Northwood Showground Round 12 USS 13-10-2013

John Dutch Wins Final Round of the

 IOWCC Unsealed Surface Championship

 The weather forecast was for rain by midday and with heavy rain over night the grass field was very wet and slippery. It was most likely that the best times were going to be achieved in the first two or three runs if the rain was to arrive at midday and arrive it did ..

First to set the pace was two new day members Chris Bloomfield and Kevin Dance in there purpose built off road buggy and they were eight seconds ahead of the following bunch of drivers of Andy Williams, Dan Morgan, John Dutch, Marion Saunders..

By Run 3 and still no rain it was John Dutch setting the pace for the men and Marion Saunders for the Women in there classic Minis, both seemed to be in their element in the wet and slippery conditions..

The women drivers were having a good day as not only Marion was doing well but Jemma Western was also putting in some outstanding drives, both achieving their best results this year, 6th overall and 8th overall respectively..

By Run 4 the rain arrived and the course was turned into a mud bath and like driving on ice making it almost impossible for any one to push John Dutch off the top of the leader board and that turned out to be the case and giving John his first win of the 2013 campaign and securing him the class 5 championship title .

Congratulations to John on a great drive and his win

OVERALL POSITION

1st  John Dutch

2nd  Chris Bloomfield

3rd  Kevin Dance

4th  Wayne Hole

5th  Dan Morgan

6th  Marion Saunders

7th  Andy Williams

8th  Jemma Western

Fastest LADIES of the Day

1st Marion Saunders

2nd Jemma Western

3rd  Linda Burt

4th Jill Williams

class 1

 no entries this time

class  2

1st  Tony Long

2nd  Dean Long

class 3

1st  Wayne Hole

2nd  Marion Saunders

3rd   Jemma Western

4th  Steve Brett

5th  Dominic Clements

class 4

1st  Dan Morgan

2nd  Steve Stotesbury

3rd  Russel Hector

4th  Danny Grist

5th  Linda Burt

class 5

1st  John Dutch

2nd  Chris Bloomfield

3rd  Kevin Dance

4th  Andy Williams

5th  Callum Steele

6th Matthew Price

7th Terry Steele

8th  Toby Allen

9th Jill Williams

Write-up by John Dutch                                 Picture by Allan Marsh

ROUND 11 USS 6-10-2013 PALLANCE FARM

Ryan Munt Take IOWCC Unsealed Surface Championship Title

 The track although looking a bit small to many on first viewing , turned out to be a great little track with fast and slower sections in it, a good mix. The weather forecast was hot and sunny and it was needed as the grass field was wet and slippery for the first two runs but as the grass came off the surface and the sun dried it out the grip levels came up and the run times came down…

  RUN 1... First to set the pace was John Dutch posting a time of 66:24 seconds closely followed by Wayne Hole with a time of 68:53 seconds and then Steve Brett with a time of 69:60 seconds , Darren Taylor with a 70:37 seconds , Danny Grist with a 70:52 seconds .

RUN 2..  Saw Andy Williams posting a blistering time of 60:94 seconds followed by Danny Grist on a 62:37 sec , then Wayne Hole with a time of 64:95 seconds , Darren Taylor with a 65:70 seconds , James Robbins with a 66:00 seconds .

RUN 3.. The track grip was now getting much better and the times were coming down fast and getting closer with Darren Taylor and Dan Morgan setting a new equal joint fastest time of 57:01 seconds with John Dutch close behind on a 58:17 seconds then Brian Robbins with a 58:50 seconds , Steve Brett with a 58:63 seconds

RUN 4..  Saw Ryan Munt come from nowhere to set a new fastest time of 53:83 seconds in his 4WD Subaru, followed by James Robbins with a 55:14 seconds , then  Andy Williams with a 55:32 , then Dan Morgan with a 55:38 seconds , then Chris Wilson with a 55:54 seconds..

RUN 5..  Saw Ryan Munt set a new fastest time that looked like a time that no one else would be able to get close to as the following five drivers were all getting in the 54 seconds band , Darren Taylor 54:27 sec , James Robbins 54:42 sec , Chris Wilson 54:64 sec , John Dutch 54:82 sec , Wayne Hole 54:91 seconds.

RUN 6.. THE final chance for everyone to get there fastest time and knock Ryan off the top of the leader board, Chris Wilson got close with a 53:55 sec , Darren Taylor with a 54:23 sec , Wayne Hole 54:46 sec , Brian Robbins 54:65 sec , John Dutch 54:71 seconds..

Congratulations to Ryan on a great drive and his win

OVERALL POSITION

1st  Ryan Munt

2nd  Chris Wilson

3rd  Darren Taylor

4th James Robbins

5th  Wayne Hole

Fastest LADIES of the Day

1st Vicky Cox

2nd Linda Burt

3rd   Marion Saunders

4th Jemma Western

5th  Jill Williams

class 1

 no entries this time

class  2

1st  Dean Long

2nd  Steve Stotesbury

3rd  Daryl Turner

class 3

1st  Wayne Hole

2nd  Steve Brett

3rd   Kevin Richardson

4th  Marion Saunders

5th  Jemma Western

class 4

1st  Ryan Munt

2nd  James Robbins

3rd  Brian Robbins

4th  Dan Morgan

5th  Danny Grist

class 5

1st  Chris Wilson

2nd  Darren Taylor

3rd  John  Dutch

4th  Andy Williams

5th  Jill Williams

Write-up by John Dutch                               Picture by Allan Marsh