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Dowty   - Round 7

13 August

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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 - his car stopped which left Bill Jenner in third.


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Super Production and Falcon Masters



Final

Car

Falcon Masters

1

Will Stemman

A

42.65

JK Super Wasp


2

Phil Mitchell

A

40.69

JK Falcon

1

3

Rob Harris

A

38.31

JK Super Wasp


4

Dave Coward

A

35.33

JK Falcon

2

5

Nick Thrower

B

40.05

JK Super Wasp


6

Stan Alton

B

39.97

JK Super Wasp


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


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


Laps

K Slotcar

Keith Gibson, Will Stemman


327

PDS

Rob Harris, Dave Coward


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


84

The winning K Slotcar team and their car