FYLDE OPEN 15/16th March 2014
Round 2 of the 1/32nd Scale British Open Championship!
A quality field of 14 including Brian Saunders making his first BOC appearance in over a year turned out for the Fylde Open & produced some great racing run in a friendly spirit.
James Cleave set the pace in Saloon by out qualifying 2nd place taken by Chris Aldridge by nearly 2 laps. However James’s motor faded halfway through the A Final which in the end forced his retirement & allowed 3rd qualifier Paul Shepherd to take the win while main grade Chris maintained his qualifying form to take an excellent 2nd overall. The C Final produced the closest 3 way race of the day with Bob Budge eventually winning to take 5th overall just ahead of Steve Sidddall & Ant Hawkes.
James again qualified top in F1 just ahead of Paul with Ant highest main grade in 5th. James pulled out a 3 lap lead from Paul in the 1st segment of the A Final with Paul having a pick up problem which seemed to be resolved by the end of the segment but leaving him having to settle for 2nd. Brian was gradually finding his feet & took 3rd spot from the C Final while Ant produced a vintage F1 drive I remember from him in the 90’s to take an excellent 4th spot.
Gavin Wills had never driven the track before & was still in Barcelona on Saturday evening with his full size race team but despite an overnight journey he took TQ in Sports ahead of James. A fault with Brian’s really quick car in warm up meant racing the no.2 but he still manged 3rd qualy. A great last heat by Chris gave him a 2nd top 4 qualy of the day & kept Paul Shepherd out of the A Final. However a very clean B Final gave Paul a very good score. The 1st segment of the A Final saw a really scrappy start with drivers falling over each other & James needing a pit stop. This meant Gavin was 3 laps down on Paul’s 1st segment score & the others 5 laps & more behind. Suddenly in the 2nd segment the drivers settled in & Gavin started to really motor getting ever quicker in the 3rd & 4th segments to run down Paul’s total & take a worthy win.
Paul’s 1st & 2 2nds gave him the Victor Ludorum with Chris top main grade. Congratulations to all the winners.
Many thanks to Betta, BSlot & SCD for sponsorship prizes which meant all racers took away something. A special mention to Chas Keeling who had been laid up in bed for the 3 days previous but still came to deliver the trophies & support the meeting.
A very big thanks to all the racers who participated & those that helped & co-
Steve Sargent
Results
1/32 BOC 2014 British Open Championship
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Saloon |
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F1 |
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Sports |
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Q Laps |
Final Laps |
Final |
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Q Laps |
Final Laps |
Final |
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Q Laps |
Final Laps |
Final |
1 |
Paul Shepherd |
35.32 |
142.63 |
A |
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1 |
James Cleave |
36.13 |
144.63 |
A |
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1 |
Gavin Wills |
42.26 |
166.07 |
A |
2 |
Chris Aldridge |
35.49 |
139.67 |
A |
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2 |
Paul Shepherd |
35.7 |
138.85 |
A |
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2 |
Paul Shepherd |
40.39 |
163.54 |
B |
3 |
Gavin Wills |
35.02 |
137.64 |
B |
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3 |
Brian Saunders |
33.24 |
135.7 |
C |
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3 |
James Cleave |
41.9 |
160.62 |
A |
4 |
Gordon Dickson |
34.11 |
135.32 |
B |
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4 |
Ant Hawkes |
33.88 |
133.92 |
B |
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4 |
Brian Saunders |
41.12 |
156.28 |
A |
5 |
Bob Budge |
33.8 |
134.75 |
C |
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5 |
Gordon Dickson |
34.86 |
133.24 |
A |
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5 |
Stephen Siddall |
38.13 |
154.98 |
B |
6 |
Stephen Siddall |
33.27 |
134.16 |
C |
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6 |
Stephen Siddall |
33.6 |
133.15 |
B |
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6 |
Chris Aldridge |
40.5 |
154.24 |
A |
7 |
Ant Hawkes |
33.19 |
133.02 |
C |
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7 |
Bob Budge |
30.61 |
131.08 |
D |
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7 |
Pat Skene |
37.26 |
149.67 |
B |
8 |
Pat Skene |
35.20 |
131.51 |
B |
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8 |
Pat Skene |
32.56 |
125.85 |
C |
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8 |
Bob Budge |
36.88 |
146.03 |
C |
9 |
Brian Saunders |
33.52 |
127.25 |
C |
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9 |
Gavin Wills |
33.97 |
124.11 |
B |
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9 |
Gordon Dickson |
37.28 |
138.62 |
B |
10 |
Keith Charles |
33.17 |
126.90 |
D |
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10 |
Brendan Bremner |
30.56 |
119.15 |
D |
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10 |
Ant Hawkes |
35.88 |
138.23 |
C |
11 |
Martin Ellis |
31.62 |
122.92 |
D |
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11 |
Chas Keeling |
27.78 |
113.17 |
D |
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11 |
Keith Charles |
33.21 |
136.12 |
C |
12 |
Chas Keeling |
30.15 |
121.71 |
D |
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12 |
Martin Ellis |
26.58 |
109.17 |
D |
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12 |
Brendan Bremner |
35.63 |
128.28 |
C |
13 |
Brendan Bremner |
29.51 |
120.19 |
D |
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13 |
Chris Aldridge |
31.86 |
80.4 |
C |
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13 |
Chas Keeling |
32.56 |
117.16 |
C |
14 |
James Cleave |
37.3 |
111.62 |
A |
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14 |
Keith Charles |
32.49 |
78.4 |
C |
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