The best laid plans...
Although we had planned to race Modified Production, F1 and Indy Car, very few (if any at all) of the drivers in attendance had cars for all three classes. To top that off, I had prepared three Mod Prod cars (one for me, two to lend), but two had electrical/chip problems during testing earlier in the night and had to be withdrawn, so that eliminated two more potential cars for the class. Eventually, we decided to fall back on one of our two FRC-owned car classes, the Lambo Series.
Instead of qualifying, we rolled a dice for the six grid positions since there were only seven drivers present and Ray had to leave to be at the airport for early morning (now that's a slot racing fanatic!). Well to put it mildly, the racing was frenetic. Since there were six drivers for the six cars (except for Steve stepping aside for Ray to get one race in before leaving), we ran six races, with everyone moving on to a different car for each race. With each car/controller combination being slightly different, everyone had to be able to adjust their driving from race-to-ace and some did this better than others. By half-way through the six races, it looked like a two-car championship race between Kyle and Luke, but by the end of the last race points were so close, an upset was in order.
Despite the last-minute class change, everyone had a great time, except maybe Boo, who was frustrated at not being able to keep his cars in the slot. Alex remarked that he likes this type of racing and I think most would agree. We finished the last race long before midnight, although Steve and Luke limed on for a last drink and old talk after helping me put everything away.
On an interesting note, after the races Kyle compiled the points by car (by controller - each car ran on the same throttle for the night). This gives an indication of the relative performance of the six cars. I added a report to reflect this:
The results of this analysis speak for themselves. I really have to work on the car that ran on controller 4 (the blue car in this case).
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: To be announced.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon