Rug Racers 2016/2017 R6

Final round of the 2016/2017 RugRacers series and what a great series it has been, we have seen over 150 drivers across the classes this season, so on behalf of the team thanks to all those that have attended.  With the championships already wrapped up the rest of the podium positions were not yet filled so there was still all to play for.  The track selected for the final meeting had been used in one of the earlier rounds and proved to be a good choice with a nice flow to it.

1^st out the blocks were the GT12s with Tim Hancock already securing the title the closest battle for 2^nd would be between Neil Mottram & Owen Smith with Owen doing what he needed to do & taking FTQ to put his car on pole.  Leg 1 would see a superb battle between Owen & Tim at the front, despite huge pressure & excellent driving from both Owen held firm to take the win from Tim, Leg 2 was a similar affair but with Tim seeming to have a little more pace made his way through to the top a few laps from home to take the win.

2nd, Tim Hancock, 1st, Owen Smith, 3rd, Chris Wilkinson

 

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Owen Smith	3 [ 1 2]
2	2	Tim Hancock	3 [ 2 1]
3	3	Chris Wilkinson	7 [ 4 3]
4	4	Neil Mottram	8 [ 3 5]
5	5	Stewart Wilcox	10 [ 6 4]
6	8	Stuart Dye	11 [ 5 6]
7	9	Alan Chipolina	16 [ 7 9]
8	11	Tom Evans	17 [ 9 8]
9	6	Carl Beecroft	17 [ 10 7]
10	7	Malcolm Mclanachan	18 [ 8 10]
11	10	Alex Carter	22 [ 11 11]

GT12 Final Championship standings:

GT12 Champion, Tim Hancock

GT12 2nd, Owen Smith

GT12 3rd, Neil Mottram

17.5 Blinky, Colin Jackson the champion elect was out to make sure there his lead would not be caught but the big battle was from 2^nd to 5^th with most eyes on Billy Fletcher as this was the round he needed to qualify for the championship.  With Colin top after each round he would set his best FTQ time in round 2 with Billy doing the same in round 3.  The battle for 3^rd was on between Worton, Foster & Hall.  Leg 1 with Colin on pole and off he went with Billy, despite the early pressure he held firm with Billy aware that 2^nd was good enough still produced the drive required to keep the pressure off from behind while pushing for the win.  Leg 2 and again a similar affair with Colin off & Billy close behind, the battle behind for 3^rd allowed them to pull away with Jakub moving upto 3^rd.

2nd, Billy Fletcher, 1st, Colin Jackson, 3rd, Jakub Plechac

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Colin Jackson	2 [ 1 1]
2	2	Billy Fletcher	4 [ 2 2]
3	4	Jakub Plechac	8 [ 5 3]
4	6	Leyton Foster	9 [ 4 5]
5	5	Matthew Worton	10 [ 6 4]
6	3	Malc Hall	13 [ 3 10]
7	7	Luke Hobson	14 [ 8 6]
8	9	Dani Young	15 [ 7 8]
9	10	Lisa Keen	17 [ 10 7]
10	8	Mark Young	18 [ 9 9]

17.5 Blinky Final Championship standings:

17.5 Champion, Colin Jackson

17.5 2nd, Billy Fletcher

17.5 3rd Matt Worton

F1 would see us robbed of the Champion Luke Lee on National duty, but as there were still podium places to play for it made the racing interesting, Martin Southall would take FTQ from Shaun Batt with the returning Vince looking very good.  The battle for 3rd place would be between Remo & Michael, Leg 1 would see Martin take the win from pole, Leg 2 was more interesting with a stricken Michael Cook nursing a finished spur gear to the flag it made for an interesting watch to see if the car would make it.  Final lap saw Martin & Vince pushing the stricken car to the finish line to great applause.

2nd, Vince Coleman, 1st, Martin Southall, 3rd, Remo "MoodyFools" Casadei 

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Martin Southall	2 [ 1 1]
2	3	Vince Coleman	5 [ 3 2]
3	4	Remo Casadei	5 [ 2 3]
4	6	Mark Southgate	8 [ 4 4]
5	5	Michael Cook	10 [ 5 5]
6	2	Shaun Batt	20 [ 10 10]

F1 Final Championship standings:

F1 Champion, Luke Lee

F1 2nd, Martin Southall

F1 3rd, Remo "MoodyFools" Casadei

13.5 Open & again it was the series winner Ashley Wiffen that was looking to finish out at the very top he would take FTQ from team mate Paul Pinkney to line up pole with Jon Seals lining up 3^rd.  Leg 1 and for all attending witnessed one of those great finals, Ashley & Paul racing each other hard on full attack for 5 mins, with no daylight between either of them the skill to keep from hitting each other and superb fair racing was a joy to watch, Ashley bringing the win home with 2/10ths the separation.  Leg 2 was looking to be more of the same but with Paul seeming to have a little more pace a rear mistake saw Ash up on 2 wheels & Paul through to the lead with Chris Lovely upto 2^nd, Chris & Ashley battle on for 2^nd allowing Paul to get away and take the 2^nd leg win.

2nd, Ashley Wiffen, 1st, Paul Pinkney, 3rd, Chris Lovely

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	2	Paul Pinkney	3 [ 2 1]
2	1	Ashley Wiffen	4 [ 1 3]
3	4	Chris Lovely	6 [ 4 2]
4	3	Jon Seals	9 [ 3 6]
5	5	Damian Giddins	9 [ 5 4]
6	6	Joseph Cocking	11 [ 6 5]
7	7	Jason Coe	14 [ 7 7]
8	8	Matthew White	16 [ 8 8]

13.5 Open Final Championship standings:

13.5 Open Champion Ashley Champion

13.5 Open 3rd, Damian Giddins.

As is customary at the last round we hand out the Jonathan Fletcher Curtisy Cup to someone who has stood out for us this season and this year it was presented to James Vincent for all his hard work in doing the videos he does every round for us all to enjoy, many thanks James.

The most improved driver over the year went to Adam Southgate, not just for RugRacers but what he has achieved over the last year racing touring cars at all the different series a very talented young man and certainly another to watch for the future.

We also have the kids as well, who continue to improve each year and continue to climb the ladder to higher heats & finals  well done to you all.

GT12

• Owen Smith                       1^st           A Final 
• Darcie Smith                      4^th           B Final
• Jake Vincent                      5^th           B Final
• Shane Chipolina                1^st           C Final
• Ethan Southall                   2^nd          C Final
• Holly Cook                        4^th           C Final
• Preston Eldridge                6^th           C Final

17.5 Blinky

• Adam Southgate                 6^th           B Final
• Frazier Tucker                    1^st                D Final

Many thanks to you all for coming on behalf of the whole RugRacers team and a big thanks to all our sponsors.  We look forward to seeing you for RugRacers 2017/2018.

RugRacers Team

Fantastic raffle prizes from all our sponsors

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Trophies sponsored by Active Scale Models

All the tech sheets & more photos can be found on our Facebook page,  UK Rug Racers.

Finally keep an eye out on YouTube for the finals videos by searching and subscribing to RC Vision, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP1NcXxnFN9RUu-IGk1xbVQ

Pictures Courtesy of Graham Southall & Emma Conyers