Copyright © Southern 32, 2017 Photos copyright C.Frost All rights reserved
Dowty -
13 August
The August round was at Dowtys, Gloucester.
Thanks to Dave, Rob and Phil for organising a very good day’s racing.
After the 3 minute qualifying runs we moved to the 5 minute finals. There were 4
competitors for clubmans, which conveniently filled one final. Simon Francis had
an untroubled win followed by John Dapling. Andy Bishop’s run was far from untroubled
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Super Production and Falcon Masters | |||||
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Final |
Car |
Falcon Masters | |
1 |
Will Stemman |
A |
42.65 |
JK Super Wasp |
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2 |
Phil Mitchell |
A |
40.69 |
JK Falcon |
1 |
3 |
Rob Harris |
A |
38.31 |
JK Super Wasp |
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4 |
Dave Coward |
A |
35.33 |
JK Falcon |
2 |
5 |
Nick Thrower |
B |
40.05 |
JK Super Wasp |
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6 |
Stan Alton |
B |
39.97 |
JK Super Wasp |
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7 |
Simon Francis |
B |
36.25 |
Genesis Falcon |
3 |
8 |
Chris Frost |
B |
35.27 |
Genesis Falcon |
4 |
9 |
Keith Gibson |
C |
36.74 |
JK Super Wasp |
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10 |
John Daplng |
C |
35.77 |
Genesis Falcon |
5 |
11 |
Andy Bishop |
C |
34.32 |
Genesis Falcon |
6 |
12 |
Bill Jenner |
C |
33.86 |
JK Falcon |
7 |
Clubman’s Final | |||
1 |
Simon Francis |
37.64 |
Genesis Falcon |
2 |
John Daplng |
36.21 |
Genesis Falcon |
3 |
Bill Jenner |
32.11 |
JK Falcon |
4 |
Andy Bishop |
26.55 |
Genesis Falcon |
Clubman’s Final
Simon’s winning car
Super Production and Falcon Masters
In the C final Keith Gibson produced his best run so far to win from John Dapling. Andy Bishop switched to his spare car, as his car from the previous final still wouldn’t run. He took third ahead of Bill.
We were treated to two B finals, the first being rerun when the track power fuse blew on one lane. Nick Thrower won both by a few feet from Stan Alton. Simon Francis was the quickest with a Genesis ahead of Chris Frost.
We has two Falcons in the A final, a little unexpected as Dowtys has the longest straights in the series. Will Stemman’s super had looked very quick in qualifying, and he was almost immediately a lap up when all 3 Dowty drivers run into one another half way round the first lap! Will proceeded to win and take the championship lead while Phil Mitchell took second overall and Falcon Masters ahead of the super of Rob Harris and Dave Coward’s Falcon.
Will’s winning car
The A final
Le Mans 32
The team race story can be told as 3 pairs of cars.
K Slotcars and the home PDQ team looked likely winners. Gibbo’s team were leading going into the final segment but the home team were catching. PDQ’s gears went in the final minute making what might have been a close finish a 7 lap win for K Slotcars.
Two teams ran Falcons, Luton took third overall some two dozen laps up on Norfolk and Chance.
John Dapling was due to drive for 2 teams, Scuderia Dowty and GT. However, both cars broke down beyond immediate before he had a chance to drive either of them. Scuderia Dowty decided to withdraw from scoring championship points and swap to a second car. That gave John a drive and the 2 car total split Falcon runners for 4th on the road.
Future Rounds
The next round is a Timaru in September. We now know Luton won’t have a track till early 2018. Roedale makes a return to the series taking the November date and Netley now takes the December date, which is the final 2017 round.
Le Mans 32 | |||
Team |
Drivers |
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Laps |
K Slotcar |
Keith Gibson, Will Stemman |
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327 |
PDS |
Rob Harris, Dave Coward |
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319 |
Luton SCC |
Nick Thrower, Stan Alton |
Falcon Powered |
290 |
Scuderia Dowty |
Phil Mitchell, John Dapling |
Used 2 cars |
276 |
Norfolk and Chance |
Bill Jenner, Andy Bishop |
Falcon Powered |
266 |
GT |
Chris Frost, John Dapling |
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84 |
The winning K Slotcar team and their car