Red lane, the car felt a bit twitchy during direction changes but must have been OK as it managed the fastest laps.
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As for the final result, it was close…very close…just less than 0.1 of a lap which is about 7 feet distance or half a second between Kev & Andy.
Brian finished 3.6 laps behind Andy with Ed 7.7 laps behind Brian.
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F1
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Now for the fast guys…Standard Class full of NSR F1’s with Kev racing his Modified Class SCX Minardi again after enjoying the challenge last time.
A few weeks of new tyres festering after oil treatment and the Minardi was lapping as quick as Andy’s NSR…but not quite as stable on the tight Red lane as it hasn’t got a pod.
.
The NSR’s may be the same under the bodyshell apart from rear tyres but there’s a wide range in performance, Andy’s car has gone well since the first few weeks he got it, 5.6 in practice laid down the gauntlet for Brian & Ed.
.
Ed’s NSR F1 had intermittent power issues so before his third heat the front axle was raised to get the guide and braid as low as possible which sorted the problem and he had a good final race getting a couple of extra laps…in Red lane too!
.
Brian’s NSR F1 did seem more competitive this week, a 6.1 second hot lap is pretty quick but couldn’t get near Andy’s car…the only car to get close was Kev’s Minardi in the final heat, Andy in his favourite Yellow lane and Kev in the tight Red lane which he expected to cause the car problems which it did two or three times. This turned out to be the closest F1 race of the night which Andy comfortably won by two laps.
.
So yet another really good nights racing drew to a close with this late summer warm spell stretching into the weekend.
.
The video hasn’t covered the last two races of the night, it plays on the computer but has a glitch just after F1 Heat #4 which Youtube doesn’t like and cuts off the end of the video at this point…don’t let that spoil your enjoyment of the nights racing if you intend watching the races. There’s over 200 videos on the channel now.
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Next week is Group 5’s followed by NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #8…with only two more ‘Club Challenges’ left after this one…all still to play for regarding both the ‘Club Challenge’ Championship and the Unofficial ‘Club Challenge’ Non-Championship.
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