Hi reader
We arrived at Santa Pod with high hopes for the weekend, the weather forecast was really good for the last meeting of the season with sunshine and no rain forecast for the whole event.
The championship was very close :-
• Simon Gough on 3010 Points
• Brad on 2990 Points
• Scott Hauser 2720 Points
• Ian Powell 2690 Points
• Rick Cook on 2330 Points
All of these drivers in reach of winning this close battle for the title, and with 1010 points available it was going to be exciting !
First qualifying run we dialled 7.72 and ran a breakout 7.708 and started the day in 17th place.
Brad’s second run was an identical 7.708 and this moved Brad up to 11th, the weather changed for the third and final run so I dialled a 7.68 and the car ran another 7.70 but with a 4 this time, the first three contenders were very close in qualifying with them all qualifying within 70 points of each other, this still made it a whoever went the most rounds would win the title, and I guess the car was telling me what to dial in eliminations 1 on Sunday.
Sunday morning we found that our E1 competitor, Steve Kellett had an engine issue so they pulled out of the race to prevent any damage. This is not the way we wanted to progress but it made our first round more comfortable.