Five drivers took part in our Mini Challenge and Rally classes at our 148th event. The Minis are always particularly challenging to drive and as usual, every driver drove every car, so there were six races in all for the class. As ever, the races were very close and in the end it was difficult to guess the overall class winner. When the computer crunched the numbers, a tie for second place meant that the first four drivers were separated by a scant two points! Talk about close competition.
For the first time we applied the 45º rule for the rally cars and my special jig worked out quite well for checking them, which we did after each car was run. Steve had a worrisome moment when his car almost refused to roll down the ramp after one stage. Everyone watched it move ever so slowly down till it finally reached the bottom. Apparently a wheel had jammed, for it rolled down very quickly on a re-try. In the stages the cars were very close with average lap times ranging between 8.8 sec and 10.2 sec, fastest to slowest.
The results
Congratulations to the winners.
2013 Overall Class Points Update
Next event's classes: Group D: Lambo Series - 6 races @ 25 laps, Restricted GT - 5 races @ 35 laps, Slot.It Challenge - 5 races @ 35 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