Five drivers brought along cars for last evening's Rally Car (RC)/Slot.It Challenge (SC)/Formula 1 (F1) event. For the first time in a while Luke arrived with self-prepared cars, in this case for RC and F1 and they ran quite well, showing great promise for the future. In addition, it was good to see Boo come by and drive my Peugeot 205 in RC. Alex was also present and Peter dropped in on his way home from some late cycling, although neither participated in the driving.
The rally times were close at the top and Steve showed up with an innovative modification to his rally Peugeot 406 in the form of a rear "guide pin" which totally eliminated any sliding! Although the car wasn't as quick as the fastest cars, it certainly can be improved to possibly be unbeatable. While not illegal the way the regs are currently written, this could be considered going down the wrong path and so will be outlawed with an amendment to the regulations before the next event. Kudos to him though for his creative thinking.
During the SC races, there were several instances where my car was sent through the pits because of an errant pit entry lane-changer, totally eliminating my chances. We eventually taped the lane changer shut to prevent this happening. Aside from this it was a very entertaining and enjoyable event.
The results
The rally competitors:
Slot.It Challenge starting grid. Four Nissan R89Cs and a Mazda 787:
Formula 1 starting grid. McLaren, McLaren, Renault, Renault, McLaren:
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: Class grouping C: Modified Production (MP), Restricted GT (RGT), Restricted LMP (RLMP).
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
