LMP12 National Round 5&6 (Chesterfield )

The Chesterfield Club held rounds 5 & 6 of the LMP12 national series and what a great two days it was. The club produced a tight track making 8mins hard to complete mistake free. Two new first time A finalists again! Alex Bold qualified 8th on the Saturday, however he wasn't the only one who made their first appearance in the A final. Bailey Graves qualified P10 on the grid, well done to both of them 🎉As we all know making a LMP12 A final is no easy feat. Ollie Payne took the overall TQ after a dominant performance in qualifying. 2nd place was Andy Murray while Sam Coult qualified with his best performance of the season and started in the number 3 spot.

      The starting grid for the A final

1. Ollie Payne

2. Andy Murray

3. Sam Coult 

4. Mark Stiles 

5. Michael Bolt 

6. Morgan Williams 

7. Finley Whitelock 

8. Alex Bold 

9. Adam Mackman

10. Bailey Graves 

All that Ollie Payne needed to do was finish on the podium to take the overall championship. The tone went and the championship battle commenced and it was the perfect start for Ollie as he led the clean starting field away in formation order. Ollie immediately broke away from second place Andy, Sam Coult had a fast starting Mark Stiles hunting him down until a minute in when a small mistake dropped mark down to p6. A few laps later another mistake from Mark would see Finley and Alex Sneak their way up into 6th and 7th. Alex Bold was leading a train of 4 cars for the next couple of laps and we saw some close battles between Alex, Finley, Mark and Adam while  2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th battled for the podium places. An incident between Alex and Finley would see Adam Mackman and Mark Stiles move up places. The closest battle on track was now for the final podium place between Sam Coult and Michael Bolt. 4 minutes down and ollie was now making his way though some back markers. The battle for third was about to get a whole lot better as Morgan Williams and Mark Stiles had joined the party. Still in action at the rear of the field, a battle for 7th place was starting to build up between Finley and Adam. with 40 seconds to go Sam and Michael had now started to close the gap to Andy in third place. Across the line came Ollie Payne who took the national championship of 2024! Andy Murray finished second and despite constant pressure from Michael it was Sam Coult who made the bottom step of the podium.

     A final finishing order

1.  Ollie Payne

2. Andy Murray   

3. Sam Coult     

4. Michael Bolt     

5. Mark Stiles     

6. Morgan Williams     

7. Adam Mackman   

8. Finley Whitelock           

9. Bailey Graves

10. Alex Bold                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

Round 6 , the final round took place on Sunday. With 1st in the championship all done, it was 2nd in the championship that was still to be decided between the two Awesomatix team mates of Mark Stiles and Michael Bolt. The junior title was still to be decided heading into the final round on equal points, while Finley was absent with other racing commitments at rnd 6 , Chase just needed to make A final to take the title. The new National Champion Ollie Payne took overall TQ while Mark stiles started p2 and Sam Coult started 3rd. Alex Bold made it 2 A finals to show his A final Saturday wasn't a fluke. Junior Chase Mackman qualified 5th beating some very fast names....and his dad. This crowns Chase the national junior champion 2024🎉

final starting positions                                                                           

1. Ollie Payne

2. Mark Stiles

3. Sam Coult

4. Morgan Williams

5. Chase Mackman

6. Michael Bolt

7. Alexander Robertson

8. Louis Parker

9. Alex Bold

10. Adam Mackman                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               

The tone went and we were underway for the last A final of the season. Ollie Payne led the way from the start with no massive incident to report. A few laps in and Michael Bolt had got himself past Chase Mackman and he was up into 5th. A few laps later a mistake from Chase allowed the fast paced Louis Parker up into 6th place . Ollie Payne had checked out and the battle for the podium had started. Adam Mackman had moved himself into 8th after a strong start. 3 minutes in and a mistake from Sam had dropped him out of the podium places as Morgan took 3rd place. Louis Parker had also worked himself into 5th place. The battle for 2nd was turning out to be a cracker with Mark Stiles , Morgan Williams and Sam Coult. A mistake from Morgan Williams and Sam meant Mark had a bit more breathing room as Ollie Payne crossed the line to take another win. Marks 2nd in the final meant he would take 2nd in the championship, While Michael Bolt took 3rd in the championship.

      A final finishing positions 

1. Ollie Payne

2. Mark Stiles

3. Morgan Williams

4. Sam Coult

5. Louis Parker

6. Michael Bolt

7. Chase Mackman

8. Adam Mackman

9. Alex Bold

10. Alexander Robertson

Top 10 Championship final positions 

1. Ollie Payne

2. Mark Stiles

3. Michael Bolt

4. Sam Coult

5. Andy Murray  

6. Morgan Williams

7. Adam Mackman

8. Chase Mackman

9. Finley Whitelock

10. Aaron Morley

  We thank you all for attending the Nationals this season. Next year is looking very promising and we hope to see you there.