Netley Classic 2013 - 4 August
The Netley club made us very welcome for an excellent day's racing, thank you to everybody at Netley
The standard of cars was very high, best presented body
judging was very close, producing a 5 way tie on first choice votes, the
one of those with most 2nd place votes was the winner.
Bill Charters won best presented with this model of Bruce McLaren's "Zerex
Special"
F1
All the classes gave everybody a run on each lane, the drivers' best 3 runs counted to qualify for step up finals. The first racing class was 1961-1965 F1s. This culminated in the A final with Steve Turner, Dick Smith, Mick Langridge and Mick Kerr (below).
Mick Langridge won the final with Dick and Steve all on the lead lap Full F1 Results . Below - Mick's winning car.
Sports/GT
The 1963-1967 Sports/GT class culminated in the A final where Rob and Mike joined Mick and Mick .
This time it was Mick Kerr with Mike Thomson second also on the lead lap. Full SportsResults Below - Mick's winning car
Saloon
The final class of the day Saloon and Touring cars that
competed in the British Saloon Car Championships 1961 to 1965. This provided a
wide range of cars from Ralph Parker's Mini to several Ford Galaxies. A
couple of drivers didn't have eligible saloon cars, so ran other saloons in a
"formula libre" class with a separate final.
The main A final Consisted of Dick Smith, Richard Mack, Mike Thomson and
Mick Langridge .
Mike Thomson lapped the field, here's his winning car Full Saloon Results
And lastly....
One car that didn't race, but just has to be included in the photos was
Phil Smith's Hurst Floor Shifter Special.
A big thank you to all at Netley for a great day's slotting.
Chris Frost
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