Last night's event ran as a fun session
Posted: Fri Mar 23, 2018 10:17 am
Due to a driver turnout of just three (Steve, Ramesh and I), last night's event was run as a fun session. We got to see how the cars we prepared ran and decided to have some fun races amongst the three of us, driving different cars. In fact there was a turnaround of sorts because Ramesh, who usually has prepped cars to lend others, actually drove two of mine! We had a chance to use the new car ID programmer and it worked perfectly, allowing setting of car IDs without interruption of cars running on track.
It was all done very informally and we didn't take things seriously, not even recording results. We also didn't scrutineer the cars or qualify. We just had a little fun. Here are three grid pics:
We started with American Pony Car. Steve drove his Javelin, I'm on row two with my Challenger and Ramesh chose to start at the back with his Camaro. That's three different manufacturers - AMC, Dodge and Chevrolet:
Ramesh's yellow and black Capri (now complete with numbers, roundels and "Bhola's" advertising on the windscreen) sits ahead of my Capri and Steve's Escort Mk II, an all Ford Historic Saloon grid. You can catch a glimpse of the ID programmer on the controller area to the right of Steve's Escort:
In Vintage Sports, Ramesh is in front in my Cobra Daytona, I'm next with my Cobra roadster, followed by Steve's Cheetah:
We also had another Historic Saloon race where Ramesh drove my Alan Mann Escort, I drove my tiny BMC Mini and Steve drove his Aussie Ford Falcon, but I forgot to get a grid picture. In between, we had a few beers and chatted motor racing, both slot and real varieties. We finished early and packed up around 11:30 PM.
It was all done very informally and we didn't take things seriously, not even recording results. We also didn't scrutineer the cars or qualify. We just had a little fun. Here are three grid pics:
We started with American Pony Car. Steve drove his Javelin, I'm on row two with my Challenger and Ramesh chose to start at the back with his Camaro. That's three different manufacturers - AMC, Dodge and Chevrolet:
Ramesh's yellow and black Capri (now complete with numbers, roundels and "Bhola's" advertising on the windscreen) sits ahead of my Capri and Steve's Escort Mk II, an all Ford Historic Saloon grid. You can catch a glimpse of the ID programmer on the controller area to the right of Steve's Escort:
In Vintage Sports, Ramesh is in front in my Cobra Daytona, I'm next with my Cobra roadster, followed by Steve's Cheetah:
We also had another Historic Saloon race where Ramesh drove my Alan Mann Escort, I drove my tiny BMC Mini and Steve drove his Aussie Ford Falcon, but I forgot to get a grid picture. In between, we had a few beers and chatted motor racing, both slot and real varieties. We finished early and packed up around 11:30 PM.
