We got a bit of a late start for Saturday's event for our Clubman, IROC, Slot.It Challenge and Formula 1 classes, but still had a reasonable turnout of seven drivers present, although Keith opted just to marshal. Due to the great work done particularly by O'Brie and Ian, the track was wonderful, with equal power on both lanes and there was lots of it!
The Clubman and Slot.It Challenge racing went off well, with us running two races for each of these classes. The F1 cars, however were a real handful to drive with all the new power and the automatic dynamic braking that we can't seem to get rid of. Because of this, we just did a single race for these cars. The cars and racing were very close though, with qualifying times for all three classes being within a second of the pole car. Because we wanted to get in at least two races for each class, we postponed the IROC race to be the final one and never ended up having it.
We have a few lane changers not closing, causing unplanned auto-changes, so Peter is hoping to arrange getting new replacements. Overall though it was another fun-filled afternoon and evening for all present.
Following are a few pics to start things off.
Some of the cars laid out on the workbench:
Practice session in progress:
F1 cars on track:
Ford Mustang GT4:
The results
Clubman
Clubman race 1 grid - Steve/BMW, Gordon/Cortina, Peter/Escort, Ian/Capri, O'Brie/E-Type Jag, Luke/Capri:
Computer Clubman race 1 results:
Clubman race 2 grid - Steve/Ford Falcon, Gordon/Mustang GT350, Ian/Capri, Peter/Escort, O'Brie/Escort, Luke/Capri:
Computer Clubman race 2 results:
Sorry, we forgot to do a podium pic for race 2.
Slot.It Challenge
Slot.It Challenge race 1 grid - Gordon/Nissan R89C, Steve/Nissan R89C, Peter/Toyota 88C, O'Brie/Sauber Mercedes, Luke/Toyota 88C; Ian/Mazda 787B:
Computer Slot.It Challenge race 1 results:
Slot.It Challenge race 2 grid - Gordon/Nissan R89C, O'Brie/Sauber Mercedes, Ian/Mazda 787B, Steve/Toyota 88C:
Computer Slot.It Challenge race 2 results:
Formula 1
Formula 1 race 1 grid - Gordon/McLaren, O'Brie/Williams, Steve/Ferrari, Ian/Lotus:
Computer Formula 1 race 1 results:
(How this is computed: https://frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners.
Total Championship Points for 2024:
Next event's classes: Historic Saloon, IROC, 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
