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.