Race Report - Finals
Harry, Alan and Vicky were the first to race and they made sure the F Final was an absolute cracker! Their two minute race was full of incident, but somehow they all stayed on the same lap. Harry was the early leader, his choice of yellow lane looking good. Then a crash for the youngster meant Vicky had the lead - and she headed the Mega-G+ train until two offs with 30 seconds to go looked to have gifted Harry the race win... However, a crash for Harry saw Vicky back in first, Alan in second and Harry third - and that's how it finished.
Vicky stepped up into yellow lane for the E Final, battling with Kevin, Simon and Duncan for Tuners championship points. Kevin was on a mission over the first few laps, pulling out a gap until a fifth lap crash dropped him back. Duncan took over the lead and banged in sixteen flawless laps - no-one could get near him. The other three all had a couple of crashes each - one of Vicky's requiring repairs - Kevin finished a comfortable second, but Vicky very nearly pipping Simon for third.
It was Duncan's turn in yellow for the D Final - and this proved to be one of the best races of the night. Yellow was the longest way round and had a couple of tricky inside corners, but if anyone could make it work it was Duncan... He was up against Laurence in the first of the Mods, plus the fastest two Tuners, Ash and Isaac. Duncan binned it on the first lap, but then came back strong with a typically fast and faultless race. Isaac had the pace to lead Laurence in the opening laps - Laurence perhaps treading carefully, knowing what would happen to his rear axle should he crash. It was Isaac who slipped up - Laurence and Ash were through and Duncan wasn't far behind. Laurence gradually upped the pace, pulling out a decent gap - but one crash would end things. Behind, Ash and Isaac fought it out for the Tuners' honours - both had a couple of offs and each time Duncan got closer. It was exciting to watch, a quarter of a lap covering the three Tuners at the end - Ash, then Isaac and Duncan. As the top under-16 racer on the night, Isaac had won the Junior medal.
Laurence had held it together to win and joined three other Mods in the C Final. Mike had the best pace at the start, but an excursion into the scenery handed the lead to Terry on lap 7. With both Laurence and Mike falling by the wayside, the battle for the win was between the Vipers of Terry and Oliver. The two couldn't be separated on pace, but it was a mid-race off for Oliver that gave Terry a small cushion that equated to just over half a lap at the chequered flag.
Huge stakes in the B Final... seeing who could redeem themselves from a less-than-ideal qualifying and put themselves in the frame for the overall race win. Pete had qualified fourth and led from the start. Terry was having a nightmare in yellow and Matthew was off on lap three - Deborah taking the lead on lap seven when Pete crashed. Nonetheless, the front three remained on the same lap. A couple more offs dropped Pete out of the running, leaving Deborah in the lead and Matthew - with marginally the faster car - hunting her down. This was all about pace - and was thrilling to watch as the cars lapped 110 feet in under five seconds (or a little over 15mph), Matthew gaining a few hundredths of a second each lap. With around 30 seconds to go, Matthew took the lead - but it was short-lived. A costly excursion handed the race to a relieved and delighted Deborah!
The A Final promised to be a humdinger - especially with Deborah staying in white lane. Coming off two perfect minutes of racing, no-one was surprised when Deborah led the opening thirty seconds of the race. Keith just about kept in touch, but Jerome was being gapped and Andy was dropping tenths each lap in yellow lane, before grinding to a halt on lap ten - a fraction after Deborah binned it and lost the lead. It was pedal to the metal for the remaining trio after that eventful tenth lap - Keith edging out an extra tenth over Jerome pretty much every lap and Deborah hanging on, a lap adrift. When the race ended, Keith had a huge score - 24.20 laps was the best of the night. Jerome's 23.50 wasn't shabby - and Deborah managed 22.30, despite another off right at the end. Her 4.740 second lap was the best of the finals, but Matthew's 4.558 from the heats was the fastest of the night.
Huge congratulations to Keith for his second WHO Mod race win - his first was five years ago in July 2017. Isaac picked up another Junior medal, ahead of Harry. Ash won the Tuners class and Laurence finished top of the six rookies on the grid tonight. Bravo!
About the only thing left to do is update the championship tables (probably tomorrow), although you might be interested in how Micro Scalextric Superman got on...
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