Birmingham results / points - 25/11

[Kevin]

29 drivers raced at the final meeting of the 2010 season. To start the proceedings we raced two Tin Top semi finals in celebration of completing 10 years of UKDirt F1 online racing. The results were:

 

TIN TOP SEMI 1: 39, 137, 561, 3, 151, 221, 172, 136, 21, 77, 525, 48, 488, 435 (dnf 365)

TIN TOP SEMI 2: 188, 413, 331, 1, 527, 262, 315, 8, 165, 285, 256, 516, 107

 

Following those races we ran a full meeting and these races were the only point scoring races of the meeting. The results were:

 

HEAT 1: 188, 516, 365, 172, 77, 527, 3, 331, 413, 221 (dnf 315)

HEAT 2; 165, 1, 151, 561, 488, 285, 137, 525, 39, 136, 21, 262, 107, 256, 435 (dnf 48, 8)

HEAT 3: 165, 516, 413, 188, 365, 1, 285, 256, 172, 136, 21, 527 (dnf 3, 48)

HEAT 4: 315, 137, 435, 8, 151, 39, 525, 107, 77, 331, 221, 561, 262, 488

CONS: 3, 488, 136, 107, 525, 331, 527, 561, 221, 21, 262, 256, 39, 199 (dnf 48)

 

GRAND FINAL:188, 165, 1, 525, 172, 527, 561, 136, 137, 331, 413, 365, 107, 516, 77, 151, 315, 435, 488, 285 (dnf 8, 3)

 

ALLCOMERS 1: 8, 516, 525, 488, 527, 137, 188, 136, 315, 151, 199 (dnf 39)

ALLCOMERS 2: 413, 561, 172, 331, 48, 3, 77, 1, 285, 21, 435, 262 (dnf 256)

 

To round of the evening we ran the Tin Top Finale with the grid determined by the results of the two semi finals run earlier in the evening. Pole position was decided by the highest placed semi final winner. The result of the race was:

 

TIN TOP 10TH SEASON FINALE: 137, 188, 561, 1, 136, 3, 172, 413, 39, 262, 525, 151, 527, 77, 285, 331, 256, 21 (dnf 315, 8)

 

To round of the season, as is tradition now, we ran a Champion of Champions race open to all Grand Final winners during the season. The result was:

 

CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS: 188, 315, 137, 527, 1, 561, 3, 488, 39

 

 

The points scored from the meeting was:

 

Number .. Points

188 .. 48

165 .. 36

1 .. 32

172 .. 29

525 .. 28

561 .. 25

516 .. 24

527 .. 22

137 .. 21

413 .. 19

8 .. 17

136 .. 14

331 .. 14

151 .. 12

488 .. 12

315 .. 11

77 .. 10

365 .. 10

3 .. 8

285 .. 8

48 .. 7

435 .. 6

39 .. 4

21 .. 2

107 .. 1

221 .. 1

256 .. 1

Zero: 199, 262

 

 

Congratulations to Aub on his final win and top scoring and to round off a very successful night for him he won the CoC race as well.

 

It was also nice to see Mart, Rebel & Hutch out on track this evening, having not raced at all in 2010, so well done to them.

 

Finally I hope to see you all back racing for in the new season details of which will be up in the coming weeks.

Edited November 26, 2010 by Kevin

[Kruiz 136]

Well done to all winners, but a big well done and thanks to you Kev for running quite a busy meeting with so many races on!

[MoR137]

Thanks Kev for a great meeting, and the whole of admin for an excellent season - I may have only raced less than half of it, but it's been tremendously enjoyable - I can't remember a meeting where I've come away thinking it was rubbish.

 

Last night was an excellent way to finish of the season, with a high car turn out, a few returning drivers and some extra races. The night was a mixed bag for me; the Tin Top semi final went very well, with Spike not letting anybody get away, leading to some interesting opening laps. My first heat went resonably poorly, with a big group of blues causes some early problems, but it settled eventually and had a nice finish with Mav at the end. The second heat went much more to plan, although a seemingly out-of-character dutch superstar seemed to taking people out left right and centre, myself included. In the final, I had a problem with my wheel which made the FFB all notchy, but it was a decent race. The allcomers went much the same way as the heats, with lots of carnage to pick through.

 

The tin top finale however, went really well. I got a great start and tucked in behind Aub. We had a decent lead so didn't want to start messing around too early, but saw a dead car in the fence and tried to put him in it a few times to no avail, which allowed the pack to catch up. With a big bunch of cars now knocking me about, I thought it was a lost cause, but I then had a lap where everything seemed to fall into place. Firstly I went to stick a big hit in on the back in front (using Murf as a cue ball), and he hit the dodgy kerb collision took off into orbit, and then the next bend, the seas seemed to part and I managed to get a lead. After that I just tried to keep it consistent and steady. Thanks to those who pulled over - it was great to be able to win this one-off race!

 

The CoC started very similarly to the Tin Top, with me and Aub getting a little break. Murf eventually joined us, and what followed was 20-odd laps of 'who dares blink first'. Not wanting to let anybody through, I was saving it until last bend (although it was going to have to be pretty precise to ensure Murf didn't sneak past) but Murf got in there early and tried the snooker shot at the start of the last lap. Certainly was a great race, and well done to Aub for winning it, and the success he had for the rest of the night too.

 

Thanks again for the season, and see you all next year!

[big al 515]

Sorry to miss this one. I would have loved seeing a few old faces like Mart & Rebel back on track, but unfortunately something urgent cropped up.

 

It's good to see the meeting went very well.

 

Looking forward to next season already, the last few weeks have been superb.

 

Thanks to Kev and the other Admin for a great season.

 

[Johno3]

First of all, thanks to Kev for running the meeting. There were lots of races and it was run really well.

 

It was superb to see such a good attendance on Thursday night. Some old faces came back for the meeting (Hutch, Mart, Hooty and Rebel to name a few) and along with some drivers thathave not been around in recent weeks (Dode, Maverick, Matthew etc), it really added to the meeting.

 

I thought the semi finals and the Heat races are the night were simply epic. There was quality racing with no quarter given by any grades. No one around me were following each other in or makng any 'dirty moves' but instead scrapping hard for their position and making sure that us higher grade drivers had to work for ourt positions.

 

The later races with more cars got a little more tasty, but that is to be expected. Just one or two drivers took things a little to far, but in the main the racing continued to be hard but fair.

 

I must say, despite the fact I have not gone well in the quarter oif the season, I really think the racing has been simply sensational. Numbers have not quite what was expected, but the racing certainly has. I do hope that it continues into 2011 and with the possiblilty of new Tarmac physics for the F1's, it should make for a very interesting start to the new season.

 

Finally, thanks to Admin for running the league once again this season. Without them the league would not work and knowing most of them well, I know hoow much hard work they put it. Finally, thanks to everyone that supported the league during the season. As I stated, the racing has at times been out of this world this year, as more and more people get to grips with the game. I do hope that the quality of racing continues into the new season.

 

Cheers

 

Johno