CML Associated take York 24h endurance race

[jimmy]

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!

[David Church]

What a great event to attend! I very much enjoyed myself.
Congratulations to the winners CML AE!!!
I was surprised to see that this was a proper race, yes for 24 hours, these teams we NOT playing games and raced every lap for every position!!!
I recommend attending this race next year!!!

Also congrats to Ross mod/Durango team on their victory! You fought hard and had good tactics and had great reliability which helped you win!!!

But you didn't have to get Jimmy to say we only used Nathan to try and defend why you only beat us by 30 laps!!!

BUDSBALLS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Thanks for a great event and a great meeting I will definitely be back next year!!!

[David Church]

Team Budsballs.

[budfish]

[coleman758]

THANKS GUYS FOR A FANTASTIC WEEKEND,

WELL DONE CML GUYS, YOU DROVE A GREAT RACE, SHAME ABOUT THE SPEEDO PROBLEMS

I CAN'T STRESS ENOUGH HOW CLOSE IT WAS BETWEEN BUDSBALLS & ROSSMODS IT WAS A FULL ON RACE FOR 24HRS, IT PAINS ME TO SAY.....

WELL DONE GUYS!

THANKS TO YORK CLUB FOR A FANTASTIC JOB, AND WE WILL BE BACK NEXT YEAR TO CLAIM OUR TITLE

"BUDSBALLS - OHHH' YEA"

[coleman758]

JIMMY... I BELIVE YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF NATHAN IN THE PITS WITH GRAHAM NORTH HELPING OUT, CARE TO POST??

[Alan Reeves]

Looks tiring but fun! Is there scope for more teams next year?

[tisher]

Thanks york for such a great event
I really enjoyed this it was a great experience for me cheers for having me on the team Buds.
I especially enjoyed the comradery between our lads in the team and have made some new friends Although I am absolutely knackered this morning after driving more in 24 hours than I probably do in a year the early morning shift was ace racing in between Nathan
was a shame we did in two servo horns which cost us 2nd place but rossmod deserved it more I think Damion and Chris will sleep for a week after the effort those two put in well done lads
WELL DONE to all the teams that took part and made this event awsome

[jameswilkinson7]

What a fantastic event! This was my first time at the York 24 hour, I'll defiantly be there again next year. Thanks to all our team, your all a great bunch of guys, and you all raced fantasticly. I was gutted that the servo horn went during my stint.

Well done Ross mods, you guys deserved the win. I cant believe how close we were all the way through.

And I still cant believe how tough these cars are!! Over a years worth of racing in one go, and we only broke 2 servo horns! Amazing!

[WHITTLER555]

It was a great race between the two teams, I will not hide the passion I have for this sport which resulted in me kicking the rostrums head in when I was trying to defend our lead against Nathan!

It was a shame about the servo horn in the end because it was building up into a nail biting finish.

Me and Stu were finished so we decided to go with our freshest drivers who had managed to get a bit of sleep, but you could see from our pace at the end we were just trying to keep the car in one piece and get to the end.

All good stuff!

Bring on next year!

[jimmy]

You should have brought me out again - I was on for TQ pace!

[Disco-Panda]

I MISSSED THIS AGAIN!!!


AHHH MAN!!!!!

[David Church]

Originally Posted by Disco-Panda

I MISSSED THIS AGAIN!!!


AHHH MAN!!!!!

You missed a great event!!!

[Stu]

Dave, have you just arrived home?

[WHITTLER555]

Originally Posted by jimmy

You should have brought me out again - I was on for TQ pace!

But then we would not have got to the end because you were kicking the cars head in!

You should drive like that at the Nationals, you would be in the A final - LOL

[Northy]

Jimmy and Jibber were dancing it on a knife edge through the chicane like it was a Worlds A final

[RCDomination.com]

Originally Posted by Disco-Panda

I MISSSED THIS AGAIN!!!


AHHH MAN!!!!!

you wont miss it next year as you are already booked for the rcdomination team that is going m8

[D20MCK]

was a great event, looking forward to it next year.

[jimmy]

Great shots! Thanks for sharing.

[D20MCK]

Done a time lapse from in the hall on my gopro, just need to stitch it all together.