The first event of the year for the Isle of Wight Car Club has taken place at BAe Systems in Cowes. The event featured over 40 competitors with both old and new members taking part in a number of challenges. The full report is included below from Ventnorblog.
The first event of the new calendar year was held at BAE Systems, Cowes.
Due to be held elsewhere late last year but we were hindered by snow
and ice. Luckily the weather had warmed up for this event and the only
apparent threat was water from above.
During the walk around spits of rain threatened but in fact the
inclement weather held off for the entire event, a bonus for January.
A new course was designed, using a
previous part of the track layout as the pits and utilising the entire
main car park. This was met with enthusiasm by the competitors who like
to see something new.
There were over 40 competitors signed on, some old faces and quite a
few new ones dotted around. It is nice to see the club still attracting
fresh blood.
The Mini Charge
From the outset the Mini’s of Dave Goodwin and Chris Greenen looked
fast, the tight turns taken with ease as their little cars danced around
the circuit. Chris recorded a 54.43 when most were in the 57 second
area but as is usual for Dave he came at him with intent laying down a
53.96 run on the leader board. Dan Morgan, current championship leader,
driving a grass track special was struggling with the front end grip of
his car but after a couple of runs and the track rubbering up slightly
he managed a 51.52 to rocket him to the top of the times.
VX220
Neil Glasbey, winner of the Turbine trophy at the last event, driving
the shared VX220 was struggling to get to grip with the course, however
when it did come right for him it did so in a big way. Driving with
great skill to record a time of 49.43 which would have been good enough
to win the event but unfortunately he took out the final cone in the
finish box to take a 10 second penalty, hard luck Neil! Dave Goodwin
again with his usual unflappable style and not to be undone by modern
machinery went back to the top of the times with a 50.66 which looked
very hard to catch for everyone.
Weaving the Magic
Richard Weaver, also driving the Harlot VX220 was not going to be undone
by the others, his skill behind the wheel has come up another level
with his rally driving experience of late and it showed as he hustled
the little VX around with aplomb. His times seemed to be inconsistent
but he popped up with a 50.32 with only 6 runs left in total for the day
it looked like a challenge that was going to be hard to beat. Goodwin
had used up all of his runs and it was down to Martyn Cutler and Neil
Glasbey to try and topple the Weaver magic. Neil made a valiant effort
on his 6th and final run but just fell short with a 50:59 and Martyn
could not step up to the mark either falling short with a 50.67, just
0.01 seconds behind Goodwin.
Newcomers
I would like to extend both my thanks and a huge welcome to the new
faces we saw today, Mathew Griffin drove his socks off in his Integra
and it was nice to see another Supra being driven by Luke Kozakewycz.
Driver of the Day
It is a hard one to call at this event, Richard Weaver drove
exceptionally well to record his maiden win of the season but I think it
has to go to Andrew Leppard who managed to steer his way into 6th
position in a 205Gti, a car that is not only used for the tarmac events
but the unsealed surface events as well. Well done Andrew!!
Lady driver of the day goes to Rebecca French, propelling herself to
19th position with a 54.10 again in the VX220 (it gets around!)
I caught up with Richard after the event and asked him how he felt
about his victory “I am very happy, I did not think I would win a sealed
surface event this year as I did not have the machinery to do it.
Thanks to the mighty VX I have achieved it”
Thank you to our sponsors, the venue, to all the committee members
that pitch in and help and to all of the competitors that without we
would be nothing.
Top 5 Positions:-
Richard Weaver 50.32
Neil Glasbey 50.59
Dave Goodwin 50.66
Martyn Cutler 50.67
Dan Morgan 51.52
Combined Championship Top Three:-
Dan Morgan 439
Neil Glasbey 418
Martyn Cutler 412
Sealed Surface Top Three:-
Dave Goodwin 194
Dan Morgan 193
Neil Glasbey 190
Please visit IOW Car Club Website for up to date results and full leader boards.
Next Event takes place at Sydenhams on Sunday 13th February.
Taken from http://ventnorblog.com/2011/01/17/iow-car-club-report-16-january/
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