This was the last event on the 1998 Domestic Calendar and was a final chance for a number of teams to record the 10 times required for team selection. Bad weather was expected but in the end it was dry with a rather gusty wind (but not enough to spoil the racing)
All teams had four chances to put a good time in and the fastest of the day went to Langworth/Campbell who recorded a 3:18.8 on their fourth attempt with Ross/Turner second on 3:20.2. It was unfortunate that 2-up races were allowed in the early rounds and this enabled Smith/Brown to record a 3:27.0 with a setting that would not have finished in a 3-up race. Fitzgerald/Thomason recorded a 3:28.7 (2-up) and 3:31.3 (3-up) which, many believed, should have put them into the final.
In the final, Langworth/Campbell were the only pair to get a good setting and cruised home with a perfect race and a time of 6:56.7. Ross/Turner had overheating problems as did Smith/Brown and these two teams finished in 7:27.6 and 8:05.5 respectively.
A good days racing and a good finish to the season - Thanks again to Dave Rudd for running the event.
| Results | Heat 1 |
Heat 2 |
Heat 3 |
Heat 4 |
Final |
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1 |
Langworth/Campbell |
3 |
40.6 |
3 |
28.8 |
3 |
21.1 |
3 |
18.8 |
6 |
56.7 |
2 |
Ross/Turner |
3 |
21.5 |
ret |
46.0 |
3 |
20.2 |
3 |
26.5 |
7 |
27.6 |
3 |
Smith/Brown |
3 |
30.4 |
3 |
27.0 |
4 |
26.6 |
3 |
41.9 |
8 |
05.5 |
4 |
Fitzgerald/Thomason |
3 |
28.7 |
3 |
37.3 |
3 |
35.9 |
3 |
31.3 |
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5 |
Fry/Whorton |
3 |
55.0 |
3 |
38.4 |
3 |
53.2 |
3 |
44.0 |
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6 |
Tribe/Bollen |
3 |
42.1 |
4 |
27.5 |
ret |
44.0 |
dnf |
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7 |
Radcliffe/Yeldham |
3 |
49.8 |
3 |
56.6 |
3 |
53.7 |
3 |
52.7 |
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8 |
Miles Banks |
ret |
86.0 |
4 |
15.0 |
4 |
13.8 |
ret |
13.0 |
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9 |
Walker/Peart |
ret |
58.0 |
4 |
21.5 |
dnf |
ret |
69.0 |
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10 |
Barker Tomkins |
4 |
23.5 |
5 |
11.6 |
ret |
57.0 |
dnf |
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11 |
Catlow/Jephcott |
dnf |
dnf |
dnf |
dnf |