Martin dominates Round 2 of EssexCarpetClash
Round 2 of the popular EssexCarpetClash series took place at the end of October, where drivers had a mix of both an open and tight track. The grip seemed a little lower than the first round, so a little tweak to setup was needed, but this didn’t effect any of the fast and close racing throughout the day. In 2WD it was the mega quick Lee Martin that set the timing sheets alight taking top spot in all his qualifying runs with his Schumacher LD3. Ed Kerry had a great start to the day with some great early qualifying runs, putting his Serpent 2nd on the grid ahead of Will Venables in 3rd.Harley Eldridge would have a consistent qualifying and would line up 4th ahead of Demetri Panayides. The pole man Martin, would continue his dominance and never look back in the finals, and would make it a perfect 3 leg finals taking all leg wins and the meeting overall. With a few errors and mix ups in the field all finals, it would be Eldridge that would make the most of things and constantly finish in the top spots and getting her 2nd overall for the day with her Xray. Venables would keep his grid position and finish 3rd overall.
1. Lee Martin
2. Harley Eldridge
3. Will Venables
4WD saw James Crockart dominate qualifying topping all qualifying rounds. Lee Hedges managed to get a quicker time and would line up ahead of Greg Stevens, both tied on points and having had good qualifying runs between them. In the finals it would be Hedges who managed to keep his cool and take all 3 leg wins and the meeting win, something he has now managed to do, supporting the club from the start! Stevens would be able to take 3rd overall with his Associated, ahead of the pole man Crockart would would round off the podium steps.
1. Lee Hedges
2. Greg Stevens
3. James Crockart
Congratulations to all finial winner
B final Roger Tugwood
C final Andy Manning
D final Peter Wilson
E final Callum Barrent
F final Scott Martin
G final Paul Barnes
Turbo Charge award goes to, Callum Barrent for gaining 8 positions from his grid space.
Source: Essex Carpet Clash [essexcarpetclash.co.uk]
