Race Report #113 - Thursday 27th December, 2012

[gordon]

RACE REPORT #113 - DECEMBER 27TH 2012

Hi Guys,

Our last event for 2012 came off very well. The concept was to include the kids by having some races specifically for them and to enjoy a BBQ meal alongside our racing which would feature some special races to close off the year.

Not only did the kids have a whale of a time, but they thoroughly surprised everyone by their quick yet controlled driving. Their third race was so competitive that three of the four finished on the same lap, with fourth place being just one lap down. This in a 30-lap race! More surprises came when the overall results for champion driver were tallied, but I'll let you read the results below to see what I mean.

We ran a total of thirteen races for the various classes and all sixteen drivers present got a chance to do their thing. Amongst these were two races which we ran for the first time at FRC. Named "Forced-Retirement" races, each was a 30-lapper where at the end of the 10th, 15th, 20th and 25th laps the last runner was forced to retire, leaving just two cars to determine the winner in the final five laps.

Thanks to Alex for doing the BBQ duties (and getting a nighttime sunburn in the process!), to Luke for bringing along sausages for hot dogs and cutters, to Arden for the Chinese chicken, to Debbie for the macaroni salad and to everyone else for bringing along something for the BBQ. My personal thanks to all of you who attended and made the event such a success and for your support throughtout 2012. I really appreciate it.

In the end, Luke, Steve, Nicholas and I limed in the driveway finishing off some beers and enjoying small talk till almost 2.00 AM.

The results



























Congratulations to the winners.

Next event's classes: To be announced. 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

[steveaca]

It certainly was an enjoyable event. Thanks for coming up with the idea and hosting Gordon ! I believe that the next scheduled classes are RGT,SC and VS but as we didn't get to race the HS class last night, maybe we could include those (possibly shortened to 20 lap races for this class only) in the next event. I'm very anxious to try my Seat/Fiat and I know that there is a new Holden Torana out there itching to be let loose, as well as an older yellow Torana anxious to run it down !

[Luke]

My daughter, Bethany & I thoroughly had an enjoyable time racing @ FRC ~ the entire event was a hit but the best part for me is, how the kids were looking (undivided attention) while racing and also how their 4 races went down

Well done for some quick thinking by Gordon for the children having a great time...

Bethany being a first-timer at a FRC event, made sure (dropping her home) to let me know to please ask "uncle" Gordon to invite her over to race again

It seems it was meant to be, to end the year with the 113 racing event to bring in the 2013 races...

Wishing for 2013 to see 13 guys racing at FRC

Luke