Bournemouth Open Meeting 2010

Bournemouth Open 2010 27/28 February

The Bournemouth Open was much enjoyed by the competitors present. For the first time in the 2009/10 series we had both recent British world champions competing. Unfortunately the turnout from other racers was less impressive. Thanks to all the Bournemouth members who helped out , particularly as they were needed to provide sufficient marshals all day.

Saloon

In qualifying James Cleave was quickest on his first run, and used a slower car in his second run.

The Dave Coward made a good start to the B final pulling out a 2 lap lead in the first segment, all 3 drivers were quite closely matched for the remaining three quarters of the race, Dave eventually winning by 3 laps from David Sargent.

James Cleave made an even better start to the A final pulling out a 3 lap lead on Brian Saunders by the quarter distance lane change. James extended his lead more slowly from then on, while Steve Sargent was running at very close to Dave's pace for third overall. Although Brian was too far behind to have a realistic chance of catching James, Brian was quickest in the final segment till just before the end when he jumped lanes and damaged the car. James won from Brian with Steve taking third overall a lap and a half up on Dave.

A final

Brian, Steve and James were the A finalists in all 3 classes

Below, James Cleave's winning chassis.

Saloon winner

Qualifying was again a story of James well clear from Brian

This time it was Mike Read who made a good start to the B final pulling out a 2 lap lead in the first segment. In contrast Dave Coward made a particularly bad start stripping a gear on lap3. Mike continued to pull a lap or two on David Sargent in each segment, to win by exactly 6 laps

James was quickest at the start of the A final and just got quicker in the later segments. Steve and Brian were fairly evenly matched, Steve taking second overall mainly because he did better on the outside lanes.

Below, James Cleave's winning chassis.

F1 winner

Sports/ GT

In qualifying James and Brain were closely matched, with James just ahead.

Dave was a little quicker than Mike throughout the B final, while David Sargent's car was not working well.

Brian was quickest for the first half of the A final, but his lead evaporated with a bad run on blue, leaving James with a strong finish to complete the clean sweep of all 3 classes. Steve was someway off this pace, and was 4th overall just behind Dave's total.

That leaves James in a very strong position for the championship if (and only if) he races at Dudley in the final round of the season at the end of March..

Below, James Cleave's winning chassis.

Sports winner

Saloon			F1			Sports/GT
	Driver	Total		Driver	Total		Driver	Total
1	James Cleave	139.90	1	James Cleave	137.00	1	James Cleave	159.30
2	Brian Saunders	133.58	2	Steve Sargent	128.00	2	Brian Saunders	156.92
3	Steve Sargent	129.95	3	Brian Saunders	126.00	3	Dave Coward	147.30
4	Dave Coward	128.40	4	Mike Read	117.29	4	Steve Sargent	146.98
5	David Sargent	125.19	5	David Sargent	111.29	5	Mike Read	144.39
6	Mike Read	123.40	6	Dave Coward	49.00	6	David Sargent	131.55

James Brian Mike

Thanks to Derek Purkis for making us all so welcome, and thanks for the prizes. Here are James, Brian and Mike (top main grade) with Derek.

Chris Frost

Qualifying Heats (3 min best 1 to count)

Saloon Heats
	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	David S	Mike	Dave C
	29.08	29.44	32.16
2		James	Steve	Brian
		35.32	32.09	33.54
3	Dave C		David S	Mike
	32.18		26.9	30.53
4	Steve	Brian		James
	32.2	33.76		32.76
F1 Heats
1		David S	Mike	Steve
		29.62	28.28	30.25
2	James		Brian	Dave C
	34.54		32.32	29.16
3	Mike	Steve		David S
	28.58	30.9		26.61
4	Brian	Dave C	James
	28.19	28.88	34.44
Sports Heats
1	David S	James	Steve
	34.59	39.97	37.09
2	Mike	Brian		Dave C
	34.55	39.41		34.44
3	Steve		David S	James
	34.91		32.71	36
4		Dave C	Mike	Brian
		36.56	36.32	39.22

Finals (4x3min all to count, win from any final)

Saloon A
A	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	Brian	Steve		James
	32	31		35
2		Brian	James	Steve
		35	35	33
3	James		Steve	Brian
	36		34	35
4	Steve	James	Brian
	31.95	33.9	31.58
Saloon B
B	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	Mike	David		Dave
	29	30		32
2		Mike	Dave	David
		32	32	32
3	Dave		David	Mike
	33		32	31
4	David	Dave	Mike
	31.19	31.4	31.4
F1 - A
A	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	Steve	Brian		James
	32	32		33
2		Steve	James	Brian
		33	34	31
3	James		Brian	Steve
	35		32	32
4	Brian	James	Steve
	31	35	31
F1 - B
B	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	Mike	Dave		David
	29	3		27
2		Mike	David	Dave
		30	28	29
3	David		Dave	Mike
	28		17	29
4	Dave	David	Mike
	0	28.29	29.29
Sports - A
A	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	Brian	Steve		James
	39	38		39
2		Brian	James	Steve
		41	40	35
3	James		Steve	Brian
	40		37	38
4	Steve	James	Brian
	36.98	40.3	38.92
Sports - B
B	Yellow	Red	White	Blue
1	Mike	David		Dave
	35	34		36
2		Mike	Dave	David
		37	37	30
3	Dave		David	Mike
	36		35	35
4	David	Dave	Mike
	32.55	38.3	37.39