Rug Racers 2016-2017 Round 1 Race Report

The 1^st round of the series got underway with the GT12s 1^st to hit the track, notably more of the juniors were spread further up the heats than usual showing just how far they had all come over the summer as they continue to improve and make their friends, family & sponsors proud. The A final would see Tim Hancock taking a pair of wins ahead of Owen Smith (12) with 2 seconds who kept the pressure on in both legs with Tim just holding on, 3^rd place went to Greg Parmenter with a controlled drive in both legs to move up from 4^th.

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Tim Hancock	2 [ 1 1]
2	3	Owen Smith U13	4 [ 2 2]
3	4	Greg Parmenter	6 [ 3 3]
4	2	Steven Moore	8 [ 4 4]
5	8	Neil Mottram	11 [ 6 5]
6	6	Stewart Wilcox	12 [ 5 7]
7	5	Carl Beecroft	14 [ 8 6]
8	7	Stuart Dye	16 [ 7 9]
9	9	David Studd	18 [ 10 8]
10	10	Alex Carter	19 [ 9 10]
11	11	Russell Valiant	22 [ 11 11]

Next up saw this series guest class with F1 making the cut, qualifying was the Luke Lee show this years BRCA Clubmans F1 Champion along with a host of other drivers from around, Luke Lee taking both legs by a comfortable margin from Michael Spindley 2^nd & Damian Giddins 3^rd.

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Luke Lee	2 [ 1 1]
2	2	Michael Spindley	5 [ 3 2]
3	6	Lee Hedges	7 [ 4 3]
4	3	Remo Casadei	8 [ 2 6]
5	4	Damian Giddins	9 [ 5 4]
6	5	Martin Southall	11 [ 6 5]
7	7	Mark Lambert	15 [ 7 8]
8	9	Michael Cook	16 [ 9 7]
9	8	Alan Chipolina	18 [ 8 10]
10	10	Tony Archer	19 [ 10 9]

17.5 with a competitive field of drivers looks to be a close run class this year, Qualy was a close run affair with Colin Jackson just edging ahead of Ricky Copsey & Billy Fletcher to line up on Pole position, Colin Jackson just having enough to keep Billy behind in the 1^st leg after he made his was past Copsey into 2^nd place, then a charging Ricky in leg 2 after dropping down to 5^th mid race made his way back to 2^nd.

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Colin Jackson	2 [ 1 1]
2	2	Ricky Copsey	5 [ 3 2]
3	3	Billy Fletcher	6 [ 2 4]
4	5	Terry Yarranton U17	7 [ 4 3]
5	6	Malc Hall	10 [ 5 5]
6	7	Dani Young	15 [ 8 7]
7	8	Jamie Hickin	15 [ 9 6]
8	9	Matthew Worton	15 [ 7 8]
9	4	Luke Hobson	16 [ 6 10]
10	10	Andrew Walters	19 [ 10 9]

13.5 Open had a small number of entries but none the less some quick drivers. Current BRCA National Stock Champion Zak Finlay was on fine form ahead of multiple Class National A driver Ashley Wiffen & the formidable Tim Hancock. Zak being fastest in all 4 rounds to take FTQ for the finals ahead of Ashley & Jon Seals, Finals Zak held his position from lights to flag in both legs ahead of Ashley with the only real change in Leg 2 where Tim was able to move up into 3^rd overall

Pos	Car	Name	Result
1	1	Zak Finlay	2 [ 1 1]
2	2	Ashley Wiffen	4 [ 2 2]
3	4	Tim Hancock	7 [ 4 3]
4	3	Jon Seals	8 [ 3 5]
5	5	Damian Giddins	11 [ 7 4]
6	6	Douglas Campbell	12 [ 6 6]
7	7	Dominic Baker	13 [ 5 8]
8	8	Ben Eastmead	15 [ 8 7]
9	9	Jack Day	19 [ 9 10]
10	10	Adam Downing	19 [ 10 9]

In between the finals came the raffle & a trophy presentation on behalf of the BRCA to present the trophies for the BRCA Clubmans 17.5 U13 category as they didn’t all make it to Halifax. 1^st place going to the talented Adam Southgate (12) also making the A final at the last round 2^nd went to young Frazier Tucker (7) & 3^rd to Ethan Southall (9)

The Raffle was then presided over by the sultry tones of Kris Kennedy joining us this season as the PA & the ever present Snippy ready to relieve any wallet of funds for this years chosen charity the Herts Air Ambulance.

At the end of a fun packed day all that is left is to thank everyone who attended & the unsung team that put it all together, we appreciate you coming and look forward to seeing you all for Round 2 Finally a big thanks to all our sponsors who without we couldn’t put this together.

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