[Gareth]

Gen6 Shootout

   

After all that excitement there still remained one final race to determine the Gen6 champion.  Just like the real chase in Nascar, our top 4 Gen6 (Mega G+) drivers have a one race shootout to determine the champion.  

Mike (blue) had his place from his earlier win and joining him would be Tracy (white), Simon (yellow) and Kevin (red) who had all scored enough points to rank them as the next 3 drivers to qualify.  
 
Tracy rocketed off the line and into the lead ahead of Mike, Kevin and Simon.  Lap after lap Tracy was a tenth quicker than Mike and was eking out a brilliant lead.  We’ve not had a female champion since Hannah Rose was racing with us as a junior so this was very exciting stuff.  

   
 
In her wake Simon and his car were not enjoying yellow lane as he was unable to match the pace or keep the car on the road like the McCanns.  Kevin though could keep the pace with Mike but couldn’t match his consistency so he was drifting back into a steady 3rd place.  

But then on lap 32 disaster struck for Tracy.  She crashed and would be off the track for nearly 20 seconds.  The motor had popped up from the chassis robbing her of drive.  The Bean and Fuller crew got her back on the road as quickly as they could but Mike was into first place and cruising as he clinched the win and became the 2025 Gen6 champion!  Kevin too crept past Tracy to steal 2nd place as she limped home in 3rd.  

   

It had been the cruelest of blows for Tracy after dominating the race for 2/3rds of the way and it was also a timely reminder for our Mega G+ drivers to glue their motors to the rear bulkhead.  It’s allowed in the rulebook because of this very situation.  

So congratulations to Pete, Ollie B and Mike on picking up the Nascar, Junior and Gen6 wins on the night.  And congratulations to the same three drivers on picking up the championships to boot!  

   

I’m especially delighted for Mike.  The McCann family are absolute mainstays of the club and WHO simply would not be WHO without them.  We do need to update the Hall of Fame but to the best of my knowledge this is Mike’s first championship and I’m so happy for him.  Well done mate!

   

Thanks as always to our setup and strike down crews, to Ollie for manning race control and for everyone who comes and races and makes the club what it is.  One more F1 round to wrap up 2025 to go.  See you there.