A great days racing was had by all with some of the closest racing seen round the Ballymoney track in a few years.
Adam Wilson's excellent days racing was rewarded with a superb win in the B final (obviously pleased with his new Pro 4) from Race Controller Martin Kenny (thanks for looking after race control all day Marty - but was there some trickery going on to get that 2nd place??). Third went to Gary Wilson ( I'm sure he let Adam win!!)
The A final was a real treat with the 19T motors and fast flowing track proving a great leveler for all competitors. XRay A team driver Mark Gilliland won the first leg of the A final after a mistake from Associated driver and pole man Alan Bickerstaff let him through after about 3 minutes of nose to tail action. Michael Todd in his Evo 4 MS finish a close 3rd, while drive of the day had to go to Stephen (its the best car I've ever driven) Coyle finishing 4th with his Losi JRXS - a podium can't be far away.
The second leg saw Alan and Mark edge out a lead over Michael and Graham Kenny, finding some form after his poor first leg. That was the way it was to finish with Alan and Mark finishing a split second apart after 5 minutes of racing with less than half a second between them.
Tied on points after two legs, Alan got the overall win as he had secured pole position, and now leads the championship by 2 points from Mark, Michael a further 2 points back in 3rd, ahead of 4th placed Andrew Rennick by another 2 points - anything could happen at Round 3 hosted by the UMCC at Sprucefield. |
Magic Memories
- Alan Bickerstaff and Mark Gilliland's second leg of the A final - there was nothing to choose between them.
- Stephen Coyle's 5th place overall - definitely Driver of the Day.
- The smile on Johny Dunne's face when he put his new Checkpoint Money Motor on the track in his XRay T2 - I'd prefer not to say who he pulled out and passed on the straight!!
- "Superman" Scott Molloy who fell off the top of the rostrum - after a bit of a scare he was ok, and I am reliabily informed was back at school on Monday. Hope you managed to get that bit of Chocolate Cake when you got home Scott ;-)
Scott after his accident - will be back to do battle at the UMCC next Sunday. |
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