Race report #94 - Tuesday 28th February, 2012
Posted: Wed Feb 29, 2012 3:33 pm
Hi Guys,
Sometimes things just work out right. After weeks of small driver turnouts and a few event cancellations because of this, we had ten drivers attend our 94th official event and this without our latest F1 champion Aaron, who missed a really classic time at FRC, reminiscent of the great ones we've had in the past.
Everyone turned up to drive in our Vintage Sports and Lambo Series classes, but the biggest surprise was the return of Paul after almost a year (his last event was on March 17th 2011). He was sporting a new pair of glasses so I suspect that all these months we missed him because he couldn't see well enough to make his way to FRC till he got the new glasses! The time away did nothing to curb his speed however - he outqualified everyone to grab pole in LS. In VS Kyle showed one of his typical bursts of speed to take pole and set a new all-time class lap record in my Ferrari 275P. VS qualifying was done in the current manner with cars running together in 2-minute sessions while in LS it was done one car at a time for three flying laps, with everyone driving the same car with the same controller (car 1, controller 1).
With ten drivers present, we ran the races in two groups of five drivers apiece (groups A and B), based on qualifying times. Quickest in the B groups were Steve in VS with Peter's Lola T70 and his brother Keith in LS, so the Aqui brothers dominated group B qualifying. To keep within our time constraints each group in LS ran three races rather than the planned six, with everyone driving a different car for each race. The racing was as close as ever and anyone who de-slotted paid a heavy price, only gaining back positions by very focused driving and the misfortunes of others. The races were run one after the other in almost military style, alternating between the A and B groups for each race. We had a short break between the last VS and the first LS races, but other than that it was almost constant racing. At this pace we concluded the races at 10:15 PM, despite there being twelve races instead of the usual nine.
Yes, it was a classic FRC night and hopefully we'll be seeing more of the same in the upcoming events.
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: American Muscle - 3 races @ 40 laps, GT - 3 races @ 40 laps, LMP - 3 races @ 40 laps (360 total laps for all classes). Don't forget to see the updated fastest times for the FRC classes to know what the benchmarks are for your cars. Also of interest are the updated class average qualifying times.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
Sometimes things just work out right. After weeks of small driver turnouts and a few event cancellations because of this, we had ten drivers attend our 94th official event and this without our latest F1 champion Aaron, who missed a really classic time at FRC, reminiscent of the great ones we've had in the past.
Everyone turned up to drive in our Vintage Sports and Lambo Series classes, but the biggest surprise was the return of Paul after almost a year (his last event was on March 17th 2011). He was sporting a new pair of glasses so I suspect that all these months we missed him because he couldn't see well enough to make his way to FRC till he got the new glasses! The time away did nothing to curb his speed however - he outqualified everyone to grab pole in LS. In VS Kyle showed one of his typical bursts of speed to take pole and set a new all-time class lap record in my Ferrari 275P. VS qualifying was done in the current manner with cars running together in 2-minute sessions while in LS it was done one car at a time for three flying laps, with everyone driving the same car with the same controller (car 1, controller 1).
With ten drivers present, we ran the races in two groups of five drivers apiece (groups A and B), based on qualifying times. Quickest in the B groups were Steve in VS with Peter's Lola T70 and his brother Keith in LS, so the Aqui brothers dominated group B qualifying. To keep within our time constraints each group in LS ran three races rather than the planned six, with everyone driving a different car for each race. The racing was as close as ever and anyone who de-slotted paid a heavy price, only gaining back positions by very focused driving and the misfortunes of others. The races were run one after the other in almost military style, alternating between the A and B groups for each race. We had a short break between the last VS and the first LS races, but other than that it was almost constant racing. At this pace we concluded the races at 10:15 PM, despite there being twelve races instead of the usual nine.
Yes, it was a classic FRC night and hopefully we'll be seeing more of the same in the upcoming events.
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: American Muscle - 3 races @ 40 laps, GT - 3 races @ 40 laps, LMP - 3 races @ 40 laps (360 total laps for all classes). Don't forget to see the updated fastest times for the FRC classes to know what the benchmarks are for your cars. Also of interest are the updated class average qualifying times.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon