Our Historic Saloon, American Pony Car and Vintage Sports '60-'75 classes take us back to the 1960s and early 1970s to replicate one of the greatest eras of racing. Six drivers participated in all nine races over the three classes.
For the first time, digital newcomer Richard brought along his own car, a new Matra MS 670B which he had prepared for the VS6075 prototype category. Unfortunately, although the car ran in practice, the optical sensor was giving some probems so he could not race it. Strangely enough, Steve had the identical problem with another first-time car at FRC, a Porsche 914 prepared for the VS6075 GT category, so he fell back to his trusty Cheetah for the races. O'Brie drove his neat front-motor Corvette L88 in the same class for its racing debut at FRC.
As is most often the case, the fastest cars came from the Team Bhola stable, two of them taking pole spots, one giving Richard his first ever FRC pole. The races though were virtually totally dominated by Team Bhola, the south boys racking up some impressive results.
Results
Historic Saloon starting grid. My Capri on pole followed by Arden driving one of Ramesh's Capris, Ramesh's Capri, Steve's Falcon, O'Brie's Capri and Richard driving another of Ramesh's Capris:
Historic Saloon racing action on track. Steve's Falcon leads the bunch, followed by a Team Bhola Capri, O'Brie's Capri, a second Team Bhola Capri, my Capri and Richard with Ramesh's silver Capri:
American Pony Car starting grid. Richard on pole driving a Team Bhola Camaro, Arden's Camaro, Ramesh's Camaro, Steve's Mustang Notchback, my Mustang Notchback and O'Brie driving my Challenger. Three manufacturers on the grid - Chevy, Ford and Dodge:
Extremely close Pony Car racing action between Steve's White Mustang, Ramesh's Orange Camaro, O'Brie with my green Challenger and my blue Mustang:
Vintage Sports '60-'75 starting grid. Ramesh's Alfa 33/3 on pole followed by Arden driving Ramesh's McLaren M8D, my Cobra Daytona, Steve's Cheetah, O'Brie's Corvette L88 and Richard driving O'Brie's Ford GT Mk IV:
O'Brie's Corvette L88 ends up on top oh his Ford GT Mk IV driven by Richard:
(How this is computed: https://www.frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners!
Next event's classes: Class grouping B - Rally Car (RC), Slot.It Challenge (SC), Formula 1 (F1) (3 races/stages).
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