Round 7 - Pirelli

After some months “out of fettle” I was horrified to count the growing number of keen racers descend on the Pirelli club to post the highest attendance so far this year, 36 for 1/32nd and 19 teams! Happily as it turned out Chris, David and Steve rallied round and ensured that the meeting run smoothly and as efficiently as possible to finish by 8.30. My sincere thanks to all that lent a hand including of course Paul and Martin for their usual Scrutineering work.

1/32nd Event

It was good to see so many new faces this year, most of whom were youngsters and not afraid to give of their best. The first heat producing a win for Andrew Mitchell with 27.66. This result stood until the 3rd heat and only then beaten by Neil Grogan. The top score moved again in heat 5 by the experienced Mike Harrison with 28.25,but then in the next heat Glyn Taylor pushed the score into the 30 ‘s. This stood as the score to beat until bettered in heat 8 by yours truly with 34.54, the best of the first runs. The second runs saw notable improvements for John Gooding up to 26.85, Martin Ellis up to 30.07 and David Sargent up to 32.71, all improving by 2+ laps. However true to form Paul Shepherd raised the bar to 34.76 to TQ. The last qualifying round saw major improvements again for John Gooding with 28.36, Mike Ogden up to 28.54 and Ross Grogan up to 32.32.

In the I Final Matthew Siddall improved his performance to take the win from bottom qualifier Alex Hackett-Evans. In the H Final first time visitor to Pirelli, Murray Wallace stormed to a great win 3 laps clear of home member Katy who still has to show true form with the new Falcon 7 motor. The G Final was comprehensively won by Roddy Morrison 5 laps clear of Martin Jackson. The F Final was won by another newcomer Andrew Mitchell from seasoned racer Richard Wallace. The E Final not as clean as the previous produced a slower result but never the less a good win for Mike Ogden who seems to improve his results at every visit. The D Final saw the closest race of the day with a well deserved win for Mike Harrison only 25 parts ahead of Neil Grogan who in turn was 9 parts ahead of Keith Charles. The C Final saw a battle between Steve Sargent and Andy Brown –Searle with result going to Steve. The B Final saw some mighty driving from both Ross and Chris with Ross taking the win and posting the second highest final time of the day. The A Final saw an uncommon error by Charlie on the first corner and following that he was relegated to playing catch up for the rest of the race. Paul took the early lead from myself with demon Falcon driver David hard on my heels. We all made the odd mistake during the race but managed to hold station to the end giving the overall win and best footage of the day to long-standing Pirelli champion Paul Shepherd.

1/32 Racing

DRIVERS NAMES 1/32	BEST HEAT	GAP TO 1st	BEHIND NEXT	RACE POSITION
PAUL SHEPHERD	34.76	0.00	0.00	1st
NORMAN FAWCETT	34.54	0.22	0.22	2nd
CHARLIE GOODING	33.23	1.53	1.31	3rd
DAVID SARGENT	32.85	1.91	0.38	4th
CHRIS THOMAS	32.79	1.97	0.06	5th
ROSS GROGAN	32.32	2.44	0.47	6th
CHAS KEELING	32.21	2.55	0.11	7th
GRAHAM THOMAS	32.20	2.56	0.01	8th
MARTIN ELLIS	31.67	3.09	0.53	9th
STEVE SARGENT	31.64	3.12	0.03	10th
GLYN TAYLOR	30.62	4.14	1.02	11th
ANDY BROWN-SEARLE	30.57	4.19	0.05	12th
NEIL GROGAN	29.64	5.12	0.93	13th
KEITH CHARLES	29.29	5.47	0.35	14th
MIKE HARRISON	28.95	5.81	0.34	15th
ERNEST DANYI	28.58	6.18	0.37	16th
MIKE OGDEN	28.54	6.22	0.04	17th
JOHN GOODING	28.36	6.40	0.18	18th
STEPHEN SIDDALL	28.33	6.43	0.03	19th
CHRISTOPHER GREEN	27.77	6.99	0.56	20th
PAUL BUCKNELL	27.76	7.00	0.01	21st
ANDREW MITCHELL	27.75	7.01	0.01	22nd
RICHARD WALLACE	27.50	7.26	0.25	23rd
PAUL HACKETT-EVANS	27.28	7.48	0.22	24th
MARTIN JACKSON	27.13	7.63	0.15	25th
RODDY MORRISON	26.75	8.01	0.38	26th
DAVE HOMER	26.30	8.46	0.45	27th
MATTHEW GREEN	26.23	8.53	0.07	28th
MURRAY WALLACE	25.75	9.01	0.48	29th
KATY FAWCETT	25.74	9.02	0.01	30th
PETER DONELY	25.52	9.24	0.22	31st
ANDREW HOGG	25.22	9.54	0.30	32nd
SAM GRIFFIN	24.90	9.86	0.32	33rd
MATTHEW SIDDALL	24.62	10.14	0.28	34th
STEVE SMITH	24.13	10.63	0.49	35th
ALEX HACKETT-EVANS	21.03	13.73	3.10	36th

1/32 Finals

	A FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
A FINAL	PAUL SHEPHERD	58.00	1st A.final	50
A FINAL	NORMAN FAWCETT	56.50	2nd	47
A FINAL	DAVID SARGENT	56.00	3rd	45	50
A FINAL	CHARLIE GOODING	54.00	4th	43
	B FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
B FINAL	ROSS GROGAN	57.00	1st B.final	41
B FINAL	CHRIS THOMAS	56.00	2nd	39
B FINAL	CHAS KEELING	51.00	3rd	37
B FINAL	GRAHAM THOMAS	29.00	4th	35	47
	C FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
C FINAL	STEVE SARGENT	52.00	1st C.final	33
C FINAL	ANDY BROWN-SEARLE	51.00	2nd	31	45
C FINAL	GLYN TAYLOR	46.00	3rd	30	43
C FINAL	MARTIN ELLIS	43.00	4th	29
	D FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
D FINAL	MIKE HARRISON	50.57	1st D.final	28	41
D FINAL	NEIL GROGAN	50.32	2nd	27	39
D FINAL	KEITH CHARLES	50.23	3rd	26
D FINAL	ERNEST DANYI	44.00	4th	25	37	50
	E FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
E FINAL	MIKE OGDEN	48.00	1st E.final	24	35
E FINAL	CHRISTOPHER GREEN	46.52	2nd	23	33	47
E FINAL	STEPHEN SIDDALL	46.12	3rd	22	31
E FINAL	JOHN GOODING	44.00	4th	21	30	45
	F FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
F FINAL	ANDREW MITCHELL	50.00	1st F.final	20	29	43
F FINAL	RICHARD WALLACE	48.00	2nd	19	28
F FINAL	PAUL HACKETT-EVANS	47.00	3rd	18	27
F FINAL	PAUL BUCKNELL	42.00	4th	17	26
	G FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
G FINAL	RODDY MORRISON	49.00	1st G.final	16	25
G FINAL	MARTIN JACKSON	44.00	2nd	15	24	41
G FINAL	DAVE HOMER	43.00	3rd	14	23	39
G FINAL	MATTHEW GREEN	41.00	4th	13	22	37
	H FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
H FINAL	MURRAY WALLACE	48.00	1st H.final	12	21	35
H FINAL	KATY FAWCETT	45.00	2nd	11	20	33
H FINAL	PETER DONELY	40.00	3rd	10	19	31
H FINAL	ANDREW HOGG	39.00	4th	9	18	30
	I FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	POINTS	OPEN	NOVICE
I FINAL	MATTHEW SIDDALL	43.00	1st I.final	8	17	29
I FINAL	SAM GRIFFIN	41.91	2nd	7	16	28
I FINAL	STEVE SMITH	41.22	3rd	6	15	27
I FINAL	ALEX HACKETT-EVANS	32.00	4th	5	14	26

Chassis: Demon
Motor: Proslot
Tires: Roadhogs
Gear Ratio: 7/35
Body Shell: Parma Intrepid
Builder: Paul Shepherd

1/24th Team Race

In view of the numbers involved the minimum run time of 10 minutes/lane was chosen and after the first round it was SCD Roadhogs in front after Paul set the fastest time of the day, with Charlie close behind in 2nd for CMG Slots B. 3rd were Pirelli and 4th only ½ lap down was GSR Design. The major looser in the first round was David with a smoked motor after only 3 minutes. After the second round thanks to Ross posting the second best run of the day, GSR Design led from SCD Roadhogs, CMG Slots B and Pink My Ride up to 4th. The third round saw further changes at the top, thanks to Charlie’s third best time of the day CMG Slots B took the lead nearly 4 laps clear of SCD Roadhogs, GSR Designs relegated to 3rd and Pirelli back up from 6th to 4th. The final round saw increased tension at the top. Paul posted an excellent 119.83 on black lane so that Glyn had to beat 115.61 to take the win also on black lane. At about 2/3 distance and going well his car stopped in front of Charlie in the esses and Glyn appeared to be trying to drive another car! Shades of Pontefract only this time Chas was blameless. It finally transpired that Glyn’s hand throttle had packed in but after a very sporting gesture by Paul to obtain a throttle from the pit area, he continued on his way. Unfortunately the loss of laps not only lost them the win but also 2nd place to GSR Design by over 3 laps thanks to 119.94 by Ross on red lane.

I hope everyone made the journey home safely and that the late finish did not spoil the enjoyment of the day. Perhaps if the attendances continue at this level we should consider which class has precedence and shorten the other to guarantee a reasonable finish time. Hope to see you all again at Pirelli next year. Norman

1/24 Team Race

Pos	Team	Driver 1	Driver 2	Total	Points
1	SCD Roadhogs	Paul Shepherd	Chas Keeling	467.39	50
2	GSR Design	Ross Grogan	Neil Grogan	465.24	47
3	CMG Slots B	Charlie Gooding	Glyn Taylor	462.01	45
4	Pirelli	Norman Fawcett	Katy Fawcett	438.76	43
5	Pink My Ride	Martin Ellis	Stephen Siddall	435.36	41
6	Oaklands 1	Graham Thomas	Chris Thomas	428.10	39
7	CMG Sith Lords	Keith Charles	Paul Bucknell	424.62	37
8	Balterina's	Dave Homer	Martin Jackson	419.81	35
9	Laurel and Hardy	Andy Brown Searle	Graeme Stephenson	412.96	33
10	SDS	Steve Sargent	David Sargent	412.71	31
11	Tango Rats	Andrew Hogg	Steve Smith	403.73	30
12	Misfits	Mike Ogden	Murray Wallace	399.96	29
13	A9 Run	Roddy Morrison	Richard Wallace	399.74	28
14	Newcastle 1	Mike Harrison	Andrew Mitchell	390.56	27
15	Fast and Furious	Christopher Green	Matthew Green	382.95	26
16	Tokyo Drift	Sam Griffin	Ernest Danyi	376.81	25
17	Time Lords	Paul Hackett Evans	Alex Hackett Evans	364.31	24
18	CMG Slots A	Matthew Siddall	John Gooding	355.69	23
19	BP Property	Peter Donely	Simon Green	286.24	22


Paul's Winning Car	David's Winning Falcon