[Mr.M]

Picking night is next week, so thinking caps need retrieving from the cupboard. But I expect it will be the usual case of blankly looking at the ceiling - "Oh! I can't think what to have" or " I thought of a really good one last week"

Many a true word spoken in jest!

Well, after the ceiling had been subjected to some scrutiny, we managed to get 4 classes sorted!

On 21st & 28th April +
5th, 12th, 19th & 26th May

We will be running ;

1. Hornby 60s F1
2. LMP Post 2000
3. Hornby Indy
4. Hornby GT

All classes are for standard cars with the exception of Hornby GT where the "Monday night" tyre rule applies. Tyres can be changed for any others from any standard slot car, but not aftermarket ones such as Ortmanns and the like. LMP cars can be from any slot manufacturer.

 

[Mr.M]

Well I suppose it was bound to happen really! After a set of classes consisting of 2 for open wheelers, 1 GT and 1 Prototype, there was going to be some hankering for some saloon action on picking night.

But all four!!

Dates to be confirmed as we still haven't decided on whether to run on Bank Holiday Thursday which would normally be the first night for these classes.

Which are;

1. Scalextric & SCX NASCAR
2. Hornby NGTC
3. Hornby 80s Touring cars
4. Open Saloons

Hopefully these are self-evident - the first three are regularly chosen standard classes. For the 80s Touring class I am prepared to let the original Scaley cars (Metro, Maestro, SD1, XR3, 1275GT, Sierra) have the front axle stiffened up to give them half a chance against the new cars. The fourth is for modified saloons and the debate is already raging on the whatsapp group about what constitutes a saloon.

 

[pressbutton]

As you said yourself Jim, all four classes provide "saloon action", so why the debate?

 

[Mr.M]

Bank holiday running is on, so the dates for these new classes are;

2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd & 30th June
7th July

Clarification on the "open saloon" class also happened. Four door / three box cars with a bootlid only. No coupes or hatchbacks. This is good as it removes Group 5 entirely as well as NASCAR which we have anyway.