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SCX F-1
70s/80s Race 7: Michael Smalley's Riverside Raceway
The most brilliant and beautiful
SCX F1's
Michael driving his own car reversed the earlier result
and forced Daniel into second. Once again Chris Chan took 3rd and Nigel having a rare consistent day took 4th.
Jim Wiseman had left, and showing consistently was Bill S. taking the 5th place for his overall best day ever. This
man has to be take seriously now! Thomas stopped talking about karaoke enough to up his placing, and then Craig, Jim
W., Bill P, and Mike Pawl filled out the next spots. Bruce took his inaugural spin at the track and Gary basically
had enough at one point and walked away from track to finish any chance he had and the newbie’s, Karl, Ed, and
John, perhaps expectedly on a tough track like this, rounded out the placings.
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SCX F-1 70s/80s Race 7 - 28 Oct 2006 |
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Smalley Riverside Raceway |
3Min Heats: Clockwise 13v |
|
Driver |
Car |
Yellow |
Blue |
White |
Red |
Total |
Points |
|
Michael Smalley |
Minardi Ford/Quenna |
29.8 |
30.6 |
27.7 |
30.2 |
118.3 |
20 |
|
Daniel Snipes |
Minardi Green Machine |
28.2 |
27.8 |
28.3 |
29.0 |
113.3 |
18 |
|
Chris Chan |
??? |
26.3 |
27.1 |
28.1 |
26.8 |
108.3 |
16 |
|
Nigel Rick |
??? |
24.8 |
26.1 |
26.1 |
28.2 |
105.2 |
15 |
|
Bill Schniedewind |
Loaners |
26.3 |
25.1 |
26.8 |
26.5 |
104.7 |
14 |
|
Thomas Lauffenberger |
Loaners |
26.9 |
25.6 |
25.4 |
26.3 |
104.2 |
13 |
|
Craig Williamson |
Lola Honda |
25.3 |
26.4 |
26.3 |
25.6 |
103.6 |
12 |
|
Jim Wolfe |
Loaners |
25.9 |
26.3 |
25.2 |
25.4 |
102.8 |
11 |
|
Bill Polakow |
Minardi Sniper Tuned |
25.1 |
27.3 |
25.2 |
20.3 |
97.9 |
10 |
|
Mike Pawl |
??? |
21.8 |
27.8 |
22.8 |
25.4 |
97.8 |
9 |
|
Bruce Talamon |
Loaners |
20.7 |
23.7 |
22.8 |
24.3 |
91.5 |
8 |
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Gary Woods |
Lola Ford |
12.0 |
25.1 |
25.3 |
26.2 |
88.6 |
7 |
|
Karl Kakuck |
Loaners |
21.8 |
23.4 |
22.6 |
19.8 |
87.6 |
6 |
|
Ed Beer |
Loaners |
22.4 |
21.3 |
20.7 |
21.7 |
86.1 |
5 |
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John Barklow |
Loaners |
18.9 |
21.5 |
23.6 |
22.1 |
86.1 |
4 |
Race 6 TalaMonaco
Today was out first race day at Bruce's TalaMonaco, a 4 lane routed wood
track with magnabraid using Trakmate lap counting through a deadstrip. The challenge in this track is the extensive
use of lame squeezes throught the track meaning self-control and the ability to pass in only one or two spots was crucial.
Of course the same two (Daniel and Michael) were at the top! Bruce, Terry and Marc had done a great job getting the
track built with help along the way from Gary and at the last night Michael and Thomas.
Daniel's win was his first ever in the F1 class, taking his new paintjob Minardi to a 3
lap win (just 12 seconds on this track where the average lap time is just around 4 seconds) over Michael, mostly driving his
Ford Tyrrell until he wimped out in the 3rd heat! Showing his car control and long-term experience Chris Chan
took 3rd 8/10ths of a lap ahead of John Emmons who just pushed Rene into 5th by 1/10th of a lap. Craig
had great day coming 6th his highest inidividual result for the year 8/10ths of a lap ahead of Thomas in 7th with Stephen3
aps back in 8th. Nigel beat Richard by just 1/10th of a lap in the last two Top 10 spots. Special congratulations
to Cameron Emmons and Jordan Talamon for racing with us for the first time and doing very well.
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SCX F1 1970/80's Race 6: 10 Sep
2005 |
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TalaMonaco |
3Min Heats: Anti-Clockwise (13v) |
|
Driver |
Car |
Orange |
Green |
White |
Red |
Total |
Points |
|
Daniel Snipes |
Phantom (Minardi) |
45.8 |
46.2 |
45.3 |
46.6 |
183.9 |
20 |
|
Michael Smalley |
Tyrrell P34 (Ford)/Minardi |
44.6 |
44.0 |
45.9 |
46.1 |
180.6 |
18 |
|
Chris Chan |
Jordan Peugoet |
42.2 |
41.0 |
42.4 |
47.7 |
173.3 |
16 |
|
John Emmons |
Minardi |
39.7 |
42.5 |
43.9 |
46.4 |
172.5 |
15 |
|
Rene Cortez |
Benetton (Minardi) |
44.4 |
41.6 |
41.8 |
44.6 |
172.4 |
14 |
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Craig Williamson |
Skandia McLaren |
40.9 |
41.2 |
44.2 |
44.3 |
170.6 |
13 |
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Thomas Lauffenberger |
Loaner Cars |
42.2 |
41.6 |
40.5 |
45.5 |
169.8 |
12 |
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Stephen Farr-Jones |
Williams FW07 |
42.9 |
40.1 |
38.8 |
45.2 |
167.0 |
11 |
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Nigel Rick |
Minardi |
42.5 |
40.4 |
38.6 |
44.5 |
166.0 |
10 |
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Richard Zimmerman |
Loaner Cars |
42.7 |
42.1 |
39.3 |
41.8 |
165.9 |
9 |
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Stan Smith |
Loaner Cars |
43.8 |
40.3 |
34.8 |
46.2 |
165.1 |
8 |
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Jim Wolfe |
Loaner Cars |
43.9 |
39.5 |
34.9 |
42.7 |
161.0 |
7 |
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Laurent Bives |
Loaner Cars |
39.1 |
38.0 |
36.5 |
46.6 |
160.2 |
6 |
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Mike Pawl |
Lola McLaren |
39.3 |
38.1 |
34.8 |
43.6 |
155.8 |
5 |
|
Bruce Talamon |
Ferrari F1 87 Jagermeister |
40.0 |
36.7 |
32.0 |
43.4 |
152.1 |
4 |
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Cameron Emmons |
Loaner Cars |
39.5 |
37.2 |
35.0 |
34.9 |
146.6 |
3 |
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Jordan Talamon |
Loaner Cars |
38.7 |
32.4 |
29.3 |
43.0 |
143.4 |
2 |
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Loaner Cars |
Minardi |
Jordan |
McLaren |
Ferrari |
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Race 5
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SCX Formula One 1970/80's Race 5: 5 August 2006 |
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Nigelstone |
45 Min Heats: Clockwise 13v |
|
Team |
Driver |
|
Red |
Green |
Yellow |
Blue |
Total |
Points |
|
3A |
Michael Smalley |
Blue 1st |
262.9 |
272.6 |
271.2 |
264.6 |
1071.3 |
20.0 |
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3B |
Nigel Rick |
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|
|
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
3C |
Stan Smith |
|
|
|
|
|
|
20.0 |
|
3D |
Gary Woods |
9.194 |
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|
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|
20.0 |
|
4A |
Stephen Farr-Jones |
Yellow 1st |
266.6 |
262.2 |
269.5 |
260.9 |
1059.2 |
18.0 |
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4B |
John Emmons |
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|
|
|
|
18.0 |
|
4C |
Thomas Lauffenberger |
|
|
|
|
|
|
18.0 |
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4D |
Mike Pawl |
8.9 |
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|
18.0 |
|
1A |
Chris Chan |
Green 1st |
256.9 |
262.9 |
266.9 |
260.7 |
1047.4 |
16.0 |
|
1B |
Bob Beck |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.0 |
|
1C |
Bill Polakow |
|
|
|
|
|
|
16.0 |
|
1D |
Bill Schniedewind |
9.473 |
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|
16.0 |
|
2A |
Daniel Snipes |
Red 1st |
259.6 |
257.9 |
264.7 |
257.8 |
1040.0 |
15.0 |
|
2B |
Jim Wolfe |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
2C |
Richard Zimmerman |
|
|
|
|
|
|
15.0 |
|
2D |
Craig Williamson |
9.809 |
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|
|
15.0 |
|
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Loaner Cars |
Williams FW07 |
Ligier JS |
Lotus 79 |
Alfa Romeo-Brabham |
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SCX
F1 Race 4, FArrout Raceway
Well we had three
momentous occurrences in this F1 race:
- Michael
Smalley took a well fought win over Chris R with
a Tyrrell P34 6 wheeler! However that was not what excited him. What excited him enough to call me immediately
after the race was something about the car actually being a Ford or something about it having a Ford engine. Go figure,
I thought we all used an SCX motor. More seriously great to see the older style F1’s do so well
- Mike Pawl took his FIRST EVER individual 4th place, a big breakthrough after his previous best of 8th
this year, 5th twice in 2005 and 6th 3 times in 2004. He did it with solid performances and 2
Top 5 of day on White and Orange
- Stephen did not have to provide any loaners (thank you Michael for supplying the F1 and the 4WD loaners)
In other developments
Chris R continued his good performances with a clear 2nd as did Daniel with a clear 3rd (we need to
get both of them to drink more alcohol before during and after races), Thomas for a change was the second placed Loaner Car
driver in 5th place just 2/10ths of a lap behind Mike P, Bill P reveled in his newly refurbished F1
car to take 6th ½ a lap behind that(courtesy of Daniel’s efforts), Jim Wolfe’s improvement continued
only let down by a relatively poor run on Orange and ended up in a tie with the returning Bob Beck for 7th.
Nigel came 8th , Stephen enjoyed his way to 9th and Stan showed his promise on Red lane for 10th
and in total was only 1/10th of a lap behind Stephen.
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SCX F1 1970/80's Race 4: 17 June 2006 |
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Farrout Raceway |
3Min Heats: Clockwise 12v |
|
Driver |
Car |
Red |
White |
Green |
Orange |
Total |
Points |
|
Michael Smalley |
Tyrrell-Ford P34 |
24.3 |
24.3 |
24.3 |
23.8 |
96.7 |
20 |
|
Chris
Radisich |
Minardi |
24.7 |
23.8 |
23.7 |
23.6 |
95.8 |
18 |
|
Daniel
Snipes |
Minardi |
22.5 |
23.3 |
23.6 |
23.4 |
92.8 |
16 |
|
Mike
Pawl |
McLaren (Lola) |
22.5 |
23.1 |
22.5 |
22.6 |
90.7 |
15 |
|
Thomas
Lauffenberger |
Loaner Cars |
22.5 |
22.8 |
22.6 |
22.6 |
90.5 |
14 |
|
Bill
Polakow |
Minardi |
22.4 |
22.3 |
22.8 |
22.5 |
90.0 |
13 |
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Jim
Wolfe |
Loaner Cars |
22.7 |
22.7 |
22.8 |
21.6 |
89.8 |
12 |
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Bob
Beck |
McLaren |
21.0 |
23.5 |
23.1 |
22.2 |
89.8 |
12 |
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Nigel
Rick |
Minardi |
22.1 |
20.8 |
21.9 |
22.7 |
87.5 |
10 |
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Stephen
Farr-Jones |
Williams FW07 |
22.6 |
20.0 |
22.9 |
21.5 |
87.0 |
9 |
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Stan
Smith |
Ferrari |
22.7 |
22.4 |
20.3 |
21.5 |
86.9 |
8 |
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Chris
Chan |
Loaner Cars |
21.1 |
21.8 |
22.1 |
21.3 |
86.3 |
7 |
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Russell
Bracher |
Tyrrell P34 |
19.5 |
21.7 |
22.7 |
22.1 |
86.0 |
6 |
|
Craig
Williamson |
Loaner Cars |
21.0 |
21.2 |
21.5 |
21.3 |
85.0 |
5 |
|
Gary
Woods |
Ferrari |
20.9 |
20.4 |
21.0 |
21.1 |
83.4 |
4 |
|
|
Loaner Cars |
Ferrari (MS) |
Minardi (MS) |
McLaren (MS) |
Alfa Romeo |
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SCX Formula 1 Race 3: 6 May 2006
Ok, I admit it: I tried to get anyone who was in a heat with Rene to take
him out, and I don't mean to dinner! Maybe next time I should offer a dinner since Chris Chan got soooo close to hitting
him in one heat and the marshal's seemed determined to help me by knocking Rene off when marshalling other cars 3 times in
another heat. Yet I still lost to him by 4/10ths of a lap in the very last heat of the day thanks to coming off by myself
and then seeing my car (and to be fair Daniel's and Michael's cars) being lovingly fondled by a marshal with a clear 1970's/80's
F1 fetish for what was about a whole lap.......... I am sure Rene drove well but this is all about me darn it!!!
In other racing apparently happening on the same day, Daniel drove super strongly to be leading
after 3 heats but the above mentioned last heat "issues" saw him finish a lap down in 3rd place, still it was his best result
in F1 this year. Jim Wolfe continued his hot day by taking his first ever 4th place a lap down on Daniel,
where he just edged Chris "The Living Legend" Chan into 5th place by 4/10ths of a lap. Michael came in 6th (also driving
a "vintage" car like Stephen and Russell) the freight train nature of the 6 wheel Tyrrell not helping on Rene's track.
Bill P had a good 7th with a strong Top 5 of day run on White, ahead of Gary in 8th, who
just beat Craig in 9th who had a Top 5 of day on Blue. Dennis had a sub-par for him day to round out the Top 10 but
did get a Top 5 of day on White. Special mentions to Thomas with a Top 5 on Yellow and the same for Russell driving
the Tyrrell into Top 5 on Blue lane.
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SCX F1 1970/80's Race 3: 6 May
2006 |
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|
SSI Raceway |
3Min Heats: Anti-Clockwise 13v |
|
Driver |
Car |
Red |
White |
Blue |
Yellow |
Total |
Points |
|
Rene Cortez |
Minardi Mild Seven |
24.3 |
24.3 |
22.6 |
23.7 |
94.9 |
20 |
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Stephen Farr-Jones |
Williams FW07 |
24.2 |
23.3 |
23.5 |
23.5 |
94.5 |
18 |
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Daniel Snipes |
Minardi |
23.8 |
23.3 |
22.5 |
23.8 |
93.4 |
16 |
|
Jim Wolfe |
Loaner Cars |
22.8 |
23.3 |
23.4 |
22.5 |
92.0 |
15 |
|
Chris Chan |
Loaner Cars |
22.7 |
23.2 |
23.0 |
22.7 |
91.6 |
14 |
|
Michael Smalley |
Tyrrell P34 |
23.5 |
23.7 |
21.9 |
22.2 |
91.3 |
13 |
|
Bill Polakow |
Loaner Cars |
22.5 |
23.9 |
21.6 |
22.2 |
90.2 |
12 |
|
Gary Woods |
Lola Scandia (McLaren) |
22.0 |
21.5 |
22.9 |
23.2 |
89.6 |
11 |
|
Craig Williamson |
Loaner Cars |
21.2 |
22.6 |
23.3 |
22.3 |
89.4 |
10 |
|
Dennis Samson |
Ferrari F1/87 |
22.0 |
23.5 |
22.1 |
21.4 |
89.0 |
9 |
|
Thomas Lauffenberger |
Loaner Cars |
21.9 |
21.0 |
22.0 |
23.4 |
88.3 |
8 |
|
Russell Bracher |
Tyrrell P34 |
21.9 |
21.7 |
23.3 |
20.7 |
87.6 |
7 |
|
Mike Pawl |
Minardi Valleverde |
21.9 |
22.0 |
22.0 |
21.2 |
87.1 |
6 |
|
Tim Weston |
Ferrari Jagermeister |
20.6 |
22.5 |
21.4 |
21.9 |
86.4 |
5 |
|
Stan Smith |
Ferrari F1/87 |
22.0 |
22.6 |
21.3 |
19.5 |
85.4 |
4 |
|
Patrick Smith |
Minardi Motorcraft |
19.7 |
20.2 |
21.1 |
18.5 |
79.5 |
3 |
SCX Formula 1 1970/80’s Race 2: 4 March 2006
For
the second F1 race of the season we visited Chris Chan's Mr Model Car in Santa Monica for a trip round his Scalextric Sport
Riverside layout. Stephen (Williams FW07), Rene (Ligier JS11) and this time Micheal (Tyrrell P34 6-wheeler) went with
the older style F1's and almost swept the podium but were pipped by a returning Chris R in his Minardi who took 1st from Stephen
in 2nd by a mere 1/10th of a lap. Your Beloved Benevolent Dictator nearly cried - it is the second F1 race in a row
where he was denied 1st place by the smallest margin possible! Donations to the SFJ Recovery Fund can be made by PapPal or
Credit Cards.
Just
less than a lap behind in 3rd was Micheal, Rene was in 4th behind by 4/10ths, our host Chris C in a clear 5th, ahead of Daniel
in 6th, Richard C (definitely a ring-in!) in 7th, a resurgent Tim in 8th just ahead of Nigel 9th and Mike P in 10th ahead
of a tie for 11th between John E and Richard Z.
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SCX F1 1970/80's Race 2: 4 March 2006 |
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Mr Model Car |
3Min Heats: Clockwise 13v |
|
Driver |
Car |
Red |
White |
Blue |
Yellow |
Total |
Points |
|
Chris Radisich |
Minardi |
26.2 |
26.4 |
27.5 |
25.8 |
105.9 |
20 |
|
Stephen Farr-Jones |
Williams FW07 |
26.3 |
25.3 |
27.2 |
27.0 |
105.8 |
18 |
|
Michael Smalley |
Tyrrell P34 Ford |
25.4 |
24.9 |
26.9 |
27.7 |
104.9 |
16 |
|
Rene Cortez |
Ligier JS11 |
25.2 |
25.9 |
26.4 |
27.0 |
104.5 |
15 |
|
Chris Chan |
Minardi |
25.2 |
25.3 |
25.4 |
25.1 |
101.0 |
14 |
|
Daniel Snipes |
Lola McLaren (Kenwood) |
23.9 |
25.0 |
25.4 |
25.2 |
99.5 |
13 |
|
Richard Costello |
Loaners |
23.2 |
24.2 |
25.6 |
22.8 |
95.8 |
12 |
|
Tim Weston |
Ferrari F1/87 |
23.8 |
23.9 |
24.7 |
22.3 |
94.7 |
11 |
|
Nigel Rick |
Loaners |
22.3 |
23.9 |
24.4 |
23.9 |
94.5 |
10 |
|
Mike Pawl |
Minardi |
22.3 |
24.2 |
24.4 |
22.4 |
93.3 |
9 |
|
John Emmons |
Minardi |
24.5 |
23.5 |
19.7 |
25.3 |
93.0 |
8 |
|
Richard Zimmerman |
Loaners |
22.7 |
22.9 |
24.1 |
23.3 |
93.0 |
8 |
|
Thomas Lauffenberger |
Loaners |
23.2 |
24.2 |
22.0 |
21.2 |
90.6 |
6 |
|
Gary Woods |
Lola Scandia (McLaren) |
21.2 |
23.4 |
22.1 |
23.4 |
90.1 |
5 |
|
Craig Williamson |
Loaners |
21.9 |
23.3 |
23.0 |
20.2 |
88.4 |
4 |
|
Russell Bracher |
Ferrari F1/87 |
22.6 |
20.0 |
21.4 |
24.3 |
88.3 |
3 |
|
Patrick Smith |
Loaners |
18.5 |
22.1 |
21.9 |
19.9 |
82.4 |
2 |
Top 5 results by lane in bold italic
SCX
Formula 1 1970/80’s Race 1: 7 January 2006
So
Rene and Stephen made a pact: we would both run the older F1’s just because we love them rather than the newer Ferrari/Minardi/McLaren/Jordan’s
– theoretically the older cars are slower and twitchier, courtesy of 10 extra grams higher up, but we just love them! While we secretly hoped we would be able to stay with Michael’s Minardi, the
reality was that he was too good despite having a relatively poor run on red.
Michael was 1st by 1/10th
of a lap ahead of Stephen in 2nd, with Rene in 3rd by 4/10ths of a lap. And guess who should be lurking in 4th again – Bob!
Bob held off Daniel in 5th by 1/10th of a lap. In
6th was Nigel based on strong runs in Red and White with Thomas 2/10ths of a lap behind in 7th. Eric’s 8th was his second best result ever in the sprint races (across
all classes). In 9th was Bill P with newbie Richard in 10th
again (he will be going up a bracket for the next race J).
Again
– like in 2WD – note the Top 5 of day on Red lane by Richard C and on White lane by Mike Pawl. Mike beat both Rene and Stephen in heat when he did his run on White lane.
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SCX F1 1970/80's Race 1: 7 Jan 2005 |
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|
SSI Raceway |
3Min Heats: Clockwise 13v |
|
Driver |
Car |
Red |
White |
Blue |
Yellow |
Total |
Points |
|
Michael Smalley |
Minardi Quenna |
22.8 |
23.6 |
23.5 |
23.3 |
93.2 |
20 |
|
Stephen Farr-Jones |
Williams FW07 |
23.2 |
23.8 |
23.2 |
22.9 |
93.1 |
18 |
|
Rene Cortez |
Tyrrell P34 |
23.1 |
24.0 |
23.2 |
22.4 |
92.7 |
16 |
|
Bob Beck |
Mclaren Mears Gang |
23.3 |
23.3 |
23.3 |
22.5 |
92.4 |
15 |
|
Daniel Snipes |
Lola Scandia (McLaren) |
23.5 |
23.4 |
22.6 |
22.8 |
92.3 |
14 |
|
Nigel Rick |
Minardi Valleverde |
23.3 |
23.6 |
22.1 |
21.7 |
90.7 |
13 |
|
Thomas Lauffenberger |
Loaner Cars |
22.4 |
24.2 |
22.6 |
21.3 |
90.5 |
12 |
|
Eric Williams |
Loaner Cars |
22.6 |
23.4 |
21.9 |
20.6 |
88.5 |
11 |
|
Bill Polakow |
Minardi |
22.4 |
22.7 |
20.7 |
21.5 |
87.3 |
10 |
|
Richard Costello |
Loaner Cars |
23.1 |
22.1 |
22.1 |
19.4 |
86.7 |
9 |
|
Stan Smith |
Ferrari F1/87 |
22.2 |
22.7 |
21.3 |
20.4 |
86.6 |
8 |
|
Mike Pawl |
Minardi Valleverde |
20.1 |
23.7 |
21.0 |
20.4 |
85.2 |
7 |
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Gary Woods |
Lola Scandia (McLaren) |
21.5 |
23.1 |
21.3 |
19.1 |
85.0 |
6 |
|
Russell Bracher |
Ferrari F1/87 |
22.1 |
20.4 |
20.3 |
20.0 |
82.8 |
5 |
|
Tim Weston |
Ferrari F1/87 |
20.4 |
21.1 |
20.6 |
19.3 |
81.4 |
4 |
Top 5 results by lane in bold italic
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