[Kevan]

Race report and results - 9th July June 2026 - 

• Club Ford GT40
  
• F1 + Grand Prix
  
• SRF F1 Sidecars
  

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Five of us tonight which means two drivers and three marshals.
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Club Ford GT40

   
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This time of year lap times are always down slightly, it’s always been the case in the middle of a hot summer.
Chris set the fastest lap with the yellow car whilst getting the only 23 lapper of the night!... then had his worst run in the blue lane!!
It turns out the blue car was the main deciding factor for everyone as it’s the slowest of the trio of GT40’s.  It adds a little jeopardy to a class with identical cars.

   
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F1 & Grand Prix

   
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• One Grand Prix car, Pauls Aston Martin DBR4 which we’ll probably also see next week in the Mike Dove Memorial Classic Grand Prix
  
• Everyone else raced NSR F1’s, all running the same motor, varying choices of tyres and gearing and ballast.
  

Dave & Chris finished on the same lap whilst Brian’s NSR was four laps ahead in runner-up spot a few laps behind Kev’s NSR.

   
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SRF F1 SIDECARS - (we race these every week)

   
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Five SRF Sidecars tonight with more to come!
 In order of appearance on the track we saw:

• Dave, Chris, Paul, Brian, Kev
  

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Notes:

• Paul was racing with one of the new ‘plastic track spec’ chassis.  This has the guide mounted down the centreline of the chassis which is achieved by moving the guide further back so that it’s still within the confines of the bodywork…  There is also a round magnet in the chassis behind the guide, magnetic effect is well within the 25g limit for our racing…overall, Paul liked it and managed his best results to date with it.
  
• General consensus is that the choice of rear tyres doesn’t have the major effect that it does on a car.
  

   
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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…

• The annual ‘Mike Dove Memorial Classic Grand Prix’ for Prewing F1 and Grand Prix cars
  
• SRF F1 Sidecars
  

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