Different track design this week, round 4 which marks the halfway point of the current league.

Qualifying
After the qualifying it was James Hart on pole for the A final, Louis Parker second and Ashley King in third place, good performances also from Bob Harley in fourth place, Chelle Snowden fifth and Steve Donald sixth.
Steve Donald also was quickest in F2 followed by Stephen Deacon and Javier Jimenez.
David Snowden took top spot in F3, Paul Carter was second and Courtney Orme third.
So could Ashley King avenge his defeat by Mark Deacon last week, things were looking good as Mark was in the B final!
In the mardave class Mike Simpson was fastest followed by Joshua Galbraith with his dad Paul third.
Roy Matthews was best in F2 followed by Alex Forster and Jenson Wray.

Finals
Mardave Class
The mardave final saw Mike Simpson take the lead at the start, Joshua Galbraith was soon making up ground in second place and hit the front a third of the way through the race. With the first three cars very evenly matched it was always going to be a close finish, in the end Mike was the winner, Joshua was second and Paul third. In F2 Roy Matthews was quickest, Alex Forster took second place and his brother Harvey was third.

GT12 Class
In the GT12 C Final Alan Forster had a comfortable win but there was a great battle for second and third places between F3 league leader Paul Carter and second place driver Courtney Orme. Just over 3 seconds in it at the finish with Paul extending his lead by a further 3 points.

The B Final (or should it be called the “Deacon Final” with Mark on pole and Stephen car 2). Mark made a clean start but Stephen moved into the lead on lap 2 with Mark falling back another place on lap 3 behind Javier Jimenez who then overtook Stephen to move into the lead on lap 5. Some great racing here as Stephen regained the lead on lap 8 with Javier in second place and Mark third. Mark then moved up a gear and got the lead back on lap 11 and went on to win with a fine 38 laps, Javier was second and Stephen third both on 37 laps – great race!.

So just the A Final remained, James Hart was the winner on 39 laps, 2 laps ahead of everyone else but it was very close between Ashley King, Steve Donald, Louis Parker, Chelle Snowden and Bob Harley. They eventually finished in that order, Ashley getting 37 laps and the rest 36. Yes you have worked it out Mark managed 38 laps in the B final and beats Ashley in the finals yet again! (He even missed a round of qualifying to take some video as well)

Louis Parker wins the GT12 A final with Mark Deacon in second place and Ashley King third.
The last week of using the present track design again produced some tremendous racing.
Qualifying
James Hart was quickest after the three qualifying rounds with Louis Parker a close second and also setting the fastest lap. Richard Hickling was third and Mark Deacon fourth.
In F2 Steve Donald was again fastest followed by Daniel Lacey and Alan Forster.
League F3 leader Paul Carter was best in F3 with John Stringer second and Jack Walsh third.
In the club mardave class Mike Simpson led F1, Joshua Galbraith was in second place and Paul Galbraith third. Alex Forster was the highest placed F2 driver, well done also to Harvey Forster in his first race meeting.

Finals
The mardave final was very exciting and saw a lot of overtaking, Jordan Galbraith set the fastest lap time and was the winner starting from third place on the grid, his dad Paul took second place a cars length ahead of pole position driver Mike Simpson. Alex Forster was the winner in F2, Roy Matthews finishing last after yet another problem with his car.

John Stringer won the GT12 D Final to be best in F3 and bring Paul Carters unbeaten run in the league to an end.
New member Alan Forster won the C Final, Stephen Deacon was second and Peter Partridge took third place.
Gavin Maciver had a very impressive drive to win the B Final, a good race this with Steve Donald taking second place ahead of Chelle Snowden.
So just the A Final left and what a race this proved to be. James Hart led the field away from pole position but Louis Parker took the lead on the second lap and went on to win the race – well done Louis!
There was a tremendous battle for second and third places between James Hart, Mark Deacon and Ashley King. Mark had his car really flying and set equal fastest lap time with James. It was a race right to the finish with Mark taking second just 0.34 seconds ahead of Ashley King – a fantastic race.

A similar track design to last produced some good racing.

Qualifying
After the three rounds of qualifying James Hart was quickest with Louis Parker second, these two drivers being a lap ahead of Richard Hickling, Ashley King, Gavin Maciver and Mark Deacon. Ashley being ahead of Mark for a change by 3.76 seconds – could he repeat this in the final?
Steve Donald continued his great run of form by being best in F2, a lap clear of Matt Popejoy and Daniel Lacey.
Paul Carter was the top driver in F3, 3 laps ahead of Courtney Orme and John Stringer.
In the club mardave class Jordan Galbraith was in unstoppable form taking pole in the final followed by Mike Simpson and Paul Galbraith. In F2 Roy Matthews was fastest with Daniel lacey second and Alex Forster third.

Finals
The mardave final was a runaway victory for Jordan Galbraith with a fine drive, Mike Simpson was second 2 laps down and Paul Galbraith third. In F2 Alex Forster was the top driver finishing ahead of Roy Matthews who seemed to be lacking drive! – it always pays to ensure the motor pinion is on securely!

Javier Jimenez cruised to victory in the GT12 C final, Paul Carter finished in second place and Courtney Orme third.

The GT12 B final produced some very exciting racing with all the drivers being very evenly matched and the lead changing hands several times during the race. At the finish it was F2 driver Steve Donald who crossed the line ahead with a tremendous performance, beating F1 drivers Darren Ford, Bob Harley and Chelle Snowden.

As usual the last race of the evening was the GT12 A final, yet again James Hart set the fastest lap on his way to victory, guest driver Richard Hickling took second place, Louis Parker was third and Ashley King fourth – ahead of Mark Deacon again!- has this set a trend to be repeated next week?
A great race to complete the evening.

The first of eight rounds of the winter league with drivers best six round scores to count, points being awarded for both qualifying and final positions in each division.

Qualifying
Some very competitive racing with James Hart being to top qualifier on 42 laps in the GT12 class and a good performance from new member Mark Deacon to be second with 41 laps ahead of Louis Parker, Ashley King and Gavin Maciver a further lap down.
Best division 2 driver was Steve Donald with a very impressive 39 laps, followed by Matt Popejoy with 38 and Javier Jimenez with 36 laps.
In division 3 Paul Carter was the leader on 30 laps, 3.44 seconds ahead of Alister Hart, Courtney Orme took third place on 29 laps.
In the club mardave class Mike Simpson took pole position in the final with 31 laps followed by Paul Galbraith on 30 and Jordan Galbraith 29 laps. In division 2 Jensen Wray was the leader on 21 laps with Alex Forster second on the same lap and Roy Matthews third on 15 laps after some electrical problems with his car.

Finals
First up was the mardave final where Mike Simpson had a steady drive to lead from start to finish, leaving it to Paul and Jordan Galbraith to fight it out for second and third places. It was Paul who came out on top with Jordan trailing by seven seconds.
In division 2 Roy Matthews got his car going properly and was best followed by Alex Forster and newcomer Dianne Taylor.

Lee Devey won the GT12 C final just ahead of Peter Partridge, Paul Carter was the top division 3 driver with Jack Walsh taking an excellent second ahead of Alister Hart.
The B final turned out to be a tremendous race with little to separate the first three drivers, it was Matt Popejoy who crossed the finishing line first to win ahead of Chelle Snowden, Bob Harley and Daniel Lacey all on the same lap.
James Hart was on pole position for the A final and with an almost faultless drive took the win, Louis Parker was second and Mark Deacon third (yes Mark you did beat Ashley again!). A great race this with Steve Donald finishing in sixth place to be best in division 2.

The first meeting on 2017 with everyone fully refreshed after Christmas and New Year!
Some great racing on a flowing track design, apologies for the glitches in the results as we were testing out the lap counting system.

Something a little different this week for the Christmas fun night – the drivers were allocated into six teams and the carpet area was split into two separate and similar tracks to enable two teams of drivers to race simultaneously, one on each track.

With the team score for each round being the sum of the team members individual laps the emphasis was on reliability and teamwork as well as good driving as they were not racing against each other but trying to maximise their team scores.

To even out any differences in the tracks the teams changed track after each round.

The final results were very close with Gavin Maciver, Wes Wray and Chelle Snowden being the winners just 4 laps ahead of Darren Ford, Roy Matthews and Mike Simpson.

Don’t forget there is no racing on Tuesday 27th December.
Next clubnight is Tuesday 3rd January.

MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR

A good evenings racing despite a few glitches with the lap counting.
Trophies for the Autumn League and Superleague were presented by the club chairman, well done to all the winners.

Burton Buggy Club membership forms for 2017 are available at race control

The final round of the superleague which has been run on alternate months throughout the year.

Track
The third week of a similar layout

Qualifying
In the LMP class James Hart set the pace with some outstanding driving, achieving 46 laps which was 2 better than Louis Parker and Giles Hodgkinson on 44, with Mark Deacon trailing in 4th place a further lap down.

Mike Simpson was top qualifier on 32 laps in the club mardave class ahead of “Team Galbraith”, Joshua being in second place, Paul third both with 30 laps and league leader Jordan 4th on 29. Newcomer Alex Forster made a very impressive start with 20 laps.

Chris Holmes was again flying to be quickest in the GT12 class with 41 laps followed by Gavin Rice, Matt Popejoy, Jordan Galbraith and Steve Donald all on 40 laps.

Finals
The LMP final was first up and we were all treated to a great race with James Hart leading from start to finish and setting the fastest lap of the evening. It was close though with Louis Parker right on James’s heels to eventually finish just 5 seconds behind in second place – well done Louis! Giles Hodgkinson was third 2 laps down.

Mike Simpson seemed to have the mardave final in the bag until he lost a front tyre, Jordan Galbraith was quick to capitalise and had a fine win, 3 laps up on the rest of the field. Paul Galbraith was second and a super performance from Roy Matthews gained him third place.

Paul Galbraith won the GT12 C final, Courtney Orme after getting his car sorted finished in second place and fast improving Jack Walsh was third.

The GT12 B final saw Steve Donald get the better of Bob Harley to win an exciting race with Daniel Lacey finishing third.

Chris Holmes continued his run of good form to take a win in the GT12 A final, Gavin Rice was second and Jordan Galbraith third.

Congratulations to the league winners
Mardave class – Jordan Galbraith
GT12 Division 1 – Gavin Maciver
GT12 Division 2 – Bob Harley
GT12 Division 3 – Courtney Orme

A similar track design to last week produced some good racing, welcome to new members Darren Newton and Chris Holmes.

A problem encountered during the evening with the computer lap-counting system resulted in a number of corrections being made to the results and just three qualifying rounds.

Gavin Maciver was the top driver in the GT12 class with Chris Holmes second with his “straight out of the box” new car – an excellent start, Mark Deacon took third place ahead of Ashley King – the first three drivers all on 43 laps.

Jordan Galbraith was again fastest in the club mardave class with his dad Paul second. place.

Louis Parker was quickest in the LMP class with Darren Newton trailing by a lap in second place.