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I was getting slightly worried for you - especially after Hot Mustard chose the worst possible time to have a bad run... But the Merc did what it needed to do - and some.

It is amazing how much drama gets served up in these elimination rounds - super-close finishes, upsets, cars getting faster from qualifying and others going off the boil. It was very enjoyable to watch and to run.

Rebecca enjoyed it too and is very pleased with her medal - she shared a pic of that and the Nissan on Facebook and it has got an alarming number of likes from people who probably don't know what a slot car is. Plus she's very proud of the Porsche - she bought that car herself from Dave Coley's Emporium on eBay. And it hasn't had a lot done to it, beyond a pair of Super Tires and some very basic running-in of the motor. Whereas my similarly out-of-the-box eBay purchase for Street Stock wasn't quite so impressive...