A busy day today. Running the meeting as well as competing is always a little tricky.
A damp start meant I didn’t have tyres ready for the 1st heat. 10 rather slow laps with no grip at the back. Time to glue up some Ballistics.
Qualifying – Round 1
Race 2 – 2wd Buggy
Driver
Alistair Munro
Position
5
Result
10 / 316.33
Average
31.63
Best10
31.63
Best
27.20
Consec3
87.81
Lap
Time
1
27.20
2
32.52
3
34.12
4
30.98
5
29.33
6
30.67
7
43.70
8
28.73
9
28.42
10
30.66
Quali 2 was better with the right tyres. Fewer mistakes but still to many.
Qualifying – Round 2
Race 2 – 2wd Buggy
Driver
Alistair Munro
Position
4
Result
12 / 327.00
Average
27.25
Best10
26.05
Best
23.71
Consec3
73.97
Lap
Time
1
30.52
2
26.93
3
25.91
4
26.13
5
32.22
6
24.94
7
24.84
8
25.42
9
23.71
10
26.30
11
25.82
12
34.26
The car wasn’t far off, steering wasn’t quite sharp enough, and a quick look at the ride heights showed the front was a little lower than the rear so a couple of mill added to even it up…
With the track starting to dry, but only in places, I decided to stick with the Ballistics and just manage any grabby moments.
Qualifying – Round 3
Race 2 – 2wd Buggy
Driver
Alistair Munro
Position
5
Result
12 / 310.19
Average
25.84
Best10
24.19
Best
22.90
Consec3
69.87
Lap
Time
1
40.42
2
24.83
3
23.49
4
25.43
5
27.86
6
24.07
7
23.99
8
26.54
9
23.69
10
23.34
11
23.63
12
22.90
3 felt better, but was buggered by 2 bad mistakes on the first lap, and some silly scrapping on the 5th and 8th lap.
A Clean 4th round saved the day from catastrophy. If i’d have found that pace earlier in the day, an A Final would have been on the cards. Coulda, woulda, shoulda, I know. But nevertheless, Encouraging…
Qualifying – Round 4
Round By Round. Best 2 Rounds to Count
2wd Buggy
Pos
Name
Best
Tie Break
Points
R1
R2
R3
R4
1
Stuart Ball
15 / 321.70
0
0
2
0
2
2
Keith Halsey
14 / 302.49
14 / 302.98
2
23
3
2
0
3
Paul Rose
14 / 303.33
14 / 319.11
2
2
0
3
3
4
Dane Winterson
14 / 317.44
7
3
5
4
7
5
Michael Evely
14 / 313.98
8
12
4
21
4
6
Chris Law
14 / 324.49
10
5
8
5
5
7
Cam Pollinger
13 / 300.70
12
8
6
6
6
8
Ian Russell
13 / 316.81
16
9
7
9
9
9
Andy Leach
12 / 302.54
17
6
22
11
12
10
Kevin Greenway
13 / 307.77
13 / 307.77
17
11
10
7
10
11
James Wherlock
12 / 301.77
11 / 308.39
17
7
12
10
13
12
Richard Evely
13 / 314.96
17
17
9
8
23
13
Jamie Stringer
12 / 311.89
19
4
15
15
20
14
Alistair Munro
13 / 315.94
21
18
13
14
8
15
Ian Brooking
12 / 302.26
21
10
11
12
11
16
Terry Leach
12 / 308.44
12 / 308.44
27
14
17
13
14
17
Ross Everill
12 / 319.49
10 / 300.17
27
13
14
17
15
18
Marc Biddis
11 / 303.25
32
16
18
16
16
19
Doug Moreton
11 / 308.30
33
23
16
18
17
20
Matt Martin
11 / 325.44
34
15
20
22
19
21
Alfie Ball
11 / 308.70
37
19
19
19
18
22
Joe Ball
9 / 317.17
40
20
21
20
21
6th in the B, and I went with Proline Pyramids on the back because there were more dry areas than wet at this point.
The first lap carnage meant I had to doggedly claw my way back and scrap for my life to get to 4th. But the handling seemed to be going my way.
Managed to score a win in Round 3, I think it ranks as one of my best drives ever. The car was just hooked up and everybody else was too busy tangling to worry me. Very chuffed with the consistancy as well as half decent pace.
The last final wasn’t my finest hour. The car was going like a steam train, and Andy Leach was doing a good job in 2nd, but klipped him twice trying to make moves that now the dust has settled, I admit weren’t really on. I pushed really hard to catch him, but I wasn’t going to make it. Then, with horrible cruelty, he clipped a rail with two corners to go and rolled it to allow me through. Sorry Andy, I owe you a beer.
2wd Buggy – B Final
Pos
Car
Name
Tie Break
Points
R1
R2
R3
1
2
Kevin Greenway
2
1
5
1
2
6
Alistair Munro
3
4
1
2
3
1
Andy Leach
4
2
2
3
4
4
Richard Evely
6
3
3
7
5
3
James Wherlock
9
5
6
4
6
7
Ian Brooking
9
7
4
5
7
5
Jamie Stringer
12
6
7
6
I’ll take that, a pretty good start to the season.
