1/32 BOC 2013 British Open Championship
Round 2 -
Dowty club welcomed us for Round 2 of the 2013 championship. Since their last BOC in 2011, they have moved top a new clubroom (still on the new site near Gloucester). The track has been modified and extended, their previous track was the longest 4 laner in the country, and it’s now even more so. A big thank you to Dave and everybody at Dowty for such a good meeting.
As usual at these meetings, racing started with Saloon. After two qualifying heats,
the racers had 4 x 3min segmented finals -
Paul Shepherd took his second win of the day in F1, but this time he did it from the A final. He was joined in the A final by Brian Saunders and Gavin Wills who took second and third. Murray Tucker was top main grade with 6th overall.
The best race of the day was the Sports A final, where Brian narrowly beat Lee, while Shep took third ahead of Gavin by an even smaller margin. Murray was again top main grade having taken 6th overall in all the classes.
Here is the start of the sports A final with Shep looking surprisingly warm on an exceptionally cold late March day
Thanks to the meeting sponsors SCD, BSP, and Rob Harris everybody went away with prizes.
Thoughts about 1/32 racing now turn to the big one -
Chris
Dave Coward presents the trophies
Murray Tucker -
The winning cars from Shep and Brian
© Copyright British Slot Car Racing Association 2013. Photos copyright C.Frost All rights reserved
Saloon |
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F1 |
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Sports | ||||||
1 |
Paul Shepherd |
95.24 |
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1 |
Paul Shepherd |
98.25 |
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1 |
Brian Saunders |
111.59 |
2 |
Brian Saunders |
94.91 |
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2 |
Brian Saunders |
95.08 |
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2 |
Lee Parsons |
111.46 |
3 |
Lee Parsons |
94.69 |
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3 |
Gavin Wills |
94.43 |
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3 |
Paul Shepherd |
108.58 |
4 |
Steve Siddall |
94.41 |
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4 |
Greg Harwood |
92.93 |
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4 |
Gavin Wills |
108.47 |
5 |
Steve Sargent |
93.34 |
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5 |
Lee Parsons |
91.62 |
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5 |
Greg Harwood |
106.75 |
6 |
Murray Tucker |
93.03 |
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6 |
Murray Tucker |
90.64 |
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6 |
Murray Tucker |
106.49 |
7 |
Gavin Wills |
92.31 |
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7 |
Steve Sargent |
89.3 |
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7 |
Christopher Aldridge |
105.63 |
8 |
Ant Hawkes |
91.22 |
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8 |
Richard Mack |
86.88 |
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8 |
Chris Aldridge |
103.32 |
9 |
Greg Harwood |
90.1 |
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9 |
Chris Aldridge |
86.39 |
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9 |
Steve Sargent |
100.87 |
10 |
Christopher Aldridge |
88.85 |
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10 |
Steve Siddall |
83.88 |
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10 |
Ant Hawkes |
93.44 |
11 |
Keith Gibson |
87.97 |
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11 |
Martin Ellis |
82.63 |
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11 |
Chris Frost |
92.07 |
12 |
Chris Aldridge |
87.12 |
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12 |
Ant Hawkes |
82.32 |
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12 |
Keith Gibson |
83.71 |
13 |
Chris Frost |
82.92 |
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13 |
Chris Frost |
80.08 |
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13 |
Steve Siddall |
57 |
14 |
Richard Mack |
81.25 |
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14 |
Keith Gibson |
72.99 |
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14 |
Richard Mack |
27 |
15 |
Martin Ellis |
77.74 |
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15 |
Christopher Aldridge |
19 |
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