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The Southern 32's 8th round was at Brighton's Roedale club, thanks to everybody at the club for an excellent day's racing, particularly Ian King for very efficient race control for the entire meeting.  It was good to see several drivers Chris Church, Keith Edgar, Les May and Paul Harwood giving S32 another try, we also welcomed the first S32 competitor from the Fylde club - well perhaps the fact Martin Ellis is working in London had something to do with it!

Qualifying got under way, and nobody was surprised to see Ian Barker on top, second was Martin Ellis ahead of Ian Fisher, while Phil Hemsley decided his Falcon powered car wasn't quick enough so switched to super  Wasp power for his red lane run which was good enough for the A final.  It's the first time for several rounds we've had an A final with no Falcons.   Here's the full list of qualifying runs.

Best
1 Ian Barker   46.74   45.74 48.14   48.25 48.25
2 Martin Ellis   46.08   45.53 44.46   46.33 46.33
3 Ian Fisher   2   45.66 45.08   45.4 45.66
4 Phil Hemsley f 43.91 f 44.26 f 44.26   45.38 45.38
5 Roland Hobden f 44.36 f 44.5 f 43.88 f 45.15 45.15
6 Paul Harwood   42.05   42.84 42.5   44.16 44.16
7 Chris Church   40.74   43.08 41.45   44.07 44.07
8 Chris Frost f 42.12 f 42.13 f 42.86 f 42.82 42.86
9 Murray Tucker f 37.08 f 39.32 f 39.07 f 42.74 42.74
10 Simon Francis f 41.18 f 41.74 f 41.7 f 40.34 41.74
11 Les May f 37.88 f 36.88 f 40.32 f 39.11 40.32
12 Scott Francis f 35.41 f 36.88 f 40.2 f 38.09 40.2
13 Dan Garges f 36.92 f 7.32 f 38.09 f 34.91 38.09
14 Keith Edgar f 36.93 f 35.47 f 36.04 f 38.03 38.03
15 Paul Hayward f 32.38 f 32.3 f 34.15 f 33.03 34.15

f= Falcon powered

Falcon Finals

Scott Francis took a comfortable win in the  B final, while Dan Garges managed to narrowly defeat top B final qualifier Les May for second.
The A final was a close contest between Roland Hobden and Phil Hemsley, Roland taking the win.  3rd was equally close with Simon Francis edging ahead of Murray Tucker.

Falcon A final Falcon A final cars

Above Simon, Murray, Phil and Roland before the start of the A final, and their cars (Roland's on the left.). Below Rowland's winning car
 Roland's winning car

 

Falcon Production  Best Run Qualifying Position Falcons          Finals Position
1 Roland Hobden 45.15 1 A 72.76 1
2 Phil Hemsley 44.26 2 A 72.47 2
3 Simon Francis 41.74 4 A 68.49 3
4 Murray Tucker 42.74 3 A 67.76 4
5 Scott Francis 40.20 6 B 66.39 5
6 Dan Garges 38.09 7 B 64.79 6
7 Les May 40.32 5 B 64.14 7
8 Keith Edgar 38.03 8 B 57.25 8
9 Paul Hayward 34.15 9 C   9

Super Production / Falcon Masters Finals.

Dan Garges won a fairly well spaced out D final.  In the C final Murray Tucker reversed the result of the Bournemouth section of the Falcon A final, to win ahead of Simon Francis.  Roland Hobden won the B final, which was also Falcon Masters victory.  The closest race was between Paul; Harwood and Chris Frost, swapping places several times in the last half minute, Chris taking second by about a foot. In the A final Ian Barker was comfortably quickest, while Martin Ellis was a clear second, leaving a reasonably close battle for third, Phil Hemsley finishing half a lap up on Ian Fisher.

Super A final

 Left - the A final drivers Martin, Phil, and the two Ians concentrate on their driving - this was taken during the final so there was no time to smile for the camera! 

Below, Ian Barker's winning car

Best Run Qualifying Position Super Production Finals Final Position Falcon Masters Position Chassis Motor
Ian Barker 48.25 1 A 78.82 1   JK Koford Super Wasp
Martin Ellis 46.33 2 A 75.83 2   JK Pro Slot Super Wasp
Phil Hemsley 45.38 4 A 73.81 3   JK Pro Slot Super Wasp
Ian Fisher 45.66 3 A 73.38 4   JK Pro Slot Super Wasp
Roland Hobden 45.15 5 B 72.12 5 1 JK Falcon
Chris Frost 42.86 8 B 70.77 6 2 JK Falcon
Paul Harwood 44.16 6 B 70.75 7   CMG Falcon
Chris Church 44.07 7 B 68.62 8   CMG Pro Slot Super Wasp
Murray Tucker 42.74 9 C 70.85 9 3 JK Falcon
Simon Francis 41.74 10 C 69.78 10 4 JK Falcon
Scott Francis 40.2 12 C 65.94 11 5 JK Falcon
Les May 40.32 11 C 61.47 12 6 JK Falcon
Dan Garges 38.09 13 D 64.08 13 7 JK Falcon
Keith Edgar 38.03 14 D 60.89 14 8 JK Falcon
Paul Hayward 34.15 15 D 53.24 15 9 JK Falcon

Le Mans 32

With just 5 teams staying for the LM32 race pretty much everybody was either driving or marshalling.  I squared and Brighton were quickest and were it not for the Brighton team needing a pit stop on blue, it would have been a closer finish. As it was the two Ians extended their serries lead with a win.  KPR were turning in quick lap times but didn't have the consistency to challenge the leaders.  Funkys and Extream were locked in separate contest for 4th quite a long way off the leading pace.  Neither car was handling well, but it did produce the closest LM32 finish for some time with less than a lap separating them at the end.

Below - The winning  I squared car

I squared chassis I squared car

Teams Driver A Driver B   Yellow   Blue   White   Red Best Segment Total Laps Final Position
I Squared Ian Barker Ian Fisher a 233.84 b 234.72 b 223.39 a 231.48 234.72 923.43 1
Brighton Beach Bums Phil Hemsley Roland Hobden a 237.54 b 211.25 b 227.29 a 226.72 237.54 902.80 2
KPR Martin Ellis Paul Harwood a 218.39 b 220.91 a 217.66 b 223.01 223.01 879.97 3
Funky Ice Men Chris Frost Chris Church b 205.31 a 193.09 b 191.75 a 180.88 205.31 771.03 4
Extreme Murray Tucker Dan Garges a 204.47 b 196.33 b 175.35 a 194.33 204.47 770.48 5

Chris Frost

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