Although just five drivers were present, our historic night of racing was filled with action and a lot of interesting cars. We began the racing with a 15-lap Scratch Built race where some of us learned the hard way that de-slotting is a bad thing. Nonetheless, the race which saw two brand new cars, was a lot of fun. We ended up running four other 50-lap races, one each for Historic Saloon, American Pony Car, Vintage Sports '60-'75 GT and Vintage Sports '60-'75 Prototype, each of which provided a lot of hard driving and plenty of action.
Results
Scratch Built starting grid. We rolled the dice to determine the grid. My Triumph TR4A is in position one, followed by Ramesh's new Porsche 911 Carrera, O'Brie's new BMC Mini Cooper and Steve's Escort Mk I:
O'Brie's Mini crashes in the esses going up the hill:
Both Ramesh's Porsche and Steve's Escort go off as my TR4A goes by on the inside:
My Triumph lies upside down in the middle of the Carousel exit, with Ramesh's Porsche sitting on the wall and Steve's Escort's path blocked by the accident:
Historic Saloon starting grid - Capri, Capri and more Capris. Ramesh is on pole, followed by me, Arden, Steve and O'Brie:
One of the Team Bhola Capris rests on the armco barrier on the second-to-last turn:
American Pony Car saw Steve's surprisingly quick Mustang Notchback on pole, followed by my Dodge Challenger, Arden's Team Bhola Camaro, Ramesh with the second Team Bhola Camaro and O'Brie's Camaro:
The two Camaros of Arden and Ramesh negotiate the hairpin as my Challenger approaches and in the distance under the Dunlop bridge, O'Brie's Camaro lies on its roof:
Another view of O'Brie's upside-down Camaro below the Dunlop bridge:
More action as Ramesh's Camaro leads Arden's similar car and my Challenger on the exit of the hairpin. Steve's race-winning Mustang is in the background:
Despite there being three Chevys in the race, they lost the manufacturer points to Ford and Dodge:
Vintage Sports '60-'75 GT grid, with Ramesh's De Tomaso Pantera on pole, Steve's Porsche 914/6, O'Brie's Ferrari 250 GTO, my Cobra Daytona and Team Bhola's second De Tomaso Panters driven by Arden:
O'Brie loses control of the GTO under the Dunlop bridge and my Cobra Daytona collides with him:
Vintage Sports '60-'75 Prototype saw Ramesh take pole with his McLaren M8D, followed by Steve's Alfa 33/3, my Ferrari 330 P4 at its debut event, O'Brie's Ford MkIV and Arden driving Ramesh's Alfa 33/3:
Ramesh's McLaren follows Arden's Alfa through the Carousel as O'Brie's Ford sits on its roof in the background:
(How this is computed: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners!
Next event's classes: Class grouping B - Rally Car (RC), Slot.It Challenge (SC), Formula 1 (F1) (3 races/stages).
Don't forget to see the updated overall fastest times and the fastest times by driver and class for 2019 to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated fastest times for 2019. Older stats can be found in the Archive area of the forum.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
Sorry my back took a tole on my concentration but I had a Massagre on Friday and I have to say I feel a lot better now. Need to walk with a masseuse next race meeting 