Cragg/RC8 Dominates Again

This race is a one off in that it is run over two days and not one like all the other nationals, and is run to the EFRA christmas tree finals system. The terrible weather that was forecast did indeed arrive and the qualifying sessions were cut from 5 to 3 and run in very wet conditions. To everyones surprise the track stood up to the weather extremely well and was in the main very driveable. Round 1 saw Ho Bao returnee Dave Bailey take the round followed by Neil Cragg and Ho Bao new boy David Crompton, thes guys were followed by Graham Alsop and Paul Bradby completing a CML/RB engine lock out of the top 5. Round 2 saw Neil stretch the legs of the Associated RC8 and take the round quite comfortably from Jon Hazelwood and David Crompton. In round 3 the track was shortened slighty to remove the dirt corner that had become dangerous for the marshalls. In this round Neil obliterated the opposition and raced to a time that nobody could get within a second a lap of, Paul Bradby took second in round but 7 seconds behind the rampant RC8 and the next driver was Adrian Svensson who was 10 seconds adrift.This left the top 5 with Neil Cragg, Jon Hazelwood, David Crompton, Dave Bailey and Paul Bradby. The weather had not improved the following morning and with half the pitting area under water the decision was taken to cancel the finals and take the results from qualifying.