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Stage Two: Jupp's Farm

Winner: Mike Dadson, NSR Abarth Punto S2000

   

The Group B boys were first on Jupp's Farm, our Ninco Off-Road stage. Four pieces of Ice track were added to honour the winter theme of the event, which gave cars a little bit of respite from the lumps and bumps that make this course such a challenge for some of the cars. Rob's SRC 914 and Matthew's Ninco Lancia 037 were just a tenth of a second apart, Rob taking the early lead with his 46.8 run.

   

Next were Terry, Phil and the Walkers - Steve joining Oliver and Ryan for the first time in what must be nearly 8 years! Steve was certainly having fun, but it was the other four that jumped into the lead of the stage with their SRC Porsches. Terry was quickest on 40.54, Oliver 40.55, Ryan 40.78 and Phil 45.05.

   

The next group were delayed while we removed some livestock from the dirt track, but Scott, John, Mike, Jeremy, Andy, Kevin and Stephen didn't have to wait long...

   

Three Nincos were quickest from this group - Andy's Subaru & Porsche, plus Scott's Peugeot 407 - although they were two seconds off Terry's time. The Jupp's Farm bumps caught out the SCX Lancia Delta Integrales of both Jeremy and John, although John's new Touareg skipped over the rough stuff to finish just behind Scott's Porsche 991 in the SCX battle. Stephen finished top club car runner on the stage, handling the SCX Ibiza beautifully.

   

Last to visit Jupp's Farm was the group of Mike D, the Fullers and the Beans. Mike nailed it again with his NSR Punto, pipping Terry to the stage win by eight hundredths of a second. Ollie always drives his Ninco Subaru on the off-road track with a perfect balance of aggression and caution. His reward this time was sixth place overall - just ahead of Andy and Scott's Nincos - and first of the standard cars.

Here are the stage results...

   

That meant Mike extended his lead over Andy to 2.92 seconds. Terry's SRC Porsche was up to third, 2.63 seconds behind Andy. After a difficult run, Jeremy's TR7 had dropped to fifth behind Oliver's SRC 914.