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entry 19 May 2008, 12:26
Yesterday, after the Classic GT races, we ran a round of GrC cars. This class is an Slot.it cars and parts class, using only FC130 (small cans) motors in any configuration, maintaining the stock wheels and inserts and using only 19x10 rear tires and only 15.8x8.5 wheels. Again we were 8 racers divided in two heats according qualifying times.
Cars are seen below in their pit boxes:

As it is obvious, the Lancia Martini LC2 is the most popular choice here, then is the Porsche 962 and we had only one Sauber!!!

Qualifying results on the blue lane are:
  1. Petros - Sauber C9 : 8.7s
  2. Timos - Rothmans Porsche 962 : 8.77s
  3. Christine - Joest Porsche 962 (Pink) : 8.82s
  4. Thomas - Lancia Martini LC2 : 8.91s
  5. George - Lancia Martini LC2 : 9s
  6. Maria - Lancia Martini LC2 : 9.05
  7. Vasilis - Joest Porsche 962 (white) : 9.15s
  8. Stelios - Lancia Martini LC2 : 9.79


So for the first heat, the cars were:

Inner to outer, Petros, Timos, Christine and Thomas

In this heat Petros took the lead and never looked back. His car was the best and his drive was flawless. I tried hard to keep close, but I had neglected my tires in the past few days after practice sessions, and I was sliding too much. Thomas with his Lancia was doing a nice job driving his car to the limits, sliding all the way. Christine was driving the new version of the pink Porsche 962 and this car had the new red can 29K motor in it. Acceleration and top speed were phenomenal, but driveability was not its strong point.

For the second heat we had a full set of white cars:

3 Lancias and a white Porsche. Inner to outer, it was George, Maria, Vasilis and Stelios.

In this heat, George drove very fast and managed to clock the best time of the day. He finished on top on this one, followed by Maria, who drove another Lancia in second spot. Third was the lone Porsche of this heat, driven by Vasilis and Stelios was in fourth.

So, after counting all laps and meters, overall standings were:
  1. Petros : 132laps 18.92m
  2. Timos : 129laps 7.30m
  3. George : 126laps 8.23m
  4. Thomas : 122laps 8.49m
  5. Maria : 121laps 24.34m
  6. Vasilis : 121laps 23.18m
  7. Christine : 119laps 12.73m
  8. Stelios : 100laps 23.71m


So the winner is:

Petros with the only Sauber, the only car other than Porsche and Lancia!!!

In second place:

It was me, my Porsche panzer rode on slippery ground.... tongue.gif

In third place, and lap record holder with a lap at 8.448s:

George the top Lancia finisher!!

In fourth place:

Thomas with the white wheeled Lancia.

In fifth place:

It was Maria, very close to Thomas, with another Lancia.

In sixth place:

Vasilis, only one meter away from Maria!!!!

In seventh place:

Christine with the pink panther, having the most powerful motor of all the others.

In eighth place:

Stelios with another Lancia, he had the most severe traction trouble than all the others.

This is the second time we run a GrC race, and it is proven now that it is a very nice class. Unfortunately, we ended up having 4 of the same cars and this looks a bit dull. There are a few racers that did not show up and we know that they have different cars (like Andreas and Christos who have Jaguars), and we have yet to see and test a 956KH car. I hope that in the future people will show up with different cars and liveries.

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post 22 May 2008, 07:42
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Can you tell us what Petros did with his Sauber?
I'm told that it is very hard to get the Sauber to drive well, so I'm surprised to see it win here!


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post 22 May 2008, 08:34
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QUOTE (Slotrace.dk @ 22 May 2008, 09:42)
Can you tell us what Petros did with his Sauber?
I'm told that it is very hard to get the Sauber to drive well, so I'm surprised to see it win here!


I don't think it's hard...
This car has a sidewinder v12/3 25k motor with 11/34 gearing.
Trued stock front tires, down to 17.5mm diam.
Rear 19x10 P5 tires glued on the stock wheels, trued a bit, polished with fine grit sandpaper (320 and above), and treated with MB slot fluid (the green one).
A bit of weight in front of the motor mount.
Magnetic suspension (you need to remove a part of the body detail, it is written in the Italian slot.it challenge rules that you are allowed to do so in this car and the Jaguar also, see here --- > Regolamente2008-GruppoC )


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