CML Associated take York 24h endurance race

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The 2012 York 'EBOR 24' - 24 hour endurance race took place this weekend at the York Off Road Car Club's indoor venue. Seven teams took part with drivers coming from all over the UK - including a full team of Scottish drivers.

After a few early problems and plenty of electrical changes later - the eventual winners by quite a long way were team CML / AE - running the 4WD Associated B44.1 buggy.
The CML team's combination of 4WD and a ton of talented drivers meant they really wen't going to be touched despite early pressure and the aforementioned electrical problems - so the fight was on for second.

Coming into the final few hours it was between the 2WD buggies of the Rossmod/Durango team, and team BudsBalls.
Team BudsBalls were almost exclusively running their #1 driver, Nathan Ralls, to attempt to close the gap on Rossmod/Durango.
A stripped Servo horn for the team dropped them back - and fixing the car with another stripped horn wasn't the best idea so in they came again.

Above - the winning B44.1 of the CML./AE team.

With half an hour to go and Nathan Ralls finally off the rostrum - it was clear that Rossmod-Durango weren't going to be caught and they held a lead of around 30 laps till the end to take second.

Above: Rossmod / Durango team were second overall, and top 2WD car

Above: The top 2WD car of 2nd place team, Rossmod Durango

The final results were as follows:

1st CML Associated - 3970 laps - Associated B44.1
2nd Rossmod Durango - 3655 laps - Durango DEX210
3rd Buds Balls - 3629 laps - Associated B4.1
4th Wallbangers - 3445 laps Associated B44.1
5th Scottish - Warriors 3428 laps Durango DEX410
6th Morley Models - 2778 laps Associated B44.1
7th CDS - 2400 (Retired at 21 hours) Yokomo BX

Thanks to the organisers - roll on the next event!