Walshy on Pole for 1st round of LOTRDC

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 1:40 pm

By 0.5 seconds.

Dont have full results yet, but the boy's done good. Obviously all those training days with scottish elisers have been rubbing off on him

Fingers crossed for both the races this afternoon

Neil

robin · Post by **robin** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 3:21 pm

At 0.5 seconds he'll be sand bagging I would guess

Robin

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:34 pm

Last i heard from Kelvin, he was winning the first race comfortably at about half distance.

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 4:43 pm

Are any of the races going to be televised?

mckeann · Post by **mckeann** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:07 pm

this race will be televised on the 6th of april on motors TV. the next event will also be televised

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:17 pm

McKeann will be televised on Crimewatch too....

tut · Post by **tut** » Sat Mar 24, 2007 5:21 pm

Neil

Is he in his S/C car in Class 3?

tut

tut · Post by **tut** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:23 am

For those that have not seen the resuts:-

tut

Walsh wins first Elise Trophy race
Funnell and Harvey complete top three

As in qualifying earlier in the day there was no stopping Andrew Walsh, who drove to a lights-to-flag victory ahead of Mark Funnell and David Harvey in the first ever Lotus on Track Elise Trophy race.

Away from the line Harvey and Mark Gooday appeared to get bogged down from second and fourth place on the grid, so Funnell and Sean Bicknell were quick to take advantage and move into second and third place. Harvey soon fought back in his 340R though, snatching third from Bicknell.

Further down the order Malcolm Sanders and Steve Williams became involved in a close battle over sixth place, as David Rowatt became the unlucky first retirement in the series when he pulled his Elise off the track at Clearways in a cloud of smoke. Sanders would become the second of just two retirements when his car suffered a similar fate on lap 11.

After a strong start at the front Walsh managed to pull out a short lead but Funnell was able to close the gap as the duo carved their way through the traffic. Unfortunately for him, after they'd got through the backmarkers Walsh was able to stay ahead to the chequered flag to claim overall victory. Further back Steve Williams took victory in Class B with sixth overall while Gavin Kirby was the highest placed Class A finisher, in 10th.

The most nailbiting finish award went to Nick Kaye, who crossed the line side-by-side with Russell Treasure to claim eighth place by just a single thousandth of second.

Lotus On Track Elise Trophy Race 1 Result

1) Andrew Walsh (Lotus Elise S1) 20m39.671s
2) Mark Funnell (Lotus Exige) +1.838s
3) David Harvey (Lotus 340R) +8.577s
4) Sean Bicknell (Lotus Exige) +9.949s
5) David Skeggs (Lotus Elise) +26.010s
6) Steve Williams (Lotus Elise S1) +27.768s
7) Andrew Kell (Lotus Elise S2) +45.037s

Nick Kaye (Lotus Elise) +47.537s
9) Russell Treasure (Lotus Elise) +47.538s
10) Gavin Kirby (Lotus Exige S2) +1 LAP

DDtB · Post by **DDtB** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:25 am

The S1 wins again!

Victor Meldrew · Post by **Victor Meldrew** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:26 am

DDtB wrote:The S1 wins again!

Well they would do wouldnt they.. lighter.... respect to the 340r though

Post by **campbell** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:29 am

mckeann wrote:this race will be televised on the 6th of april on motors TV. the next event will also be televised

However, the Revolution will not be televised.

Rich H · Post by **Rich H** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:29 am

340R must be a bit hairy in a race with elises and exiges...

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 10:41 am

Mr Skeggs did well too - +26s (0.5 lap I suppose) behind the S/C Hondas in a 1.9 K16 (unless I missed an engine change for him ...).

Of course Brands is not going to reward the high power engine as much as some of the bigger circuits, but even so, Kell really needs to pull his finger out

If I had been a bit more organised I would have gone to watch it, but this weekend is a big weekend for my son's choir (or quire, if you prefer), so was never going to be popular

Cheers,
Robin

Uldis · Post by **Uldis** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 11:06 am

And I would say Sean Bricknell did excellent!
4th with a 1.8K series, just behind the 2 SC Hondas and the 340R (which if I understand well was on his own class, with also a K).

I would say good result on the first race for an engine that has been slagged by most people, but beat all NA Hondas and most SC Hondas as well!

But the icing on the cake was on race 2, didn't Sean get 2nd?

Roll on the K!

robin · Post by **robin** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 12:13 pm

Indeed - I only highlights Skeggs 'cos I know him and knew what his engine was (at least last time I talked to him, anyway) - hadn't realised there were so many other K-series cars close to the front - does anyone have a link to the entrant's classes and specs?

[Edit: I just found some of the info on LOT site, but a complete final list would be interestin if anyone has one or knows where to find one].

Mind you two cars retired in a cloud of smoke - what's the betting they were both K's too

Cheers,
Robin