Our fastest race night saw six drivers and one observer in Peter attending FRC's Modified Production (MP), Restricted GT (RGT) and Restricted LMP (RLMP) races. These are our speediest classes and they once again lived up to their reputation for quick laps. There was a lot of close action on the track and some very hairy high-speed trafic which on occasion resulted in spectacular crashes. At the previous event Richard took part in the Rally stages, but this time he got a full taste of six-car digital racing amongst intense competition and he was not fazed by it at all. It looks like we have a future winner in the fray.
There were cars aplenty present. I myself had just the cars I specifically prepared for the event. Here's a pic from early in the evening with them in the paddock:
Steve had a larger selection - eight cars, here arranged by the three classes to be raced, MP, RGT and RLMP:
By far the largest number of cars present belonged to the O'Brien stable, a total of fifteen cars of several different classes which he brought along for testing:
The only ones missing which were to arrive later were Ramesh's always-quick machines for the evening. The stage was set for an exciting night of very fast racing!
Results
Modified Production starting grid. My Zakspeed Capri leapfrogged Ramesh's Alfa 156 to set a new class all-time lap record and take pole. Its followed by Ramesh's Opel Calibra, his second Calibra driven by Luke, Steve's BMW 320i, O'Brie's 320i and his Subaru Impreza driven by Richard:
Restricted GT starting grid with my Viper on pole, Ramesh's McLaren F1 GTR, Steve's Porsche 911 GT1, Ramesh's 911 GT1 driven by Luke, my Porsche 911R driven by Richard and O'Brie's 911R:
Accident involving O'Brie's 911R, Ramesh's McLaren and Richard's 911R. All six cars in the race are visible in this picture:
A second accident involving Ramesh's substituted McLaren, Richard's 911R and Steve's 911 GT1:
My Toyoya 88C leads off the Restricted LMP grid, followed by Ramesh's Mazda 787, O'Brie's Porsche 956, Ramesh's Toyota 88C driven by Richard and Steve's Lola B09/60:
O'Brie heads straight to the washroom after he and Richard make contact exiting the Carousel:
Another two-car crash results in O'Brie's Porsche being put into the inside wall while my Toyota lands up in the shrubbery:
(How this is computed: https://www.frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners!
Next event's classes: Class grouping A - Historic Saloon (HS), American Pony Car (APC), Vintage Sports '60-'75 (VS6075).
Don't forget to see the updated overall fastest times and the fastest times by driver and class for 2018 to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated fastest times for 2018.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
