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Elliott and Olly led the field away, quickly building a gap over the chasing pack. Olly remained close behind Elliott, initially not quite close enough to attempt a move, but Elliott knowing one small mistake would likely see him lose the lead. Behind the leaders, Matthew, Alan, Chris and Harley raced hard for third place, and a potential third overall in the championship. Out front, the one mistake came, and it was from Elliott. Getting his car sideways at the end of the straight, Olly didnâ™t need to be asked a second time and snuck through the narrow gap to take the lead. Elliott continued to hound Olly for the remainder of the five minutes and, despite one moment where he managed to get alongside to attempt repay the favour, couldnâ™t find a way to pass. Thus Olly ran out the winner, with Elliottâ™s runner up position enough to see him lift the overall EWS Scorpion Modified Championship for the second consecutive year, with Olly second overall and Alanâ™s fourth place finish giving him third overall ahead of his team mates.
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| Scorpion Modified A Final Result |
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1. Olly Jefferies â“ XRAY T4
2. Elliott Harper
3. Matthew White
4. Alan Bickerstaff
5. Chris Grainger
6. Harley Eldridge
7. Alex Thurston
8. Phil Chambers
9. Mark Gilliland
10. Paul Pinkney
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| Scorpion Modified Overall Championship Result |
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1. Elliott Harper â“ 599
2. Olly Jefferies â“ XRAY T4 - 595
3. Alan Bickerstaff â“ 580
4. Chris Grainger â“ 576
5. Matthew White â“ 575
6. Harley Eldridge â“ 574
7. Paul Pinkney â“ 558
8. Alex Thurston â“ 556
9. Stefan Chodzynski â“ 542
10. Phil Chambers â“ 542
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In the Wild Turbo Fan Super Stock Class, Zak Finlay got his run at the title underway by setting the fastest time ahead of XRAY team mate Marcus Askell. Richard King took third in front of the other main championship challenger Tony Broad. Marcus went fastest in the second round, ahead of Zak, Tony, Ben Pedersen and Daniel Blake, to lead an XRAY 1-2-3-4-5. Zak was back on top in the third qualifier, ahead of Marcus, Tony, and Ricky Copsey. Zak Finlay secured pole position and took a step closer to the WTF Super Stock Championship by going quickest in the final round ahead of Marcus, Tony, Ricky and Keith Dempsey.
Zak made a clean start at the front of the A Final, whilst Tony appeared to have found a little more speed and hustled Marcus from lap one. Whilst Tony and Marcus continued to fight, Zak got his head down and extended his lead out to around two and a half seconds. Tony tried everything he could, but the former series champion could not get past Marcus, who drove a perfect race under pressure. Therefore, out in front Zak had a lonely drive to secure both the win and the overall EWS WTF Super Stock Championship. Tony still finished second overall, with Marcusâ™ strong run of results in the second half of the season lifting him to third overall.
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1. Zak Finlay â“ XRAY T4
2. Marcus Askell â“ XRAY T4
3. Tony Broad â“ XRAY T4
4. Ricky Copsey
5. Richard King
6. Ben Pedersen â“ XRAY T4
7. Daniel Blake â“ XRAY T4
8. Matthew Worton â“ XRAY T4
9. Tim Hancock â“ XRAY T4
10. Keith Dempsey
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Full results from R5, along with the Championship standings and Tech Charts which will follow shortly, can be found here: http://www.ewsevents.co.uk/race-results
The Organisers would like to thank all the series sponsors for their support, and most importantly all the drivers for being part of another successful year and the fantastic levels of competition this season.
The EWS Events team now have a short break before returning for the EWS International, (http://www.ewsevents.co.uk/2017-ews-international.html) which takes place 31 March to 02 April to round out the UK and European carpet season.
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