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Thanks to John Hawkins, Barry Toomey & Kerry Radford
for their reports.
Updated 12th December 2010

7th December 2010 V8 SuperCars Rock Christchurch Again 12 drivers turned out for the 2nd round of 1/24th cars in our "end of  year series" on the 7th December 2010, this time with V8 SuperCar bodies.   2 old faces appeared out of the woodwork, Chris and Shannon - Welcome back guys !   6 drivers ran in Division 3 first, and this turned out to be the most exciting and closest racing of the night.   Steve had car troubles with the body falling off at one stage. Josh is a bit rusty from a few weeks away and also had car troubles early on, leaving Warren to be the fastest novice of the night. Dave, Shannon and Brendon were all flying, and any of them could have won the top spot going into the final heat, but it was Brendon who kept his cool under the pressure to beat Shannon by just 14 segments overall !!!   1st    Brendon            84.50 laps 2nd   Shannon            84.36 3rd    Dave                 83.71 4th    Warren             72.19 5th    Josh                 59.89 6th    Steve                38.81   Division 2 had 4 drivers with Chris showing he hasn't forgotten how to drive a slotcar ! Paul borrowed a car and kept the pressure on Pete for 3rd place. Baz had 2 excellent heats (with 22 laps each) to put him a the top of the podium spraying the Champagne.   1st    Baz                 86.00 laps 2nd   Chris                84.75 3rd    Pete                82.32 4th    Paul                80.36 With Barry and Adam missing in action it was up to John and Kerry to fight it out for the Division 1 points. Brendon and Shannon also ran to full the field. Shannon had car troubles and sadly didn't run the last heat. Brendon showed once again he's no novice and will definitely be moving up the divisions in the near future ! There was only 1/2 a lap separating Kerry and John with 1 heat to go, but sadly Johns car slowed down due to a burnt-out braid, and that left Kerry to take the win comfortably. 1st    Kerry                  91.19 laps 2nd   Brendon              88.47 3rd    John                   87.99 4th    Shannon             50.77 Next week is the final Parma Int32 round, so get your "Backside Trackside" !   Cheers, Kerry            : )

30th November 2010

It was the second round of Parma Int32s for this end of year series with 12 drivers turning up.
Div C ran first with Brendon too fast for the rest of the field.
Dave and JT had close racing for 2^nd position with JT edging Dave out by a lap and a half at the end.

Division “C”
1^st    Brendon     77.02 laps
2^nd   JT              72.77
3^rd   Dave           71.13
4^th   Warren        61.73
5^th   Steve           59.90

Division A ran next.
Barry had his car flying and stayed out of any incidents to go 3 laps clear by the end.
Adam had car problems and that cost him any chance of a podium finish.

Division “A”
1^st    Barry           89.73 laps
2^nd   John            86.75
3^rd   Kerry            83.18
4^th   Adam           79.70

Division “B” was filled up by the 2 top Div C guys to make a field of 4.
Brendon showed once again that he will be in Div B for the next series with 4 good consistent heats.
Paul is still a bit rusty from 9 years in QLD, but will be up to speed and back in Div A soon hopefully.

Division “B”
1^st    Brendon     86.84 laps
2^nd   Paul           83.73
3^rd   Peter (D)     79.79
4^th   JT               72.78

Next week 1/24^th V8 SuperCars !
Cheers,
Kerry           : )

EXCELLENT TURNOUT FOR 1st ROUND OF 24TH SPORTSCARS
23rd November 2010

It was good to see a field of 12 drivers front for the first round of our 24th LMP/GTP series one notable absentee was Adam Brice who was a no show due to work commitments and Chris Reese who has gone missing on the radar. It was good to see Brendon V turn up again all the way from Ashburton and he is showing good car speed running a Team Radford car. Bas Milicich has now got a taste for winning and turned in another good performance once again. John Hawkins held out Barry Toomey in some fast tight racing which finished an excellent night of at the club.

OVERALL RESULTS

Group 1
John Hawkins 101.13, Barry Toomey 100.46, Kerry Radford 98.46, Bas Milicich 97.62.

Group 2
Bas Milicich 93.95, Peter Allen 90.61, Peter Darrell 84.57, Paul Hamilton 83.01.

Group 3
Brendon V 90.70, Dave Reese 86.06, John Truman 83.65, Steve Gibbons 67.32, Warren Brewer 64.81.

Next Tuesday night its round 2 for international 32 sports so we hope to see you there.......Cheers Barry Toomey.

John Hawkin's Winning Car

BACK TO GRASS ROOTS RACING AT THE CHRISTCHURCH CLUB
16th November 2010

It was decided at a recent meeting held at the club that we should get back to the class that club racing has been built on and that is 32 racing so after an open discussion we went be back to divisional racing on 16th November. For the next few months we will race 32nds and every second week 24ths  and give the other classes a rest, hopefully this will help build up good numbers and close racing in these two classes. We want to see good numbers turning up each week so lets get behind this format of racing and if you need any tuning tips then don't be afraid to ask.

Results from racing held on Tuesday night 16th November...........International 32,s

Barry and Adam had a ding dong battle all night with Barry having no offs proving to be be the difference. Kerry raced hard but lacked car speed and had to settle for third spot after John had a mechanical problem in the first heat which ruined his night for over all honours.

Division 1 Barry Toomey 90.39, Adam Brice 89.23, Kerry Radford 85.19, John Hawkins 65.70.

Bas Milicich showed good speed to hold out Peter Darrell in group 2 with Paul Hamilton slowly getting back to racing slotties grabbing third spot from a disappointing Peter Allen.

Division 2 Bas Milicich 82.23, Peter Darrell 81.54, Paul Hamilton 77.09, Peter Allen 69.89

Dave Reese got back to winning in group 3 from Brendon Van, our Ashburton regular, with John Truman holding out our junior member Warren Brewer.

Division 3 Dave Reese 74.07, Brendon Van 72.35, JT 65.67, Warren Brewer 69.89.

NEXT WEEK ITS 24TH SPORTS so hope to see you back next Tuesday night.....Cheers Barry Toomey

26th October 2010

Barry Toomey has returned from the USA, chewing Gum, wearing a Baseball cap and driving a Hummer !
3 drivers ran a Parma Int32 consolation race before the GP feature.
The computer had a glitch and exact lap totals weren’t shown.

Parma Int32 overall result :-
1^st    Peter (A)
2^nd   Steve
3^rd   Warren

A “Run-Through” was held for the feature event.
Dave had to run a 1/32^nd GP car against the faster 1/24^th GP cars.
New lap records were set on red and blue lanes by Kerry, but Baz, Barry and Pete (D) were all running close to the lap records.
It was a tough close fight for the 3 top spots.

GP Result :-
1^st    Kerry           89.59 laps
2^nd   Baz              87.81
3^rd   Barry            87.41
4^th   Peter (D)      86.26
5^th   Peter (A)      80.17
6^th   JT                76.02
7^th   Dave            68.65

Next week 1/24^th LMP/GTP Cars !

Cheers,
Kerry           : )

12^th October 2010

With Barry in Las Vegas (gambling his house away) and John missing in action, the Group 12/15 class didn’t get run.
9 drivers ran Parma Int32’s.
Firstly in an “all in” 4-heat qualifying round, then a one-heat final with the winner moving up to the next final format.

Qualifying results :-

1^st    Kerry
2^nd   Baz
3^rd   Dave
4^th   Brendon
5^th   Steve
6^th   JT
7^th   Josh
8^th   Warren
9^th   Adam (DNS)

With Adam arriving late, he missed the qualifying rounds and had to pull himself up from the “C” final.

“C” final :-

Adam       21.13 laps
Josh        14.67
Warren    13.54

JT had car troubles and had to finish his night early.
Brendon raced well with a borrowed car for his 3^rd race meeting in CHCH.

“B” final :-

Adam       22.25 laps
Brendon   18.13
Steve       15.19
JT             7.69

Kerry cracked under the pressure of the “A” final, falling out a couple of times, letting Adam win the Gold medal.

“A” final :-

Adam       23.79 laps
Kerry        23.57
Baz          22.15
Dave        18.58

Overall results :- 

1^st    Adam
2^nd   Kerry
3^rd   Baz
4^th   Dave
5^th   Brendon
6^th   Steve
7^th   JT
8^th   Josh
9^th   Warren

Next week 1/24^th V8 SuperCars !

Cheers,
Kerry           : )

Hawkins back on Top ! - 5^th October 2010

12 Drivers turned up for the 1/24^th LMP/GTP Ladder night on the 5^th October 2010.
4 qualifying heats were run first, with 3 groups of 4 drivers :- 

In the first group to run, Brendon was back up from Ashburton for the 2^nd time, and showed his experience from previously racing in South Africa.

Warren just managed to beat Steve, and Josh arrived late and struggled with having no practice and no time to sort out the club car.

1^st    Brendon            71.31 laps
2^nd    Warren             62.65
3^rd    Steve                61.10
4^th    Josh                  49.62

For the 2^nd group a very close 3-way battle between the 2 Pete’s and JT came down to the wire with Peter Darrell beating Peter Allen by 0.09 of a lap !

JT could have won it but he cracked under the pressure in the 4^th heat       ; )

1^st     Peter (D)          84.32 laps
2^nd    Peter (A)           84.23
3^rd    JT                       83.54
4^th    Dave                  80.63

In the last group Baz had car problems and Kerry only showed glimpses of the pace John and Barry had.

1^st    Barry                 98.62 laps
2^nd    John                 97.20
3^rd    Kerry                 92.44
4^th    Baz                   82.64

Later 3 final “5^th-heat Shoot-Outs” were held, with the drivers seeded into groups from the qualifying rounds, and with the top qualifiers having lane choice.

After a reasonably long absence it was John Hawkins back on the top step of the podium – Well done John !

Final Ladder Result :-

1^st    John          25.56
2^nd   Barry          25.32
3^rd    Kerry         24.08
4^th    Peter (D)    19.95
5^th    Peter (A)    22.12
6^th    JT               20.99
7^th    Dave           19.12
8^th    Baz             18.70
9^th    Steve          17.58
10^th  Josh           16.44
11^th  Brendon     DNS
12^th  Warren       DNS

 Next week (when CANTERBURY have the Ranfurly Shield) the feature race will be 1/32^nd Group 12/15 cars, and Parma Int 32’s for those without the Group 12/15 cars.

Cheers,
Kerry         : )

Fun night with GP Cars - 28th Sept 2010

Most of the Quakechurch club members must have spent the night rebuilding their chimneys, as only 7 turned up to race on the 28^th September.
Sadly JT couldn’t even stay as he had a call-out and had to rush off back to work !
It was decided to run a group of 3 drivers with 1/24^th LMP cars.

Josh is improving every week, and did well with his own car (rather than running one of the half-wrecked club cars).
Luckily Dave had built a big lead after the first 3 heats because he then had car troubles in the last heat, but still won.

1^st    Dave               66.89 laps
2^nd   Steve              63.06
3^rd   Josh                59.95

The last 3 drivers ran the 1/24^th GP cars.

Pete had his GP car flying but troubles with his controller meant he lost valuable laps in the first 2 heats.
Barry’s car had handling problems and was off the pace, leaving Kerry to win all the heats and spray the large bottle of Champagne from the top step of the podium !

1^st    Kerry              88.30 laps
2^nd   Barry              82.81
3^rd   Pete               76.99

Next week 1/24^th LMP/GTP Ladder night, so get your chimney fixed up and car ready and “get your Back-side Track-side” for this prestigious meeting with huge prize money and sponsorship deals at stake !!!

Cheers,
Kerry            : )

TOOMEY AND RADFORD SLUG IT OUT IN 32 SALOONS - 21st Sept 2010

International 32 saloons were on the menu at our recent meeting which was held on the 21st of September at the Christchurch track. A disappointing number of only 8 runners fronted with 6 of our normal drivers not making it on the night but for those who turned up the racing was fast and furious.

John Truman continued on his winning way in group B beating the club prez Peter Darrell in the process. Baz Milicich put is newly painted Dodge Viper GT through its paces only to be told that its not actually a saloon.

Group B results JT 72.22, Darrell 69.29, Young Josh 60.85, Young Warren 48.79

In the next group the 16D class it was Barry Toomey who proved to be to fast on the night and built up a sizeable lead over a determined Kerry Radford with Baz Milicich battling to say with the pace.

Group A results Toomey 83.45, Radford 77.91, Milicich 74.28, Dave Reese 51.84.

In the final race of the night The Falcon Free For All it was Toomey and Radford who had a ding dong battle but when the results were added up it was Toomey still smarting from his second placing to a gloating Radford the previous week it was Toomey who won gold, Radford had to settle for silver.

Results Toomey 84.79,Radford 84.13,Milicich 79.21,Darrell 75.97,JT 68.98,Young Josh 45.46.

LETS SEE A BETTER TURNOUT NEXT WEEK TO OUR FEATURE CLASS .....GRAND PRIX CARS

Cheers
 Barry Toomey

Ford wins again ! 14th Sept 2010. 

12 drivers turned out for the 1/24^th V8 SuperCar night on the 14^th September 2010.
3 divisions of 4 drivers each battled it out over 4 heats.
Dave had car problems in Red lane and that dropped him to last.
Warren drove one of the dodgy club cars consistently for 3^rd in the group, but it was Shannon and JT who were very close for first place, with JT holding his nerve in the last heat for the gold medal.

1^st    JT                  79.41 laps
2^nd   Shannon        78.41
3^rd   Warren           64.24
4^th   Dave               63.41

Aaron’s V8 needed a tune-up.
Chris had a gear let go in one heat, which took him out contention.
So it was the 2 Pete’s who fought it out for 1^st place, with Peter Allen putting in a great 22-lap heat on yellow lane, which gave him the edge and the gold medal.

1^st    Peter (A)        85.97 laps
2^nd   Peter (D)        82.16
3^rd   Chris              78.38
4^th   Aaron             70.44

There was a tight 3-way battle going into the last heat of the top division, with Kerry ahead of Barry from John, all within a lap.
Barry and his Holden Commodore won the final heat, but not by enough to win overall, so Kerry and his Ford Falcon took the gold medal.

1^st    Kerry             92.77 laps
2^nd   Barry             92.50
3^rd   John               91.13
4^th   Baz                83.05

Get those 1/32^nd saloon bodies dusted-off, because next week is the new “Saloon 16D Int32” class, and possibly a consolation “Saloon Falcon7 Int32” race.

Cheers,
Kerry        : )

Parma Int32 Ladder night on 7th Sept 2010.

We had 17 drivers last week, but only 8 this week.
The others were probably rebuilding their chimneys !!!

Barry, Dave, Chris and Steve were regulars missing in action.
Adam arrived too late to rock’n roll, but helped marshal.

With just 8 drivers we had a random-draw 4 heat run-through.

Things got of to a shakey start – Ha ha         ; )
Josh brought along a mate Mitch who used one of the dodgy club cars and did well.
JT just managed to edge out Pete (A) by less than ½ a lap in a close battle there.
Peter (D) just beat Baz to get on the podium.
John traded his Toomey-Built car which had no grip, for a Radford-Race-Engineered car and delivered the team a 1, 2 finish !        ; )

1^st    Kerry             82.90 laps
2^nd   John              82.22
3^rd   Peter (D)        77.65
4^th   Baz                75.97
5^th   JT                  71.06
6^th   Peter (A)        70.63
7^th   Josh               60.16
8^th   Mitch              46.84

Next week 1/24^th V8 SuperCars, assuming the building is still standing.

Cheers,
   e
K   r   y
       r                 : )

17 drivers turned up for the 1/24^th LMP Demolition-Derby on the 31^st August 2010.
A novice group was run first with a new guy Jethro racing for the first time.
Surprisingly the novices had the best incident-free racing of the night.
It was a close battle between Warren and Steve, with Steve winning by just over half a lap.

1^st   Steve            67.79 laps
2^nd   Warren           67.26
3^rd   Josh             62.73
4^th   Jethro           57.99

After that 14 drivers were divided into 2 divisions of 7.

We raced the “2^nd Division” drivers first, and it was expected that it would be a Demolition-Derby - They did not disappoint !!!
Plenty of marshalling (and yelling) was happening while cars were flying off the track and piling up on corners all over the show.
In the mayhem Peter Darrell had one of the best drives he’s had in a long time, and cleared away from the rest of the field for an easy win.
Lex and Paul both showed they have not forgotten how to drive in there time away, with Lex just snatching 2^nd place by less than half a lap.

1^st   Peter (D)       91.82 laps
2^nd   Lex             85.04
3^rd   Paul            84.68
4^th   JT              81.75
5^th   Peter (A)       76.68
6^th   Aaron           65.78
7^th   Steve           61.62

The Demolition Derby continued with the “1^st Division” drivers, with pile-ups (and of course more yelling !).
Shannon and John spent time in the sin-bin and that ruined their chances of podium glory.
Dave and Chris had a close battle with Chris beating his ole-man by less than 3 laps.
Adam had some tangle ups but still won by just over 2 laps from Barry (whose car was on the floor at one stage during the Derby !).

1^st   Adam           100.01 laps
2^nd   Barry           97.87
3^rd   Kerry           93.48
4^th   Chris           84.91
5^th   Dave            82.20
6^th   John            82.08
7^th   Shannon         52.71

I’m sure Marshalling will be discussed at length during the next committee meeting !

Next week the Int32 Ladder.

Cheers,
Kerry          : )

10th August 2010 - Group 12/15

The Feature race for 10^th August 2010 was Group 12/15 cars, but first we held a Parma32 race for those without Group 12/15’s.
John and Baz were missing in action this week, but Steve made a return as well as Paul Hamilton later in the evening.

It was good to see Josh and Warren returning for more racing and Josh did well considering he was running one of the heavy and poor handling club cars.
Steve and JT had a very close fight for 3^rd place.
Shannon was too consistent in all 4 of his heats for last weeks flyer Dave to stop him taking the top step of the podium.

1^st    Shannon           78.62 laps
2^nd   Dave                 73.19
3^rd    JT                     67.38
4^th    Steve                66.68
5^th    Warren             57.22
6^th    Josh                 52.26

Barry had car problems early in his first heat and also missed the 2^nd heat while repairing his car.
Pete and Kerry had close racing with them both finishing one heat on exactly the same laps and segments.
Adam showed his class to take off comfortably from the rest of the field at the start of each heat and cruise home winning easily.

1^st    Adam               94.01 laps
2^nd   Kerry                84.94
3^rd    Pete                 79.48
4^th    Barry                47.51

Next week 1/24^th V8 SuperCars.

Cheers,
Kerry           : )

1/24^th LMP/GTP Ladder - 3^rd August 2010

11 Drivers turned up for the 1/24^th LMP/GTP Ladder night on the 3^rd August 2010.
As per the normal Ladder night 4 heats per group (ranked from the previous ladder results) were held to seed the drivers for a 1 heat “Final” with the higher qualified drivers having lane choice.

Warren, JR and Baz ran in the “C” group first.
Baz               92.93 laps
JR                 74.09
Warren          53.67

Shannon, JT, Peter (D) and Dave ran in the “B” group Demolition-Derby second.
Dave             85.97 laps
Peter (D)       83.44
Shannon       74.18
JT                 68.24

Peter (A), Barry, Kerry and John ran in the “A” group last. 
Barry (T)       103.99 laps
John             102.23
Kerry             95.92
Peter (A)        80.31 

The drivers were then re-seeded from those heats and ran the 1-Heat Finals :-
JT and JR ran in the “C” final with Warren a DNS.
JT just managed to beat his mate JR.

The 2 Petes, Dave and Shannon ran in the “B” final.
Dave had the drive of his life, and earned a well deserved win and finished 5th overall – Well done Dave, but please no more of those “victory” dances !!!         ; )

Kerry, John, Baz and Barry ran in the “A” final.
Barry (T) was too fast and consistent and took the overall win.

Final Ladder Standings :-
1^st      Barry (T)
2^nd     John
3^rd      Kerry
4^th      Baz
5^th      Dave
6^th     Peter (A)
7^th     Peter (D)
8^th      Shannon
9^th     JT
10^th   JR
11^th    Warren

With Adam away this time he'll start his next 1/24th ladder night from the bottom group so things will be more difficult for him, but will anyone now beat the new "in-form" Dave ??? - Probably not !!!         : )

 Next week Group 12/15.

Go the AB’s !!!

Kerry             : )

Fun Night 27^th July 2010

Both Barry’s (T & M) and John’s (H & R) were away, but long time racer Peter Allen showed up !

First we had a run-through of 1/24^th LMP cars.

A new guy Kim raced, and Josh did well to do 17 laps in yellow lane on only his 3^rd appearance.
Chris had bad luck in his first heat with the car being knocked into another lane and hitting the fence at full power wrecking the spur-gear and his chances of a podium finish.
With both Barry and John away the responsibility fell on Dave to do the time-honoured tradition of jumping the start !
Shannon managed to race his car to 3^rd place, even though the body had disintegrated and was flapping around.
Peter Allen proved he hasn’t lost any speed in his time away, and finished 2^nd overall.
In each of his heats Adam took off Quicker than Sonny Bill Williams through the Hawke’s Bay back line and gave the opposition a SlotCar lesson !

1^st    Adam                88.87 laps
2^nd    Peter (A)           86.65
3^rd    Shannon           73.99
4^th    Dave                 71.78
5^th    Chris                 69.45
6^th    Josh                  65.51
7^th    Kim                   57.63

Just 3 1/24^th GP cars contested that class, with Peter Darrell winning one of the heats and Kerry winning the other 3.

1^st    Kerry                  91.12 laps
2^nd   Peter (D)             84.74
3^rd    JT                      77.91

Next week 1/24^th LMP/GTP Ladder !!!

Cheers,

Kerry             : )

16D Int32’s on the 20^th July 2010

10 drivers turned up to race, with Warren returning for the 4^th week and Josh for the 2^nd time.
JT and Steve were missing in action.
A novice Falcon powered class had a 4-heat run-through first.
After the 3^rd heat Dave, Warren and JR were all on the same lap and it came down to who held their nerve at the last, with Dave taking the spoils !

1^st    Dave            64.04  laps
2^nd    JR              63.11
3^rd    Warren          62.02
4^th    Josh            52.06

For the 16D Feature event Adam ran a Falcon powered car for some of the heats so officially DQ’d himself.
John had forgotten the last time he’d raced his 16D Int32 and it had rear tyres like rock, so had to borrow a car from Barry.
Barry (T) was the only driver who wasn’t too “rusty” with the 16D Int32’s, and cleared off for a comfortable win.

1^st    Barry (T)       88.58 laps
DQ     Adam            86.35 – DQ’d
2^nd    John            82.67
3^rd    Kerry           82.21
4^th    Dave            77.65
5^th    Pete            74.86
6^th    Baz             73.41

After so much racing with the newer easier-driving/more-forgiving 1/24^th cars, obviously a lot more practice is needed by the rest of the club with these trickier older class of cars !!!

Next week FUN NIGHT with 1/32^nd and 1/24^th GP racing, possibly in teams (?).

Cheers,
Kerry           : )

V8 SuperCars on the 13^th July 2010

It was good to see 13 drivers turn up and race, with our new guy Warren returning for his 3^rd week.
The drivers where split into 2 groups for a 4-heat run-through.

Dave had controller problems and had his car taking off at full speed with the slightest touch of the trigger.
Steve, JR and JT had a really close battle, with JT just beating his good mate JR to avoid any ribbing there.

1^st    Chris           87.45 laps
2^nd    Shannon         83.06
3^rd    JT              72.12
4^th    JR              70.44
5^th    Steve           69.76
6^th    Dave            68.77
7^th    Warren          56.84

1^st    Barry (T)       96.05 laps
2^nd    John            94.52
3^rd    Kerry           91.65
4^th    Adam            91.00
5^th    Baz             81.55
6^th    Pete            78.20

1/24^th LMP/GTP on 22^nd June 2010 

With Dave still in QLD and regulars Chris, Lex and Peter (A) missing in action numbers were light, but we had a new guy Warren show up to race.

First a Parma Int32 race was held with JT, Pete, Steve and Warren.

1^st   Pete             77.92 laps
2^nd   JT               73.03
3^rd   Steve            62.45
4^th   Warren           40.99

For the 1/24^th cars a run-through was held for all 8 drivers firstly.

Results :- 

1^st   Barry (T)       105.27 laps
2^nd   Adam            103.78
3^rd   John            101.20
4^th   Kerry           100.33
5^th   Baz              95.96
6^th   Pete             89.43
7^th   JT               82.12
8^th   Steve            70.09

Then we had a 4 minute one-heat “Shoot-Out” with the highest qualifier getting lane choice.
Baz gave the rest of the B-Final field a slotcar lesson with fast and consistent laps.

In the A-Final Adam had a flying start quite literally, flying off the track onto the floor costing him any real chance of winning.
Barry had too much pace for the rest of the field and took a comfortable win.

Results :- 

1^st   Barry (T)        35.12 laps
2^nd   Kerry            32.63
3^rd   John             32.38
4^th   Adam             32.31
5^th   Baz              33.41
6^th   Pete             30.84
7^th   JT               27.48
8^th   Steve            25.24

Next week a Practice and Tuning night.

Cheers,
Kerry        : )

On 15^th June 2010 we ran both 1/32^nd and 1/24^th GP cars. 

With Dave sunning himself in Queensland, and arrest warrants out for Chris and Lex, we only had 8 drivers for the night.
Firstly we ran a “knock-out” format with only 2 drivers at a time for 2 minutes on 1 lane each, for both 1/32^nd then 1/24^th GP cars.
Twice during the night there were false starts with drivers taking off before the Green light (in other words “Cheating” !!!).
Barry Toomey was involved in both incidents (surprise surprise), claiming “my finger slipped” – Yeah Right !!!           ; )

1/32^nd Individual Results :-

1^st    Barry “The-Dog-Ate-My-Homework” Toomey
2^nd   Adam
3^rd    Pete
4^th    Kerry
5^th    Baz
6^th    Steve
7^th    JR 

1/24^th Individual Results :-

1^st    John
2^nd   Barry “The-Dog-Ate-My-Homework” Toomey
3^rd    Adam
4^th    Kerry
5^th    Pete
6^th    Baz
7^th    Steve
8^th    JR

Later we had a teams race with 2 drivers at a time for 2 minutes over 2 lanes for each driver.

1/24^th Teams race :-

“Toomey’s Terrors” with Barry (T), Steve, Baz and Kerry doing 118.00 laps
“Hawkins Heroes” with John, JR, Adam and Pete doing 116.38 laps.

Next week 1/24^th LMP/GTP cars.

Cheers,
Kerry           : )

V8 Supercars were raced on the 8^th June 2010

With all the rain we’ve had, the roof had leaked and Red Lane had swelled causing the cars to jump out, so everyone had to take that part of the lane slowly or have their car marshalled. 

With 12 drivers it was decided to have 2 groups of 6.
Lex and Chris were the noticeable absentees for the night.
Dave had a night to forget with Controller problems.
Aaron was off his usual pace.
JT and Steve are steadily improving, with Steve getting the Bronze medal.
Peter (D) had his Police car speeding at times, but was given a ticket for being more than 4 km/h over the speed limit, and we kept the Silver medal as our form of revenue gathering.
Shannon cleared away from the rest of the field to easily get the Gold medal.

Race Results :-

1^st    Shannon              83.55 laps
2^nd   Peter (D)              76.61
3^rd    Steve                   69.95
4^th    JT                        69.46
5^th    Aaron                   69.06
6^th    Dave                    67.42

Adam was flying but decided not to race on the Red lane.
Peter (A) didn’t realise the bump on Red lane was flicking his car out, so had that marshall busy during that heat.
John was off his usual pace.
Kerry like most had a poor run on Red lane, but just managed to get a Bronze medal.
Baz had great run on Yellow lane to gain a Silver medal for him.
But Barry (T) was the most consistent winning him the Gold medal. 

Race Results :-

1^st    Barry (T)              92.43 laps
2^nd   Baz                     89.54
3^rd    Kerry                   89.29
4^th    John                    88.81
5^th    Peter (A)              86.11
6^th   Adam                    71.84

Next week 1/32^nd and 1/24^th GP cars or Submarines, depending on the amount of rain.

Cheers,
Kerry            : )

Group 12/15 night on 1^st June 2010

Barry (T) was missing (he was on his deathbed with “Man Flu”).
The feature race was Group 12/15, but the first race was Int32’s.
Dave just managed to edge out JT by ½ a lap once the dust had settled for 3^rd place.
Aaron has improved very quickly on the tricky Christchurch track (he’d previously raced SlotCars in Queensland), to get a well deserved 2^nd place.
But Adam gave the field a SlotCar lesson, comfortably winning, and at times waiting for Aaron to catch up.

1^st   Adam        83.64 laps
2^nd   Aaron       80.22
3^rd   Dave        70.67
4^th   JT          70.01
5^th   Steve       63.32

John also dealt a lesson to the other Group 12/15 guys, with fast and consistent heats giving him a massive lead in each heat and an easy win.

1^st   John        93.47 laps
2^nd   Kerry       81.50
3^rd   Baz         80.58
4^th   Pete        79.82

Next week 1/24^th V8 SuperCars !

Cheers,

Kerry          : )

1/24^th Ladder Night on 25^th May 2010

Aaron made an appearance early on, but had an emergency phone call and had to leave before racing began.
Baz was missing in action.
Paul Hamilton didn’t turn up, which probably means he’s back in the land of Oz ?
But later in the night the ghost of Jono turned up for a look !

2 run-throughs were held, seeded from the previous 1/24^th ladder positions.

The lower ranked group had their demolition derby first.
JR borrowed JT’s 1/24^th GP car and ran that.
Lex had a great run in yellow lane with 22.37, but 3 poor runs in the other lanes with only 19 laps in each.
Chris and Peter (A) were the pace setters, but both got caught up in the carnage at times, with Pete just squeaking past by less than ½ a lap once the dust had settled !

1^st    Peter (A)   95.97 laps
2^nd    Chris       95.61
3^rd    Shannon     86.05
4^th    Lex         80.70
5^th    JT          76.56
6^th    Steve       71.16
7^th    JR          64.42

The top ranked group raced next, with only slightly less carnage !
Dave and Pete had car troubles and weren’t on the pace.
Adam did 2 heats with 26 laps to send him to top qualifying spot for the finals.

1^st    Adam        103.33 laps
2^nd    Barry       99.91
3^rd    John        98.87
4^th    Kerry       96.92
5^th    Peter (D)   85.14
6^th    Dave        74.53

With only JR in the D final he won that by default.

The C final had Lex clearing out from the pack early to cruise home.

In the B final Chris lead for most of the race only to get pipped at the post by Pete (A) again !!! – Well done Pete.

Adam was just too fast in the A final, and won it easily !

Barry was taken out early in the race by Kerry causing Barry to believe he was the only driver all night to have any bad luck – Yeah Right !        ; )

1^st    Adam        26.88 laps
2^nd    John        24.91
3^rd    Barry       24.35
4^th    Kerry       23.53
5^th    Peter (A)   23.04
6^th    Chris       22.85
7^th    Shannon     22.35
8^th    Peter (D)   18.08
9^th    Lex         20.10
10^th   Dave        19.41
11^th   JT          18.34
12^th   Steve       16.85
13^th   JR

Next week Group12/15.

The CRUSADE is over ………

Kerry       : (

18th May 2010

We decided to run GP cars on the “Fun Night” to have another opportunity to run the new 1/24^th JK GP cars.
But first we had a Parma 32 race for novices and those without GP cars.

Shannon ran his 1/24^th car and was DQ’d.
JR beat his mate JT             ; )
JT had his new PWM controller and was getting use to that (well that’s his excuse and he’s sticking with it !).
Dave managed to stay out of most of the carnage, but Chris was too good for the rest of the field and he left them in his dust !

1^st   Chris        74.32 laps
2^nd   Dave         66.86
3^rd   JR           63.62
4^th   Steve        61.55
5^th   JT           60.10
6^th   Shannon      83.64 (DQ’d) 

We ran 1/32^nd GP cars next.
Most of the field had borrowed cars and struggled to get used to them.
Barry (T) and John were too good for the rest of the field with 3 laps between them and daylight back to the rest of the pack !

1^st   Barry (T)    86.80 laps
2^nd   John         83.73
3^rd   Kerry        78.44
4^th   Peter (D)    77.38
5^th   Adam         75.70
6^th   Paul         70.24
7^th   Peter (A)    66.25
8^th   Steve        64.84
9^th   JR           57.48

Finally we ran the 1/24^th GP cars (and had to share 5 cars between 7 drivers).
Lex and his new car were missing in action !
JT had car troubles, leaving him at the bottom.
Pete (D) had his Jaguar flying of the track (higher than Dave’s helicopters go) several times !
John was the only one who managed a 24 lap heat, and with 3 other consistent heats won by more than a lap from Kerry.

Well done John !

1^st   John          91.65 laps
2^nd   Kerry         90.51
3^rd   Barry (T)     88.86
4^th   Adam          83.87
5^th   Peter (D)     82.05
6^th   Baz           80.65
7^th   JT            60.54

With 14 different drivers and running 3 classes and tape lifting on the track it was a long night and racing didn’t finish until well after 10pm !

Next week 1/24^th LMP/GTP cars for the Ladder !

The CRUSADE continues ………

Kerry         : )

27th April 2010

12 runners turned up for our V8 Supercar race on Tuesday 27th April with Paul Hamilton arriving back from the gold coast for a brief holiday visit. Due to work commitments Adam Brice could not race but turned up later in the evening to help marshal and run the computer. It was once again good to see the less experienced runners showing big improvements and these guys are really starting to enjoy their racing. Drivers were once again split up into 2 groups which is proving to be good with guys driving with people of the same ability.

Group B results
Lex Omand 85.34, Peter Allen 84.94, Aaron Graham 84.49, Peter Darrell 80.66, Dave Reese 75.06, John Truman 71.36,
Steve Gibbins 63.95.

Group A results
Barry Toomey 95,98, Kerry Radford 94.63, John Hawkins 92.10, Bas Milicich 83.16, Paul Hamilton 79.97, Lex Omand 66.97.

20th April 2010

13th April 2010
 

The Christchurch Slotcar Club featured 1/24^th scale sports/GT cars at their April 13 club night.

In the top group Adam Brice used Super 16D power to good effect and won comfortably from Kerry Radford using a Falcon 7.
John Hawkins borrowed a Radford car and finished close on the team boss’s heels.

Barry Toomey was a notable absentee.

In Group two Lex Omand returned to eventually get the better of Pete Darrell, while Aaron showed good enough form to suggest that he no longer deserves the “rookie’’ tag by winning in group 3.

Adam Brice       100.71
Kerry Radford     98.90
John Hawkins      97.26
Barry Millicich   88.69
Aaron             84.74
Lex Omand         84.45
Dave Reese        69.18

Group 2

Lex Omand         90.54
Peter Darrell     87.54
John Turner       77.76
Dave Reese        70.21 

Rookies

Aaron             84.27
John Turner (JT)  76.50
John Rich (JR)    61.57
Steve             59.67

30th March 2010

Christchurch ran 1/24^th V8 SuperCars on the 30^th March 2010.

Regulars Barry (T), Peter (A) and Lex were missing in action, but there was still 12 drivers for the night.

The first heats had 4 drivers.
New drivers Steve and JR did well, particularly with JR having to race a 1/24^th GP car against the faster LMP cars.
JT is improving quickly and was less than a lap behind Shannon at the end.

1^st   Shannon     74.28 laps
2^nd   JT          73.56
3^rd   Steve       63.77
4^th   JR          53.90

The next heats had 5 drivers, with the winner qualifying up to the top group.
These heats had the closest racing of the night !
Aaron is learning the tricky CHCH track quickly, and is improving every week.

Baz, Pete and Chris had a winner-takes-all final heat.

Chris racing in the blue lane did 23 laps to clinch the (heat and overall) win.
All 3 of them finished within just over a lap from each other when it all came out in the wash !

1^st   Chris      86.06 laps
2^nd   Pete       85.98
3^rd   Baz        84.98
4^th   Aaron      83.86
5^th   Dave       79.58

Chris moved up to the top group, but with a borrowed car had troubles keeping up.
Adam had mechanical problems with his car and lost a lot of laps.
John won the final heat, but Kerry won the first 3 and cruised home for the overall win.

1^st   Kerry      96.94 laps
2^nd   John       94.48
3^rd   Adam       88.05
4^th   Chris      84.33

 Next week F1/Indy GP cars both 1/32^nd and 1/24^th !

 The CRUSADE continues ………

 Kerry          : )

23rd February 2010

V8 SuperCar Racing was on the Christchurch menu for 23^rd February.

A random draw run-through was held first, then a 5^th “Final” heat seeded from the first 4 heats.

With 8 Drivers for the night, marshaling was stretched with only 4 at a time doing the whole track !

Interestingly Dave and Peter (D) had the closest racing.

The computer ranked Pete ahead of Dave when they both finished with 77.84, but Dave’s best run was on yellow lane with 20.80 and Pete’s best run was on red lane with only 20.79 !

I don’t know how the computer splits the tie ???

Qualifying results :-

1^st   Adam       94.98 laps

2^nd   Kerry      93.70

3^rd   Barry (T)  92.31

4^th   Baz        81.12

5^th   Peter (D)  77.84

6^th   Dave       77.84

7^th   Peter (A)  74.29

8^th   J T        68.73

The “Final” heats saw only 1 change from the qualifying results with Adam going from top spot to 4^th after he pulled the plug early on in the race after a big tangle.

Barry (T) had his car body jam-up with the back wheels a couple of times after tapping the track fence, which held him up.

Kerry stayed out of trouble to cruise home.

Sometimes it’s better to be lucky than good !           ; )

Overall results :-

1^st   Kerry      Red lane     22.59 laps

2^nd   Barry (T)  Blue lane    21.10

3^rd   Baz        Green lane   18.80

4^th   Adam       Yellow lane   5.69

5^th   Peter (D)  Yellow lane  20.94

6^th   Dave       Red lane     20.05

7^th   Peter (A)  Blue lane    18.79

8^th   J T        Green lane   17.88

Good to see J T improving so quickly !

Next Week Parma Int32 16D’s for the feature class.

The CRUSADE continues ………

Kerry           : )

16th February 2010

On the 16^th Feb it was the Int32 Ladder night.

With John and Barry (T) missing in action the top spot was up for grabs.

Due to a lack of marshalls 3 groups for the qualifying and finals heats were held.

Aaron, Peter (D) and Adam raced in the first qualifying group.

Adam       92.87 laps

Peter D    75.08

Aaron      73.11

Dave and Peter A raced in the 2^nd qualifying group.

Peter A    74.81

Dave       70.08

Baz and Kerry raced in the 3^rd qualifying group.

Kerry      86.29

Baz        84.88

Dave, Peter A and Aaron raced off for 5^th to 7^th spots in the “C” final.

Peter D and Baz raced for 3^rd and 4^th in the “B” final.

Kerry and Adam raced for 1^st and 2^nd in the “A” final.

Overall Ladder result

1^st  Adam        22.92 laps

2^nd  Kerry       22.79

3^rd  Baz         22.43

4^th  Peter D     18.96

5^th  Aaron       19.55

6^th  Peter A     18.65

7^th   Dave        16.41

The newest driver to the club Aaron did really well in the "C" final with 19.55 laps and placed himself in 5^th overall – Well done Aaron !!!

Next week 1/24^th V8 SuperCars !

The CRUSADE continues ………

Kerry           : )

12th January 2010