April 1st Team Event

Bob Harley leads his Team to victory!

There were five teams of three drivers entered for the team event, the team captains being Dave Tomlinson, Chelle Snowden, Louis Parker, Bob Harley and Daniel Williams.  There were four six minute rounds with the sum of the individual teams drivers laps being counted as the team score.

After the first round Bob Harley’s team were leading on 78 laps, Louis Parker’s 72 laps and Dave Tomlinson’s 71 laps.

The second round saw Bob’s lead cut to four laps on 151 with Louis and Dave joint second place on 147 laps.

Bob’s team extended their lead again in round three to six laps scoring 229 with Louis 223 and Dave 222, setting the scene for an exciting final round with the winning team to get a free weeks racing.

With all the team captains racing in the final race of the last round, the pressure was on as it was still possible for any of the top three teams to win.  A loss of power on Louis Parker’s car put him out of the race which lost his team the chance of second place, Dave Tomlinson went on to wins the race with Bob 1 lap down which was good enough to secure the overall team victory. A good evenings racing, a very close result.

The fastest driver of the evening was Dave Tomlinson driving his Mardave GT12 who achieved 30 laps, with Bob Harley and Chelle Snowden on 29 laps.  In the club Mardave Class Richard Parker was top scoring 29 laps with Mike Simpson and Lee Bishop both getting 28 laps each.  All the drivers had very creditable scores which made for an exciting finish!

Congratulations to Bob Harley, Mike Simpson and Jenson Butlin on winning.

Track

The track was extended to the full length of the hall this week, it is back to the size last used at the Drakelow venue in 2003.

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