[Kevan]

Race results - 13th June 2024 - F1 followed by Group 5

No marshals but three racers meant a lot of stopping and starting but inbetween there were some quick laps and some too close for comfort racing.
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F1
One Standard Class NSR F1 and a pair of Open Class MB/Allslot F1's with Brian racing his MB/Allslot from a few years ago.
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We made it look like hard work, lap counts were well down with deslots seemingly every lap!

   
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Group 5
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Two Standard Class Sideways Group 5's and one Modified Class Sideways Capri with SlotIt SW pod.
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We made this class look a bit easier...a bit!

   
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Lots of super close racing though.

[Kevan]

F1 'racing'

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Group 5 'racing'

[Kevan]

Race results - 20th June 2024 - NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge' #5 followed by Saloons
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A good turnout tonight, which would mean some great racing.
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NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge' #5
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Four championship contenders and three 'non championship' contenders.
The four championship drivers raced each other whilst the three 'non championship' drivers stayed out of the way with their own racing.
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Mike B was having problems with his Mosler during his first race, this gave Chris a full lap advantage...Mike found a cracked motor mount and set-to with superglue...to be continued
Gav & Ed had already run two heats by this time and were having their own battle.  Gav uses the controller settings from the last person who used it, this happened to be Kev and his settings seemed to suit Gav's driving perfectly because his car was flying!
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The 'non championship' drivers had also run two heats by this time with Kev two laps clear and running much better than the last round of the series having found nothing obvious causing the handling problems.
Andy & Brian less than a lap apart at this time but Brian wasn't 100% confident with his car.
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Mike's bodge solved his car problems and his Mosler was flying and by the end of the second race had taken over half a lap off Chris's lead.
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Brian had a stinker in his last race in the red lane losing five laps to  Andy & Kev with Kev finishing comfortably ahead of Andy for the overall 'non championship' result.
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Would Mike catch Chris, would Gav catch Ed...
Chris had a deslot early in the race...oh how costly was that!...as the cars crossed the line on their final lap Mike nicked the win by 0.09 of a lap which is about half a second.
...and Ed managed to keep Gav away by just under a lap.
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As far as the series points are concerned, they're just as close as tonights racing.  At the half way point, there's no clear and obvious favourite in both championships.

•     Championship Standings - Mike has come back really strongly in the last two rounds closing within one point of Chris.  With Ed missing two rounds Gav is currently third overall.
  

•     'Non Championship' Standings - Kev has pulled back level with Andy and Brian is a couple of points further back.
  

   

   
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Saloon
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One 'Back 2 Basics', one Standard Class, one Modified  Class and a trio of Spirit Peugeot 406's and a Mustang in Open Class.
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With the track back at 13.8v a couple of these were lapping even faster than the Moslers.
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It's great to see Ed supporting the 'B2B' class proving that you don't need a racing special to enjoy good racing.  A good run in Yellow lane probably gave Ed the Standard Class win.
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Gav was having trouble adjusting his controller "I'm adjusting all the right settings...but not necessarily in the right order"...'you need less brakes Gav'...not that one...not that one either...try that one'.  It's fair to say his Opel doesn't look happy at the moment.
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Chris racing his trusty Honda Civic, only beaten in the Yellow lane by the trio of Open Class Peugeots. A really good run in Yellow lane for the trusty Honda.
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Mike B's Mustang went best in Red lane finishing not far off Kev's time.  The race in Yellow lane was the main reason the Mustang lost ground to Brian's Peugeot.
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Brian's blue Peugeot 406 has seen a resurgence of late, it goes really well...but not quite up to catching Kev & Andy who were flying round together for many laps...as they were with the Moslers earlier.
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With one final race, Andy was leading overall by 0.2 of a lap, with both drivers in their favoured lanes, a few incidents during the race meant Kev's orange Peugeot took top spot in the Open Class.

   

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Next week is Slot Rally...

[Kevan]

NSR Mosler 'Club Challenge #5'

[Kevan]

Saloons

[Kevan]

Race report - 4th July 2024 - Sports followed by Grand Prix & prewing F1
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A good mix of classes tonight from the quickest to the slowest.
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Sports 
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In Standard Class Brian raced the only NSR Mosler against Kev's SlotIt Group C Jag, the closest race of the night was the last one with the Jag crossing the line a few feet ahead of the Mosler.
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Ed's Modified Class Jag XJR9 looks easy to drive but had three lonely races a few laps behind...but won it's class!
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Chris & Gav raced for Open Class honours, Chris's popular Dome Judd and Gav's quick Ferrari F40.  They did race each other in Heat #4, the Dome Judd finishing two laps ahead.
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Kev's Jag, Ed's Jag and Chris's Dome Judd all finished as class winners tonight.

   
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Grand Prix & prewing F1.
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With Andy away in France, no prewing entries.
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Ed racing the only Standard Class car, the Cartix Lancia Ferrari may be hefty but stays in the slot.
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In Modified Class we saw again saw Brian & Kev racing for class honours, Brian's Vanwall and Kev's Mercedes W196.
Racing each other in Heat #6 even with only one deslot all race, the Vanwall couldn't catch the Merc.
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Two cars in Open Class, Chris with his Maserati 250F and Gav with his detuned brass chassied Lancia Ferrari D50.  
These two did meet in the last race of the night joined by Ed's Lancia D50...with which he won the heat but Chris's Maserati  was only one second behind but a couple of laps ahead of Gav's Lancia Ferrari.

   
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Next week we will see a lot of these GP cars again as it's the annual 'Mike Dove Memorial Classic Grand Prix' (pre-1961) Team Race.  This is now only for Classic GP cars, no pre-wings.

[Kevan]

Sports races

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Grand Prix races

[Kevan]

Race results and report - 18th July 2024 - Club GT40 followed by F1
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Last week with only the three of us racing we set the track at 12V to reduce deslots and found the cars were easier to drive and the racing was more enjoyable...so we left it like that during pre-race practice and found the cars were marginally slower but easy to drive.  We decided to leave the track set at 12V for the racing also.
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Club SlotIt Ford GT40

   
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Initial driver lineups were randomised by the computer so we had Kev, Brian & Chris in one group and Andy, Mike B & Ed in the other.
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Heat #2 was close with Andy and Mike B finishing only 3 seconds apart.
Heat #6 was even closer as Mike B finished only 2 seconds ahead of Ed with Andy only 1 second further back.
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The Yellow GT40 was the easiest to race hard, the Red GT40 was also easy but the Blue car had an unpleasant rear end snatch when transitioning from right to left handers i.e. chicanes.  This meant having to manage the pace when racing that car with a few deslots to remind you.
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The overall spread was much closer at the end.  When we last raced these, the top three cars were separated by six laps...tonight that was just over one lap.
The total spread last time over the five drivers that raced was fifteen laps...tonight that was six laps...so I think it would be a good idea to keep the track at 12V for all but the NSR Mosler Challenges (which are raced at 11V).

   
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F1

   
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All but one F1 was an NSR F1, Kev decided to bring an old 'Standard Class' car the kind of which we saw before NSR brought the F1 out...his SCX Minardi still competitive albeit now classified as a 'Modified Class' car.
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Standard Class
Lap times again were slightly down but the racing was again closer.  Andy’s NSR has been the one to catch in this class since day 1 and wasn’t put under pressure tonight.  Brian’s F1 finished half way between Andy’s F1 and the chasing trio of Mike B, Ed & Chris.  This trio finished less than two laps apart with Ed’s NSR finishing ahead of Chris’s but behind Mike B’s NSR.  Chris has a sticky guide to fix for next time as it lost him a fair bit of time as marshals had to turn the car over to straighten the guide before being able to relocate the car back on track.
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Modified Class
Kev’s SCX Minardi did much better than he expected and finished with a very good score between the top two NSR’s
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At the end of the night Mike B said “I like this racing at 12V”...so that’s what we’ll do going forwards apart from the NSR Mosler Club Challenge races.
The idea was originally sparked by a comment Chris said after the last TV & Film car night when he said the lights start to fail when you go over 12V, so it’ll also do those cars a favour as you get bonus laps for lights.

   


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Next week is Small Sports/Saloons followed by NSR Mosler ‘Club Challenge’ #6