[Arthur]

Gents, Scratch32 proudly presents Ringwood XVIII:

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[Arthur]

February 13, 2017 – Ringwood XVIII – The Ring

Teams arrived and unloaded – some were designated a patch of grass…

Closer to the paddock the main teams would take their places and begin preparations…

Fastest lap in the qualifying heats would determine race seeding for each class. After 8 heats the grid was set.

1950’s Grand Prix (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 12 min.)

The debut race for this Ferrari 375 driven by J.F. Gonzalez… with other scratch entries awaiting the green flag…

A close up of the Ferrari wire wheel detail with three ear knock off…

Notice the yellow band around the nose of this D50 to identify Fangio… fine wire mesh detail also reveals a new radiator…

The worn single exhaust pipe on this BRM P25 runs underneath the rear axle and has a removable piece to allow disassembly – just behind the pipe hanger. Notice also that the tires on this entry are clearly identified by the 1/8″ white dot…

Not how to win the race… obviously they ignored Ron’s advice (above)…

Nevertheless the rest of the field made it home in one piece.

1950’s Grand Prix Results

1. #11 – J.M. Fangio (Ferrari D50) 101 Laps (11.885 ext.);
2. #20 – A. Pilette (Ferrari D50) 99 (15.278);
3. #12 – J.F. Gonzalez (Ferrari 375) 95 (7.722);
4. #6 – S. Moss (BRM P25) 94 (5.517);
5. #16 – G. Hill (BRM P25) 89 (7.873);
6. #8 – H. Schell (BRM P25) 87 (9.786).
   **DNS #6 – D. Serafini (Ferrari 375).

1.5L Grand Prix (240 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.)

 

Black Jack just missed climbing his way to 2nd place from 4th on the grid…

…and a solid debut for a very smooth #5 Lotus 24 of Taylor…

A fantastic field of scratch built entries.

1.5L Grand Prix Results

1. #30 – D. Gurney (Porsche 804) 101 Laps (20.346 ext.);
2. #7 – J. Surtees (Honda RA273) 98 (9.501)*;
3. #1 – J. Brabham (Brabham BT11) 98 (11.189);
4. #1 – J. Brabham (Cooper T53) 94 (17.103);
5. #2 – M. Spence (Lotus 25) 88 (12.797);
6. #5 – T. Taylor (Lotus 24) 83 (7.551).
   *-3.0L entries de-tuned to 1.5L standard

3.0L Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.)

Everyone turned up for this one – including several models…

…including the Castrol girls to advertise lubricants…

Jim Clark would suffer handling issues and go backwards from pole – but still managed to hang on to third place… ‘Big John’ Surtees and Bruce McLaren would make it past…

3.0L Grand Prix Results

1. #7 – J. Surtees (Honda RA273) 83 Laps (10.510 ext.);
2. #8 – B. McLaren (Eagle Mk1) 81 (9.595);
3. #4 – J. Clark (Lotus 49) 78 (12.853);
4. #22 – J. Siffert (Lotus 49B) 74 (14.677);
5. #4 – J. Clark (Sr.) (Lotus 49) 71 (4.814);
6. #5 – J. Clark (Jr.) (Lotus 49) 64 (15.077).

1970’s Grand Prix (180 sec. x 3 x 1 = 9 min.)

Trust the French to create a spectacle…

Ken Tyrrell ultimately preferred the low key approach but kept the blue…

Stewart would put on a late charge in the debut of his Tyrrell 003 to make it close at the end…

…and deny the rookie Villeneuve his first ever victory in a McLaren M23…

Something looks a little odd with that M23 transmission…

…a strong showing for Tyrrell…

 

1970’s Grand Prix Results

1. #17 – J. Stewart (Tyrrell 003) 87 Laps (7.947 ext.);
2. #40 – G. Villeneuve (McLaren M23) 87 (9.217);
3. #19 – J. Mass (Surtees TS16/03) 84 (5.419);
4. #3 – P. Depailler (Tyrrell 007) 79 (13.310);
5. #34 – H. Stuck (March 761) 73 (15.822);
6. #8 – T. Trimmer (Lotus 72) 71 (10.000).

Cheers to everyone who could make it out to celebrate yet another Ringwood! Our field of scratch built models is definitely growing!!! :good:

The Happy Canadian Scale Modeler!

[Anonymous]

Bloody good show old Chap.  , the cars were the best looking bit of kit , well the dollies on the hoods were nice too.

I must say though it was a lovely looking grid, what with the sun shining and a sharp glint of the finely polished boots and bonnets.  Not to mention the racing itself,  a right tangle of the top notch pilots .

Another jolly good show mates indeed certainly worth my 20 shillings.

Bob

[Arthur]

Cheers!

:good:

The Happy Canadian Scale Modeler!

[Arthur]

One note about the ‘Race Result’ time line chart to keep in mind – it captures the OVERALL race order at four moments in time from start to finish, not the actual passes nor individual heat results (ie. one can win their last two heats but still be listed in second or third position overall).

The chart captures the overall result after every heat and since we usually run 3 minute heats the intervals are listed in the chart from Start-3-6-Finish – but if the race was longer (and thereby each heat) to be precise the chart should read Start-4-8-Finish for those longer races – I may change the chart to identify the end of each heat rather than time expired… :mail:

The Happy Canadian Scale Modeler!

[Porsche911]

Great looking fields, and the nostalgia photos are a great homage to yesteryear…I am surprised the Gilles M23 ‘outrigger’ passed the eye of the scrutinizer….Perhaps an optical delusion of the photo :unsure:

[f1nutz]

Some great models and some great racing! Thanks again for hosting!

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