[Gareth]

B Final

   

Ollie would take over Stephen’s beloved yellow lane and take on pole man Andy in red, Pete in blue and John in white.  John had given up a middle lane to gamble on the long but fast outside lane.  

   

It was a disastrous opening lap for both Andy and John who both crashed in the first corner.  Ollie followed them off the road a lap later to leave Pete with a commanding lead of about a lap over Andy.  We were then treated to an epic duel as lap after lap, Andy began to cut that lead down.  A tenth here, two tenths there, the chairman of the board was on the hunt and his prey was the man who I would rate as the fastest driver in the club right now.  As the race eased past 90 seconds, it was Pete who blinked and crashed but a lightning bit of marshalling meant he had lost less than 2 seconds.  But that was all the encouragement Andy needed as he was now on the same straight and still lapping quicker.  As the power cut, the Chevelle nosed past the Monte Carlo and Andy clinched an epic win.  This was a brilliant race.

   

Behind these two, John fell a lap behind with a total of 3 crashes while Ollie’s race ended early on lap 20 as he came home 4th.