Race Report #144 - Thursday 3rd October, 2013
Posted: Sat Oct 05, 2013 10:35 am
RACE REPORT #144 - October 3rd 2013
Once again we had just four drivers in attendance at FRC, this time to compete in our IROC Ferrari Challenge class and F1. After the recognising at the last event that the number 1 Ferrari was underpowered compared to the rest, I changed the motor for a new yellow Scaley 20K before the racing began, which brought it back in line with the rest. From this event we introduced the new weighted points structure where fewer points are awarded when we have fewer starters.
As expected, the Ferraris were very competitive and we ran six races so that each driver would drive each car as we had done with the Minis recently. Luke, Steve, Arden and myself each were race winners and the championship results, based on the new points structure, were very close in the end.
F1 had its drama with several high-speed out-of-slot moments, mostly by my McLaren and Arden's similarly-brand, but different model machine. My car came close to scaling the fencing on two occasions and Arden's actually went over it once, hit the wall and dropped dramatically to the ground. While this was going on Steve was steadily driving to 2nd place finishes with the wins being shared by Luke and Arden. Aside from me, the final championship results were also close.
New Lap Records
Congratulations to the winners.
2013 Overall Class Points Update
Next event's classes: American Muscle - 5 races @ 40 laps, GT - 5 races @ 40 laps, LMP - 5 races @ 40 laps. Don't forget to see the updated fastest times for the FRC classes to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated 2013 Class Points Standings..
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
Once again we had just four drivers in attendance at FRC, this time to compete in our IROC Ferrari Challenge class and F1. After the recognising at the last event that the number 1 Ferrari was underpowered compared to the rest, I changed the motor for a new yellow Scaley 20K before the racing began, which brought it back in line with the rest. From this event we introduced the new weighted points structure where fewer points are awarded when we have fewer starters.
As expected, the Ferraris were very competitive and we ran six races so that each driver would drive each car as we had done with the Minis recently. Luke, Steve, Arden and myself each were race winners and the championship results, based on the new points structure, were very close in the end.
F1 had its drama with several high-speed out-of-slot moments, mostly by my McLaren and Arden's similarly-brand, but different model machine. My car came close to scaling the fencing on two occasions and Arden's actually went over it once, hit the wall and dropped dramatically to the ground. While this was going on Steve was steadily driving to 2nd place finishes with the wins being shared by Luke and Arden. Aside from me, the final championship results were also close.
New Lap Records
- Ferrari Challenge - 6.652 sec (Luke, Scalextric Ferrari F430)
Congratulations to the winners.
2013 Overall Class Points Update
Next event's classes: American Muscle - 5 races @ 40 laps, GT - 5 races @ 40 laps, LMP - 5 races @ 40 laps. Don't forget to see the updated fastest times for the FRC classes to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated 2013 Class Points Standings..
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
I took about 2 hours doing so, two nights b4 race night & with a cold beer with every hour gone... I went to bed around 11pm and took my Ferrari with me and looked it over with a torchlight and see that all looked perfect. The best part was, just b4 I went to sleep - I put my car on top of my bible which is right next to me 
