8th-08 interclub series 2008

J12 The final 8th 08 Round

Round 6 saw us at the newly revised J12 track, the weather had been kind to us this week so everything was in place for a fantastic final meeting. So after the usual drivers briefing the drivers went out for 1 round of practice on J12's newly Re modelled dirt track.

Round 1 saw Jim Davis the fastest man in the round, he would be closely followed by Steven Childerhouse 2nd and then Lee Bunker 3rd
The 1st round of the Truggy’s and it was Jack Laws who was the quickest followed by Simon Taylor aka Chucky 2nd and then Graham Grice 3rd.

Round 2 and young Matthew Lewis was now very much so on the pace taking the round. He was followed by Carl Richards 2nd and Nigel Punshon taking a respectable 3rd.

Round 2 in the Truggy class and this time Chris Deacon took the top spot with Simon Taylor taking 2nd again, and Graham Grice taking 3rd for the 2nd time!

8th-08 Grantham

Round 5 saw us over the east side of the midlands at Grantham's A1 club. The Grantham track is mainly a clay based dirt track which has held many events including Emnorc rounds and a round of this years popular Tyro series.

 On arrival the track was dry but rain had been forecast later on in the day, so with little delay we got the meeting got underway.

After the usual drivers briefing we all went into one round of practice to allow people to get used to the track

Practice results

 http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/pracrndsum.htm

Round 1 of qualifying and we saw Jimmy Davis take the round on this demanding track with a blinding 1st run, he was to be followed by Steven Childerhouse (2nd) and then Andy Webb (3rd).

Round 1 Buggy Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/heats.htm

In the Truggy class it was junior Michael Lewis who was the quickest followed by Martin Bell 2nd and Simon Taylor 3rd.

Round1 Truggy Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/heats.htm

Round 2 and the rain was still holding off, Lee Bunker (1st) was now very much on the pace with a fantastic 5 minute run, hot on his heels was the ever quick Tom Reynolds just .09 of a second behind Lee. Just 4 seconds behind Tom was Rob Cork being the 3rd quickest in the round.

Round 2 Results Buggy

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/heats.htm

In the Truggy class in was Junior Michael Lewis again taking the top spot closely followed by Martin Bell again and Jack Law just behind Martin.

Round 2 Results Truggy

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/heats.htm

Round 3 saw some very close racing, Carl Richards had a staggering run taking 1st, just one second behind him was Steven Childerhouse taking 2nd then taking 3rd with a near perfect run was privateer and 8th08 PRO Rod Mole. Coming in just .06 second behind Steven, this excellent run along with one of his other heats was enough to secure him with his first 8th-08 A final position so well done to him!!

Round 3 results Buggy

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/heats.htm

Round 3 in the Truggy class and this time it was Martin Bell(1st) who was the quickest followed by Mark Kent (2nd) and then Jack Laws (3rd).

Round 3 Results Truggy

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/heats.htm

After the Grantham A1 team made a minor repair to the track it was straight into the finals before the promised rain fell upon us.

1st up it was the 10 minute D final, Les Reader started on pole and never looked back holding 1st position throughout the race, joining Les Reader to bump up to the C final would be Daniel Morgan (2nd) and Darren Savin (3rd).

D Final Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/f1r1.htm

On to the C final and still no rain as yet, Chris Hopcroft took a few laps to get in first position but once he had he held 1st until the end of the 15 minute race. Hot on his heels through out their race was Kevin Weaver who got back up to 2nd after a bad start. Joining Chris and Kevin to bump up to the B final was John Dunn who finished 17 seconds behind Kevin Weaver.

C Final Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/f2r1.htm

The 15 minute B final saw some names that usually appear in the A final so the racing in this final promised to be good from the start! Antony Potter grabbed the lead but was then taken by Young Matthew Lewis who retained the lead to the end of the race. Lee Bunker followed him in 2nd position with Antony Potter just a few seconds behind in 3rd. These 3 joined the 12 A Finalists to compete in the A Final..

B Final Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/f3r1.htm

The 20 minute Truggy Final saw series leader Michael Lewis Start 1st and finish 1st, finishing a complete lap up on the opposition. Jack Laws managed to grab 2nd in the last few laps of the race and Martin bell 3 rd after a bad start.

A Final Truggies Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/f4r1.htm

On to the 20 minute A Final and after a messy 1st lap by many it was Rob Cork who came over the line 1st on the 1st lap. Only then to  be taken by series leader Tom Reynolds and Jim Davis, Tom Held 1st for the rest of the race with Jim Davis never far behind him. After some very exciting racing between Nigel Punshon, Carl Richards and Rob Cork for the next position it was Nigel Punshon who came through to take 3rd by the end of the race.

A Final Rally Cross Results

http://www.freewebs.com/8th-08series/results/mtg5/f5r1.htm

Big thank you to the Grantham A1 team who worked hard all day to make the meeting a success and for providing a track that meets all the 8th 08’s current requirements.

See you at J12 for the final round

8TH 08 Round 4 Ledbury

Sunday 27th July saw us at newly re-vamped Ledbury track on what looked to be a blisteringly hot day ahead of us

 The new track included many exciting features including a banked corner, doubles, triples, bomb holes and raised corners.

 The Ledbury team had been hoping for some rain in the week prior to this meeting as the new surface seemed somewhat dusty to say the least.

 After drivers briefing by both the race director (Doug Hogg) and the 8th-o8 Series Chairman we went straight into a round of practice. During the practice round it was obvious that the dust on the tracks newly laid surface was causing some visibility issues on some areas of the new track.

In the 1st round of qualifying it was Lee bunker who was the fastest Rallycross driver, followed 2^nd by Jon Howells and Carl Richards 3^rd, In Truggies it was Young Michael Lewis who Took 1^st Round Qualification followed by Mark Kilsby 2^nd and then Nathan Powney 3^rd.

As round 2 began we started to see a line clearing on some of the more dusty parts of the track, And Jon Howells to be the quickest driver in this round followed by Carl Richards and then Mathew Lewis 3^rd. In the 2^nd Round of Qualification for the Truggy class it was Martin Hughes who was the fastest closely followed by Michael Lewis in 2^nd and then Jack Law 3^rd.

 Before round 3 began it was apparent that a couple of the new jumps had begun to cut up and create a inconsistent transition and During a small Break the 8^th-08 and Ledbury Team headed By Jon Howells Helped reprofile these jumps which then allowed us to continue with the next round of qualification.

Round 3 saw Rallycross driver Lee Bunker back on the top spot for this round followed by Matthew Lewis 2^nd and Tom Reynolds 3^rd.

 Michael Lewis was the quickest again with his Losi Truggy followed by Martin Bell 2^nd  and then Simon Taylor 3^rd.

With the drivers support it was decided between the 8th 08 team and Ledbury's committee to shorten the finals due to the risk of the dust causing damage to either someone's engine or risk to the marshals health whilst on the track 

The rallycross E final saw Des King get off to a great start only to flame out on his 2nd lap in 1st position this left Cameron Currin to come through and lead until Neil Francis took the win in the last moments of the race, so the top three to bump up were

 Neil Francis 1^st,

Trevor Savin 2^nd

and Cameron Currin 3^rd  

The D final saw Chris Deacon take the win with a staggering 2 laps up on 2nd place, Neil Francis had another good run taking 2nd and Andrew Gaut grabbed the last bump up place (3rd).so the top three to bump up were

Chris Deacon 1st

Neil Francis 2nd

Neil Gaut 3rd

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 The C final saw Chris deacon have another storming run coming from 13^th position to take the win again! Closely followed by, John Roberts 2^nd and Les Reeder 3^rd to go up to the B final. so the top three to bump up were

Chris Deacon 1st

John Roberts 2nd

Les Reeder 3rd

In the B Final it was Richard Hanscomb who came out on top after the 10 minute B final, with Lloyd Pitt 2^nd and Les Reeder who came from 15^th on the grid to take the 3rd Bumped up to the A! Well done to Les on his 2nd bump up! so the top three to bump up were

Richard Handscomb 1st

Lloyd Pitt 2nd

Les Reeder 3rd

TQ man Lee Bunker got off to a fantastic start in the 12 minute A final, which he held until his engine flamed out in the last minute of the race. This allowed Chris Leighton to take the win coming from 7th position on the grid. Matthew Lewis drove a good race taking a conformable 2nd; lee Bunker still managed a respectable 3rd position.so the top three 

Chrisd Leighton 1st

Matt Lewis 2nd

 Lee Bunker 3rd

 the finishing order for the A Main Rallycross Final

The Truggy final saw a number of issues with warnings being given for driving Standards and a 10 second stop go penalty being issued for track cutting but non of this stopped TQ man Michael Lewis take the win, 2^nd place went to Simon Taylor who had worked his way up to 2nd whilst Martin Hughes who lead for most of the race came 3rd.the top 3

Micheal Lewis 1st

Simon Taylor 2nd

Martin Hughes 3rd

The finishing order for the Truggy A Main Final

Many Thanx Has to Go to Doug Hogg and the Ledbury team for a fantastic turn-around on their track from 2 weeks before and the 8^th-08 team for making this series as good as it is

Cya at Grantham for round 5!!

Race Report Rob Cork

Pictures Maddog Productions

Round 3 was scheduled to be at J12's dirt track near Gaydon, but due to the amount of rain the area had received and the amount of flooding on the track that was apparent the J12 committee had no alterative to cancel the meeting.

After Numerous late night conversations with Possible Clubs that could run the meeting it becoming apparent that a back-up club would not be found at short notice and that the only apparent course of action would be to use the Astro-turf Facitity at Frankley

 The 8th-08 committee had last minute talks with Frankley model car club it was agreed that J12 would swap their round with Fmcc. After drivers briefing the standard 8th-08 race format of 1 round of practice and 3 rounds of qualifying got underway on Frankley's excellent all weather Astroturf Track.

The second round of this new exciting series saw us at Tooley's RC track in Hartwell near Northampton; on arrival to the site we witnessed the tracks team making an excellent job of managing the 60 plus drivers in to the pitting area

 Booking was a less than usual task as everyone had pre booked via postal entry, the sun was shinning and Tooley's new well presented, technical track looked very promising!

 After drivers briefing the drivers went out for the first round which would be a timed practice run, this would be followed by another 3 rounds of qualifying in which two would count.

 It was Rallycross driver Jim Davis (Losi) who was the quickest man in the practice followed by Tom Reynolds (Hong Nor) and then Lee Bunker (Losi). In Truggies the top 3 drivers were Stuart Jolly (Xray), Nigel Arden then Martin Bell.    

On to the 1st round of qualifying and we could already see a wide range of tyres being used, Greg Hill with his new 808 Xray took the top spot in this round with a 11/315.74, 2nd was Tom Reynolds 11/317.42 and 3rd Sam Flower 11/318.23.

 Truggy driver Michael Lewis (Losi) was the quickest in this 1st round, 2nd was Jack Laws (losi) followed by Stuart Jolly.

Before the start of the second round the track team made a small repair to the track to keep the racing consistent, this time it was Tom Reynolds on Top with a 11/304.50, then Steven Childerhouse 11/309.92 and then Lee bunker 11/312.98.In the Truggy class it was Mark Kilsby (Mugen MBXST) 1st followed by young Michael Lewis and then Ivan Shingler (HoBao).

In the final round of qualifying and Jim Davis was more than back on the pace producing the fastest time of the day with a staggering 11/301.20! Tom Reynolds not too far behind with an 11/304.52 followed by Carl Richards (losi) 3rd with an 11/309.09. Michael Lewis, Jack Laws and Stuart Jolly were the top three drivers in the Truggy class in that order.

On to the finals, In the F final Tristan 'Carlos' wells, Daniel 'Madpup' Morgan and tom Jordan bumped up to the E final.

The E final saw Paul Wilson, Charlie Ware and Neil Garbett bump up to the D final.

The 15 minute D final saw John Kickham 1st Chris deacon 2nd and 3rd Charlie ward who had bumped up from the E!

In the 15 minute C final we saw young Joe Punshon take 1st followed by bump up man John Kickham and them Andrew Gaut.

Carl Richards took the 1st position in the B final by nearly a whole lap!! Matthew Lewis and Nigel Punshon joined Carl to bump up into the A final.

It was TQ man Tom Reynolds’s who dominated this thrilling A final from the start, holding 1st position through out the 20 minute race. It looked like Steven Childerhouse was going to hold 2nd position took until a problem forced him out of the race. Lee Bunker took 2nd position and Greg Hill 3 seconds behind him took 3rd.