GT12 National Series Round3 Tamworth
Round 3 saw 50 drivers turn out to take part in the event with a wide spread of ages and abilities.
At one end of the age range we had young Benedict Enion just 8 years old and only racing RC cars for a few months, and at the other end of the age scale was Stephen Mullock who had recently celebrated his 70th birthday.
Alongside Benedict were at least 8 other junior racers and it was fantastic to see young racers excitedly taking part with some fantastic finishing results, these youngsters are sure to make a big impact soon .
On to the action and it was no suprise that Sam Coult picked up from where he'd left off, after taking TQ and the win in round 2 at west bridgeford he remained at the top of the time sheet throughout qualifying.
James Hart was the only driver who could get near to Sam all day, with them both being 5 seconds clear of the next racer.
Behind them the battle raged as Andrea Torregiani, Michael Laws, Ewan Thompson & Matt Gammons were the only other drivers to post 28 laps with them all swapping places through the day.
Alongside Andrea in the A final was another very fast junior, Freddie Parker qualified seventh and both making their first national A finals so congratulations to Andrea & Freddie.
| Pos | Name | Car | Best | Ave | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sam Coult | 28 / 363.70 | 12.98 | 12.68 | |
| 2 | James Hart | 28 / 364.05 | 13.00 | 12.66 | |
| 3 | Andrea Torregiani | 28 / 371.83 | 13.27 | 12.91 | |
| 4 | Michael Laws | 28 / 372.33 | 13.29 | 12.99 | |
| 5 | Ewan Thompson | 28 / 372.62 | 13.30 | 12.95 | |
| 6 | Matthew Gammons | 28 / 373.13 | 13.32 | 12.98 | |
| 7 | Freddie Parker | 27 / 361.25 | 13.37 | 13.05 | |
| 8 | Daniel Mountford | 27 / 364.33 | 13.49 | 13.10 | |
| 9 | Matthew Lax | 27 / 364.66 | 13.50 | 13.05 | |
| 10 | David Gale | 27 / 365.55 | 13.53 | 13.02 | |
| 11 | Matthew Hunter | 27 / 365.58 | 13.54 | 13.23 | |
| 12 | Alfie Hart | 27 / 371.40 | 13.75 | 13.44 | |
| 13 | Chris Hammer | 27 / 371.63 | 13.76 | 13.35 | |
| 14 | Josh Flanagan | 27 / 371.83 | 13.77 | 13.17 | |
| 15 | Alex Eve | 27 / 371.97 | 13.77 | 13.48 | |
| 16 | Ethan Boyce | 27 / 374.00 | 13.85 | 13.49 | |
| 17 | Adam Hancock | 27 / 374.12 | 13.85 | 13.41 | |
| 18 | Lee Speight | 26 / 360.47 | 13.86 | 13.44 | |
| 19 | Tom Bird | 26 / 361.26 | 13.89 | 13.47 | |
| 20 | Richard White | 26 / 361.29 | 13.89 | 13.42 | |
| 21 | Andrew Slingsby | 26 / 361.31 | 13.89 | 13.51 | |
| 22 | Michelle Snowden | 26 / 361.92 | 13.92 | 13.58 | |
| 23 | Adam Mullock | 26 / 362.08 | 13.92 | 13.47 | |
| 24 | Paul Thompson | 26 / 364.09 | 14.00 | 13.47 | |
| 25 | Phil Hammer | 26 / 365.98 | 14.07 | 13.70 | |
| 26 | Gavin Rice | 26 / 366.70 | 14.10 | 13.83 | |
| 27 | Simon Galbraith | 26 / 366.97 | 14.11 | 13.52 | |
| 28 | Ian Laws | 26 / 372.26 | 14.31 | 13.59 | |
| 29 | Gary Pugh | 26 / 372.99 | 14.34 | 13.86 | |
| 30 | Gavin Thorogood | 26 / 374.77 | 14.41 | 13.86 | |
| 31 | John Parker | 25 / 363.75 | 14.55 | 13.92 | |
| 32 | Leon Janyshiwskyj | 25 / 364.23 | 14.56 | 13.86 | |
| 33 | Conor Galbraith | 25 / 367.10 | 14.68 | 13.90 | |
| 34 | Glenn Atterton | 25 / 368.50 | 14.74 | 14.11 | |
| 35 | Ray Grilli | 25 / 369.16 | 14.76 | 13.92 | |
| 36 | Ian Devonshire | 25 / 371.93 | 14.87 | 14.28 | |
| 37 | Caleb Jones | 25 / 373.94 | 14.95 | 14.20 | |
| 38 | Ashley Pearce | 25 / 375.06 | 15.00 | 14.26 | |
| 39 | Chris Taylor | 24 / 365.77 | 15.24 | 14.82 | |
| 40 | Craig Wayte | 24 / 368.13 | 15.33 | 14.59 | |
| 41 | Peter Lax | 24 / 372.76 | 15.53 | 14.55 | |
| 42 | Louis Speight | 24 / 372.87 | 15.53 | 14.49 | |
| 43 | Clara Boyce | 23 / 362.15 | 15.74 | 14.56 | |
| 44 | Andy Wagstaff | 23 / 365.76 | 15.90 | 14.69 | |
| 45 | Chris Duff | 23 / 371.40 | 16.14 | 15.08 | |
| 46 | Anderson Duff | 21 / 361.75 | 17.22 | 16.09 | |
| 47 | Stephen Mullock | 19 / 378.34 | 19.91 | 17.93 | |
| 48 | Carly Hopper | 16 / 341.49 | 21.34 | 19.33 | |
| 49 | Eric Enion | 15 / 349.95 | 23.33 | 20.49 | |
| 50 | Benedict Enion | 11 / 353.59 | 32.14 | 21.20 |
Into the final and it was a similar story to qualifying with Sam & James pulling clear of the field with Sam going on to take victory. Behind them positions were swapped in the early few laps with Ewan and Matt slowly edging away from the chasers to battle for the final podium position with Matt eventually winning that battle.
A Final result
| Pos | Car | Driver | Result | Best10 | Best |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sam Coult | 28 / 365.30 | 12.89 | 12.79 |
| 2 | 2 | James Hart | 28 / 365.98 | 12.86 | 12.72 |
| 3 | 6 | Matthew Gammons | 27 / 362.60 | 13.11 | 12.97 |
| 4 | 5 | Ewan Thompson | 27 / 362.97 | 13.14 | 13.06 |
| 5 | 4 | Michael Laws | 27 / 363.88 | 13.09 | 12.93 |
| 6 | 3 | Andrea Torregiani | 27 / 364.71 | 13.11 | 13.03 |
| 7 | 7 | Freddie Parker | 27 / 365.70 | 13.18 | 13.04 |
| 8 | 8 | Daniel Mountford | 27 / 367.22 | 13.23 | 13.15 |
A huge thank you to everyone at T.R.R.A.C for hosting another great meeting and to all who raced, these events are nothing with out you the fantastic racers .
So great to see so many juniors and to have a couple of first time national entrants I hope all enjoyed your first and will be back for many more .
B Final
C Final
D Final
E Final
F Final
Now we take our mid season brake and come back after Christmas in Stafford at the Hednesford Raceway