[The FRC database system, which I created since at least March 2010 and which has been evolving with changes and tons of new data since then, became corrupted a couple weeks ago. Despite trying everything I could think of and all I was able to research online, I couldn't recover any of the data, right from the beginning and all the way up to our last rally/time attack event on March 8th of this year. Today, I decided to just try restoring from my Mac's built-in Time Machine backup and was able to get everything back, all the way from the database's beginning, up to Race Report 334 (RR334) on February 15th 2025. I spent most of today re-entering the RR335 (Rally/Time Attack) data into the recovered database, then created RR336, entering all of its data. So I just have yesterday's RR337 to do and should be able to get it completed by the end of this long weekend. Following is RR336.]
Exactly six drivers attended our 336th event, this one for our BTCC, GT and LMP classes. This of course meant that no one had to stand by waiting for a chance to drive, there being a throttle available for everyone for both practice and the races themselves.
The usual competitive FRC racing saw four different winners in the six races run, the event having the usual close qualifying times and lots of race action. We also saw some great new cars, including Peter's beautiful-liveried and fast LMP Porsche 963, along with his similarly-quick GT Porsche 911. O'brie supplied his very quick Porsche 962 for Liam to race, where he put it on pole in LMP. Luke also did well with Ram's McLaren MP4 12C and Toyota 88C, qualifying the former third in GT, the latter second in LMP. Steve qualified his BMW 330i on pole in BTCC and I managed to do the same in GT with my McLaren MP4 12C.
We finished the racing at just about 6:30 PM, then had a last "board meeting" to close off the afternoon of great racing and camaraderie.
Some pics to start things off:
Luke brought along this neat little rally car:
Everyone busy during a practice period:
Peter's beautiful new Porsche 963:
Luke drives past with the Toyota 88C as someone's rear wing sits on the sideline:
Very close racing between Steve's BMW 330i and my MG6:
Peter and Luke take their dicing off the track:
Peter has a moment under the Dunlop Bridge:
O'Brie busy at the workbench:
A study of throttles:
Steve and O'Brie at workbench area:
Boardroom meeting:
The Results
BTCC
BTCC race 1 grid - Steve/BMW330i, Gordon/MG6, Peter/BMW330i, Liam/Honda Civic, Luke/Honda Civic, O'Brie/VW Passat:
Computer BTCC race 1 results:
BTCC race 2 grid - Gordon/MG6, Steve/BMW125i, Luke/Honda Civic, Peter/BMW330i, Liam/Honda Civic; O'Brie/VW Passat:
Computer BTCC race 2 results:
All six cars visible after a big first-corner crash in the race:
GT
GT race 1 grid - Gordon/Mclaren MP4 12C, Steve/BMW M1, Luke/Mclaren MP4 12C, Peter/Porsche 911R; Liam/Porsche 911 GT1; O'Brie/Porsche 911R:
Computer GT race 1 results:
GT race 2 grid - Gordon/Mclaren MP4 12C, Luke/Mclaren MP4 12C, Steve/Ferrari 512BB, Peter/Porsche 911R; Liam/Porsche 911 GT1; O'Brie/Ford GTE:
Computer GT race 2 results:
LMP
LMP race 1 grid - Liam/Porsche 962, Luke/Toyota 88C, Steve/Courage 360, Peter/Oreca, Gordon/Toyota 88C, O'Brie/Toyota GT One:
Computer LMP race 1 results:
LMP race 1 grid - Liam/Porsche 962, Gordon/Toyota 88C, Steve/Lancie LC2, Peter/Porsche 963, Luke/Toyota 88C, O'Brie/Toyota GT One:
Computer LMP race 2 results:
(How this is computed: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Diversity Award
The Diversity Award once again goes to Steve for driving six different cars in the event.
Congratulations to the winners.
Total Championship Points for 2025 (total of each drivers top fifteen points-scoring days):
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: Clubman, Slot.It Challenge, F1.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
. All part of the fun they say!
. Congrats to the winners and thanks again to Gordon and the rest of the team that makes this possible for all of us.