We had our second official Clubman Time Bracket event on Saturday with just four attendees. Unfortunately Peter was still fighting the flu and he couldn't be present. Steve, O'Brie, Liam and myself competed, but despite there being only four of us, we had two rounds of each of the time brackets C, B and A (slowest to fastest), with some very close and competitive racing in all six races.
Ample time was spent testing and practising our cars before going into the qualifying runs. Twenty-six cars were individually qualified over five laps each, with Steve driving eight – the most cars of the group – followed by me with seven, liam with six and O'Brie with five. We then had our first boardroom meeting break and this was followed by the first round of races for each bracket, again in slowest to fastest order. In like fashion, we had a second boardroom break and followed this by our a final round of races.
The evening ended by first packing up the track before having our third and final boardroom meeting, then leaving for our various homes around 7:00 PM.
Pictures from the event:
See lower down for Clubman Race Action pics.
The Results
Based on the above fastest qualifying time, these were our category parameters for our three sub-groups:
Clubman Time Bracket C
Clubman C race 1 grid - Gordon/Ford Escort; Steve/VW Beetle; O'Brie/Datsun 510; Liam/Caterham:
Computer Clubman C race 1 results:
Clubman C race 2 grid - Steve/BMW 2002; Gordon/Ford Escort; O'Brie/Datsun 510; Liam/Jaguar E-Type:
Sorry, no grid pics.
Computer Clubman C race 2 results:
Clubman B race 1 grid - Steve/Austin A40; Gordon/Triumph TR4A; Liam/Datsun 510; O'Brie/Datsun 510:
Computer Clubman B race 1 results:
Clubman B race 2 grid - Steve/BMW 2002; Gordon/BMC Mini Cooper; O'Brie/Alfa Romeo Giulietta; Liam/Datsun 510:
Computer Clubman B race 2 results:
Clubman A race 1 grid - Steve/BMW 2800CS; Gordon/Datsun 510; Liam/Datsun 240Z; O'Brie/Alfa Romeo Giulietta:
Computer Clubman A race 1 results:
Clubman A race 2 grid - Steve/Corvette C1; Liam/Datsun 240Z; Gordon/Datsun 510; O'Brie/Datsun 510:
Computer Clubman A race 2 results:
Clubman Race Action:
Extremely close action with Steve's VW Bug, O'Brie's Datsun and my Escort during the first race:
All four cars bunched together in a row - my Mini, followed by Liam's Datsun, Steve's BMW 2002 and O'Brie's Alfa Romeo Giulietta:
Overall Results
(How this is computed: https://frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Diversity Award
The diversity award goes to Steve for driving six different cars.
Total Championship Points for 2026 (total of each drivers top fifteen points-scoring days):
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: To be announced.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon