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2025 Season - Rnd 10 - Oct 18th

FIRST CLASS! - 'Club' Pioneer Legends - Support Race:

Back by popular demand, all nine drivers had their names added to the roster to race the Pioneer Legends. This time a substitute was required for the blue lane car, it's slot guide catching on the engine detail. The gold car proved a worthy alternative though, until the 'proper' car could be fettled  on the work bench back in Chesterfield.

As always with these cars, racing was very close with lots of sideways action. Even those who had opted out of this class at earlier meetings soon got the hang of the different driving style required, to such an extent that Mark W set the class record for the night with a 13.832 fastest lap.

Up until the last heat it looked like the podium was settled, with Mark J first, Shaun second and Graham third, the three being covered by four fifths of a lap. However, no-one was more astonished than Doug when the overall results showed him taking his first - and probably only - B St E race win by just over half a lap, thanks to that gold car on the blue lane in the final heat!

                                                       

Mains: Owner/Driver Saloons 

The 'Owner/Driver' class always provides an interesting grid, from the most recent and outrageous DTM's, through various years of the BTCC and on down to the truly historic and eccentric saloons of 'yesteryear'. 

The 1/32 technology reflects the changes over the years and of course, as per their one to one counterparts, they finished more or less in that order, the newest cars filling the rostrum with the oldest trailing some way back. 

It did throw up another first time winner though, a delighted Graham taking the top step of the podium by just over three laps from Vic' and five and a half from David. 

At this point Alan and Shaun had to take their leave and it looked like the meeting was just about done but ....... no. Time for one more class of one and a half minute heats!

                                                     

BONUS! Fly Trucks Support race:

With two club members on their way home the remaining seven, again by popular demand, opted to run one more - very brief - class, the Fly Trucks. They were to run 90 second heats, Race Coordinator taking care of the low driver count and need for someone to marshal and run race control. 

The results were possibly even closer than the Legends, just two laps covering all seven competitors, with yet another name topping the leader board. Bill, who had been running race control most of the night finally got his reward, leading Mark J home by half a lap, with Mark W just a third of a lap further back.

Remarkably eight of the nine club members had featured on the podium at some point during the night. 

                                                        

Time to pack up and wend our various ways home. 

Thanks go to Bill for leading me back to my hotel in the dark, through B St E's one way system and roadworks, after my satnav decided it had enough. 

Thanks Bill!