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Race Report Round 5 BARC Mosport
August 6th - TQLA President Chris
Haley
Another racer weekend has come and
gone as has the 2011 TQLA annual BBQ. Lots of people
attended the BBQ and thanks to Richard and Val,
everyone had a great time. Now if we could get half
the number of racers to the races as we do to the
BBQ, we would have a hell of a class – ok, I will
get off my soap box now.
Saturday dawned a little cloudy and continued that
way off and on all day. There were 4 F4’s – Jim,
Graham, Mike and Richard along with the usual
selection of F2000’s, old Vees, Mike Mac Neil with
his 1000cc powered Reynard, a couple of formula
Mazda and the Stor sports racer. Jim was again
quickest of the F4’s with Graham next and then Mike.
F4 Qualifying was quite interesting as everyone
except Graham has some sort of issue. Jim had a miss
with his Yamaha, Mike had some rear suspension
malfunctions that lucky were repairable and Richard
had a rad hose come loose which meant that all the
water went places other than where it should be and
unfortunately he cooked the engine so he was done
like dinner ............
Race 1 saw Jim head off to do battle with the
Formula Mazdas and Mike McNeil’s 1000cc car. The
miss he had in qualifying was still there but not
bad enough to stop him. He said later that it was
only a problem in the 11000 to 12000 range so the
car still went well. Graham and Mike had their usual
good go until Graham decided to test whether his
Gamma worked as a Hummer and did some agricultural
work between turn 8 & 9 and then had a spin down
near 3 somewhere on the same lap just to have some
more fun. The final finishing order for race 1 (in
F4) was Jim 1st, Mike 2nd and Graham 3rd.
Sunday started out cloudy and
continually worse all day! Formula Libre wasn’t
scheduled until the first race after lunch but it
rained so hard in the late morning that racing was
suspended for a while and the schedule ended up
being revamped and races shorted from 20 min to 15
min. Luckly the rain let up for a while before we
went out and Race 2 was run in the “dry”. Jim was
running out front in the F4 group and Mike was still
trying to come to grips with a running problem that
had cropped up while Graham circulated (on the track
this time!). The finishing order for race 2 (in F4)
was Jim 1st, Graham 2nd and Mike was a DNF.
Prior to Race 3 there was another
torrential rain storm with at least 2 inches of
water running through the paddock at one point. The
race started in damp conditions as was kind of a
survival run as there was a dry line but as the race
went on, it was raining slightly in some areas of
the track and not in others. Again Mike was plagued
by a running problem and if I remember rightly the
car stopped out on track. The finishing order for
race 3 (in F4) was Jim 1st, Graham 2nd and Mike DNF.
Please note that for the last couple
of races, the CASC results have not been showing up
on MyLaps.com so I have not been able to confirm the
finishing positions and fastest laps (my memory
isn’t what it once was) so if any of the information
here is incorrect, please let me know and I will
make the appropriate corrections. PS> Graham
pointed out my numerous errors and finally found the
info on mylaps.com so I have made appropriate
changes to the points and updated this race report.
The next race is at Mosport, Sept
3-4. Please note: I will
probably not be at any further races this season so
if someone could collect the sheets from
timing/scoring at the base of the tower each week
(at least until they start to show up on MyLaps.com
again) and send me the results, I will ensure that
the points get updated and distributed.
Chris |
