Dartford Centralised Event - October 8th 2000

Just six teams turned out for the last competition of the season at Dartford on what turned out to be a warm sunny day with periods of overcast despite the fact that the rest of the country seemed to have rain all day

Although it was only two weeks since the previous competition there were several errors made by experienced teams and a few disqualifications for "silly" mistakes

Most teams had four heats with Ross/Turner and Langworth/Campbell clearly leading the field. Third fastest were Miles Yeldham who crept into the final just 0.4 secs ahead of Fitzgerald/Thomason who missed out due to problems on their last tank run. Fry/Whorton were running Mazniak gear which was extremely quick but had severe starting problems all day and only recorded one time.

The final ran smoothly with all three teams getting two warnings and Ross/Turner came out on top with a 6:55.3 just 5 secs ahead of Langworth/Campbell on 7:00.7. Miles/Yeldham trailed in some 30 laps adrift.

Tools and Hobby Goods were given as prizes - thanks again to Dave Rudd, CD on the day.

F2C - Team Race Results

Heat 1

Heat 2

Heat 3

Heat 4

Final

1

Ross/Turner

dq

3

22.8

3

17.6

3

29.2

6

55.3

2

Langworth/Campbell

3

23.5

3

25.5

3

24.7

dnf

7

00.7

3

Miles/Yeldham

3

32.2

3

43.2

3

44.6

4

08.6

8

06.6

4

Fitzgerald/Thomason

4

01.0

ret

75.0

3

32.9

3

32.6

5

Fry/Whorton

ret

01.0

dq

3

46.6

ret

66.0

6

Barker/Tompkins

4

15.6

4

04.1

ret

46.0

4

26.1

League Points were awarded as follows :-

League Points System

Ent

6

Ent

Plc

Fin

Imp

Tot

Ross/Turner

1

3

2

0

6

Langworth/Campbell

1

2

2

0

5

Miles/Yeldham

1

1

2

0

4

Fitzgerald/Thomason

1

0

0

0

1

Fry/Whorton

1

0

0

0

1

Barker/Tompkins

1

0

0

0

1