Following the cancellation of Round 2 of Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 in March, the meeting was rescheduled in May. Unfortunately only a handful of SCHORC members could make the new date but the four that could were joined by 3 visitors from Derby’s HO Racing Club DHORC.

The Track

Paul Rose started the setup and was joined by Tony, together they built a flowing but fairly technical track.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

The club XJ220s were dusted off and the white and blue cars were quickly established to be the pick of the bunch during free practice.

Qualifying

With consistently good score across the favoured white, blue and red lanes, reigning MSCC Champion Paul Rose took pole position. Visiting Nick Sismey quickly got to grips with the Micro Scalextric and claimed the second spot on the grid just 4 tenths ahead of fellow DHORC member Liam Smith. Liam had the fastest lap of the qualifying session by nearly than 3 tenths of a second. Al had the same score as Liam but a slower fastest lap so he lined up fourth on the grid. Roy, Tony and visiting Paul Levers finished off the grid.

B Final

Tony in white ran fractionally ahead of Al in blue ran for the first minute of the race as they battled for the lead. An unlucky off for Tony dropped him back behind Al though and despite pushing hard Tony couldn’t close the gap and had to settle for second. Behind them Paul Levers in the tricky yellow and Roy in red spent the first half of the race scrapping for third place before Roy pulled out a decent gap and the finishing order was settled. Despite finishing fourth Paul did set the highest score of the night in the yellow lane by over a lap and half from the top yellow score in qualifying that was set by Nick Sismey.

A Final

Al hopped up to yellow lane and quickly ruled himself out of contention with a string of offs. Liam in the red lane improved massively on his heat score in that lane but didn’t have the pace to stick with the battle for the lead. Paul Rose shot off at the start in the white lane but found Nick Sismey hot on his heels in blue. An off for Paul on lap 4 handed the lead to Nick which he held until the final minute of the race. At that point a couple of offs for Nick allowed a charging Paul back into the lead which he held to the end of the race to take the win.

Super F1

Not having any cars eligible to run in Super F1, the visitors were allowed to run their G3 chassis with F1 bodies since they weren’t racing for championship points. While the G3 had the edge in the corners, their straight line speed was very comparable to the SCHORC Super F1 cars.

Qualifying

Liam’s G3 looked like the pick of the field in free practice and continued to go like a storm throughout qualifying. Being the only driver to hit over 40 laps in a heat and setting the fastest lap of the night it was no surprise when he took pole by an impressive 8 laps. Paul Rose kept the Mega G’s end up with a consistent run in all lanes and a particularly good score in white to take the second spot on the grid. Paul Levers took the last guaranteed spot in the A final less than a lap ahead of Nick Sismey in fourth. Tony’s Super G+ wasn’t far off the pace of their G3s and he took the fifth grid place ahead of Roy and Al.

B Final

Tony hooked up his Super G+ perfectly in the blue lane, setting his personal best lap of the night and the third highest score of the night on his way to an unchallenged victory by almost 6 laps. Nick Sismey couldn’t match Tony’s consistent pace from the red lane but did set the second fastest lap of the night on his way to second place. Roy drove steadily to take third place ahead of Al who had spent the evening struggling with his Mega G.

A Final

Liam spent the first minute pulling out a narrow lead in the red lane from Paul Rose in white. A small off on lap 13 wiped out most of his lead though and Paul was surprised to hear that the gap between them was only just over a second. Behind them Tony in yellow was doing a great job keeping up with Paul Levers in blue. Only a string of offs in the final moments of the race prevented Tony from being closer to third position. Up front an off on lap 20 for Paul increased the gap to Liam and he had to settle for a solid second while Liam powered on to take the win and the highest score of the night.

Thanks to all who attended.