Steve, O'Brie, Peter and I had a fun afternoon at FRC doing some practicing and tuning of cars for our new Group B classes comprising BTCC, American Pony Car (APC), Modified Production (MP) and GT, finally racing all but the APC class.
During the test and tune session, O'Brie's MP BMW 320i was transformed by the replacement of its over-powered motor to something much better suited to driving it without magnets on the twisty FRC circuit. A previously almost undrivable car became a very competitive racer. Peter got up to good speed and consistency, despite not being a regular driver and Steve has become the new Ramesh, at least until the real one returns to FRC!
The results
Modified Production grid: Steve's Peugeot 406, my Zakspeed Capri, O'Brie's BMW 320i and Peter driving Steve's Zakspeed Escort:
BTCC grid: Steve's BMW 330i on pole, followed by O'Brie's VW Passat, my Honda Civic and Peter driving Steve's BMW 125i:
GT grid: Steve's Lotus Elise, my Porsche 911R, O'Brie's Porsche 997 and Peter driving Steve's Ford GTE:
(How this is computed: https://www.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