RugRacers Round 3 20th January 2025
After an exhilarating first 2 rounds, with the fierce battles for the championship in full swing round 3 was bound to be a thriller across ...
After an exhilarating first 2 rounds, with the fierce battles for the championship in full swing round 3 was bound to be a thriller across our 3 classes which are expectations that it did not fail to meet!
Stock touring car saw top class drivers Billy Fletcher and
Finley Whitelock fight neck and neck with almost identical times through
qualifying where a small mistake from Finley would give Billy the TQ spot,
closely followed by Finley. The tight
qualifying retained its quality straight into the finals where Finley was
pushing Billy around for the first few minutes in an attempt to find a gap
until unfortunate contact and a mistake for Finley would let Billy run away
with the win in leg 1 with Charlie Colby in 2nd and Liam Tyrell in 3rd.
After the disappointing leg 1, Finley was eager to get straight back on the
hunt for leg 2 which demonstrated immediately where he was able to hang with
Billy until he could capitalise on his pace, taking the lead in the early
stages of the race which he would hold for almost the whole race until being
collected by a crashed car in the closing stages. Despite this Finley was still
able to take 2nd in the leg with Billy claiming the leg win and
overall win for the day! With Billy taking the round win, this means that four
drivers now have a leg win to their name which could open up an exciting 4 way
title fight for the final 2 rounds between: Billy Fletcher, Finley Whitelock,
Ben Moorey and Ricky Copsey!
The top 10 for the day in stock was:
- Billy Fletcher
- Charlie Colby
- Liam Tyrell
- Finley Whitelock
- Will Everett
- Jay Kay
- Stewart Wilcox
- Dave Ringsell
- Mark Wilson
- Matt Carey
Front wheel drive again proved just how close the racing was
the battle at the front between Sam Jones, Ethan Southall & Liam Tyrrell, would
run close all day, but then no one was keeping a close enough eye on Mark
Buonaiuto from the heat below who would snatch 2nd on the grid in
the final round of Qualy with Sam Jones taking the TQ, Ethan 3rd
& Liam lining up 4th.
Into the Leg 1 final, Sam would lead away with the other 3 in hot
pursuit, under intense pressure for the whole 5 mins Sam was able to take the Leg
1 win ahead of Mark Buonaiuto & Ethan Southall. Leg 2 would start of just
as thrilling, Sam making a slight error a few laps meant Mark Buonaiuto had to
check up to avoid an incident allowing Ethan Southall through to the lead with
Liam Tyrrell right behind him, Ethan would hold on to bring home the Leg win
from Sam Jones taking 2nd place back from Liam Tyrrell 2 corners
from home to secure the overall win for the day with Ethan Southall 2nd
& Mark Buonaiuto 3rd The championship is on for 5 drivers right
now so the last 2 rounds could prove very exciting.
Top 10 for the day:
- Sam Jones
- Ethan Southall
- Mark Buonaiuto
- Liam Tyrrell
- Thomas Looney
- Stuart Collard
- Dan Knight
- Gary Taylor
- Mark Burgess
- Jon Seals
Top 10 for mod:
- Elliott Harper
- Dan Robins
- Bailey Graves
- Billy Fletcher
- Richard King
- Peter Eagles
- Ashley Wiffen
- Shane Chipolina
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