Our 344th event featuring races for FRC's Kitbash, Vintage Sports GT and Vintage Sports Prototype classes saw a turnout of seven drivers. Once again, we ran two thirty lap races for each class, a total of six races, preceding these by the usual three-minute qualifying sessions. We initially did Kitbash qualifying, immediately followed by its first race as is the norm, but then decided to finish the qualifying for the remaining two classes before running any more races. This will be our modus operandi from now on - we’ll run all qualifying, then run the races.
It was great to have Ramesh present once more, with his usual fast cars which he shared with Luke. Likewise, we were happy to have Kent attend, even driving in two races — a Kitbash and a Vintage Sport GT — then helping with the marshalling and also joining us for our mandatory boardroom meetings.
We unfortunately forgot to do any pre-race scrutineering once again. This is something that we must endeavour to do from now on before the official competitions begin. Nonetheless, it was a very nice afternoon-into-evening race event, with a lot of fun, on-track challenges and stress-relieving camaraderie which we always enjoy.
Some pics to start things off:
Ram's cars:
Kent's cars:
Drivers pose for a trackside pic:
First boardroom meeting:
Having a 00 on ice:
Ram and I trackside:
Second boardroom meeting:
The Results
Kitbash
Kitbash race 1 grid - Ramesh/Peugeot 406; Gordon/VW Golf; Steve/Corvette Stingray; Peter/Zakspeed Escort; Luke/Peugeot 406; Kent/Escort:
Kitbash race 1 action as Ram and Luke fast approach Kent's Escort:
Computer Kitbash race 1 results:
Kitbash race 2 grid - Sorry, no grid pics.
Computer Kitbash race 2 results:
Vintage Sports GT
Vintage Sports GT race 1 grid - Ramesh/De Tomaso Pantera; Luke/De Tomaso Pantera; Steve/Porsche 914/6; Gordon/Cobra Daytona; Peter/Porsche 911S; Kent/Porsche 911 Turbo:
Me and Ram go past Kent's Porsche lying on its side, while luke goes through the turn at the top of the hill:
Kent spins his Porsche as me and Steve head to the back straight through the same corner:
Computer Vintage Sports GT race 1 results:
Vintage Sports GT race 2 grid - Ramesh/De Tomaso Pantera; Luke/De Tomaso Pantera; Peter/Porsche 911S; Steve/Porsche 911 Carrera RS; Gordon/Cobra Daytona; Keith/Porsche 911 Turbo:
Brothers crash as Steve and Keith tangle at the carousel exit:
Computer Vintage Sports GT race 2 results:
Vintage Sports Prototype
Vintage Sports Prototype race 1 grid - Ramesh/Ford GT MkIV; Gordon/Ferrari P4; Peter/Lola T70 MkIII; Luke/Ford GT40; Steve/Lola T70 MkIII; Keith/Ford GT40:
My Ferrari P4 narrowly leads Ram's Ford MkIV into the Carousel:
Computer Vintage Sports Prototype race 1 results:
Vintage Sports Prototype race 2 grid - Gordon/Ferrari P4; Ramesh/Ford GT MkIV; Steve/Lola T70 MkIII; Peter/Lola T70 MkIII; Luke/Ford GT40; Keith/Ford GT40:
Keith spins his GT40 going up the hill:
Close early-lap action, as me, Ram, Steve, Peter and Luke race down the middle back straight:
Almost the whole field traverses the Carousel:
Computer Vintage Sports Prototype race 2 results:
(How this is computed: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Diversity Award
The diversity award goes to Steve for driving five different cars at the event, a Corvette Stingray and Datsun 240Z in Kitbash, a Porsche 911 Carrera RS and Porsche 914/6 in Vintage Sports GT and a Lola T70 MkIII in Vintage Sports Prototype.
Total Championship Points for 2025 (total of each drivers top fifteen points-scoring days):
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: To be announced.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon