DRIVER:
Name: (Dan) Daniel Watts
Date of berth: 27/11/1996
Age at this race: 14
Time driving: 6 Months (started: Sep 2010)
Cars: Started with a B4 then a Schumacher Cougar and now the sweet KYOSHO Vega Elite
LOCATION:
The Taplow RC winter series round 6 on the 20th March 2011, was the last round in taplow RC’s indoor winter event on carpet.
Round 1
In the first round the Vega impressed everyone by setting the fastest qualifying by over twelve and a half seconds.
Pos:1 Car:1 Name: Daniel Watts Result:15/ 306.61 Av Lap:20.44 Fastest Time:19.23
Round 2
In round 2 Matt Perry pulled away with his X-factory X6 setting the fastest qualifying so far and the Vega just behind him.
Pos:2 Car:1 Name: Daniel Watts Result:15/ 302.71 Av Lap:20.18 Fastest Lap:19.31
Round 3
Round 3 was a good round for the Vega, Matt Perry was close but in the end Daniel Watts with the Vega Elite pulled away and again, it set the fastest time of the qualifying after round 3.
Pos:1 Car:1 Name: Daniel Watts Result:16/ 315.73 Av Lap:19.73 Fastest Time:18.99
Round 4
The final round of qualifying was close between Daniel Watts (Vega Elite) and Chris Perry (X-Factory X-6). It was extremely close but in the end Chris Perry inched ahead to get the fastest time of that round. But it wasn’t enough for him because the Vega had already qualified first overall.
Pos:2 Car:1 Name: Daniel Watts Result:16/ 312.94 Av Lap:19.56 Fastest Time:18.94
A Final Leg 1
The first leg of the A final was won by Matt Perry and Daniel Watts coming in behind him in second place.
Pos:1 Car:2 Name: Matt Perry Result:16/ 306.97 Av Lap:19.19 Fastest Lap:18.67
Pos:2 Car:1 Name: Daniel Watts Result:16/ 316.88 Av Lap:19.81 Fastest Lap:19.06
Pos:3 Car:3 Name: Chris Perry Result:16/ 318.67 Av Lap:19.92 Fastest Lap18.93 (11)
A Final Leg 2
The second leg of the A final was a close race between Daniel Watts and Chris Perry. The two racers switched places for nearly half the race until on the last few corners Chris Perry managed to crawl ahead to win the race by one second and Daniel Watts finishing very closely behind him.
Pos:1 Car:3 Name: Chris Perry Result:16/ 315.64 Av Lap:19.73 Fastest Lap:18.25
Pos:2 Car:1 Name: Daniel Watts Result: 16/ 317.13 Av Lap: 19.82 Fastest Lap 18.78
Pos:3 Car:2 Name: Matt Perry Result: 15/ 305.34 Av Lap: 20.36 Fastest Lap: 18.70
A Final Leg 3
In the final leg of the final Chris Perry unfortunately had to drop out due to technical problems with his car, and the scores were level between Daniel Watts and Matt Perry, so this meant it was winner takes all with the two racers. The race had a shaky start but the two leaders (Dan & Matt) got away cleanly. Daniel Watts led nearly all the way through the race with matt just a few inches behind his car. Towards the end of the race Daniel was pulling away from matt. Desperate to grab victory Matt Perry tried to jump over Daniel on the last corner but failed, allowing Daniel to cross the line in first place meaning that Daniel Watts and his Vega Elite had won the day.
Pos:1 Car: 1 Name: Daniel Watts Result: 16/ 315.11 Av Lap: 19.69 Fastest Time: 18.75
Pos:2 Car:2 Name: Matt Perry Result: 16/ 315.64 Av Lap: 19.73 Fastest Lap: 18.38
Pos:3 Car: 8 Name: Jamie Armitage Result: 15/ 324.34 Av Lap:21.62 Fastest Time:19.34
Overall Winner in First Place: Daniel Watts!!
Well Done - Keep Up the Good Work!