Australian Slot Car Racers Association

Hi All

Well it was the last of the Can Am part of the HSC Retro Series last weekend (note for the rest of the series we will race Coupes and F1's) so it was great to get 8 starters in each class. The field included the return of Stoo (who has been missing in action due to work commitments) and a relative new-comer Matthew (who had his first Retro start at the Geoghegan) who has experience on the track albeit racing Scalextrix (in the opposite direction!!!).

The Can Am Cars

Left to Right
Darryls' JK build, Marks' JK build, Paul and Bill (Warmack kits both built by Bill) Leighs' JK Build, Matthews' (Bramble build), Peter and Stoo both ran their own scratch-builds Can Am Race

With 8 starters there were two heats.

Heat 1 saw (L-R ) Stoo, Darryl, Matthew and Bill battle it out with Darryl leading nearly all the way over Stoo, Matthew and Bill. Heat 2 saw (L-R) Peter, Paul, Mark (not Mary) and Leigh go hard with Mark leading all the way over Paul, Peter and Leigh. Leigh was up there and level pegging with Paul just behind Mark when he ran into major problems which saw only 2 laps totaled on Purple and Black (ouch). So the upshot of all that sees: -

• Mark 178
  Paul 175
  Darryl 168
  Peter 164
  Stoo 163
  Matthew 156
  Bill 150
  Leigh 132

The F1 Cars

Left to Right
Peters' scratch-build, Paul and Bills' Slick 7 builds (by Bill) and Marks' Slick 7 build (by Tim Tyler). Darryls' JK', Matthews' (Bramble loaned from James), Leighs' "bonehead" and Stoos' scratch-built. F1 Race

Again there were two heats.

Heat 1 saw (L-R) that Stoo had shaken off the dust from his lay-off and 'warm-up' in the Can Am race to lead all the way. There was a fine battle between Darryl and Matthew in the first half of the race which saw Darryl take control and second whilst steady Bill just cruised around and nearly got Matthew who finished only 1 lap up over Bill. Heat 2 saw (L-R) Peter, Paul, Mark and Leigh battle it out. Basically I lead for the first 3 brackets until I hit Black. Leigh then hits the lead with Paul on the same lap and moi 1 lap down. With the pace being absolutely cracking Paul hung in and showed his class and nerve to hold off from Mark (0.117 sec) and Leigh (2 laps). Peter put in a solid effort and finished with a solid 22 on Blue. The combined Heats show:-

• Paul 171
  Mark 171 (0.171 sec behind)
  Leigh 169
  Stoo 164
  Peter 163
  Darryl 159
  Matthew 152
  Bill 151

As usual thanks to James for preparing the track and running the races for us.
See you at the next Retro Race