Back on the weekend of May 17 to 18, the VMPRA went to Hamilton for a race weekend. Numbers were a little down unusual, particularly for F3D.

On Saturday morning, conditions were rather grey and wet. Because of the low number of competitors and the fact that we had almost enough help from the club, we decided to run F3D and Q500 together, eliminating the long waits between F3D rounds. This would have worked well, except for regular stops for rain showers. We only managed to complete 5 rounds of the class on Saturday.

Sunday morning gave us far better weather conditions, and having flown the other two classes on Saturday, we ran 8 rounds of F3T. We managed to get through these rounds reasonably quickly with a slightly earlier finish than usual. Thank you to the Hamilton Club for hosting this event and providing splendid catering and a field in good condition.

The next event is an AMPRA at Munro on June 7 – 8. Hopefully, we can get good numbers at this event, being one of our highlights of the year.
Results
These are the placings for this race weekend, plus the fastest times. For all the results, see the “Result” button below.
Class – FA1
Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Anthony Thurgood
3rd N/A
Fastest Time (Red Box): 71.21 Anthony Thurgood
No. of competitors: 2
Class – F3T
Places:
1st Brian Steele
2nd Jim Orenshaw
3rd Anthony Thurgood
Fastest Time (Red Box): 70.19 Brian Steele.
No. of competitors: 5
Class – Q500
Places:
1st Alan Whitbourne
2nd Eddie Rich
3rd Jim Orenshaw
Fastest Time (Red Box): 102.01 Alan Whitbourn
No. of competitors: 6
Season Championship
FA1
Anthony Thurgood is still in top position. Brian Steele has moved up into 2nd place from 3rd.
1st – Anthony Thurgood
2nd – Brian Steele
3rd – Glenn Matthews
F3T
No changes at the top 2 positions. Jim Orenshaw has moved from 6th placing into 3rd.
1st – Brian Steele
2nd – Andrew Davies
3rd – Jim Orenshaw
Q500
Again, there has been no change in the top 3 placings.
1st – Jim Orenshaw
2nd – John Schmidli
3rd – Alan Whitbourne
Next Race Events:
– AMPRA Champs, Munro June 7 -8, 2025.
Report – John Schmidli.
Photos – John Schmidli
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