Results for both the Irish Vintage & Veteran Car Show and July 11th are now posted on the results page of
www.dublinmodelracing.com.
Results for Sunday 18th July will follow as soon as possible.
Now that more drivers have completed the 6 counting rounds, it is becoming apparent that this year's championship is going to get a tight one!
4WD: Micheal O'Leary is now starting to dominate 4wd with a near perfect score of 599 from 600. Realistically, his only rival at this stage is Michael Bolger whos score is 499 from 500 so far - also pretty impressive. Should both drivers end up on perfect scores of 600 from 600 - the count back proceedure will be introduced. There are several stages to this -
- Who had the most overall wins from their counting scores? - draw; both could have 6 maximum scores.
- Who was the first to score a maximum overall score? - Bolger; scores 100 in round 2 to O'Leary's 98.
This would hand the victory to Michael Bolger. However, O'Leary beat Bolger in Terenure for the first time this year and the XXX-4 looked really quick - Bolger will really have to focus on trying to compete on every remaining round and putting in a good performance if he is to stand a chance of beating O'Leary. Best of luck to both men - they both deserve it after alot of good racing!
2wd: There are more potential winners of the 2wd championship than 4wd. In the overall championship Michael O'Leary leads (593) with the chance of doing "the double". With two wins, he is being chased hard by Tony Kavanagh (592) who has 3 wins, but hasn't been as consistent as O'Leary - and with only 1 point in it, it's all to play for. The third challenger is Michael Bolger with only 1 win (586). Michael is showing better form now after a poor start to the championship and could tidy up his scoring over the coming rounds and become a title contender. William White (498) currently has the most wins (4) and just one more would leave him leading and 5 points clear of the chasing pack. With the 2wd Nationals taking place this weekend there will be alot of drivers pushing for that win; White was beaten for the first time in this championship in Terenure - hopefully not an emerging trend! The recent impressive performances from Colin Whelan, a late surge could also see him come into the picture.
In the "Clubman" (F4/F5) 2wd catagory Dave Bolger had lead from the word go, however and ever improving Dan Horgan could steal the title from the veteran racer - this would be a great achievement for Horgan who is only in his first seasons racing.
The 4wd "Clubman" (F4/F5) championship has been pretty much sealed up by Lee McGuire. The Tamiya driver has showed immense improvement over this season and is only threatened by new racer Ivan Thomson, whos regular scoring is nibbling at McGuire's lead.