We had a nice turnout of eleven drivers for our Kitbash (KB), Rally Car (RC), BTCC and Slot.It Challenge (SC) classes. Unfortunately Anthony and son Seth had to leave just before starting the official proceedings. We managed to save some time by doing minimal tech checks before starting the competition, leaving detailed checking only for the class winning cars. We ended up running the rally stages first (three stages), followed by three BTCC races and a single race each for SC and KB.
Luke B was in a class of his own in the rally, winning all three stages by a significant margin. He didn't fare as well in BTCC but picked it up again in SC. In KB, Steve surprised everyone (including himself, it appeared) when he got below the 9 sec mark by quite a bit with the inaugural running of his Mustang GT 350 in the class. Because of the number of entries in BTCC, we ran two heats based on alternating qualifying times, followed by a full-grid final of the first three finishers in each heat.
It was a full night of testing, practice and competition that was enjoyed by all.
Practice
Warren had a few moments coming to grips with his Slot.It Challenge Porsche 956 during practice:
The results
The rally competitors:
BTCC action as two Civics tangle exiting the esses:
Slot.It Challenge starting grid with Luke B's Nissan R90CK on pole, followed by Ramesh's Nissan R89C, Steve's and my similar cars, Arden driving Ramesh's Toyota 88C and O'Brie's Mazda 787:
Five of the six cars head through the esses and up the hill, lead by Luke B' R90CK:
Arden and I tangle in the Carousel as O'Brie and Ramerh approach in the background:
Team Bhola brought along three lovely Porsches for the Kitbash competition, two 911 Carreras and a 911S:
Steve's extremely quick Mustang GT 350 outqualified everyone - setting a new Kitbash lap record - and is followed by O'Brie's fast Peugeot 205, Ramesh's Porsche 911 Carrera, my Triumph TR4A, Arden in another Bhola 911 Carrera and Warren in the third Bhola Porsche, a 911S:
Ramesh's Porsche leasd as O'Brie's Peugeot crashes. In the background, Steve's Mustang is closely followed up the hill by Arden and Warren's Porsches:
Carousel action with Arden's Porsche and my Triumph tangling while Warren and Steve get on the brakes behind. Meanwhile Ramesh's Porsche goes by in the foreground clear ahead of the field:
O'Brie's Peugeot climbs the hill and gets a good view of my Triumph, Warren's Porsche and Ramesh's Porsche doing acrobatics with the guard rail:
(How this is computed: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: Class grouping C: Modified Production (MP), Restricted GT (RGT), Restricted LMP (RLMP), Formula 1 (F1).
Don't forget to see the updated overall fastest times and the fastest times by driver and class for 2019 to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated fastest times for 2019. Older stats can be found in the Archive area of the forum.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
