Penrith Slot Car And Hobby Centre 2017

[Mr Ford]

Hi all , I have been asked by " The Ferret " to post race reports and results for Penrith Slot Car Centre each week .

 

16th March .

 

V8 Supercars

 

It was a really tight race at the top of the field with anyone of the top five more than capable of taking it out .

Kenny who ran on Black first f, ound out the hard way that the connection harness had major faults and only completed the bracket by holding it to his controller lead but still had no brakes . Wazza also had a few issues which kept him from showing the true potential of the car . The real find of this race was Char who driving one of Wazzas old cars surprised everyone with his raw speed and consistency . He’ll be one to watch in the future . Bryan and Chris were as usual class acts . 8 of the top 10 cars were Falcons including 1^st to 7^th place . Of course!!!

 

Results

 

1^st Bryan 143

 

2^nd Chris 140

 

3^rd Kenny 139

 

4^th Chook 138

 

5^th Char 134

 

6^th Wazza 132

 

7^th Tim 127

 

8^th Marc 126

 

9^th Harry 107

 

10^th Michael 99

 

11^th MJ 76

 

 

DTM .

 

All present breathed a sigh of relief as Gangster did not show up being sick with flu . If he had showed up it would most probably have been a race for second . As it was it was another victory for Bryan but he had to fight tooth and nail for it with Chook who more than kept him honest all race long . This race see sawed continually between the top 4 with Bryan finally just pulling clear of Chook in the closing stages . There was a good mix of brands with Ninco , Carrera and Scalextric all represented .

 

Results

 

1^st Bryan 145

 

2^nd Chook 144

 

3^rd Chris 142

 

4^th Kenny 140

 

5^th Wazza 133

 

6^th Tim 132

 

7^th Marc 131

 

8^th Char 124

 

9^th Michael 121

 

10^th Rod 119

 

11^th MJ 118

 

Open GT

 

This was a tour de force for Bryan giving him a hat trick of victories for the night . He was simply in a class of his own with everyone else fighting for second place . Kennys car came good in the final two stages as his new tyres started to bed in but alas it was already way too late as the horse had well and truly bolted . This was easily the most emphatic win of the night with Brian basically having distinguished any serious threats by half race distance . It was really good to se Wazzas beautifully set up new McLaren BMW showing you do not need a Mosler to be competitive . Equally Chris was punching above his weight with an uncompetitive BMW Z4 . Half way through Bryan had his car delivered by Kennys towing service across the bonnet of his car after a crash in an un marshalled area of the track . Word is the invoice still hasn’t been payed !!!

 

Results

 

1^st Bryan 175

 

2^nd Kenny 166

 

3^rd Wazza 165

 

4^th Chris 160

 

5^th Marc 151

 

6^th Char 144

 

7^th Rod 140

 

8^th Michael 139

 

9^th Harry 138

 

10^th Chook 87

 

All in all it was Bryans night walking away undefeated

 

 

 

 

[Mr Ford]

23rd March

 

 

Group 5

 

It was a tight race at the top of the field between Chook and Kenny . Chook had the edge and Kenny had a couple of disastrous brackets overdriving the car to try and stay with him . The difference between the two cars was not as big as the final 4 lap margin would suggest but as stated Kennys overdriving cost him any chance of challenging Chook for the win . The race for 3^rd was even tighter with it being decided on footage as both Wazza and Steve finished on even laps Michael took out the honours in the father son derby triumphing over Marc by 3 laps , chalk one up for the old farts .

 

1^st Chook

 

2^nd Kenny

 

3^rd Wazza

 

4^th Steve

 

5^th Rod

 

6^th Michael

 

7^th Marc

 

8^th Tim

 

9^th Harry

 

10^th MJ

 

 

Group C

 

Chook once again drove a masterful race just edging out young Harry . Harry is a young guy who has both a real commitment and desire to win . It bodes well for the sport with guys like Harry coming up through the ranks . Kenny came third with a small gap to Bryan ahead of a really hard fought fifth place between Wazza and Steve with the honours just going to Wazza by one lap . Marc got even with Michael to avenge his loss in the Group 5 race . The Empire strikes back .

 

1^st Chook

 

2^nd Harry

 

3^rd Kenny

 

4^th Bryan

 

5^th Wazza

 

6^th Steve

 

7^th Tim

 

8^th Rod

 

9^th Marc

 

10^th Michael

 

 

Porsche 907& 908

 

Chook once again too out the final race of the night in a total whitewash by a huge margin over the rest of the field . Very reminiscent of Bryans whitewash of the previous week in Open GT Wazza and Bryan had a Titanic battle for second only being decided on footage In the final analysis .going to Wazza by a bees dick . Kenny finished 4^th closely beating Steve home by 2 laps . The father son battle was decided in Marcs favour with Marc taking victory over Michael by 8 laps

 

1^st Chook

 

2^nd Wazza

 

3^rd Bryan

 

4^th Kenny

 

5^th Steve

 

6^th Marc

 

7^th Michael

 

8^th Rod

 

All in all it was unquestionably Chooks night although he did not have it all his own way as he had to fight tooth and nail for one of the victories over Harry .

 

 

Yours in Slot Car Racing The Ferret

[Sports Racer]

Pictures or it never happened.

[Mr Ford]

March 30^th

 

DTM 2 Hour Enduro

 

 

With 7 teams of 2 drivers facing the starters orders much conjecture was flowing about who would come out on top .Wazza after spending considerable time and much soul searching managed to sort out 2 chassis maladies on what was an already extremely fast car transforming it into what must be said was an absolute bullet making himself and Bryan virtually unassailable . The Ninco Benz made a mockery of every other car present marching away from all comers in the brackets in which it did not have issues . Kenny and Marc ran Wazzas second string car an SCX Audi driving the wheels off it and wringing its neck in a vain attempt to keep up , sadly all to no avail . They were there when the Benz had issues but otherwise were simply out classed . Chris and Michael rounded out the podium driving Chris’s Carrera BMW meaning we had a father and son ( Michaela and Marc ) on the podium albeit in different teams . Poor gangster must have had an off night or car problems as he is usually the man to beat in this class bringing up fourth place with Char in his Carrera Audi only 22 laps behind his father . Poor Chook and Steve could not take a trick having numerous car dramas which subsequently cost them any chance of challenging for the win . Tim and Rod and Harry and MJ rounded out the race in sixth and seventh respectively .

 

 

1^st Wazza and Bryan

 

2^nd Marc and Kenny

 

3^rd Chris and Michael

 

4^th Gangster and Char

 

5^th Chook and Steve

 

6^th Tim and Rod

 

7^th Harry and MJ .

[Mr Ford]

April 6^th

V8 Supercars

This race was closer than the results would suggest with several front runners hitting major dramas , most notably Gangster who had one disastrous 2 lap bracket and one 8 lap bracket effectively ending any chances he had of a potential victory . Kenny never really looked threatened but that is not to say he did not have to work for it . His car was far from the fastest in a straight line but stuck to the track like s#!t to a blanket . His philosophy of using a motor which even when you rang the cars neck would not break out certainly paid dividends . Chris , Chook and Wazza kept him honest and he only needed to hiccough and one of them would have pounced . Special mention goes to James in his first ever V8 Supercars race coming a very creditable 9^th .

1^st Kenny

2^nd Chris

3^rd Chook

4^th Wazza

5^th Steve

6^th Tim

7^th Char

8^th Marc

9^th James

10^th Harry

11^th Gangster

12^th Michael

13^th MJ

DTM

Kenny took out this race in a very dominant display of overwhelming car superiority resulting in a crushing victory . He drove Wazzas Ninco Mercedes Benz which took out the previous weeks 2 hour enduro as Wazza chose to drive his SCX Audi ( which coincidentally came second in Kenny and Marcs hands in the previous weeks DTM enduro ) to get to terms with what is a new car to him . The Benz was simply in a class of its own leaving the former dominant driver in this class Gangster and his Audi in its wake . Wazza and Chris had a ding dong battle finally being decided in Wazzas favour by only 1 lap . Solid performances were recorded by Rod , Char , Chook , Steve and Tim . Again special mention goes to James driving a car borrowed from Kenny in his first ever DTM race . If he had worried more about winning and not handing Kenny back a car in one piece he would have done much better .

1^st Kenny

2^nd Gangster

3^rd Wazza

4^th Chris

5^th Rod

6^th Char

7^th Chook

8^th Steve

9^th Tim

10^th Michael

11^th James

12^th Marc

13^th Harry

14^th MJ

Open GT

This was open for anyone to win a Bryan did not show up . Kenny as usual used his Ninco Mosler against a sea of NSR Moslers and a couple of NSR Porsches and BMW’s and Wazzas beautiful Slot IT McLaren BMW . It was very close and intense race with the top four only separated by 5 laps . Gangster drove the absolute wheels of his Porsche but sadly could not overcome Kennys Mosler and 3^rd and 4^th between Harry and Wazza was only decided on footage in what was a race long duel which saw it ebb and flow between the two of them . Chris did not figure sadly as ,he like his son gangster in V8 Supercars had two absolute disastrous brackets scoring 0 and 1 lap respectively .

1^st Kenny

2^nd Gangster

3^rd Harry

4^th Wazza

5^th Marc

6^th Rod

7^th Chook

8^th Char

9^th Michael

10^th MJ

11^th Steve

12^th Chris

All in all it was Kennys night but he well and truly had to fight for two of the victories .

Excluding the DTM Enduro this is the third clean sweep by a driver in the last 3 nights racing . Lets see if this tradition continues next week . Make sure to tune into the results next week to find out . Same BAT Time same BAT Channel .

Yours in Slot Cars , The FERRET !

[Muninjitsu]

no new updates??

[Mr Ford]

Hi all ,

 

Apologies for lack of posts of late . Holidays and other issues prevented me . Catch up time

 

 

April 13^th

 

Porsche 907/908

 

Another benefit for Chook and his ultra rapid Porsche with a fiercely fought battle for the minors between Wazza , Gangster and Kenny finishing in that order . The race for the minors was transfixing with each of the three combatatnts fortunes ebbing and flowing from bracket to bracket .

 

1^st Chook 141

 

2^nd Wazza 136

 

3^rd Gangster 135

 

4^th Kenny 134

 

5^th Chris 128

 

6^th Michael 100

 

7^th Marc 100

 

 

 

Group C

 

Another victory for Chook but only just this time . Gangster kept his honest for the entire race breathing down his neck the whole way and it could have gone either way right up until the last bracket . Kenny took third but was never really in the hunt for more than that . Definitely not in the same league as Chook and Gangster . Young Harry is really starting to get the hang of his Porsche and will definitely be a threat in the future finishing fourth . Chris and Wazza had a close fight the whole race long eventually being decided in Chris’s favour by 2 laps .

 

1^st Chook 135

 

2^nd Gangster 134

 

3^rd Kenny 132

 

4^th Harry 129

 

5^th Chris 125

 

6^th Wazza 123

 

7^th Marc 121

 

8^th Michael 117

 

9^th Tim 115

 

 

 

Group 5

 

This was another whitewash for Chook who was in a class of his own once again with his rapid BMW M One . Second was once again an indescribably intensely fought out affair between Chris and Kenny with neither giving an inch or flinching with it going in Chris’s favour by mere footage . It was an absolute pleasure to watch the two of them going at it hammer and tongs and seeing as Chook had cleared out this is where the real interest was in the race . Tim came a very creditable 4^th and had some bad luck as his car was better than a 4th place car .

 

1^st Chook 147

 

2^nd Chris 139

 

3^rd Kenny 139

 

4^th Tim 136

 

5^th Wazza 133

 

6^th Marc 129

 

7^th MJn 127

 

8^th Michael 126

 

9^th Harry 123

 

10^th Gangster 122

 

11^th James 117

 

 

 

“ Lets see if this tradition continues next week . “

 

 

 

Guess what it did with another lock out by Chook . Clean sweeps seem to becoming a tradition on Thursday nights at Penrith don’t they .

Edited June 18, 2017 by Mr Ford

[Mr Ford]

April 20th

 

Finally 3 different winners in 3 classes and some disasters for some drivers .

 

1/24th Scaleauto

 

This turned out to be a father and son affair with Chris and Gangster going at it all race long with the difference being only .3 of a lap per bracket . Wazza had by far the fastest car but also had bad luck as did Michael , Char , Marc and Kenny who coud not take a trick and was heard to say if it rained nymphomaniacs he would be hit by a lesbian . This is an exciting class albeit a demo derby of one too .

 

1st Chris 131

 

2^nd Gangster 129

 

3^rd Wazza 113

 

4^th Michael 38

 

5^th Char 34

 

6^th Marc 26

 

7^th Kenny 20

 

 

Muscle Cars

 

This was a master class by Gangster with is rapid Jim Hall Chaparral Camaro . Wazza was a very creditable 2^nd and 3rd to 7^th was covered by only 5 laps and provided the real interest in the race . Kennys Dodge is still being rebuilt so his Mustang was again pressed into service but alas it is but a mere shadow of the mighty winged Dodge Charger Daytona which is so big it has it’s own postcode . Tim again ran his unique ( to say the least ) Mustang much to everyones amusement .

 

1^st Gangster 136

 

2^nd Wazza 132

 

3^rd Chris 130

 

4^th Michael 129

 

5^th Char 129

 

6^th Marc 128

 

7^th Kenny 127

 

8^th James 118

 

9^th Rod 116

 

10^th Tim 116

 

11^th Harry 109

 

12^th MJ 93

 

 

Scalextric Rally

 

This was a Kenny benefit with his ultra rapid Martini Ferrari 308 GTB . Wazza has seen the light and bought another Ferrari 308 joining Kenny and Chook at the sharp end . Once he get it sorted out he will no doubt be up there with both Chook and Kenny in what is rapidly becoming Formula Ferrari . MJ provided much needed levity running his Mini Cooper S whos all 4 tyres would be lucky to be as wide as one of the rear tyres on Kennys Ferrari and it is about half as wide and half as long a wheelbase .

 

1^st Kenny 146

 

2^nd Wazza 140

 

3^rd Gangster 131

 

4^th Rod 128

 

5^th Chris 127

 

6^th Marc 123

 

7^th Char 122

 

8^th James 121

 

9^th Tim 117

 

10^th Michael 112

 

11^th Brett 107

 

12^th Harry 61

 

13^th MJ 27

 

 

A great night was had by all with lots of bad luck but equally lots of laughs too .

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

Edited June 19, 2017 by Mr Ford

[Mr Ford]

27 April

 

DTM

1st Wazza 160

2nd Chook 149

3rd Ganster 148

4th Rod 143

5th Chris 143

Kenny 139

Steve 138

MJ 131

Marc 131

Tim 127

Bryan 125

Harry 112

Michael 108

 

 

V8 Supercars

 

 

1^st Wazza 142

 

2^nd Bryan 140

 

3^rd Kenny 139

 

4^th Chook 139

 

5^th Chris 138

 

6^th Jason 137

 

7^th Steve 136

 

8^th Tim 131

 

9^th Marc 126

 

10^th Harry 116

 

11^th Michael 98

 

12^th MJ 63

 

 

 

Open GT

 

 

1^st Kenny 170

 

2^nd Wazza 169

 

3^rd Gangster 166

 

4^th Bryan 164

 

5^th Harry 163

 

6^th Marc 163

 

7^th Steve 162

 

8^th Rod 156

 

9^th Chris 139

 

10^th Michael 135

 

11^th MJ 127

 

12^th Chook 91

[Mr Ford]

 

May 3^rd

 

Group 5

 

 

1^st gangater 163

 

2^nd Chook 158

 

3^rd Chris 157

 

4^th Scott 152

 

5^th Kenny 147

 

6^th Char 145

 

7^th James 143

 

8^th Steve 133

 

9^th Marc 125

 

10^th Michael 108

 

11^th Rod 105

 

12^th Bryan 103

 

 

Group C

 

 

1^st Chook 162

 

2^nd Steve 159

 

3^rd Bryan 157

 

4^th Gangster 156

 

5^th Scott 154

 

6^th Kenny 153

 

7^th Char 141

 

8^th Rod 140

 

9^th Michael 132

 

10^th Chris 131

 

11^th Marc 119

 

 

Porsche 907/908

 

 

1^st Bryan 161

 

2^nd Scott 159

 

3^rd Kenny 159

 

4^th Chris 158

 

5^th Marc 147

 

6^th Steve 142

 

7^th Chook 123

 

8^th Rod 116

 

9^th Gangster 109

 

10^th Michael 89

[Mr Ford]

 

May 11^th

 

 

1/24^th Scaleaoto

 

1^st Kenny 133

 

2^nd Steve 112

 

3^rd Chris 103

 

4^th Bryan 72

 

5^th Wazza 53

 

6^th Marc 22

 

7^th Michael 12

 

 

Muscle Cars

 

1^st Warren 138

 

2^nd Marc 129

 

3^rd Steve 129

 

4^th Rod 128

 

5^th Bryan 128

 

6^th James 127

 

 

Scalextric Rally

 

1^st Kenny 144

 

2^nd Wazza 138

 

3^rd Bryan 128

 

4^th Steve 128

 

5^th Rod 128

 

6^th Char 121

 

7^th Chris 103

[Mr Ford]

May 18^th

 

 

^DTM

 

^{1st Wazza} 174

 

2^nd Chook 167

 

3^rd Gangster 162

 

4^th Chris 149

 

5^th Kenny 147

 

6^th Char 143

 

7^th James 51

 

 

Open GT

 

1^st Wazza 179

 

2^nd Kenny 177

 

3^rd Gangster 173

 

4^th Chook 165

 

5^th Char 157

 

6^th James 145

 

7^th Chris 139

[Mr Ford]

25-05-2017

Group 5

1^st Kenny 177

2^nd Gangster 176

3^rd Wazza 165

4^th Chris 161

5^th Bryan 160

6^th James 149

7^th Marc 141

8^th Michael 128

Group C

1^st Gangster 168

2^nd Bryan 166

3^rd Wazza 159

4^th Kenny 154

5^th Marc 152

6^th Chris 143

7^th Michael 132

8^th James 128

Porsche 907/908

1^st Bryan 170

2^nd Wazza 166

3^rd Kenny 164

4^th Chris 163

5^th James 150

6^th Marc 140

7^th Michael 126

8^th Gangster 125

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

15-06-2017

 

Group 5

 

1^st Bryan 188

 

2^nd Kenny 183

 

3^rd Tim 182

 

4^th Char 178

 

5^th Rod 162

 

6^th James 159

 

7^th MJ 156

 

8^th Marc 154

 

9^th Steve 139

 

10^th Michael 137

 

11^th Harry 129

 

 

Group C

 

1^st Bryan 177

 

2^nd Char 169

 

3^rd Harry 167

 

4^th Kenny 166

 

5^th Rod 149

 

6^th Marc 147

 

7^th Tim 146

 

8^th Steve 141

 

9^th Michael 123

 

10^th James 115

 

12^th Gangster 105

 

 

Scalextric Rally

 

1^st Kenny 158

 

2^nd Steve 151

 

3^rd Char 150

 

4^th Bryan 146

 

5^th Rod 139

 

6^th Tim 138

 

7^th James 133

 

8^th Michael 124

 

9^th Marc 122

 

10^th Gangster 97

 

11^th MJ 53

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

 

[Mr Ford]

22-06-2017

 

BTCC

 

1^st Gangster 57

 

2^nd Kenny 54

 

3^rd Harry 52

 

4^th Marc 47

 

5^th Chris 46

 

 

Open GT

 

1^st Harry 143

 

2^nd Marc 143

 

3^rd Tim 134

 

4^th Gangster 132

 

5^th Michael 129

 

6^th Rod 128

 

7^th Chris 127

 

8^th Kenny 113

 

9^th MJ 109

 

 

Scalextric Rally

 

1^st Kenny 139

 

2^nd Rod 132

 

3^rd Tim 123

 

4^th Marc 120

 

5^th Chris 98

 

6^th Gangster 96

 

7^th Michael 86

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

29-06-2017

 

 

Group 5

 

1^st Bryan 192

 

2^nd Gangster 182

 

3^rd Kenny 179

 

4^th Marc 179

 

5^th Steve 173

 

6^th Chris 162

 

7^th Char 157

 

8^th Michael 156

 

9^th Rod 151

 

10^th Harry 141

 

11^th James 18

 

 

Porsche 907/908

 

1^st Bryan 172

 

2^nd Kenny 170

 

3^rd Steve 166

 

4^th Chris 166

 

5^th James 158

 

6^th Gangster 146

 

7^th Marc 130

 

8^th Rod 130

 

9^th Michael 80

 

 

V8 Supercars

 

1^st Kenny 162

 

2^nd Char 161

 

3^rd Chris 158

 

4^th Bryan 156

 

5^th Steve 151

 

6^th Tim 144

 

7^th Marc 139

 

8^th Gangster 138

 

9^th James 136

 

10^th Michael 130

 

11^th Harry 125

 

12^th MJ 90

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

 

7-07-2017

 

 

BTCC

 

1^st Marc 78

 

2^nd Kenny 77

 

3^rd Bryan 74

 

4^th Steve 74

 

5^th Michael 66

 

6^th Rod 60

 

 

DTM

 

1^st Kenny 209

 

2^nd Bryan 183

 

3^rd Tim 168

 

4^th Steve 163

 

5^th MJ 161

 

6^th Marc 156

 

7^th Michael 137

 

8^th Rod 130

 

 

Group C

 

1^st Bryan 206

 

2^nd Kenny 191

 

3^rd Steve 187

 

4^th James 176

 

5^th Rod 175

 

6^th Michael 164

 

7^th Tim 129

 

8^th Marc 103

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

 

13-07-2017

 

 

1/24^th Scaleauto

 

The usual crash em up bash em up melee played out once again in 1/24^th Scaleauto with the only one left standing being Bryan who drove masterfully to avoid the maelstrom going on all around him to a well deserved victory . The less said about the rest the better .

 

 

1^st Bryan 111

 

2^nd Kenny 82

 

3^rd Gangster 67

 

4^th Marc 62

 

5^th Wazza 34

 

6^th Michael 21

 

 

BTCC

 

Gangster held a master class in precise driving to pilot his rapid Passat to a decisive victory over Kenny who to be honest just was not in the same class as Gangster . For that matter no one else was either . The real battle was for 2^nd to 5^th with only 3 laps covering the 4 places and could have gone in favour of any one of the 4 protagonists right up to the death . The Mickey mouse track BTCC is run on is a real challenge to drive separating the men from the boys .

 

1^st Gangster 111

 

2^nd Kenny 100

 

3^rd Marc 99

 

4^th Wazza 99

 

5^th Bryan 97

 

6^th Rod 87

 

7^th Michael 83

 

8^th James 72

 

 

Group 5

 

This was one of the closest fought races that Penrith Slot Car Centre has ever seen and is ever likely to see . Sadly it is not reflected in the laps as Tim came off a few times in his indescribably intense battle with Kenny . For most brackets no more than 2 feet separated their two cars with the lead swapping on an almost lap by lap basis . If ever Slot cars are to be televised this was a race that would have all viewers on the edge of their seats . Kenny was heard to say after the race that he had left absolutely nothing on the table and had not had to drive that hard and permanently on the limit for a long long time . Bryan kept Tim honest in the closing stages but it would have been grossly unfair if he had passed him as Tim had kept Kenny totally honest for the entire race . This race is what Slot car Racing is all about . It was a genuine pleasure to witness it .

 

1^st Kenny 223

 

2^nd Tim 213

 

3^rd Bryan 209

 

4^th Gangster 208

 

5^th Wazza 205

 

6^th Rod 199

 

7^th Marc 181

 

8^th James 170

 

9^th Michael 159

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

20-07-2017

 

 

BTCC

 

Yet another total domination by Gangster and his rapid Passat was witnessed by all in the BTCC race . He is getting to make winning a habit and all the rest are going to have to lift their games substantially to live with him . He definitely has a feel for the Mickey Mouse circuit that no one else seems to have . Poor Harry was actually quite substantially quicker than Kenny but had tremendous amount of bad luck which impeded his progress .

 

1^st Gangster 161

 

2^nd Kenny 153

 

3^rd Harry 146

 

4^th Steve 143

 

5^th Chris 141

 

 

Muscle Cars

 

This was the debut of Kennys new Dodge Charger Daytona whos building was necessitated by the total destruction of his original one . All the lessons he learnt from the old one were integrated into the new one and it handles so well and gets its power down so effectively it was capable of breaking out on every lap including the initial standing start lap so a new slower motor is going to have to be found quickly . In the final bracket he broke out on every single lap testing just what he could coax out of it . Bryan took out the race in his gorgeous Allan Moffat Brut 33 XB Coupe from Steve in his Camaro with Tim filling out the place getters in a very creditable third . Poor Harry had an absolute disaster with his car lasting only one lap .

 

 

1^st Bryan 168

 

2^nd Steve 160

 

3^rd Tim 152

 

4^th Gangster 148

 

5^th Rod 144

 

6^th Chris 141

 

7^th Kenny 141

 

8^th Harry 1

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

 

 

 

[Mr Ford]

27-07-2017

 

BTCC

 

Gangster had a lacklustre night as for the first time since he got his Passat as he was off the pace much to Kennys delight . The race for the minors very quickly descended into low farce with wholesale good spirited cheating going on . Evidently both Bryan and Steve know a short cut which halved their lap times . Rod sadly had a disaster with a mysterious malady afflicting his car leading to him pulling out mid last bracket .

 

 

1^st Kenny 139

 

2^nd Gangster 128

 

3^rd Tim 116

 

4^th Marc 114

 

5^th Bryan 112

 

6^th Rod 105

 

7^th Steve 104

 

8^th Michael 92

 

 

Open GT

 

Another incredibly closely fought race was the order of the day and lot closer than Kennys winning margin would suggest . This had a level of intensity close to that of Kennys and Tims battle 2 weeks prior in group 5 . The ONLY reason Kenny ended up with the winning margin he did was due to the other protagonists for the victory taking each other out in the dog eat dog take no prisoners fight they were engaged in . It was nice to see cam make a return to racing too .

 

 

1^st Kenny 224

 

2^nd Bryan 219

 

3^rd Marc 218

 

4^th Rod 216

 

5^th Tim 212

 

6^th Steve 206

 

7^th Gangster 201

 

8^th Michael 189

 

9^th Cam 181

 

 

Scalextric Rally

 

Gangster was driving his dads Ferrari finally with the correct rear tyres and its performance jump instantly breached the gap to Kennys Ferrari in one fell swoop and he and Kenny traded blows all race long with it finally falling Kennys way but ONLY just . This now makes 5 Ferrari 308’s that are all roughly on the same pace with the exception of James’ one which is noticeably quicker than the other 4 . One thing is for sure , if you want to win in Scalextric rally you have to be in a Ferrari .

 

 

1^st Kenny 184

 

2^nd Gangster 183

 

3^rd Rod 169

 

4^th Steve 155

 

5^th Bryan 125

 

6^th Marc 121

 

7^th Tim 119

 

8^th Michael 111

 

 

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[GAS41T]

Tell Dan I said hello......

 

Rossko

[Mr Ford]

Will do Rossko

[Mr Ford]

August 3/08/2017

V8 Supercars

A titanic tussle at the head of the field was a treat to watch with Wazza , Chris and Steve trading blows all race long . Unfortunately for Steve he had one disastrous 22 lap bracket and lost at a minimum of 7 laps which would have seen he being an easy victor . From third it was daylight to fourth being a full 15 laps down .

1^st Wazza 176

2^nd Chris 173

3^rd Steve 171

4^th Michael 156

5^th Kenny 153

6^th Gangster 152

7^th Marc 142

8^th Bryan 141

9^th James 128

BTCC

Woo Hoo rain damage to the Mickey Mouse track saw everyone finally able to unleash their cars on the routed track and truly see what they are capable of . And boy are these things QUICK and with those magnets handle like they are on rails . All were heard to say what an absolute pleasure it was to run on a track where they could explore the limits of the cars . Kenny ran away and hid but the real interest was for second place with an incredibly intense race long duel been Bryan and Rod with the honours finally going to Bryan but ONLY just from Rod who put up a spirited challenge and kept Bryan honest all race long . Gangster was a shock last place experiencing no end of troubles with his normally rapid Passat , no doubt he will make a victorious return in due course .

1^st Kenny 223

2^nd Bryan 216

3^rd Rod 215

4^th Steve 181

5^th Marc 175

6^th Chris 172

7^th James 154

8^th Michael 141

9^th Gangster 73

Yours in Slot cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

August 10/08/2017

DTM

This was once again a Wazza benefit with his ultra rapid Mercedes totally outclassing the field . I suspect he was sandbagging a bit too only going as fast as he had to to maintain a comfortable gap . Gangster and Rod filled the minor placings with Kennys new ( OLD ) Ninco Alfa 155 experiencing the same problems as Wazzas Mercedes when it was new and was involved in a struggle with both Chris and Tim for fourth place .

1^st Wazza 201

2nd Gangster 193

^{3rd Rod 185}

^{4th Kenny 181}

^{5th Chris 175}

^{6th Tim 174}

^{7th Steve} 153

8th MJ 147

9th Marc 147

10th Michael 141

11th Harry 140

Group C

Kenny finally put a 23K motor in his old Mazda 787B and it paid immediate dividends powering him to a narrow victory over Gangster , Wazza and Harry . He and Harry had some absolutely Titanic battles and Harry actually had his measure but suffered from a couple of unfortunate offs most of which he was an innocent victim in .

1st Kenny 206

2nd Gangster 199

3rd Wazza 197

4th Harry 195

5th Michael 180

6th Rod 174

7th Marc 169

8th Chris 168

9th Tim 163

10th Steve 154

BTCC

Back to the Mickey Mouse track we went this week its flood damage having been rectified from the previous week . And as well as a return to this track we also saw a return of Gangsters Passat to being a front runner once again. We knew it would not be long from the previous weeks aberration. he well and truly kept Kenny honest the whole race long . Wazza and Chris also had a titanic battle for 3rd and 4th and an even more intense battle for 5th to 10th between Rod , Marc , Harry , Steve , Tim and Michael .

1st Kenny 118

2nd Gangster 114

3rd Wazza 105

4th Chris 103

5th Rod 98

6th Marc 95

7th Harry 94

8th Steve 93

9th Tim 91

10th Michael 91

11th MJ 74

Yours in Slot Cars The Ferret

[Mr Ford]

August 17/08/2017

1/24th Scaleauto

John made un unexpected return to racing on a Thursday night which was most welcome . So good to see him again .

For the first time 1/24th was run on the 1/32nd track and given the minute separation it was envisaged it would be pure carnage . Nothing could have been further from the truth with virtually no crashes , certainly a lot less than on the big track also partially due in no small part to the much slower terminal speeds . Wazza cleaned up with his BMW beating gangster in his BMW followed by Kenny and Chris who were only separated by less than a lap . Marc entertained all with his drifting Datsun .

1st Wazza 225

2nd Gangster 218

3rd Kenny 211

4th Chris 210

5th Steve 200

6th Bryan 191

7th Tim 139

8th Marc 99

9th Michael 25

Group 5

This was indescribably hard fought and was tight all race long between Kenny , Bryan , Wazza , Chris , Tim and Gangster . Kenny went into the final bracket with a relatively comfortable lead but crash after crash after crash soon saw him fighting for his life and the win . In the end he just beat Bryan by less than a lap with wazza hot on both their heels . Chris and Tim were only separated by footage at the end and only marginally ahead of Gangster .

1st Kenny 218

2nd Bryan 217

3rd Wazzza 215

4th Chris 211

5th Tim 211

6th Gangster 207

7th John 194

8th Marc 170

9th Michael 161

10th Steve 94

BTCC

Again an indescribably close fought battle between Chris , Kenny and Gangster . Chris got his set up just right and it instantly propelled him to the sharp end . He and Kenny were never separated by more than a bees dick the whole race long finishing on the same lap with only footage separating them , gangster had a bit of bad luck which saw him fall ever so slightly off the pace of the lead two . John did and incredible job in the only car in the field with NO magnets .

1st Chris 84

2nd Kenny 84

3rd Gangster 82

4th Wazza 72

5th Bryan 67

6th Steve 66

7th John 61

8th Marc 60

9th Michael 58

Yours in Slot Cars the Ferret