First event was Group 1 Classic sports cars. This is for NC1 / NC8 or similar motors. The Ninco Jags looked to be at infestation levels and it was left to a couple of old lags to show what you could do without a Ninco Jag. Kev and me fielded Cobras and as the heats progressed the line ups slowly started to change. Mmmmmmmmmmmm!!!
Finally relatively new comer Gary, who drives a mean slotcar. Took the top spot with three drivers hot on his tale. After the final heat a whole bunch of results let us know who had made the wrong choice and who hadn’t!!
Next up was a very popular class, this was Classic GP. The Cartrix models were obviously going to feature strongly in this with the Merc 196, The Bugatti and the Gordini all having the best footprints. I took a scratchbuilt Maserati just for the pleasure of running it.
Gary once again set the pace from early on and with relatively soft heats, all he had to do was keep running. Glen’s Gordini was doing the circuits with several drivers taking it round at breakneck speed. Chris in particular was ready to make him a substantial offer for it!
Once again the results showed a cluster in the middle of the pack all vying for position. This time Gary won, but quite narrowly from Norm, with only four seconds gap after ten minutes racing.
There were four events scheduled for the evening but time and a computer hardware glitch robbed us of some valuable time, so the evening was shortened to three classes which still lasted til 10 pm.
Last class was Nascars. Bit of an unknown quantity here but it was soon obvious what the pace was to be when I set a 13.16 fastest lap in the opening heats.
Once again a very well contested class with some nicely set up models. Scalextric models making up the bulk with a couple of brave hearts racing SCX, myself included. Once again Gary was running at a respectable speed and everyone else had it to do. But at the final flag I had managed to steal the race from him with ten seconds to spare.
Al and Jacqi had the catering off pat and many thanks to them for the time they put in at and before the race meeting. It’s always greatly appreciated.