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The BSCRA  Area 2 Newsletter



Round 2

Blackpool  8 Jan 2017


13 racers turned up to Blackpool slot car club for the second area round of the 2017 nationals qualifying series.

First up was production. Fylde MCRC member Dave Wood won this race from Harry Shepherd by 6 laps. Jade Slater came 3rd, Barry Schofield came 4th and Adam Gresswell, his first time at this track, was 5th.

Next up was Saloon. 12 racers participated in this class. Martin Ellis top qualified with a 5.453 second lap from Shep whom got a 5.616 second lap. Peter Donely won the B heat with 157.87 laps, an 11 lap lead over Jade Slater who was second in the heat. The A heat was won by Martin Ellis with 179.29 laps, 37 feet ahead of Shep. 5 out of the 6 people in the A heat beat Peters B heat total.

F1 was up next. Shep top qualified this time with a 5.588 second lap, Steve Sargent was second with an impressive time of 5.635 seconds. In the C heat Jade Slater won with 144.22 laps showing that falcon F1s can be competitive against the strap motors. Peter Donely won the B heat with 164.93 laps, 1.5 laps up on second placed Pete Clarkson, Ian Fitzpatrick came 3rd, all 3 beating Jades C heat total. The A heat was a win for Shep from David Sargent, then Steve Sargent, all 3 beating Peter’s B heat total.

The final class of the day was sports. David Sargent was the top qualifier from Shep. The C heat was a win for Ian Fitzpatrick from Jade Slater from Dave Wood, Barry Schofield having retired early on with gear issues. Peter Donely once again won the B heat with 180.83 laps, the only person to beat Ians C heat total. Harry Shepherd came second in this heat on 161.65 laps, only 27 parts ahead of Jades time. Norman Fawcett and Pete Clarkson both finished on 159 laps. The A heat was a comfortable win for Shep on 202.20 laps, 9 laps up on David Sargent, Steve Sargent came 3rd in this one. All 3 beating Peter’s B heat total.

Peter Donely










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Round 1

Blackpool  13 Nov 2016


11 racers turned up at Blackpool slot car club for the first area round of the 2017 season.

First up was production.  5 novice’s entered and Blackpool’s Steven Pearce won with 161 laps from Dave Woods 156. Steven was also the only racer to get a sub 6 second lap.

Next up, Saloon. Gordon Dickson top qualified with an impressive 5.552 second lap from Paul Shepherd on 5.601. The B final was a close fought race which saw several incidents throughout. Steven Pearce won this race by 4 foot from Ian Fitzpatrick both on 159. Hard to believe that this was the first time he had raced this class of car. Peter Donely came 3rd in the race with a 158 having battled back through the pack after having an interior caught in his gears in the first segment leaving him 6 laps adrift of the leaders. All 5 A finalists beat Stevens time, Paul Shepherd coming out on top with 181 laps.

Next up was F1. Top qualifier in this was Martin Ellis with a 5.475 second lap, a new track record, from Paul Shepherd on 5.478 seconds. With only 9 racers for this one it was decided to run 3 groups of 3 racers. The C final was won by Ian Fitzpatrick on 153 laps from Norman whom had spent some time in the pits early on in the race from Steven Pearce whom had gear issues. The B final produced the closest race of the day between Steve Sargent and Peter Donely. Both drivers tussled throughout the race with the lead swapping almost every segment. Going into the final segment Steve Sargent was just ahead of Peter, but with Steve being on White and Peter on Orange this race was hard to call. Peter prevailed to win it by half a lap from Steve, both on 166 laps. These scores  where good enough to give them 2nd and 3rd overall. Pete Clarkson got 3rd in this race with 159, good enough to beat Ian’s C final time. The A final started with David Sargent’s car in the pits after his gear went in Qualifying, he only managed 71 laps in the race due to continuous issues. Paul Shepherd and Martin Ellis were having a good battle up front with Shep just having the edge. However Martin for some reason decided not to run in the last segment which left him 6th overall. This left Shep as the only runner on track for the majority of the last segment and he won with 180 laps, 14 clear of the 2nd and 3rd placed drivers.

Now for the fastest class of the weekend, sports. The top qualifier for this one was Paul Shepherd from David Sargent, then Steve Sargent. Peter Donely rounded off the A final spots. There were 3 retirements in the B final with Ian Fitzpatrick, then Pete Clarkson retiring in the first segment, Norman then retired a couple of segments later. This left the two Blackpool club juniors Harry Shepherd and Steven Pearce running in the remaining few segments, Harry winning by 12 laps over the Steven. All 4 A finalists beat Harry’s 177 lap total, Paul Shepherd being the winner on 212 laps.

Thank you everyone for promptly marshalling all day to ensure a finish before 6pm and also to Stephen Siddall for giving up his Sunday to run race control.

Peter Donely


Fylde Area Meeting 12 February 2017


Production Race


Saloon Qualification

Saloon Finals






Laps






Laps





Callum Wood

124.09


Martin Ellis

4.598


Paul Shepherd

140.26





Dave Wood

123.91


Paul Shepherd

4.76


David Sargent

134.87





Jade Slater

115.61


Steve Sargent

4.786


Steve Sargent

133.23





Barry Schofield

115.22


David Sargent

4.854


Pete Clarkson 

132.87





Adam Gresswell

108.58


Pete Clarkson

5.021


Dave Wood

124.18





Steven Pearce

107.92


Dave Wood

5.023


Martin Ellis

117.74





Harry Shepherd

95.79


Callum Wood

5.447


Barry Schofield

114.97





Damon Ryland

93.38


Barry Schofield

5.482


Peter Donely

112.1








Jade Slater

5.577


Callum Wood

110.33








Steven Pearce

5.648


Jade Slater

110.24








Peter Donely

5.746


Harry Shepherd

99.59








Harry Shepherd

5.779


Steven Pearce

76.5








Ian Fitzpatrick

5.865


Ian Fitzpatrick

0

















F1 Qualification


F1 Finals



Sports Qualifying


Sports Finals






Laps






Laps


David Sargent

4.876


Pete Clarkson

130.93


Paul Shepherd

3.964


Paul Shepherd

160.03


Steve Sargent

5.117


David Sargent

117.46


David Sargent

4.038


David Sargent

153.68


Paul Shepherd

5.137


Ian Fitzpatrick

116.92


Steve Sargent

4.131


Pete Clarkson

144.83


Pete Clarkson

5.161


Paul Shepherd

115.49


Pete Clarkson

4.216


Steve Sargent

144.2


Dave Wood

5.283


Peter Donely

114.92


Peter Donely

4.97


Peter Donely

128.35


Ian Fitzpatrick

5.677


Callum Wood

114.81


Barry Schofield

4.98


Harry Shepherd

119.88


Barry Schofield

5.745


Barry Schofield

111.14


Harry Shepherd

5.154


Callum Wood

119.72


Callum Wood

5.954


Dave Wood

107.3


Dave Wood

5.196


Barry Schofield

117.95


Peter Donely

6.013


Jade Slater

88.6


Ian Fitzpatrick

5.298


Jade Slater

116.94


Jade Slater

6.191


Steve Sargent

52.26


Callum Wood

5.432


Steven Pearce

112.29


Steven Pearce

8.6


Steven Pearce

0


Steven Pearce

5.585


Ian Fitzpatrick

57


Thanks to Steve Sargent for the results


Jade Slater

5.616


Dave Wood

46


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Fylde Area Meeting 12 March 2017

Production Race


Saloon Qualifying


F1 Qualifying


Sports Qualifying

Damon Ryland

124.94


Steve Sargent

4.765


David Sargent

4.833


Paul Shepherd

4.046

Dave Wood

124.16


David Sargent

4.79


Steve Sargent

4.875


David Sargent

4.16

Callum Wood

122.22


Paul Shepherd

4.806


Paul Shepherd

5.042


Pete Clarkson

4.192

Barry Schofield

120.93


Martin Ellis

4.997


Pete Clarkson

5.129


Steve Sargent

4.278

Steven Pearce

117.18


Pete Clarkson

5.178


Peter Donely

5.365


Peter Donely

4.726

Jade Slater

105.21


Jade Slater

5.277


Dave Wood

5.462


Harry Shepherd

4.875

Harry Shepherd

103.45


Callum Wood

5.303


Norman Fawcett

5.862


Norman Fawcett

4.984




Dave Wood

5.447


Callum Wood

6.086


Dave Wood

5.118



Norman Fawcett

5.497


Jade Slater

6.123


Barry Schofield

5.148




Peter Donely

5.556





Jade Slater

5.283




Barry Schofield

5.569





Steven Pearce

5.32




Harry Shepherd

5.822










Damon Ryland

5.829





















Saloon Finals


F1 Finals


Sports Finals





Laps



Laps



Laps




David Sargent

139.33


David Sargent

138.93


Paul Shepherd

161.43




Paul Shepherd

139.13


Paul Shepherd

135.2


David Sargent

154.61




Pete Clarkson 

135.53


Steve Sargent

134.31


Steve Sargent

149.32




Steve Sargent

131.54


Pete Clarkson

129.68


Peter Donely

132.65




Callum Wood

125.21


Peter Donely

117.72


Norman Fawcett

129.92




Norman Fawcett

123.56


Norman Fawcett

115.81


Steven Pearce

121.36




Jade Slater

119.08


Dave Wood

112.57


Jade Slater

116.52




Martin Ellis

115.48


Callum Wood

111.1


Harry Shepherd

116.12




Damon Ryland

111.54


Jade Slater

104.87


Barry Schofield

108.76




Barry Schofield

110.64





Pete Clarkson

97.42




Harry Shepherd

106.75





Dave Wood

12




Dave Wood

67.22










Peter Donely

19







CHAMPIONSHIPS 2016/17  Final Positions

INTRO 32

Blackpool

Fylde



Saloon

Blackpool

Fylde



1

2

3

4

Best 3



1

2

3

4

Best 3

Dave Wood

47

50

47

47

144


Paul Shepherd

50

47

50

47

147

Callum Wood

45

0

50

45

140


David Sargent

45

45

47

50

142

Steven Pearce

50

0

39

41

130


Martin Ellis

47

50

39

35

136

Jade Slater

0

45

45

39

129


Steve Sargent

43

41

45

43

131

Barry Schofield

0

43

43

43

129


Pete Clarkson

35

43

43

45

131

Damon Ryland

43

0

35

50

128


Peter Donely

37

39

35

28

111

Harry Shepherd

41

47

37

37

125


Norman Fawcett

33

33

0

39

105

Adam Gresswell

0

41

41

0

82


Ian Fitzpatrick

39

37

28

0

104








Jade Slater

0

35

31

37

103








Dave Wood

0

30

41

29

100








Barry Schofield

0

29

37

31

97








Harry Shepherd

31

31

30

30

92








Callum Wood

0

0

33

41

74








Steven Pearce

41

0

29

0

70








Damon

0

0

0

33

33














F1

1

2

3

4

Best 3


Sports

1

2

3

4

Best 3

Paul Shepherd

50

50

43

47

147


Paul Shepherd

50

50

50

50

150

David Sargent

33

47

47

50

144


David Sargent

47

47

47

47

141

Pete Clarkson

43

41

50

43

136


Steve Sargent

45

45

43

45

135

Steve Sargent

45

45

31

45

135


Peter Donely

43

43

41

43

129

Peter Donely

47

43

41

41

131


Harry Shepherd

41

39

39

35

119

Ian Fitzpatrick

41

39

45

0

125


Pete Clarkson

35

33

45

31

113

Norman Fawcett

37

35

0

39

111


Norman Fawcett

37

35

0

41

113

Jade Slater

0

37

33

33

103


Steven Pearce

39

0

31

39

109

Dave Wood

0

31

35

37

103


Jade Slater

0

37

33

37

107

Callum Wood

0

0

39

35

74


Ian Fitzpatrick

33

41

30

0

104

Barry Schofield

0

33

37

0

70


Barry Schofield

0

30

35

33

98

Steven Pearce

35

0

30

0

65


Dave Wood

0

31

29

30

90

Martin Ellis

39

0

0

0

39


Callum Wood

0

0

37

0

37

Nationals Qualifiers

Paul Shepherd, Martin Ellis and David Sargent have qualified via the BOC