KIDDERMINSTER 4WD NATIONAL - CLARIFICATION OF RESULTS.

Due to circumstances beyond our control, the results of the 4WD National at Kidderminster as shown on the BRCA website are not complete. Those that attended, will know that due to heavy rain the event had to be concluded at the end of Round 2.

The Off-Road Section rules state :- If Finals are not completed, then Championship points for the event are awarded on qualifying positions, providing a minimum of two Qualifying Rounds are completed. Using the Round-by-Round Qualifying system, if only two Qualifying Rounds are completed, then each drivers SINGLE best Round score is used to determine the overall Qualifying positions at the end of the Second Round.

When Round 2 was completed, the computer printed the correct results, counting each drivers best SINGLE score. When we printed further copies, the software added the positions from both Rounds together. This is not the correct result. Due to some unknown working of the software, we are not able to go back to the original print and the only correct copy available was retained by the Timekeeper to manually update the points for the event and the overall Championship points.

We felt that it was important to publish the only event results that could be accessed onto the website, so that competitors could see their individual Round positions, even though the overall positions for the event are not correct. NOTE :- Points for the Kidderminster event that are shown in the overall Championship positions have been complied manually and are correct. (The 2WD event on the Saturday was not affected and the results on the website are correct).

Some drivers may not realise that having a SINGLE best score of 36th. in one of the two Rounds does not result in that driver achieving 36th position in the overall position for the event. In most cases, two different drivers achieved an equal best position from the two Rounds, which means that the times were used to decide the 'tied points' position. As an example:- 36th. in Round 2 gave an overall position for the event of 46th., because of the number of drivers that were on equal positions from the two Rounds.

The organisers of Kidderminster Club are truly sorry that the weather intervened and caused the 4WD event to be curtailed, and hope that it will not dampen the enthusiasm for drivers to return to Kidderminster in the future.

Best regards,

Paul Worsley. (Chairman, BRCA Off-Road Section).