Round 1 8-TEN A SUCESS -- Posted by Chairman on Tuesday, April 24 2007
The meeting saw 72 drivers booking into the meeting , the day started with booking with the usal booking in of drivers,The format was changed today for this event to test the capability of the track and numbers capable and timing capabilities, the meeting had 4 rounds of heats 10 minutes long and 20 minutes across the board finals accustomed to Frankley giving the average driver 1hr and 20 minutes track time..... Round 1 saw some pretty impressive times coming off the track with the best 3 of the first round being Wayne Parker 12/637.28, Lee Bunker 12/642.99 and Jon Howells 12/648.92, with the best lap time being Joint between Wayne Parker and Lee bunker of 50.18. In the Second there was no change in TQ but Lee Taylor Took best Lap Time of 49.75. Third Round saw TQ Beaten by just .06 of a second with Jon Howells Getting a 12/637.22. After 3 rounds their were only 3 people that could complete 12 laps in the time specified and with just .22 of a second coming off in 3 rounds meant the track was designed just right. The final round of qualifying saw Richard McKenzie Take TQ by 1.12 seconds giving Richard pole in the finals with Jon Howells in Second and Wayne Parker in Third...... D final saw Mark Beattie, Lloyd Pitt and Dave Cook Bump up and with all the finals being 20 minutes made the finals an experience building exercise. C final saw Kevin Weaver, Mathew White and Brian Folly Bump up and with the B Final having Ben Martin, Mark Exon and Chris Lambert the A final was looking to be quite Special...... A rest Bite for the Rally X saw a Full A Final of Truggies with 16 Truggies contesting this final, after a gruelling 20 minutes of tussling and mid-air summersaults and a mad a game of cat and mouse between the Sandy Boys of John Geaves, Brian Folly, Chris Hampson, Kevin Harris and Tony Ryder the end game of this final seemed to be “last man standing” With Lee Taylor storming home with 1st Followed By John “Scooby” Parsons in 2nd with 5 times series winner Paul Lisitter Coming In 3rd ....... A final Rally X was the last Final of the day with 16 Marshalls from the Truggies Final ensuring in was down to driving ability and skill on the new Frankley demanding Summer Track that gave us the winners on the day, After a good grid start and 5 laps into the race the drivers started to settle down and the adrenaline pumping round in the bodies started to stabilize Lee Taylor Took 1st place and never moved from that place for the rest of the final he was flying with a blistering 46.79 lap in lap 6 proving his drive with XRAY is just deserved after 20 minutes of weaving and skilful driving manoeuvres between the top 8 drivers the final Placing were 1st Lee Taylor 2nd Jon Howells 3rd John Murphy overall results will be found on the 8-ten website under Results........ The day finished with a full presentation for 1st, 2nd and 3rd every final with 3 drivers getting “Driver of the Day” awards and our friend Trevor Savin from Swindon Nitros Getting the converted award of “Marshall of the Day”....... The Day finished at 6pm and the feedback from the drivers about track time and the track itself was most appreciated.