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Race Report by Ben Cosgrove
The Norths premier Indoor Winter Series returned to the Don Vally Stadium in Sheffield after its summer break to a resounding success. We only had 90 drivers in attendance at this round, not the full 120 we normally get but this was due to the BRCA AGM on the same date. Unfortunately we could not get another date in the Stadium so we had to clash.

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As always the organising club SDRCC did a fantastic job of building the track and setting up the pit area. The Don Valley Stadium offers tables/chairs and also mains power for all drivers which is a big bonus as you do not have to carry in big 12V batteries! The track featured a unique diagonal straight for the first time and was like Marmite, you hated it or you loved it! The track markings were also taped down as a fix for the 'moving' track as some people have referred to it as. This meant the track did not move but it was very unforgiving to say the least! We will work on a different solution for the next round.

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Modified Qualifying saw Ben Cosgrove take a clear win in round one from Liam Brookes and XRAY team driver Brian Eldridge having a good day at his first BIWS experience. Elliott Harper took the round 2 win from Ben Cosgrove, Brian Eldridge, Alistair Graham & Jonathon Aird making it an XRAY 1,2,3,4,5!!! The last round saw the front runners on the grid make mistakes and did not improve their time. Jonathon Aird improved to take third on the grid.

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Mod Finals saw Ben Cosgrove take an easy win from Elliott with a very close race going on behind for third place which Jonny Aird claimed over the fast Adam. Another good start for Ben saw him take an early lead which he held throughout the race. A late charge from Jonny saw him make a late challenge but in the end he finished in second position. Alistair Graham took a good third place in the run. Unfortunately Elliott retired which meant no podium finish.

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Overall Mod Positions

1 Ben Cosgrove XRAY T2'008
2 Jonathan Aird XRAY T2'008
3 Alistair Graham XRAY T2'008

4 Stewart Noble
5 Adam Richardson XRAY T2'008
6 Elliott Harper XRAY T2'008
7 Brian Eldridge XRAY T2'008
8 Phil Chambers XRAY T2'008

9 Liam Brooks
10 Edward Crump

Overall Pro Stock Positions

1 Joshua Rose
2 Luke Humphery XRAY T2'008
3 Charlie Ware XRAY T2'008

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