[Gareth]

D Final

   

Gary had pole position for this one and had picked blue lane.  There had been some gremlins on the lane throughout the heats so the power supply was swapped out for the finals.  Hopefully this would help Gary out.  Alongside him, Daniel was in red lane battling his mum Tracy in yellow which left Matthew in the fast but tricky white lane. 

   

It was Daniel who led them away for the opening four laps leading Matthew, Gary and Tracy.  Gary overtook Matthew on lap 2 and when Daniel crashed on lap 5 he was through into the lead.  Matthew behind had a lengthy off on lap 4 which sent him to the back while Tracy after a cautious start was stringing fast laps together consistently and working her way up the field.

Gary’s lead was sadly brief as he had a big off on lap 8 and again on lap 9 which left him last.  It was agonising considering how smooth and fast he was on every other lap.  Gary’s downfall was Tracy’s windfall as she swept into the lead with a minute to run.  Daniel was in hot pursuit but a crash-strewn final minute saw his challenge collapse with Matthew passing both Daniel and Gary into 2nd.  

   

With Tracy taking the win and Matthew recovering to 2nd, it was Gary who regained more composure than Daniel as he retook 3rd in the dying seconds of the race.