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2026 Season - Rnd 1 - Jan 20th

With the best attendance for a while, 13 club members turned out to set up the 112' long 6 lane sport track, with the power set at 11 volts. (Remember, this is an 'Old School' no-mag, low voltage, electronic controller-free zone.)
 

Support race:  Club Scalextric Porsche 911gt3's - slightly modified. 3 minute heats.

       

 

The  club cars were very closely matched and used IROC style, produced some very close racing that was reflected in the overall results. Mark J took first place by 1.6 laps from Graham, who was just two thirds of a lap ahead of third place man David. The rest of the field were a little more spread out but the tail enders, Wayne and James finished within a tenth of a lap, so it was close throughout.

       

 

Main Race: Owner/Driver Policar Maserati GT's upgraded with 20K rpm motors.

       

 

 The main race gave the drivers six four minute heats against as many different drivers as possible. The Policar Maseratis, sourced 'box stock', came in a limited choice of colours so many had chosen to paint or decal their cars to make them more easily recognised in the heat of battle. 

       

Previous meetings had shown the standard motors to be a bit underwhelming on the big track, they are supposed to be 'home racers' after all, so the club funded  and supplied upgraded Pendle 20k motors, some of which were fitted at a 'workshop' earlier in the evening.

       

Racing was fast and furious with Graham's Coca Cola car taking the win over David and Mark J. 

       

With strict rules as to what COULDN'T be done it was surprising to see such a disparity between the top seven and the six making up the rest of the field. Still, a good move upgrading the motors for the big track, making the racing much more enjoyable.