[Kevan]

Race report and results - 15th October 2026 - 
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• Grand Prix & F1
  
• Run-Wot-U-Brung
  
• SRF F1 Sidecars
  

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Grand Prix + Prewing F1 + Classic F1 + F1

   
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A great turnout tonight and a nice change to see the majority wanting to race the smaller GP/PW/Classic F1’s (Kev opted to run an F1 to make up a heat of three cars)
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• Ed raced his Lancia D50 in Modified Grand Prix
  
• Geoff raced a Cartrix Talbot Lago & Brian H raced a resin Mercedes W196 in Prostock Grand Prix
  
• Andy raced a Policar Lotus 72 & Brian L raced a Policar Ferrari 312B2 in Prostock Classic F1
  
• Kev, Mike & George raced NSR F1’s in Prostock F1
  

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The closest class finish was between Geoff and Brian H as the Talbot Lago finished a lap ahead of the Mercedes W196.
There were good races to watch and race in too.

   
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Race-Wot-U-Brung

   

This turned out far more interesting than everyone anticipated… 
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I had to split the ‘vehicles’ into different classes… and scales!
Bear in mind tonight was originally on the calendar as a ‘TV & Film Car’ event (there was one though)
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• Geoff raced a Scalextric Blues Brothers ‘Bluesmobile’ in Standard Cars
  
• Ed raced a Ninco Opel Calibra in Modified Cars
  
• Brian L raced a SlotIt Mclaren 720S in Prostock Cars
  
• Mike B raced a resin Opel Calibra & George raced a NSR Ford P68 in Open Class Cars
  
• Kev raced a 3D Kart in Prostock Karts
  
• Andy raced an Avant Raid Truck in Open Class Trucks
  
• Brian H raced a 1/24th scale Dodge Charger in 1/24th Scale Cars
  

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Nobody knew what to expect as George (Red lane) and Brian L (Blue lane) were separated by Andy’s Raid truck (Yellow lane) in Heat #1……..
…Raid trucks are top-heavy, high speed cornering (even with that 38K NSR King motor) tends to result in marshal intervention.
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Heat #2 was also different as Geoff & Ed lined up next to Kev’s Kart in its first competitive race.
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Heat #5 was a shock as George & Mike waited on the line as Brian H’s huge 1/24th scale Dodge Charger joined them.  It’s 80mm wide, surely too wide for our track…
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The most interesting heat of the night was the last one as Andy’s Raid truck lined up next to Brian H’s huge Dodge Charger with just enough room between them for a 1/32 scale cyclist!
Three cars like Brian’s Dodge Charger would definitely be a crash-fest, only one was OK for this one-off test event but we may have to have a maximum width limit going forward as we have more nights like this (which we definitely will because it was a great event).

   

SRF F1 SIDECARS


   

• Six SRF F1 Sidecars
  

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I wanted to say something whilst Geoff was in the middle of a race, it was flying tonight but best not ‘do a Murray’ on him when he’s going so well.
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Brian L had a great final race… trying not to reflect on throwing his first race away, losing over a lap after a deslot under the bridge with only 25 seconds to go!
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Mike did well, especially in Yellow and Blue lanes to finish within a lap of Geoff.
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Brian H had the second best overall run in Blue lane but lost a fair bit of time in Red lane in Heat #4.
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Ed’s shiny black outfit had a best run in Red lane in Heat #2, it’s his favourite practice lane and had a clean race.
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Kev had a change of tyres this week, the same as his #1 Sidecar outfit, a slightly bigger diameter and gave it a bit more top speed.  A 23 lapper in Yellow lane was his best race.

   
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Three videos this week…enjoy!
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Next week at the Manx Scalextric & Slot Car Club…

• 50’s & 60’s Monsters & Minis (Minis are any small saloon)
  
• F1 Sidecars 
  

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