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Round 1 - Sorell Creek - 3/12/25
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Mal O'May
3rd - Phil Kalbfell
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Mal O'May
3rd - Phil Kalbfell
Race report - Round 1
Well, here we were again, gathered for the eagerly awaited round 1 of DBs 1966-71 Cassic Sports series, and there is always some extra excitement when it comes to this series for most, as this series represents an era of some of the most stunning looking racing cars ever built.
The makes & models lines up on the grid this week read like a greatest sports racing car of all time list:
And the pre-race grid shot highlighted this wonderfully.
The only thing left was to put these classics into battle & see if 1:32 racing imitated 1:1
As it turned out….no
Whilst Eric Broadleys masterpiece, the Lola T70 was a wonderful 1:1 racing car, and a stunning looking piece of kit, in real life it didn’t quite have the speed to cope with the likes of Ford, Ferrari…or even Porsche at the time.
However, with the design of the Thunderslot version for 1:32 racing, it has certainly been a revelation among the commercial plastic chassied slot cars in recent years. And so it proved again in round 1 of this series.
Sitting atop the results this week on 96 laps was Callan Thomas in the Chris Craft Lola T70 with very little effort it seemed, despite Callans usual whinging whenever he happens to be drawn to be up first!
1 lap back in 2nd (& lucky to be that close) was the writers own T70 with Denny Hulme at the wheel and a total of 95 laps. Final spot on the podium was Phil in the newly made for the series GT40 on 90 laps, but with lap times not far short of the T70s, a promising start.
Rob Golley was the unlucky 4th placegetter this week in the hippy liveried Porsche 917. He matched Phils effort of 90 laps, but just missed out on the podium on Track position. Certainly a quick enough start for Rob though.
This was the first of the tied lap battles in the round, but it certainly wasn’t the last. The battle for 5th & 6th was even closer with DB & Ben both notching up 89 laps, and also finishing at exactly the same spot on the track, so it was a shared 5th position for them this week.
Schoee & Bruce Thomas also fought out another close battle for the next 2 spots with each finishing on 88 laps. However, it was Schoee in the rapid Porsche 908 who locked in 7th on track ahead of Bruce in the wonderful looking Chaparral 2F in 8th.
Alone in 9th on 87 laps was Scott in another 908, 1 lap to the good of Caine in Phils 2nd Ford, a MKIV, which was as quick as expected & finished up 10th on 86 laps.
Rhys racked up 84 laps for 11th, 3 laps clear of JB in 12th on 81, with Tom in 13th this week on his total of 65 laps.
All go for next week at Gotham Park.
Well, here we were again, gathered for the eagerly awaited round 1 of DBs 1966-71 Cassic Sports series, and there is always some extra excitement when it comes to this series for most, as this series represents an era of some of the most stunning looking racing cars ever built.
The makes & models lines up on the grid this week read like a greatest sports racing car of all time list:
- Ford GT40
- Ferrari P4 (412)
- Ferrari 512
- Lola T70
- Porsche 908
- Porsche 917
- Chaparral 2F
And the pre-race grid shot highlighted this wonderfully.
The only thing left was to put these classics into battle & see if 1:32 racing imitated 1:1
As it turned out….no
Whilst Eric Broadleys masterpiece, the Lola T70 was a wonderful 1:1 racing car, and a stunning looking piece of kit, in real life it didn’t quite have the speed to cope with the likes of Ford, Ferrari…or even Porsche at the time.
However, with the design of the Thunderslot version for 1:32 racing, it has certainly been a revelation among the commercial plastic chassied slot cars in recent years. And so it proved again in round 1 of this series.
Sitting atop the results this week on 96 laps was Callan Thomas in the Chris Craft Lola T70 with very little effort it seemed, despite Callans usual whinging whenever he happens to be drawn to be up first!
1 lap back in 2nd (& lucky to be that close) was the writers own T70 with Denny Hulme at the wheel and a total of 95 laps. Final spot on the podium was Phil in the newly made for the series GT40 on 90 laps, but with lap times not far short of the T70s, a promising start.
Rob Golley was the unlucky 4th placegetter this week in the hippy liveried Porsche 917. He matched Phils effort of 90 laps, but just missed out on the podium on Track position. Certainly a quick enough start for Rob though.
This was the first of the tied lap battles in the round, but it certainly wasn’t the last. The battle for 5th & 6th was even closer with DB & Ben both notching up 89 laps, and also finishing at exactly the same spot on the track, so it was a shared 5th position for them this week.
Schoee & Bruce Thomas also fought out another close battle for the next 2 spots with each finishing on 88 laps. However, it was Schoee in the rapid Porsche 908 who locked in 7th on track ahead of Bruce in the wonderful looking Chaparral 2F in 8th.
Alone in 9th on 87 laps was Scott in another 908, 1 lap to the good of Caine in Phils 2nd Ford, a MKIV, which was as quick as expected & finished up 10th on 86 laps.
Rhys racked up 84 laps for 11th, 3 laps clear of JB in 12th on 81, with Tom in 13th this week on his total of 65 laps.
All go for next week at Gotham Park.
Round 2 - Gotham Park - 9/12/25
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Mal O'May
3rd - Ben Lewis
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Mal O'May
3rd - Ben Lewis
