5th-Sep-24, 05:42 PM
Finals - Part 2
Darren moved to white lane in the C Final, where he'd face Matthew (red), Oliver (blue) and Ollie (yellow)...
Top junior Ollie was Darren's closest rival in the early stages, leaving the other two in their wake. Oliver lost touch on lap 2 with yet another off - he'd really struggled with consistency tonight. Sadly, Ollie was the next to fall - a long stop on lap four taking the pressure of Darren. The youngster would now need to refocus on catching the others. Matthew was the nearest challenger to Darren until lap 8, when he became the third racer to crash. That left Darren comfortably ahead of Oliver...
The battle for runner-up spot was fun to watch - all three having a chance. And if Darren's mechanical gremlins returned, it could suddenly become the race of the win. An off with 40 seconds left did give Darren a brief scare, but he was a country mile ahead, passing 23 laps again at the chequered flag. Offs for Matthew and Oliver towards the end made things exciting for second - Matthew managing to keep a lap ahead and Ollie missing out on third by 0.45 of a lap.
It was white lane again for Darren in the B Final. So far it had been the lucky lane, but could Darren get past top guns Terry (red), Andy (yellow) and Gareth (blue)?
Darren led Terry and Gareth through the opening laps. Andy lasted just under three laps - crashing at the final corner and Gareth blasting the stricken Super-G half way to Portsmouth. Both Gareth and Terry then had wobbles, losing time to the leader. Terry's crash spawned several more, dropping him out of contention, but safe in third place...
The race settled down with Darren leading, hoping his car would hold together - and Gareth desperately limiting his losses and waiting for disaster to strike Darren. It seemed a forlorn hope until the penultimate lap - Darren went off in the final corner, re-slotted on the wrong lane and smashed into turn one. Gareth came through, passed Darren's stricken car and got away with one of the most fortunate victories we've seen at the Barn. It was so nearly a perfect recovery for Darren - from D final to A final - but he was thwarted at the last.
That gave a delighted Gareth yellow lane in the A Final. He'd face pole-sitter Pete (red), Jerome (blue) and Ryan (white)...
Pete and Jerome powered off the line and gapped Gareth and Ryan immediately. Jerome overcooked things on lap 3, losing almost half a minute on repairs. That left Pete out front and putting half a second a lap on the chasing pair...
Apart from Jerome's big off, it was an error-free race until Gareth crashed with just 5 laps to go. That handed the runner-up spot to Ryan - meaning white lane had five wins and three second places in the eight finals - and only Ryan picked it! Gareth cruised in third, with Jerome fourth. However, no-one got anywhere near Pete, who set the biggest score of the finals at 24.25, although shy of his 25.1 on the same lane in the heats.
Huge congrats to Pete's hat trick of pole, win and fastest lap. And a brilliant drive from Ollie to grab top junior and top Mega-G+ runner...
Here are all the stats from the finals...
Championship tables will follow at the weekend.
A very big thank you to everyone who came along and made it such an enjoyable evening of F1 racing. Special thanks goes to the set-up and race control crews and to all those who stayed behind to pack away at the end. We're back with more HO racing - WHO Mod and WHO Tuners - on Wednesday 2 October.
Darren moved to white lane in the C Final, where he'd face Matthew (red), Oliver (blue) and Ollie (yellow)...
Top junior Ollie was Darren's closest rival in the early stages, leaving the other two in their wake. Oliver lost touch on lap 2 with yet another off - he'd really struggled with consistency tonight. Sadly, Ollie was the next to fall - a long stop on lap four taking the pressure of Darren. The youngster would now need to refocus on catching the others. Matthew was the nearest challenger to Darren until lap 8, when he became the third racer to crash. That left Darren comfortably ahead of Oliver...
The battle for runner-up spot was fun to watch - all three having a chance. And if Darren's mechanical gremlins returned, it could suddenly become the race of the win. An off with 40 seconds left did give Darren a brief scare, but he was a country mile ahead, passing 23 laps again at the chequered flag. Offs for Matthew and Oliver towards the end made things exciting for second - Matthew managing to keep a lap ahead and Ollie missing out on third by 0.45 of a lap.
It was white lane again for Darren in the B Final. So far it had been the lucky lane, but could Darren get past top guns Terry (red), Andy (yellow) and Gareth (blue)?
Darren led Terry and Gareth through the opening laps. Andy lasted just under three laps - crashing at the final corner and Gareth blasting the stricken Super-G half way to Portsmouth. Both Gareth and Terry then had wobbles, losing time to the leader. Terry's crash spawned several more, dropping him out of contention, but safe in third place...
The race settled down with Darren leading, hoping his car would hold together - and Gareth desperately limiting his losses and waiting for disaster to strike Darren. It seemed a forlorn hope until the penultimate lap - Darren went off in the final corner, re-slotted on the wrong lane and smashed into turn one. Gareth came through, passed Darren's stricken car and got away with one of the most fortunate victories we've seen at the Barn. It was so nearly a perfect recovery for Darren - from D final to A final - but he was thwarted at the last.
That gave a delighted Gareth yellow lane in the A Final. He'd face pole-sitter Pete (red), Jerome (blue) and Ryan (white)...
Pete and Jerome powered off the line and gapped Gareth and Ryan immediately. Jerome overcooked things on lap 3, losing almost half a minute on repairs. That left Pete out front and putting half a second a lap on the chasing pair...
Apart from Jerome's big off, it was an error-free race until Gareth crashed with just 5 laps to go. That handed the runner-up spot to Ryan - meaning white lane had five wins and three second places in the eight finals - and only Ryan picked it! Gareth cruised in third, with Jerome fourth. However, no-one got anywhere near Pete, who set the biggest score of the finals at 24.25, although shy of his 25.1 on the same lane in the heats.
Huge congrats to Pete's hat trick of pole, win and fastest lap. And a brilliant drive from Ollie to grab top junior and top Mega-G+ runner...
Here are all the stats from the finals...
Championship tables will follow at the weekend.
A very big thank you to everyone who came along and made it such an enjoyable evening of F1 racing. Special thanks goes to the set-up and race control crews and to all those who stayed behind to pack away at the end. We're back with more HO racing - WHO Mod and WHO Tuners - on Wednesday 2 October.
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