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The Micro Scalextric Super Stock Eliminators were first on the strip on Wednesday. No surprises in the Quarter Finals, the top four qualifiers all comfortably through. Rebecca had a bye run and the closest contest was Andy Phillips’ Mini getting within 0.030 of a second of Leo’s Jaguar...

   

In the bottom half of the ladder, Iain improved on his best qualifying run, but Clive’s Aston remained surprisingly slow. No race-day miracles for him this time.

   

For the second event running, there were big shocks in the Super Stock Semi Finals. Again, the top qualifier fell to the fourth place qualifier. Usually a fast starter, Rebecca’s Sanditon Motorsport Nissan bogged down off the line. Leo took advantage, making his first sub-700 run of the event count. A winning margin of 0.024 looked comfortable, but was a massive upset...

   

The second Semi was expected to be close. Alan looked good down the first half of the run, but then Andy Player’s Nissan picked up the pace. A finishing speed of 7.706 mph to Alan’s 6.043 was the difference - a 0.026 winning margin.

The third and fourth place qualifiers faced off in the Final. It turned out to be a much closer race than expected. Leo’s Jaguar got off to a good start, but Andy edged it at half distance. The Nissan usually finishes strongly, but it was Leo’s car that was quickest through the speed trap, giving a tantalisingly close winning margin of 0.013 seconds for Andy’s orange Nissan...

   

And here's some video...



   

   

That’s four different winners in the first four races of the Summer Series. Will there be more?