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RACE REPORT #292 - Oct 30th 2021 (KBnm, CMnm, MPnm)

Just Steve and Keith joined me for our event yesterday, as O'Brie was in quarantine and therefore confined to home. We did the usual testing before eventually running just three races, one each for Kitbash, Clubman and Modified Production. Despite the small turnout, we all enjoyed the afternoon and were treated to (and all got to test) two new and interesting cars, a brand new out-the-box Sideways BMW M1 recently acquired by Keith - his first car to grace FRC - and Steve's Sideways Ferrari 512BB which he's secretly had for some time. Both cars got down to really good times and have winning potential.

One note: We decided to try the idea of finalising actual race start grid positions by allowing the qualifiers to select their preferred grid position, based on the positions remaining available.

Here's how it works: Selection must be done in qualifying order, ie. fastest qualifier chooses his position, followed by second-fastest qualifier, etc. till everyone has chosen their position. The same system can be used for subsequent races for the class, but based on finishing positions of previous race. Index of performance was based on qualifying grid position and finishing position.

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The results



Kitbash grid, based on qualifying times: Keith driving Steve's Mustang GT350 on pole, followed by Steve's beautiful Corvette Stingray on grid two and my NSU TT at the back:







Clubman grid: Steve's VW on pole, followed by my Corvette and Keith driving Steve's BMW:





Actual starting positions:





Modified Production grid: My Zakspeed Capri on pole, followed by Steve's Peugeot and Keith driving Steve's Zakspeed Escort:





Actual starting positions:








(How this is computed: https://www.frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)


Congratulations to the winners.


Next event's classes: The usual non-magnet cars across all eligible classes. I may in advance stipulate a few specific classes which we'll qualify and race.

Don't forget to see the updated overall fastest times and the fastest no-magnet times by driver and class to know what the benchmarks are for your cars. Older stats can be found in the Archive area of the forum.

See you on the circuit...
Gordon

Great afternoon as usual at FRC despite the absence of usual racer O'Brie and others. Really enjoyed helping Keith to sort out his new BMW M1 and to see his lap times come down as he got more track time. With a bit more tuning for the car and a little more practice for the driver, I think it'll be a serious contender in the class ! Despite there being just three drivers, we still managed to have a few races which were very keenly contested, I managed to win two, but just by the skin of my teeth ! In Kitbash, I managed with my Corvette Sting Ray to get the better of Keith from pole at the start but he steadily made up ground and I actually thought he might catch me by the end of the race. Despite setting fastest qualifying time for the race, his fastest race lap was actually faster than his qualifying lap ! A late race de-slot from his Mustang sealed my win though. In Clubman, my VW Beetle ran very well from pole but was pushed every step of the way by Gordon's Corvette Sting Ray and I just managed to hold him off to the end of the race. Mod Prod was raced for the first time in non-mag guise and wow, they are fast ! There was no answer for Gordon's lovely Zakspeed Capri here.
By the way, the Zakspeed Escort driven by Keith in Mod Prod. is actually Peter's car, not mine.
Looking forward to the next event !