We had a nice turnout of drivers for our 319th race event, a total of eight drivers competing for honors on the challenging FRC track. We also had another top class improvement with the introduction of six wonderful new TruSpeed digital controllers courtesy Peter. I have to give kudos and much thanks to Peter for where he has taken and continues to take FRC to. The controllers themselves are super smooth to operate and include a great feature where you can adjust how they respond to any car you are driving while driving it! Its a big improvement over the troublesome and short-lasting Scalextric controllers we've used over the fifteen years of racing at FRC.
Classes raced were Kitbash, Vintage Sports GT and Vintage Sports Prototype, with two races run for each. As always, the racing was close, with the usual dicing and the SSDC software worked well throughout. We also have a rare result where the same driver won both the Champion Driver and Index of Performance awards. I think we should come up with a title for this achievement, so lets have your ideas for one in the comments below.
By the end of the event, everyone had had a full afternoon of track time, racing and camaraderie we always look forward to.
Here are the usual pics to start things off.
Ramesh's cars for Luke:
Ian's new De Tomaso Pantera and Ford GT40:
Track cleaning in progress:
Making up a single TruSpeed controller cable from two Scalextric ones:
Checking out one of the new TruSpeed Controllers:
Plugging in controller cables:
The TruSpeed controllers in place:
Grampa Peter proudly holding Lucas:
First practice session with the new controllers:
Deep discussions during a break while rain pours down from above:
Thanks to Luke as always for taking and sharing these great pictures.
The results
Kitbash
Kitbash race 1 grid - Ian/Subaru Impreza, O'Brie/Peugeot 205, Steve/Corvette Stingray, Peter/Mustang GT350, Gordon BMW Mini, Luke/Triumph TR4A:
Computer Kitbash race 1 results:
Kitbash race 2 grid - Ian/Subaru Impreza, O'Brie/Peugeot 205, Steve/Chevy Lumina, Gordon/BMC Mini Cooper, Warren/Alfa Romeo Giulietta :
Computer Kitbash race 2 results:
Vintage Sports GT
Vintage Sports GT race 1 grid - Gordon/Cobra Daytona, Steve/Porsche 911 Turbo, Ian/De Tomaso Pantera, Luke/De Tomaso Pantera, O'Brie/Ferrari 250 GTO, Warren/Porsche 911 Turbo:
Computer Vintage Sports GT race 1 results:
Vintage Sports GT race 2 grid - Steve/Porsche 914/6, Gordon/Cobra Daytona, Ian/De Tomaso Pantera, O'Brie/Ferrari 250 GTO, Keith/Porsche 911 Turbo:
Computer Vintage Sports GT race 2 results:
Vintage Sports Prototype
Vintage Sports Prototype race 1 grid - Gordon/Ferrari 330 P4, Peter/Lola T70 MkIII, O'Brie/Ford GT40, Steve/Ford GT40, Ian/Ford GT40, Luke/Ford GT40 :
Computer Vintage Sports Prototype race 1 results:
Sorry, no Vintage Sports Prototype race 2 grid pics.
Computer Vintage Sports Prototype race 2 results:
(How this is computed: https://frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Congratulations to the winners.
Total Championship Points for 2024:
Next event's classes: Scalextric BTCC, GT, LMP.
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
Interestingly with your real 1:1 racing number ... 33 points 
