TSRF 1/24 Scale races, September 17, 2005
Buena Park, CA
Sterrett again by two, ahem, technical laps!
The race for 1/24 scale TSRF cars was run on the "Hillclimb" track. Qualifying proceeded with a few national-level and former national champs starring at the top of the list. Tore Anderson and a few others arrived too late to race.
Qualifying
Chris Radisich used his well-worn but still very fast former rental car, and that thing moves. Mike Steube ran the soon-to-be-released Courage-Peugeot LMP body but could not make his car work as well as in the previous week. Daniel Snipe and Dennis Samson were new to the class and did quite well with their new cars, Dennis having a tough time to comprehend the driving requirements of these cars. He will improve during the race.
|
Pos |
Driver |
Body type |
Fastest Lap |
"P" marks a "pro", "A" marks an "amateur" and "R" is for "rookie", first-timer TSRF racer.
** marks an injected body benefiting of a 20-lap handicap bonus as determined by compared lap timed.
A weight formula is being devised to refine this process.
|
1 |
Chris Radisich | BMW V12 | P | 6.474" | |
|
2 |
Paul Sterrett |
Porsche 956 |
P |
6.690" |
|
|
3 |
Mike Steube | Courage-Peugeot | P | 6.695" | |
|
4 |
Sam Brown |
Porsche 956 |
P |
6.750" |
|
|
5 |
Paul Wilde |
Lancia LC2 |
P |
7.089" |
|
|
6 |
Greg Carter |
Lancia LC2 |
P |
7.158" |
|
| 7 |
Daniel Snipe |
Porsche 956 |
A | R |
7.239" |
| 8 |
Philippe de Lespinay |
Porsche 961 ** |
P |
7.251" |
|
| 9 | Rick Salvino | Porsche 956 | P | 7.271" | |
| 10 | Oscar Smith | Lancia LC2 | A | 7.351" | |
| 11 | Dennis Samson | Porsche 956 | A | R | 7.360" |
Race
The race was very tight, with Philippe always in contention with his heavy "handicap-special" hard-shell Tamiya-bodied Porsche GT. Paul Sterrett could never relax, and at the end, a mere 2 (corrected) laps made the difference.
Sam Brown drove his usual consistent race and was a mere 5 laps behind "Iceman" Paul Sterrett, who never got off once, as usual.
Mike Steube was in a bit of trouble with his previous-week winner, ending in 4th place with an inconsistent car, Eventually he found that the guide pin retaining nut had worked loose. Chris Radisich, using a car that is still fitted with the old plastic blade guide, found the limit too often and put himself out of contention quite quickly. Behind, the mayhem was constant but Greg Carter and Rick Salvino survived best. For his first race, Daniel Snipes used his new car to good effect and ran a prudent race. Paul Wilde kept losing his Lancia by over-driving it, while Dennis Samson, also in his first race, had an exercise is personal frustration. A minute is a very long time to wait... Drag racer Oscar Smith limped to last, still not used to the finesse of using the whole trigger range on his controller.
Main event results:
|
Pos |
Driver |
Body type |
Laps |
Fastest lap |
|
1 |
Paul Sterrett |
Porsche 956 |
207 |
6.698" |
|
2 |
Philippe de Lespinay |
Porsche 961 ** |
185 (205) |
7.249" |
|
3 |
Sam Brown |
Porsche 956 |
202 |
6.858" |
|
4 |
Mike Steube |
Courage-Peugeot |
194 |
6.640" |
|
5 |
Chris Radisich |
BMW V12 |
185 |
6.601" * |
|
6 |
Greg Carter |
Lancia LC2 |
173 |
7.027" |
| 7 | Rick Salvino | Porsche 956 | 172 | 7.300" |
| 8 | Daniel Snipe | Porsche 956 | 163 | 7.628" |
| 9 | Paul Wilde | Lancia LC2 | 161 | 6.879 |
| 10 | Dennis Samson | Porsche 956 | 133 | 7.031 |
| 11 | Oscar Smith | Lancia LC2 | 123 | 7.409" |
* Fastest lap
There will be no race on September 25th as other USRA scheduled races will be run that day. Next race will be Saturday October 1st at 1.30PM SHARP!