A slightly overcast August evening formed the backdrop to the fourth round of the Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships. Paul had encouraged along Greg and Stef to visit for the first time, bringing the number of drivers on the grid up to eight.

The Track

Al had built a relatively short track with a fast sweeping first sector. The long back straight finished with an uphill right hander leading to a bridge and then down into a fast left hander. After the track emerged from under the bridge there was a winding esses that could be taken surprisngly quickly despite a number of 6″ bends. This lead back on to the short start finish straight.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

The classes reigning champion Paul took his thrid pole of the season 2.5 laps ahead of Al. Ray lined up third a lap behind Al. Steve took the fourth grid slot just a single tenth ahead of Nick. Stef lined up 6 after setting some competative lap times and scores. Aston only really seemed to get into his groove on the blue lane and lined up 7th ahead of Greg who also set some good laps times but was still working on his consistency.

C Final

At the wheel of his favourite car in the Blue lane Aston took a straight forward win from Greg beating him by 7.5 laps. Greg improved on his best lap time though and seemed to be enjoying himself.

B Final

Aston was much less keen on the yellow XJ220 after hopping up to the least favoured lane. He held his own well in the opening laps before dropping back to take fourth. Ahead of him Stef in red emerged as the early leader with Nick in blue and Steve in white hot on his heels. A couple of offs for Steve midway through the race dropped him back behind the leaders so he had to settle for third. After a close battle between Nick and Stef that almost went to the final minute of the race, an off for Stef left Nick to take the win. Despite the off, it was a very impressive first performance from Stef.

A Final

Once again the hop up yellow lane did no favours to its latest driver and Nick was unable to keep with the pack for longer than the opening laps. Ahead of him Paul in blue jumped lanes before flying off. Ray in red also had an early incident that left Al with a narrow early lead. Ray was the first to recatch Al but both he and Al came off midway through the race allowing Paul to take the lead. Paul consolidated his cushion and went on to take his third class win of the session. Behind him Al came off at the esses and managed to slip under the catch netting and on to the floor. By the time Al was back on track Ray in second had a considerable margin. A final late off for Al reduced his lead over Nick in fourth to just a single tenth.

Super F1

Qualifying

Ray took first Super F1 pole of the year by a comfortable 5.1 laps from Al in second. Al was surprised to find himself second after switching to his ‘B’ car after seeing how fast it was around the night’s track in the hands of young Aston. Steve took the final guaranteed place in the A final with his Super G+. Paul wasn’t happy with his recently fettled Mega Gs and had to settle for fourth ahead of Aston who had been driving Al’s SRT really rather well and had even set the fastest lap of quali with it. Stef with a borrowed Mega G was just a fraction of a lap behind Aston and ahead of Nick and Greg.

C Final

An early off for Stef in blue put him on the back foot early and left Nick with a fairly straight forward job of just keeping it in red to take the win.

B Final

Nick hopped up to the white lane and after an early off, by lap 7 he had the lead from Stef in red and Paul in blue. Paul still seemed to be struggling with his car and dropped back behind Stef. A few late offs for Stef made it a close finish with him pipping Paul to second by just a single tenth. Aston in yellow couldn’t recreate the impressive 37.8 laps that he racked up in that lane during quali (the joint highest score in that lane) and seemed to be struggling to keep it on the track. Despite finishing fourth it was certainly another memorable performance from the young driver with sparks of real brilliance showing throughout the evening.

A Final

An unusually good start for Al in blue left him a few inches ahead of Ray in red and Nick in yellow. Steve in white dropped back fairly quickly while Nick did a better job of holding on to Al and Ray, only falling back only gradually. Al and Ray were properly steaming around the track seperated by just a matter of inches for the first two minutes of the race. After the race was over, Ray admitted to deliberately holding back behind Al believing he had a bit of pace in hand. As the race entered its final minute Ray unleased his remaining pace and pulled out a few feet a head of Al. Al too then dropped the hammer and the two of them tradded fastest laps until Ray came off leaving Al with the lead and his first win in the class.

Congratulations to both winners and thanks to all who attended another cracking night of racing!

Join us next time for F1 and Mod on September the 2nd

SCHORC’s July meeting was held on a warm summer evening with 6 racers gathering in Yelling for the fourth round of the F1 and Modified Championships.

The Track

Al and Paul had collaborated on the track design and had come up with a fast but quite technical anti-clockwise track.

Paul used no fewer than six 6 inch bends to create the tricky Snail Bend. Oddly more people seemed to be caught out by Al’s wiggly chicane at the other end of the track though.

F1

Qualifying

Ray took his fourth straight F1 pole, continuing his 100% lock out of the top F1 grid position this season. Nick lined up in second place 6.2 laps behind from Ray and 0.6 laps ahead of Al in third. Roy took the fourth grid spot, just a single tenth behind Al. Paul endured a difficult session and ended up fifth ahead of Steve who completed the grid.

B Final

Initially holding a narrow lead from the blue lane, consistency over the course of the race allowed Roy to pull out a four lap lead from Paul in white. Steve took a while to get into his groove and found himself several laps back in red finishing third, behind Roy and Paul.

A Final

A confident start for Ray in blue put him narrowly ahead of Al in red and Nick in white. An early off left Nick chasing the leaders but a series of offs for Al late in the first minute dropped him back behind Nick. An off for Ray then left Nick right on his tail. Ray kept his cool though and soon found himself cruising round by himself after several more offs sent Nick back and left him only just ahead of Al. The closing few minutes of the race saw Nick hold second place by a single tenth from Al while Ray took his second F1 win of the season by 3 laps.

Mod

Qualifying

With the blue lane seeming to offer a significant advantage for the finals, qualifying was a tense affair. The battle for pole ended with Al just 0.6 laps ahead of Paul. Shaky runs in red and yellow for Al had left the door open for Paul and he was disappointing to find himself second. Ray lined up third after running Paul Homewood’s old Marchon which despite needing some TLC was still a formidable drive. Nick’s Marchon wasn’t looking on its usual pace and he found himself fourth ahead of Steve and Roy.

B Final

Roy lead the early stages of the B final from the red lane, before a big off dropped him to third. Steve in white fell slightly behind Nick in blue until Nick lost a bunch of time on lap 5. Finding himself with a comfortable lead, Steve was able to easily take the win. Behind him Nick was gradually eroding Roy’s lead until a mistake from Roy handed Nick second place. Sadly for Nick, he came off in the dying moments of the race and Roy pipped him to second place but a matter of a foot.

A Final

After some close opening laps, Al emerged as the early leader in blue. Behind him Paul in white and Ray in red were having a good dice for second and gradually dropping back from Al. Just over half way through the race Al banged in the fastest lap of the night with a 3.571. With several laps in hand and wondering if he could squeeze a bit more out of his car, Al pushed a bit too hard and lost it going through his chicane. Al’s car was quickly returned to the track but it could only manage to crawl down the back straight. By the time Al has found and fixed his car’s jammed pick-up, he was a distant third place. Paul duly took the win by 4.3 laps from Ray with Al just over lap further back in third.

Thanks to all who attended, our next race meeting is Round 4 of Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships on the 5th of August. Racing starts at 7pm in Yelling Village Hall and as usual all are welcome!

The Track

The third Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 round of the season saw 6 racers line up on the grid to take on a fast sweeping track designed by Tony.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

The reigning Micro Class Champion Paul took the pole by 1.1 laps from Ray. Both had proved to be evenly matched throughout qualifying making for an interesting final. Steve was 2.7 laps behind Ray with Nick fractionally behind by 0.1 laps. Tony was fifth just under 2 laps behind Nick, and Roy brought up the rear just over a lap behind Tony.

B Final

Although Nick had the advantage of picking any lane in the ‘B’ Final he drove like a complete donkey leaving Roy and Tony to thrash it out. Despite Tony pulling out the fastest lap of the evening in this class a series of offs allowed Roy to pull ahead. Roy went on to get his highest lap count of the evening and finish overall in 4th place nearly 2 laps ahead of Tony who finished 5th overall.

A Final

As anticipated based on qualifying the ‘A’ Final was very hotly contested between Ray and Paul with both drivers taking turns to lead the race throughout the 3 minutes. Steve was never far behind ready to capitalise on any mistakes and managed to put in his fastest lap during the final. It was Paul that came out victorious in the end with Ray just over half a lap behind.

Super F1

Qualifying

Roy made a welcome return to SF1 along with his second car affectionately called ‘Son of Red Peril’ and made easy work of the qualifying stages beating the nearest competition by nearly 8 laps. The rest of the field were reasonably well spread out with Tony qualifying second, followed by Ray, Nick, Paul and Steve bringing up the rear.

B Final

It’s fair to say that Paul wasn’t enjoying his MG which had previously served him so well, and beyond 3 or 4 laps of speed seem to be suffering with an overheating motor. Nick made up for some inconsistent racing earlier in the evening and won the B Final by over 4 laps and even managed to put in a fastest lap time (soon to be taken away). Paul and Steve had been competing for 5th spot but nearly a minute in to the B Final a series of offs allowed Paul to put some distance between the two and finish in 5th spot mirroring the qualifying positions.

A Final

After a close start to the race some offs for Tony and Ray allowed a very consistent Roy to get some distance from the others. Some early offs for Tony gave Ray the advantage in second but Tony with the superior speed went about reeling Ray back in and in the latter stages of the race went through to take second place. There was a period of 3 or 4 laps where Tony and Roy were exchanging fastest lap times both demonstrating just how competitive a well-tuned SRT and SG+ can be in this class.

Thanks to all who attended. Our next meeting is Round 4 of the Tyco F1 and Modified Championships on Wednesday 1st July.

Nick

A windy May evening saw 7 SCHORCers gather in Yelling for Round 3 of the Tyco F1 and Modified Championships.

The Track

Al had laid out a tight, technical track based on the Formula E variant of the Monaco circuit. The tight 6 inch bends scattered around the track kept everyone on their toes and made it a real handling track.

F1

Qualifying

Some great scores including a mighty 42.7 laps in white, propelled Ray to the his 3rd F1 pole position on the bounce. Paul Rose was just 2 laps behind Ray with Al a further 4.3 laps further back in third. A good drive from Steve saw him pip Nick to the fourth grid spot by one lap. Behind Nick was Bill leaving Tony at the back of the grid.

B Final

Following some tense opening laps, it was Nick in blue who emerged as the early leader of the B final. Tony in the unfavoured yellow lane wasn’t far behind Nick and Steve in white was only just behind Tony. A big off for Bill in red left him behind the front runners and he had to settle for fourth. An off for Tony on lap 7 handed second place to his brother Steve and left him to briefly take the lead on lap 18 when Nick left the track. Steve came off not long after Nick though and Nick retook the lead. Tony was now right with Steve and he seemed to settle into his groove and gradually pull away from his brother over the final minute of the race. A close finish saw Nick take the win with 40.2 laps with Tony just 0.9 laps behind him and Steve just a further 0.4 laps behind Tony with Bill completing the order in fourth.

A Final

Paul in red and polesitter Ray in white both got off to storming starts in the A final. Al in blue and Nick in yellow both had an early off that left them playing catch up. Nick retired quite early in the race not wanting to get in the way of the action unfolding at the front. Paul and Ray were both racing on the limit and caught up in what descended into a slightly scrappy battle with both of them leaving the track several times. So intent were they in fighting each other, they failed to notice that Al had passed them both and taken the lead. Despite both Ray and Paul having superior one lap pace to Al, neither could catch him. Al took the win with 42.1 laps, 1.7 laps ahead of Ray in second who finished just a single tenth of a lap ahead of Paul in third.

Mod

Qualifying

Topping the tables in every lane, Al took his third straight Mod pole of the season. Paul Rose again lined up second 9.3 laps behind Al. Tony headed a tight mid grid just 0.9 laps ahead of his brother Steve who was just 0.5 laps ahead of Nick in fifth. Ray lined up sixth ahead of Bill who had to leave halfway through the session.

B Final

Nick in white emerged as the early leader of the B final, ahead of Steve in red and Ray in blue. A few offs for Nick dropped him back to second and a consistent drive from Steve saw him hold on to the lead for the duration of the race and take the win with 45.3 laps ahead of Nick in second and Ray in third.

A Final

Pole sitter Al got off to a slow start in red and pushing to make up lost ground he had an early off, this left Tony in yellow with the lead ahead of Paul in blue. A scrappy series of laps for everyone left Tony in third with Al and Paul vying for the lead. Paul matched Al’s pace until the mid point of the race where he started to drop back. Focusing on taking the fastest lap Paul had a few more offs until he found himself battling with Tony for second. At the end of the race Al took the win with over 7 laps in hand and rather cheekily snatched the fastest lap from Paul on his final lap. After a tense final few laps, Tony edged Paul to second by just a single tenth.

Thanks to all who attended. Join us on the 3rd of June for Round 3 of the Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships.

The Track

To host round 2 of the Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships, Al had build an Indianapolis Motor Speedway style oval.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Tony appeared to be nicely in his groove around the oval and took pole with some consistently big scores in white, blue and red leaving him 2.3 laps ahead of his nearest rival. Despite setting the highest single score in Quali with a mighty 46.6 in white, Paul was pipped to the second grid spot by Al. Paul was just 0.3 laps behind Al and a mere 0.2 laps ahead of Nick in fourth. Ray lined up fifth ahead of Bill and Aston.

B Final

Nick in white looked to have the measure of the other drivers in the B final, gradually pulling away from his nearest rival Ray in blue and going on to take the win with a massive 46.9 laps. After a shaky start for Bill in red, Aston was happily motoring round in third. A few offs for Aston allowed Bill to take third place midway through the race but Aston still finished with a smile on his face.

A Final

Pole sitter Tony got off to great start in blue but Al was hot on his heels in white. Paul in red was also in contention until a series of offs dropped him back. Tony and Al continued to lap more or less neck and neck for the first 50 seconds off the race until some rubbing in one of the corners left Tony in the wall and Al with the lead. Paul later retired from the race leaving Nick to take third behind second place Tony and winner Al.

Super F1

Qualifying

Tony looked even more comfortable round the oval with his Super G+ and he again took pole, this time by 1.4 laps from Nick and his SRT. Aston lined up a very impressive third place after some fantastic driving by the junior racer with his Grandad Ray’s Super G+. Al and his SRT took fourth ahead of Ray and Paul.

B Final

It’s fair to see Paul wasn’t enjoying the oval and he spent much of the B Final trying to see how slowly he could lap the oval in the yellow lane. Ahead of him Al in blue and Ray in white were locked in a titanic battle for the lead. After lapping neck and neck for the first half of the race, an off for Al left him a lap down. Over the next minute Al managed to reel Ray back in but he crashed again before he could pass Ray and Al had to settle for second.

A Final

After a close start, it was Tony in white who emerged with a small early lead from Nick in blue and Aston in Red. After extending his lead, Tony came off on lap 13 and handed the lead to Nick. Tony gradually reeled Nick in before coming off again on lap 26. The final half of the race saw Tony close Nick down again and the pair raced around together until Nick crashed in the final few seconds of the race leaving Tony to take the win by 0.7 laps from Nick. Aston completed what had been a fine evening of driving rolling in to take the final step on the podium.

Thanks to all who attended. Our next meeting is Round 3 of the Tyco F1 and Modified Championships on May the 6th.

Just five regular SCHORC members gathered for the second round of the Tyco and Modified Championships, but they were joined by Father and Son Robbie and George who were giving HO racing a try for the first time.

The Track

Al had built a fairly straight forward power track that proved pretty well balanced across the lanes and hosted some excellent racing.

F1

Qualifying

Birthday Boy Ray looked to be a safe bet for pole throughout quali and so it proved as he stormed to pole over twelve laps clear of his nearest rival Paul Rose. Roy was three laps behind Paul with Al a further 5.7 laps behind him in fourth. Tony finished fifth a further 3.2 laps behind Al. Robbie and George looked to be enjoying their first taste of HO racing and both set some respectable scores and laptimes lining up sixth and seventh respectively.

B Final

George made a fine start in the blue lane in his first final and was right at the front of the field for the first four laps. His father Robbie made a shakier start in yellow but capitalised on a couple offs from George to take third place. Al in white just held on to Tony in red for the first minute but after that he began to drop back unable to match Tony’s pace. Tony duly took the win from Al, Robbie and George.

A Final

After some exciting opening laps, Roy in red emerged as the early leader of the A final. Behind him Paul in white was just ahead of pole sitter Ray who had a few issues in the blue lane during the opening laps. Tony in the yellow hop up lane couldn’t stay with the rest of the pack and had to settle for fourth. After his troubled start Ray had settled into his groove and making the most of a couple of mistakes from his rivals, took the lead and proceeded to drive off up the road to take his first F1 Championship win by 3.6 laps. Behind his Paul and Roy had an extremely close battle for second place with Paul eventually coming out on top by just over a lap.

Mod

Qualifying

Al’s mod was looking on formidable form early on in quali until it suddenly started flying off the track as soon as it saw a corner. Al swapped to his spare car and managed enough laps with that to still secure pole despite his confidence taking quite a knock. Behind him Tony was looking fast, taking the highest lap count in both the blue and yellow lanes and sweeping to the second spot on the grid. After enduring some difficult months with his Mod, Paul was starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel. A new motor and some tweaks to his pick-up springs were starting to yield some results and his car’s speed continued to improve throughout qualifying leaving him third. Roy and his SRT lined up fourth ahead of Ray and his MR1 in fifth. The club Turbos were off the pace on such a fast track but Robbie and George looked to be getting some useful experience of the higher downforce class and lined up sixth and seventh again.

B Final

Roy went off like a rocket in the blue lane, Ray was hot on his heels for the first six laps but then dropped back leaving Roy to take the win by nearly seven laps. Behind them George and Robbie were having a great tussle for third. The place changed hands several times over the course of the race and at the end it was George who emerged victorious beating his father by 1.2 laps!

A Final

Tracing his issues in Quali to a bent rear axle Al fitted a spare to his car for the final. A run of early offs left Al a distant fourth in the red lane, ahead of him Paul was out in the lead in white with Tony in blue behind him. Roy in yellow was running third. A few offs for Paul moved him down to second and then briefly third place. Tony made the most of this pulling out a reasonable lead. Behind them Al had past Roy and briefly moved up to second before Paul got himself back in to gear and retook second before starting to chase down Tony. A big off for Tony left Paul right behind him for twenty seconds until Paul came off and had to settle for second. Tony duly took his first win of 2015 from Paul, Al and Roy.

Thanks to all who attended. Join us on April the 8th for Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1

The Track

The first Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 round of the season saw 8 racers line up on the grid of Al’s latest track.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

The reigning Micro Class Champion Paul took the first pole of the season by 4.2 laps from Ray. Al was 0.7 laps behind Ray with Roy just a further half lap behind. Nick was fifth, a shade over a lap behind Roy. Steve and Tony were tied on 91.2 laps but Steve had a higher total leaving Tony 7th ahead of Ozgur who bagged the second fastest lap of Quali.

C Final

Tony went off like a rocket in the red lane and banged in 34.3 laps the joint highest score of the class equaling Paul’s best effort in Quali. Ozgur couldn’t repeat his best pace from qualifying and finished 12 laps behind Tony but he did take the third fastest lap in the class.

B Final

An early off for Roy in red left him on the back foot, but it wasn’t long until he was hot on the heels of Tony who had made a great start from white and found himself with the lead after an off for Nick in blue. Roy pursued Tony for the lead for well over a minute before they both came off on the same lap. Roy emerged just in the lead and a final off for Tony allowed Roy to take the win by just under a lap. Behind them Nick had dropped back in blue but had closed down Steve in yellow to finish only four tenths of a lap behind him.

A Final

Fiddling with his controller on the grid, Al in yellow jumped the start and found himself a lap behind the field. Up front Paul in red was fighting for the lead with Ray in blue and Roy in white. Mechanical issues effectively ended Roy’s race and a big off for Paul sent him back to third. Ray didn’t seem to be quite in his usual groove in blue and was passed by first Al and then Paul. Paul seemed to have a fair bit more pace than Al and quickly reeled him in. A couple of offs while trying to pass Al in the chicane delayed the inevitable, but in the final minute of the race Paul finally passed Al and went on to take the win. Al finished just over a lap behind him with Ray taking the final step on the podium.

Super F1

Qualifying

Roy left his fastest SRT Red Peril in his race box and drove Son of Red Peril to pole 4.4 laps clear of his nearest rival Paul. Ray and his Super G+ took the third spot ahead of Tony in fourth. Nick took fifth ahead of Al, Ozgur and Steve.

C Final

With Steve suffering motion sickness from the fast twisty track, the C final wasn’t run and Ozgur hopped up automatically to the B final.

B Final

Nick was off the line first from red in the B Final with Al in yellow and Ozgur in white behind him. An early off for Tony left him someway behind the field but running with good pace. A big off and mechnical issue put Ozgur out of the race and allowed Tony to move up to third. Ahead of him a couple of offs for Nick gave Al the lead. Tony gradually caught the leaders, first passing Nick and then putting the pressure on Al. Realising he would have to up his pace if he wanted to hold on to the lead, Al promptly crashed and after a frantic last minute battle Tony took the win by just a third of a lap.

A Final

Despite Roy’s apparent pace advantage, he had Tony in the unfavoured white lane right behind him for the first minute of the A Final. Paul in blue was also right in the mix for the first 10 laps before his car lost speed and he started to drop back. Ray in yellow was also right with the leaders for the opening stages of the race but as it went on, he also dropped back and had to settle for fourth. After Tony fell back from Roy, he found himself dicing with Paul for second place. As Roy took the win, Tony pipped Paul to 2nd by just a tenth of lap.

Thanks to all who attended a great meeting!

The next meeting is Round 2 of Tyco F1 and Mod on March the 4th.

A dark and cold January evening saw the opening round of the 2015 SCHORC season. Five SCHORC members extended a warm welcome to Ozgur who had come along to try out some SCHORC style HO racing.

The Track

For the first meeting of the 2015 season, Al had laid out the same track that Worthing club WHO Racing were using that night for their Mod round. Since their mod rules are a bit different to SCHORC’s, Al thought it might be interesting to compare scores…

The track was big (it just fitted within Yelling Village Hall!) and fast but with some tricky sections that made for some interesting racing.

F1

Qualifying

Ray’s Tyco was looking like the one to beat throughout Quali and sure enough he took the first pole position of the season 0.6 laps ahead of the freshly crowned F1 champ Paul Rose. Al took the third grid slot just over 5 laps from pole. Nick took fourth a couple laps behind Al, with Tony fifth and Ozgur sixth. Ozgur seemed to be getting to grips nicely with the club Tycos setting some respectable laptimes and scores.

B Final

The B final suffered an aborted start due to power issue on the red lane and then a second as the “Grosjean” rule was applied following all three competitors crashing together at the hairpin. On the third try everyone got away cleanly with Nick in red leading Ozgur in white and Tony in blue. Tony took a while to find his rhythm in the blue lane and a succession of offs left him a distant third. An off on the second lap for Nick handed Ozgur the lead which he held for the next 9 laps until an off allowed Nick back into the lead. The race remained close until the end with Ozgur finishing just under a lap behind Nick. Behind them Tony had got into his groove but had lost too much ground early on and had to settle for third.

A Final

The first minute of the A final could have been an exhibition race with all three compitors seperated by no more than a foot or so and all dicing for the lead. Ray in red was first to crack coming off just before the first minute was over. Paul in white and Al in blue then both came off just a handful of seconds later putting all three drivers on a more or less equal pegging again. After another minute punctuated by a series of offs for each driver, it was Al who emerged with a narrow lead that he managed to hold on to until the end of the race. Ray was just 0.7 laps behind him with Paul a couple of laps back in third.

Mod

Qualifying

Reigning Mod Champion Al continued his formidable 2014 form, taking pole by just over 7 laps from Nick. Paul’s MR1 was struggling for straightline speed and able to take the majority of the track flat, so he was surprised to still find himself third. Ozgur looked to be enjoying driving Nick’s second MR1 chassis and took the fourth spot ahead of Tony and Ray.

B Final

Ozgur was clearly quite comfortable with his borrowed Marchon by the time the B final started. From the red lane, he was right on Tony’s tail for the first 7 laps before he came off and left Tony with some breathing space. Behind them Ray was struggling in white with a car that didn’t really have the speed or grip to be competitive. With two minutes gone, Tony had extended his lead and was looking comfortable until a trip to the floor left his car with a popped body and axle. By the time he was going again the lead was gone and Ozgur duly took the win.

A Final

Paul made a good start in white and despite his car, managed to match the early pace of Nick in red and Al in blue. As Nick and Al started to wind up their pace, Paul dropped back and a few offs then left him a fair way back. Meanwhile Nick and Al were engaged in a titanic battle running neck and neck for the first two minutes of the race. At the two minute mark Nick lost it and left Al with a small cushion. A couple of laps later after easing off slightly Al came off too and found Nick right on his tail again. With the race drawing to a close, Nick had another off and despite Al throwing it off the track again in the final few seconds, Al took the win by just 0.2 laps.

Thanks to all who attended! Join us on the 4th of February for Round 1 of Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships.

The Track

For the final round of the 2014 season, Al had built a fast, flowing but compact circuit.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Nick took a strong pole position, two laps ahead of Paul Rose in second. Ray took the third grid slot just 0.7 laps behind Paul and 0.4 laps ahead of Al in fourth. Tony took fifth, ahead of Steve and Bill.

B Final

Tony in red held the early lead of the B Final from Steve in white and Bill in yellow. Al was struggling in blue, coming off the track on almost every lap at the end of the twisty first sector. During a track call, a tab was found to be up on Al’s lane and once the race was resumed he was the fastest car on track and set the fastest lap of the class. Up front an off for Tony had left Steve right on his heels. Behind them Al had passed Bill and was continuing to close in on the leaders. While Steve was off the track in the closing stages of the race, Al snatched second finishing just a shade over a lap behind Tony.

A Final

A good start for Ray left him with the early lead of the A final from the white lane. Tony was initially second in Yellow before dropping behind Paul in Red. A shaky start for Nick left him fourth but just over a minute in, a big off for Tony sent him back to fourth and promoted Nick to third. Moments after, an off for Ray gave Paul the lead. Those positions remained until the end of the race, with Paul winning by just under a lap with Ray second a couple of tenths ahead of Nick in third.

The best lap times were particularly close this month with less than 8 hundredths of a second seperating the entire field!

Paul’s win was a good way to finish his season as he took the Micro Scalextric Club Class Championship for the third year in a row.

Super F1

Qualifying

Paul took pole by just 0.4 laps from Al who was running well with a chassis recently purchased from the retiring Paul Homewood. Ray’s Super G+ was also running nicely and he took third ahead of Tony, Nick and Steve. Bill had to head home halfway through Quali and so only completed half of his heats.

B Final

Nick in white edged out a narrow early lead from Tony in red Steve in blue. Tony took the fight to Nick several times but in the end couldn’t match Nick and his SRT’s pace. Nick sailed home to take the win by 4.5 laps from Tony in second and Steve in third.

A Final

A cracking start for Paul in the white lane left him and his Mega G with the early lead. Behind him Ray in red and Al in blue were locked in a tight battle for second. Offs for both Al and Ray saw the place change hands several times while Paul extended his lead. At the end of the three minutes Paul was 3.1 laps ahead of Al with Ray just a shade over a lap further back in third.

Paul ended another very successful season in this series with a double win and mighty haul of all this serieses trophies.

Thanks to all who attended. Our first race of 2015 is January 7th, see you there!