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RACEWAY 81 SUMMER D3 FESTIVAL
2010
RACE REPORT

The 21st of August saw 18 very keen racers arrive for the D3 Summer Festival.
A number of early arrivals had started setting up cars on the Friday evening, but Saturday morning saw practice through until 12.15 giving ample time for most to find their way around the track and find a set up for their cars.

Concourse played an important part of the weekend and points counted not only for the individual concours awards but also towards the overall Victor Ludorum award which was the combined laps scores of all the 4 races + concourse scores for all classes.

Concourse judging was by all of the racers for all of the cars with a maximum 10/10 for each car. Judging on Saturday for F1 & Saloon took place prior to Formula One Qualifying.

Race format for all classes was Qualifying ;- 1 minute all laps to count and then a 6 segment, 3 minute segmental race & win from any Final.
Tech Sheets and Concours voting slips were issued to all drivers on registration and filled in and returned to race control when requested.

	D3 Formula one
Pos.	Name	qualify	total laps
1	Dave Bradburn	10.12	198.13
2	George Kimber	10.81	197.83
3	Andy Brown	10.9	193.57
4	Mike Harrison	10.82	192.73
5	Les Bailey	10.83	189.74
6	Mick Thompson	10.12	189.14
7	Mark Wattam	10.14	188.13
8	Chris Cowan	10.74	187.5
9	Steve Kempson	10.75	186.14
10	Peter Sidgwick	11.12	177.97
11	Dave Lees	9.82	176.83
12	John Newton	10.03	172.81
13	Mike Kerr	9.72	167.11
14	John Dillworth	8.52	160.12
15	Sandy Parker	9.8	157.74
16	Dave Buddle	9.1	154.51
17	Ralph Parker	8.15	145.18
18	Eddie Grice	9.2	125

	D3 saloon
Pos.	name	qualify	total laps
1	Les Bailey	10.74	189.14
2	George Kimber	9.19	187.12
3	Andy Brown	10.09	185.25
4	Steve Kempson	10.14	184.56
5	Mike Harrison	10.55	184.12
6	Chris Cowan	10.14	182.64
7	Dave Bradburn	9.81	173.06
8	Eddie Grice	10.13	173
9	Mark Wattam	10.26	172.55
10	Mick Thompson	9.75	172.13
11	Dave Lees	9.13	169.14
12	Sandy Parker	9.34	168.12
13	Mike Kerr	9.49	167.14
14	John Newton	9.74	166.25
15	Ralph Parker	8.13	159.55
16	John Dillworth	9.13	148.17
17	Dave Buddle	10.13	145.18
18	Peter Sidgwick	11.13	60

	D3 Can am
Pos.	name	qualify	total laps
1	Graeme Stephenson	late	205.2
2	Les Bailey	11.29	200.27
3	George Kimber	11.66	198.86
4	Steve Kempson	11.18	196.74
5	Chris Cowan	11.13	196.74
6	Andy Brown	11.47	196.73
7	Peter Sidgwick	10.9	193.72
8	Dave Lees	10.87	191.92
9	Mark Wattam	9.85	185.86
10	Mike Kerr	10.85	185.57
11	Dave Bradburn	10.49	184.56
12	Mick Thompson	10.03	179.31
13	Ralph Parker	8.24	174.36
14	John Newton	8.83	168.09
15	John Dillworth	8.91	164.62
16	Eddie Grice	8.94	164
17	Dave Buddle	9.54	158.67
18	Sandy Parker	10.4	97.73

Name	d3 f1	f1 concourse	d3 Saloon	saloon concourse	d3 can am	can am concourse	tottenham	tottenham concourse	total
Les Bailey	189.74	109	189.14	108	200.27	99	211.84	116	1222.99
Mike Kerr	167.11	132	167.14	121	185.57	120	204.66	124	1221.48
Andy Brown	193.57	93	185.25	99	196.73	107	210.1	108	1192.65
Steve Kempson	186.14	117	184.56	92	196.74	114	179.1	118	1187.54
John Newton	172.81	110	166.25	118	168.09	102	180.22	118	1135.37
Chris Cowan	187.5	119	182.64	125	196.74	112	194.01	0	1116.89
John Dillworth	160.12	117	148.17	132	164.62	111	148.99	110	1091.9
Eddie Grice	125	106	173	99	164	85	186.69	100	1038.69
Dave Bradburn	198.13	106	173.06	97	184.56	78	185.13	0	1021.88
Ralph Parker	145.18	87	159.55	78	174.36	85	174.21	103	1006.3
Dave Buddle	154.51	94	145.18	84	158.67	79	166.12	104	985.48
Mick Thompson	189.14	91	172.13	92	179.31	94	49	107	973.58
George Kimber	197.83	135	187.12	129	200.27	98		0	947.22
Peter Sidgwick	177.97	118	60	99	193.72	92	194.6	0	935.29
Mark Wattam	188.13	126	172.55	125	185.86	121	0	0	918.54
Dave Lees	176.83	92	169.14	89	191.92	83	54	0	855.89
Sandy Parker	157.74	91	168.12	93	97.73	91	0	0	698.59
Mike Harrison	192.73	116	184.12	108			0	0	600.85
Graeme Stephenson					205.2		210.63	0	415.83

Summer D3 Festival top 6 Tech Charts
position	name	Motor	Chassis�	Gear ratio	Gear Man.	Body	Rear Tyres
D3 Formula One
1	Dave Bradburn	JK Falcon 7	AB modified Red Fox	08:28	ARP/Pama	Cooper Masserati - Retro Rocket	JK B
2	George Kimber	JK Falcon 7	AB (IRRA Spec)	09:28	ARP/Parma	True Scale ferrari /Lancer	JKB/SCD hubs
3	Andy Brown	JK Falcon 7	AB (D3 spec)	08:27	ARP/Parma	Cooper Masserati - Retro Rocket	JK B ali S/H
4	Mike Harrison	JK Falcon 7	MRH Harrison Scratch	08:28	ARP/Parma	Cooper Masserati - Retro Rocket	JK B poly big hub
5	Les Bailey	JK Falcon 7	Rev iso LBR	08:28	ARP Parma	Cooper Masserati - Retro Rocket	Alpha medium Black
6	Mick Thompson	JK Falcon 7	CSCRA Scratch	08:29	Parma	Lotus 49	?
D3 Saloon
1	Les Bailey	JK Falcon 7	Tripod LBR	07:26	ARP/Parma	JK Dodge Charger	JKB
2	George Kimber	JK Falcon 7	IRRA Kimber	09:28	ARP/Parma	Camero - Retro Rocket	JK
3	Andy Brown	JK Falcon 7	JK/GSP/Scr atch	08:27	ARP/Parma	Camero - Retro Rocket	JK
4	Steve Kempson	JK Falcon 7	Scratch Kempson	08:27	GT1/Parma	Mustang - Retro rocket	JK B ali hub
5	Mike Harrison	JK Falcon 7	Slick 7/MRH Scartch	08:28	ARP/Parma	Camaro JK	JKB
6	Chris Cowan	JK Falcon 7	JK Kit with Plummer	08:27	Sonic/Parma	Camero - JK	JK B
D3 Ca-Am
1	Graeme Stephenson	JK Falcon 7	JK/GSP/Scr atch	08:27	ARP/Parma	Truescale TI22	JKB
2	Les Bailey	JK Falcon 7	Rev iso LBR	07:26	SRP/Parma	True Scale TI22	JK B
3	George Kimber	JK Falcon 7	IRRA Kimber	09:28	GT1/Parma	Truescale TI22	JKB/SCD hubs
4	Steve Kempson	JK Falcon 7	Scratch Kempson	08:27	GT1/Parma	Lola T160 - Retro Rocket	JKB Ali hub
5	Chris Cowan	JK Falcon 7	JK kit with Plummer	08:27	Sonic/Parma	Lotus 40 - Retro Rocket	JKB
6	Andy Brown	JK Falcon 7	AB Scratch	08:27	ARP/Parma	Lotus 40 - Retro Rocket	JKB
Tottenham Sports
1	Les Bailey	Mura G20	Rev iso LBR	8.40	ARP/JK	Truescale TI22	JKB
2	Graeme Stephenson	JK Falcon 7	JK/GSP/Scr atch	08:27	ARP/Parma	Truescale TI22	JKB
3	Andy Brown	Mura G20	Rev iso LBR/AB	09:40	ARP/JK	Ferrari 612 -Retro Rocket	JKB Ali hub
4	Mike Kerr	Mura G20	Mick Kerr (original steel)	06:36		Gt Models Ferrari 312PB	?
5	Peter Sidgwick	JK Falcon 7	LBR Plummer	08:28	ARP/Parma	Truescale TI22	JK B
6	Chris Cowan	JK Falcon 7	JK kit with Plummer	08:27	Sonic/Parma	Lotus 40 - Retro Rocket	JKB

	Tottenham Sports
Pos.	name	qualify	total laps	car type
1	Les Bailey	12.13	211.84	TS
2	Graeme Stephenson	11.23	210.63	D3
3	Andy Brown	11.94	210.1	TS
4	Mike Kerr	11.31	204.66	TS
5	Peter Sidgwick	11.12	194.6	D3
6	Chris Cowan	11.15	194.01	D3
7	Eddie Grice	10.14	186.69	TS
8	Dave Bradburn	11.58	185.13	D3
9	John Newton	10.55	180.22	TS
10	Steve Kempson	10.08	179.1	TS
11	Ralph Parker	8.82	174.21	TS
12	Dave Buddle	9.79	166.12	TS
13	John Dillworth	9.79	148.99	TS
14	Dave Lees	10.75	54	D3
15	Mick Thompson	10.09	49	TS

D3 Formula One

D3 Formula One Race Field

George Kimber - Concours Formula One

1st
Dave Bradburn

2nd
George Kimber

3rd
Andy Brown-Searle

D3 Saloon

The D3 Saloon Field

John Dillworth - Concours - Paint by Steve Kempson

1st
Les Bailey

2nd
George Kimber

3rd
Andy Brown-Searle

D3 Can - Am

The D3 Can-Am Field

Mark Wattam
Concours Winner

A close finish! Left to right;- Steve Kempson, Andy Brown & Chris Cowan in the A final.

1st
Graeme Stephenson

2nd
Les Bailey

3rd
George Kimber

Tottenham Rules Sports

The Genuine Tottenham Rules Sports Field

Mick Kerr - Concours Winner Tottenham Sports

Top 4 Tottenham cars;-
From The Top -

Les Bailey

Grameme Stephenson

Andy Brown-Searle

Mick Kerr

Right;- Top 3 Formula One Cars

Saloon proved to be the slowest of the 3 D3 classes raced and again, track experience showed through, however, even for the home drivers it was a learning curve, having only raced Saloon as a club class once before the meeting.

Steve Kempson was the Notable “track newby” in this race with a very credible 4th place.

The cars looked great and even with good lane spacing it proved to be quite a “physical” race at times when passing cars with 4 1/4” wheelbases and longer. Excellent fun!

Sunday saw the fastest Racing of the weekend with D3 Can-Am (and later in Tottenham Sports).
Late arrival Graham Stephenson (who had spent Saturday walking up a mountain in the Lake District for charity) had no practice and went in “cold” to the bottom final & then proceeded to do the fastest run of the race from the C final! (also breaking the existing track record for the class).
The A final saw an incredibly close race in the closing moments with Steve Kempson, Chris Cowan & Andy Brown-Searle finishing for 4th, 5th and 6th, split by just 1 section on the track!

Formula One was the first race of the day and the top final was dominated by home racers with many of the visitors still finding their feet the first time out in a race on the track. So all credit to to Mick Thompson (1st time vistor) for his sixth place overall.

Victor Ludorum Stats

Top 6 Tech Chart Stuff

Victor Ludorum was calculated not only from the outright lap scores, but also the racers points from their Concours scores.
VL points were published after races so racers could see their overall positions as the racing progressed. Congratulations go to Mick Kerr for a very credible 2nd place in the Victor Ludorum Results. It is notable that the VL points also reflect great results for other visiting racers making great efforts both in track results and car presentation, Steve Kempson and John Newton both making top 6 positions.

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Concours Judging in progress

The Crew at Raceway 81 would like to thank all racers who attended and made this a great weekend!
We enjoyed organising it as much as the racers enjoyed the racing! And we look forward to seeing you in 2011 for another Summer D3 Festival! Hopefully we will also be able to visit Wellingborough in 2011 for an “early year” round to the same format and maybe even carry over the Victor Ludorum Trophy to the Summer Festival so our Southern friends get a bigger bite at the Trophy!

Here are a few comments from racers published on Slot Forum ;-
Topic: Raceway81 Summer D3 Festival program now published (Forum: Events)

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gasowder -- Yesterday, 10:47 AM
Excellent slotcar race meeting at a cracking venue.
Never eaten so well at a meeting before :drool: Done the old BMI no favours at all!!
Many thanks from, Sandy, Ralph & myself to all the guys & galls at Raceway 81 for looking after us so well over the past weekend.
Looking forward to more D3 meetings next year.
Ed--------------------------------–

Mick Kerr -- Yesterday, 11:03 AM
I've got to agree with Eddie.
Excellent weekend.
It was especially enjoyable to run the Tottenham cars on the kind of track they were designed for.
Thanks Andy and to all your local racers for making us 'southerners' so welcome.
Cheers.
Mick.
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howmet tx -- Yesterday, 02:43 PM
Fantastic! Fast cars and pies. What could be better? Well, that 'whump' you get when a Gp20 Mura powered car takes the banking ranks high too.

Sincere thanks to everyone concerned. Great track!
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Mike T -- Yesterday, 09:17 PM
Can't say much more than has already been said, great track, great venue and most important of all a great bunch of guys and galls. Thanks for making us all so welcome and for a realy enjoyable weekend.
Mike T.

DEDICATED TO MAKING SLOT RACING FUN

IN THE 21ST CENTURY!

Saturday racing concluded with the D3 Saloon event, but the track stayed open until around 9.30 for practice in D3 Can-Am and Tottenham cars while racers were fed from the outdoor Barbeque and had time to kick back a little and socialise on a wonderful, sunny evening.