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 ...
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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.
1st out the blocks were the GT12s with Tim Hancock already securing the title the closest battle for 2nd 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 2nd
to 5th 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 3rd 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 2nd
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 3rd allowed them to pull away with Jakub moving upto 3rd.
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 3rd. 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 2nd, Chris & Ashley battle on for 2nd
allowing Paul to get away and take the 2nd 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.
GT12
- Owen Smith 1st A Final
- Darcie Smith 4th B Final
- Jake Vincent 5th B Final
- Shane Chipolina 1st C Final
- Ethan Southall 2nd C Final
- Holly Cook 4th C Final
- Preston Eldridge 6th C Final
17.5 Blinky
- Adam Southgate 6th B Final
- Frazier Tucker 1st 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 |
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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