AREA NEWS

Area 8 Championships - April 2008 - Report on the season's racing from Peter Farthing

Area 6 Championships - March 2008 - Full championship tables from James Cleave

James Cleave wins all 3 area championships

Area 1 and 3 Joint meeting - January 2008 - Full results form Pat Skene

Ross Grogan and Graeme Stephenson win at Pirelli

Area 5 Championships - January 2008 - Report from Kev Gray

Chris Thomas wins all 3 at Leicester

Area 6 Championships - March 2007 - Full results from James Cleave

James Cleave and Mark Harwood are the area champions

Area 5 Championships - March 2007

Chris Thomas and Martin Jackson win at Oaklands - Full Report from Chris Thomas

Area 1 Championships - March 2007

Ross Grogan is Scottish Champion  - Full report from Alan Lucas and Pat Skene

Area 5 Championships - February 2007

Chris Thomas, Trevor Tennant and Woody win at Leicester.  Full report on the Leicester web site

Area 1 Championships - January 2007

Ross Grogan wins all the classes at Ecurie Barnton round.   Full results

Area 10 Championships - March 2006

Area 10's 2005/6 champions are Richard Mack  (Saloon and Sports) and Neil Obee (F1)  Click here for a printable version of the  full results (pdf file) 

Area 8 Championships - March 2006

Area 8's 2005/6 champions are Tony Baldock (Production and Novice Saloon) ; Vince Lee (Saloon) and Lee Parsons (F1 and Sports)  Click here for a printable version of the  full results (pdf file) 

Area 7 Championships - March 2006

Area 7's 2005/6 Champion in all 3 classes is Dave Coward, also qualifying in all 3 open classes are Chris Frost, Rob Harris, Mike Gibbons and Mike Gibbon.  Our Novice Nats competitors are  Mike Gibbon, Mike Perkins and Chris Covell.

Area 6 Championships - March 2006

Area 8's 2005/6 champions are Nigel Williams (Production) James Cleave (Saloon and Sports) and Mark Harwood (F1)  Click here for a printable version of the  full results (pdf file) 

Area 3 Championships - March 2006

Area 3 held it's final Area round at Gainsborough on 12th March.  Pete Wilson won the Production race (not sure if there was an actual race though).  Graeme Stephenson triumphed in Saloon and F1 with Tom Marsh winning Sports.
The final Championship tables saw Chris Cowan take the Novice title from Michael Prout and Glyn Taylor.  George won the overall title for the umpteenth year in a row from Tommy, Graeme, Stuart and Mike - all of the these drivers with the exception of Michael should be competing at the Nationals at the end of April.
Click here for a printable version of the  full results (pdf file) 

Area 1 News - March 2006

Once again, the racing was closer than perhaps expected given the mix of open and low powered cars running. It was a shame that Alan was unwell and unable to compete to defend his triple title.

In production it was Ross who ran away both with qualifying and the A final which he won by three laps from Dad Neil who was saying he was beginning to learn (and enjoy?) the track. Qualifying for second to fifth was covered by only .37 laps! In the B final Richard did enough to win and it would have been enough for second in the A Final! John R had a safe run to win the C final from Linsey.

In Saloon John R gave a hint of things to come with a quick 30 in his first run. Richard was just two laps behind in his Falcon powered car. Neil and Pat knuckled down and just managed to squeeze past Richard but Ross once more was away on his own with a 31. It was very close behind with less than a lap covering fifth to eighth. Andrew took the C Final with 28 while Craig under-performed on small tyres. Richard won the B Final with his Falcon from three Gp12 cars. Ross ran out winner of the A final by some 2 laps from John who chased him hard keeping Neil at bay.

There was no catching Ross in F1 again. He duly top qualified by over two laps and walked away with the A Final winning by a clear 5 laps from Neil. Richard was next up having once again sneaked a falcon powered car into the A Final. The B Final was a close affair between those Morrison brothers with Rod just coming out on top. Andrew took a close C final from Linsey.

Finally came sports and qualifying saw the open strap powered cars spread out so there was no repeat of power problems. Ross duly top qualified but he had to keep looking over his shoulder at the low powered cars of John and Richard who were quicker than the other open cars at this stage. The C final was won by Norman with a storming 46 in his low powered car. Neil had a comfortable win by just over two laps from Rod and Steve who had a close battle. The A final ended up a lot closer than might have been expected as John took the battle to Ross. Ross eventually came out on top but with only one lap separating him from the lower powered car. Pat and Richard had a good tustle but this time the open powered car of Pat prevailed over the low powered car of Richard by just over a lap at the finish.

This was an excellent finale to this years Championship and Nationals qualifying possibly made more open and interesting with the revised class structure.

Click here for a printable version of the  full results and championships (pdf file) 

Richard Wallace, Highland Slot Car Club

Area 2/3 - Pirelli Area Meeting 12th February 2006

Area 3 held it's third (of four) Area round at Pirelli on 12th February.  This was a shared round with Area 2 so we had the added challenge of some different drivers to contend with.  Each Area scored for themselves.  We had 25 drivers in total which (to save time) meant we had to drop qualifying in F1 and Sports, those finals being based on Saloon qualifying.  Nevertheless, the meeting was excellent with some close racing throughout the field and plenty of youngsters taking part.  

As far as Area 3 were concerned, Chris Cowan continued his good form in Novice Production to win from Micky Prout.  In the open classes, George Kimber dominated again in Saloon winning by a good margin from Tom Marsh and Stuart Strachan.  F1 was much closer with Graeme Stephenson taking the win from George and Stuart.  In Sports, George won again from Tom and Stuart.  Interestingly only the top five in Sports beat George's total from Saloon!

Full results from Pirelli

The latest Area 3 Championship tables

Area 1 - Barnton Area Meeting Sunday 8^th January 2006

All the news from round 3 of the Scottish Championships

Area 3 News - Pontefract Area Meeting Sunday 8^th January 2006

Area 3 held it's second (of four) area rounds at Pontefract on the 8th January.  Around 16 drivers enjoyed some good close racing throughout the day and it was good to see Chas back in action although he wasn't feeling great.

Novice Production was won convincingly by local lad Micky Prout with a very steady drive from Glyn Taylor and Chris Cowan.  

George Kimber won Saloon from locals Tom Marsh and Geoff Snaith.

In Formula 1, the A final produced a frantic last minute which saw the lead change hands several times between Stuart, George and Graeme.  Geoff looked on as in the end his total from the B final was enough to take the overall win from Stuart and George.

George then dominated Sports winning by a good margin from Matty Stewart and Paul Bucknell.

Our next Area round will be combined with Area 2 at Pirelli in February.  
Full Pontefract results

The latest Championship tables

AREA 5 – Dudley 8^th Area Meeting Sunday 8^th January 2006

  The new Dudley Club hosted it’s first Area round on Sunday, and some good racing was enjoyed by 13 drivers on a very fast and challenging 130 foot track, using Production chassis and Falcon power.

  In Saloon, Chris Thomas top qualified with 78.53 laps in the best of 3 segment qualification and Brian Saunders was 2^nd with 78.35. In the final though, both were upstaged by ‘Thomas Senior’, (Graham), who came out on top with 26.49 from Brian 26.46. Chris Thomas was 3^rd with 25.55 and Stuart Tennant 4^th with 25.05.

  In F1 Chris again TQ’d with 53.27 in best of 2 segments from Brian (again) on 52.68. Chris held it together this time in the final and ran out the winner with 26.00 laps from Brian on 25.77, Graham was 3^rd on 25.27 and Woody 4^th on 24.00.

  Sports saw the closest finish possible, Chris made a hat-trick of TQ’s with 26.63 from Brian, Graham and Stuart. The final was the best race of the day with Chris running out winner again on 106.63 in a segmented final, just 1/100th of a lap ahead of Brian with 106.62. Graham Thomas finished 3rd with 104.70 and Woody 4^th on 103.32.

  Brian (with 3 second places) still leads the Area 5 championship on 112 points from Chris Thomas with 108.

  A great day’s racing and thanks for the superb hospitality from Dave Homer (the ‘Balti King’). The final round is at the re-furbished Oaklands track on 12^th February.   Full results can be found at www.leicesterslotcarclub.co.uk

  Kev Gray 

Area 1 - Highland Area Meeting Sunday 11^th December 2005

All the news from round 2 of the Scottish Championships.

Area 5 - Leicester Area Meeting  Sunday 11^th December 2005

 The first Area 5 meeting was held at the small but challenging Leicester track on Sunday. All 3 clubs were represented and we had some fast and close racing using Production chassis and Falcon power.

 First up was Saloon, and Brian Saunders was virtually untouchable with his ballistic Eurotoy and took the class by nearly 4 laps from Stuart Tennant with Trevor Tennant 3^rd and Woody 4^th.

 In F1 Brian proved fallible for once and was upstaged by Chris Thomas taking top spot by a lap, from Brian 2^nd, Steve Kearey 3^rd and Trevor Tennant 4^th.  

Normal service was resumed in the Sports finals with Brian again taking 1^st place with some astonishing times in the segmented final. Two heats of 58 laps + would have shattered the lap record on a race night. Chris Thomas took 2^nd place just 2 laps adrift, Woody took 3^rd spot and Bob Budge was 4^th from the B final.  

A good day’s racing was enjoyed by the 14 drivers, and now we’re looking forward to the next round at the new Dudley track on January 8^th. 

Full results can be found on our website – www.leicesterslotcarclub.co.uk , and thanks to all for a good day. 

AREA 3 - Newcastle Area Meeting on 13th November 2005

Area 3 held it's first area round at Newcastle , with seventeen drivers taking part .  There was some very close racing through the day.

Local man Chris Cowan won Novice Production from Glyn Taylor and young Michael Prout from Pontefract.

In the open classes, George Kimber took all three wins (not uncommon).  The rest of us will just have to try that bit harder!  There were, however, notable top three finishes from up and coming drivers Adam Radford (F1) and David Wood (Sports)

Our Area 3 Championship will determine National Finals qualifiers over four rounds, with the best three from four scoring.  Our next round is at Pontefract on 8th January.

Click  for a printable version of the Newcastle results

Stuart Strachan

AREA 1 - BSCRA Scottish Championship Meeting  Barnton 13th November 2005

As you can see it was a clean sweep for Ross Grogan in all classes and he even managed to beat the Super production Qualifying time in a production car!!

The new format for the Championship allows people to compete at all levels and seems to be popular with both the falcon racers and the open BSCRA racers and allows beginners to compete for the Scottish Championship on an even playing field and should keep interest going right up until the last round at Highland in February 06.  At the same time nationals qualifying continues for those who wish to run the open BSCRA classes. Ross used his new prototype E Sport chassis to good effect in the sports race and is expecting production chassis to be available very soon. Also attached are photos of Ross's e sport and production chassis both of which are worth a close look at.

Full results and championship tables