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Sunday the 23rd May was the fourth round of the popular Bedworth summer series on what turned out to be the hottest day of the year so far. The 17.5/27t class is one of the most popular and as a result hard fought classes, with three rounds of qualifying and three leg finals with best two results it was going to be a long hot day.

In qualifying I managed to set FTD on 18/311 and was the only person to break into the 18 laps with second place on 17/300

 

Final 1: and after getting a good clean start had built up a good lead only for a lapped car to punt me off the track with about half the race gone. Once back on all four wheels i was down in 5th or 6th place and just went on the attack with nothing to loose. In the end I had worked my way back upto 2nd just two seconds behind the winner.

 

Final 2: and once again got a good clean start and pull out a small lead only to suffer a bit brain fade and drop a wheel off the track and a trip along the grass letting the lead group of cars past. Managed to recover back up into 2nd again by the time the race ended.

 

Final 3: and it was winner takes all as myself and two other drivers were tied on four points with two 2nds for myself and a 1st and 3rds for the other two drivers. Glad to say I got off to a clean start and had an error free race to take the much needed win with 2nd place driver keeping the pressure on, never being more than a few seconds behind. This was good enough to give me the overall win with three points thanks to my 1st and 2nd and better qualifying position, talk about doing things the hard way lol.

 

Kit Used:
Corally RDX PHi 09 with Straight arm conversion fitted

Trakpower lipo, Black Diamond V2.0 speedo

Corally STCC control tyres, Protoform Mazda speed 6 

SXT tyre sauce