This was the first outing of 2000 for the flyers and turned out to be a fine, albeit rather cool, day with a steady light wind blowing across the runway. We have been extremely lucky with the events at Oakington weather wise over the past few years.
It was clearly a day for many of the teams to try and "get rid of the cobwebs" with a number of folks opting to fly older or second string equipment and just use the day as a way of reminding themselves what it is all about. The event was attended by 10 teams and racing got underway at midday following the 4 heats and a final pattern.
From the start it was the top UK Pairing of Ross/Turner who lead the way with a 3:22.5 in the first round and improving to put in a couple of sub 3:20’s in following rounds.
Langworth/Campbell were 2nd fastest on the day putting in a 3:29.2 and third fastest were Fry/Whorton with a 3:31.5.
Fitzgerald Thomason put in a couple of smooth races but were low on airspeed producing a quickest time of 3:36 and Smith/Brown were having great difficulty in getting anything like a constant setting on their Mazniak gear recording a best time of 3:43.9
In the final Fry/Whorton overheated on 20 laps and spent the rest of the race trying to get the temperature right, Ross/Turner had a tip over on landing when their Wheel Jammed, and Langworth/Campbell had to make a couple of compression adjustments. It was Ross/Turner who lead over the line with 7:08.6 followed by Langworth/Campbell on 7:37.1 – Fry/Whorton trailing by a couple of minutes.
Not a memorable competition for times recorded but a good days racing and a chance for everyone to get back into it !
Thanks to Dave Rudd for running the event and providing a number of workshop goodies as prizes.
F2C - Team Race Results |
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Heat 1 |
Heat 2 |
Heat 3 |
Heat 4 |
Final |
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1 |
Ross/Turner |
3 |
22.5 |
3 |
19.6 |
3 |
17.8 |
ret |
01.0 |
7 |
08.6 |
2 |
Langworth/Campbell |
3 |
29.2 |
3 |
56.5 |
3 |
31.0 |
3 |
45.1 |
7 |
37.1 |
3 |
Fry/Whorton |
3 |
55.3 |
ret |
36.0 |
3 |
31.5 |
3 |
34.8 |
9 |
43.4 |
4 |
Fitzgerald/Thomason |
3 |
46.8 |
3 |
36.0 |
3 |
44.1 |
3 |
48.0 |
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5 |
Smith/Brown |
ret |
87.0 |
3 |
55.4 |
4 |
01.7 |
3 |
43.9 |
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6 |
Walker/Peart |
4 |
28.5 |
3 |
54.4 |
ret |
01.0 |
4 |
10.0 |
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7 |
Green/Yeldham |
ret |
35.0 |
ret |
35.0 |
dq |
4 |
03.4 |
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8 |
Holmes/Robson |
4 |
54.2 |
ret |
01.0 |
dq |
dnf |
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9 |
Miles/Banks |
ret |
01.0 |
ret |
34.0 |
ret |
97.0 |
ret |
72.0 |
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10 |
Tribe/Bollen |
ret |
17.0 |
ret |
66.0 |
ret |
01.0 |
dnf |
League Points were awarded as follows :-
Ent |
Plc |
Fin |
Imp |
Tot |
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Ross/Turner |
1 |
6 |
2 |
0 |
9 |
Langworth/Campbell |
1 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
8 |
Fry/Whorton |
1 |
4 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
Fitzgerald/Thomason |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
Smith/Brown |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
Walker/Peart |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
Green/Yeldham |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Holmes/Robson |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Miles/Banks |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Tribe/Bollen |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |