Once again there was some excitement in the air of Yelling as SCHORC prepared to start another brand new class for 2017. Ray had prepared some lovely Paul Harwood painted Le Man style bodies for the new V1 Viper cars and they were ready to hit the track.

The Track

Deciding to give the V1s a real baptism of fire, Al had built one of his trickiest tracks for a while. Inspired by the Suzuka circuit in Japan, it had a bridge, high speed corners, short straights, a tight hairpin and a tricky bus stop chicane to finish the lap.

LMP-V1

Qualifying

Paul took the first pole of the new class by 1.9 laps from Al. Al initially used his own V1 on the blue and red lanes before deciding to switch to the faster club cars. Al set a mighty 43.6 laps on the white lane with what was probably the pick of the club cars. Ray lined up third 6 laps behind Al and just over three laps ahead of Nick. Steve completed the grid in fifth.

B Final

After a good start in white Ray had an early off that dropped him to second behind Steve in red. Ray was still ahead of Nick in blue though as Nick had also came off on the second tour. Ray then settled into the white lane, passed Steve and romped off into the lead. Nick also passed Steve but couldn’t catch Ray and had to settle for second.

A Final

A good start in white left Paul with a small lead over Al in blue and Ray in red. An off on the fourth lap at the by now notorious final chicane dropped Paul down to last. Al held the lead briefly before crashing and handing it to Ray. An off for Ray on his 13th lap then passed the lead back to Al who was a whisker ahead of a hard charging Paul. Paul narrowed the gap until an off gave Al some breathing space. At this point Al just needed to bring it home, for some reason he decided to bin it twice instead and hand the race to Paul. Paul duly took the first win of the new class and bagged the fastest class lap while he was at it.

Super F1

Qualifying

Al was surprised to find himself on pole as his SRT is usually suited to power tracks. Ray and his Super G+ were 2.7 laps behind Al and just over three laps ahead of Paul and his Mega G+. Reigning Super F1 champ Nick found himself fourth ahead of Steve and his Super G+.

B Final

Nick in Blue and Paul in white spent the duration of the B final swapping the lead. Paul lead for the majority of the race but a few late offs left Nick in the lead at the close of the race. Steve in red bettered his best qualifying score and finished third.

A Final

For the first three laps of the A final there wasn’t anything between Al in white, Ray in blue and Nick in red. On the fourth lap Nick succumbed to the chicane and continued to drop back from Al and Ray. Over the next 10 laps Al managed to eck out a 4 second lead over Ray but an off then handed Ray the lead. Luckily for Al he seemed to have a whisker more pace than Ray and over the next 12 laps he gradually caught him. On lap 28 they both left the track and Al found himself with a small lead that he was able to maintain until the end of the race to take the win.

Thanks to all who attended, join us for our next meeting on April the 5th when we’ll be racing Micros and Tycos!

The Track

To kick off the 2017 Season, Al had laid out another long track with a bridge at one end that meant the lanes were fairly even.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Nick took the first pole position of the year mainly due to a standout performance in the white lane where he beat his nearest rival by 4 laps. Paul lined up second 4.4 laps behind Nick and 2.2 laps ahead of Al in third. Ray was just 0.2 laps behind Al and just 0.4 laps ahead of Tony in fifth.

B Final

After a close start, an off from the red lane for Al on lap three left Ray in blue with the early lead. An opening lap off for Tony in yellow left him on the back foot in third and a few more offs left him trailing the leaders. Up front Al had a bit more pace than Ray and started closing him down. On lap 13 Al caught Ray and pushing hard to stay ahead Ray came off. An off for Al a few laps later put them back together but then a series of offs for Ray left Al with the lead and the B final win.

A Final

Al in white had the early lead of the A final by just a whisker from Nick in red. Paul in blue was just behind them. On lap 7 an massive accident took out all three of them and another incident for Al on the following tour saw him fall too far back to be in contention. Up front Nick found himself with a good lead from Paul and he was able to cruise home to take the first win of the season.

F1

Qualifying

A solid drive for Ray saw him take pole with his Tyco F1. Al narrowly took second by 0.1 laps from Nick in third. Tony line up fourth ahead of Paul who set the fastest lap of the session but was struggling to get his Tyco to perform consistently.

B Final

A strong start for Paul in yellow saw him with the early lead from Nick in red and Tony in blue. An off for Paul on lap 4 handed the lead to Nick but Paul was soon back on Nick’s heels. After another big off and further car trouble Paul decided to retire handing second to Tony.

A Final

The start of the A final looked like a fight between Al in blue and Ray in red. Nick had a cautious start in white but by lap 2 he was on it and by lap 7 he had taken second from Ray and by lap 9 he had taken the lead from Al. Nick then continued pounding around at a pace that neither of his rivals could match. Nick took his second win of the evening with 34.1 laps setting the highest score of the evening in the process.

Thanks to all who attended. Our next meeting will be February the 1st when we will be breaking out our new Vipers for the first time!

The Track

For the final round of the year Al had laid out one of the longest tracks of the year.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Ray took pole position by one lap from Al. Paul’s arrival had already wrapped up the Championship for him for the fifth year in succession so he probably wasn’t terribly disappointed to find himself third. Tony lined up fourth ahead of Nick and Steve.

B Final

Nick in blue took the early lead of the B final from Tony in red and Steve in yellow. An off for both Tony and Nick on lap 8 preserved the order and another off for Tony a few laps later settled the finishing order with Nick taking the win by half a lap from Tony. Steve was just under two laps behind his brother.

A Final

Nick hopped up to the white lane for the A final. The white car had proved a mixed bag in quali sometimes running well and other times poorly. Nick lucked out and it was a peach for its final race of the year. After a middling start Nick started to deliver some very strong lap times and quickly went from third to first. Paul started well in blue holding the lead for the first two laps before a big off cost him over 6 seconds and left him out of contention. Al started consistently in red and briefly inherited the lead from Paul before Nick passed him. An off for Nick on lap 9 caused him to drop his pace slightly and go for consistency. Behind him Al in red and Ray in yellow were battling for second. Both came off several times but it was Al who was second at the end of the race. A final off for Ray during his last tour allowed Paul to sneak past and claim the final step on the podium.

Super F1

Qualifying

Finding his SRT well suited to the final track of the year reigning Super F1 Champ Nick took pole by 4.7 laps from his nearest title rival Ray. Al line up third but nearly 7 laps behind Ray. Steve was fourth ahead of Tony and Paul.

B Final

Steve in white had the best start with Tony in red and Paul in blue having first lap incidents. Further offs for Tony saw him drop back and then retire. Meanwhile Paul had dropped the hammer and quickly reeled in Steve to take the lead and then the win by 0.7 laps.

A Final

Al in white put himself instantly out of contention by jumping the start. Up front the first 4 laps were very close with the leaders running around together. Paul in yellow and Ray in red both came off and handed Nick a nice cushion that he could then manage for the remainder of the race. Ray knowing he needed to win to take the championship began to bang in some fast laps. He closed the gap to Nick from 4 seconds to 1 second before coming off and throwing all his hard work away. The gap remained pretty constant for the rest of the race with Nick taking the win and with it his second Super F1 Championship.

Congratulations to the Champions Paul and Nick!

Thanks to all who attended and join us in 2017 for an exciting new season of racing!

The Track

For the final round of the 2016 F1 and Mod season Al had laid out an interesting handling track with some rather cheeky twists and turns.

F1

Qualifying

Ray took his fourth F1 pole position of the season, 7.3 laps clear of Nick who lined up second. Al tied with Nick but lost out on total score so took third. Tony was just one and half laps behind Al in fourth. Aston took the fifth grid slot ahead of Paul in sixth. Paul was having a torrid time with his Tyco, he set the fastest lap of the session but found his car’s handling inconsistent which made it difficult to maintain a good pace.

C Final

Paul failed to fix his car’s issues from quali and after just two laps decided to retire from the C Final handing Aston an easy win.

B Final

After a close opening three laps, Al in blue emerged as the early leader. After a promising start Tony succumbed to the tricky yellow lane and dropped back. After a couple of early offs young Aston settled into his groove in red and started piling the pressure on Al by gradually reeling him in. A mid race off for Al left him with just half a lap in hand but he managed to maintain that gap to Aston and take the win. Despite finishing second it was a very impressive drive from Aston and his highest score of the night.

A Final

Al didn’t have the pace in yellow to stay with Nick and Ray and quickly dropped back to a distant third. An early off for Nick in red left Ray in blue with almost a lap in hand. Ray’s pace allowed him to add a couple of seconds to that before an off put the gap back to 4 seconds. Nick cranked up the pace late in the race but it wasn’t enough to change the outcome and a couple of late offs for Nick meant that Ray took the win by 1.9 laps.

After Paul’s disappointing evening Al’s third place was enough for him to take the F1 Championship for the first time.

Mod

Qualifying

After the disappointment of F1, Paul’s mod looked like the class of the field and took pole from Ray by five laps. Al’s car didn’t look at all at home on the track that favoured handling over straight line speed and he had to settle for third place. Tony lined up fourth just eight tenths behind Al and over ten laps ahead of Nick who found himself a bit off the pace. Aston completed the order in sixth.

C Final

Possibly deciding to give Aston a head start, Nick jumped the start. Having a good pace advantage it wasn’t long until Nick caught and passed Aston and went on to take a fairly straight forward win.

B Final

Al got off to a cracking start in blue and start pulling out a lead from Tony in red and Nick in white. Nick retired early in the race after deciding he had fallen back and out of contention. Al then started trying to wind up his pace and take the fastest lap. He couldn’t match the previous fastest lap set by Paul though and crashed rather a lot trying. Despite his many offs Al took the win by 1.6 laps from Tony.

A Final

Paul in blue powered away with the early lead. Ray couldn’t match his initial pace and then found his car starting to slow down. Apparently Ray’s car could only manage four competitive races before overheating and losing speed. Early offs in white for Al left him a fair way back but as the pace drained out of Ray’s car Al caught and passed him to take second. By now Paul was long gone though and took he took the win by a very comfortable 8.9 laps.

The results meant that Al took the Mod Championship for the sixth consecutive year and also retained the combined F1 and Modified Championship. Congratulations to Al!

Thanks to all who attended. Join us for our next meeting on December the 7th!

A pleasant October evening provided the backdrop for the penultimate round of the Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships.

The Track

Al had laid out a looooong counter clockwise track. The lap opened with a set of fast sweeping esses that lead into a tight technical section. The long back straight lead into a another technical section with a particularly tricky right-hander that no one in the white lane seemed to enjoy.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

Paul claimed pole position by two laps from Al. Nick was half a lap further back and just a single tenth ahead of Ray in fourth. Steve completed the grid in fifth.

B Final

Ray in blue took the early lead of the B final with Steve in yellow and Nick in red behind him. An off for Ray briefly gave Steve the lead before a series of offs sent Steve back into third. Meanwhile Nick had his head down and was closing Ray down. The red car seemed to get faster and faster as the race went on and during the final couple of tours Nick overhauled Ray and took the win by just two tenths of a lap.

A Final

A strong start for Paul in red saw him take a fairly straight forward win in the A final. A few too many offs cost Al in blue the opportunity to stand on the top step of the podium and he had to settle for second. In the tricky yellow lane Nick had to settle for third.

Super F1

Qualifying

Reigning Super F1 Champion Nick took pole in Super F1, beating his nearest rival Ray by 1.7 laps. Paul lined up next ahead of Al and Steve.

B Final

An early off for Al in blue left Paul in red with a one lap lead. Steve in yellow briefly ran in second before dropping to third and falling back from the leaders. With the pressure off Paul cruised round while Al did his best to catch him. After a few offs for each off them, Al begin to close the gap in the latter stage of the race. An off for Paul in the final seconds of the race saw him finish just three tenths of a lap ahead of Al.

A Final

Ray in blue jumped the start of the A final and that left him with a lot to do. Up front Paul briefly held the early lead but he couldn’t consistently maintain that pace from the yellow lane and dropped back to third. A cracking drive from Nick in red saw him take the win and retake the lead in the Championship!

Thanks to all who attended. Join us on the 26th of October for the final rounds of our F1 and Modified Championships!

With the nights starting to draw in 4 devoted SCHORCers lined up on the grid in Yelling for the penultimate rounds of the F1 and Modified Championships

The Track

Al had laid out a rather wiggly handling track complete with a bus stop chicane that proved to be trickiest corner on the track.

F1

Qualifying

With only four people in attendance the final finishing order was decided by the finishing order in quali.

Big scores in the blue and red lane helped Al pip Nick to the top spot by just 0.3 laps. Paul’s tyco was the fastest over one lap but he didn’t have enough consistent runs for higher than third. Tony finished fourth a lap behind Paul.

Mod

Qualifying

Although Al was ahead at the halfway point in Qualifying Paul made the most of his car’s superior handling to bang in some great scores on white and blue and claim the top spot by over 3 laps from Al. Paul also snagged his tenth fastest lap of the year to boot. Nick took the final spot of the podium ahead of Tony in fourth.

Thanks to all who attended. Join us on the 5th of October for the penultimate round of Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1.

The Track

For the July Meet Al had laid out a long fast track that required good top speed from your car to deliver a lap time.

F1

Qualifying

Ray returned from an absence of a couple of months and showing now signs of rust took his third F1 pole of the season. Al lined up second 4.6 laps behind Ray and 1 lap ahead of Tony in third. Nick appeared to have the fastest car of the session but couldn’t deliver the big scores for a position higher than fourth on the grid. Steve lined up fifth ahead of Paul who was struggling to extract enough straight-line speed from his Tyco.

B Final

A super consistent drive from Steve with no offs from the white saw him take a straight forward win from Nick in red and Paul in blue. Nick delivered some more super fast laps but couldn’t match Steve’s consistent pace. Paul was still struggling for top speed and was losing over a second a lap to his rivals.

A Final

Tony got off to a fantastic start in white and held the lead from Ray in red for the first 6 laps laps until an off sent him back to second. Behind them Al in yellow and Steve in blue diced for third for most of the race with Al taking the final step on the podium on the last tour after an off for Steve in the fast esses in the first sector.

Up front Ray was driving perfectly and didn’t leave the track once. Tony had more pace and while he was on the track he was lapping faster than Ray but a few offs over the course of the race left him a lap behind Ray as the checkered flag fell but still with his best F1 finish of the season. Ray’s win makes him the fourth different F1 winner of the season and leaves the championship with the top four separated by just 5 points with 2 rounds remaining!

Mod

Qualifying

While the track seemed to work well and have a pleasant rhythm with the F1 cars, it was frantic with the faster Mod cars!

Al’s mod looked on form and despite Ray bettering him on white and blue, Al made up a lot of laps on Ray in red and yellow to take his third Mod pole of the season by 3.4 laps. Nick lined up third ahead of Paul, Tony and Steve.

B Final

After a disappointing Quali session Paul was in his groove for the B final and stormed to victory in the blue lane from Tony in red and Steve in white.

A Final

A hectic opening lap with accidents for all of his competitors, saw a Ray left out front in blue. After starting to lose some of its top speed in Quali, Ray’s car was looking somewhat out of sorts though. He quickly dropped back and decided to retire and lend a hand to the over stretched marshalling team of Tony and Steve. Paul in yellow took the lead fron Ray but an off on lap 9 handed the lead to Al. With almost a lap in hand Al was then able to manage his pace and keep Paul and Nick behind him. At the end of the race Al took the win by 3.6 laps from Paul who was 1.8 laps ahead of Nick.

Thanks to all who attended. Join us for our next race meet which has been confirmed as being on August the 10th.

A damp and cold June evening saw five racers take to Al’s latest track with Roy making a welcome return to the grid for the first time since moving to Derby.

The Track

The track was relatively short but with an interesting mix of corners and a pretty good balance across the lanes.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

With particularly large scores in red and yellow, Paul took his fourth straight Micro Scalextric pole position. Nick in second was 1.7 laps behind Paul and 1.6 laps ahead of Al. Roy took the fourth grid slot ahead of Tony.

B Final

Al in yellow massively jumped the start of the B Final and after a pause Tony in white followed him. This left Roy in red with a nice lead but he soon found Al chasing him down. Before Al could catch Roy, Roy came off and handed Al the lead. Al might then have thought he had the race in the bag but behind him Tony had settled into his groove and was pounding around the track much faster than his fellow drivers. Inevitably Tony caught and passed Al and while Al upped his pace to try and keep up, he binned it after a few laps and had to settle for second. Tony duly won the race with 38.6 laps from Al and Roy.

A Final

Paul in yellow was the early leader of the A Final but with Tony in white hot on his heels. Paul was the first to come off leaving Tony with the lead until he too crashed. The lead changed hands a couple more times until a couple of offs for Tony put Nick in red up to second. Paul then settled down and went on to take the win with 39.1 laps from Nick and Tony.

Super F1

Qualifying

With Tony heading home after the first class, four racers were left for Super F1. Nick and his SRT powered to pole 1.5 laps clear of Roy who was mainly using his SRT names Son of Red Peril. Despite the Red Peril itself making an appearance in one heat Roy had to settle for the second grid spot. Al looked a little out of sorts with his SRT and was someway off the pace in third. Paul was still struggling with his Mega G and he completed the grid.

C Final

With Paul’s Mega G lacking top end speed, Al took a pretty easy win from the white lane.

B Final

The B Final was closer, but Al (again in white) seemed to have the measure of Roy and his car and Al took the win by 2.1 laps.

A Final

Al (once again in white) gave Nick in yellow a short run for his money over the first 8 laps of the A final. With initially very little separating them, it was a shame that Al binned it and handed Nick a fairly straightforward win. Nick didn’t seem too bothered though with the reigning Super F1 Champion taking his first class win of the season.

Thanks to all who attended! Join us on July 6th for Round 4 of our F1 and Modified Championships.