Race report #191 - Thur 30th April 2015 (PM, F1)

[gordon]

RACE REPORT #191 - April 30th 2015 (MP, F1)



Results



Modified Production (A) starting grid:










F1 (A) starting grid:










Luke's F1 car display in the padock:


Mod Prod (B) drivers about to start a race:


Marshals Ramesh and Arden preparing to get to work:


Likewise for Luke B and Steve:






Congratulations to the winners.

Next event's classes: Group D: Nissan GT-R Super Series IROC - 6 races @ 20 laps, Slot.It Challenge - 3 races @ 30 laps. As usual, don't forget to see the updated fastest times for the FRC classes to know what the benchmarks are for your cars, the updated class average qualifying times and the updated fastest times for 2015.

See you on the circuit...
Gordon

[steveaca]

Great night of racing as usual at FRC. Good driver turnout meant running A and B groups in both classes raced. As can be seen from the points, the racing was extremely tight and competitive. I particularly enjoyed duelling with Ramesh in Mod. Prod. and with Arden in F1.
Of particular interest was Luke's impressive collection of Fernando Alonso F1 cars which he brought for display.
Congrats to Luke B. on winning both Group A classes and taking the evening's overall win. Congrats also to Alex and Jon who won Group B classes. Special mention must be made of Dion on taking his first FRC F1 win. I would also like to commend Boo, who on his birthday, was able to take my Mod. Prod. Mustang GT 350 to a race win and overall second place in Group B.
Looking forward to the next event.

[RameshB]

Hi guys once again a very exciting night of racing , i share Steve comments about the various close challenges he was having, and i would like to add it was clean racing fun by all with very little stop and go or drive through s. I am seeing much better racing by all especially Jackson and Gary. Thanks to Gordon for hosting a fun event.Those fi cars looked quite nice thanks Luke T bye Ramesh

[Luke]

GG ~ pics with the guys looks real cool and see how you got Birthday Boy "Boo" right smack dab in the middle of everybody

[Luke]

Thanks Steve and Ramesh,

I did notice my prized (theme) collection of F1 (Alonso) Scalextric cars was very startling to all persons ... Especially when Alex and Boo saw how much F1 Scalextric cars, all in one place - Alex's eyebrows almost came off and Boo's eyes almost popped out

Sorry to say though, I didn't have a great night of racing like how you'll (plus and others) did especially Birthday Boy "Boo" but nonetheless I enjoyed the company of all present. Mind you, not complaining about not having a great racing night because know I'm not putting any effort into tuning my slotcars for racing events. This is the norm for me with racing atm - I always see where I can make a quick fix happen with one (or two) of my slotcars (eg: Mod Prod - Mustang FR500C) for the event. Know this method wont yield any great results & suppose simply put - its like I don't enjoy slotcar tuning so much again.

On the positive side though - I do enjoy seeing the other Super Tune set-ups by other persons around.

At the same time - here's a list of the 7 F1 Scalextric cars collected through the years 2003 - 2009 ... of my favourite F1 driver F. Alonso & his World Championship positions

• 1. C2389 Renault F1 No.8 2003 .......................... Fernando Alonso - 6th.
  2. C2582 Renault F1 No.8 2004 .......................... Fernando Alonso - 4th.
  3. C2649 Renault F1 No.5 2005 .......................... Fernando Alonso - 1st.
  4. C2723 Renault F1 No.1 2006 .......................... Fernando Alonso - 1st.
  5. C2806 McLaren Mercedes F1 No.1 2007 ........... Fernando Alonso - 3rd.
  6. C2863 Renault F1 No.5 2008 .......................... Fernando Alonso - 5th.
  7. C2987 Renault F1 No.7 2009 .......................... Fernando Alonso - 9th.

... and because Scalextric finished their association with Ferrari in 2009 and the Carrera brand now holds the licence to be the sole producer of Ferrari slot cars.

I collected these Scalextric models (when they held the licence of course) to represent the years (2010-2014) when Alonso raced for Ferrari.

• 1. C2676A Ferrari F1 No.1 2004 .......................... Michael Schumacher
  2. C2677 Ferrari F1 No.2 2004 ............................ Rubens Barrichello
  3. C2752 Ferrari F1 No.6 2006 ............................ Felipe Massa
  4. C3051 Ferrari F1 No.4 2009 ............................ Kimi Raikkonen

Here's a review vid of the last F1 Ferrari by Scalextric ... and was also raced very notable by Arden in the group A class. Also, Arden was correct when asked, what year this model was - 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eO1ktokeDGE

At this rate collecting - I may very well have to get from Electric Dreams - one of these F1 Carrera/Alonso models (2010 - 2014) to represent/complete the fifth year (2014) he raced for SF

• • Carrera 27323 Ferrari F1 2010 F. Alonso No.8 - $129.95
  • Carrera 27417 Ferrari F1 2011 F. Alonso No.5 - $59.95
  • Carrera - - - - - Ferrari F1 2012 F. Alonso No.5 - N/A
  • Carrera 27466 Ferrari F1 2013 F. Alonso No.3 - $36.69
  • Carrera 27496 Ferrari F1 2014 F. Alonso No.14 - $36.69

Thanks to GG posting a pic of my F1 collection cars displayed in the padock.

Have to let all know, as neat as they looked - they wont placed in the correct order and (may notice) one of the Renault cars missing ... from the line-up. It was left in the black carry bag by mistake.

I have a plan to put these (maybe 1 Carrera & 11 Scalextric) cars on a display board just like how the 997s, Lambos & F430 IROC cars are - some day soon.

Racing @ FRC 6 years STRONG

Luke