Seven drivers arrived to see who would be victorious in our Historic Saloon, Vintage Sports and Group 5 Sports Cars classes which represent cars from 1960 to 1975. This period was very formative in my racing years as it covers the period from a short while before my interest in racing began, right up to when I was very active in driving real racing cars. It is a group of classes that I always enjoy at FRC. That said, one of the special requirements for the VS class on this occasion was that each driver would have to drive a completely different car (body type and different chassis) in the final two of the five class races.
In HS, my Escort managed to qualify on pole and was leading from the start of the first race when it's pinion began to spin on the motor shaft, forcing its retirement. A close fight for first place between Luke B. and Boo ensued from then up to the fourth race, when Boo's Escort suffered a similar fate as mine.
VS was hotly contested and having to drive a different model car for the final two races made for some interesting on-track battles, mixing up the results and points in the process. It gave me an opportunity to run several cars that would not normally be raced as I also loaned a few to drivers who were in need of a second car to comply with the rule.
Four Alpha 33/3s comprised the grid for the three G5SC races. For the first time in this class team Bhola had some serious competition in the form of Steve who was able to run up at the front and battle for the championship.
At the end of the event we tested our first TruSpeed controller and found it to have a far superior feel to the Scalextric digital throttles. We do feel that the standard wiper element board installed will need to be replaced by a more linear one for a more progressive response. TruSpeed make three standard boards with different curves and they are even willing to even do a custom board for us, if necessary. Steve Hills of TruSpeed has been very responsive and is our newest FRC forum member. Feel free to put any questions directly to him on the forum. They also make analogue controllers which I'm sure are of the same standard as their digital controllers. South boys take note.
New Lap Records
- Historic Saloon - 6.439 sec (Gordon, Scalextric Ford Escort)
Congratulations to the winners.
2013 Overall Class Points Update
Next event's classes: Mini Challenge - 6 races @ 20 laps, Rally Car - 5 five-lap stages per car (1 car at a time). 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 full 2013 Class Points Standings.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
I am wondering since Thursday night - Did someone read out the HS racing positions on the PB for Gordon to write on the CB 
). We'll miss you and Luke while you're away, especially the level you two push us to. Have a great trip.