Exactly six drivers took part in the races for FRC's fastest classes, Modified Production, Restricted GT and Restricted LMP. After coming under some fire on the track in recent times, Ramesh came back hard with some very quick cars, both for himself as well as for Arden, who did particularly well in MP and RLMP. Luke also drove Team Bhola cars in each of the three classes, getting his best results in MP. O'Brie had a strong showing in RGT in particular with his fast Porsche 911R, mixed with some mechanical problems with his Subaru Impreza in MP. Despite having a poor qualifying session for the races, Steve managed to pull back some places in MP and RGT.
In the end there was only one race winner for all the night's seven races, almost totally dominating the proceedings by being number one in everything but a single qualifying session and the Index of Performance.
Results
Modified Production
Modified Production starting grid. Ramesh's new Subaru Impreza takes a maiden pole, followed by his Alfa Romeo 156 driven by Arden, my Zakspeed Capri, Ramesh's Opel Calibra driven by Luke, O'Brie's Subaru Impreza and Steve's BMW 320i:
O'Brie's Subaru in the vegetation:
Opel vs Subaru... Luke and Ramesh do battle:
Restricted GT
Restricted GT starting grid. Ramesh's TVR Speed 12 on pole, my Viper, O'Brie's Porsche 911R, Ramesh's McLaren F1 GTR driven by Arden, Steve's Porsche 911 GT1 and Ramesh's similar car driven by Luke:
O'Brie's Porsche and Arden's McLaren go off:
Three-car pile-up exiting turn one. My Viper lies upside-down while Steve and Luke's Porsches are also sidelined:
Arden's McLaren lies on its side in the middle of the road going up the hill:
Restricted GT
Ramesh's beautiful new Ford Daytona Prototype made its debut at the hands of Luke:
Instead of the usual three 25-lap races, we planned and did a single 75-lap race for LMP. Arden puts Ramesh's Mazda 787 on pole, followed by my Toyota 88C, Ramesh's Ford Daytona Prototype driven by Luke, Ramesh's Mazda 787 and Steve's Peugeot 908 HDi FAP:
(How this is computed: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners!
Next event's classes: Class grouping A - Historic Saloon (HS), American Pony Car (APC), Vintage Sports '60-'75 (VS6075).
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