Well the 2018 SRC kicked off last Tuesday 24th with the first round held at SSME and as I could not make it my roving reporter Neil Bolton sent me some pics and his observations to enable me to put together this report in absentia.
I also got some feedback from Darryl during the week as we tuned our model car for the MCN to be held in May – never ever thought I would build a model racing car complete with lights (as opposed to a SLOT CAR).
So here goes. Twelve entries was a great turn-out for this popular series and when you consider that Ron pulled out to make it just 2 rounds of six and that Stoo and myself could not make it – well it bodes well for the remaining rounds.
I will proceed with our man’s comments from the front line (in italics) adding whatever I can.
Hey Fox
Just some observations from last night.
As you will see by the results it was a cracking night. The totals were a little low but overall most thought the racing was fast and close.
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Heat 1
Cars and Drivers Left – Right
Ando, Troy, Wayne W, Shalin, Stevo and Andrew
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Heat 2
Cars and Drivers Left – Right
Casey, Neil, Gregg, Richard, Darryl and Wayne B
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My car was hooked up pretty good and I drove the wheels of it, but couldn't make an impression on the podium. Troy came out of the other heat to knock me back to P5.
Darryl got involved in someone else's wreck late in the last bracket and it surely cost him the win. Overall there was FA in the podium. King Richard was impressive in his first run on the track.
Overall Gregg defended his title in the best possible way, by winning.
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Gregg’s lap total was 1 lap down on Steve Kings 148 which Steve has achieved twice – I am not sure if anybody has done more in these races as I missed a few of them due to travel. Maybe if anybody has information of a higher total recorded they could let us know who and when for the record.
Darryl’s fast time of 4.660 fell short of the 4.595 done by Steve King in round 1 last year and the faster 4.576 set by Ric's Raiders in last year’s Enduro however his times overall were bullet quick (Troy had a 4.222 recorded on Red which was obviously a short lap or some other glitch).
Great to see Troy back and Shalin being weaned off the wing things for the night.
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Heat 1
Cars and Drivers Left – Right
Ando, Troy, Wayne W, Shalin, Stevo and Andrew
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From the sheets I can see that Stevo and Andrew Baxter both hit trouble.
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Cars and Drivers Left – Right
Casey, Wayne B, Gregg, Richard, Darryl and Neil
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Ron used last year’s results to seed the heat line up. It would have been good to have Troy competing against Richard and Daryl in the same heat, but it was not to be. However that should be corrected in the next round.
Richard completed an impressive first run with a victory.
Daryl's karma got re-balanced when with his gear slowly stripping, he made it to the finish for P2. The popular theory was that the car would stop before the end of the race.
Shalin had an up and down race learning the track.
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In summery a great night which I was sad to miss – a big thanks to the SSME crew and Ron in particular for hosting the event.
