Look, I Know I can often 'Wax-On', about how Good the Racing was etc. etc, ...BUT, If you Weren't There, then You Really Did Miss some Truly Fantastic, Vary Fast and Extremely Competitive,..Racing,..Even the 'Party Going' occasional Spectators were enjoying it!,..
First Up,..I/We Really should Thank Both James and Wayne, for Making HSC just Generally, a pleasant, friendly and enjoyable place to be and Race at,..the group of locals from both Near and Far!,..lol are not only enjopyable people to spend a day racing with, but are also Damn Fine drivers!
Although I guess we did Not acheive the Overall Total Numbers that were Hoped for, somewhat of a shame some of those that attended from last year were Not once again present, as along with a few Others that couldn't make it,..we Would have had an even More Stupendously Excellent 'Field' of Drivers.
It Has to be said, I feel For ALL those that entered, (Oh and those that Just 'Helped'
) that Both the Standard of Driving and 'Courteous', but Intense racing and Quality of Marshalling, Helped to make this event so Enjoyable.Quite Honestly, I am SURE that I Speak for Everyone by pretty much Everything I have said above and More,...(Yeah Yeah,..OK I know,..enough of that and Onto The Racing !!),...
GROUP C 2 Hour Teams Enduro
Firstly, as I Don't have the Results sheet in front of me, I Cannot give you any Accurate Details, but 'IlCavalino', has 'posted' some Results here; http://forum.ascra.com.au/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=289
I will 'Update' with further 'Info' as I have it,..but there are Plenty of Pics !!
Although the 'Real' number of 'Teams' that Registered for the event Wasn't as High as perhaps Hoped, there were enough to Need to have 2 Races, but in what was a Rather Wise move, (especially for the First time inter-staters, to Gain some Extra 'Practice'), it was decided to 'Allow' the Teams to Enter for the 2nd Race as well.
As many of the 'Team' Combo's, had More than one car, most chose to run their 'Other' Car and run in Both Races.
This Really made the Racing Much better,..as it's always Better for this level of event, I believe, to Have a Full Field of cars, on All Lanes.
The Racing in Both Races, was Unbelievably Close at times, with Very similar Laps etc in Both Races, making for a good Mix of Winners at the end.
At one stage in the 2nd race, we had 5 teams on the same Lap virtually for Brackets on end !!!
Compared to the Other classes of racing, one may argue that it was a wee bit 'scrappier', but I say this Only by comparison to some Damn Fine Racing in the Other classes.
I think what is Very Interesting and Great for the 'Sport' as such, is the Very Fine Performances put in by the 3rd and 4th Placegetters!
Both of these 'Teams' had an Interesting Pairing of Very Experienced and Talented drivers, Mixed with Drivers of Less Extreme capabilities and experience.
Both Rob G and Chris Drove Very, Very Well, with Cars they are rather inexperienced with and against a Very Good field and to see Just How close they Both Finished, was a Fantastic Outcome for Both Teams !!,..Reallly well done Guys !!
Mikey and Geoff Drove a Great Race for a deserved Win, with Barry & Gary really deserving Their 2nd place, with a similarly Fine drive,..(Hey Congrats to Gary as well, for his Concours Win, with a Very nice looking 'Kouros' Sauber C9.
Obviously, their Are teams who Have extreme Tales of Woe from the event, but was also a Great, New and a Learing experience for some of our Younger Racers,..like for Example, Young Declan, (who Wayne arranged for myself to drive with). Declan has been a somewhat Regular attendee at Pretty Much, Just Magnet Scalextric Racing, (which actually runs in the opoosite direction!), and has occasionally had a run with us in Retro, with a 'Loaner' car and apart from the concessions we Must All make (If we Honestly remember what We were like racing at the same age!!), put in a Pretty good performance, especially, as he had Worked out How to build the Car, Build and Paint a Very Nice Example of a Body and although Obviously Not a Leagl Entry, (It being a Toyota GTOne, from slighly later in the '90's), by taking the Realistic approach to a young Kid who has made a Fine attempt at building a competitive car, he was allowed to run and I think (or atleast HOPE
), he had a Great Time and I do Know,..Learn't a Lot.In Fact I must say, it Really made Me think, as the Car had some Rather unique Dimesions and interestingly, some Very Interesting Habits/capabilities!!,..Makes Ya think Doesn;t it!!,..lol) Apart from the Car Not being in what Many of us would call a Truly Race Ready level of Preparation, it was arguably Quicker than Anything around some parts of the Track,..which was actually a bit Annoying, especially after I worked out How to Drive it Quickly and Use Where it Worked, to Overcome where it Didn't. If it had been set up Really well, it May have been an absolute 'Weapon' !!,..Well Done Declan, I Hope you enjoyed the Whole 'Experience',..I did,..
I like Enduro Style events,..it Certainly Made the 2 Minute 'Heats' of the following day's events, Sure seem Real SHORT !!!,..
I got there after the Start of Race 1, so missed getting Piccies of the Cars up close Prior to racing, (Sorry Guys), and Walked in to a Literally 'Buzzing' raceway, in the Middle of the First Race.
- See what I mean?
REALLY NOISY,..But Great to see! - DSCF1623.jpg (72.43 KiB) Viewed 9316 times
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- Drivers in Race 1
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- Some drivers in Race 2
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- More drivers in Race 2
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- Cars Lined up for Race 2
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- Intense Racing in Race 2
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- Gary J, rather pleased I think with his Concours Win
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- Gary J's Very Nice KOUROS Sauber C9
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- Rob G and Troy Boldy,.VERY Happy with their Well deserved 3rd.
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- Gary Johnson and Barry Corfe, looking Very pleased with themselves with a Fine 2nd
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- Mikey Batten, collecting the Winners 'Booty' ,..Hey!,..as They say,.."Where's Geoff?",..ROFL
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OK,..Enough of That,..Onto 1/32 Modern GT and 1/24th CanAm/SportsGT
(Hang On,..Messing with Pics,..back with More Details Shortly),..
