SCHORC Martini Racing are proud to unveil their AFX 6 Hour entry.
SCHORC will be fielding the same team as last year, when they won this prestigious endurance event.
Captain: Al Wood
Chief Mechanic: Paul Rose
Driver: Lee Taylor
Driver: Nick Lamplough
SCHORC hosted a special race night for the 1st Southoe and Buckden Scout group. With 22 racers on the grid it was a busy night as a mixture of leaders, Explorers, Scouts and Cubs raced around a fast track based loosely on the classic Monza circuit.
After a bit of practice getting to grips with the club Tycos, the heats got underway. With such a big turn out, it was decided to run 2 minute heats and no finals.
Everyone seemed to enjoy the racing and some real competitive spirit began to emerge as the racing went on. There were some fantastic on track battles and as people started to get to hang of driving the club Tycos, the scores started to build up. Leader Steve took top honours with the best overall score of 74.4 , and fastest lap of 4.101s. He shared the highest single heat score of 25.5 with Jason and junior Finn managed a very impressive 24.8. Tom was overall top junior with 66.5 and Harry was the fastest junior with a lap of 4.137.
Thanks to all who attended and we hope to see you again!
Last weekend SCHORC entered their first SCHORC named team in the Derby HO Le Mans 24 hours event. The event is a 24 hour Le Mans style endurance race run on a massive replica of the famous Le Mans Circuit de la Sarthe track. The team consisted of club members Roy Masters (captain), Tony Stacey, Al Wood and Paul Rose. They were joined by James Mellor, Dean Turnbull and Dan Garbett.
The team
The epic track
Roy working hard to keep the car running
Team captain Roy bringing the car home
The team finished 5th with 5345 laps which is an extremely creditable finish given the difficulty of the event and the quality of the competition.
The cars lined up in finishing order
Our car after 24 hours of racing
Over the 24 hour race, our little car covered a distance equivalent to 27.9 laps of the real 8.5 mile Le Mans circuit!
On Sunday SCHORC entered a team in the AFX 6 hour endurance race for the second time under the SCHORC banner. After finishing a disappointing 5th last year, we were hoping to improve slightly this year.
The team’s chief mechanic Paul Rose prepared a fine car that showed very promising pace in free practice.
Paul Rose preparing our car
At 10am the cars lined up on the grid and the race got underway.
The Grid
The first hour of the race was very close but Nick and Lee managed to finish their first stint in P1 just a fraction of a lap ahead of the WHO team. The second hour saw Paul and team captain Al managing to extend their lead. By the half-way point the team were looking to be in a fairly strong position and cautious optimism was starting to spread through the team.
A blinding stint in the fourth hour by Paul Rose saw the team’s lead further extended and while he was at it he also set the fastest lap of the race with a 8.233s lap. The car was briefly off track during this stint to change a bent pick-up which was the only part of the car that needed serious attention during the race.
The closing stages of the race
The final two hours were spent managing the gap to rest of the field who were battling for the other podium positions behind us. At the end of the race we finished with 2038.15 laps, 47.5 laps ahead of our nearest rivals. What a result for SCHORC!
Our race winning car, battered from 6 hours on track.
Our Trophy
The Team
Our tweets from the race are hashtagged #afx6hours.