[Graham]

 Good evening

well another thrilling Stage from Pip, i did wonder if some of those vehicles would make it up..... or for that matter, down in one piece.
But great job done 

So the combined results from Rounds 1-2 are below

   

The next Round will be at the Woodland Fort Club using Mikes magnificent home made rally track.

But in the meantime a little
 Dakar Chat

Ninco Category R1
Mike Scotts's Bowler is back on form this year, leading the group but closely contested with Pip's Touareg having taken over Hotlaps Mitsubishi 2nd place.

SCX Category R2
Paul's Touareg has also found form after a slow start and is now leading this group of vehicles. Andy's Sandbuggy has also faired better in this Round after a very poor start on Round 1

Light Vehicles R3
Similar story for my Odyssey 21 which struggled in the last Round but now on top of this group of vehicles with the Porsches of MYST and James not far behind.

Heavy Vehicles or Trucks R4
MYST's MAN twin engine Truck seemed well ahead to begin with but the AA Recovery Van of Groundhogs is getting closer. I would have to say that my Mercedes Truck has sadly not lived up to my expectations, with the unique CNC cut fibreglass chassis I thought that this would have been a flyer but does not seem to have found it.s mojo as  yet.

Dakar Sprint R5
This was always going to be a rather erratic mixture of vehicles, and it certainly is 
However the Landrover based on a Ninco chassis seems to have the advantage over the rest of the field, the Porsches of mine and Mikes struggling to keep up. And the smaller Panda and A30 Police cars  struggled more so on these stages.

So we will see how they all get on in the next Round.

Many thanks again to Pip for  a great Round.