[Kevan]

Race report and results - 2nd July June 2026 - 

• Saloons, Small Saloons, Group 5 Saloons
  
• Sports, Small Sports, Group 5 Sports
  
• SRF F1 Sidecars
  

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As there were a few regulars away, we had time to increase heats to 3 minutes for the six club members tonight.
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Saloons, Small Saloons, Group 5 Saloons

   
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• One Prostock Small Saloon - Kev’s Anglia
  
• One Modified Saloon - Ed’s Ninco Opel
  
• Three Prostock Saloons - Geoff’s Gr.5 Mustang, Brian’s Gr.5 Capri & Paul’s Alfa 155 DTM
  
• One Open Class Saloon - Andy’s Peugeot Silhouette
  

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Well that was a good mix of car types, Kev’s little Anglia mixing it with the much bigger saloons.  A pair of Group 5 cars and a DTM racing for top honours in Prostock class with Geoff’s Mustang having the edge over Brian’s Capri and Paul’s Alfa 155.
Andy’s Peugeot looks like the interior has come loose and rubbing on the drivers side rear tyre wearing a 3mm wide groove off the tread… that didn’t make it any easier for the rest to try and catch it though!

   
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Sports, Small Sports, Group 5 Sports

   
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• One Modified Small Sports - Ed’s Ninco Jag XK120
  
• Four Prostock Sports - Kev’s Mosler, Andy’s Hypercar, Brian’s Porsche 956 & Paul’s Maserati MC GT4
  
• One Open Class Sport - Geoff’s Revo Toyota GT1
  

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Ed’s XK120 originally built for proxy events is perfect for multiple events and was massively outperformed by the much quicker Prostock cars, slowing to let faster cars by every couple of laps must have been off-putting, I hope that didn’t spoil his enjoyment of driving it.
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Andy’s NSR Hypercar had it’s first race tonight, what a great car, it’s competitive against the Moslers with not much setup.  From what we’ve seen already, a recommended car to buy!

Kev’s ‘Copper Rocket’ Mosler got its annual run-out tonight, “It could do with a quicker motor” made Brian laugh!

Paul & Brian raced a couple of regulars, Paul’s SlotIt Maserati MC GT4 and Brian’s SlotIt Porsche 956, both very nice runners, both very consistent cars without foibles.

Talking of foibles, did Geoff’s Revoslot Toyota GT1 really go better once he’d smashed the wing off… or was that a trick of the light?  The fact is it went better each race and a 6.3 second hot lap for a Revoslot is pretty good!

   
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SRF F1 SIDECARS - (we race these every week)

   
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Five SRF Sidecars tonight with more to come!... Ed’s outfit is nearly ready to race

In order of appearance on the track we saw:

• Geoff, Kev, Andy, Paul, Brian
  

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No ‘newcomers’ this week but George has started on his Sidecar, painted red, it’ll be interesting what he does to finish the job.
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• Brian’s Sidecar was back!... no squeak, no inexplicable deslots just smooth as you like and quicker than it was when he first raced it.
  
• Talking of smooth, Andy’s Gulf outfit was on a mission tonight, uncatchable in Yellow lane with another 6.1 sec hot lap.
  
• Paul’s outfit didn’t like the hairpin at the top of the hill in Red lane but made up for it with a good run in Blue lane.
  
• Geoff’s Sidecar is another consistently improving outfit, down in the 6.6 sec’s is a good time for these.
  
• It was Kev’s turn for the flip of the coin that is ‘luck’ (deslots/marshal help required) and tonight was ‘tails you lose’ and couldn’t match Andy’s score overall.
  
• No missed laps this week.
  

   
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Here’s a reminder of the setups that seem to work well:

• Gearing - 3:1 or thereabouts, i.e. 11/34, 12/34 or 12/36.  This gives plenty of acceleration and brakes and more than enough top speed.
  
• 10mm wide tyres gives a great selection of tyre choices, tried and tested compounds in this size on BallaYorkley are NSR Alan Mann Untragrips, Thunderslot 002 or 004’s and NSR Zero graining tyres (if you have the patience to true them as they take ages!)
  
• A good chunk of ballast down the centre of the chassis seems to work well.
  
• A small diameter front tyre so it doesn’t foul the chassis or touch the bodywork.
  
• How tight the bodyshell fixing screws are seems to have a big effect on handling, trial & error here.
  

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A ‘gentleman's agreement’ formulated after a discussion with the SRF design team to keep the racing close for everyone:

• Slotcarmann Harrier 26k handout motors
  
• 10mm wide tyres
  
• No tyre treatment once Sidecar racing starts
  
• Ballast inside the outfit only
  

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Three videos this week…enjoy!

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Next week at the Manx Scalextric & Slot Car Club…

• Club Ford GT40
  
• F1, Classic F1, Prewing F1, Grand Prix
  
• SRF F1 Sidecars .
  

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