Neil McRae
22-09-2010, 11:00
The UKTruggyPRO 2010 Finals
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Coming into the last round of the World Famous UKTruggyPro there was still alot to play for. The main championship was between HP's Bruce Thompson and SMD's Stan Gill. Stan needed to win and for Bruce to have a bad weekend. It was a a stretch but its the stretch that makes Champions!
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Arriving at Coventry there had been light rainfail and this with the outstanding track preperation work that CMCC had done the track was looking absolutely perfect. Not too damp and not dusty, lots of grip.
The first round had a number of the local CMCC members and immediately Peter Wrigglesworth put in an eight lap time, to do well at Coventry you need a laptime around 39 seconds. Peter was great but youngster Leon Goode was quicker by 20 seconds. Again local racer Michael Shorey put in 8 laps in the second heat.
Coming into the third heat all eyes were on Stan and Bruce. Stan was doing well but made a mistake in his run, Bruce though drove like a machine and whilst we didn't know at the time - set the measure for the rest of the day.
Scott Walker who was in the running against Jason Cook for the clubman's also put in a great first round qualifying performance joining the 8 lapper club.
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Bruce had full on concentration throughout the day.
Into the second set of heats and it was much of a replay but Stan dropped further back. Bruce took TQ and had the vital extra point. Stan needed to win the race by a significant margin - it looked tough.
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Stan wore his lucky hat!
The third set of heats set the margin for the rest of the runners, Jimmy "you're finished" Tatlow, Marky Hamlin, Joe Joyce, Michael Lee, Wayne Bramley and Jack Keatley all made the 8 lap grade. Tony Scott also made an 8 lap run which shocked everyone at teh track and apparently the Pope too.
Bruce took a clean sweep of qualifying rounds and was on target to win the championship.
Into the finals and the D final was won by Coventry local Mark Ashford, the C was won by Jack Keatley, the B final was won by Leon Goode.
The A final kicked off and Bruce got a great start of the line, Scott Walker the only Tamiya runner of the season also had a good start and it was pretty much Bruce and Scott all the way through. Joe Joyce over took Stan but Stan pulled back third place and also overtook Scott in the middle stages of the race. Leon Goode also challenged for third and second place during the second set of pitstops in this thirty minute race. By this time Bruce had lapped the field and it looked like he had the race in the bag.
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Scott's Tamiya
Stan pushed and for alot of the race both Scott and Stan were seperated by less than 2 seconds. This allowed Bruce to push on and by the end of the race Bruce had lapped the field twice. Scott came in second and Stan third with an impressive Michael Lee coming in fourth. Michael was the best played Junior running in the whole championship.
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Stan's LRP
But it was to be Bruce Thompson's day a perfect drive all day from the first practise heat to the end of the A final Bruce won the championship in style.
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Bruce's HotBodies D8T
UKTruggyPRO National Championship 2010
1 Bruce Thompson Hot Bodies D8T Go 299
2 Stan Gill LRP S8 TX OS 294
3 Scott Walker F2 Tamiya 801XT RB 288
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Scott (3), Bruce (1), Stan (2)
Scott Walker won the Mugen UK Clubman's Championship with Jack Keatley Second and Last years defending champion Jason Cook third.
1 Scott Walker Tamiya 801XT RB 289
2 Jack Keatley Losi 8ight T RB 270
3 Jason Cook LRP S8TX RB 268
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A massive thanks to Mugen UK for sponsoring our clubmans championship and for providing some great trophies!
UKTruggyPro would like to thank:
John Geaves
Andy Beaumont
HNMC - special note to Jim T
Deerdale - big thanks to Chaz and Tony
Clanfield - thanks to Tony
NNRC - Big thanks to Neil and Shrek
Coventry - Thanks to Mark & Paul and all the club at Coventry.
Mugen UK and Models in Motion
Stuart Wilcox
Jamie Booth
BRCA
All the racers and runners for all their support.
A personal thanks to Stan Gill for rescuing me at Round 2!
We'll be back!
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_9XDYMcBdyjU/TJnWjNXXAwI/AAAAAAAAAyw/lQr5ILaffDM/s800/trophies.JPG
Coming into the last round of the World Famous UKTruggyPro there was still alot to play for. The main championship was between HP's Bruce Thompson and SMD's Stan Gill. Stan needed to win and for Bruce to have a bad weekend. It was a a stretch but its the stretch that makes Champions!
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_9XDYMcBdyjU/TJnWf_-xEPI/AAAAAAAAAyU/ZxqtoK69AY8/s800/coventry.JPG
Arriving at Coventry there had been light rainfail and this with the outstanding track preperation work that CMCC had done the track was looking absolutely perfect. Not too damp and not dusty, lots of grip.
The first round had a number of the local CMCC members and immediately Peter Wrigglesworth put in an eight lap time, to do well at Coventry you need a laptime around 39 seconds. Peter was great but youngster Leon Goode was quicker by 20 seconds. Again local racer Michael Shorey put in 8 laps in the second heat.
Coming into the third heat all eyes were on Stan and Bruce. Stan was doing well but made a mistake in his run, Bruce though drove like a machine and whilst we didn't know at the time - set the measure for the rest of the day.
Scott Walker who was in the running against Jason Cook for the clubman's also put in a great first round qualifying performance joining the 8 lapper club.
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_9XDYMcBdyjU/TJnWgj4jzXI/AAAAAAAAAyc/9bHwhCZNLEU/s800/bruce.JPG
Bruce had full on concentration throughout the day.
Into the second set of heats and it was much of a replay but Stan dropped further back. Bruce took TQ and had the vital extra point. Stan needed to win the race by a significant margin - it looked tough.
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_9XDYMcBdyjU/TJnWgPOa4BI/AAAAAAAAAyY/1WDGxzOjJjk/s800/stanros.JPG
Stan wore his lucky hat!
The third set of heats set the margin for the rest of the runners, Jimmy "you're finished" Tatlow, Marky Hamlin, Joe Joyce, Michael Lee, Wayne Bramley and Jack Keatley all made the 8 lap grade. Tony Scott also made an 8 lap run which shocked everyone at teh track and apparently the Pope too.
Bruce took a clean sweep of qualifying rounds and was on target to win the championship.
Into the finals and the D final was won by Coventry local Mark Ashford, the C was won by Jack Keatley, the B final was won by Leon Goode.
The A final kicked off and Bruce got a great start of the line, Scott Walker the only Tamiya runner of the season also had a good start and it was pretty much Bruce and Scott all the way through. Joe Joyce over took Stan but Stan pulled back third place and also overtook Scott in the middle stages of the race. Leon Goode also challenged for third and second place during the second set of pitstops in this thirty minute race. By this time Bruce had lapped the field and it looked like he had the race in the bag.
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Scott's Tamiya
Stan pushed and for alot of the race both Scott and Stan were seperated by less than 2 seconds. This allowed Bruce to push on and by the end of the race Bruce had lapped the field twice. Scott came in second and Stan third with an impressive Michael Lee coming in fourth. Michael was the best played Junior running in the whole championship.
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Stan's LRP
But it was to be Bruce Thompson's day a perfect drive all day from the first practise heat to the end of the A final Bruce won the championship in style.
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Bruce's HotBodies D8T
UKTruggyPRO National Championship 2010
1 Bruce Thompson Hot Bodies D8T Go 299
2 Stan Gill LRP S8 TX OS 294
3 Scott Walker F2 Tamiya 801XT RB 288
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Scott (3), Bruce (1), Stan (2)
Scott Walker won the Mugen UK Clubman's Championship with Jack Keatley Second and Last years defending champion Jason Cook third.
1 Scott Walker Tamiya 801XT RB 289
2 Jack Keatley Losi 8ight T RB 270
3 Jason Cook LRP S8TX RB 268
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A massive thanks to Mugen UK for sponsoring our clubmans championship and for providing some great trophies!
UKTruggyPro would like to thank:
John Geaves
Andy Beaumont
HNMC - special note to Jim T
Deerdale - big thanks to Chaz and Tony
Clanfield - thanks to Tony
NNRC - Big thanks to Neil and Shrek
Coventry - Thanks to Mark & Paul and all the club at Coventry.
Mugen UK and Models in Motion
Stuart Wilcox
Jamie Booth
BRCA
All the racers and runners for all their support.
A personal thanks to Stan Gill for rescuing me at Round 2!
We'll be back!
