After six months of waiting, FRC finally held its first official event at its wonderful, brand new location at Peter's home. Known for not doing things half-heartedly, Peter went all out in renovating a room off the back of his house which has now resulted in a lovely air-conditioned space, complete with a large flat screen for clearly displaying the SSDC race management software information for all present. It includes a great workbench area and a shelving system for temporary storage of items, a small refrigerator for keeping the beers chilled (courtesy O'Brie), comfortable chairs, a large four pane externally tinted window, a removable-covered, open-air area outside the main room with table and chairs, primarily for after racing drinks, socialising and camaraderie-building. There's quick and easy access to a washroom as well, all without disturbing the main house.
During the suspension of racing, the guys also did some great repair work on the track, one of the prime things being the installation of a rigid new perimeter fence.
It was also nice seeing Luke with his brand new Racer Sideways Capri. He installed a chip while there and ran some test laps with the car with its beautiful blue livery. Unfortunately we didn't get a pic of it to post here. Thanks to Luke too for taking several of the pictures posted here.
It was wonderful to have the first of hopefully many great times in this superb location. Here are a few pics to start off this first race report of 2024:
Peter proudly holds his first grandchild baby Lucas, giving him an early introduction to motor sport:
Work going on at the neat workbench at the new FRC location:
Ian unboxed his brand new BTCC Honda Civic FK8 Type R, tested it and proceeded to race it:
Getting in some practice while a besotted Peter looks on with baby Lucas:
View from outside the tinted window:
The results
Scalextric BTCC
BTCC race 1 grid - Steve/BMW 330i, Gordon/VW Passat, O'Brie/Honda Civic, Keith/BMW 125i, Ian/Honda Civic FK8 Type R:
Computer BTCC race 1 results:
GT
GT race 1 grid - O'Brie/McLaren F1 GTR, Gordon/McLaren MP4 12C, Keith/MBW M1, Steve/Lotus Elise, Ian/Ferrari 512 BB; Peter/Ford GTE:
Computer GT race 1 results:
LMP
Awaiting the start of LMP racing:
LMP race 1 grid - Steve/Lancia LC2, Gordon/Lola Aston Martin, O'Brie/Porsche 956, Ian/Toyota 88C, Peter/Lola B09/60:
Computer LMP race 1 results:
(How this is computed: https://frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: To be determined.
Don't forget to see the updated overall fastest times and the fastest no-magnet times by driver and class to know what the benchmarks are for your cars. Older stats can be found in the Archive area of the forum.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon
