Our three hundred and sixty-first event, this one for our Rally and Kitbash classes, took place just one week after our previous Clubman time bracket competition. As almost always is the case for our rally events, Ramesh graced us with his presence, along with his very fast cars and almost faultless driving.
Nonetheless, the on track rivalry was very competitive, everyone pushing the cars they drove to – and sometimes over – their limits. Both the rally stages as well as the racing saw a lot of action and close results. With football World Cup fever in high gear, we had to keep things going with minimal long breaks as no one wanted to miss the 5:00PM match between Norway and England. Peter had kindly opened his living room to us for the game which we thoroughly enjoyed watching on his very large TV.
After the match, we packed up the track and took off to our homes, no doubt thinking about the work we'd need to do on our cars for the next event.
Pictures from the event:
World Cup viewing:
See lower down for Kitbash Race Action pics.
The Results
Rally
The orange highlights below indicate who did the best time for each lap of each stage, the driver who did the fastest lap for the stage and the driver with the lowest variation in times driving the stage.
The fastest rally stage lap time of 8.001 sec was set by Ramesh in the second stage run.
The rally cars:
Sorry... no pictures.
Kitbash
Kitbash race 1 grid - Ramesh (Honda Accord); Steve (BMW 320i); Gordon (VW Golf); Peter (Escort Mk II); O'Brie (Mercedes CLK); Liam (Peugeot 205):
Computer Kitbash race 1 results:
Podium - 1st: Ramesh (Honda Accord); 2nd: Gordon (VW Golf); 3rd: Peter (Ford Escort Mk II):
Kitbash race 2 grid - Ramesh (Honda Accord); Gordon (VW Golf); Peter (Ford Escort Mk II); Steve (Mustang GT 350); O'Brie (Mercedes CLK); Liam (Peugeot 205):
Computer Kitbash race 2 results:
Podium - 1st: Ramesh (Honda Accord); 2nd: Gordon (VW Golf); 3rd: Steve (Mustang GT 350):
Kitbash race 3 grid - Ramesh (Honda Accord); Gordon (VW Golf); Steve (Renault Megane); Peter (VW Golf); O'Brie (Mercedes CLK); Liam (Peugeot 205):
Computer Kitbash race 3 results:
Podium - 1st: Ramesh (Honda Accord); 2nd: Gordon (VW Golf); 3rd: O'Brie (Mercedes CLK):
Kitbash Race Action:
Overall Results
(How this is computed: https://frcforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Diversity Award
Steve wins the diversity award for driving the most cars – four.
Congratulations to the winners!
Total Championship Points for 2026:
Next event's classes: BTCC, GT, LMP.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon