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March 9th race day - record attendance 

It was a busy night at the hall with regulars helping recent joiners and total newbies with questions about their cars and the race formats. Some hands-on fettling was also required, particularly on one car that 'wasn't working'. (Both rear wheels were loose and spinning on the axle,  therefore no drive.)
 

Yet another layout was quickly constructed from the modular units, with some donated track sections being pressed into use to extend the main straight even further. This caused a few connectivity problems, which were soon sorted out but it did lead to much higher speeds and a few more 'racing incidents' at the mid-point and exit on those l-o-n-g straights!

         

 

Support race: Club SCX Lorries:

 

The evenings racing began with thirteen drivers, the club's lorries providing a level playing field and a good intro' to racing against a full grid on a large track. Plenty of  combative driving throughout the heats saw one lorry lose its cab in a multiple pile-up.   

          

Mark R weathered the carnage best, coming home first a good two laps clear of second place man Vic. Bracketing Vic's second place was another Mark, Mark J, who was barely half a lap back in third. (Remarkably FOUR Mark's raced on the night, the Race Coordinator audio having since been augmented to identify WHICH of the four was doing what in a particular heat!)

          

 

At the brief interval a couple of people stood down before the owner/driver class but numbers were supplemented by three late arrivers, first timers who took competitors up to fourteen for this class, with overall attendance reaching a new high of sixteen.

 

Main race: Owner/driver Nascar and Muscle cars.

          

 

With a couple of drop-outs - and three new competitors added - very close and fast racing ensued in most heats with, as usual, many different 1/32 and 1/1 makes of cars being represented. As per the support race, staying clear of the many incidents was the way to go for a quick lap with Vic coming home in 1st place, less than a lap ahead of rising star, Ben. This time Mark J took precedence over Mark R, stepping up to third place one and a half laps ahead of his namesake.

          

          

          

          

(All photos courtesy of Vic.)

 

Next meeting: Sat 13th April with owner/driver Saloon cars ( 20k max motors and inline chassis ) plus support classes tbc.