Corny 391

Corny #391 Red

Premier League R2: 1, 391, 262, 137, 188, 315, 8 (dnf 236) Most laps led: 1 Fastest lap: 1 Points after Round 2 50 pts......Tom D (1) 15 pts......MoR (137) 14pts.......Corny (391) 7pts.........Mike (315) 7pts.........Harmen (262) 5pts.........Tosh (8) 4pts.........Aub (188) The first tarmac round of the Premier League last night was held at Ipswich and though it was a different surface from King's Lynn, it was very much the same level of scoring from Tom D, once again taking a maximum 25 for the race win, most laps led and fastest lap. With the series having kicked off with back-to-back rounds, there is quite a break now until Round 3, Sheffield on May 5th, where hopefully some more of the seeded drivers will be making an appearance!

Good evening, With the first grading period (weeks 1-to-4) complete, the first re-grading of 2011 is as follows: 2011 Re-grading #1 (effective Belle Vue 7th April) UP TO SUPERSTAR dode (151) Aub (188) DOWN TO RED MoR (137) UP TO RED Harmen (262) Corny (391) UP TO BLUE southy (277) DOWN TO YELLOW jakie (33) Mattyaspin (300) UP TO YELLOW Big Al (515) Please keep your eyes peeled for a thread from MoR detailing skinpack information and requirements, Thanks, Corny

Tomorrow's UK-Dirt F1 meeting takes place at super-fast Ipswich, the first of two visits to this venue in 2011. One of the biggest, speediest tracks on the calendar, its sweeping and relatively flat bends allow for good overtaking opportunities, with the vast momentum being carried down the straights offering the ability to push your opponent wide with what on many other tracks would seem like the most gentle of pushes. Get it wrong however and the steel plate fence is never far away, regardless of how wide the bends are! The meeting should kick off with a Whites & Yellows series race, subject to numbers as we require at least 3 from these grades in order to make a race of it. spikejnr (172) currently leads the points standings as shown above, though as he is not currently booked in, it may present a chance for Big Al (515) to assume the series lead, with southy (277) also booked and hot in pursuit of Big Al currently only 4 points in arrears of the veteran driver. Next up will be Round 2 of the Premier League. World and National Points champion Tom D (1) took a maximum 25 points at the inaugural round, King's Lynn last week, for the race win, most laps led and fastest lap. It was far from plain sailing however as after getting through to an early lead Tom struggled to make a break, and had to fend off more than one challenge from behind in order to secure the win. At the time of writing there looks once again to be room for a few reserves in the race. Onto the main meeting and it is the 5th of 12 World Championship Qualifying Rounds, with each driver racing in 2 Heats prior to the Final and Grand National(s). Reigning UK Open champion MoR (137) tops the table for the 2011 Gold rush as things stand, though his 123 points mean he is only just ahead of Tom D's 119. Harmen (262) is next in line on 93 and having had a very consistent start to 2011, the young Dutchman from Ferwoude should be confident of adding liberally to his WCQR tally. Tosh (8) is next up on 91 and he also sits just behind Harmen in the National Points, in 5th place. Dode (151) and Aub (188) have some ground to make up in the World qualification stakes, with neither having appeared in the late 2010 rounds, and they sit in 6th and joint 10th places respectively. Having both started the season very strongly and topping the National Points with Dode heading Aub 145 to 128, with already a Final apiece to their names, both are expected to be significantly higher in the WCQR points after this meeting if recent form continues. Of course with 2/3rds of the WCQR's still to go including this one, the door is very much wide open for anyone to stake their claim at becoming UK-Dirt F1's next World Champion. Ipswich can often play into the hands of lower grade drivers if they can get a good start in a race, so this may be as good an opportunity as any, for any racers out there who think they may be able to deliver the goods around one of the fastest tracks in UK-Dirt F1, to give their World Final chances a real kick-start. Last time at Ipswich, 30th September 2010, MoR topped the points scoring for the meeting, though he was runner up to Jarry (164) in the Final. Towards the end of last season MoR won Finals at Birmingham and Arena Essex, so if he is able to click back into that healthy tarmac form, he will give his 2011 campaign a much needed shot in the arm as thus far in his three meetings raced, he has not quite managed to hit the high notes, presently sitting in a National Points 11th place. With numerous points of interest, we should be set for an intruiging night's racing around one of F1's highest quality ovals. To book in please visit UK-Dirt and go to Member Options > Bookings. Late bookings will be available on this forum after 6pm tomorrow. Thanks, Corny

Premier League R1: 1, 137, 315, 8, 391, 236, 413, 188 Most laps led: 1 Fastest lap: 1 Points after Round 1 25 pts......Tom D (1) 10 pts......MoR (137) 7pts.........Mike (315) 5pts.........Tosh (8) 4pts.........Corny (391) So, a clean sweep for Tom D in the first round of the Premier League, with the race win, most laps led, and fastest lap bagging him the full compliment of 25 points! Well done Tom.

I was involved in some top racing during this meeting - Heat 1 where I tried to pass Big Al in a way that would cause minimal disruption to his race, though it is fair to say this backfired! An exciting last few laps then with Dode catching up and Tom D arriving on the scene and the race only settled out've the last bend. Heat 2 another good 'un, then the Final where as Dan says, the pair of us had quite a race of it, felt rather good to get another Final and my first since late 2009. The track changes allow for more speed to be carried into the bends and though I am only speaking from the experience of one meeting, I think the racing does and should continue to benefit. The track in its original form was one of my favourites and I like the updated version even more - thanks to Madcowie Productions Well done Tom for winning the first Premier League race, I thought you were away early on but it didn't end up quite as simple as that from what I could see up ahead eh!

Please make sure you have this version installed if you are racing Thursday (and even if you're not...it won't harm to have it installed for the future)

2011 UK-Dirt F1 Premier League King's Lynn on Thursday shall witness the kick-off of a new series - for the first time ever, the elite drivers of UK-Dirt F1 will contest The Premier League. After a tough selection and invitation process, with drivers picked according to their recent F1 success, we have a final line-up of seeds, 8 of F1's best who will compete over 8 rounds. Let's meet those who will go bumper to bumper in UK-Dirt F1's inaugural Premier League... Top seed - Tom D (1) Tom D (1) - from Macclesfield, the reigning two-time UK-Dirt F1 World Champion having won in Heat (2009) and rFactor in last year's epic Coventry WF race. Starting from the back of the grid after a disastrous Semi Final and necessary CSF qualification, Tom kept his cool in the early laps as the whole field bunched up, and was exactly where he needed to be when the time came for a select group to break away, and start chasing the win in earnest. It was only yards from the finish line that Tom was assured of victory, after possibly the most exciting race UK-Dirt F1 has ever seen. Also going for the hat-trick of silver roofs after back-to-back success over the past two seasons, and defending his 2010 Tarmac Masters crown. Tom really hit his stride during 2009, winning the last ever Heat F1 World Final; although he won his Semi in rFactor, he had to settle for 3rd place in the World at King's Lynn, but made no mistake in securing the silver roof through the end-of-season Shootout, a feat which he repeated last year and in doing so became the first person to retain the points title in UK-Dirt F1. Numerous other (rFactor F1) wins of note include the GNC and World of Shale titles in 2009 and the Long Track Championship in 2010, as well as 10 career Grand Final wins in UK-Dirt F1 to date. Tom has a mix of raw speed and aggression which has rarely let him down in graded races these past two years, having now established himself as 'the man to beat' in a weekly sense. It could be argued that he is still not the complete driver, which, if there is some improvement left in there, does not bode well for the rest considering his already impressive level of achievement! 2nd seed - Dazza (290) Dazza (290) - having made a single appearance in UK-Dirt F1 way back in July of 2003, it would be nearly 5 years until Dazza returned to the formula, with the advent of the rFactor mod. Despite being one of 2008's highest achievers, picking up the UK Open Championship and a Semi Final win along the way, Dazza had to play the runner-up role to HUTCH (331) in both the World and Points championships. After placing 2nd in his 2009 Semi, a commanding drive at King's Lynn saw Dazza crowned World Champion. The odds for him to hold onto the Gold roof in 2010 were slashed after a Semi Final win at Buxton and a pole position berth for the Coventry World Final. A valiant effort in the frantic opening laps saw the defending champ get his nose in front on more than one occasion, however with cars packed tight and pushing into every bend, Dazza was knocked just enough to lose time and put him back down the pack right at the point that the leaders were beginning to break away at the front - and this was enough to put a title defence out of reach. Having reverted to a red roof and his 290 number upon the loss of his Gold and right to #1, it would be only two weeks before the roof needed repainting - this time with the chequers of British Champion status. A supremely controlled drive at Skegness, keeping his cool where many were losing theirs, left nobody in any doubt as to Dazza's continued position as one of UK-Dirt F1's very best. A month later the 2010 Grand National Championship was added at Birmingham, and with the Exeter man yet to surface in F1 2011, his first on-track action of the year could very well come in the first Premier League race. 7 career F1 Grand Final wins. 3rd seed - MoR (137) MoR (137) - part of UK-Dirt F1 since early 2003, MoR had to wait the best part of four years before winning his first title race in November 2006 - the Grand National Championship at the formidable Newtongrange (Heat) track. Prior to that, a shock 2nd place in the 2004 Sheffield British Championship had been his best title result. Once rFactor F1 arrived, MoR hung up his Heat helmet and concentrated on the new mod, not only of course in the racing sense but with the countless modding developments which comprise some of the most life-like tracks and cars ever produced for an oval racing mod, making up the fabric of today's simulation as being closer to the 'real thing' than ever before. MoR finished 3rd in the 2009 National Series Shootout, weeks after having been involved in an extremely close Tarmac Masters Final with Michael (2) at Ipswich, just falling short on that occasion. There were no shortcomings in the UK Open 2010 however, as the Nuneaton driver took his first rFactor F1 title around the tight Skegness track. Though no other titles have been added to the above, MoR finished 2010 with a points average only marginally bettered by Tom D, thus rightly begun 2011 as one of the F1 SuperStars. His consistency in Semi Finals has been notable in rFactor - 3rd place in 2008, 2009 and 2010, therefore if this is to continue, 137 should be well placed to have another crack at winning Gold this year after previous bests of 3rd in 2008 (rF) and 2006 (Heat). The fact that MoR has won only 4 career F1 Finals is something of a betrayal to his talent, as he is undoutedly deserving of more. 4th seed - Mike (315) Mike (315) - from Baarlo in the Netherlands, Mike's first proper season was 2007 in Heat, in the days when he used 'Sybe Racing' as his racing nickname. A Semi Final win at Sheffield that year may have come as something of a surprise as, despite an inside row2 start, Mike was not at that time one of the established 'top drivers' of the formula. In the years since however, Mike has steadily improved and his big break really came in 2009 when he achieved a double British Championship success, winning both the Heat and rFactor versions of the event, the latter having been a great race at Coventry. He had already secured the 2009 UK Open from the yellow grade but by season's end was an established SuperStar and runner-up to Tom D in the grading points, an effort he repeated in 2010 and also on that occasion coming within 9 points of winning the silver roof through the Shootout. With 61 wins in total including 10 Grand Finals, Mike has won the most races, and most Finals, of anyone on rFactor in UK-Dirt F1. With 16 career F1 Final wins he is tied in 3rd place on the all-time list with Parky (152) and Rebel (77). 5th seed - Murf (561) Murf (561) - first seen in UK-Dirt F1 in 2007, Murf, from Spalding, raced the Heat mod in 11 meetings that year with moderate success from the white grade. Only 2 appearances followed in 2008 - one in Heat and one in rFactor. 2009 was the year when UK-Dirt F1 really got to see what Murf may be capable of. Back-to-back Final wins at Coventry and Birmingham in June of that year were his first in UK-Dirt F1, and another Final was added at Sheffield in late September, all from blue after an intermediate period spent at red. Appearances were few and far between in the latter half of 2009 resulting in an eventual 13th place finish in the points. 2010 saw Murf start the season firing on all 8 cylinders and he topped the grading points after the first period, rising from blue to SuperStar in the process. The Dutch Championship at Sexbierum at the start of April was his first Final win as a SuperStar and better was to come in mid-July, with a Semi Final win at Sheffield from outside row2. The dream World Final was not to be, as Murf ended up 6th from his front row start, however he continued to add race wins from SuperStar up to the end of the season with an eventual 5th place grading points finish. Murf now has 30 rFactor UK-Dirt F1 race wins to his name, including 6 Finals. 6th seed - Johno (3) Johno (3) - second only to Mike in terms of rFactor UK-Dirt F1 wins, currently on a total of 48 including 6 Finals. 13 F1 Grand Finals in total puts Johno 7th on the all-time list, and at the time of writing Johno is comfortably in 4th place in the all-time F1 points scoring, one place ahead of Mike. Though Johno seldom fails to add to his win tally from the red and blue grades, it is fair to say that he has yet to really break through and deliver at the very top level over his UK-Dirt F1 career. Johno started in F1 in 2005 and improved steadily from there, achieving his first title race podium finishes in (Heat) 2008 with runners-up spots in the King's Lynn Semi Final and GNC at Belle Vue. 2009 gave the Doncaster racer his first title wins - the Dutch Championship at Sint Maarten in Heat and the rFactor Long Track Championship at Baarlo. Johno finished 2nd in the 2009 National Series Shootout, albeit well adrift of winner Tom D, and finished 4th in the grading points. In 2010 he once again finished 4th in the grading points (as well as the Shootout), and notably was highest race winner for the season with 26 in total. The Premier League may be exactly the platform required for Johno to prove - to himself as well as to others - that he can really compete at the top level on a consistent basis, with the best that the F1 league has to offer. 7th seed - Tosh (8) Tosh (8) - a UK-Dirt F1 racer since April 2007, Tosh has yet to win a title race with 2nd in the 2010 UK Open at Skegness being his most notable result to date. The Glenrothes driver has steadily built up his record of winning races though, and currently stands at 4th overall in the rFactor UK-Dirt F1 winners' table with 38 wins including 6 Finals. With 9 Finals in total over his F1 career, Tosh sits in joint 9th position in the all-time Final winners' chart with travel (365) and Jarry (164). After an 8th-placed grading points finish in 2009, Tosh improved upon this placing 7th in 2010, though race wins proved slightly more difficult to come by, due likely in no small part to a much greater proportion of the season spent at red grade than in '09. A fair competitor who has earned his PL place with his steady results, Tosh looks like continuing in the same vein in 2011, having started the season well and currently being 6th in the National Points. Much the same as Johno, the Premier League could offer him the chance to elevate himself to another level when it comes to competing with the really big guns of the formula. 8th seed - Aub (188) Aub (188) - hailing from Cirencester, Aub's biggest win to date in UK-Dirt F1 came in 2008 when he became British Champion at Belle Vue (rFactor). Though he first raced UK-Dirt F1 at the start of 2006, Aub has never really put together a sustained attack on the formula in quite the same way as many of his fellow competitors have - what he has shown though is that he is capable of returning from absences of weeks and even months, and be right on the pace and capable of winning races and Finals straight out've the box. There was perhaps no better demonstration of this than at last year's UK Open double-header, when after not having raced for 12 F1 meetings, Aub raced the Wednesday night and promptly won the meeting Final. Winning the 2010 Champion of Champions at Birmingham was a crucial factor towards Aub earning his eventual Premier League place, and there may even be signs that in 2011, Aub may finally be having a proper full-on crack at F1. A successful opening 3 meetings have yielded 4 wins including a Final at the most recent Northampton meeting, putting Aub in a solid 2nd place so far in the National Points. The venues & dates: King's Lynn 24th March R1 Ipswich 31st March R2 Sheffield 5th May R3 Birmingham 26th May R4 Northampton 6th July R5 Arena Essex 8th September R6 Belle Vue 20th October R7 Coventry 17th November (Finale) The rules: Points: 15, 10, 7, 5, 4 Most laps led: 5 points (2.5 if shared) Fastest lap: 5 points (2.5 if shared) (Double points on all of the above for Finale) Rounds 1-7 16 laps, Finale 25 laps. Closed grid in ascending order so highest Premier League scorers at back. Seedings decide grid in absence of points scored i.e. for Round 1 and for any drivers still on zero points. Reserve drivers in place to ensure an 8-car grid for every event. Driver with most points after the Finale wins the Premier League. Full UK-Dirt F1 racing rules apply. All 8 seeded drivers are guaranteed a Premier League grid slot in Rounds 1-7, however, for the Finale, the grid will be based entirely on the Premier League points standings up to that point - therefore any seeded driver who has failed to appear/amass enough PL points, is at risk of losing their place in the Finale to any reserve driver who has scored higher over the first 7 rounds. Reserves: A reserve list (initially of 10) has been drawn up and will be effective for Rounds 1-to-4 only. This is as follows (ranked in order): 1) HUTCH (331) 2) matthewb (413) 3) Robin H25 (87) 4) Grasser (233) 5) davey boy (380) 6) walker (363) 7) Corny (391) 8) DanSkin (236) 9) Skeet (31) 10) Harmen (262) For Rounds 5-to-7 reserves will be taken from the National Points chart at the time of each round, therefore whichever non-PL seeded driver is highest will be 1st reserve, next non-PL driver in the chart will be 2nd reserve, and so on. The series will carry a significant prize, in line with all other UK-Dirt F1 major's. As with the Whites and Yellows series, those racers present in the server on race nights are encouraged to spectate in order to fully appreciate the series, and keep a close eye on how the top men in the formula cope with such an intense competition. We look forward to the green flag dropping on the first event at King's Lynn and wish everyone involved the best of luck for PL '11, On behalf of UK-Dirt F1 Admin, Thanks, Corny

Certainly some hard and hectic stuff tonight but I can't complain too much having managed to score in each of my races. Well done to Aub for winning the Final and Harmen top scoring Be sure not to miss next week at King's Lynn folks Thanks Johno and all stewards, Corny

Evening folks, Please post any late booking requests (or cancellations) in this thread as the 6pm deadline on the UK-Dirt site has been and gone, Thanks, Corny

Whites & Yellows Series rounds now shown on the list - look for the W&Y coloured symbol next to each included date

I shall be heading in to shake the rust off again...

All being well Skeet, I should be in a position to partake A-Z style or winner picks after 3 at each?

2011 brings several fresh challenges for UK-Dirt F1 racers, along with all of the expected tried, trusted and traditional F1 StockCar championships as part of a 40-meeting calendar. The formula's four major championship races - the World, British, European and UK Open Finals - will be arrived at through largely unchanged formats and spread equally over both racing surfaces, the tarmac of Northampton (15th September) and Arena Essex (7th July) hosting the World and Euro' Finals respectively, while the British' goes to the ultra-smooth King's Lynn shaleway (2nd June). For the first time in UK-Dirt rFactor F1, the UK Open double-header will be held on shale - at F1's very own 'Mecca', Coventry (11th/12th May). One of the biggest changes to regular fixtures in 2011 comes with the introduction of concentrated championship series for both the Tarmac Masters and World of Shale titles. With all racers competing in 3 Heats each as standard in these series events, the 'TM' and 'WoS' will each comprise 7 qualifying rounds, with the points chase in each having the potential of running all the way through to the end of the Finals nights - Ipswich (27th October TM) and King's Lynn (3rd November WoS). A staggered scoring system for these series will be applied once again, to ensure those drivers from the lower grades have the maximum chance of keeping up with their seasoned star and superstar grade opponents in the points charts - culminating in closed-grid Finals at two of F1's premier raceways. No title in F1 is more valued or respected than that of National Points Champion - the silver roof - and this season the 'points chase' will be just as demanding as at any time in UK-Dirt F1's long history. With National Points towards the silver roof being available in each and every one of the 40 scheduled meetings, drivers' Best 35 scores will ultimately contribute towards their end-of-season points total. This represents a move back to a true full-season competition for the National Points Championship and silver roof, while offering a small amount of flexibility to points chasers in order for them to be able to accommodate the necessities of wider life, without necessarily forfeiting any chance of dozens of weeks of hard racing effort amounting to any realistic silver roof challenge. The final two Thursdays in August bring us the first use of the Anglo-Dutch 'Golden Helmet' mini-series in UK-Dirt F1 - two very different tracks in Hednesford (18th August) and Sexbierum (25th August) hold the two rounds back-to-back. Few other places offer the same opportunity to open up the F1 throttle as these two do, but as their similarities end just there, any aspiration to take this series will depend heavily on a driver's adaptability over these high-speed affairs. Two tracks have their inaugural UK-Dirt rFactor F1 meetings during 2011 - the compact but compelling Mildenhall has the penultimate World Qualifier (30th June) followed later in the year by a WoS round (22nd September), and Nutts Corner means a virtual voyage across the Irish Sea for the Irish Open Championship, which is also a Tarmac Masters round (4th August). Early September 2010 saw TomD (1) claim Gold in a thrilling 3-car sprint finish with Mike (315) and JK (16), after 25 gripping Coventry laps in what had to be UK-Dirt F1's best World Final to date. TomD is guaranteed his place on the NIR 2011WF grid as defending champ. But he along with all other Gold roof hopefuls will have to go through the 10 remaining World Championship Qualifying Rounds, kicking off with the season-opener at Birmingham (3rd March), before either the Skegness (21st July) or Belle Vue (28th July) Semi Finals to give themselves the best possible chance of taking Gold in 2011. Should TomD successfully defend his World title, he would become the first in UK-Dirt F1 to retain the Gold in the same 'mod' - already being a two-time F1 champ with the first of his two titles won on the Heat platform at Buxton in 2009. No other driver has won more than one World title in UK-Dirt F1, so for TomD to taste the September champagne for the third year in succession would see him establishing a significant lead in that respect. In addition to striving for 3 World titles in as many years, TomD has the chance to stake his claim as #1 in terms of the history of the National Points Championship by winning a third silver roof. Already the first to win back-to-back titles (tied on 2 in total with Rebel (77) who won in 2001, DTRSC and 2003, Heat, and Michael (2) who won in 2004 and 2007 both in Heat), TomD is well-placed to go for the hat-trick in the new-for-2011 silver roof system, having topped the 'grading points' in both 2009 and 2010 as well as securing the silver through the Shootout on both occasions. Defending British Champion Dazza (290) is a proven big race winner around King's Lynn, having been crowned 2009 rFactor F1 World Champion at the Norfolk Arena. He should therefore have no doubts whatsoever about being able to produce the same stunning level of performance that won him the chequered roof in 2010 at Skegness. Few, if any, have demonstrated the ability to combine speed with fairness in rFactor F1 races so far quite so convincingly as Dazza, and as soon as his name appears on the booking list, Dazza will surely be installed at very short odds to retain his British title. JK will be aiming to make it 3 wins out of 3 in the European Championship - though having taken his 2009 and 2010 wins around Northampton, he will have to master Arena Essex if he is to draw clear of Michael with whom he is currently tied on two Euro wins (Michael having won twice on the Heat mod in 2004 and 2007). If JK is able to maintain his 100% European record in 2011, he will become the first person in UK-Dirt F1 to win the same major championship in three successive seasons. There have been 11 different winners of the UK Open over the years in UK-Dirt F1, no one driver having won it on more than one occasion to date. MoR (137) will be looking to defend his title and become the first two-time winner, and having won at Skegness last year, this time around it will be very much a case of the master track and car builder having to conquer one of his own creations - the Brandon bowl at Coventry. Of course the title races account for only a tiny percentage of races in the season, and there is a challenge and hopefully much enjoyment to be had in each and every race week-in-week-out, whether it be a Heat, Consolation, Final or Grand National. We very much hope that online racers old and new will relish the prospect of competing in UK-Dirt F1 2011, and look forward to you joining in a meeting sooner rather than later. On behalf of the UK-Dirt F1 Admin Team, Thanks and good luck for 2011

It's been good to blow the cobwebs away these past two weeks after having done nothing since September - cheers Johno and all who stewarded. Not sure whether you mean you aim to get up to red, Dode, or whether you expect to be up to red on the basis of your winter performance, however all grades are based on full season meetings only. Final was a good'un tonight, unfortunately with about 5 to go when I felt confident of being at least in with a shout for the win, I felt a worrying movement of my steering wheel as if it was about to come away from its mounting - never a good feeling so time I screwed it in properly rather than rely on these plastic screw things! It's happened twice in races now and that's more than enough. Well done Tom and Dode for putting the effort in and staying in the running for the series.

Myself 391 blue please

'Back to the future' eh Skeet Super stuff very enjoyable

I'm up for a bit of practice so will be in the server by 8:30pm or so

Booking in please (blue)

#107 Lee Robinson for both surfaces please, Cheers, Corny

Well done TomD and Harmen for winning the two main prizes and to Mike and DanSkin for being runners up

Well done to LeeK for winning the Final and top scoring TomD, retaining the silver, congratulations - personally I feel the 'Shootout' is ill-suited to online racing as the conditions that exist in 'real' racing simply do not exist here, you have already secured the grading points win and that to me will always be a better measure of who deserves the silver roof than any Shootout. Of course the same was the case last year so there is absolutely no doubting that you have more than earned the silver on both occasions. Tonight was also the last night for the Thursday Night Thunder races so another well done to Tom for topping this series at its conclusion - Mike looks to have pushed him hard all the way, and also thumbs up to DanSkin and Harmen for finishing the top2 in the TopTrier award. Cheers, Corny

Much as the title says - just to remind all that tonight's meeting at Arena Essex is the 2nd 2011 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP QUALIFYING ROUND! This is the second and last chance during these late-season 2010 meetings to give yourself a boost toward the 2011 Gold Roof chase. Only the second F1 meeting to be held on the Arena Essex track, therefore even a novice driver should not be at too much of a disadvantage experience-wise, compared to many of the other long-established tracks to which seasoned performers are very much dialled-in. Also tonight is of course the penultimate round of the 2010 National Points Shootout, and features the Thursday Night Thunder races to conclude the evening. Visit ukdirt.co.uk to secure your booking prior to 6pm - late bookings will be taken after that time on a separate forum thread as always. Thanks, Corny

Well done Dazza and MoR I would have liked to race, especially with having a potential inside Row2 GNC grid slot, but unfortunately 11 days ago had a quite heavy fall and caused myself a bit of damage to my left elbow/wrist and right shoulder - I play darts in a local pub league every Monday and on my way home, stepped onto a road surface not realising it was wet and slippery, then half a second later, bang! This means in all probability my racing season is over - however I am encouraged to see the TNT series is still very close by the looks of it. Cheers, Corny