A pleasent September evening saw 7 racers gather in Yelling for round 5 of the Tyco F1 and Modified Championships.

The Track

Al had put together a track based on the current Monza layout. The modern chicanes proved tricky particularly the first and second ones that had to be negotiated with care due to their tight 6 inch bends.

F1

Qualifying

In a surprise move Al took pole with a new Tyco he had just purchased from Jim. Paul Rose was just a single tenth behind Al but over 6 laps clear of Jim in third. Jim was making a welcome return to the grid while selling off many of his cars so he used the club Tycos which were once again proving to be right on the pace when driven well. John Chell looked to be enjoying the circuit with a car well suited to the long straights and he lined up fourth less than a lap behind Jim. Nick took the fifth slot ahead of Tony and Steve. Tony put in the fastest F1 lap of the night on the blue lane that was more or less universal agreed to be the lane of choice.

B Final

Tony took the early lead of the B final from the red lane, before an off handed the lead to Nick in white who was being closely pursued by John in blue. After a tense battle it was John who took the B final win by just under two laps from Nick. Tony finished third and Steve retired from the much unloved yellow lane after 23 laps.

A Final

Paul Rose took the early inititive from the white lane leaving pole sitter Al in second in the blue lane. An early off for Paul left Jim in the red lane in second place and Al in first. Paul then put the hammer down, passed Jim for second and set about chasing Al down. Up front Al found himself with a narrow lead and Paul Rose steaming up behind him. Al didn’t seem to be taking any risks and was driving well within himself. This meant Paul kept catching him relatively easily but every time Paul caught him, he managed to come off. After 3 tense minutes Al breathed a sigh of relief taking his first F1 win of the season by less than half a lap from Paul. Jim took a tidy third place ahead of John Chell who rolled in fourth in yellow.

Mod

Qualifying

After an intense qualifying session with the Mods thundering around the Temple of Speed, Al again found himself on pole. After loosing a fair bit of time in the white lane with a popped rear axle after misjudging (or rather forgetting) his braking point heading into the Parabolica, he was glad to have banked a decent score early on in the yellow lane. Behind him Tony’s 917 bodied Marchon was looking formidable and Tony was pleased to find himself only just over half a lap behind Al. Paul Rose didn’t quite hook up his cars usual performance in the red lane and ended up just over nine laps back in third. Jim lined up fourth driving the battered green F40 infamously named “Christine” that he had borrowed from Nick. Steve took the 5th spot just ahead of John and Nick completed the order.

B Final

Nick surprised everyone by taking the early lead of the B final from the hardest lane, yellow. Jim and Christine in blue were right behind him though and John in white was also in the mix. An early off for Steve in red left him a bit further back but never too far from the action. A big off for Nick on lap 7 handed the lead to Jim but an off for Jim on lap 13 left Nick right behind him again. For the next 14 laps there was very little between them until Jim came off again and Nick briefly took the lead before coming off again giving Jim the lead and a bit of breathing space. With Nick just over a lap down “Gentleman” Jim seemed to back off just a shade in the closing stages of the race to allow Nick back onto the lead lap. Meanwhile John in white had caught and passed Nick and was actually in second and closing in on Jim. As the race ended John’s car finished less than an inch behind Jim’s in what may have been the closest finish in SCHORC history.

A Final

After a close threeway battle in the opening 4 laps, Al was left out in front in the blue lane with Tony in red battling for second with Paul in white. A few offs for Paul left Tony with second but out front Al was gradually pulling away from him. Jim and Christine seemed less comfortable in the yellow lane and he dropped back to finish fourth. Al went on to take a fairly straight forward victory and his second win of the evening. Tony’s second place marked his season’s best finish in Mod so far and Paul Rose finished third ahead of Jim.

Thanks to all who attended.

With just one round of these Championships remaining, it looks like Paul Rose just needs to turn up to secure his first Tyco F1 title and after easing ahead in the Mod Championship Al just needs a good finish relative to Paul Rose to secure that trophy for the fourth consecutive season.

A warm August evening saw 9 racers gather in Yelling. Ray had brought along his son-in-law Martin and Martin’s young son Aston to join in the fun.

The Track

Al assisted by Paul Homewood and Nick, had built a fast figure of 8 type circuit that had two long straights and some fast sweeping bends along with one reasonably tight corner to keep things interesting.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

After some closely fought battles during the heats, Al emerged on top to take pole by just a single tenth of a lap. Behind him Ray and his new Truspeed controller was second by virtue of a higher total than Paul Homewood who had exactly the same best of three score as Ray. Roy lined up fourth a further two laps back and just under a lap ahead of Paul Rose in fifth. Nick was just over half a lap back in sixth ahead of Steve, Martin and Aston. Both Steve and Aston seemed to be quickly getting to grips with the micros and put in some very respectable scores and laptimes.

C Final

Martin in red got off to a good start and found himself leading Aston in blue and Steve in white. Aston did well to hang on to the Steve and Martin for the first half of the race but dropped back in the later phase of the race. He was clearly improving all the time though posting a very fast 5.067 laptime and beating all of his heat scores with an impressive 28.2 laps. Ahead of him his Dad Martin was being hunted down by Steve who had initially let him get away a bit. After closing Martin in, Steve and Martin were barely more than a foot apart apart for the second half of the race. Martin held his nerve though and went on to take the win by just three tenths of a lap.

B Final

Paul Rose took the early lead of the B Final from the red lane, ahead of Nick in white and Roy in blue. Martin suffered a popped motor in yellow and consequently dropped back before deciding to retire. A couple of uncharacteristic offs for Paul saw him fall back to third and left Nick with the lead. Paul put the hammer down though and fought his way back up before an off for Nick left him running just a few inches ahead of Roy. At the end of the three minutes Paul took the win by just under a lap with Nick just a whisker ahead of Roy.
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A Final

Paul Homewood in red was the early leader of the A final ahead of pole sitter Al in blue and Ray in white. Paul Rose also suffered a popped motor in yellow despite efforts before the race to try and remedy the car’s achilles heal. As a result Paul quickly retired settling for fourth position but no doubt pleased to have claimed the fastest lap and highest score of the night during the B final. After a slightly hesitant start Al began to close Paul Homewood back down again and managed to pass him and eke out a narrow lead. In the closing stages of the race Paul began to put the pressure on Al again but came off giving him a bit of breathing space. With less than thirty seconds between what could have been Al’s first Micro win of the season, he binned it coming onto the start finish straight and unfortunately a marshalling fumble dropped him back to third place. Paul Homewood duly took his first Micro Scalextric win and broke Paul Rose’s streak of four back to back wins in the class. Ray took a tidy second ahead of a disappointed Al in third.

Super F1

Qualifying

Paul Homewood and his Mega G took his fourth straight pole of the Super F1 season, 2.7 laps ahead of Roy and his SRT. Ray’s Super G+ lined up third ahead of Paul Rose and his Mega G. Paul Rose took the fastest lap of the evening during qualy with a 3.825 narrowly beating Al’s 3.845. Al lined up behind Paul in fifth ahead of Steve and Nick. Martin and Aston completed the order with some borrowed cars that weren’t really up to fighting at the pointy end of proceedings. Despite this they both seemed to be enjoying the faster class and again managed to put in some competitive performances.

C Final

After a close start and nice three way battle, Martin in red emerged as the early leader of the C final. His son Aston in blue, wasn’t too far behind him and Nick in white didn’t seem particularly happy with his Mega G and dropped back to finish third. Up front Martin had pulled out a nice lead but an off on lap 25 left him only just ahead of Aston. The final minute of the race was pretty tense as he held onto his narrow lead and took the win by just under half a lap.

B Final

After his C final win, Martin hopped up to the unfavoured and quite tricky yellow lane. He held on well to the leaders in the early part of the race but dropped back as the race went on to finish fourth. Paul Rose in white emerged as the early leader following some offs for Al in red and Steve in blue. Once it looked like Paul was pretty uncatchable Al switched his attention to trying to beat Paul’s fastest lap time. He got within 6 hundredths of a second but crashed quite a lot and ended up finishing third after Steve snuck by him in the final few laps.

A Final

Paul Homewood in blue held a narrow lead over Ray in white for the first 40 seconds of the A final. Paul then hit what at first appeared to be car trouble but was then later suspected to be a track issue and dropped back to fourth before retiring. An off for Ray on lap 13 handed Roy in red the lead and briefly promoted Paul Rose in yellow to second. Ray caught and past Paul Rose to reclaim second but over the remainder of the race he couldn’t quite catch Roy despite a late off for the leader and eventual winner by three tenths of a lap.

Thanks to all who attended, our next race meet is Tyco F1 and Mod on September the third. See you there!

The Track

For the July club meet, Al had put together a fast circuit with two long straights. The start finish straight led to a “dog bone” corner and the main straight led to a long tightening radius right hander. This then switched back to a tight left hander that opened up leading to a long fast S bend and the start finish straight. The switchback seemed to cause people with the most trouble as it was easy to carry to much speed from the fast entry to the long corner.

F1

Qualifying

Initially with only four racers present it was decided that finals wouldn’t be run and the qualifying order would be final. With Roy arrived halfway through quali it would have been possible to run finals but as the decision had already been made and agreed upon, it wasn’t changed.

A great drive from Tony secured him the top spot for the first time this season narrowly beating Ray by just three tenths of a lap. Ray and his Tyco were running very nicely though and he had the highest total score and also the biggest lapcount with a mighty 38.2 laps in red. Roy took third place 6.9 laps back but with the fastest F1 lap of the night. Paul Rose was fourth ahead of Al in fifth after they both struggled to get to grips with their new Truspeed controllers.

Mod

Qualifying

During free practice, Roy noticed that both Al and Paul were setting the driver station brakes control to the wrong setting for their new controllers. Once this was rectified the controllers started to perform properly and they both found them very much to their liking. Al found his Marchon far easier to tame through the lower speed bends and duly took the win along with a big score of 50.9 laps in blue and the fastest lap of the evening with a 3.273s. Paul Rose was second 6 laps behind Al and 11.3 laps ahead of Tony in third. Roy and his SRT took fourth ahead of Ray and his new Marchon that looked promising in the corners but lacked the straight line speed that this month’s track demanded.

Thanks to all who attended, the next club meet is the 6th of August.

A pleasant June evening saw 7 racers gather for the third round of Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1.

The Track

Ably assisted by Paul Homewood again, Al had designed a circuit vaguely based on The Circuit Gilles Villeneuve from Montreal Canada. After initially putting in the final chicane and Wall of Champions, Al decided it would be be impossible to marshall without obstructing the driver’s view and replaced it with a single long straight. The resulting track was fast and flowing and perhaps a welcome relief for some after last month’s track. The chicanes were fast and required just a slight lift to negotiate, so if you got them wrong you came off hard!

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Continuing his dominance of the class, Paul Rose took pole by 2 laps from Al. Ray was just two tenths behind Al in third and Paul Homewood just a further tenth behind. Roy lined up fifth ahead of Steve and Tony.

During the heats, the slightest off would cause the motor of the yellow lane car to pop. To rectify this for the finals, it was glued in.

B Final

Paul Homewood had a cracking start in blue taking the early lead from Steve in white. An early off for Roy in red left him in third ahead of Tony in fourth who had jumped the start. By lap 9 Paul Homewood had pulled out a decent gap but an off left him with Roy right on his tail. For the next 130 seconds there was virtually nothing between them with Paul Homewood finishing just a few inches ahead at the end of breathtaking race. Behind them Tony had closed up the gap to Steve but had run out of time before he was able to take third.

A Final

Following a jump start by Paul Rose, he found himself a lap down in the blue lane. First lap incidents for Al in white and Ray in red left Paul Homewood in the unfavoured yellow hop up lane with the lead. By one minute in Al had managed to close Paul Homewood down and Paul Rose was rapidly making up his lost lap despite an off. As the race progressed Al passed and begin to pull away from Paul Homewood. An off for Paul Homewood moved Paul Rose up to second and he continued to pile the pressure on Al. An off for Al at the hairpin handed Paul Rose a narrow lead. Al put in some of his fastest laps of the evening and closed the gap slightly but after another off at the hairpin, he had to settle for second. As Paul Rose was cruised to victory, a few offs for Paul Homewood allowed Ray to take 3rd from him in the closing moments.

Super F1

Qualifying

Despite not turning a wheel in the yellow lane during the heats as his car wouldn’t negotiate the outside of the hairpin due to a worn guide-pin, Paul Homewood took pole by 3.9 laps from Roy and his SRT. The rest of the field were somewhat behind the two pace setters with Ray and his Super G+ taking best of the rest in third. Tony lined up fourth ahead of Al, Steve and Paul Rose. Paul more or less gave up on quali after some difficult heats but he managed to take the fastest lap of the night before retiring from his heat in the blue lane.

B Final

Paul Rose shot of the line and into the lead from the yellow lane but after a few offs he dropped back and then retired. This left Al in red and Tony in blue vying for the lead until and string of offs for Al left Tony in the clear. For the finals Tony had switched to running a rather nice Ferrari 312T bodied Mega G that he drove on to take the B Final win from Al and Steve.

A Final

For the opening laps Tony in yellow hung on to Roy in red and Paul Homewood in blue but ultimately he couldn’t sustain their pace and an off causing a popped rear axle dropped him back to fourth behind Ray in white. Tony eventually retired after suffering body clip failure. Up front Paul had eked out a slight lead over Roy that was all undone by an off on lap 13. Over the next minute Paul gradually closed the gap up until they were racing neck and neck for the second time that evening. After a minute of fantastically close racing that looked like it could run to the end of the race, Paul binned it and handed Roy his first victory of the season.

Congratulations to both winners and thanks to all who attended.

The Track

For Round 3 of the Tyco F1 and Modified Championships Al had designed a mini-Monaco style track featuring some elevation change and the famous hairpin but missing the modern chicanes. Just like its 1:1 equivalent, the track was a very tricky drive and required 100% concentration. Unfortunately that divided opinion, while some drivers relished the challenge of the circuit, others didn’t enjoy it at all. There was however some general hilarity as cars flew off the track and into the “harbour”.

F1

Qualifying

With the white and blue lanes being significantly easier to drive than red and yellow, it was vital to secure a good qualifying result to snag one of the good lanes. Track position was everything and making up places in the finals looked likely to be tricky…

Qualifying was surprisingly close with just 3.6 laps separating pole from 7th place. Paul Homewood has the honour of securing pole position by just 0.2 laps from Paul Rose who put in the fastest F1 lap of the night in the blue lane. Jim returning for his first race of the 2014 season was straight on the pace in third just half a lap back from pole. Ray’s new Tyco had a promising first outing securing fourth place on the grid ahead of Al in fifth. Tony took sixth just two tenths in front of John with Roy and Steve completing the grid.

C Final

John in Blue and Roy in white had a real battle in the C final. Roy had the upper hand initially but a couple of offs handed the lead to John. Roy spent the rest of the race hunting John down but he ever quite managed to pass John once he caught him and finished half a lap down. Steve in the tricky yellow lane drove a consistent race and bettered his heat score but he wasn’t able to trouble John or Roy from the trickiest lane.

B Final

Al made a good start in white, but an early off left him third behind Ray in blue and Tony in red. Tony wasn’t far behind Ray in the early phase of the race but a series of offs saw him drop steadily back to third place from where he retired handing John the position. Al couldn’t match Ray’s pace and finished 1.6 laps behind him as the chequered flag fell.

A Final

The F1 A Final was possibly the most chaotic race of the nice with multiple offs in the opening stages seeing the lead pass from Paul Rose in white, to Paul Homewood in blue and then to Jim in Red. A big off for Jim sent him from first to last and left the two Pauls to swap places several more times at the front before Paul Rose managed to capitalise on a couple of mistakes from Paul Homewood and consolidate a lead he would hold to the end of the race. Behind them a second epic battle between Jim and Ray was ongoing as they traded third and fourth place with Jim just taking the last spot on the podium by 4 tenths of a lap.

Mod

Qualifying

After setting the best scores in Red, Blue and White, Paul Rose was able to retire from his yellow heat and still secure pole by an impressive 6.2 laps from Paul Homewood. Al took the third spot after finding his Mod a bit too much of a handful on the twisty street circuit. Tony lined up fourth just under two laps behind Al and just over a lap ahead of Roy in fifth. John took the sixth spot ahead of Jim who tried a variety of cars through the heats but couldn’t find anything that really worked for him. Steve and Ray completed the order.

C Final

An early off for Ray in red left him on the back foot and behind Steve in blue and Jim in white who spent the first half of the race next and more or less neck and neck dicing of the lead. Offs for both Jim and Steve on the same lap opened things up again, and further offs for Jim allowed Ray to sneak into second behind Steve who took the win.

B Final

A solid start for Tony in blue while the others faltered gave him the early lead of the B final. As the race progressed the field spread out behind Tony, with Roy in white running second followed by Steve in yellow and John in red. This order would remain for the duration of the race although Roy went hard on the charge in the later phase of the race and closed the gap to Tony to just three tenths of a lap. Steve’s third place in the B final meant he improved on his qualifying position by two places which was the most of anyone over the course of the evening.

A Final

Paul Rose had the start he needed in white and held a narrow early lead from Paul Homewood in blue. Al in red and Tony in yellow quickly dropped back from the leaders and Al held third for the remainder of the race despite coming under pressure from Tony in the latter part of the race. Up front an off for Paul Rose at the start of the final minute handed the lead to Paul Homewood. A final off for Paul Homewood gave the lead back to Paul Rose who went on to finish just half a lap ahead and take the double win and the title of SCHORC Monaco Master.

Thanks to all who attended.

A warm and bright spring evening saw 6 racers take to the track in Yelling with Ray returning for his second evening of racing at SCHORC.

The Track

Al was on track setup duties again this month and was again ably assisted by Paul Homewood. Al designed a track loosely based on the Bahrain International Circuit where the 1:1 F1 circus is heading this weekend. With no talk of fuel flow meters, tyre and fuel saving or aero balance, racing got under way with the club Micro XJ220s.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Pushing the club micros a tad harder than everyone else Paul Rose took the highest score in each lane and claimed pole by 3.7 laps. After complaining that he didn’t like the club cars for the entire session, Paul Homewood was surprised to find himself in second 4 tenths of a lap ahead of Al in third. Al pipped Tony to third by just a single tenth of a lap and Tony was the only driver other than pole sitter Paul Rose to dip below a 6 second lap in qualifying. John lined up fifth ahead of returning visitor Ray who was sampling the micros for the first time.

B Final

Once again the yellow car was the fastest but was also on the trickiest lane being on the inside for the tightest bend of the course turn 6. Tony’s choice of yellow didn’t pay off as he struggled for consistency and retired from third position after just 6 laps. Ahead of him John was pounding solidly round in blue but being pursued by Ray in white who was playing catch up after an early off. Over the course of the race Ray gradually reeled John in, finishing just a single tenth of a lap behind him on track at the end of the race.

A Final

Paul Rose shot off the grid in blue to take the early lead, an early off for Paul Homewood in white left him third until Al flew off into the barrier at turn 3. Paul Rose was next to crash leaving all three drivers back in a group together. Paul Rose then started to pull out a lead again leaving Paul Homewood in second and Al third. That ordered remained for the duration of the race with Paul Rose going on to take the win, fastest lap and highest score in the class with a mighty 29.1 laps.

Super F1

Qualifying

Paul Homewood to pole position with his Mega G by a comfortable 5.2 laps from Paul Rose. Tony took the fastest lap in qualifying with his SUper G+ and lined up third on the grid. Using one of Paul Rose’s spare chassis Ray took fourth 0.4 laps ahead of Al in fifth. John lined up sixth but was enjoying driving his Mega G more than usual having flipped one of his magnets to put it into the high downforce configuration.

B Final

The B final saw Al in white leading a tightly bunched field of Ray in blue and John in red. An off on lap four sent Al back to third but a marginal pace advantage allowed him to claw his way back to front and then pull out a one lap advantage. Behind him Ray and John were having a proper battle over second place and a late off for John allowed Ray to take that place by just under half a lap.

A Final

After a good start, a run of poor early laps from Paul Homewood in blue left him distinctly on the back foot. Paul Rose was out in front in the white lane with Tony in red just behind him. Paul Homewood then set about banging in some consistently fast laps that enabled him to first pass Tony who was struggling for consistency and then start to close in Paul Rose. Some laps Paul Rose could match Paul Homewood’s times and the gap stayed the same, other laps Paul Homewood would take a nibble out of Paul Rose’s lead. An off for Paul Rose on lap 23 left Paul Homewood right on his tail and a couple of further offs in the closing stages of the race allowed Paul Homewood to charge past and take the win.

Anyway you look at it, was certainly a good evening to be a Paul!

Thanks to all who attended. The next meet is F1 Tyco and Modified Round 3.

The Track

For round 2 of the Tyco F1 and Modified Championship, Al and Papa H set up figure of 8 track using Al’s newly designed bridge supports.

F1

Qualifying

With just 6 people on the grid, qualifying didn’t take too long and it was Paul Homewood who took pole position from Paul Rose by 2.2 laps. Steve was driving well and pipped Al to third by a single tenth of a lap. New face Ray quickly got to grips with the Tyco club cars and put in some very respectable scores to come in fifth ahead of Roy in sixth.

B Final

With the low turn out and the tracks requirement for three and half marshals it was decided to race 3 drivers per final with no hop up. Al took the early lead of the B final from the blue lane with Roy hot on his heels in white. An early off for Al handed Roy the lead and try as he might Al couldn’t do anything but maintain the gap. Pushing harder and harder Al came off again at the start of the final minute giving Roy some breathing space. Unfortunately, it wasn’t to be for Roy and a couple of late offs allowed Al to sneak past and take the win by just over half a lap. Ray couldn’t quite match their pace but put in a consistent drive in the red lane to improve on his previous best heat score and make a very promising first impression during his first race evening.

A Final

The first 25 seconds of the A final saw the two Pauls dicing together for the lead. Paul Homewood was first to blink in blue, letting Paul Rose take the lead before he left the white lane to give Papa H back the lead. Paul Rose seemed to have a slight edge on absolute pace and begin reeling in his rival before an off dropped him back again. Paul Rose then really put the hammer down setting the fastest F1 lap of the night and gradually closing up the gap over the middle minute of the race. Finally as Paul Rose was drawing up behind Paul Homewood, Papa H had a big off which allowed Paul Rose to storm off and take the win. Steve in red couldn’t match the Pauls’ pace but seemed pleased enough to take the bottom step on the podium.

Mod

Qualifying

Paul Rose’s MR1 might not have had the straight-line pace of Al’s but through the twisty bits of the circuit he seemed far more in control than Al and racked up some big scores. Spending more time than he was used to hitting the barriers around the circuit, Al was finding his car to be surprisingly fragile and had a few pickup issues followed by the loss of one in the red lane that seriously hurt his score in that lane and left him 2.9 laps behind pole sitter Paul Rose. Paul Homewood took the third spot on the grid with a typically cool performance and Ray lined up fourth after a great drive with Al’s second MR1 that he had been loaned. Steve and Roy completed the order taking 5th and 6th.

B Final

Ray took the early lead of the B Final from the blue lane and was kept pretty honest by Steve in white for the first phase of the race. After a couple of incidents for Steve, Ray was reasonably clear and able to cruise home and take the win. After a good start in red Roy had a succession of offs that left him third.

A Final

The A final was all over for Al in red after just couple of laps when a big off track excursion caused him to lose both pickups. By the time he had found and refitted them Paul Rose in blue was gone and Paul Homewood running second in white was also completely out of touch. Al continued round and took the fastest lap of the night but any time he made up was just as quickly lost by a series of offs that left him a very distant third by the end of the race. Up front Paul Rose sauntered home to take the first double win of the 2014 season.

Thanks to all who attended, the next meet is on the 2nd of April for Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1.

After securing all three trophies of SCHORC’s second race series for the second season in a row, Paul Rose was no doubt hoping to extend that record. With the emergence of Roy’s truly super SRT in Super F1 and with the Homewoods joining the series for 2014 the defence of his titles was set to get more tricky…

The Track

Nick’s first solo track design was an interesting circuit with a challenging technical section with a pair of alternate hairpins. It also featured some nice flowing bends and proved to be well balanced between the competing chassis in Super F1.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

The pair of hairpins caused a fair bit of trouble in qualifying with people flying off in all directions. Al managed to stay out of trouble and avoid getting caught up in anyone else’s accidents here and that no doubt helped him take pole. Paul Rose was just 1.8 laps behind him and also took the fastest lap of the class with a 4.270 in the yellow lane which was unusually the fastest. Nick took the last guaranteed spot in the A final just two tenths of lap behind Paul. Paul Homewood acquitted himself well for his first time driving the Micros and lined up in fourth a lap ahead of Roy in fifth. John and Tony completed the grid in sixth and seventh respectively..

B Final

Roy took the red lane for the B final and after taking the early lead, he didn’t let go of it and took the win from Paul Homewood in yellow by just over a lap. John in blue took third after a spell of holding second in the latter phase of the race. Tony was running nicely in P2 for the early phase of the race before he a big off dropped him back to fourth and he decided to retire.

A Final

Al in yellow and Paul Rose in red diced for the early lead of the A final before Al managed to pull out a small lead. An off on lap 8 caused his motor to pop up and the fast but ultimately unreliable yellow car was off the track for nearly 20 seconds while Al jiggled the motor back into place. Meanwhile Paul drove off in to the distance to take the win followed 2.8 laps later by Roy in blue. Al and Nick had a good battle for third with Al eventually taking the position and at least salvaging a podium after his incident.

Super F1

Qualifying

With Roy and his SRT being firm favourites going into Quali, it was a slight surprise when Paul Homewood took pole from him by nearly 10 laps. Nick again took third place and was just over a half a lap behind him in fourth. Reigning champion Paul Rose wasn’t entirely happy with his car for much of the session but salvaged fifth ahead of Tony and John.

B Final

Paul Rose had the early lead in blue but Al wasn’t far behind him in red. A couple of small offs for Paul handed Al the lead on a couple of occasions but Paul’s pace was superior and after catching Al for the second time Al binned it leaving Paul to sail off and take the win. Tony quickly decided he wasn’t very keen on the yellow lane and retired. With the yellow lane vacant John decided hop in it for a more pleasant drive to third.

A Final

Paul Homewood stormed off the grid from the yellow lane and in to the lead. Roy couldn’t quite match his pace from the blue lane but wasn’t far behind him. Nick matched Roy’s pace from the red lane for the first 40 seconds of the race before a couple of offs dropped him back. Paul Rose usual a master of the white had a few too many offs at the tighter of the two hairpins before retiring. Up front Paul Homewood powered on to take the win by just over a lap from Roy.

Thanks to all who attended and apologies for the delay in writing this report.

The SCHORC 2014 Season kicked off with 9 racers on the grid in the Yelling for F1 Tyco and Modified classes. With both classes reduced from 12 to 6 rounds this season for the first time, it was time to get out on track and start bagging points.

The Track

Tony had laid out a long and fast track to start the season with a couple of very long straights and a nice mixture of bends in between.

F1

Qualifying

Paul Rose took the first F1 pole of the season by 1.6 laps from John. John’s car had monster straight line speed but looked a bit of handful in the bends. Nick lined up third just half a lap ahead of Roy who was a lap ahead of Al. Paul Homewood was just 0.2 laps behind Al but 0.9 laps ahead of Tony. Craig lined up 8th ahead of Steve who completed the grid.

C Final

Craig held the early lead from the red lane, following offs for Tony in white and Steve in blue. Finding himself last and unsatisfied with his car Tony retired before hunting out another car to complete the race. Craig went on to take the win from Steve by just over a lap.

B Final

A good start by Paul Homewood in red saw him hold the early lead from Al in white. Roy in Blue was keeping pace with them early on until an off dropped him back a bit. However a crash on lap 11 sent Paul down to second and left him back with Roy and only just ahead of Craig who had been lagging behind following an early off from the yellow lane. Al held the lead to the end and was surprised to find Roy just a single tenth behind him after a concerted charge through the second half of the race. Paul finished a lap and half behind Roy and a few laps ahead of Craig.

A Final

The tricky hop up yellow lane quickly got the better of Al and left him trailing in fourth. Up front there wasn’t much separating Paul Rose in blue, Nick in red and John in white. John undoubtedly had the fastest car and set the fastest F1 lap of the evening by nearly a quarter of a second. However a series of off track excursions saw him drop steadily back. An off for Nick then left Paul with a good cushion that he was able to manage for the remainder of the race. Behind him the mid-race threeway squabble for second was won by Nick who then nibbled away at Paul’s lead but ended up finishing just over a lap down. Al looked pleased with the bottom step on the podium and John seemed happy enough with fourth, his highest F1 finish to date.

Mod

Qualifying

With the Tycos safely back in the boxes, it was time to break out the Mods. Al didn’t seem very happy with his driving and seemed to be throwing the car off the track more than usual. Despite this he just managed to pip a more composed looking Nick to pole position by three tenths of a lap. Paul Homewood lined up third on the grid followed by John and his Lifelike T. Roy and his SRT took fifth ahead of Craig, Tony and Steve. Paul Rose found himself at the back of the grid after enduring a pretty miserable qualifying session. He suffered throughout with reliability issues that were only traced to a failing controller wire as he made his way to the grid for the C final.

C Final

With a borrowed controller, Paul Rose took a pretty straightforward victory in the C Final. Steve finished behind him and ahead of his brother Tony who wasn’t feeling quite himself or racing with his usual flair.

B Final

John seemed very comfortable with his Lifelike in the blue lane and drove a perfect race to take the B final win by 3 laps. An early off from yellow for Paul Rose left him with it all to do but he managed to fight his way back up to claim second. Craig in white kept pace with John early on before a series of crashes put him right back. Towards the end of the race he pulled back some time on Paul and finished third half a lap behind him. Roy also kept with John early on from the red lane before dropping back and eventually finishing fourth.

A Final

Based on qualifying it looked the A final was going to be a two way fight between Al in blue and Nick in white. Indeed the start of the race saw very little separating their cars as they pulled away from Paul Homewood in red and John in yellow. Al breathed a visible sigh of relief when Nick came off 40 seconds in to the race. Al had probably been fearing a repeat of the previous month’s A final when they were neck and neck for almost the entire final with Nick coming out on top in the final seconds… A couple more offs for Nick gave John in third the sight of second place, and a couple of offs for Al kept Nick within striking distance for the lead, but in the end the running order didn’t change again. Al took the win by just over a lap from Nick, with John third taking his best mod result to date. Paul Homewood rolled in fourth not looking massively pleased and puzzling over the problem of revitalising his slightly off the boil mod.

Thanks to Tony for setting up and thanks to all who attended.

Next month Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1…