Pirelli - Round 8 - 28th Sept

 

The entry this year was well down on last years record, however the racing proved to be as close as ever. The tracks simple design allows most drivers to post a reasonable time but takes a very good driver to post an additional lap or so above the norm.

As usual the 1/32nd class got underway using the spreadsheet designed and kindly supplied by Chris Thomas.

Heat 1 saw a close win for Stephen Siddall from Alan Lucas but my choice of driver of the day, Martin Jackson added over a lap to their scores in Heat 2 with a 33.98 to improve on the Falcon track record set last year by David Sargent. This score remained fastest through to Heat 6 when beaten by Martin Ellis with 34.24. Heat 8 saw the first run for Paul “ the daddy” Shepherd and in usual form on this track, set the fastest overall time and a new open production record of 36.18, also beating the track record for G12 Saloon and 1/24th Falcon. The second and third runs saw the field bunch up around the 32/33 mark However in Heat 17 Martin Jackson completed his second full run of the session and improved to 34.61 and regained the track record for 1/32 Falcons. Sadly the home drivers were well beaten though the heats, a combination of no track time since the Fylde BSL, no car preparation and in my case poor driving were all too evident.

 HEATS

RACE POSITION  FALCON BEST HEAT GAP TO  1st BEHIND NEXT
1 MARTIN JACKSON 34.61 0.00 0.00
2 MARTIN ELLIS 34.24 0.37 0.37
3 CHARLIE GOODING 33.78 0.83 0.46
4 CHRIS THOMAS 33.78 0.83 0.00
5 KEITH CHARLES 33.73 0.88 0.05
6 STEPHEN SIDDALL 33.11 1.50 0.62
7 GRAHAM THOMAS 33.05 1.56 0.06
8 MIKE HARRISON 32.63 1.98 0.42
9 NORMAN FAWCETT 32.61 2.00 0.02
10 ALAN LUCAS 32.36 2.25 0.25
11 ANDY BROWN 31.94 2.67 0.42
12 GRAHAM BURKE 31.18 3.43 0.76
13 GLYN TAYLOR 30.47 4.14 0.71
14 DAVE HOMER 30.13 4.48 0.34
15 MIKE OGDEN 29.84 4.77 0.29
16 CHRIS GREEN 28.68 5.93 1.16
17 KATY FAWCETT 26.72 7.89 1.96
18 JOHN GOODING 24.67 9.94 2.05
         
RACE POSITION  SUPER PRODUCTION BEST  HEAT GAP TO 1st BEHIND NEXT
1 Paul Shepherd 36.18 0.00 0.00
2 Steve Sargent 32.46 2.15 3.72
3 Chas Keeling 30.12 4.49 2.34
4 Chris Cowan 29.98 4.63 0.14
5 David Sargent 29.32 5.29 0.66

 

FINALS

1/32 Falcon Finals

The E final saw a well deserved win for Chris Green who could have had a good result in the D final which was won by Dave Homer (am I marshalling again). In the C final I finally woke up and posted the second best time of the day, too late again! The B finals produced a win for Stephen Siddall and the A final saw Martin Ellis getting the best of Martin Jackson again to take the win by just over ½ lap, with an equated time of 34.62 over 3 minutes which is record pace.

 1/32 Open Finals

With 6 racers in the class there was only one safe bet for the win which as usual went to Shep, driving with his left hand , just because he could, to cruise to a safe 55 laps.

 

  A FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
A FINAL MARTIN ELLIS 57.20 1st A.final 50  
A FINAL MARTIN JACKSON 57.14 2nd 47 50
A FINAL CHARLIE GOODING 56.00 3rd 45  
A FINAL CHRIS THOMAS 53.00 4th 43  
  B FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
B FINAL STEPHEN SIDDALL 55.95 1st B.final 41  
B FINAL KEITH CHARLES 55.19 2nd 39  
B FINAL GRAHAM THOMAS 53.00 3rd 37  
B FINAL MIKE HARRISON 52.00 4th 35  
  C FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
C FINAL NORMAN FAWCETT 57.00 1st C.final 33  
C FINAL ANDY BROWN 53.00 2nd 31  
C FINAL ALAN LUCAS 52.00 3rd 30  
C FINAL GRAHAM BURKE 48.00 4th 29  
  D FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
D FINAL DAVE HOMER 49.00 1st D.final 28  
D FINAL GLYN TAYLOR 48.00 2nd 27  
D FINAL MIKE OGDEN 45.00 3rd 26  
D FINAL          
  E FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS OPEN NOVICE
E FINAL CHRIS GREEN 48.00 1st E.final 25 47
E FINAL JOHN GOODING 46.00 2nd 24 45
E FINAL KATY FAWCETT 44.00 3rd 23 43
E FINAL          
  SUPER A FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS    
A FINAL Paul Shepherd 55.00 1st A.final 50  
A FINAL Steve Sargent 51.00 2nd 47  
A FINAL Chas Keeling 46.00 3rd 45  
A FINAL          
  SUPER B FINAL FINAL LAPS  POSITIONS    
B FINAL David Sargent 51.00 1st B.final 43  
B FINAL Chris Cowan 48.00 2nd 41  
B FINAL          
B FINAL          

 

TEAM

1/24 Falcon Team Race

With the addition of Graham Stephenson  a nice round dozen teams competed the 10 min segments. After the 1st round Morecambe Security held a slender lead from CMG Slots who were 1 lap up on SCD Roadhogs. At ½ distance with a second good run from Charlie Gooding CMG topped the results from Symbolics with Morecambe Security dropping to third. At ¾ distance yet another team in the form of SCD Roadhogs lead with Morecambe Security still in contension with CMG Slots dropping to third but only 5 laps down on the leaders. At full distance with an amendment to the computerised race sheet,(last run results typed in the wrong cells as a result of excitement/fatigue) the final top three turned out to be a win for Morecambe Security from SCD Roadhogs and third going to CMG Slots thanks to some very impressive driving from young John Gooding. The 3 min equated track record for the 1/24 Falcon team race was beaten 11 times during the afternoon but final honours went again to Shep beating his own record by nearly 2 laps to 37.48 only feet short of the current record set by myself with a wasp powered car.

 

Pos Team Black Yellow Blue Red Total Points
1 Morecombe Security 120.76 120.19 121.21 111.95 474.11 50
2 SCD Roadhogs 119.52 109.66 111.82 124.95 465.95 47
3 CMG Slots 107.74 108.38 120.65 122.29 459.06 45
4 Ebee Gee Bees 114.14 121.63 103.41 118.79 457.97 43
5 SDS 109.95 113.52 113.54 113.21 450.22 41
6 CMG Slots Gainsborough 110.73 108.77 114.81 111.24 445.55 39
7 Symbolicks 117.20 117.61 101.04 105.18 441.03 37
8 Baby and The Lad 80.58 116.37 119.96 116.51 433.42 35
9 Newcastle 1 109.77 108.41 106.54 107.86 432.58 33
10 Laurel and Hardy 114.57 107.22 108.27 92.86 422.92 31
11 Pirelli 115.14 93.14 101.32 71.57 381.17 30
12 Mean and Green 106.75 59.45 109.14 101.93 377.27 29

 

 

Morecombe Security Martin Ellis Stephen Siddall
SCD Roadhogs Paul Shepherd Chas Keeling
CMG Slots Charlie Gooding John Gooding
Ebee Gee Bees Alan Lucas Keith Charles
SDS Steve Sargent David Sargent 
CMG Slots Gainsborough Glyn Taylor Graham Burke
Symbolicks Graham Thomas Dave Homer
Baby and The Lad Chris Thomas Martin Jackson
Newcastle 1 Mike Harrison Chris Cowan
Laurel and Hardy Andy Brown Searle Graeme Stephenson
Pirelli Norman Fawcett Katy Fawcett
Mean and Green Chris Green Mike Ogden

Thanks as usual to everyone for their patience and good spirit, especially to Chris helping me out with race organisation and to Mr Green senior for the numerous marshalling stints and for organising of the team race cars. Also major thanks to Katy for the fabulous race control effort, although I suspect she was under strict orders from her Mum to look after me.

 

Wishing you all the best for a great Final

Regards,

     Norman