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SEQSCC Results June

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As regular as clockwork, the SEQSCC met again in june for another leg of extreme slotcars on the 70 metre plus slotcar track at Graceville. None of the classes and events were a surprise as nothing is surprising with the SEQSCC and every meeting can be a revelation in some way. Twelve souls honest and forthright gathered to face whatever the organisers could throw at them and believe me, they tried!



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First event was DTM. And it seemed a bit anything goes. As always with Graceville there is no scrutineering and trust is tested to the max. Some spanking new DTM’s on the track for the event. And some tried and tested old faithfuls too! Gary drove well and took his heat and Peter H was determined no one was going to pass him!
Event I			DTM			12 laps

Race 1		

Pos			Driver			Best lap

1.			Gary			22.87
2.			Andrew			25.26
3.			Adrian			24.79
4.			Noel			25.90

Race 2

1.			Peter H			24.78
2.			Phil			23.89
3.			Peter J			30.14
4.			Paul			33.18

Race 3

1.			Mark			25.43
2.			John			25.06
3.			Julian			25.25
4.			Mick			27.18

Next up was F1’s. Again, a hotly contested event. Adrian had bought a secret weapon along in the form of a Fly March….. would this be enough to clinch the title, or would reliability be an issue. Some nice Scaley and SCX models on the track too but it was going to be a two horse race. The first heat put me and Adrian together and after racing the opening laps side by side, Adrian made a forced error which left me to race on to the finish.



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Event 2			F1			22 laps

Race 4		

1.			Phil			18.68
2.			Adrian			18.92
3.			John			23.62
4.			Julian			24.62

Race 5

1.			Mark			22.48
2.			Noel			25.64
3.			Andrew			23.43
4.			Mick			25.26

Race 6	

1.			Gary			22.61
2.			Peter H			22.39
3.			Julian			23.37
4.			Peter J			24.43



The next event was to be the SEQSCC Challenge, and this time it took the form of Scalextric SD Rovers!! A model we all love to hate, but Julian had obviously spent some time fettling them and now was the moment of truth. Each model stayed on its own lane and like racing donkeys on the beach, we all hoped we got a good one!



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It was too good to last and eventually the car on red lane gave up the ghost and a non fettled reserve was pulled from the stable. Tyres rock hard and motor gasping, we all prayed for anything but red!
Event 3			Scaley Rovers

Race 7

1.			Mick			38.92
2.			John			40.61
3.			Noel 			24.09 ???
4.			Julian			39.86

Race 8

1.			Adrian			33.85
2.			Peter H			37.21
3.			Phil			36.18
4.			Andrew			39.60
	
Race 9

1.			Mark			36.71
2.			Gary			38.75
3.			Julian			40.62
4.			Peter J			41.12
With some heading off and time running short we went into the final event which was Ninco Moslers over five minutes. This was a good event and because of the nature of the Nincos on Scaley sport it was going to be a case of not overcooking it in the corners. Adrian’s mint and boxed entry died on its way to the line which in a way was fortunate as it was one of those super lightweight Nincos. I had a ragged first heat and Mark must have took sympathy on me as he entered me in a free spot in race three. It was here that I sanded my steed’s tyres and applied a light coat of 3 in 1 oil and rubbed it in. This paid off heaps and I was in the bar before the rest had finished.



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Event 4		Ninco Moslers  		5 minutes

Race 10

1.		Adrian			12 laps		22.39
2.		Gary			12 laps		23.92
3.		Phil			10 laps		24.93
4.		Mark			10 laps		27.51

Race 11

1.		Peter H			11 laps		24.14
2.		Julian			11 laps		26.00
3.		Noel			10 laps		26.53
4.		Mick			10 laps		25.90

Race 12

1.		Phil			13 laps		21.48
2.		Peter J			11 laps		25.73
3.		Andrew			11 laps		25.62
4.		Adrian			11 laps		24.59



During the course of events the SEQSCC ran the ‘moderately priced slotcar Challenge’. Some little while back Mark had asked me to see if I could get an AUTOart Mazda RX8 running properly for him. Unaware of the reason, I spent a little time on the model and improved the guide and the tyres and the running in general. There was nothing I could do about the traction magnets, but driven carefully it was a nice model to do a few laps in. Lo and behold, here it was again, in the guise of our next challenge. Five laps on red lane and the best one to go ‘on the wall’.


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I took first dibs and I gingerly made my way around the track and on my second lap I managed to go ‘clear’!! Between races that evening another couple of hapless souls underwent the same treatment. No doubt each week someone will be enticed onto the track for their turn, stay tuned!



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So that was it, another night of fine tuning slotcar racing skills, and I can honestly say if you can win a race at Graceville, you can win a race anywhere!
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