The Ecurie Barnton round of the BSL series took place on Saturday 21st July 2007.

 

1/32 racing

 

The first round of heats saw a new Super-Production lap record of 28.85 for Ross Grogan. Meanwhile David Sargent set the pace in the Open Falcon class with 24.60 and Ernest Danyi led the Novice class with 22.53.

 

The second round saw Stephen Siddall improve David’s time by nearly a lap, but then David went even faster in the next heat with 25.94, the fastest Falcon time of the day. Meanwhile there were even more fireworks in the top heat, with Paul beating Ross’s new record by 9 parts, Charlie Gooding improving his 3rd place time to 28.14 and Steve Sargent moving into 4th place with 27.34.

 

Early in the third round we had a shoot-out for top Novice qualifier. Steve Smith beat Ernest’s time by nearly half a lap, but Ernest made a big improvement in the same heat, securing top spot on 24.18.

 

Alan Lucas then bumped Steve out of the A final with 27.40, only for Martin Ellis to bump him out in turn with a 27.91. So to a fascinating final heat with Paul, Ross and Charlie trying to improve their positions in the top 3 and Steve trying to get back into the A final. We were not disappointed! Paul beat his new record by over half a lap, but Ross took this class to a new level with a 30.21. Charlie improved to 28.20, 1 part more than the lap record at the start of the day. As for Steve, he beat Alan’s time but an off near the end cost him any chance of beating Martin.

 

Matthew Siddall won the F final by nearly 2 laps from top qualifier Matthew Green, both going faster than they did in the heats. Indeed Matthew’s winning time of 37 would have given him a high placing in the E or D finals.

 

Paul Hackett-Evans won the E final from Roddy Morrison. John Gooding beat Christopher Green for top Junior on the day by taking 3rd place.

 

The top 3 Novices were all in the D final. The form from the heats proved to be a reliable guide with Ernest winning from Steve Smith. Andrew Hogg was last in this race, but 3rd Novice on the day.

 

Stephen Siddall won the C final from Keith Charles and Richard Wallace, Stephen and Richard taking 2nd and 3rd in the Open Falcon class. 1st place in Open Falcon went to David Sargent even though he was last in the B final. Top 2 places here went to Alan Lucas and Neil Grogan.

 

Predictably the A final was very fast and beat the 5 minute lap record by nearly 2 laps, although it fell slightly short of the 10 laps per minute pace set by Ross in the last heat. Ross won by nearly a lap from Shep, with Charlie 3rd and Martin some way back in 4th.

 

DRIVERS NAMES   1/32	BEST HEAT	GAP TO 1st	BEHIND NEXT	RACE POSITION
ROSS GROGAN	30.21	0.00	0.00	1st
PAUL SHEPHERD	29.48	0.73	0.73	2nd
CHARLIE GOODING	28.20	2.01	1.28	3rd
MARTIN ELLIS	27.91	2.30	0.29	4th
STEVE SARGENT	27.47	2.74	0.44	5th
ALAN LUCAS	27.40	2.81	0.07	6th
NEIL GROGAN	27.19	3.02	0.21	7th
DAVID SARGENT	25.94	4.27	1.25	8th
KEITH CHARLES	25.74	4.47	0.20	9th
STEPHEN SIDDALL	25.39	4.82	0.35	10th
CHAS KEELING	25.00	5.21	0.39	11th
RICHARD WALLACE	24.60	5.61	0.40	12th
ERNEST DANYI	24.18	6.03	0.42	13th
ANDY BROWN SEARLE	23.87	6.34	0.31	14th
STEVE SMITH	22.94	7.27	0.93	15th
ANDREW HOGG	22.62	7.59	0.32	16th
RODDY MORRISON	22.62	7.59	0.00	17th
PAUL HACKETT EVANS	22.49	7.72	0.13	18th
CHRISTOPHER GREEN	21.19	9.02	1.30	19th
JOHN GOODING	21.10	9.11	0.09	20th
MATTHEW GREEN	20.36	9.85	0.74	21st
MATTHEW SIDDALL	19.86	10.35	0.50	22nd
ALEX HACKETT EVANS	18.86	11.35	1.00	23rd

	A FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN FALCON	NOVICE FALCON
A FINAL	ROSS GROGAN	49.05	1st A.final	50
A FINAL	PAUL SHEPHERD	48.19	2nd	47
A FINAL	CHARLIE GOODING	46.75	3rd	45
A FINAL	MARTIN ELLIS	41.86	4th	43
B FINAL	ALAN LUCAS	45.00	1st B.final	41
B FINAL	NEIL GROGAN	43.91	2nd	39
B FINAL	STEVE SARGENT	43.30	3rd	37
B FINAL	DAVID SARGENT	41.00	4th	35	50
C FINAL	STEPHEN SIDDALL	41.38	1st C.final	33	47
C FINAL	KEITH CHARLES	41.25	2nd	31
C FINAL	RICHARD WALLACE	40.00	3rd	30	45
C FINAL	CHAS KEELING	39.00	4th	29
D FINAL	ERNEST DANYI	39.00	1st D.final	28	43	50
D FINAL	STEVE SMITH	37.00	2nd	27	41	47
D FINAL	ANDY BROWN SEARLE	36.00	3rd	26	39
D FINAL	ANDREW HOGG	34.00	4th	25	37	45
E FINAL	PAUL HACKETT EVANS	38.87	1st E.final	24	35
E FINAL	RODDY MORRISON	36.87	2nd	23	33
E FINAL	JOHN GOODING	35.39	3rd	22	31	43
E FINAL	CHRISTOPHER GREEN	32.87	4th	21	30	41
F FINAL	MATTHEW SIDDALL	37.05	1st F.final	20	29	39
F FINAL	MATTHEW GREEN	35.17	2nd	19	28	37
F FINAL	ALEX HACKETT EVANS	32.09	3rd	18	27	35
F FINAL	-	-	4th

Ross's Winning Car	David's Winning Falcon

 

1/24 racing

 

Ross Grogan of GSR Design set the pace in the first heat of the team race with 94.60 laps in 10 minutes, but Charlie Gooding of CMG Slots B beat this by 27 parts in the last of the 1st segment heats. Three other teams beat 90 laps - SCD Roadhogs on 92 then Pink My Ride and E.B. Gee Bees on 91.

 

The 2nd segment was slower all round, SDS setting the fastest time of 89.98. GSR Design overtook CMG Slots B for the overall lead, but only by 73 parts. E.B Gee Bees moved up to 3rd, 4 laps down on the leaders, but SDS and Pink My Ride were both less than a lap behind them. The other teams still in contention, within 10 laps of the leaders, were A9 Run and SCD Roadhogs.

 

GSR Design were back above 90 in the 3rd segment, but only just. This was beaten in the 3rd heat by Pink My Ride and CMG Slots B, both doing 92 laps. This put CMG Slots back in the lead, by 1.75 laps from GSR Design. Pink My Ride moved up from 5th to 3rd, 4 laps down on the leaders. The next 4 teams were still in contention: E.B. Gee Bees, SDS, A9 Run and SCD Roadhogs. 4 laps covered those teams and even the last of them was only 12 laps behind the leaders.

 

So, much depended on the final segment. The two Barnton teams, GSR Design and E.B. Gee Bees, were in the first heat. Ross and Keith were really on it, Ross beating the best time so far with a 95.75 and Keith doing a 91. A9 Run were the only contenders in the second heat. They did a very respectable 88, but not enough to overtake the home teams.

 

The other 4 contenders stepped up for the final heat. CMG Slots B needed 94 to win and the others, realistically, were all aiming to beat the E.B. Gee Bees total. All the pressure led to an untidy race, won by Ernest with 89 laps. This gave CMG Slots B 2nd place, 4 laps down on GSR Design. E.B Gee Bees score survived to take 3rd place, followed by Pink My Ride, A9 Run and SDS. The latter 3 teams were covered by just a lap and a half.

 

 

Team Members:

 

GSR Design                  Neil Grogan, Ross Grogan

CMG Slots B Team        Charlie Gooding & Ernest Danyi