Meeting 3 Report.

Meeting 3 of the RLLMUK Historic Trophy, held at Mugello, saw 15 cars take to the track for a pair of 8-lap races.

Meatball’s Corvette in Pole Position.

Victory in both races fell to the combination of Meatball and his C2 corvette, which still seems to be the class of the field, leading both races from lights to flag.

Meatball leading, again.

In what’s becoming a case of a “best of the rest” battle, the BMW 3.0 litre CSLs of Dudley and Balhambadger took a second-place result each. Badger Gravling’s Chevy Nova took 3rd place in the meeting’s first race, and Balhambadger visited the podium again in race 2 with a third place finish.

Nose-to-tail running as the Field come out of the long right-hand sweep at the south end of the circuit

This meeting saw a few more incidents then previous weeks – this is probably due to a closing up of the field’s level of competitiveness. Multi-way battles were the norm as once again we saw small cars dominate the corners and larger cars power down the main straight.

An early incident in Race 2 Saw Badger Gravling’s Chevy spinning across the main straight right in the path of several battling cars. Miraculously, there was no further contact as the field came through.

As the meeting drew to a close, spectators were treated to an epic battle between BalhamBadger’s BMW and RichXM655’s Mustang, as the Ford driver tried desperately to keep the charging CSL at bay. After 3 laps of defensive driving, Rich left the smallest gap open and didn’t close it quickly enough. Contact ensued, dropping the red Mustang from 3rd to 6th, which after the race both drivers judged as a racing incident.

BalhamBadger’s BMW harrases RichXM655’s Mustang for 3rd in Race 2.

Next week, Infineon raceway, where cornering performance will dominate above all. Drivers of the bigger cars are looking nervously at their setups...