A cloudy summer evening in Yelling provided the backdrop to round 8 of the Tyco F1 and Mod Championships. As well as a selection of the SCHORC faithful, Roy brought along Rosie and David his niece and nephew.
Club tech took a step forward following Paul Homewood’s kind donation of a second monitor to be positioned closer to the driver’s station.
The Track
Lee and Al set up this month’s track with Al trying his hand at club track design for the first time. The track was fast but with some interesting multi-radius bends. Some of the corners also had minimal run off that punished anyone making mistakes there.
F1
Qualifying
Lee stormed to pole position 1.5 laps clear of Paul Homewood. Al was just over a lap behind Paul taking the last guaranteed spot in the A final. Nick was a couple of laps behind Al in fourth and just over a lap ahead of Paul Rose in fifth. Roy was sixth with Bruce, Rosie and David completing the order.
C Final
Bruce cruised to victory in the C final beating his previous best score of the evening by over 2 laps. David and Rosie had a good tussle behind him for second place. Both set some excellent laptimes, particularly David’s 4.515 which ended up being the second fastest laptime in F1. With a bit more practice to build up their consistency they could easily take after their Uncle!
B Final
The opening phase of the B final saw Paul Rose pull out a small lead in the white lane to Roy in red and Nick in blue. Bruce had the misfortune to hop-up to the tricky yellow lane and while he managed to stick with the pack initially he found himself a fair way back by the end of the race. Bruce should at least take comfort from setting the fastest lap in the trickiest lane.
Just shy of the halfway point an off for Paul, put Roy and Nick back at the pointy end of the action and the three of them battled hard for the lead for the next 25 seconds. Offs for first Nick and then Roy allowed Paul to pull out a small lead again and he finished the race just under a lap ahead of Roy.
A Final
Lee and Paul Homewood rocketed off in the white and blue lanes, with Al in red just hanging on behind them for the first 30 seconds. After an off Al realised he didn’t have the pace to catch the leaders so he concentrated on consolidating the bottom step of the podium. Despite a good start in yellow, Paul Rose couldn’t match the pace of the A final from the trickiest lane and he had to content himself with fourth. Up front Lee was really flying and gradually as the race progressed, inch by inch he extended his lead over Paul Homewood eventually finishing nine tenths of a lap ahead and taking his second F1 win of the season.
Mod
Qualifying
After his formidable showing in F1, Lee looked to be a good bet for Mod based on his free practice pace. Despite that Paul Rose blasted his way onto pole by a margin of nearly 5 laps. It was Al who lined up behind him too, leaving Lee on the back foot in third and only narrowly ahead of Paul Homewood in fourth. Nick took the fifth grid slot ahead of Bruce, Roy, David and Rosie.
C Final
A good start for David in red saw him gain a good lead in the early phase of the C Final. A shaky start for Roy in blue saw him briefly back to third behind Rosie in white. After settling into his groove Roy caught and past both Rosie and David to take the lead. Behind him David was putting in some good lap times but his sister was more consistent and was gradually reeling him in. As Roy took the win, a final off for David allowed Rosie to sneak past him into second pipping him but just a couple of inches.
B Final
From the tricky yellow hop up lane Roy couldn’t really get involved in the B final. Ahead of him a typically consistent and controlled drive from Paul Homewood in white saw him gradually pulling away from Bruce in red and Nick in blue. A great early drive from Bruce saw his Super G+ looking well in the mix before a couple of offs allowed Nick to take second place.
A Final
Paul Homewood stayed with the pack for the first four laps before dropping back and having to content himself with fourth. Ahead of him Paul Rose in white was narrowly leading Al in blue and Lee in Red. On lap 10 and off for Lee dropped him back from the leaders. With just over a minute gone an off for Paul Rose handed the lead to Al. With just over half the race remaining Al got a bit greedy and spun at turn 4. This left Paul back in the lead but with Al and Lee right behind him. As the race entered the closing stages a couple more offs for Al dropped him back to third and an off for Paul Rose dropped him back to second and handed Lee his first double win.
Thanks to all who attended!