Ardent Raceway Summer 3X Speed Series
 

1st meeting this weekend for 12th Pan, F1, GT, Mini and Mardaves

http://www.ardentracing.com/raceway/summerseries.php

The dates for 12th Pan, F1, GT, Mini and Mardaves

• Rd1 May 1st
• Rd2 May 29th
• Rd3 July 3rd
• Rd4 July 31st
• Rd5 August 28th

The dates for 10th Touring Car Stock, Pro-stock and Modified are:

Rd1 May 2nd
Rd2 May 30th
Rd3 July 4th
Rd4 August 1st
Rd5 August 29th

It was a good day today, shame there was an unusually low turn out. a good turn out for F1's but then i assume a few were getting in some track time ready for the Stafford TORC round.

the 12th heat was extremely close, after 3 finals & a total of 140 laps for the 1st & 2nd place drivers, there were only 2 seconds between them on total time.. watching the 12th's racing was something else, it was as though the 2 lead cars were chained together, it was like watching a caravan race only the caravan was another 12th car! The only downside (or upside depending on how you look at it) was the marshals got to have a long break, i don't think a marshal went on the track for the entire heat!

Because the bulk of the cars at ardent are touring car's

It's an upside

No broken cars to repair or marshalls risking life & limb marshalling :thumbsup:

not neccesarily.. the low turn out may be because it's a tournament type event that has taken place on a Saturday when Sunday is the traditional race day. Every time i've been there there have been a good turn out of 12th's & the last time i raced there, 20 12th scalers were booked in & there were about as many touring car drivers & that was on a regular Sunday meet.

These days a lot more people have to work on Saturday's & for those who don't work it is usually the day when dad has to go shopping with the wife & kids!

Some touring car drivers DID turn up yesterday expecting a practice, but got drafted into a heat although not included as part of the tournament.