After almost cancelling the event, a response from Ramesh that he and the south boys could attend gave the go-ahead and it turned out to be a really busy, action-filled night of racing in our Historic Saloon, American Pony Car and Vintage Sports '60-'75 classes. Although O'Brie could not make it, we still had six drivers in attendance, all of whom competed in all nine races run.
After a long absence, it was great to see Luke B at FRC and as the results show, he made his return known in no small terms. Richard brought along a car he had been preparing for VS, but was unfortunately unable to get it going, so he became the Gonsalves stable's number two driver, racing my spare cars in each class. It was also good having Arden present, as he has been unable to make it on a regular basis of late.
Despite trying to get going early, between testing, the racing and some enjoyable socialising, we finished our last race at around 1:30 AM Friday morning!
A full paddock of cars came out for racing in our vintage classes, Historic Saloon, American Pony Car and Vintage Sports '60-'75:
Results
Historic Saloon starting grid. Luke's Capri sits on pole with a new class lap record for 2018, followed by my Capri, Steve's Escort, Ramesh's Capri, my Escort driven by Richard and Arden in another Team Bhola Capri:
My Capri gets slightly sideways while trying to fend off Ramesh's similar car at Foster's corner:
A shot of race action with all six HS cars visible:
American Pony Car starting grid. Team Bhola Camaros take the top two grid positions with Luke on pole followed by Ramesh. Behind him are Arden's Camaro, my Challenger, Steve's Javelin and Richard driving my Mustang Notchback. Four manufacturers on the grid - Chevy, Dodge, AMC and Ford:
My Challenger has a big accident, ending up on its roof, as Luke rounds Fosters and Ramesh heads down the back straight:
Close Pony Car action exiting Foster's. On the outside, Luke's orange Camaro is followed by Ramesh's similar blue car, while Steve's Javelin leads my Challenger on the inside. Arden's red Camaro goes by in the background:
Vintage Sports '60-'75 starting grid. Luke's Alfa 33/3 on pole followed by Arden driving Ramesh's Ford GT40, my Cobra Daytona, Ramesh's McLaren, Richard driving my Cobra roadster and Steve's Cheetah:
Big accident on the second-to-last corner with Steve's Cheetah upside down and my Cobra Daytona facing the wrong direction while Luke's Alfa and Ramesh's McLaren just manage to stop in time:
Richard's Cobra flips on its side at Fosters ahead of Steve's Cheetah, Arden's Ford GT40, my Cobra Daytona and Ramesh's McLaren:
Close Cobra action entering the turn one, Richard's roadster bumping into the rear of my Daytona:
(How this is computed: 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