2010 Christmas 90min Endurance Race

It was out second Christmas party since the club was started in the Summer of 2009 and this year the club members wanted to run an endurance race so we got three teams together, made up of three Touring Car drivers and three Mini/Micro drivers per team. Each team would allow their drivers to race during the 90 minutes which was split into two 45minute races.

 

Each race allowed both Touring Car and Mini/Micro drivers to take to the track and race as hard and fast as they could to gain as many laps for their respective teams. The added 'festive fun factor' was that all cars entered to race had to be decorated. So while some drivers opted for a simple piece of tinsel in order to qualify to race, others went the extra mile to make something very unique.

 

Of all the cars on track it was the brothers Callum and Nathan Wright who probably had the most interesting bodyshells on their Mardave Mini's. Callum went for a full snow effect finish that also incorporated snowman, reindeer and festive candles, though the candles didn't last long in the race, quickly becoming a hazard for the other drivers down the long straight! Nathan, on the other hand, created what was probably the most original and unique idea of the night. He'd carefully wrapped the whole bodyshell in Christmas wrapping paper, complete with ribbon and gift tag too - well done to you both for getting into the spirit of things.

 

Other members went all out for a festive light show, with many drivers turning up with cars all lit up, and Maz Yumeda even turned up with Christmas tree on the roof of his Tamiya, complete with lights and decorations. Congratulations to everyone who took the time to decorate their cars.

 

The racing was certainly entertaining throughout the 90 minutes with some great performances from everyone who took part. Early on into the race it appeared it was going to be a 2 horse race between Teams 2 and 3. Jonathan Robinson got an early jump on the other teams as they fielded drivers who simply couldn't keep up with Jonathan, but that all changed at the pit stops as the other teams brought out their F1 drivers and the soon clawed back the lead. However what sealed the result on the night was some very clever electronics thanks to Paul Campion.

 

The introduction of the pit stops was to make it more interesting as teams had to share just 1 transponder between their drivers and while teams 1 and 3 spent time in the pits taking off bodyshells to get access to the transponder to swap between cars, Paul Campion has devised a clever self-powered unit that would allow all drivers in Team 2 too run with the transponder on the outside of the car. Therefore pit stops for Team 2 were very slick indeed and the other teams were left scratching their heads in disbelief!

 

Although some may say it was not in the 'spirit' of the race it was well within the rules and we have to take our hat off to the clever thinking from Team 2. Full race results are below and we'll also be uploading a video very soon with some highlights of the 90min race.

 

The layout used for tonight's endurance race was number 18 which also featured a small pit lane to allow drivers to change over during the race. Take a look at the tracks here to see an example of the layout used and others we have raced on during 2010.

Drivers and overall results for each team:

Team 1		Team 2		Team 3
William Bracey		Maz Yumeda		Jonathan Robinson
Keith Gammons		Nick Mulliner		Tom Williamson
Matt Gammons		Luke Westbury		Edward Handford
Tim Woodbridge		Paul Campion		Steve Earey
Al Petts		Nathan Wright		Andy Bracey
Callum Wright		Lewis Riley		Matt Riley
Result 3rd		Result 1st		Result 2nd
298 Laps		380 Laps		346 Laps
Average Lap		Average Lap		Average Lap
18.09		14.20		16.08
Best Lap		Best Lap		Best Lap
9.04		9.26		9.57

Lap Times

Lap	Team 1	Team 2	Team 3
1	13.71	15.35	11.73
2	12.40	15.12	11.13
3	11.94	22.64	10.26
4	11.10	14.59	9.97
5	18.44	16.27	10.60
6	10.98	14.26	17.43
7	14.49	13.50	11.86
8	13.69	13.46	13.52
9	12.17	18.38	13.58
10	10.96	13.15	12.77
11	12.38	13.05	11.50
12	11.33	18.69	11.16
13	12.38	16.11	12.12
14	12.83	21.73	11.58
15	10.80	13.45	12.54
16	12.56	18.78	9.92
17	13.26	12.64	9.87
18	11.38	14.41	9.97
19	11.89	14.07	10.12
20	10.11	14.32	14.60
21	11.38	23.17	11.16
22	10.54	12.28	10.89
23	11.64	12.78	10.08
24	11.18	17.47	10.29
25	10.26	12.21	11.65
26	11.73	13.84	10.04
27	10.76	15.30	9.66
28	12.63	20.36	10.34
29	13.14	11.64	9.71
30	11.66	14.77	9.97
31	108.64	15.44	10.02
32	14.73	12.44	9.99
33	12.24	17.78	10.29
34	12.43	11.76	76.02
35	12.32	11.15	12.73
36	16.45	12.10	11.76
37	13.16	12.06	11.26
38	13.33	12.97	11.23
39	17.26	11.86	10.68
40	23.23	13.44	11.53
41	11.62	13.03	10.87
42	13.25	11.95	10.94
43	13.97	11.45	10.96
44	14.93	12.30	11.02
45	13.19	11.93	11.60
46	12.09	11.92	13.13
47	54.87	15.29	10.82
48	16.17	13.32	11.29
49	13.26	11.84	10.67
50	13.77	11.79	10.21
51	13.15	12.28	10.40
52	12.78	11.22	14.30
53	13.01	12.15	10.66
54	11.94	19.84	10.72
55	11.49	17.98	10.85
56	20.23	12.87	12.56
57	11.84	11.65	11.95
58	13.22	11.89	62.62
59	12.21	12.27	14.77
60	12.55	11.70	19.76
61	12.94	11.42	15.67
62	14.34	12.49	14.34
63	11.55	15.17	14.75
64	10.95	19.96	22.63
65	12.44	15.28	15.10
66	10.21	10.86	17.74
67	10.86	10.75	12.47
68	11.60	10.65	13.90
69	21.69	10.54	20.03
70	82.74	10.02	14.92
71	13.86	10.31	19.70
72	50.37	10.33	18.87
73	11.65	9.80	13.08
74	12.08	12.75	74.65
75	16.21	11.83	13.33
76	12.01	10.91	15.05
77	11.99	10.05	14.20
78	12.14	9.99	13.63
79	27.12	10.05	12.98
80	11.66	10.26	17.32
81	14.30	9.76	72.33
82	61.58	11.98	11.83
83	13.44	16.56	9.94
84	12.43	13.99	11.12
85	12.26	17.24	9.57
86	12.28	10.40	9.97
87	11.97	10.63	15.30
88	12.26	10.54	9.94
89	12.61	10.52	57.95
90	11.93	12.25	14.85
91	12.63	11.31	13.80
92	13.75	10.03	12.07
93	12.29	9.79	12.46
94	11.98	10.32	12.37
95	15.03	10.08	12.60
96	12.04	14.57	15.51
97	14.06	11.20	12.24
98	12.16	10.15	11.75
99	15.51	10.36	11.89
100	16.68	10.88	13.15
101	14.06	22.33	12.18
102	12.19	17.48	12.44
103	11.95	16.91	12.24
104	12.05	15.61	12.92
105	11.78	20.10	13.07
106	13.18	14.65	12.70
107	12.53	24.36	12.17
108	12.68	15.75	12.01
109	11.77	15.86	13.35
110	14.25	16.27	12.36
111	11.78	17.72	12.13
112	11.77	18.42	12.39
113	11.99	15.12	12.86
114	12.26	16.52	13.16
115	12.37	16.26	13.59
116	11.85	17.68	12.52
117	16.55	14.71	12.56
118	16.93	18.46	13.41
119	13.45	15.44	12.21
120	95.36	14.33	12.81
121	15.67	16.41	12.71
122	13.50	14.98	11.90
123	18.62	15.94	56.55
124	14.79	16.94	14.81
125	13.30	15.39	14.71
126	12.94	14.89	17.74
127	13.09	20.95	15.94
128	13.64	16.70	13.65
129	12.94	17.37	14.04
130	13.31	26.48	17.63
131	13.21	21.27	16.38
132	13.21	16.19	14.66
133	12.76	15.91	14.10
134	13.35	30.23	15.30
135	13.33	22.78	14.64
136	13.01	18.09	13.23
137	15.16	22.91	13.88
138	13.26	30.98	14.19
139	18.33	22.33	13.62
140	13.70	26.10	19.32
141	13.06	21.72	15.33
142	16.38	40.67	14.39
143	12.95	22.53	14.05
144	12.84	11.95	14.70
145	52.01	11.81	18.51
146	17.69	11.72	14.21
147	22.04	11.21	13.64
148	21.95	11.17	16.64
149	15.76	10.93	48.13
150	20.57	12.11	50.01
151	17.29	13.14	17.21
152	14.38	11.37	18.95
153	14.53	11.71	21.57
154	14.41	11.62	24.11
155	14.32	11.34	17.28
156	34.48	11.55	24.37
157	15.27	11.65	17.70
158	15.40	11.43	18.30
159	14.86	12.83	21.09
160	14.01	12.22	21.78
161	32.57	11.36	22.41
162	15.39	11.97	21.77
163	37.84	11.95	16.70
164	13.24	11.41	36.91
165	12.56	12.23	10.86
166	13.81	12.21	11.42
167	14.51	11.67	11.00
168	13.67	20.65	11.00
169	14.69	12.26	13.89
170	23.68	11.73	10.61
171	12.29	12.05	10.69
172	12.17	14.65	13.23
173	14.40	12.32	10.23
174	12.00	12.34	11.53
175	11.66	11.40	10.94
176	11.51	11.43	11.23
177	12.76	14.98	12.05
178	11.47	11.90	14.25
179	12.42	12.62	9.88
180	11.37	12.95	12.35
181	13.22	12.13	10.73
182	12.23	12.55	10.50
183	12.23	13.43	10.47
184	12.48	12.30	10.24
185	12.81	11.74	10.44
186	10.76	11.34	11.53
187	11.86	13.63	10.61
188	11.82	15.08	10.84
189	11.10	13.03	10.32
190	13.24	13.66	10.25
191	12.57	13.85	10.97
192	11.76	14.62	10.33
193	13.13	14.05	10.02
194	12.81	12.39	13.58
195	11.98	11.81	14.40
196	64.01	15.90	10.85
197	9.54	13.56	12.28
198	10.63	13.01	15.63
199	11.90	12.36	10.76
200	11.59	14.22	14.98
201	12.87	13.46	337.71
202	12.13	11.66	17.83
203	15.15	11.22	24.85
204	10.73	13.85	16.65
205	11.61	18.33	13.79
206	10.01	13.38	14.25
207	9.85	17.08	13.23
208	9.93	13.49	13.35
209	11.16	25.10	13.42
210	10.30	17.42	12.84
211	9.93	14.43	14.66
212	10.24	14.29	13.03
213	10.66	23.69	12.63
214	10.03	11.77	13.61
215	10.46	11.82	14.87
216	13.09	11.72	13.27
217	11.49	41.45	14.54
218	10.45	9.66	13.58
219	11.25	10.51	14.63
220	9.91	12.94	14.53
221	11.90	10.24	12.83
222	12.55	9.26	15.00
223	11.67	9.89	15.65
224	10.46	10.34	12.70
225	9.04	12.53	13.40
226	12.23	10.83	13.08
227	10.23	10.39	14.15
228	12.61	9.76	12.68
229	30.80	9.98	12.77
230	10.91	9.87	14.71
231	240.12	10.03	15.58
232	20.37	9.70	12.86
233	10.78	9.37	12.69
234	12.09	9.77	12.63
235	19.23	9.76	13.03
236	11.55	9.67	13.08
237	11.32	9.33	13.35
238	139.19	10.36	13.00
239	16.86	9.77	14.38
240	14.16	9.97	12.70
241	61.79	10.04	12.84
242	36.23	10.82	42.07
243	77.19	10.59	11.99
244	22.64	10.51	12.08
245	24.11	10.10	11.67
246	18.98	10.16	13.07
247	262.54	10.44	12.26
248	13.72	11.10	12.38
249	13.59	9.72	12.46
250	19.69	13.62	11.32
251	13.05	10.10	12.14
252	25.53	10.51	11.92
253	12.19	10.77	12.39
254	13.56	10.46	11.94
255	13.04	10.45	11.90
256	61.18	10.54	12.01
257	12.95	10.90	14.56
258	23.93	10.30	11.93
259	23.37	10.20	12.31
260	12.12	10.09	15.44
261	21.23	10.68	16.58
262	12.90	9.89	12.33
263	24.31	10.55	12.33
264	94.61	19.24	15.72
265	12.24	11.86	11.92
266	12.48	11.94	11.95
267	11.89	13.02	12.32
268	13.17	12.06	12.15
269	12.17	12.30	12.74
270	13.15	13.96	12.74
271	12.40	11.48	12.33
272	11.32	11.24	11.92
273	11.27	10.91	12.16
274	12.20	12.72	12.47
275	12.04	10.81	15.51
276	11.32	11.94	12.66
277	14.26	12.85	12.08
278	13.02	11.44	12.24
279	11.70	11.12	12.88
280	11.34	15.91	11.56
281	11.89	10.87	11.83
282	12.52	12.54	12.12
283	11.63	13.26	12.77
284	11.77	11.04	12.22
285	11.82	11.26	17.92
286	11.83	10.71	12.62
287	11.93	10.96	12.58
288	11.39	10.80	13.17
289	11.46	10.95	41.53
290	11.51	15.74	13.43
291	13.31	11.72	12.33
292	14.34	11.77	14.42
293	11.84	11.96	13.13
294	13.68	16.83	13.51
295	11.84	16.71	13.44
296	12.41	17.24	13.94
297	11.45	21.41	21.88
298	16.55	19.09	13.02
299		21.61	12.49
300		17.54	13.35
301		13.40	13.91
302		17.25	14.99
303		18.35	13.36
304		15.40	16.64
305		13.94	13.80
306		16.62	14.44
307		22.45	18.80
308		15.86	14.32
309		25.16	13.76
310		17.90	13.33
311		19.83	14.47
312		16.92	14.06
313		17.61	14.41
314		19.56	18.38
315		27.58	14.36
316		18.43	14.12
317		15.75	15.13
318		76.79	56.81
319		11.30	17.43
320		11.27	18.81
321		10.90	22.68
322		10.65	14.86
323		10.81	17.10
324		11.41	17.86
325		11.52	26.12
326		11.64	18.77
327		10.50	20.85
328		10.78	16.83
329		11.30	21.31
330		10.92	22.56
331		10.58	22.34
332		10.40	13.27
333		10.94	14.54
334		11.07	13.58
335		11.75	14.63
336		11.95	15.66
337		11.31	13.80
338		11.38	14.44
339		10.90	18.80
340		11.02	14.32
341		17.67	13.76
342		11.23	13.33
343		12.07	10.85
344		11.15	12.33
345		11.53	14.42
346		14.23	17.58
347		11.67
348		11.46
349		11.75
350		16.55
351		15.43
352		14.65
353		22.34
354		20.35
355		15.89
356		15.66
357		18.22
358		16.79
359		18.40
360		14.93
361		14.94
362		14.15
363		16.77
364		17.71
365		17.14
366		16.11
367		15.91
368		15.27
369		21.54
370		18.09
371		14.76
372		14.40
373		16.71
374		15.05
375		15.12
376		15.45
377		18.50
378		18.48
379		14.93
380		15.49