There was a great turnout of eight drivers for our Historic Saloon, American Pony Car and Modified Production races. It was wonderful to once again have Ramesh attend as well as Mark, who has had to skip several events because of an injury. Merryl also came by and stayed as long as he could, considering that he'd had a long day from early morning and would have to rise at 4:30 AM the following morning. The rest of the usual crew were also present, including Peter (of course), Steve, O'Brie, Luke, Warren and I.
As has become the norm, there were some very fast cars on track - they seem to be getting faster and faster; however Ram had one car in particular – a white Peugeot 406 – which obliterated all records by doing a qualifying time of 7.523 sec, more than half a second quicker than the next fastest qualifier, another of his Peugeots driven by Warren.
Because we had eight drivers in attendance, we had to split the qualifying sessions into two four-car groups. In the case of Historic Saloon, we then had two four car races comprising the fastest four, followed by the slower four. For round two of the races, we had a third Historic Saloon race with the four from the first race plus the top two from the second. The American Pony Car and Modified Production races were run in the normal fashion, the fastest six qualifiers doing the first race. Then, based on the number of drivers still present for the second races, the plan was to drop the fifth and sixth driver and replace them with drivers who qualified seventh and eighth. As it turned out, Warren took Luke's at that poing vacant spot for the second APC race and O'Brie's for the second MP race.
It was an overall enjoyable event with some incredibly fast laps for the records.
Some pics to start things off (thanks Luke!):
Ram and Peter check lap times on the screen:
Ram's cars:
Steve's and Peter's cars:
Wordbench moments:
Trackside activities:
Waiting for the software to be reset:
An almost full paddock:
The all-important boardroom meeting:
The Results
Historic Saloon
Historic Saloon race 1 grid (Subgroup A) - Gordon/Capri, Peter/Alpine, Steve/BMW 2800CS, Ramesh/Capri:
Computer Historic Saloon race 1 results:
Historic Saloon race 2 grid (Subgroup B) - Warren/Ford Falcon, O'Brie/Capri, Luke/Capri, Mark/Ford Escort MkII:
Computer Historic Saloon race 2 results:
Historic Saloon race 3 grid (Final) - Gordon/Capri, Peter/Alpine, Steve/BMW 2800CS, Ramesh/Capri, O'Brie/Capri, Warren/Capri:
Close racing action during the race:
Computer Historic Saloon race 3 results:
Sorry, no podium pic.
NOTE: Each of these three races is treated as a different class by the software, even though they fall under the umbrella of "Historic Saloon" (the software automatically differentiates classes by their name and each one has a different name, hence three classes). The third result graphic with the class name "Historic Saloon" is not the total of the previous two, it is for its own race. The points for each of these three classes are added to the "Champion Driver of the Event" points like all the other races for the various classes.
American Pony Car
American Pony Car race 1 grid - Ramesh/Mustang GT350, O'Brie/Mustang GT350, Steve/Javelin, Luke/Mustang GT350, Gordon/Challenger, Peter/Mustang GT350:
Computer American Pony Car race 1 results:
American Pony Car race 2:
Sorry, no grid pics.
Computer American Pony Car race 2 results:
Sorry, no podium pic.
Modified Production
Modified Production race 1 grid - Ramesh/Peugeot 406, Warren/Peugeot 406, Gordon/Zakspeed Capri, Peter/Peugeot 208, Steve/Opel Calibra, Luke/Peugeot 406:
Computer Modified Production race 1 results:
Modified Production race 2:
Sorry, no grid pics.
Computer Modified Production race 2 results:
Sorry, no podium pic.
(How this is computed: viewtopic.php?f=5&t=393)
Diversity Award
Multiple drivers drove four cars, so no Diversity Award applies for this event.
Total Championship Points for 2025 (total of each drivers top fifteen points-scoring days):
Congratulations to the winners.
Next event's classes: Kitbash, Vintage Sports GT, Vintage Sports Prototype.
See you on the circuit...
Gordon