After a cloudy start we enjoyed a gorgeous summers day at Coventry Model Car Club venue, our second visit to their new venue. The track layout was fast and flowing. The tyre choice was Schumacher yellow mini spikes, with some also opting to run Ballistic Buggy white spikes. This meeting also wraps up the 2WD regional series for 2016.
Qualifying
Tom Yardy TQ’d all four rounds of qualifying with his Schumacher KF2, taking over all TQ by 3 seconds.
Richie Thorn secured second in round one, racing a Schumacher KF2, followed by Kevin Lee with his PR S1
From round two onwards Kevin Lee took second in the round behind Tom, with Kevin Hunt or Richie Thorn taking third.
Mike Elliot’s slight tyre failure
Individual round scores were as follows.
Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4
1 Tom Yardy Tom Yardy Tom Yardy Tom Yardy
2 Ritchie Thorn Kevin Lee Kevin Lee Kevin Lee
3 Kevin Lee Kevin Hunt Ritchie Thorn Kevin Hunt
4 Mathew Dodd Chris Lake Mathew Dodd Chris Lake
5 Kevin Hunt Richie Thorn Kevin Hunt Ben Pugh
6 Kit Jones Mathew Dodd Ben Pugh Mathew Dodd
7 Chris Bowater Brett Birch Brett Birch Paul Robinson
8 Brett Birch Kit Jones Paul Robinson Kit Jones
9 Dean Gibbs Mark Fletcher Mark Fletcher Mark Hancock
10 Ben Pugh Ben Pugh Chris Lake Brett Birch
With a consistent top 10 in all four rounds the A final line up was as follows.
Overall
1 Tom Yardy
2 Kevin Lee
3 Richie Thorn
4 Kevin Hunt
5 Mathew Dodd
6 Chris Lake
7 Ben Pugh
8 Kit Jones
9 Brett Birch
10 Paul Robinson
A final Leg one
Tom Yardy took the leg one win, with Kevin Lee in second and Kevin Hint in third. Fourth was Richie Thorn, followed by Kit Jones, Brett Birch, Mathew Dodd, Chris Lake, Ben Pugh and Paul Robinson.
A final Leg two
Tom Yardy won leg two, taking the meeting win. Kevin Lee was second in the leg.
Penalties were applied to Kevin Hunt and Brett Birch, meaning Mathew Dodd was promoted to third, followed by Richie Thorn, Chris Lake, Kit Jones, Kevin Hunt, Ben Pugh, Brett Birch and Paul Robinson.
A final Leg Three
Tom Yardy won leg three, followed by Richie Thorn, Chris Lake, Mathew Dodd, Kit Jones, Ben Pugh, Kevin Hunt, Brett Birch, Paul Robinson and Kevin Lee.
Ben, sporting next seasons must have marshalling head wear
The A final overall result was as follows:
1. Tom Yardy (Schumacher KF2)
2. Kevin Lee (PR S1)
3. Richie Thorn (Schumacher KF2)
4. Mathew Dodd (Schumacher KF2)
5. Chris Lake (Schumacher KF2)
6. Kevin Hunt (Losi 22)
7. Kit Jones (Schumacher KF2)
8. Brett Birch (Losi 22)
9. Ben Pugh (Kyosho RZ6)
10. Paul Robinson (Durango DEX 210F)
BQ man was Chris Bowater, followed by Mark Fletcher and Dean Gibbs.
Chris Bowater’s Losi 22
Final winners
B Final: Alec Springer
C Final: Tommy Hall
D Final: Jamie Banks
E Final: Jason Green
F Final: Chris Thompson
G Final: Darren Farley
H Final: David Williams
I Final: Nathan Stanmore
J Final: Jack Grainger
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The meeting ended with a trophy presentation. The series results were as follows
Under 13
1st Tommy Hall
2nd Jamie Hall
3rd Zachary Miles
Under 13 winners Tommy Hall, Jamie Hall and Zachary Miles
Under 16
1st Ben Pugh
2nd Felix De Hamel
3rd Craig Parry
Under 16’s top 3
V40
1st Tony Bishop
2nd Keith Robertson
3rd Brett Birch
Paul Robinson presenting region rep Tony Bishop with this V40 winner’s trophy
V50
1st Alec Springer
2nd Ken Reith
3rd Ian Littley
Alec Springer, V50 winner
Top F2 Richie Thorn
Top F3 Chris Muirhead
Top F4 Jon Seals
Top F5 Nathan Powney
Richie Thorn, Chris Muirhead and Nathan Powney collecting their Top Formula trophies.
Overall series top 10
1st Tom Yardy
2nd Paul Robinson
3rd Kevin Hunt
4th Kit Jones
5th Ritchie Thorn
6th Mathew Dodd
7th Chris Lake
8th Ben Pugh
9th Mark Fletcher
10th Chris Bowater
Overall series Top 3: Tom Yardy, Paul Robinson and Kevin Hunt.
Tom Yardy taking home the series shield, for the 13th time
A big thank you to Coventry model car club for hosting, and to Tony Bishop and Stuart Whyman for managing the series.
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