We had the largest turnout of drivers since the beginning of COVID at yesterday's FRC event. They included the usual suspects Steve, O'Brie and myself, along with Warren, Luke T and, surprise, surprise, Nicholas, better known at FRC as "Spick". In addition it was great to welcome FRC first-timers Roger and his young son, both of whom took some drives around FRC's challenging turns, adapting well to the track and the Ferrari Challenge IROC cars that they drove.
The first order of business was the FC IROC series of races and it certainly produced lots of action, particularly in their now magless configuration. The number 2 Ferrari had a problem with the chip going wacky from time to time, but that didn't stop the racing from resuming and in proper IROC tradition, everyone drove every car from its allocated starting grid position, making it a completely even contest.
The IROC racing was followed by two GT races which were very closely competed and we finally started packing up around 7:30pm after a memorable and very enjoyable afternoon of slot car racing.
Practice session underway before the racing began. L to R are Warren, Steve, Nicholas and Luke:
O'Brie gives his best smile while working on one of his cars:
The results
Ferrari Challenge grid - all the cars ready to go!:
Drivers pose for a pic before racing begins:
Ferrari IROC action on track:
Drivers concentrate during the third race:
Ferrari Challenge first race results. Each car's fastest time is the smaller text below the large text:
In between the races, Warren, Roger and his son take to the track while I look on:
GT first race grid: Steve's beautiful Ferrari 512BB puts in a maiden pole, followed by Keith's BMW M1 driven by Nicholas, my Porsche 911R, O'Brie's Porsche 997 and Warren's McLaren MP4 12C:
GT second race grid: Steve's Ford GTE, followed by Keith's BMW M1 driven by Nicholas, my Porsche 911R and Warren's McLaren MP4 12C:
(How this is computed: https://www.frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: To be determined.
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
