B.S.L 2007 – 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