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…

Following several people dropping out at the last minute, the final round of the SCHORC season saw just 4 members taking to the grid.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

With just 4 people in attendance, it was considered too difficult to run adequately marshaled finals and it was decided that the result of the heats would decide the finishing order. With the highest score in each lane, Paul Rose took the win by over seven laps from his Championship rival Tony. Roy finished third ahead of Al who took some consolation from bagging the fastest lap of the night with the micros.

Super F1

Roy’s new SRT continued to look like the class of the Super F1 field. Several times during the heats it looked like other cars could keep with him, but then Roy dropped the hammer and effortlessly zipped off, pulling away at a rate of several tenths per lap. Roy duly took his second Super F1 of the season along with the fastest lap of the night. At the half way point in quali Paul Rose had two tenths of a lap on his rival Tony, but difficult heats in white and blue for Paul allowed Tony to take second place, and left Paul third. After damaging his Mega G during free practice, Al ran his SRT instead which proved to be someway off the pace leaving him a distant fourth.

Despite Tony’s best efforts, Paul Rose retained the Micro Scalextric Club Class, Super F1 and Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Combined Championships Trophies. Congratulations Paul!

The final F1 and Mod round of the season drew 9 racers to Yelling. Paul Homewood had already bagged the F1 trophy and had one hand on the Combined Championship but the Mod trophy was still up for grabs…

The Track

F1

Qualifying

Bruce narrowly took pole by just 0.3 laps from Nick. Newly crowned champion Paul Homewood was nearly three laps further back in third. Jim was 0.6 laps behind him and 0.2 laps ahead of Al in fifth. Roy, Paul Rose, Steve and Tony completed the order. Tony had struggled with car setup for much of qualifying only getting his setup nailed towards then end of the session and allowing him to bag the fastest F1 lap of the night.

C Final

Early offs for Paul Rose in red and Steve in white handed Tony in blue the early lead. After a couple of offs for Tony both Paul and Steve closed up the gap, but after a nail biting three minutes Tony took the win by half a lap from Paul with Steve just over half a lap further behind.

B Final

Tony took the hop up to the yellow lane and again found himself in the lead following offs for Roy in blue, Al in red and Jim in white. After a single off Tony settled into the groove and held the lead from Roy to take the win by just over a lap and half. A late off for Roy allowed Jim to pip him to second and Al rolled in fourth after being generally unhappy with his Tyco for the duration of the session.

A Final

Tony again hopped up to yellow, to take on Bruce in red, Paul Homewood in white and Nick in blue. Pole sitter Bruce ran into mechanical issues early in the race but did at least finish. An early off for Nick left him in third behind Paul and Tony who were left dueling for the lead. Paul was the first to leave the track but they both had a number of offs leading to some nail biting moments until against the odds Tony took his first F1 win of the season after starting from the very back of the grid!

Mod

With Al leading the championship, Paul Rose knew his best chance to take the trophy was if he could take the win and fastest lap with Al finishing no higher than third…

Qualifying

After taking 3 scores in the fifties Al thought he had probably done enough and so retired from his final lane. Paul Rose did much the same but because he realised he hadn’t done enough to out qualify Al. His suspicions were correct and Al took pole from Paul by just over five laps. Nick was third just under two laps further back and 0.7 laps ahead of Paul Homewood in fourth. Roy, Tony, Steve and Bruce completed the order with Bruce dropping out of several heats with more mechanical issues.

C Final

Bruce in blue gave Steve in white a good race for the first 30 seconds before a series of offs left Steve to cruise on to take the win by 2.5 laps.

B Final

Paul Homewood took the early lead in white with Tony in blue and Roy in red behind him. Tony pushed Paul hard for much of the race before a few offs dropped him back and left him racing Roy for second. At the end of the three minutes Tony finished just a few inches ahead of Roy on the track. Paul took the win by a comfortable three laps and Steve finished fourth after struggling to keep pace with everyone else from the the yellow lane.

A Final

For the first 20 seconds there was very little between everyone in the A final. Paul Homewood was the first to leave the track from the yellow lane followed 15 seconds later by Paul Rose from white. Paul Rose and Paul Homewood then had a good dice, with Paul Homewood eventually edging his way ahead to take third.

Al and Nick continued to race for the lead just a few inches apart for the duration of the race. The lead changed hands several times but neither of them could pull out a gap of more than a foot or two. Although Al knew he had now sealed the Modified championship he was very keen to take the last win of the season and in the final seconds of the race with Nick just ahead of him he pushed just a bit too hard and binned his car. Nick continued on to take the highest score of the night and his maiden Mod win in fine style. He finished half a lap ahead of Al after one of the closest flat out Mod races the club has ever witnessed.

With Al finishing ahead of Paul Rose he extended his championship lead and took the Modified title for the third year in a row.

After taking the F1 trophy last month another strong combined finish ensured that Paul Homewood also took the Combined F1 and Modified trophy.

Congratulations to all the champions and winners in 2013 and thanks to all who attended!

The Track

To accommodate the expected lower than normal attendance, Tony had constructed a track that could be marshaled by just two people. Despite being a relatively simple track, it proved fun to drive and produced some exciting racing over the course of the evening.

Also making its first appearance courtesy of Jim, was a very fine looking 32″ monitor for displaying the live race timing.

Micro Scalextric Club Class

Qualifying

As usual the prepared micro cars (that had recently had some attention from Tony) produced some very close qualifying with the top four qualifying positions separated by less than a lap. Al took pole position from Bruce by just a single tenth of a lap. Jim was just four tenths behind Bruce and two tenths ahead of Paul Rose in fourth. Tony and Roy lined up fifth and sixth.

B Final

With the blue car clearly the class of the field, Paul Rose took a fairly straight forward victory from Tony in red and Roy in white. Paul gradually extended his lead throughout the race until he had sufficient margin to start aggressively going after the fastest lap, which he duly claimed for the fourth MSCC round in a row.

A Final

In his hop up yellow lane Paul managed to stay in touch with the rest of the pack for the first minute before he dropped back to finish fourth. Up front Al was happily cruising round in the blue car, leaving Jim in white and Bruce in red to fight over second. A big off for Al in the final minute left him only a lap up on Bruce who was pushing hard to close up still further. It wasn’t to be for Bruce though and Al took his first MSSC win by just under two laps from Bruce, with Jim taking the final step on the podium.

Super F1

Qualifying

The short fast circuit proved very entertaining when the faster Super F1 cars took to the track. With lap times getting down towards the two second barrier, there was certainly no time to relax!

Roy’s new SRT had looked good during the previous week’s Mod class, but under an F1 body it was a different beast. Roy produced one of the most dominant qualifying displays in recent memory, monstering his way to pole by a massive 24 laps from his nearest rival Tony. Despite the huge gap to Roy, Tony was no doubt pleased to find himself 2.5 laps ahead of his championship rival Paul Rose. Jim, Al and Bruce finished off the grid.

B Final

The B final produced an unusually spectacular race, with Al in red and Jim in blue going absolutely toe to toe for the seconds before their cars came together in the fast sweepers of the first sector. Keen to continue the battle on fair terms they both waited until both their cars had been marshaled back on to the track before recommencing the battle. Bruce in white had been fractionally ahead of them until an early off sent him back to third so he swept past both of them while they were off the track to retake the lead. Al and Jim were soon back on him though and the battle for the lead became a three way fight. A series of offs for all three drivers in the next couple of minutes kept things very interesting. Al pulled out a small lead but his final off handed the lead to Jim. In the closing stages of the race a small off for Jim sent him back to second before finally a bigger off left him third. Al went on to take the win by just over a lap from Bruce.

A Final

Tony in red did a very creditable job of taking the fight to Roy in blue by holding the lead for the first 30 seconds of the A final. Tony was driving the wheels off his car to keep ahead of Roy so it wasn’t massively surprising when Tony came off and Roy took the lead and disappeared off up the track. Al in yellow and Paul in white had a good fight over third place, but ahead Roy rocketed home to victory and took the win by 7 laps from Tony. Tony was no doubt pleased to close the championship gap on Paul, and Paul was probably relieved to finish third at least minimising the number of points Tony had closed in on him in this tightly fought championship.

With both the Micro Scalextric Club Class and Super F1 Championships to be decided at the final round next month it should be an exciting meet.

Thanks to all who attended.

A dark and miserable November night saw 6 members of SCHORC gather for the penultimate round of the 2013 season.

The Track

Tony had built a short, fast track that was well balanced across the four lanes.

F1

Qualifying

Tony and Nick traded fastest laps for much of quali, but it was Craig who claimed pole position by just under a lap and half from Al. Paul Homewood was just 0.2 laps back in third and Nick was just half a lap further behind in fourth. Roy lined up fifth ahead of Tony who had to content himself with the fastest lap of qualifying.

B Final

Tony emerged as the early leader in the white lane, with Roy hot on his heels in blue. A few early offs from the red lane left Nick in third. Roy pushed Tony hard but couldn’t quite catch him, eventually finishing just three tenths of a lap behind him. After failing to convert his ballistic one lap pace in to any big scores in qualifying, Tony set the highest F1 score of the night as well as the fastest lap.

A Final

After hopping up to the more tricky yellow lane, Tony was unable to do better than fourth. Craig in white stayed with the leaders for the first 30 seconds before dropping back and having to settle for third ahead of Tony. Up front Al in red was doing his best to hang onto Paul Homewood in blue. For the first half of the race the gap was just a few inches before Al lost it in the flowing section leading to the main straight. After coming off, Al pushed hard and closed the gap to Paul slightly over the remainder of the race but Paul took the win by 0.3 laps.

Paul’s win secured him the 2013 F1 Championship in fine style and with one round still remaining.

Mod

Qualifying

Al had built himself a new Marchon and it flew to pole by a margin of nearly 14 laps, taking the fastest lap of the evening in the process. Nick took the second spot just over a lap ahead of Tony in third. Craig and Paul Homewood managed to get exactly the same score across their best three lanes but Craig’s total was higher so he took the fourth spot. Roy lined up at the back of the grid but his new SRT was showing promising pace and getting nicely in the mix with the Marchons.

B Final

Paul Homewood took a pretty straight forward victory from the red lane. Roy was really getting to grips with his new SRT in white and held off a struggling Craig in blue to take second place.

A Final

With just two people marshaling, the Mod A final was always destined to be quite frantic. Paul Homewood in yellow quickly dropped back from the lead pack where Tony in white and Nick in blue were battling for the lead with Al in red. Offs for first Tony and then Nick jiggled the order up nicely until it was Paul who found himself ahead of Tony and Nick. Nick seemed to suffer worst from the lack of marshals and had to marshal his own car at least once which resulted in Al hitting his abandoned controller. While this diminished Al’s lead slightly, he still went on to take a comfortable win by three laps from Paul. Tony was four laps further back and just ahead of Nick who had been closing in on him in the latter part of the race.

Thanks to all who attended.