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Race Report - Gen6 Championship Shoot-out

We emulate the Nascar play-offs for our Mega-G+ Gen6 Cup - a four-way, winner-takes-all final race of the Nascar season. Automatic qualification comes from a regular season Gen6 win, with any gaps in the line-up determined by season points and the tie-break is the most top-4 or top-8 finishes. So this is how it looked after Wednesday's finals, with two-time winner Deborah not at the races...

   

And this is how the cars looked on the grid...

   

Kev chose yellow lane, Ryan chose red, Nathan blue and Ash happy with white...

   

After the earlier heats and finals, Ryan certainly had the edge, although Kev has the experience. Nathan and Ash were ready to pick up the pieces...

   


The two minute race requires cool heads as the championship can be thrown away at the first corner. The start was clean, but the mix of nerves and adrenaline started working its mayhem on lap two - Ryan crashing, followed by Nathan and Ash the next time round (and the next... and the next!). Kev had nearly a lap to defend - and we were less than a quarter of the way into the race.

After than early off, Ryan knuckled down for the chase. Kev's pace was a metronomic 4.5 seconds a lap. Ryan was less consistent - sometimes quicker, sometimes slower. Just after half distance, Ryan was off twice in three laps - and Kev crashed too. The outcome, another lap and a half added to Kev's lead...

   

Ryan needed a miracle to complete his smash & grab on the championship, but Kev wasn't going to give anything away. Kev just eased off by a couple of tenths a lap to manage the lead and avoid any disasters. It was Ryan who crashed again, the winning margin edging out to exactly three laps. Given the stakes, Kev's championship winning 24.75 laps was a magnificent score...

   

That meant Kev joined Pete and Ollie in the 2024 Nascar champions picture...

   

Here is the full points table...

   

Wednesday's results also confirmed three more 2024 champions...

Firstly, Pete is now uncatchable for the WHO Club Championship - congratulations on a first club title!

   

The junior title is too close to call. Either Isaac or Ollie could clinch it at the final race of the year. And Frankie could beat Dylan to third.

The other two titles confirmed are...

   

Nathan is our 2024 WHO Rookie of the Year and Ethan our 2024 Junior Rookie. Congratulations to both!

Nathan is also one of six racers with 100% attendance at our HO nights this year.

That's the end of our busiest night of the year. A very big thank you to everyone who came along - especially to the set-up and race control crews and everyone who stayed behind to pack away.

Don't forget we have a test & fun night in two weeks - on Wednesday 20 November. The plan is for a small-ish test track and a drag strip or two. I need to make sure the drag stuff has survived the house move last year...