 Easter weekend 2013 marked a significant date in our race calendar - our first trip out in the oOple reporting bus. Having spent years scrounging pitting space and power of many kind racers, and shivering our socks off in a soggy tent, we decided to up the reporting ante and invest in a beat-out old machine in an effort to keep ourselves and our reporting gear clean and dry. With shelter sorted, now it's only power we'll be on the scrounge for :)
For many other racers far and wide, the festival of Chocolate Egg Surprises represents an important racing date - the annual Neo Invitational event. This year however, Neobuggy's Phil Mordstedt and his super friendly underlings at DXR postponed their race until later in the summer due to the clash with this weekends race in Preston. Knowing they couldn't only run a half-full meeting.
 
Fortunately for those drivers wondering what to do with their bank holiday weekend, the Noel Nitro crew had already put plans in place for a race of far higher prestige and full of friendly faces - the Bunny Boiler Cup weekend. The host crew were pointed in our direction by Andy Cottom, who took a sneaky peek at our race diary and discovered we had a free weekend. As regulars on the 1/10th electric scene we rarely get chance to spread our wings and cover the lesser known classes, but having experienced the excitement of the touring car scene at the DHI cup just two months ago, we were keen to find out what it is that draws man and boy alike to the noisier and smellier cousin of our usual cars - the 1/8th off-road nitro (Gas to some!) buggy.
Definition: Gas; [count noun] Pronunciation: /gas/ unpleasant odours generated in the alimentary canal of men; flatulence. Commonly associated with excessive ale intake, super hot curries, or Stu Evans.
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Roving reporter |
Toy car racing is fun for all ages |
I digress. Excited as we were about setting off, we were both working Ace Friday and by the time we'd packed the bus and were ready to go it was 8pm. Never the less our destination in the mountains of Preston was about a 2 hour drive so we had plenty of time yet. So we thought. An hour into the journey our reporting bus lost all power as we were cruising at a steady 45mph down the M61 (yes, it's insanely slow anyway so it did take a while to notice that there was no juice from the accelerator). We rolled it over onto the hard shoulder and yet again called out HSBC roadside assistance. A word of advice for anyone wondering whether to invest in roadside assistance - we chanced without a subscription for years, travelling the country to race meetings and (quite luckily) never running into any problems. When we remortgaged with HSBC our new account came with roadside assistance, and since then we have needed to use them on 4 occasions. When we bought the reporting bus last year HSBC wrote to us to say their cover now includes motorhomes - win! So the first trip out, we need to use assistance! I think the moral of the story is, don't sign up to roadside assistance?
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Good times went bad - luckily just diesel |
We're still on Friday aren't we? As it all turned out our bus had run out of diesel - yeah yeah very funny! See the chap who sold us this beast informed us that the fuel gague doesn't work, and that it shows empty even when it has a full tank. He was somewhat mistaken - the tank actually was empty. Every time we'd tried to fill up the fuel it came pissing back out after a few litres so we'd drawn the conclusion that this must be an exceptionally economical van as it never seemed to need much feeding. We're now thinking along the lines of a constipated fuel tank. Or blocked breather.
So we finally rocked up to the venue well after midnight, any tales of late night antics at the track will therefore have to be made up.
Saturday March 30th 2013.
Raceday: engines started early on Saturday morning, shortly after 6am, as drivers turned up early to get premium pitting spaces. We stirred and moved the bus into an appropriate reporting position - close enough to the track to get the full whack noise and fumes, and near to the pits to catch some banter.
After some late in the season snowfall last weekend and a very cold week, we were delighted to wake up to a stunning sunrise and clear-ish skies. Cold yes, but mood-lighting win.
Jimmy was dispatched for photography duties whilst Victoria sought refuge in the truck, warming up and writing some drivel in the race report. Now it's time for breakfast.
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Nick Caro was disturbed by the request to reveal his nipple. |
Serious about indoor-outdoor racing. |
 Booking in was called at 8am, and some beeping noises kicked off on the track at 8.50 - drivers briefing congregated at 9am. A good crowd turned out to listen to rules about using the correct size fuel tank (we could do with one of those), block tyres (no pins / spikes / step ups), and provision of masks for children. Something to do with cutting engines, and booking in has opened for another race.
Practice opened at 9.20am.One round of heat order practice would be followed by three rounds of qualifying - for now at least, this would change a few times.
"What iz this sheeez?"
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Suckling on the teat of fuel |
It is a well known fact amongst electric racers that these 1/8th dudes exhale nitro fumes |
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This must be how nitro engines are charged? |
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We caught Chris Cocker getting high on nitro fuel - he was off his tits the rest of the day. |
At the races we usually attend the discussions regarding power generally relate to electric speed controllers, lithium-polymer batteries, and brushless motors. At the bunny boiler cup however, drivers use a totally different set of tackle. Their cars are powered by nitrous oxide, run through fuel tanks and high powered engines using fuel intake clunks. The buggies are bigger, heavier, noiser and smellier than those we are used to. But these guys love them so we'll join in the fun.
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What about dirtworkz?
In electric off-road racing, race series or events are usually organised by teams or committees associated with certain tracks. In the nitro races we've attended there seems to be a named organisation behind the planning and track building, in this case 'Dirtworkz'.
I spent some quality time mixing it up in the oOple bus with Gemma from Dirtworkz, to find out - How does dirtworkz work?
This is our second event, so we're still learning how it works. Wes is the main figure of it, and his race mates are the other staff in the team. Wayne on timekeeping, I'm - honourary member and helper (along with Sammie - who dates Shaun Reeves from radio racers - the on site shop). Ollie Evans is the internet and electrical / technical guy, Jamie Parkinson is the creative design manager. Spen is Wes' brother (in green hoody) - head of first aid.
So what is your helpers role?
My job is keeping the accounts as that is what I do as my dayjob, Sammi helps Shaun out in the shop. I take questions from racers and point them in the right direction, hand out masks to children, and try to help anyone who needs help.
How did Dirtworkz happen?
The guys wanted to run a race event between Xmas and new year - so they organised Noel Nitro, it was a success - when entries opened for noel nitro 140 places sold out within 16 minutes of opening.; We werent called dirtworkz then but we decided to run another event then the bunny boiler was born.
Wayne came up with the name Bunny Boiler, the day after Noel Nitro. We created the facebook group and made a 'name our group' competition - there were 200 suggestions, and Ben Ellis won with his suggestion of Dirtworkz and got his race place here free as the prize. Ollie designed the dirtworkz logo.
We broke the entries down into three sessions for Bunny Boiler - Sunday afternoon, Tuesday night, and Friday lunchtime all in one week, giving a fairer chance to people who were unable to enter on the first entry session. Each time the entries were sold out within 4 minutes.
How about the costs of running an event of this scale?
The venue isn't cheap and the hire cost has increased since running the Noel Nitro - we have to pay for venue hire from Wednesday when we started building the track, until Sunday evening when the guys will come back to demolish it. The clay cost £600, plus £800 for labour and equipment hire.
How about plans for future events?
We'd really like to continue running events around Christmas and Easter each year - they may be at alternative venues though as this venue is currently on the market. We're learning loads from each event so we can continue to improve what we do and we're really pleased with how popular both events have been so far.
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Straight after the race was over - the Dirtworkz crew had a huge task to flatten the clay |
For the oOple team we'd really like to thank Gemma for answering our questions and being so helpful, Wes and his merry team for inviting and supporting us to report here, and for all the planning, organising and running of a top notch event, the behind the scenes guys who help it to run smoothly, and Wayne in timekeeping for regular provision of race results. We should probably give Andy Cottom a mention as well, for recommending our oOple presence at this awesome race. |
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The Venue.
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It was like pitting in a huge pile of poo - erm, actually that's exactly what it was. The dust was crazy. |
The bunny boiler cup is held undercover in a barn usually used for racing shire horses. The main hall has a soft surface comprised mainly of horse poo, which for the purpose of this weekend has been covered with 100 tonnes of 26% moisture content clay, hard packed with especially hired rollers and sculpted into a series of jumps with some pro diggers. Stuart Wood laid pipe around the track edges.
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This is the REAL gangsta shiz - Mr Nibbo |
Push-pull lens - AWESOME! - not indoors tho mate. |
The track area is overlooked by the presidential suite which houses timekeeping and some close racing buddies who take frequent breaks from their pitting duties to massage timekeeper Waynes shoulders. Alongside the suite is the main rostrum and grandstand, with some additional pitting space for exclusive members, and further along from this lays the 'beat box' - where the Dirtworkz crew can take time out from the busy schedule to knock out some rythms.
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Beat Box |
View from box |
In the adjacent hall is the main pitting area and r/c shop. The furthest hall is populated by caravans, motorhomes and tents.
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A baby shire horse crawls out of its den. |
Mounds of softened horse poo are readily available |
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I'm not sure if this is an offer of sexy time? |
The track is made from real clay built atop the horse poo |
Qualifying Round One
Elliott Boots took the opening round ahead of Sloppy who was second..... easy enough to make a pun out of that! Elliott make it through for the extra lap and was the only one on 14 whilst Bradley Baird was less than half a second behind Sloppy in third.
Our personal favourite and running the new Losi 3.0 buggy - Richard 'Tricky' Taylor came in fourth. We asked him about this nitro stuff and why his bodyshell isn't plain red any longer and whilst he didn't have an answer for the latter, he was keen to show us his new car.
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Sloppy was second, hahaha. |
We thought Milan Dragojlovic was an eastern European superstar, over to show the Brits how it was done. But it turns out he's about as foreign as Gary Barlow. Hailing from Burnley it was a short stint up for the broad Lancashire speaking Milan. He mentioned that in Burnley the locals can't get a handle on his name so call him Matalan. FACT. It's information like this that neobuggy could never provide.
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Tricky's dad (yellow) cut his battery lead wires with a pair of scissors - causing much sparking, lol |
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Holmes took 5th with his D812 |
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Buggy Qualifying Round 1 |
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Elliott Boots |
14/ 320.90 |
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Graham Alsop |
13/ 309.42 |
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Bradley Baird |
13/ 309.85 |
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Richard Taylor |
13/ 311.37 |
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John Holmes |
13/ 313.98 |
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Kevin Brunsden |
13/ 315.20 |
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Dave Crompton |
13/ 318.38 |
8 |
Ben Williams |
13/ 319.32 |
9 |
Milan Dragojlovic |
13/ 320.34 |
10 |
Tony Truman |
13/ 322.31 |
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Tricky didn't look right doing 'Gangsta Signs' |
BMX and multiple national champion Richard 'Tricky' Taylor.
How's the collarbone chief?
It still hurts - I'll never be the same but I still race BMX.
Was it worse than getting hit by a truggy?
I've only been hit by a truggy once and it was like being shot through a thick pillow - it hurt less than the collarbone that's for damn sure.
Why did you switch colours from your legendary single-colour of metallic red?
The pure red looked crap (I disagree) - I have new shells but haven't used them yet.
What's this new buggy you're running, a Losi 3.0 you say?
It's got a lot of changes over the old buggy, bigger diameter shocks which are also longer and the car feaures longer shock towersl
How long have you had it boss, and what have you done to it setup wise since gettin hold?
I'vw had it about 4 weeks and done a couple of small meetings - but this is the first big meeting I've done with it.
Being the only person here with the buggy, are you a bit scared of smashing it up and not havin spares?
I can smash anthing and am well known for punishing the centre differential - but these are the same as the old car so it's all good
What are the main improvements over the older ride?
It's just acer
What about this boiling bunnies business, all seems a bit mean doesn't it? what do you make of it all?
With all this horse burger stuff kicking off - the boiling of a live bunny doesn't phase me at all - look at my hair.
Have you raced here before? How does the venue compare to other races you attend?
No, it seems a great venue and I've really enjoyed it. The pits were too dusty however and so for Sunday like a lot of other drivers, we decided to pit outside in the cold sunshine.
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oOple name decals make you faster - get some ordered, that's an order! |
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Nick Caro examines his box to try to discover what it's proposed usage is. It turned out it was a pitting box. |
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TRICKY |
NUTTER |
Elliott took the win again but this time things were close with Truman and Sloppy just a couple of seconds off the Bootinator.
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Buggy Qualifying Round 2 |
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Elliott Boots |
13/ 300.17 |
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Tony Truman |
13/ 302.04 |
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Graham Alsop |
13/ 302.48 |
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Bradley Baird |
13/ 314.05 |
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Ben Williams |
13/ 314.41 |
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Dave Crompton |
13/ 316.43 |
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Stuart Mahon |
13/ 317.46 |
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Callum Niblett |
13/ 323.44 |
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Liam Galvin |
13/ 301.33 |
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Kevin Brunsden |
12/ 301.76 |
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Vicky tests the mask - it worked - but her eyes burnt out. How we laughed! |
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We wondered why a lot of people had their thermos flask sat atop their engines - it turned out that this is some sort of warming device. Chris Boots kindly showed us some other uses for it. It was cold in the pits. |
Roung three and again Elliott just missed out on the extra lap - Sloppy seconds back with Ben Williams third. This joke will never get old.
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Buggy Qualifying Round 3 |
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Elliott Boots |
13/ 300.28 |
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Graham Alsop |
13/ 304.46 |
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Ben Williams |
13/ 307.22 |
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John Holmes |
13/ 310.69 |
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Stuart Mahon |
13/ 311.71 |
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Leigh Richardson |
13/ 316.16 |
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Callum Niblett |
13/ 319.63 |
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Richard Taylor |
13/ 320.68 |
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Tony Truman |
13/ 321.34 |
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Johnathon Skidmore |
13/ 321.60 |
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Truggys - love or hate, these guys clearly love them. |
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I have never been so scared taking photos as I was getting these truggy shots. I was in the middle of the track and these things know no boundaries, they were all over the place almost killing me several times. This was the first and last time I went out taking photos of the trucks in qualifying!!!!!!! |
With just two from five rounds of qualifying to count - this was the last chance to go TQ for anyone but Elliott - sadly for them the Young Kyosho superstar was untouchable once again with a whopping 6 second lead over second place Slopster with Truman a further 2 seconds back in third. Kevin Brunsden, who we met on a boating holiday on the river Thames by chance, put in his best time so far to go 4th in round.
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Buggy Qualifying Round 4 |
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Elliott Boots |
13/ 303.17 |
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Graham Alsop |
13/ 309.11 |
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Tony Truman |
13/ 311.45 |
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Kevin Brunsden |
13/ 311.64 |
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John Holmes |
13/ 316.10 |
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Callum Niblett |
13/ 31 |
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Leon Goode |
13/ 31 |
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Johnathon Skidmore |
13/ 31 |
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Dave Crompton |
13/ 319.60 |
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Gavin Uttley |
13/ 3 |
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We talked to Chris Boots - DAD of Worlds TQ superhero Elliott Boots. He showed us just how serious this sport is - and it blew our little minds. No wonder these big companies don't want to sponsor dickheads like us making stupid race reports, they actually really take it seriously!
Daddy Boots showed us the special screw on his engine which make it tamper-proof, so he basically runs the engine and fills in a report for every run - this along with the engine will eventually go back to Novarossi so their experts can take a look at the wear and see how the engine has performed. All very serious but as Daddy Boots pointed out, the engines they test are what the public eventually buys and their feedback and testing is key to the success.
If that weren't enough - after a run at full-chat, 7-something minutes of actual running on the track for a 5 minute qualifier, Daddy Boots used a huge syringe to pull out all the remaining fuell from the tank (35ml) and used an app on his phone to calculate run time based on the useage and time running. I think it came out around 10:34 for a tank, which is nice and compfy for a 10-min stop in the finals.
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Visible Pantyline Fuels |
Spot the mistake on this wheel. |
Elliott runs VP fuels - something I've never heard of but apparently they are HUGE and also make some fuels for other companies. Apparently their fuel dominates supercross racing.
Elliott was running the new Diamond Back tyres from Proline - and they didn't seem to be letting him down in any way!
Elliott pulls a true 'Bunny Boiler' face. |
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Buggy Overall Qualifying - Day 1 |
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Elliott Boots |
4 |
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Graham Alsop |
9 |
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3 |
2 |
2 |
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Tony Truman |
24 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
4 |
Kevin Brunsden |
31 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
4 |
5 |
Dave Crompton |
34 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
9 |
6 |
Stuart Mahon |
37 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
Ben Williams |
38 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
8 |
Bradley Baird |
39 |
3 |
4 |
18 |
14 |
9 |
Johnathon Skidmore |
42 |
13 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
10 |
John Holmes |
53 |
5 |
39 |
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5 |
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There have been some truggies racing too - these are far more dangerous to photograph though so we just grabbed some overall results. The points are made up, no idea why, but we left them in for comedy.
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Andy Beaumont |
13 |
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Wayne Eley |
15 |
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3 |
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Shaun Reeve |
17 |
10 |
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9 |
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Robert Cockroft |
21 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
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Dave Parker |
22 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
9 |
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John Gorman |
22 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
7 |
Ste Jones |
26 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
8 |
Dene Cuthbert |
34 |
3 |
4 |
18 |
14 |
9 |
Neil Scott |
35 |
13 |
11 |
10 |
8 |
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Jimmy Patterson |
36 |
5 |
39 |
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5 |
11 |
Andy Mason |
37 |
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12 |
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Blaine Baird |
40 |
5 |
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Robbie Grindlay |
46 |
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11 |
13 |
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Night night.
Sunday March 31st 2013 - Day 2 - Qualifying and Finals.
We were awoken bright and early by what sounded to be a very angry swarm of wasps, as we gradually gained consciousness we realised that it was actually drivers warming their cars up in the warm up area adjacent to our bus. The time on our phones read 8.30am - indeed spring had sprung forward and we'd lost an hour overnight - but gained glorious sunshine, daffodils, and baby lambs.
As we rejoined the real world, qualifying round 5 was kicking off - suddenly it was 3 rounds from 5 to count, not 2. This was mainly due to the huge mess of sorting out the finals with so many people on equal points.
Graham Alsop TQ'd the final round with a new fastest time 10 seconds ahead of Elliott's best time - but it was only in his dreams during the previous night and in actual fact placed third behind Truman, with Elliott on top once again for a complete and sickeningly domination.
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Buggy Qualifying Round 5 |
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Elliott Boots |
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Tony Truman |
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Graham Alsop |
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Kevin Brunsden |
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Dave Crompton |
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Ben Williams |
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Milan Dragojlovic |
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Stuart Mahon |
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Jonathon Skidmore |
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Bradley Baird |
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With qualifying over and done with - the finals were sorted with 10 drivers in each. With three bump-up positions in each final it would eventually make all but the bottom final with 13 drivers. With those bumping up taking the last three positions on the grid for the next final.
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Overall top 10 - 3 rounds from 5 to count |
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Name |
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R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
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Elliott Boots |
3 |
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1 |
2 |
Graham Alsop |
6 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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Tony Truman |
7 |
10 |
2 |
9 |
3 |
2 |
4 |
Ben Williams |
14 |
8 |
5 |
3 |
22 |
6 |
5 |
Kevin Brunsden |
14 |
6 |
10 |
11 |
4 |
4 |
6 |
John Holmes |
14 |
5 |
39 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
7 |
Bradley Baird |
17 |
3 |
4 |
18 |
14 |
10 |
8 |
Dave Crompton |
18 |
7 |
6 |
12 |
9 |
5 |
9 |
Stuart Mahon |
20 |
12 |
7 |
5 |
13 |
8 |
10 |
Callum Niblett |
21 |
127 |
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6 |
128 |
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M Final Buggy.
Veteren driver Derek Wilson crashed on the first corner and by the second corner he was down to last place from his starting point of 2nd on the grid. One lap into the race car 5 Kieran White was in the lead. Then it was discovered that the loop wasn't counting and drivers were called back into the pits to restart the race. oops.
The second start was equally as chaotic, with lots of crashing and car 7 - Jamie Wagbo quickly moved into the lead. Meanwhile Tony Truman saw his chance to take out a fellow marshall on the back corner, pushing him off his chair in a surprise attack.
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Back on the track poleman Dan Shelton was into the lead again, followed by Kieran White in 2nd and Jamie Wagbo in 3rd. A pile up in the middle of the track saw some changes to the order, whilst Jamie Wagbo took to riding the pipe instead of the track. Mick Turner and Lee Cotteril were out with 10 minutes left to race.
Kieran was now leading the race by two laps, but after a strong lead he experienced a flame out and was returned to the pits for a re-boot. Kieran was now down to 2nd place with Dan Shelton in the lead, with a slightly scewed wing affecting his airtime and landing strategy - still Dan took the win 5 seconds ahead of 2nd place Kieran.
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Dan Shelton |
30 / 922.62 |
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Kieran White |
30 / 927.19 |
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Jamie Wagbo |
27 / 919.94 |
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Lucas Smith |
26 / 918.52 |
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Derek Wilson |
25 / 910.27 |
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Garry White |
13 / 395.72 |
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Mick Kearns Turner |
0 / 0.00 |
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Lee Cottrell |
0 / 0.00 |
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Name Kevin Brunsden,
How long have you been racing?
27 years, I started with 10th off road Tamiya Grasshopper - then went onto a Kyosho Lazer. I did well at the Petit race last year but it was the first time in about 15 years I'd raced 10th off road electric.
What are you racing with this weekend,?
SWorks 2012 BK1, Sworks S-power S7 3-port. Xpert-RC servos - which are ace. This is the evolution of the original car - with the weight distribution changed up front among other things.
What do you think of the track
Awesome, it's good fun, fast and keeps the racing nice and close.
How does it compare to the neo tracks
It's a lot easier than the Harper Adams track - more grip and I'm running the same tyres all weekend - Beta Cubez
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Some added bling bits |
Whats your normal Job, are you a superstar full time race machine.
Erm, No. I work as a manager at Modelzone Reading and family & work come before racing these days.
How much do you get to practice
Just weekend racing really - no more mid week stuff, I have too many responsibilities.
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Answer-RC's new XPERT servos, not cheap tat!
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Sexy post-anodising machined shock towers |
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The body shell and paint are designed by Nagy Design |
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Pete from Answer-RC cleans his van in his preferred method |
L final buggy.
Cars 4 and 3 crashed on the first bobble (Jason Robinson and Jeremy Irving) car 9 Paul Tonks was up to 2nd place and moving in on the leader, but the move didn't work and both cars ended up in a tangle. Now bump-up Kieran White was in 2nd place from 13th on the grid - he moved into the lead but then fell off the track and dropped back a bit. Now Sean Ward in car 8 was up to the lead, followed by Les Posner in 2nd and bumped-up Jamie Wagbo in 3rd place.
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Nice clean start |
Kieran was putting in some good laps but experienced interferance and had to exit the race.
Lots of bumping and grinding, with 10 minutes left to race the top three cars were Jeremy Irving, Sean Ward and Les Posner.
Further back in the race Lee Glazebrook was wingraping Andy Ridley - this didn't stop Andy though and he moved up to third and then second place to bump up to the next final.
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Result |
1 |
10 |
Andy Ridley |
31 / 915.30 |
2 |
8 |
Sean Ward |
31 / 924.51 |
3 |
1 |
Matt Bennett |
31 / 926.02 |
4 |
3 |
Jeremy Irving |
31 / 930.82 |
5 |
9 |
Paul Tonks |
30 / 900.89 |
6 |
5 |
Les Posner |
30 / 926.87 |
7 |
6 |
Chris Gregory |
29 / 924.94 |
8 |
11 |
Lee Glazebrook |
29 / 928.08 |
9 |
4 |
Jason Robinson |
28 / 907.34 |
10 |
12 |
Dan Shelton |
26 / 911.61 |
11 |
2 |
Mandy Scott |
25 / 912.93 |
12 |
7 |
Andreas Wagener |
24 / 927.31 |
13 |
14 |
Jamie Wagbo |
18 / 615.23 |
14 |
13 |
Kieran White |
4 / 135.42 |
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K final Buggy.
First corner madness, Kieran Cox held onto the lead, pulled a gap back to father Simon Cox who had moved into 2nd place. Simon crashed and dropped back, Kieran panics and makes errors, now Alastair Stevenson takes the lead from 5th on the grid. Two minutes into the race Kieran is back in control and takes the lead, further back Jason Park with car 7 breaks and exits the race. Kieran held a strong lead 6 minutes into the race, but starts to make errors, enters the pit lane with 8 minutes left to go. Alastair now takes the lead, with Gavin Williams in 2nd and Lewis Johnson in 3rd.
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I missed taking photos of this final because I'd locked myself out of the motorhome - Col Brennan sorted it! |
Kieran starts to push too hard in an effort to move back up the order, makes more errors. Andy Ridley now in 5th place after bumping up from the L final. Gavin Williams moves into the lead, Simon Cox up to 2nd and Alastair in 3rd with three minutes left to race. Simon and Alastair swapping places in the battle for 2nd, Simon overtakes the leader to take charge of the race, Alastair settles for second, and Gavin in 3rd.
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K Final |
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Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
6 |
Simon Cox |
32 / 909.02 |
2 |
5 |
Alastair Stevenson |
32 / 910.34 |
3 |
3 |
Gavin Williams |
32 / 924.98 |
4 |
1 |
Kieran Cox |
31 / 904.15 |
5 |
12 |
Andy Ridley |
31 / 905.56 |
6 |
10 |
Kevin Armstrong |
30 / 903.07 |
7 |
9 |
William Reade |
30 / 908.14 |
8 |
4 |
Mark Rogers |
28 / 927.31 |
9 |
8 |
Lewis Johnson |
27 / 909.40 |
10 |
11 |
Jeremy Irving |
26 / 822.22 |
11 |
7 |
Jason Park |
4 / 134.88 |
12 |
2 |
Paul Bennett |
0 / 0.00 |
13 |
13 |
Sean Ward |
0 / 0.00 |
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J final Buggy.
One minute into the race Darren Moffatt dropped out with a broken rear diff, up at the front car 5 Dan Evans took the lead but was soon overtaken by Wesley Davies poleman. Timekeeper Wayne announced that he's going home if Wes wins. Dan Evans helps out by overtaking Wes.
Bump up Alastair was on a mission and moved up to 3rd place from 13th on the grid. Wes took control of the lead but flipped out and Dan Evans resumed the lead followed by Alastair in 2nd. Bump up Simon Cox joined in the mix by moving up to 4th place from 12th. Wes was seen trying out a new line down the back straight which seemed to work for him as he moved up to 2nd place, and then into the lead.
With 9 minutes left to race Wes was struggling to pass the rear end traffic, mistakes cost Wes time but not places. Simon Cox in 3rd place crashed out of the way to allow Wes to lap through. Evans was now into 2nd place ahead of Alastair, with three minutes left to race. Wes was way ahead, flying around like he was on redbull, one lap ahead of the rest.
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J Final |
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| |
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Wesley Davies |
33 / 919.89 |
2 |
5 |
Dan Evans |
32 / 917.75 |
3 |
13 |
Alastair Stevenson |
32 / 923.81 |
4 |
12 |
Simon Cox |
32 / 926.82 |
5 |
2 |
Lee Robinson |
31 / 907.97 |
6 |
4 |
Graham Grice |
31 / 915.44 |
7 |
3 |
Mark Pearl |
31 / 927.64 |
8 |
9 |
Rob Gell |
30 / 904.48 |
9 |
11 |
Mike Smith |
30 / 911.80 |
10 |
6 |
James Birkitt |
30 / 922.46 |
11 |
14 |
Gavin Williams |
28 / 917.53 |
12 |
8 |
Jamie Skelton |
21 / 613.89 |
13 |
7 |
John Wells |
21 / 915.64 |
14 |
10 |
Darren Moffatt |
1 / 42.39 |
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I final.
Lots of carnage on the start tone - Lewis Whitley moved from 11th up to 1st on the outlap, Robson moved from 5th up to 2nd, and DirtWorkz hero Wes Davis in 3rd - soon battling with Scott Pauley looking to move up to 3rd. Lewis up in the lead starts to pull a gap back to 2nd.
Ben Woods was doing well and had moved all the way up into 3rd place until it was discovered he was actually in the wrong race, and should be in the H final - just out on the track for a few warm up laps so he said.
With all that going on Robson White took over the lead, lewis down to 2nd and Wes still hanging out in 3rd.
Lewis and Robson swapped places a couple of times but with 5 minutes left to race Robson was holding the lead from Lewis and Wes. - very few changes for the final few laps of the race, all 3 bump up.
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I Final |
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Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
5 |
Robson White |
33 / 901.78 |
2 |
11 |
Lewis Whitley |
33 / 910.71 |
3 |
12 |
Wesley Davies |
33 / 923.30 |
4 |
8 |
Paul Taylor |
31 / 908.41 |
5 |
7 |
Scott Paulley |
31 / 909.94 |
6 |
3 |
Jimmy Middlehurst |
31 / 929.81 |
7 |
1 |
Brian Gordon |
30 / 900.92 |
8 |
2 |
Lee Marsden |
23 / 912.56 |
9 |
10 |
Darren Smith |
23 / 914.32 |
10 |
14 |
Alastair Stevenson |
18 / 627.46 |
11 |
13 |
Dan Evans |
17 / 524.43 |
12 |
4 |
Malcolm Reade |
12 / 368.54 |
13 |
9 |
Warren Beasley |
2 / 78.72 |
14 |
6 |
Steven Thomas |
1 / 29.15 |
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H final.
Wes moved up to 4th in the first minute, followed by Barry Tomkins and Martin Greig. Minty Taylor came into the mix.
Bumped-up Robson moved into 3rd place from 12th, but soon dropped back to 6th. Dave Griffiths came storming through rom 10th on the grid, into 2nd place.
All bumpups from the previous race drop down the order, Lewis to 9th, Wes in 12th, Robson in 11th.
With 7 minutes left cars started entering the pit lane for refuelling.Barry leads, Griffiths in 2nd, Walsham up to 3rd. By the end of 15 minutes Dave Griffiths took the win, 12 seconds up on Barry Tompkins with young Craig Meakin third.
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H Final |
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Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
10 |
Dave Griffiths |
33 / 900.85 |
2 |
2 |
Barry Tompkins |
33 / 912.00 |
3 |
4 |
Craig Meakin |
33 / 914.66 |
4 |
11 |
Ben Woods |
33 / 922.28 |
5 |
6 |
Andy Walsham |
32 / 889.77 |
6 |
9 |
Paul Davies |
32 / 903.57 |
7 |
8 |
Scott Walker |
32 / 909.11 |
8 |
12 |
Robson White |
32 / 921.91 |
9 |
5 |
Minty Taylor |
32 / 925.39 |
10 |
3 |
Michael Vaughn |
31 / 903.17 |
11 |
13 |
Lewis Whitley |
31 / 904.23 |
12 |
14 |
Wesley Davies |
31 / 917.46 |
13 |
1 |
Nick Whitehouse |
31 / 920.12 |
14 |
7 |
Martin Greig |
27 / 916.88 |
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G final
Car 13, Barry Tomkins takes lead. Car 12 - David Griffiths 2nd, then takes lead as Barry drops to 10th. Nick Simpson and Paul Crompton not racing their final?? Perhaps they weren't satisfied with their qualifying?
Steve Guppy took the lead, Dave in 2nd, Raby 3rd. Pole-man Wayne Wilson stayed close to Raby. Griff flipped but didn’t lose places. Then we had a break.
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G Final |
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| |
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
2 |
Steve Guppy |
34 / 914.45 |
2 |
12 |
Dave Griffiths |
34 / 917.73 |
3 |
6 |
Richard Raby |
33 / 903.78 |
4 |
1 |
Wayne Wilson |
33 / 913.52 |
5 |
14 |
Craig Meakin |
33 / 915.30 |
6 |
4 |
Duncan Neale |
33 / 923.91 |
7 |
7 |
James Tatlow |
32 / 901.00 |
8 |
8 |
Mark Mcdonnell |
32 / 924.63 |
9 |
13 |
Barry Tompkins |
31 / 905.76 |
10 |
11 |
Jordan Shelton |
31 / 908.14 |
11 |
5 |
Derek Ireland |
30 / 944.60 |
12 |
9 |
Nick Simpson |
0 / 0.00 |
13 |
10 |
Paul Crompton |
0 / 0.00 |
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F final
Jamie Parkinson took the lead from his starting position of 8th place, Jessup dropped into 2nd place, whilst Barry Swift moved up from 9th place to 3rd.
After 3 minutes Jessup was back into the lead. Guppy moved up to 4th place from his bump-up position of 12th, and Griffiths was now in 4th place from 13th.
Jessup extended his lead to 5 seconds, whilst Guppy had to pull in to repair a broken body pin, dropping back down to 9th place.
Two bump up drivers were riding 3rd and 4th place - with Griffiths then moving up to 2nd place. Jessup had pulled a one lap lead. Raby moved into 3rd place and started gaining on Griffiths who’d taken a quick fuel break.
In some more late race changes, Raby moved up to 2nd place, Brooks up to 3rd.
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F Final |
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Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Matt Jessup |
34 / 905.59 |
2 |
14 |
Richard Raby |
33 / 904.94 |
3 |
6 |
Robert Brooks |
33 / 907.25 |
4 |
9 |
Barry Swift |
33 / 919.95 |
5 |
7 |
Lewis Rushton |
33 / 921.09 |
6 |
4 |
Steve Carrigan |
32 / 905.48 |
7 |
12 |
Steve Guppy |
25 / 758.47 |
8 |
13 |
Dave Griffiths |
22 / 605.34 |
9 |
11 |
Ian Bousher |
22 / 702.79 |
10 |
10 |
Allan Ward |
20 / 912.68 |
11 |
2 |
Chris Sharpe Simkiss |
15 / 601.94 |
12 |
8 |
Jamie Parkinson |
11 / 285.07 |
13 |
3 |
Martin Mills |
10 / 334.09 |
14 |
5 |
Winston Barnett |
8 / 247.20 |
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E final.
The first lap of this final was utter madness and chaos, whatever happened bumped-up Jessup took the lead after starting in 12th place, followed by Andy Cottam in 2nd and Nick Caro in 3rd. Cotton-rolled followed by Nick rolling, this somehow was followed by Andy taking up the lead, followed by Jessup and Nick.
Poleman Ashlee had ended up down in 12th place whilst Andy Cottam was seen pulling off. Jessup started to catch up.
Ellis (not Stafford?) moved past Caro but promptly dropped back to 5th, Ian Ford was now up to 3rd whilst Caro was dropping all the way down the order with some technical problems.
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Bump up man Matt Jessup |
Cottam was out ahead with a 1 lap lead, Ellis in 4th place cut-out and needed rebooting.
Cottam pulled in for refuelling and Jessup was hot on his tail once back on the track. The pair were seen battling over the lead position with 3rd place Ian Ford close behind.
In a moment of madness Ford moved up into 1st, followed by Cottam and Jessup. With no further changes at the top in the final two minutes the three drivers bumped up to make the D final.
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Matt Jessup stands alone on the podium - the other two gone home like lazy pigs |
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E Final |
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Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
4 |
Ian Ford |
35 / 924.22 |
2 |
8 |
Andy Cottam |
34 / 900.75 |
3 |
12 |
Matt Jessup |
34 / 901.94 |
4 |
14 |
Robert Brooks |
33 / 900.20 |
5 |
10 |
Chris Hampshire |
33 / 903.15 |
6 |
11 |
Luke Walsham |
33 / 907.76 |
7 |
13 |
Richard Raby |
33 / 922.27 |
8 |
5 |
Heath Porter |
33 / 929.15 |
9 |
1 |
Ashley Timms |
32 / 909.13 |
10 |
2 |
Andy Mitchell |
32 / 920.95 |
11 |
6 |
Ben Ellis |
30 / 903.31 |
12 |
7 |
Nick Caro |
30 / 920.32 |
13 |
9 |
Mark Kay |
26 / 739.34 |
14 |
3 |
Mike Saunders |
2 / 70.31 |
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D final - didn’t see this one, please make something up. Connor vwon though and looked well pleased.
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Jess is happy but Connor fails to muster a smile - someone tickle him. |
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D Final |
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| |
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
4 |
Connor Cocker |
35 / 904.97 |
2 |
5 |
Elliot Taylor |
35 / 919.76 |
3 |
1 |
Jess Mitchell |
34 / 907.00 |
4 |
14 |
Matt Jessup |
34 / 908.05 |
5 |
13 |
Andy Cottam |
34 / 909.04 |
6 |
10 |
Mark Thomas |
34 / 920.20 |
7 |
7 |
Matt Box |
33 / 902.19 |
8 |
9 |
Robert Cork |
33 / 903.81 |
9 |
12 |
Ian Ford |
33 / 906.27 |
10 |
8 |
Julian Jessop |
33 / 914.90 |
11 |
3 |
Branden Tills |
32 / 902.79 |
12 |
11 |
Stephen Brunsden |
32 / 924.23 |
13 |
6 |
Josh Marshall |
29 / 911.41 |
14 |
2 |
William Skidmore |
12 / 326.90 |
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C final
On the first lap young hero Connor Cocker moved up from 12th place into 3rd, whilst unlucky poleman Dennis dropped down to 7th. After 1.5minutes Connor had moved into second place behind up and coming superstar Lewis Beach in the lead spot.
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Connor Cocker - 12th to 3rd on lap one |
Lewis rolled at 3.5minutes and Connor was through into the lead. Lewis wasn’t giving up easily though and mounted Connor in a moment of passion, but Connor wasn’t interested and pulled away. Some rolling and errors from both Connor and Lewis saw their positions change and Lewis took the lead - quickly extended to half a lap. By now poleman Dennis was back up in the mix and piling the pressure onto 2nd place Connor, Dennis soon moved past but made an error and Connor was back into 2nd. Up ahead Lewis held a 5 second lead from the battling duo.
Connor came through the pits with 12.5 minutes left to race, Dennis was back into 2nd place.
Connor put up a chase but made errors as he passed through traffic to catch up. Dennis moved past Lewis to take the lead. Connor was holding onto 3rd place with a 15 sec gap back to 4th place Dave Blakely.
10 minutes left to race - Dennis got caught up on the pipes, dropping down to 3rd place - now Connor was back in the lead followed by Lewis and Dennis. Aaron was up to 4th place just 1 second back. Lewis took up the lead which he soon extended to 4 seconds from Connor, and Dennis was a further 5 seconds back.
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With 5 minutes left to race Lewis pulled in to refuel, Connor was back into the lead but Lewis was hunting him down. Lewis caught the pipe and flipped over, needing help from a marshall. Connor was now 6 seconds ahead with three minutes left to race, but a crash on the back straight saw Lewis start to close in. The pair were 10 seconds ahead of Dennis. A crash from Connor saw Lewis take up the lead - Connor hammered down hard to catch up, Lewis made an error on the back straight but kept his car on its wheels, Connor looked to move past but became caught up in the fencing and the marshall struggled to disentangle his wheel - he lost time but held on to 2nd place, finishing 15 seconds back from Lewis.
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C Final |
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| |
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
2 |
Lewis Beach |
48 / 1214.24 |
2 |
12 |
Connor Cocker |
48 / 1230.53 |
3 |
1 |
Dennis James Holding |
47 / 1208.51 |
4 |
10 |
Graeme Miller |
46 / 1200.66 |
5 |
7 |
Dave Blakeley |
46 / 1214.57 |
6 |
13 |
Elliot Taylor |
45 / 1208.92 |
7 |
14 |
Jess Mitchell |
45 / 1215.97 |
8 |
9 |
Gavin Uttley |
45 / 1221.06 |
9 |
8 |
Rhys Herd |
45 / 1221.89 |
10 |
11 |
Ryan Lawrence |
44 / 1201.14 |
11 |
4 |
Steve Shakespeare |
44 / 1202.37 |
12 |
3 |
Arron Girling |
39 / 1019.57 |
13 |
5 |
Oliver Evans |
26 / 843.44 |
14 |
6 |
Liam Moakes |
21 / 569.07 |
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B FINAL
The race started out cleanly, until car 1 took a tumble in the middle of the track and Tricky Taylor took over the lead. Connor Cocker was up to 6th place from his bump up position of 13th on the grid. Leon Goode was hot on Trickys tail; Ashlee Owen moved up to third and Milan was down to 4th.
Leon put up a good chase and kept close to Tricky, looking all over his rear end to make a pass, the pair held a 5 second lead back to 3rd place Ashlee. Cocker moved up into 4th place but the gap up to 3rd place was 11 seconds.
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Leon Goode goes BIG chasing down Tricky
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Six minutes into the race Tricky started to pull away from Leon, whilst at the back of the pack Kong flamed out in 13th place. Leon came through for pitting with 12.5 minutes left to race, Tricky extended his lead to 9 seconds, Connor dropped back a bit.
Bumped-up Dennis was now up in 5th place from 14th. Tricky had a 10 second lead when he entered the pit lane at 9.5minutes, taking the fastest pit-time of the day he was out in 6 seconds, still ahead of Leon Goode.
With 8 minutes left to race the order remained Tricky / Leon / Ashlee. Leon started to reel in Tricky, reducing the lead down to 1 second. Tricky made an error under the extra pressure, the pair raced down the straight side by side - Tricky kept hold of the lead. Leon continued to push Tricky hard, in a moment of excitement he tagged the leader and momentarily pulled ahead, but did the right thing and waited for Tricky to straighten up and move back into 1st. Leon made an error and dropped back, before whizzing through the pits for a quick splash n dash. Tricky had now extended his lead to 8 seconds, with 6 minutes left to race - Tricky was lapping 3rd place Ashlee.
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Tricky flipped over on the back straight but was marshalled quickly and his lead wasnt threatened. Another error in the same place a few laps later saw Tricky tangle with a passer-by, he held onto the lead but this had reduced to just two seconds leaving no room for further error. Tricky kept it clean to take the B final win and bump up to the a final along with Leon and Ashlee.
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Winner Richard Taylor was missing - presumed fixing his diff. |
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B Final |
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| |
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
2 |
Richard Taylor |
49 / 1200.12 |
2 |
3 |
Leon Goode |
49 / 1202.39 |
3 |
9 |
Ashlee Owen |
49 / 1216.25 |
4 |
8 |
Ollie Currie |
49 / 1223.35 |
5 |
5 |
Mitchell Booth |
48 / 1211.82 |
6 |
1 |
Milan Dragojlovic |
48 / 1214.82 |
7 |
13 |
Connor Cocker |
48 / 1221.90 |
8 |
14 |
Dennis James Holding |
47 / 1201.33 |
9 |
6 |
Leigh Richardson |
46 / 1205.10 |
10 |
10 |
Janos Nagy |
45 / 1204.61 |
11 |
12 |
Lewis Beach |
45 / 1210.50 |
12 |
11 |
Colin Brennan |
45 / 1221.18 |
13 |
7 |
Kong Mckenzie |
42 / 1189.32 |
14 |
4 |
Liam Galvin |
3 / 83.16 |
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A MAIN
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Yeah TQ man Elliott Boots was running FISTER wheel decals! KICKIN ASS. |
 
As the cars left the start grid, Boots flicked up slightly and Sloppy was instantly on his rear end, but couldn’t make a pass. The top three started to pull a gap back to 4th place Stuart Mahon who had moved up from 9th on the grid.
Boots made an error coming across the back straight, and Truman took hold of the lead, with Sloppy still in 2nd place, and Boots now down to third. After dominating qualifying however, Boots wasn’t going to give this race away easily and in an impressive jumping manoeuvre he once again took the lead. Further back Tricky had moved up from his Bumped-up 12th place starting position, into 5th. |
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Boots leads them round lap one
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Boots crashes out - down to third |
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Truman, Alsop and Elliott Boots
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Boots closes in on Alsop - like a MACHINE
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Two minutes down - 28 to go, Elliott was in charge of the race and now 3rd place Sloppy had Tricky right up his rear end - but Tricky made an error and dropped back, freeing up Slop to hunt down Teddy Truman in 2nd place. A collision between the two on the following lap saw Slopping return to 2nd place. Meanwhile in front Elliott collided with a track marker but didn’t drop down - 8 minutes into the race he was a full lap ahead of 2nd place.
Tricky was experiencing problems further back and had dropped down all the way to last place; Kevin Brunsden moved into 3rd and Truman down to 4th.
Now John holmes came through to mix up the order and took charge of 4th place, and ten minutes into the race bumped-up Leon had moved from 13th to 6th place.
Elliott was now ready for his first fuel stop just past the ten minute mark, and pulled an impressive 6.2 second pit-lane-TQ before returning to the track, still storming ahread.
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Boots makes another mistake - no problems tho
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Leon Goode |
20 laps into the race and Truman had to take early retirement. John Holmes moved into 3rd place.
With 18 minutes left to race Elliott had a 10 second lead over Alsop in 2nd place, Tricky was still having difficulties at the back, and was 6 laps down on the leaders time. Leon Goode and Ashlee Owen were battling it out for 6th place.
 After stopping for some repairs Tricky returned to the track and started powering through the traffic to work his way up the order, he was visibly faster than other cars on the track but made errors and crashes as he pushed hard to make up lost time. Nibblett in 5th place had to pull in to repair a broken wing.
The top three were each separated by one lap. Now with 10.5 minutes left on the race clock Boots pulled in for his second pit stop; at around 49 laps in Elliott was limping around with a broken rear shock, he persevered for a couple of laps but was losing around one second per lap and the gap back to Sloppy was closing, from an 18.5 second lead. Elliott pulled in again for a super quick 20 second fix, and was back on the track just 5 seconds back from Sloppy who was now in the lead. Holmes was still sitting comfortably in 3rd place, whilst Tricky yet again pulled off with ?diff issues - returning to the track shortly after with 7 minutes left to race, and 8 laps behind the lead cars.
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Alsop leads after Boots smashes his shock
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Boots was on a mission to hunt down Slop, and had closed the gap to 3 seconds - Boots took over the lead with 6 minutes left on the race clock, and didn’t look back.
One and a half minutes left to race and Tricky was out again, 62 laps in, Crompton was out at 66 laps. Boots was flying away and had extended his lead to 30 seconds, and made it through for one final victory lap after the end tone sounded.
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Winner Richard Taylor was missing - presumed fixing his diff. |
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A Final |
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| |
Pos |
Car |
Name |
Result |
1 |
1 |
Elliott Boots |
77 / 1817.21 |
2 |
2 |
Graham Alsop |
76 / 1804.42 |
3 |
6 |
John Holmes |
74 / 1808.35 |
4 |
5 |
Kevin Brunsden |
74 / 1814.18 |
5 |
8 |
Ashlee Owen |
72 / 1805.82 |
6 |
9 |
Stuart Mahon |
72 / 1809.52 |
7 |
11 |
Jonathon Skidmore |
69 / 1803.27 |
8 |
13 |
Leon Goode |
68 / 1758.91 |
9 |
8 |
Dave Crompton |
66 / 1671.20 |
10 |
12 |
Richard Taylor |
64 / 1788.06 |
11 |
4 |
Ben Williams |
62 / 1656.13 |
12 |
7 |
Bradley Baird |
54 / 1440.01 |
13 |
10 |
Callum Niblett |
40 / 987.72 |
14 |
3 |
Tony Truman |
20 / 496.93 |
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Top three pose for some photo action |
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We caught up with Derek Wilson who is believed to be the most experienced driver here - by experience we are referring to age of course - 67 years old. Derek is in the company of his wife, grand-daughter, and son Wayne who is also racing at the Bunny Boiler. As a retired long distance lorry driver Derek is enjoying the extra time he now has to dedicate to racing and travelling the country in his motorhome. 
