With
the weather easing off a little and a dry track
the racing at the Novarossi Raceway this past weekend
was fantastic. Elliot's boots (RC8 RB) owned qualification
taking all three rounds with David Spashett (Losi
Novarossi) second and Edd Kerry (Losi Novarossi)
third. In the Truggy class it was a battle all
day between John Hazelwood (XRAY OS) and Reece
Sawyer (Losi Novarossi), both drivers missing one
round during the day due to their mechanics whooopsy's
but still all in good fun. John took top spot for
the final with Reece second and Mark Truslove (Losi
Novarossi) in third.
Bumping up from
the B final in the buggy class we had two Losi
drivers Pete Stevens and Mark Collyer, both driving
consistent and steady for the 20minute final.
Ricky Cooper just missing out by less than 4
seconds.
The A final was
a relatively clean start but a small mistake from
Elliot gave the lead to David for the first few
laps. It was not long until Elliot was back on
the tail of David and this is where they stayed
for the next 10 laps, never touching but racing
hard and clean. Elliot finally found some space
and took the lead and then control of the final.
The positions in the final then stayed very stable
with the only real battle between Richard Bettaney
and Kevin Brunsden, small mistakes from both drivers
eventually resulted in Kevin taking the third spot.
The truggy final
was fantastic to watch, John Hazelwood and Reece
sawyer never more than a second apart. Small mistakes
from either driver and the lead would change hands.
Towards the end of the final John managed to get
a small gap from Reece and it looked like race
over, but some bad luck and John had to retire
leaving Reece all the victory spoils. Joe Joyce
once again put in a solid excellent drive to pick
up where John stopped to claim second spot. |