Harrogate Indoor Regional Round 2.
Report by Brian Hopps

Race Data
Championship Tables (2wd) (4wd)

The second round of the NE indoor series was held at the usual St John Fisher venue just outside Harrogate. The track was mainly carpet with a long sweeping uncarpeted 180 at the end of the back straight, which led onto a jump in front of the rostrum. This then turned back onto the infield section which included some ripples and  a small jump, then round to a fast section leading back onto the straight, the quicker drivers were circulating this in around 14 seconds. Some drivers complained at first that it was too simple, but the layout actually provided clean qualifying as there were plenty of places for overtaking, and most finals were very good to watch. Particularly interesting was the fight for the lead in the 2wd A final between Richard Lowe and Ben Riley, and was it fast, both drivers beating their qualifying times by around three seconds. Apart from the 12th lap when Ben made a rare mistake and lost the lead, the two cars were racing within inches of each other, and it is some testimony to both these drivers that they never collided once.