RugRacers XRS Round 5 Season Finale Mar 24th - Race Report
The highly anticipated final round of Rug Racers XRS return season took place on Sunday 24 th March where the podium places of each class w...
Four
exciting runs of FTQ qualifying would result in Championship winner Jamie
Hickin taking pole over Darren Lee by just one tenth! This would then lead on
to a pair of close finals where Jamie and Darren would have a close race
through the duration of the first leg however Jamie would be able to hold on to
take the win. The second leg saw
slightly less excitement where Jamie was able to slightly pull away allowing
him to take the maximum amount of points for the day and the championship win.
The top 10
for frontier sat as follows:
- Jamie Hickin
- Darren Lee
- Sam jones
- Stuart Rand
- Dan Knight
- Gary Taylor
- Alex Everett
- Ethan Southall
- Mark Caton
- Malc Hall
The mega
competitive 17.5 blinky class saw Zak Finlay take TQ, meaning that he had taken
the top qualifying spot at every round that he attended this season! Zak would
be followed by Billy Fletcher, only 1.4 seconds behind. The first of the 2 leg
finals was initiated by a first lap mistake from Zak which would allow Billy
through into the lead where the two would drive nose-to-tail for the entire 5
minutes resulting in Billy holding the lead to take the first leg. The second
leg took off to a great start with a close race between the two before Zak was
able to pull away before he was unfortunately hit by a back marker, forcing him
to retire which would mean that Billy would go on to take the second leg to win
the meeting while securing 2nd in the championship for him.
The top 10
in 17.5 for the day consisted of:
- Billy Fletcher
- Ricky Copsey
- Mason Weston
- Matthew Worton
- Liam Tyrell
- Zak Finlay
- Will Everett
- Finley Whitelock
- Charlie Colby
- Adam Downing
The sharp
end of modified saw Ollie Payne take the top spot, 4 seconds ahead of returning
Olly Jeffries where Matthieu Dambrine sat in the 3rd position on the
grid. The first final saw a commanding win from Ollie Payne where he would pull
away, managing the gap for the rest of the run taking a comfortable 3 second
win over Olly. Leg 2 began with Olly Jeffries trailing Ollie Payne – looking
for an opportunity however, Ollie would go on to find a gap, once again winning
by 3 seconds to secure himself 2nd in the championship.
The Overall
Results In modified for the day sat as:
- Ollie Payne
- Olly Jeffries
- Matthieu Dambrine
- Bailey Graves
- Stefan Chodzynski
- Paul Pinkney
- Ashley Wiffen
- Daniel Robins
- Kwesi Knight
- Jamie Hickin
The Overall
top five for each class over the championship concluded as follows:
Frontie
- Jamie Hickin
- Darren Lee
- Adam Southgate
- Sam Jones
- Ethan Southall
17.5 Blinky
- Zak Finlay
- Billy fletcher
- Ricky Copsey
- Mason Weston
- Will Everett
Modified
- Elliott Harper
- Ollie Payne
- Harley Eldridge
- Daniel Robins
- Matthieu Dambrine
The MB Models Junior champions were:
Frontie –
Ethan Southall
17.5 Blinky
– Charlie Colby
Modified –
Daniel Robins
Along with Finley Whitelock, Tobi Gittins & Frankie Fletcher all receiving £25 vouchers for MB Models.
The special recognition award going to Frankie Fletcher for his outstanding performances, RugRacers will also be supporting his racing at the national series this year, good luck young man.
We would like to thank all our Sponsors for supporting us this season
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Thankyou to everyone that attended, we hope to see you again next series!