Results from the Junior Finals -
21st/22nd September 2002
Aylesbury Off Road Car Club
10th Electric Off Road
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Results from the Junior Finals -
21st/22nd September 2002 |
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The first visit to
Aylesbury Off Road Car Club for the North East Juniors. Report by Brian Hopps. |
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If you had competed at the Nationals then
you will no doubt have visited the Aylesbury club before, however this was
the first
visit
for most of the North East drivers and all had positive comments after a
weekend of mostly fine weather and good racing.
Saturday was sunny and warm and to
everyone's surprise the race director chose TQ for the day. We were
surprised because nearly every event this year has been designated round
by round, and I think most people have now become accustomed to, and
prefer that method of qualifying. The track at Aylesbury is all grass, and
proved to cut up badly when a National was run here last year, however
with only seven heats for each day this never became a problem. Heavy rope
marked out an interesting course on both days, but unlike the hose pipe
used by a lot of clubs, this stuff grabbed hold of cars if the driver was
unfortunate enough to get too close.
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Once again the race director chose TQ as the
weather was predicted to be dry. Some rain did fall just as the finals
were getting underway, but not enough to make a big difference to the
track conditions. Again Darren Bloomfield took the Under 13's 4wd with
ease, and Tom Yardy in Under 16's. Sunday was also the day that the BRCA had made provision for the not so young drivers to take part in a Vets class. This was made up of Mum's, Dad's and BRCA officials, all displaying a variety of driving skills. This was my first real attempt at racing, and I thoroughly enjoyed it, although there were comments that some of my lines around corners were questionable. Well done to all the drivers from the North East. Don't forget, spread the word about R/C Racing, tell them how much you enjoyed yourself, get your mates interested and maybe we can get the numbers competing at this event up for next year.
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Finally - Brian "The Arsenal" Harris lets one slip after a hefty Italian meal on Saturday night and Paul Draper gets caught downwind ! | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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As you can see from the table on
the right, the Mid West team won the Regional Competition. Each winner of each competition got 1 point, 10th in the A got 10 etc., etc. Teams compised 3 U13 2WD, 3 U16 2WD, 3 U13 4WD and 3 U16 4WD. Any shortfall in the 12 persons was penalised by the award of 99 pts. Many thanks to Brian Harris for supplying the data. |
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BEST OF LUCK TO OUR NORTH EAST TEAM ENTRANTS AT THE REGIONAL F2 FINALS AT WORKSOP ON THE 5TH / 6TH OCTOBER.
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