Well the 2nd round of the 2018 SRC was at HSC and attracted a good field of 14 racers to do battle on the Big Track with GT1’s and the Short Track with CanAm.
Fourteen entries was a great turn-out following the 1st round with 12 entries so we were all looking for some good racing.
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Heat 1
Cars Left – Right
Andrew B, Shalin, Stoo, Ron G, Mark F, Stephan and Wayne B
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Stoo and I battled it out for the minor podium and were equal in laps for the last 6 brackets but Stoo prevailed by a lap in the end.
Wayne B held down 4th all the way whilst Ron G, Shalin and Stephan all had a taste of the spoon with Shalin just pipping Stephan by a lap to gift him the spoon in the last bracket.
A good run by Shalin who hit trouble on Yellow to only rack up 7 laps.
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Cars Left – Right
Casey, Darryl, Wayne W, Gregg T, Troy, Richard and Neil
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Wayne W had a great drive to take out 3rd and he improves with every outing so is definitely one to watch. Also Casey was very fast setting quick times on 6 of the lanes followed a lap back by Darryl then Neil. Richard had no luck following his win in the 1st round at SSME.
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Heat 1
Cars Left – Right
Ron G, Stoo, Mark, Shalin, Wayne W, Wayne B and Stevo.
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Ron G was not far behind Wayne W holding down 4th from the 2nd bracket on and then there was a bit of a gap to Stevo, Wayne B and Shalin on his first venture on this very tricky track.
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Heat 2
Cars Left – Right
Casey, Richard, Gregg T, Neil, Darryl, Andrerw B and Troy
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Darryl, Troy and Gregg were never more than 2 laps apart after the 2nd bracket and slugged it out all the way to all be on the same lap (150 - as was I in the 1st race) at the end of the 7th bracket.
I knew that with the three of them competing against each other they would probably drive past my final total and they did. Darryl did a great 24 laps on green to seal the deal and take out the win a lap up on Troy and Gregg.
Neil, Casey and Richard had their own great battle to finish within 3 laps of each other while Andrew B held down the spoon.
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Times and lap totals way down on what we had been doing a couple of months ago and I am not sure why as the track was well prepared - maybe the power is a little down as indicated by the fast laps on each lane. Generally the fast laps on say White, Green, Orange and Blue would be under 5.1 secs and the lap totals have previously been high 170's or low 180's.
Thanks to all (especially James for hosting the event and the great track prep) for a great nights racing and back to SSME for Round 3 on Tuesday; June 26th.
See you there.
