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| Race report by Oli Meggit |
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The inaugural International Carpet Challenge took place this weekend in Essex, UK. Hosted by Oli Meggitt and the well-known Essex Winter Series team at their popular indoor venue, the event was supported by HPI, Tonisport and Muchmore and attracted drivers from around the UK, Ireland, France, Belgium, Germany and Poland.
In the Pro Stock class, Team XRAY's Zak Finlay set the pace, topping the first four rounds of qualifying to secure the pole position. The fight for second was between the Schumacher of Ashley Wiffen, Awesomatixâ™ Richard King and Zakâ™s XRAY team-mate James Baker. Ashley was second in the first round, James second in round two, whilst Richard took the runner-up position in round three. Ashley secured second on the grid after he took second in the fourth qualifier, and then topped the final round when Zak pulled off, the pole sitter using the round to run in a fresh set of tires for the three-leg A finals. The A-main grid consisted mainly of XRAY cars with 6 cars out of 10 being XRAY.
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It was the same story for the A Finals, as Zak was challenged in the early stages of each leg by the three contendors, but from about the one minute point each time began to pull away and leave the three behind him to race for second place. James came through to take second in the first leg, ahead of Ashley and Richard. In leg two, the finishing order was the same as the starting order, with Zak taking the win and Ashley ahead of Richard and James. This second win giving Zak the overall ICC title. Zak completed his domination of the weekend by winning the final leg, Ashley took second to confirm himself in the runner up position, and James took third to complete the podium.
Pro Stock A-final result
1. Zak Finlay â“ XRAY T4
2. Ashley Wiffen
3. James Baker â“ XRAY T4
4. Richard King
5. Daniel Veness â“ XRAY T4
6. Will Vertigan â“ XRAY T4
7. Mark Buonaiuto â“ XRAY T4
8. Jamie Hickin
9. Simon Hibberd â“ XRAY T4
10.Tony Broad |
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Olly Jefferies, making his international event debut for XRAY, Qualified 4th for the modified A main and finished 5th overall after the three leg final.
Modified A-final result
1. Kyle Branson â“ GB
2. Freddy Sudhoff â“ DE
3. Yannic Prumper â“ DE
4. Christopher Krapp â“ DE
5. Olly Jefferies â“ GB â“ XRAY T4
6. Elliott Harper â“ GB
7. Chris Grainger â“ GB
8. Jon Bowden â“ GB
9. Matthew White â“ GB
10.Michal Orlowski - PL |
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XRAY also had representation in the 17.5 Stock class with four cars making the stock A-main.
Stock A-final result
1. Jimmy Maddison
2. Gavin Clinch
3. William Stuart â“ XRAY T4
4. Mason Weston â“ XRAY T4
5. Mark Young
6. Adam Mullock
7. Nicky Yarranton â“ XRAY T4
8. Fabien Simonini
9. Michael Ball
10.Dani Young â“ XRAY T4
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