Posted 5th August 2005

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Four teams of four drivers lined up with Falcon powered Int 32 cars looking forward to 8 hours of racing. 30 minutes for each driver on each lane. However early on it was realised that Graemem's "improvements" to the lap counting software fell more than a little short. After two hours of racing the results for the third run could not be recalled. A timely lunch break was taken and it was decided to start again but this time as a four hour event. So the drivers lined up once more, this time racing for 15 minutes on each lane. The rather strange name "Horseshit" was derived from the drivers' initials (GGSS).

The car problems were confined to the aborted first series. The Crash & Bash car suffering a slipping pinion and then a stripped gear. A later crash saw them loose a pick up braid. The All Stars car suffered a broken lead wire while Graeme Saxton had a broken wire on his controller.

During the four hour event the cars ran without problems, although the NorthSouth team felt their car was losing speed in the third lane stint and changed their motor. Their times for the fourth lane were close to those in the third. The All Stars changed braids between the third and fourth runs. Kevin Dench had controller troubles during his second run. All in all the cars ran remarkably well.

The story of the racing was the Horseshit team putting a small gap on the Northsouths who in turn were pulling away from Crash & Bash with the All Stars trying hard but falling behind.

Apart from the computer problems an enjoyable event with the cars a pleasure to drive.