1/24 BOC 2024 British Open Championship
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Production Saloon |
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Open Group 12 |
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Eurosport |
motor |
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1 |
Ross Grogan |
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1 |
Lee Parsons |
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1 |
Lee Parsons |
brushless |
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2 |
Will Stemman |
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2 |
Josh Bryant |
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2 |
Ross Grogan |
brushless |
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3 |
Josh Bryant |
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3 |
Will Stemman |
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3 |
Ron Kiddell |
brushless |
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4 |
Ron Kiddell |
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4 |
Ross Grogan |
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4 |
David Sargent |
strap |
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5 |
Barry Gilzean |
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5 |
Steve Sweetman |
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5 |
Barry Gilzean |
brushless |
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6 |
Lee Parsons |
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6 |
Keith Gibson |
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6 |
Richard Mack |
brushless |
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7 |
Keith Gibson |
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7 |
Richard Mack |
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7 |
Pat Skene |
brushless |
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8 |
David Sargent |
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8 |
Ben Woodward |
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8 |
Craig |
strap |
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9 |
Pat Skene |
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9 |
Graham Woodward |
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9 |
Keith Gibson |
strap |
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10 |
Ben Woodward |
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10 |
Barry Gilzean |
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10 |
Graham Woodward |
brushless |
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11 |
Craig |
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11 |
Craig |
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11 |
Chris Frost |
brushless |
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12 |
Peter Kerr |
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12 |
Pat Skene |
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12 |
Will Stemman |
brushless |
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13 |
Steve Sargent |
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13 |
Steve Sargent |
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13 |
Peter Kerr |
brushless |
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14 |
Graham Woodward |
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14 |
David Sargent |
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14 |
Steve Sargent |
strap |
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15 |
Peter Kerr |
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15 |
Steve Sweetman |
strap |
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16 |
Colin Wilkinson |
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16 |
Colin Wilkinson |
brushless |
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17 |
Chris Frost |
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17 |
Josh Bryant |
brushless |
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18 |
Ron Kiddell |
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18 |
Ben Woodward |
brushless |
22/23 June Pinewood
Pinewood welcomed us for the second 1/24 BOC run this year. Thanks to Lee and the Pinewood team for a very enjoyable and well run meeting.
The first class was Production Saloon raced on Saturday. Will Stemman was top qualifier
with a 4.683 second lap, just 5 milliseconds quicker than Lee.
The finals were 4
minutes on each lane. Keith Gibson won the C final with 251 laps, some 6 laps ahead
of Pat Skene. Ron Kiddell won the B final on 266 laps, Barry Gilzean was second
on 263.
Ross Grogan won the top final with 285.24 laps, only ¾ lap ahead of Will Stemman
with Josh Bryant third 2½ laps behind Will.
Photos of the winning car on SCRN
Open Group 12
Lee Parsons took top qualifying spot on 4.032 seconds, with Will second on 4.052.
Four extra racers joined the meeting on Sunday so we had three 6 man finals.
Ben Woodward won the C final on 292 laps, 12 ahead of Barry.
Keith Gibson won the B final on exactly 295 laps, some 6 laps ahead of Pat Skene. With Richard Mack close behind on 294.60.
Top qualifier Lee won the top final on 327.98, ten laps up on Josh with Will third
less than a lap behind Josh.
© Copyright British Slot Car Racing Association 2024, Photos copyright C Frost All rights reserved
The Open Group 12 A final
Josh 2nd
Lee 1st
Will 3rd
Lee’s winning chassis
Eurosport
The final and fastest class was Eurosport. This is the only class with a free choice of motor. Racers are increasingly swapping over to brushless motors with only 5 of the 18 drivers using strap motors.
Ross was top qualifier on 3.388 seconds followed by Lee on 3.443, Will 3.513 and Josh 3.635.
The C final was the closest race of the weekend 310.89 Pat winning from Craig on 310.87.
David Sargent won the B final with the highest place strap car, his 341 lap total
was well ahead of Barry on 324 and Richard on 324.
Lee won the A final with by far
the largest winning margin of the weekend -
Reliability in all 3 finals in this class was much worse than the two group 12 powered classes. Both strap and brushless powered cars had problems.
Thanks again to everybody at Pinewood for a great meeting. The next round is at Rockingham on 10/11 August.
Chris Frost
The Eurosport A final
Lee’s winning chassis
Crash of the day? The car left the track and the gears got caught up in the marshal’s shirt.
Lee’s winning car used a Horky chassis modified by Lee: a brushless 9N6P motor, reputedly 22000KV with a Remora ecom : gears 5:39 : Speed Shop tyres and a BPA BMW body.
Floating front pin tubes