[Graham]

just had chance to watch the video's of round 1 
well done Ade and all at Viking 
noticed in the Event 2 vid , someone had written BARacer on my Capri's chassis and was announced as Jeremy's   ?
the score sheet has it correctly noted and scored as my car 
but to avoid any future confusion , the SRC Capri is mine ' team cube ' ., with the wire wheels 
just an FYI for the hosts 
Kev

Well it is my new penalty system, those who don’t label the cars at all, get different entrants names so the points go to their rivals 

[Graham]

 Good Morning
Pitlane Review (Round1)
Kinara Trophy
1st Place - Brumos RSR- Porsche 904 (20pts)
2nd Place - ModSports -Corvette Stingray (15pts)
3rd Place - RoadRunners - Ferrari 250GTO (11pts)
From the qualifying round it was clear that these 3 cars were going to be the leading contenders, but there is a long way to go.

Gerry Marshall Trophy
1st Place - LeManx -Jaguar XJ12C (20pts)
2nd Place - Brumos RSR - Camaro (15pts)
3rd Place - Bangers Racing - Rover SD1 (11pts)
Similarly I had put my money on a battle between the Camaro and the Jaguar in this event, they just both seem to have the brute force to win through. The Rover faired better for grip than it did on my Carrera track., and the Camaro Z28 of Batmanx again demonstrating that a well prepared standard chassis car can compete at the top, so well done to Ed. Sadly ALS Camaro seemed to develop running issues on the 2nd of the two runs with the crown gear coming loose, this probably robbed them of a potential 3rd or 4th Place. 

Whitsun Trophy
1st Place - RoadRunners - Ferrari 330P Spyder (20pts)
2nd Place - LeManx - Ford GT40 (15pts)
3rd Place - Sam D - Chaparral 2E (11pts)
This will be an interesting Event, did not quite think the RoadRunners Ferrari had enough in it to be on top, so very pleased to take the first round win. Modsports Ford MKIV not running as well as I had expected, so would have lost my money on that.

General comments
Is was another well run round by our hosts Viking Slot Car Club, with a great set of videos giving us a insight to how the cars performed on their track. Many thanks to AdeC and the other participating Club Members.

The 2nd Round will be East Lancs Slot Car Club ( Policar track) next Sunday.
I had not originally planned on having the two Policar Club Rounds running directly after each other, but circumstances changed so it has just turned out that way. I will be there assisting with the running of the Round and recording some videos I hope.
It will be interesting to see how the cars run at this new venue.

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[Graham]

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[Graham]

 Good Evening

Had a great time with the East Lancs Slot club this weekend, Saturday I was racing in the National Policar Championship and then today we were running the proxy cars.
What a great bunch of club members.

As we had 4 drivers available we were able to run on all 4 lanes, in race sprint fashion. Each lane was run for 90 secs

Here is the Results
Kinrara (Event 1)
          

Gerry Marshall Touring Cars (Event 2)
          

Whitsun Trophy (Event 3)
           

[Kevan]

A couple of interesting 3-way battles brewing...
Ford vs Ferrari in the Whitsun is looking like more of a 4, or 5...or even 6-way battle

[Graham]

 Good Morning

The SCOREBOARD has been updated

[Graham]

Pitlane Review
General Comments
My initial expectation was that since this was another Policar track, then probably we would see a similar pattern of positioning of the cars in each event. However that assumption was soon to be dispelled as the track layout is quite different from the Viking layout in that it is much more technical with only one full length speed straight. It has quite severe bends and flyover inclinations and at least one decline with a negative camber on the exit of a bend which all makes this quite a challenging track.
Being a "Sprint race" on all 4 lanes, there were some collisions adding to the drama although we did use "track calls" as much as we could to minimise the any disadvantage caused to the victims of such incidents due to the low level of marshalling.

There was some particularly unexpected results (comparing to the seeding positions) but we could not see any obvious mechanical issues with the cars that were run throughout the Round. Perhaps one exception might be the Ferrari 250GTO of BAracer which still seems to have a underlying electrical contact issue. It maybe worth taking a look inside of this car to see if there is a loose wire ?

I covered the Round with video footage which I hope to get sorted in the next couple of days.

I have compiled a list of "Fastest Laps" for Rounds 2 below

   

So that makes me think that some cars suffered basic stability problems (de-slots) on this track more than we would have expected.

Overall Championship Results

Kinrara (Event 1)
Joint 1st Place - ModSports Corvette & Brumos Porsche 904 (35pts)
3rd Place - RoadRunners Ferrari 250 GTO (22pts)
Generally with this event the top 3 cars seem to be able to clearly have the pace over the rest of the field, but they are all fairly well matched.
The Ferrari 250GTO of BAracer seems to have its own difficulties, we did try to improve the traction of the tyres by cleaning them with Lighter fluid at the start of this Round but unfortunately it gave no improvement and the car was always on the limit for the drivers, difficulties in control with flickering lights made us think there is something needing attention inside.

Gerry Marshall Trophy
1st Place - LeManx Jaguar XJ12C (40pts)
2nd Place - Bangers Racing Rover SD1 (26pts)
3rd Place Brumos RSR Camaro (20pts)
Very surprised that Brumos RSR Camaro found this track so challenging, but as it had the 2nd fastest lap of the Event it just seemed more prone to de-slotting. Bangers Racing run well although it did look still a little loose at the back. Batmanx Camaro seemed very fast in places but struggled on the many bends. A great result for Paul C Alfa Romeo GTV, this car loved the bends.

Whitsun Trophy
1st Place - RoadRunners Ferrari 330 Spyder (40pts)
Joint 2nd Place - ModSports Ford MKIV & LeManx Ford GT0 (23pts)
Although not the fastest the Roadrunners Ferrari 330 Spyder ran well on this track again, although sometimes it had me biting my nails as it seemed on the edge of falling off. ModSports Ford MKIV ran well also, and Ruscillo Racing Ford GT40 was the surprise of the day ending up 3rd on the Round. LeManx Ford GT40 on the otherhand should have done better but suffered a similar fate as Brumos RSR Camaro, just did not seem to want to stay on in spite of it having the 2nd fastest lap of the Event. 

The next Round 3 will be held at the Wirral Slot Car Club (routed wood track) on Friday this week.

[BAracer]

Sorry about the GTO. It might be the cable connections into the guide, although I thought I had glued then in place. 

Time to get the 250 LM running next time!

[Graham]

Sorry about the GTO. It might be the cable connections into the guide, although I thought I had glued then in place. 

Time to get the 250 LM running next time!

To be honest I wonder if the "glue" is causing the issue, I have not heard of this practise before, maybe others do it ?
But my experience is that mostly the wires are just physically held in place within the eyelet or some people do solder the wires into the eyelet, but even this often causes the wires to become too brittle and break off.

[ALS]

Congratulations to all Podium winners . Thankyou to the driver Crew and Host.