We had another cracking evening of slot rally action at the Barn. Nineteen drivers tackled the four stages with 44 cars...
The start ramp was back - any most people grabbed a photo opportunity at some point during the evening. There were quite a few new rally cars on show, with only newcomers Samuel and James using the club cars. Ten people had a full complement of three cars - one each for the three classes - five drivers had two cars and the remaining four had just the one...
As usual, the drivers were split into four groups, who circulated around the stages. We had new, bigger timing cards for this rally and they were held together on a group clipboard. Two of the stages saw significant modifications for this event...
Ryan and Andy enjoyed building Titnore Lane, adding some authentic-ish elevations and adverse camber to make the switchbacks suitably fiendish. Economical use of tables elsewhere also meant the stage was nice and long.
The Classic track on Friston Forest certainly caused Jeremy headaches, but the stage was ready to run by 7pm. Although smaller than on debut in July, it was still a stern challenge to drive and particularly for cars without the necessary Classic track preparation. Otherwise, both the Ford Ice Rink and Jupp's Farm were as they were in July - the timing bridge on the ice rink having solved the issues we had back in May...
The Ninco off-road track section on Jupp's Farm remain a car-shaking trial...
The groups circulated with few problems and minimal hold-ups, meaning data was being input and analysed at WHO Slot Rally HQ by 9pm and churning out these overall results...
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Congratulations to Mike on taking the top two places, with Andy third, just a couple of seconds behind. Ollie finished top junior by over half a minute!
We took loads of podium pictures - those will appear soon alongside the corresponding class results.
A very big thank you to everyone who came along last night. Special thanks goes to the set-up crew of Ash, Jeremy, Ryan, Phil, Terry, Mike and Andy - plus everyone who stayed behind to pack away.