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Race report #266 - Thursday Feb 28th 2019 (HS, APC, VS6075)

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 4:10 pm
by gordon
RACE REPORT #266 - February 28th 2019 (HS, APC, VS6075)

Just Ramesh, Steve and I were present to race our historic classes, Historic Saloon (HS), American Pony Car (APC) and Vintage Sports '60-'75 (VS6075GT and VS6075P). We still went through the usual practice, tech inspection, qualifying and races with the relatively large number of cars present. I, for example, had two HS, two APC, two VS6075GT and two VS6075P cars on hand, all of which were practiced and inspected, four being eventually raced. Both Steve and Ramesh also arrived with several cars each, so the paddock was actually full.

With just three cars per race, the track was literally half-full, so we missed some of the usual down-field battles. However, in HS and APC in particular, cars were still within a couple laps of one another after completing 60 laps of racing. So between the four classes, we still managed 240 laps of racing, completing our objectives for the event.



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Results

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Historic Saloon starting grid - all Capris, with Ramesh on pole, followed by me and Steve:
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The American Pony Car starting grid saw three different manufacturers for the three cars with Ramesh's Camaro on pole, Steve's Javelin Second and my Challenger third:
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Ramesh's super-fast De Tomaso Pantera sits at the front of the Vintage Sports '60-'75 GT grid, followed by Steve's Porsche 914/6 and my Cobra Daytona:
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Vintage Sports '60-'75 Prototype again saw Ramesh on pole with his McLaren M8D, Steve's Alfa 33/3 and my Ferrari 312PB:
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Ramesh's McLaren and Steve's Alfa go past my upside-down Ferrari in Foster's Corner:
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Despite the small turnout, we still had fun:
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(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 2019 to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated fastest times for 2019. Older stats can be found in the Archive area of the forum.

See you on the circuit...
Gordon

Re: Race report #266 - Thursday Feb 28th 2019 (HS, APC, VS6075)

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:34 pm
by RameshB
Thanks again guys I appreciate it very much the appointment to race every 2 weeks is in my diary we had fun with just a few crashes per race good racing. THANKS.

Re: Race report #266 - Thursday Feb 28th 2019 (HS, APC, VS6075)

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:40 pm
by obrie
Sorry I missed it guys but I had to be up by 5:30 to get to Chaguaramas at 6:30 and then on to a meeting with a Client in Trincity for 10:00. Hard enough with out the flu! I hope to have my rally car ready and get some momentum with the cars soon so see you all soon and have a safe and happy carnival

Re: Race report #266 - Thursday Feb 28th 2019 (HS, APC, VS6075)

Posted: Fri Mar 01, 2019 9:35 pm
by steveaca
Fun night of racing at FRC despite the small driver turnout. Nice to see the re-appearance of Gordon's lovely Ferrari 312PB. Congrats to Ram on winning all classes raced and, of course, taking the night's overall victory. Congrats to all who raced on their joint Index Of Performance award (zero points !). I don't think I've ever seen this before !
Looking forward to the next event.
Enjoy your Carnival and be safe !!