Drag Challenge Round 8 - 30th September

[Mr.F]

Results (late as always - don't know where you guys find the energy after the journey home!). Great day, weather held out, SCR seem to like us and name-checked everyone during the day from the crib sheet I gave Gerry first thing. It is now even suggested that competitors can have their own regular Z race number to remain the same from one meeting to the next. Regular attendees can then obtain a print out of the year's runs at SCR to see how they have developed!

Class 1:

Jon Billings 260Z Best time of the day 15.095 @ 95.37. Best reaction time 0.38467 seconds

Class 3:

George Antoniou 240Z TT - 14.625 @ 103.96 (despite a slipping clutch). 0.31170

Class 5:

1. Paul Hopkinson 300ZX Z32 2+2 - 13-1815 @ 111.75. 0.41535
2. Nick Tandy 300ZX Z32 SWB - 14-452 @ 98.32. 0.253

Class 7:

1. John Palmer 240Z 1JZE TT - 11.68 @ 124.50. 0.23
2. Wyn Freeman 260Z RB25DET - 13.08 @ 106.96. 0.37

Spectator:

1. Dean Bottriell
2. Mike Feeney (350Z)

In the Bracket Eliminator, John P. and Wyn were fastest qualifiers, so ran side by side Bye runs in the first round.
First true pairing in Round 1 was Paul vs Jon B. Paul had to chase Jon down, just getting past in time to back off to save a break out. Paul advanced to the semi-final to meet John P.
Second first round pairing was Nick vs George. The 240Zs clutch was slipping badly, so George had adjusted to a slower dial-in fully expecting to be on his way home. However, he pulled a good reaction time and ran to within 0.07 seconds of his 15.00 dial-in - good enough to just hold off the quicker 300ZX!

First semi-final saw the two Championship leaders meet, with John P. having to chase down a consistent Paul H. Paul crossed the line first but ran 0.02 seconds too fast to break out and give John a place in the final. John ran an almost unbeatable 11.688 on his 11.68 dial-in - Wow!
The second semi-final placed newcomer Wyn against George (late to the queue after scavenging the bins for another replacement catch can - Red Bull sponsored this time courtesy of Jon B.). Wyn ran to within 0.3 seconds of his dial-in, but George surprised himself to run his best time of the day, breaking out by 0.325 to put Wyn in the final against John P.

In the final, both competitors ran significantly slower than their dial-in times, but John was 0.33 seconds slower whereas Wyn was 0.46 seconds slower. Coupled with a slightly better reaction time, John took the win (no pun intended) and regained his lead in the Championship.

Apologies for the scruffy results sheet attached, but this was done on the fly in a strong tail wind!

Points awarded today:

John Palmer 24 points
Paul Hopkinson 17 points
Mike Feeney 12 points
George Antoniou 10 points
Jon Billings 10 points
Wyn Freeman 8 points
Nick Tandy 6 points
Dean Bottriell 2 points

Leader table soon...

[Mr.F]

Leaderboard After Round 8:

1. John Palmer 100
2. Paul Hopkinson 93
3. Mike Feeney 42
4. Jon Billings 38
5. Charles Leekam 36
6. George Antoniou 30
7. Nick Tandy 23
8. Darren Stiles 18
9. Rob Smith 15
10.Terry Taylor 11
11.Eileen Critchley 8
11=Wyn Freemen 8
13. Matt Bannister 6
14=Dean Halsey 4
14=Ian Patmore4
14=Dean Bottriell 4
Rest on 2 points each

[Bantambunny]

A great day, nice to finally be back on the track again and in a car that's got some potential

Nice meeting you properly George - i'll get you next time you lucky swine! haha

Good to meet you too Jon, catch up with you at the next meet!

And good to see the familiar faces again, looking forward to the next round already. See you then!