RugRacers Round 1 – Report

Popular British indoor touring car series Rug Racers returned for another season last weekend with racing over 3 classes with Schumacher’s Elliott Harper coming away with the Modified win.  In qualifying Bailey Graves proved his impressive pace on track by bringing the fight to the defending Rug Racers and national champion, where Graves held the TQ spot through the second and 3rd qualifiers until Harper was able to take pole in the last qualifier by one second on fastest time.  Harper was able to find the space to stretch his legs in both finals, taking the overall win while Matthieu Dambrine was able to find his way through to second in leg 1.  Leg 2 allowed everyone to find their own space easing to the top 4 finishing where they started.

Modified Top 10 Result
1. Elliott Harper
2. Bailey Graves
3. Matthieu Dambrine
4. Andy Murray
5. Jack collins
6. Jon Seals
7. Ethan Southall
8. Richard King

The highly anticipated battle for TQ in stock touring class did not disappoint where the four way battle ended in favour of the Xray of Ricky Copsey who was able to secure a strong 4th qualifying run to place him almost 2 seconds ahead of Ben Moorey and Billy Fletcher.  Leg 1 saw Ben putting pressure on Ricky thought, until a late mistake from Ben allowed Ricky the breathing space to take the win.  The second final provided a race to be remembered where Ben and Ricky where nose to tail through the entire race where Bens high pressure eventually allowed a small error from Ricky to allow him through. From here, Ben pushed until the very end, crossing the line 3 tenths faster than Ricky’s first leg time allowing Ben the overall win in stock after his earlier win in frontie!  Not far behind the battle for the win, young driver Finley Whitelock was able to produce two strong drives from 4th on the grid to finish 3rd overall!

Stock Top 10 Result
1. Ben Moorey
2. Ricky Copsey
3. Finley Whitelock
4. Sam Law
5. Billy Fletcher
6. Mason Weston
7. Charlie Colby
8. Stewart Wilcox
9. Adam Downing
10.James Snashall

Through qualifying in front wheel drive, National Champion Ben Moorey was able to take the top spot, closely followed by the other Awesomatix of Jamie Hickin 1-second behind with the Schumacher of Liam Tyrrell lining up in 3rd.  The first final provided late race drama where a mistake from Ben promoted Jamie to the lead which he was able to hold under pressure to take the first leg.  In leg 2 Ben was able to capitalise on his quick pace where he would dominate the final from start to finish after an early mistake from Jamie meaning that Ben would take the overall win for the day.

Frontie Top 10 Result
1. Ben Moorey
2. Jamie Hickin
3. Liam Tyrrell
4. Ethan Southall
5. Dan Knight
6. Sam Jones
7. David Flannagan
8. Gary Taylor
9. Mark Burgess
10.Eoghan Carter

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