Well the final round of the championship was a biggy!! There have been position shuffles in all of the classes and the results are now up on the club website -
www.dublinmodelracing.com
In the clubman class, Eoin Keating put in a great performance under pressure to win the class and the championship. Lee McGuire finished second cementing his position as runner-up in what is becoming a difficult championship to win. Focus will now turn to the 2011 outdoor championship. Kevin White registered his sixth score to finish 3rd by leapfroging Dave Bolger who was fourth in the championship.
In the modified section, Mark Penney put in another top performance to win the round, but with only 4 scores, he doesn't qualify for the overall positions. William White finished a close second and posted the only 16 lap run of the season to secure the championship win. Derek McCloskey, driving the improving Cougar SV, registered his sixth score of season in third place and secured third overall in the championship. Michael Bolger put in another consistant performance to ensure that second in the championship was his with a 4th place finish.
In 4wd, Derek McCloskey was the pace setter all day and is really getting to grips with the CAT SX2, but a single unfortunate bad-bounce in the final was enough to gift William White with the win - giving him a maximum 600 point tally for the championship. Michael O'Leary hung on to finish 3rd in the final, securing 2nd in the series also. Whilst a battle between the two Dungan brothers saw John come out on top - leaving John and Nigel, third and fourth in the championship respectively.
Other notable performances of the day were;
Paul Penney was a very welcome visitor to the Naul for the last round of the series. He spent the day practicing on Saturday with his Cougar SV and was setting times that would stick him amongst the top drivers in the A Final. Very unfortunately, Paul would break a front bulkhead in practice on race day and without a spare available was forced to use a 10 year old Associated B4 that was less that perfect. I reckon I jinxed him by "talking him up" on the forum last week..... sorry Paul.
In addition to the already mentioned drivers, Kevin White, Tony Kavanagh, Graham Parkes, and even young Ciaran Parkes all seemed to get around the track a littel better today - this bodes very well for the outdoor season.
Well done all
