We had a good turnout, which included O'Brie's son Liam, for our second 2024 event in as many weeks. Initial very unusal problems with the SSDC software kept proceedings back for quite a while. It eventually decided to fix itself and we still do not know what caused the problems. We also had a section of the inner lane of the track starting from the back straight all the way on to the Carousel which had slightly lower power than normal. The outer lane had substantially more power and this equalised the lanes, making the racing quite interesting. Despite these issues, we able to complete two races for Clubman and one each for Slot.It Challenge and Formula 1. It was a good event nonetheless, everyone having fun, along with a few drinks and snacks, including a tin containing varieties of magnificent chocolate cookies supplied by our host Peter.
A point of note is that you'll see that there are no grid pictures for Clubman race 2 and no podium picture for the only Slot.It Challenge race. These omissions are largely because of the distraction I had with the computer issues. As a result, I had to guess the names of some cars and drivers for the report. I hope I got them right. To avoid these problems for future events, we need to start back writing down the information on the forms I used to print.
Here are a few pics to get started:
The neat display of FRC's IROC cars on the wall, courtesy Luke, ready for racing at a moment's notice:
Practice crash between a Lotus Cortina and an Austin A40 while practicing for the Clubman races:
Once again Ian had a brand new car at FRC, this one a Ford Mustang for our Modified Production class:
The results
Clubman
Clubman race 1 grid - Steve/Datsun 240Z, O'Brie/Jaguar E-Type, Ian/VW Bug, Gordon/Cortina, Keith/BMW 2002, Peter/Cortina:
Computer Clubman race 1 results:
Computer Clubman race 2 results:
Slot.It Challenge
Slot.It Challenge race 1 grid - Gordon/Nissan R89C, Steve/Toyota 88C, O'Brie/Sauber Mercedes, Liam/Mazda 787:
Computer Slot.It Challenge race 1 results:
F1
F1 race 1 grid - Gordon/McLaren, O'Brie/Williams, Steve/Ferrari, Ian/McLaren:
Computer F1 race 1 results:
(How this is computed: https://frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: Historic Saloon, American Pony Car, Modified Production.
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