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EAHORC & SCHORC & Swap Meet
SCHORC is a new HO racing club based at Yelling Village Hall, Yelling, Cambridgeshire, England.
We are the only HO racing club that holds monthly meeting in East Anglia
We race once a month at Yelling Village Hall, Yelling, Nr. St Neots, Cambridgeshire on a Wednesday evening from 7.00 til 10.30.
We welcome new members and visitors to come and join with us.
We race on Tomy track in a 4 lane variable layout format, with electronic timing, we have prepared club cars available for those not already equiped with a suitable race car.
There are separate Championships (new 2011) for Club Members and Visitors, Members Championship 10 rounds to count from 12 rounds, Visitors Cup 4 rounds to count from any number of visits.
'HO Racing Ahead' will be in attendance at all the race meetings for sales of cars, spares and track. We can undertake repairs, upgrades, chassis tuning and give advice to bring your car up to speed.
We also able to hold 'racing parties' for you, at very competitive prices, using the same equipment that we use for the club events. At Yelling Village Hall, or at your own venue. Please contact us for details. anthonystacey@ntlworld.com
Race Reports
CLUB CHAMPIONS 2009
F1/Tyco 1st Paul Homewood 94pts, 2nd Craig Homewood 87pts, 3rd Roy Masters 87pts.
Modifieds 1st Tony Stacey 101pts, 2nd Roy Masters 86pts, 3rd Stephen Stacey 69 pts
Combined points Champion Tony Stacey 175 pts, 2nd Roy Masters173 pts, 3rd Paul Homewood 136 point
2010 CLUB RACE DATES
January 13th - February 17th - March 17th - April 7th - May 5th - June 2nd - July7th - August 4th - September 1st - September 29th - November 3rd - December 1st.
RACE REPORTS
January 13th, Seven racers turned up this month, we raced 2 classes, F1 stock Tyco, won by Roy Masters with 36.2 laps, second was Craig Homewood with 33.4 laps and third was Paul Homewood with 30.5 laps, Modified Saloons/GT's was won by Steve Stacey with 33.3 laps second was Tony Stacey with 30.1 and Roy with 25.8 laps, Tony and Roy in this class were lap time racing against each other and offs were regular to say the least with Stephen racing this class well all night, drove a creditable and steady race to come through and take this his first class win. Congratulations Steve (now a modified challenger for the Champoinship!).
February 17th, Five racers only this month, we raced in two classes, F1 stock Tyco, won by Tony Stacey, with 30.9 laps and fastest lap of the class 4.60sec, second was Paul Homewood with 30.3 laps and third was Craig Homewood with 27.6 laps, the second class was modified salooon/sports/GT, 1st Craig 36.0 laps, 2nd Tony 35.9 laps both Craig and Tony had the same best lap time of 4.36 sec. 3rd was Stephen with 29.9 laps.Well done Craig in your first race with you new car.
March 17th, What a night, with six racers this month, everyone seemed to up their game, close, close racing by all, two classes were raced, F1 stock Tyco, the class was won by Paul Homewood with 35.3 laps, 2nd was Tony Stacey with 35.2 laps plus fastest lap 4.22 sec., and 3rd was Craig Homewood with 30.3 laps. Modifieds was the second class for tonight saw 2 drivers trying new race cars, Paul Homewood with his srt GT40, and Steven Stacey with one of Tony Stacey's rapid Marchon chassied Jaguar XJ220 micros, 1st was Tony Stacey with 40.2 laps plus fastest lap 3.82 sec., 2nd was Roy Masters with 35.3 laps 3rd was Scott Stacey with 34.8 laps. Phew what a race night, bring it on again boys very enjoyable.
April 14th, It just gets better and better, with eight racers this month, the action was fast and furious, with all the thrills and spills that you would expect from competitive racing, we welcomed two new racers this month, found on slot forum Alan new to HO and Mike who had HO many years ago. Two classes were raced tonight F1 Tyco stock and modifieds. In the F1 tyco stock, an improving Tony Stacey stood favourite for the class win, which he duly achieved with 35.4 laps and fastest lap in the heats of 4.7 sec., second was Paul Homewood with 31.9 laps and 3rd was new man Al Wood with a very creditable 28.1 laps with his first time at HO. Modifieds again was our second class raced tonight which unusually was not the close run we expected,1st was Paul Homewood with 33.7 laps, second was Tony Stacey with 33.0 laps and fastest lap 4.55 and Stephen Stacey was 3rd with 28.1 laps, Craig Homewood with yet another mechanical, had to retire. What a night! Will next month top this? Why not come along and be a part of it.
May 5th, Another busy and full nights racing, on SCHORC's largest club track yet, with 8 racing yet again, with Julian Allard making his first appearance for a while and his 'mark' on the night. we raced two classes, the first was F1 Tyco stock, with Roy Masters TQ after a short period in the doldrums coming up winner, with 25.6 lap and fastest lap 6.37 sec., second was Julian with 24.6 laps and Paul Homewood third (just) with 22,6 laps beating Al Wood also with 22.6 lap (with a club car). Modifieds was yet again or second class raced tonight, with Julian coming out TQ, and winner with 27.4 laps and fastest lap 5.94 sec. (shared with Scott Stacey), second was Al Wood with 21.1 laps (using the club car) and third was Tony Stacey with 19.9 laps. Again another frantic nights racing with fun and humour.
June 2nd, Another great nights racing, on a large and flowing track that was enjoyed by all, we raced two classes this month the first F1 Tyco stock, that was won by Al Wood with a club car! 1st Al Wood 27.1 laps, 2nd was Paul Homewood with 26.8 laps, 3rd was Julian with 26.2 laps and fastest lap of 5.85 sec. Modifieds was the second class that was raced, 1st was Craig with 29.5 laps, 2nd was Tony with 28.4 laps and fasest lap of 5.32 sec and 3rd was Scott Stacey with 27.4 laps. Again a terrific nights racing that was enjoyed by all, why not come along and join us a great nights racing.
July 7th, A different sort of nights racing, on a tri-oval, with Tyco stock F1/indy cars and Nascars, and running in the opposite direction! not to everybodies liking, the first class F1/Indy was won by Roy with 53.2 laps, second was Al with 49.1 laps and third was julian with 46.7 laps and fastest lap of the day at 2.91sec. Nascars the final was made up of 3 different chassis Julians super G, Roys tyco modified wide pan and Tonys Lifelike 'T', 1st was Julian with 55.2 laps and fastest lap in the final 2.64 sec, second was Roy with 54.1 laps and third was Tony with 46.1 laps. A frantic nights racing enjoyed by some and endured by others!
August 4th, Fantastic, frantic, frustration, dissapointment and elation, power problems, car problems and timing/lap counting problems tonights meeting had it all. Nine racers, welcome back Daniel. We were back to the familar road style circuit and travelling in the 'european' clockwise direction, this month, with Tyco stock F1 and Modified Sport/GT', in the F1 class after some close qualifing heats, 1st was Julian Allard with 24.5 laps and fastest lap of 6.70 sec, second was Paul Homewood with 23.5 laps and third was Scott Stacey with 21.9 laps. Modifieds tonight saw a mix of chassis in the class, with Tomy Super G, Marchon, Tomy SRT, and modified club 'Tony' Turbos, with Tony Stacey forsaking his Marchon to try something different, a Super G, literally hitting the track for the first time tonight and qualifing 4th, but not to make the final, beaten to it by Steve! First was Roy Masters Tyco pink neo with 27.6 laps second was Paul with 27.6 laps 15cm behind Roy, and third was Julian Super G/Marchon with 27.4 laps. All in all a great nights racing.
September 1st, Seven racers for tonight, on an interesting track layout that saw many twists and turns, F1 Tyco stock was the first class tonight, which was won by Paul with 25.6 laps, 2nd was Roy with 23.9 laps with Al wood close on his heels with 23.8 laps, the second class for tonight was Sports/GT's modified, which was won by Tony with 28.3 laps , 2nd was Scott stacey with 25.1 laps and 3rd was Paul with 24.1 laps, Craig Homewood hit mechanical gremlins in the final and failed to finish. after making fastest lap in the heats of 5.22 secs!
September 29th, Only 5 for tonights racing, on a fast but technical track, F1 Tyco stock was won by Roy with 25.0 laps, second was Julian with 24.9 laps and fastest lap of 6.60 sec., third was Al Wood with 23.4 laps.our second class for tonight was Modified Saloons/GT', which was won by Julian with 28.6 laps and fastest lap 5.33 sec with his very fast Marchon., 2nd was Roy with 21.5 laps and third was Tony with 17.7 laps after retiring with controller problems!!!
November 3rd, Six racers turned up tonight for a night of close racing the track was technical and quick with one bend in particular proving tricky catching everyone out at sometime or other. Tyco stock was won by Al Wood with 27.3 laps, second was Daniel Stacey with 26.3 laps and third was Paul Homewood with 23.4 laps, fastest lap recorded was 5.88 sec recorded by Tony Stacey, the second class was Modifieds won by Paul with 31.9 laps and fastest lap of 5.14 sec, second was Daniel with 28.4 laps and third was Craig with 28.1 lap.
December 15th, Eight racers turned up tonight, i would like to welcome Mark and Jo to the HO racing Club scene and they made a creditable performance for their first time ever racing HO slot cars. Tonights track was a technical and in places tricky, but with some good fast sections. Tyco stock was won by Tony stacey (he's back on the pace at last) with 23.4 laps and fastest recorded lap of 7.08 sec. second was Scott Stacey with 22.0 laps and third was Roy Masters with 21.4 laps.The second class raced was Modifieds, which was won by Paul Homewood (using one of Craigs modifieds, Craig being absent tonight!!!) with 25.6 laps, second was Scott Stacey after a tight scrap with Paul, with 25.4 laps and third was Tony Stacey with 24.1 laps and fastest lap of 5.98, he used no less than 4 different chassis and bodies, having already won the modified title, used tonight as 'a bit of a testing in race conditions' for next season and congrats to Scott for a solid double of second places. A good nights racing enjoyed by all.
Club Champions 1010
F1 stock Tyco Paul Homewood 124 points, second was Tony Stacey 120 points, third was Al Wood 108 points
Modified Sport/GT/Nascar Tony Stacey 134 points, second was Paul Homewood 110 points, third was Stephen Stacey 104 points
Combined Champion Tony Stacey 254 points, second was Paul Homewood 234 points, third was Steve Stacey 199 points
December 27th. January meeting, As this was our first all day open meeting we had an attendance of 13, never seen before at SCHORC, with members from MBR, WHO and FLBT and of course SCHORC. The track layout was the largest seen at SCHORC, and commended as being very even for all 4 lanes and so the racing proved it to be. We raced 3 classes this month 2 as club event classes and Nascar as a pairs event drawn out the hat and running in the opposite direction for the fun of it! The open F1 was won by Marc Townsend with 22.7 laps, second was Martin Hill with 22.7 laps and fastest lap of 7.06 sec. and third was Craig Homewood after amazingly coming up from the D final as last in qualifing, with 22.4 laps, the second class was Modifieds which was won with class by club member Craig Homewood with 27.3 laps, second was Martin Hill with 26.8 laps, third was Paul Homewood with 21.3 laps and fastest lap was by Tony Stacey in the B final with 5.83 sec. The third event the NASCAR pairs, run in the opposite direction. The final was over 500 seconds duration with the drivers changing at half distance, was won by Martin/Matty Hill/Scott Stacey, with Scott holding the 2 lap lead gained by Martin in the first half, with 60.3 laps, second was Dave Rouse/Daniel Stacey with 58.4 laps and third was Roy Masters and Al Wood with 56.6 laps.
The club event results, Tyco F1 was won by Craig Homewood 22.4 laps and fastest lap of 7.33 sec, second was Roy masters with 19.7 laps and third was Al wood with 18.7 laps. Modifieds was won by Craig Homewood with27.3 laps, second was Paul Homewood with 21.3 laps and third was Tony Stacey with 24.5 laps in the B final after coming up from the D final and fastest lap of 5.83sec
A good time was had by all in this first of our all day events, and thanks to the visitors for coming and making this event exciting
January 29th, the second of our all day meetings. A non-championship racing day was enjoyed by 10 racers, 4 from SCHORC, 2 from MB, and 4 newbies, a big welcome to James, David, Bob and Ethan to large track HO racing, the F1 Tyco event was won by Martin Hill with 24.7 laps and fastest lap 6.39sec second was Tony Stacey with 22.6 laps and third was Craig Homewood with 21.8. after the 4 visitors left at lunchtime, we moved on to Modifieds and a good mix of chassis in this class today Martin with a Tomy turbo Gold magnet chassis Tony with a collection of SG+ chassis sorting them out for the next National, Craig with a Hill Marchon as was Matt Hill, Al Wood with a SG+ and Paul Homewood with any chassis we lent him, usually a Marchon, the winner was Martin with 27.4, second was Paul Homewood with 24.9 laps and third was Craig with 23.46 laps, Tony didn't make the podium after throwing his car off the track several times, but made the fastest recorded lap of 5.65 in heats unfortunately not all the lap times were recorded, but I am sure that Martin went faster, what a great fun day everyone went home smiling. For the record in the mod class final, the following lap times were recorded Paul, Marchon 5.94, Martin, Tubo gold 5.96 sec, Tony, SG+ 5.97 and Craig, Marchon 6.32
February 13 The last of our winter saturday programme, commenced at 11 am was enjoyed by 9 racers on the EAHORC national track that was to be used the next day, the first class we raced was F1 stock Tyco which was won by Paul Homewood with 20.2 laps, 2nd keeping Paul honest was Tony Stacey with 19.7 laps third was a returning Roy Masters recovering after his heart attack with 16.1 laps and fastest lap recorded of 8.23 sec.The second class was Modifieds which was won by Paul with 25.4 laps and best lap time of 6.38 sec. second was Tony with 21.6 laps and third was Al Wood with 20.6 laps, everyone enjoyed racing on the big track today, the smiling faces said it all.
March 16th A disappointing turn up for our March meet, 6 racers prepared to do battle. The track was, shall we say, a little taxing and no one particularly enjoyed it to start with but after a few heats some consistency was beginning to be seen. The first class we raced was F1 Tyco, Al to took the win with a 22.2 and fastest lap of 7,29, Paul finish 2nd with 20.5 and Tony 3rd with 19.7. Mod was our second class tonight the winner was Paul with 28.5, Al was second with 25.5 Jim was third with 23.1. Quickest lap of the night went to Tony with 6.13. Not many racers tonight but the evening just flew by and spent in good company was great fun.
April 20th A low turnout due to Family matters and football, never the less 6 keen racers were raring to go on a track that was very different yet pleasing to drive, The first class was stock F1, won by a very fast Julian Allard making a visitors appearance, with 21.2 laps, second was Al Wood with 18.8laps and third was Roy back racing again with 18.6 laps and fastest lap of 7.78 secs. keeping Al very honest. And on to Mod for our second class tonight, and now down to 5 of us, Julian having departed for his 75 mile motorcycle ride home! close racing ensued and the A final qualifiers having been decided, the win was taken by Al with a stonking 26.7 laps, second was Jim with 22.6 laps and third was Tony with 16.1 laps and fastest lap of 6.21 in the heats, all racing 'Tony Tuning' Marchons. Although the track looked complicated it was easy to marshal, with 3 marshals and possible with 2 marshals at a stretch and the driver station positioning allowed very easy sighting of the whole track!! National track designers please take note. Again a very competitive nights racing spent in good humour with a great bunch of guys.
May 25th Despite a few missing regulars, May saw a good turn out of nine racers including two new guys for our May meeting. Welcome Paul and Lee to your first SCHORC meeting!Tony had laid out another surprisingly tricky course that caused an eventful free practice with plenty of offs before racing got properly under way.Racing started with the F1 Tyco stock class.Tony was top F1 qualifier followed closely by Roy and Jim. By winning the b final Paul stepped into his first A final with a quiet confidence, lining up against Tony, Roy and Jim. A few incidents during the first few laps saw Paul secure an early lead and despite some fierce driving behind him he kept his cool and took the F1 A final in what was his first time racing HO. Very impressive stuff. Paul 20.1 laps, Tony 17.9 laps and Roy 16.8 laps, Paul and Tony shared the fastest F1 lap with a 7.45. The mod field was once again made up of predominantly Marchon chassis which have given some incredibly close racing in previous meetings. Tony proved to be the star of qualifying with an impressive 26.6 laps in the blue lane. Tony, Al, Jim and Roy lined up on the grid for the A final. After a good start Tony streaked off in the lead and left Al and Jim in a nail biting fight for 2nd place. After nearly 20 laps of wheel to wheel racing Jim pushed just a bit too hard and lost it on one of the track's hairpins. Pushing hard to catch back up with Al, he had a few more offs and didn't manage to close him down again. Ahead of all this Tony cruised to victory with 26.5 laps and the fastest lap of the night with a 6.10. After worrying about Jim for the whole race Al was surprised to discover he was only four tenths behind Tony at the end of the three minutes.Overall another great evenings racing in fantastic company!
EAHORC & SCHORC & Swap Meet