[Gareth]

A Final

   

It was Andy’s turn in the Stephen Atkinson Party Lane (aka yellow) for the A final.  Oliver would be going from pole in blue after his domination of qualifying, Matthew in red and Terry in white.  

   

Sadly it was not a vintage final like the B with Andy, Oliver and Terry all crashing on lap 1; Andy and Terry for lengthy bits of time as well.  Andy was really struggling in yellow with car repairs meaning he was off the road for over a quarter of the race.  Eventually, a red flag was thrown in order to examine the track and make some hasty repairs.  

When the race resumed we had Matthew in the lead but Oliver was setting the timing sheets on fire with his laptimes. The lead changed hands four times in the space of four laps before Oli finally established himself out front but with just 20 seconds to go, disaster struck and he crashed.  That was all the encouragement that Matthew needed to storm through into the lead and on to his first ever A final win.  

   

Terry meanwhile came home a distant 3rd while Andy trailed in an even more distant 4th.

   

It was a chaotic and messy race but that takes nothing away from Matthew’s absolutely brilliant win.  What a pleasure it is to see someone scoop their first one.  

   

Thanks as always to the set up crew, marshals, race control and pack away people.  F1 is just around the corner.