The usual crop of our fastest cars were joined by a couple of extremely quick TVRs from south boys Ramesh and son Luke. The competition was intense in qualifying as well as the races. Unfortunately, once there were more than four of these high-powered, over-magnetised machines on track, power losses slowed the cars to a literal crawl whenever they bunched up, taking away from what could have been more competitive and enjoyable racing. I must again say, I'm no fan of high-magnet racing since even when a car got a few clear, full-power laps (in the 4 sec region), driving it was just a matter of holding the throttle down flat out with maybe three lift-offs per lap on the 18-turn FRC track. Not something that requires much skill.
Nonetheless, Ramesh and Luke B.'s cars proved to be at the top more than anyone else. Unfortunately, several cars had reliability problems which prevented potential challengers (like Luke's Honda NSR in GT) from shaking up the final results. The grid of just three cars for the final races for LMP were a reflection of this attrition.
The Results
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: Porsche Cup - 6 races @ 30 laps, Modified Production - 3 races @ 30 laps. We'll have silicone tyres on the Porsches for the first time, so lap times should come down. Also, qualifying will be done one car at a time using the same format as we used to a couple of years ago. 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
