Round 3 - September 24th

Fasten your seatbelts! The battle for the Yateley championship has only just begun. In round 3, this weekend, previous front runners finally found their pace and in qualifying Jason Faulkner couldn't keep up his unbeaten form but was dominant in the A final. Ashley Finch - so far - has looked a class above the rest in F1 but the trailing pack are hungry - and they wont let it lie!

Image Left: Jason Faulkner trailing Rory Elston - something that Jason isn't used to! In the heats he was under sustained pressure. FTQ went to Rory and Ashley Finch is set to join the party.

The TC Championship

It's early days but the table is looking very interesting. Jason is sitting pretty at the top but just underneath are James Finch and Trevor Morden - both rewarded for good consistency in the first few rounds. Ashley has wasted no time making up the points he lost in the first round to grab 4th at this early stage.

Image Above: Matt Morden's TC. He and other regular A finalists have suffered from inconsistency. There have been 4 non-finishers and 2 non-starters in the A final. Effect on qualification - see bellow.

The Young Guns

From 5th to 8th are 4 young drivers separated by only 8 points.

  • Kieran Cliff - 548 Yokomo

  • Thomas Seaman - 546 Associated

  • Ali Cother - 541 Schumacher

  • Joshua Crawford - 540 X-ray

There is really nothing between these drivers and I'm looking forward to a real contest between them for the rest of the season.

Kieran looked great on track last year and has continued his form at the start of this season - his car looks 'dialled' thanks to the preparation of his dad. Thomas Seaman has had an awesome start to the season and does well to do a lot of his own work on his car.  Ali Cother would have expected to be at the top of this group but has struggled to return his car to a good setup after a rebuild. Joshua Crawford is the "Dark Horse" of the group. In only his first season he has taken to racing superbly. In round 2 he emerged from a pile up in a B final heat to cross the line first. 

 

 

Qualification Complications!

You will have noticed that there were some people well out of position in the qualifying heats in round 3. That was because the heats are organised using a skill rating. The skill ratings are based on the points taken from each meeting. People who do not manage to officially start their final are not given points and so their skill rating is badly affected - the resulting lower skill rating puts them in a lower heat at the next round. It has been decided to overcome this problem by manually changing the heat positions of anyone that is obviously out of place. This change will effect very few people and only in the event of an incorrect skill rating.

Reporting by Rory Elston contact rory@y-s-c-c.co.uk

Fangio continues his F1 career  Ashley "Fangio" Finch has once again been dominant in F1. This week after three quaters of a lap Trevor Morden emerged in the top spot but he got caught in the gutter and went from the front to the back as quickly as he had got there! Matt Morden is looking consistent and managed to take 2nd place. 

 

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