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MSCC 2023 Race results & reports etc.
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GP/PW races




F1 races


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Race reports - 16th November - Small Sports/Saloons followed by Group 5

It was good to see Geoff back for the first time in a few weeks, his BMW Gr5 was always quick…would the rest have done it good?

Small Sports/Saloons

   

Two Modified Class cars, Kev’s Chaparral and Mike B’s Moggy Racer.

Three Open Class cars, Andy’s Mercedes 300SLR, Brian’s Ferrari 365P2, Geoff’s Jag XK120 and Ed’s Metro 6R4

No really close races tonight, the closest race was Heat #5 as Andy’s Merc and Kev’s Chaparral finished 5 seconds apart.

For years we’ve only seen a couple of cars in this class go faster than 7 seconds round the track, these days it’s a regular occurrence, tonight there were four cars, Andy’s Merc and Kev’s Chaparral joined by Geoff’s Jag XK120 and Brian’s Ferrari 365P2.

It’s always a pleasure to watch Mike B’s Moggy Racer in action, it’s a great looking car!

Ed’s Metro 6R4 may well be retiring from this class as a nice green Jaguar XK120 was seen in the pits and a set of glued & trued tyres on wire wheels will be on their way back to Ed on Thurs night.

Heat wins in heat order for Andy, Brian & Kev

   



Group 5

   

Drivers were swapped around for Group 5 racing, Geoff, Andy & Mike B raced together whilst Brian, Kev & Ed raced together.

Andy raced a Standard Ford Capri…or is that Modified Class…and was pushed during all three races by Geoff’s best in Standard Class BMW 320i.  Mike’s Capri was just on the coat tails of these two for the first two races but lost out a little when racing in Red lane during their final race.

Brian just couldn’t race his Capri so opted for his new Standard Class BMW 320i and gave Kev’s off the pace BMW M1 three good runs for his money.
Ed’s Porsche was closest in Heat #6 in Yellow lane but couldn’t keep up with the two Beemers.

Heat wins in heat order for Andy, Kev & Geoff

   



Another new appearance from Ed was his Mac Pinches Truspeed thumbie controller, initially feeling intermittent and so not used during racing was found to have a pcb worn through by the wiper contact…a tweak with a pair of needle nose pliers by Kev and Ed was happily driving round for at least 50 laps after racing was over and didn’t deslot once.

Two race videos...but no sound as the mic was muted by accident

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Next week is Slot Rally

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Race reports - 30th November - Saloons followed by Sports
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The track was painted last Saturday, tested on Sunday and tonight was the first time we’d use it proper.
Hundreds of test laps before racing started showed tyre problems should be a bad memory as we saw at least 6 different rubber compounds in action and with no tyre treatment applied the cars seemed to be flying round.
Talking of tyre treatment, I do like to get tyres ready before racing but didn’t feel they needed anywhere near the same amount…even if at all in fact.  I did put one lot on the Mosler but that was all, on the unpainted track I would have treated the tyres 4 times before racing.
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SALOONS

   

Three Standard Class, three Open Class and one Modified Class
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Brian brought his Peugeot 406 out of a long retirement and loved racing it, I think we’ll be seeing more of this car.
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Mike’s huge Mk7 Jag used to be seen drifting round every corner but not tonight! A bit loose on the sharper left handers but not sliding like we’re used to seeing and setting faster lap times than last time out in the Monsters vs Mini night.
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Ed’s Merc and Gav’s Opel had to deal with some hooligan in a Scooby…with it being 4WD the rear end doesn’t slide out as you’d expect so he drives it differently to suit - it goes well Geoff.
But talk about a close finish, Ed & Gav were separated by a mere 0.046 of a second after 9 minutes racing…in Ed’s favour, just wait until he gets his Mac Pinches thumbie back. 
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Chris was racing the Honda Civic again, it must go through some tyres that car, it certainly gets the miles put in not only on BallaYorkley but Rally too.
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Kev’s black Camaro has always had tyre problems towards the end of races…but tonight had wheel problems towards the end of the race, finishing the last 3 laps of Heat #4 on 3 wheels…but the tyres looked in great condition on this new track surface.
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Heat wins in heat order for Geoff, Kev & Brian

   


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SPORTS

   
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Brian was bringing them out tonight, retired cars, this time it was the Racer Riley, it’s a nice enough runner but I think his driving has moved on since he last raced it, looking like it needs a Shark 25 instead of that Shark 22.
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Geoff’s gold painted Lola…NO, it’s gold leaf, not gold paint, GOLD LEAF!...getting a run out before next weeks Le Manx (although it may be overlooked for a Revoslot Toyota LMP), looks a little in need of rear tyre change.
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Chris raced a Revo tonight, a beautiful Merc CLK GTR, it looks huge but side by side with Ed’s Ninco CLK GTR there’s little to no difference, but Ed’s Merc was rested for a Jag XJR9 which was also getting a run out for next weeks Le Manx.  Chris’s Merc needs track time to get those tyres up to speed, Revo tyres like a lot of road miles before getting the best out of them.
…check out the face pulling on the video!
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Gav was racing a rapid Ferrari F40, Andy’s chassis, NSR Shark 30…he caught other cars up for fun…on the straights…but could he stay in front once passed?...not tonight as he finished behind Ed’s Jag.
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Two NSR Moslers, Kev’s copper rocket (although it’s gold paint NOT gold leaf…gold paint) has been quick for a couple of years, it’s only raced a few times this year, replaced by two other cars but loved this new grippy track, going even faster than before.
Mike B’s Mosler - ‘these tyres have had it, must be 4 years old’ - come on Mike, there’s a year left in them yet, no holes yet but 2nd overall and setting 2nd fastest times in Red and Yellow lanes.
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Close races…Heat #5, Chris & Ed, with the Jag finishing 1.3 seconds ahead of the Merc
…and Heat #6, Mike B, Geoff & Brian, all crossing the line less than 4 seconds apart, Geoff’s gold (LEAF) Lola winning by 1.3 seconds ahead of Mike B’s Mosler on ‘not’ knackered tyres.

Heat wins in heat order for Chris, Kev, Ed & Geoff

   




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Next week is Le Manx - Classic (pre-1975) followed by GroupC/LMP

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