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Round 1 - Mornington Park - 24/2/26
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Rob Golley
3rd - Adrian Gray
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Rob Golley
3rd - Adrian Gray
Race Report - Round 1
In a stark contrast to the ponderous Scalex V8 Supercars, the debut round of the Sideways Group 5 monsters produced a massive increase in pace, and had some drivers taking a little while to adjust to the speed & handling differential…….as well as marshalls having to lift their game (& reflexes) significantly !
It was quite a decent variety of cars that gathered on the grid for the 1st round of the new series, with BMW M1s (many), Zakspeed Capris (a couple), Ferrari 512s (a couple), Toyota Celica (1), Ford Mustang (1), and a Lancia Stratos.
Once we got to the racing, it was fast, hectic, and surprisingly quite close over most of the field as well. The standout in round 1 however, was the BMW of Callan Thomas. His 131 lap total was made up of very consistent brackets in each heat & saw him take 1st by a clear 3 laps. After this, things tightened up somewhat. In 2nd, with the Mustang, Rob Golley managed 128 laps, 1 lap to the good of Adrian Gray in the 2nd of the M1s (127 laps).
An extremely tight battle for 4th was fought out between myself (yet another M1) & Phil (Celica) with both of us finishing on 125 laps. However, this battle couldn’t be decided at all, as both cars finished at the exact same corner on the track.
In 6th, and just 1 lap back on 124, JBs big Ferrari also showed good pace as he was in turn 3 laps clear of 7th placegetter, Rhys Filbee in the last of the M1s. Another 2 laps back on 119 and in 8th place, DB in the 1st of the Capris.
A tied lap count on 107 between Ben in his Ferrari & Scott in the Lancia Stratos, saw Ben end up 9th, and Scott take the final top 10 position.
Dave Gray in the 2nd Capri also showed good pace at times, and his total of 94 laps, was not helped by some controller issues along the way.
A good start to the series, which will only be enhanced by the addition of some drivers who were missing in action this week.
In a stark contrast to the ponderous Scalex V8 Supercars, the debut round of the Sideways Group 5 monsters produced a massive increase in pace, and had some drivers taking a little while to adjust to the speed & handling differential…….as well as marshalls having to lift their game (& reflexes) significantly !
It was quite a decent variety of cars that gathered on the grid for the 1st round of the new series, with BMW M1s (many), Zakspeed Capris (a couple), Ferrari 512s (a couple), Toyota Celica (1), Ford Mustang (1), and a Lancia Stratos.
Once we got to the racing, it was fast, hectic, and surprisingly quite close over most of the field as well. The standout in round 1 however, was the BMW of Callan Thomas. His 131 lap total was made up of very consistent brackets in each heat & saw him take 1st by a clear 3 laps. After this, things tightened up somewhat. In 2nd, with the Mustang, Rob Golley managed 128 laps, 1 lap to the good of Adrian Gray in the 2nd of the M1s (127 laps).
An extremely tight battle for 4th was fought out between myself (yet another M1) & Phil (Celica) with both of us finishing on 125 laps. However, this battle couldn’t be decided at all, as both cars finished at the exact same corner on the track.
In 6th, and just 1 lap back on 124, JBs big Ferrari also showed good pace as he was in turn 3 laps clear of 7th placegetter, Rhys Filbee in the last of the M1s. Another 2 laps back on 119 and in 8th place, DB in the 1st of the Capris.
A tied lap count on 107 between Ben in his Ferrari & Scott in the Lancia Stratos, saw Ben end up 9th, and Scott take the final top 10 position.
Dave Gray in the 2nd Capri also showed good pace at times, and his total of 94 laps, was not helped by some controller issues along the way.
A good start to the series, which will only be enhanced by the addition of some drivers who were missing in action this week.
Round 2 - Sorell Creek - 3/3/26
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Bruce Thomas
3rd - Rob Golley
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Bruce Thomas
3rd - Rob Golley
Race Report - Race 2
Sideways !!!!!......
No, not Bens driving style, although the same word could well be used when describing this! However in this context it refers to the (Racer) Sideways Group 5 series, and the gathering of cars for round 2 held at Sorell Creek this week.
After a slightly depleted field for round 1, it was a much fuller grid that hit the track for round 2 with a total of 15 cars (not all of them BMW M1s either) in attendance for what turned out to be some very close racing indeed.
After all the dust had settled, the usual suspect found his way to the top of the result sheet however, and with his 93 lap total, Callan took out his 2nd win of the series by the margin of 1 lap from the chasing pack.
And what a chasing pack it was nipping at his heels. A bunch finish of 3 drivers notched up 92 laps apiece, with Bruce, Rob & myself all finishing on this number. Bruce it was who grabbed 2nd place on track position however, with Rob slotting into 3rd & pushing yours truly down to 4th. Not before some very good, enjoyable racing took place between Rob & myself however. I actually managed at least 3 or 4 laps racing side by side with Rob without once being punted off on a corner! This must be some sort of record, and it was great competition.
Just 1 lap back & in 5th this week on 91laps, Adrian Gray was 1 lap to the good of JB (90 laps) in 6th. 2 drivers fought it out on 89 laps, with Phil & Rhys relying on track position to decide the placings. Phil it was who took 7th from Rhys in 8th.
Another 2 way battle followed on the 87 lap total, and this time it was DB who grabbed 9th, ahead of a good drive form Luke rounding out the top 10..
The aforementioned Ben Lewis was next in line on 84 laps for the night in 11th, 2 laps clear of Scott in 12th on 84.
Schoees 82 laps saw him finish 13th this week with improvement to come & Blair showed some good pace in the Capri, but a slight lack of consistency saw him end up 13th with his 80 laps for the night.
Only 1 lap back on 79 was Dave Gray in 15th this week.
Overall, for a quick class, there was some very good racing, and no runaway leader on laps.
A weeks break for the is class next week though, as the Revoslot Porsches take centre stage for March at the BatCave.
Sideways !!!!!......
No, not Bens driving style, although the same word could well be used when describing this! However in this context it refers to the (Racer) Sideways Group 5 series, and the gathering of cars for round 2 held at Sorell Creek this week.
After a slightly depleted field for round 1, it was a much fuller grid that hit the track for round 2 with a total of 15 cars (not all of them BMW M1s either) in attendance for what turned out to be some very close racing indeed.
After all the dust had settled, the usual suspect found his way to the top of the result sheet however, and with his 93 lap total, Callan took out his 2nd win of the series by the margin of 1 lap from the chasing pack.
And what a chasing pack it was nipping at his heels. A bunch finish of 3 drivers notched up 92 laps apiece, with Bruce, Rob & myself all finishing on this number. Bruce it was who grabbed 2nd place on track position however, with Rob slotting into 3rd & pushing yours truly down to 4th. Not before some very good, enjoyable racing took place between Rob & myself however. I actually managed at least 3 or 4 laps racing side by side with Rob without once being punted off on a corner! This must be some sort of record, and it was great competition.
Just 1 lap back & in 5th this week on 91laps, Adrian Gray was 1 lap to the good of JB (90 laps) in 6th. 2 drivers fought it out on 89 laps, with Phil & Rhys relying on track position to decide the placings. Phil it was who took 7th from Rhys in 8th.
Another 2 way battle followed on the 87 lap total, and this time it was DB who grabbed 9th, ahead of a good drive form Luke rounding out the top 10..
The aforementioned Ben Lewis was next in line on 84 laps for the night in 11th, 2 laps clear of Scott in 12th on 84.
Schoees 82 laps saw him finish 13th this week with improvement to come & Blair showed some good pace in the Capri, but a slight lack of consistency saw him end up 13th with his 80 laps for the night.
Only 1 lap back on 79 was Dave Gray in 15th this week.
Overall, for a quick class, there was some very good racing, and no runaway leader on laps.
A weeks break for the is class next week though, as the Revoslot Porsches take centre stage for March at the BatCave.
Round 3 - Sorell Creek - 17/3/26
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Phil Kalbfell
3rd - Mal O'May
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Phil Kalbfell
3rd - Mal O'May
Race Report - Round 3
After the excitement & tightly fought racing of the Cartrix class, it was almost an anti-climax to have to re-focus on the Sideways Group 5 class this week, but despite this the drivers managed to regain their attention and plod through the long winded 3 minute heats for this the 3rd round of the series.
As per usual, it was a one way street at the top of the leaderboard, and in an emphatic display this week it was Callan Thomas once again taking out a convincing win by a wide margin of 4 laps. His lap total of 116, along with lap times in the 5.7 range, was too much for anyone else to cope with, with the best of the rest being Phil in 2nd place on 112 laps for the night. Things got at least a little closer after this, as in 3rd on 111 laps was the writer, just 1 lap to the good of Bruce Thomas on 110 in 4th. Bruce was still managing 5.8 laps at his best & was just lacking that bit of luck this week that would have allowed him to push well up into the top 3.
Rhys was best of the rest in a very solid drive this week to take out 5th on 107, just 1 lap clear of Rob in 6th with his 106 laps total.
The battle for 7th & 8th was between the “Bs”, with DB & JB each sharing a total of 105 laps. Indeed, the fight between these two was so intense that it apparently drove them to achieve some incredible lap times. JB’s fastest lap of 5.531, was even outdone by DB with a miraculous 4.922…….however, some investigation of the timing system may be required before these times are ratified. Anyway, it was JB taking the place on track ahead of DB in the end.
Scott was next in line with his 103 laps good enough for 9th, but it looked as though his weeks work concentrating on his well handling Cartrix car might have meant that the Sideways didn’t get full attention.
Another good solid return drive form Sean saw him grab the final top 10 spot with a total of 99 laps, significantly 3 laps to the good of his dad Dave, who was 1 position behind in 11th.
Dave Gray rounded out the field on 93 laps, but no-one really had a bad run or unlucky mechanicals in the Sideways this week, which was a good finish to the nights racing.
After the excitement & tightly fought racing of the Cartrix class, it was almost an anti-climax to have to re-focus on the Sideways Group 5 class this week, but despite this the drivers managed to regain their attention and plod through the long winded 3 minute heats for this the 3rd round of the series.
As per usual, it was a one way street at the top of the leaderboard, and in an emphatic display this week it was Callan Thomas once again taking out a convincing win by a wide margin of 4 laps. His lap total of 116, along with lap times in the 5.7 range, was too much for anyone else to cope with, with the best of the rest being Phil in 2nd place on 112 laps for the night. Things got at least a little closer after this, as in 3rd on 111 laps was the writer, just 1 lap to the good of Bruce Thomas on 110 in 4th. Bruce was still managing 5.8 laps at his best & was just lacking that bit of luck this week that would have allowed him to push well up into the top 3.
Rhys was best of the rest in a very solid drive this week to take out 5th on 107, just 1 lap clear of Rob in 6th with his 106 laps total.
The battle for 7th & 8th was between the “Bs”, with DB & JB each sharing a total of 105 laps. Indeed, the fight between these two was so intense that it apparently drove them to achieve some incredible lap times. JB’s fastest lap of 5.531, was even outdone by DB with a miraculous 4.922…….however, some investigation of the timing system may be required before these times are ratified. Anyway, it was JB taking the place on track ahead of DB in the end.
Scott was next in line with his 103 laps good enough for 9th, but it looked as though his weeks work concentrating on his well handling Cartrix car might have meant that the Sideways didn’t get full attention.
Another good solid return drive form Sean saw him grab the final top 10 spot with a total of 99 laps, significantly 3 laps to the good of his dad Dave, who was 1 position behind in 11th.
Dave Gray rounded out the field on 93 laps, but no-one really had a bad run or unlucky mechanicals in the Sideways this week, which was a good finish to the nights racing.
Round 4 - Mornington Park - 24/3/26
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Phil Kalbfell
3rd - Rob Golley
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Phil Kalbfell
3rd - Rob Golley
Round 5 - Stratton Valley - 31/3/26
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Rob Golley
3rd - John Batich
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Rob Golley
3rd - John Batich
Round 6 - Sorell Creek - 7/4/26
1st - Bruce Thomas
2nd - Callan Thomas
3rd - Rob Golley
Race Report - Round 6
Well, after all the trials & tribulations that Bruce had to endure in the first class of racing this evening, all was forgotten once he took to the Sorell Creek circuit in his Sideways Celica. After a disastrous 12th at Stratton Valley in round 5, the Celica took to this weeks track like a duck to water and flew around for 114 laps and equaling the lap total of the previously unbeatable Callan Thomas, who also finished on 114. However, in a massive turn up, it was Bruce who took the win on the barest of margins, and a thoroughly deserved one it was from such a strong & quick driving performance.
Callan was certainly not under performing either, as the quickest lap of a 5.78 indicated, and he finished 2 laps clear of 3rd place Rob Golley, again in a strong drive, with a 112 lap total. When I say “strong” drive however, I need to clarify that as we saw from some private testing conducted last week, Robs car is obviously not being driven to anywhere near it’s potential, and in the hands of another driver whose name shall remain nameless, it was able to lap some 3 -10ths quicker.
4th place this week & 2 laps back on 110 lap was Phil, with the writer another 2 laps back on 108 in 5th. 2 lap margins seemed to be the order of the day as it was another 2 back to 6th placegetter Ben on 106 for the night, which was probably an underachievement given Bens fastest lap of the night, a 5.77, was the quickest of all.
JB was next in line on 105 to take out 7th, with Schoee in 8th on 100 laps for the night.
Scotts continued testing of his Lancia Stratos meant his total of 85 laps saw him drop into 9th place at the end of racing for the night.
1 round of this series to go & Callan has a basically unbeatable overall lead (8 points) over Rob in 2nd, with Phil 3 points back in 3rd currently. I can’t see much change after next weeks final round.
Well, after all the trials & tribulations that Bruce had to endure in the first class of racing this evening, all was forgotten once he took to the Sorell Creek circuit in his Sideways Celica. After a disastrous 12th at Stratton Valley in round 5, the Celica took to this weeks track like a duck to water and flew around for 114 laps and equaling the lap total of the previously unbeatable Callan Thomas, who also finished on 114. However, in a massive turn up, it was Bruce who took the win on the barest of margins, and a thoroughly deserved one it was from such a strong & quick driving performance.
Callan was certainly not under performing either, as the quickest lap of a 5.78 indicated, and he finished 2 laps clear of 3rd place Rob Golley, again in a strong drive, with a 112 lap total. When I say “strong” drive however, I need to clarify that as we saw from some private testing conducted last week, Robs car is obviously not being driven to anywhere near it’s potential, and in the hands of another driver whose name shall remain nameless, it was able to lap some 3 -10ths quicker.
4th place this week & 2 laps back on 110 lap was Phil, with the writer another 2 laps back on 108 in 5th. 2 lap margins seemed to be the order of the day as it was another 2 back to 6th placegetter Ben on 106 for the night, which was probably an underachievement given Bens fastest lap of the night, a 5.77, was the quickest of all.
JB was next in line on 105 to take out 7th, with Schoee in 8th on 100 laps for the night.
Scotts continued testing of his Lancia Stratos meant his total of 85 laps saw him drop into 9th place at the end of racing for the night.
1 round of this series to go & Callan has a basically unbeatable overall lead (8 points) over Rob in 2nd, with Phil 3 points back in 3rd currently. I can’t see much change after next weeks final round.
Round 7 - Gotham Park - 21/4/26
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Phil Kalbfell
3rd - Dave Bantoft
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Phil Kalbfell
3rd - Dave Bantoft
Final Series Top 3
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Rob Golley
3rd - Phil Kalbfell
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Rob Golley
3rd - Phil Kalbfell
