HSC 2017 Retro Series Rnd 7 - Flat Track (STR) - 05/08/2017

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HSC 2017 Retro Series Rnd 7 - Flat Track (STR) - 05/08/2017

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Hi All.

The 7th round of the HSC Retro series was held on 5th August on the Short Track for Coupes and F1’s and attracted 7 entries.

A single race was held in each class as we had the minimum requirement of three volunteer marshals (thank you Gregg Erskine, Joe and James) plus a track call button ably wielded by James .

Coupes

L-R
Brad, Neil, Stevo, Gregg, Darryl, Mark and Stoo.
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A tussle at the beginning between Gregg and myself until the latter took it away for a comfortable win whilst Darryl held down 3rd spot all the way . Stoo was next with a bit of a gap to Neil then Stevo and Brad who ran into some trouble and only scored 3 laps on Blue.
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Podium L-R

Gregg 2nd, Mark 1st and Darryl 3rd
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Mark
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Gregg
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Darryl
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F1

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Brad, Neil, Stevo, Gregg, Darryl, Mark and Stoo.
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All the way for me this time with Stoo, Gregg and Brad mixing it up until the dust settled after the 3rd bracket to reveal a hard charging Stoo on my tail for 2nd followed by Gregg then Brad. Darryl had a bit of an off race by his standards and only just managed to pip the improving Stevo by a lap. Neil carried the wooden spoon home in his typical good humour given the amount of pain (real) he is in these days.
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Podium L-R

Stoo 2nd, Mark 1st and Gregg 3rd
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Mark
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Stoo
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Gregg
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Another great night of racing.

NEXT RACE

The Retro Nats for CanAm and F1 are next week – Saturday 12th
Start Time for CanAm Qualifying is 6:00 pm and the track will be on from 5:00 pm.

See you there.
Regards - Mark 8-)

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Re: HSC 2017 Retro Series Rnd 7 - Flat Track (STR) - 05/08/2

Post by neiljb »

Thanks Mark
And thanks to Greg for doing my lane changes as my banged up knee makes me move a little slow around the track.
Hopefully he will be inspired to start building again. His previous work was outstanding.
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