The 'Petit Race' returned to the UK over the weekend of 16th & 17th January 2010. This was the fourth running of the event and is the second time the event has visited the UK - at the excellent Maritime Raceway in Gillingham, Kent. The Petit race features three classes, with stadium trucks joining the 2WD and 4WD buggies.

Doors opened at an insanely early 6am for practice - we skipped this like any sane person would and turned up just before drivers briefing at 8:25am sharp. The rules were laid down by Ian Knight who just happens to have the loudest voice in the world, and consequently didn't need to use the mic. A brief welcome from race organiser Nicolas Petit himself and racing got underway at 9am - SHARP.

Saturday was 2WD buggy and Truck - with 4WD to follow on Sunday. Before the third heat of qualifying for underway it was announced that instead of just the one A final - there would now be three A finals by request of the 'drivers'.

The track is laid out over the clubs usual carpet on-road surface and features some large jump that the organisers created for the event. Going from the start line on the main straight for 2WD - the cars are faced with a large 'wall ride' (2) which didn't seem too much of a problem since the cars didn't have to go very high to get round. A small straight over a little jump leads under the cross-over jump (3) and back around pass race control before going over the cross-over, which was nicely filled in so there was little chance of cars dropping down into oncoming traffic. Some twisy corners on carpet lead onto some staggered boards (4). Coming over the huge corner table-top jump (5) seemed a problem for a few drivers - it was also a problem for the marshalls to get to cars quickly. The large tabletop jump in the middle of the track (6) finishes off the lap.

In previous years, Jorn Neumann dominated the Petit event - winning 2WD and 4WD classes in 2006 & 2007. Jorn didn't make it to the event in 2009 where Lee Martin won 2WD and Tony Truman 4WD.

The event has attracted many local and international super-drivers, even tempting across some stars from 'the dark side', with 1/8th heros Simon Willets, Richard Cree and Adam Lewis turning up to compete. A host of international drivers came from around Europe but the guy traveling the furthest was Shin Adachi from Japan, and well worth the tiresome journey as Shin took fastest time in round one of qualifying.

Other drivers had travelled a long way, with representation from Ireland, Yorkshire and Greece. Some more local drivers made the journey across the channel, with of course France, Austria, Sweden and Belgium represented.

Qualifying Round One
Shin Adachi hasn't run on carpet before today apparently - but it didn't slow him down as he took the opening round of qualifying, which I don't think anyone expected. Things were close though between the top three, with just 5/100ths of a second seperating the trio. Ellis Stafford could have done it - but a mistake late in his run lost him some time.

Dan Greenwood was ON FIRE and placing 4th in round must have surprised him more than anyone.

In the TRUCK class - Shin was again on for some goodness but had to settle for 2nd with previous years champion Richard Lowe taking the win with his Associated T4.

Round 1 Qualifying - 2wd.

Shin Adachi from Kyosho Japan, on his way to take round one of 2WD qualifying.

Round 1 Qualifying - Truck.

Nicolas Petit takes great pride in the smooth running of his events, and is commited to safe, fair racing. Utilising his friend Ian Knights voice effectively at drivers briefing, he ensured a number of important rules were put across to ALL drivers, who had to be on the track at 08.25, no exceptions.

One point to mention was the strict ban on any tyre additives whatsoever, only pure, unadultered tyres were to be used at this event. No e-numbers, colourings or artificial sweetners. Any drivers known to be using additives on their tyres would be instantly disqualified from the race and sent home, no second chances, no opportunity to watch the racing or make additions to other drivers tyres.

Drivers were also advised that they mustn't smoke inside the building, and that due to health and safety reasons, only hot food purchased at the venue could be eaten here, no external hot food to be brought in.

This is due to the risk of trips and slips. ~The food on site is cooked is a special way so as to prevent any injury to consumers (*no gaurantee available). LOL.

Fastest time qualifying was chosen - the conditions unlikely to change in the indoor track meaning it would at least be fair.

Simon Willets made a rare trip away from 8th nitro

Shin shows some determination

Interview with Ian 'Shouty Man' knight.

Thank you for agreeing to answer some questions for us,before we start, please do not shout the answers, my audio capacity is reduced to one eardrum.

The first thing people notice about you is your commanding, booming voice, do you like flower arranging... if not do you have any other hobbies.
Uhm no... but the whole family are disney fanatics

How did you feel at this mornings drivers briefing when your voice started to fail you and you had to use a microphone?
terrible, terrible! It always happens when I do two day events.

how long have you been running the maritime race facility and how often are offroad and touring cars raced here?
This is our third year running at this venue, carpet wars used to be held at the blacklion centre, the club originally started at the rainham mark social club.
Touring cars meetings run 6 times a month.

what do you think the main differences between touring car and buggy racers are, who are the best behaved.
Haha, i'm not allowed to say that! Off road drivers give me the least grief!

do you have any plans to expand or change the race track or facility.
There is always planning going on to improve the facilities. We'd like to have an 8 lane scalextric track upstairs.

have you been to any other big offroad races and which ones would you like to go to?
I haven't been to any others, I have run regionals for the south east region helping out at EPR when they first started back up, and helped out at the previous xtreme racing track. I'd like to go to the world championships.

when brits are abroad, they tend to just shout loudly to make themselves understood, is that what happens between yourself and poor nicholas when organising this event?
No, I just tell him straight but without shouting ;)

Anything else to add?
It's been a pleasure to run the petit rc for the last 2 years, mainly for the racers. Maritime racing is not a one man band, it's a whole team of people, and without them there would be no racing.

Qualifying Round Two
In the final heat of round two, Shin Adachi lead at the 2 minute mark from Ellis Stafford and Lee Martin. Ellis slowly closed the gap with some frantic racing and when Shin made an error on the wall-of-death Ellis was quick to sneak through. Shin held on and forced the error from Ellis which saw him retire a couple of corners later. Lee Martin had driven consistently during this battle at the front and now lead on time - an error from Shin saw Lee take up the lead on the track too but an error on the last lap saw Shin back up to the lead and take the round. Lee was a close second and these two were the only guys on 17 laps. Previous Petit race winner Jorn Neumann took third in round just in front of Richard Lowe and Matt Benfield.

Round 2 Qualifying - 2wd.

Round 2 Qualifying - Truck.

Qualifying Round Three

Some drivers went really really fast. Some went quite fast but not fast enough to make the top 10. Lee (Martin, not Farrer) took FTD though, promoting him into the lead after three qualifying rounds. Shin couldn't match Lee's pace and finished 15th in round - though he still had 2nd overall with his earlier round score.

Yannic Pruemper took fourth in round with the early prototype 2WD from Team Durango - amazing, considering he's never raced off road before :O !

Round 3 Qualifying - 2wd.

Round 3 Qualifying - 2wd.

Qualifying Round Four
Ellis Stafford pulled out a stunning run to steal overall TQ with the fastest time of the day. Joern Neumann and Lee Martin battled it out, both on 315-second times but Lee's previous 314 run in round three would give him second on the grid.

Round 4 Qualifying - 2wd.

Round 4 Qualifying - 2wd.

A final 2wd Leg 1.

The first leg of the A Final was delayed as Simon Willets experienced equipment failure on his warm up lap, he and his pit team worked hard to try and solve the problem, but to no avail, so after a long wait the final eventually started without Simon. (Yes, that's why we were all home late.)

Ellis in pole position pulled away from the grid with a clean start, followed by 2nd place Lee Martin and 3rd place Joern Neumann, Shin kept close to the top three, all four cars racing closely around the first two laps error free. Richard Cree pulled a smart move on Shin and moved up to 4th place.
Top man Ellis kept his cool as Lee Martin piled the pressure on his gearbox, the chasing pair moved slightly away from Joern.
Ellis had a bad landing coming off the tabletop jump, seeing Lee Martin fly past into 1st place, but correcting his error before young Joern could come through.

Ellis leads	Joern followed by Shin - 3rd and 4th respectively

In an cold-blooded attempt to move back into the lead, Ellis came on to Lee Martin too strongly as the pair came over the tabletop corner, and their cars intertwined as Joern Neumann took his chance and moved into the lead.
In a slight brown-out moment as all this excitement occured, Joern too landed badly off the tabletop, but some superb marshalling had him back on his wheels before newly 2nd and 3rd place Shin and Cree could come through.
The top three raced very closely through the centre-section, and Shin made an error coming through the jumps, seeing Cree move up to 2nd place.

Ellis made a boo-boo	Ellis and Pidge tied up - Joern on his way for the lead

TOO much excitement got the better of Joern	Cree moved up to second

After the previous kerfuffle Lee Martin was now in 4th place and rapidly homing in on the top 3. A relatively uneventful further two laps saw Joern pull a two second lead, and the rest of the cars spread out slightly.
The final minute of what had started out to be a high-tension race was relatively quiet, with no pressure from the rest of the pack Joern sailed through to take the leg win, followed by Cree in a comfortable second place, and Shin in third.

A final 2wd Leg 1

A final Truck - leg 1

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A final 2wd Leg 2.
Ellis lead them round lap one - the top four in start order as they came round onto the straight for the first time. Lee got alongside Ellis as they came up to the centre tabletop jump but threw down the anchors to avoid a collision - Ellis didn't care about things like that and shot through the air, long and high. It might have paid off if he'd stuck the landing but instead ended up with Ellis on his roof. Oops. Lee sailed through with Joern and Shin in tow - Ellis dropped to 6th by the time he rejoined.

Kyosho's Simon 'Butch' Willets had again had problems - borrowing a car didn't help when after a few laps he realised there wasn't a battery in it and he'd been watching the wrong car the whole time.

Insert caption here	Si Willets holds everyone up!

The Grid	Ellis leads 'em off

Lee Martin looks for the inside line	Ellis made the error and Lee was through

Joern Neumann chases down Lee Martin

Lee and Joern started to pull a little gap on Shin back in third but all three were pulling away from the rest of the field. Joern was right behind Lee as the pair lapped the track several times but disaster struck for Lee Martin mid-way into the race when his car simply stopped on the main straight before the wall-ride. The landing from the jump previous had been a hard one and the motor moved - unmeshing the gears and killings Lee's chance for a win. Joern had nowhere to go and nearly lost the race himself as he slammed hard into the rear of Lee's car.

Richard Cree was driving for Kyosho	Neumann has no time to react - slamming into Lee's stationary car

Joern got back underway quickly but the excitement had given Shin Adachi the chance to close the gap - driving harder than ever, Shin put in the quickest laps of the race to that point and the gap was visibly shrinking - fast! Shin was driving on the edge and it showed, with small errors maintaining the gap between the pair despite his best efforts.

Shin Adachi drove like a nutter to reel in Neumann	Shin was taking the corners TIGHT

The pair came down the straight for the final time and Joern had built about 1.5 second lead over Shin - Joern approached the tabletop at full throttle but didn't see Ellis Stafford pootling around and collected him HARD. Joern tumbled and Shin came through and up the wall-ride to take the lead! Shin only had a few more feet to race and take the win - but the chaos with Joern had distracted him and without provocation he rolled and tumbled back down the wall as Joern went back through for the lead and the win. Amazing!

Neuman duffs into the top of the WALL OF DEATH	Shin (top) sails past and takes his eyes off the prize

Bloody chaos - as Shin cartwheels back down and Neumann gets moving again.	Shin back in the lead - but on his roof right before the line.

Winning the opening two legs of the A - Joern Neumann proved his worth by taking the 2WD Petit crown for the third time, despite the level of competition being higher than ever.

(please forgive the crazy colours in some of these photos - the type of lighting changes colour all the time)

A final 2wd Leg 2

A final Truck - leg 2

Atomic Carbon had this almost unfeasably PIMP red-carbon Atomic Losi XXXCR2 buggy on display. This is a limited edition version of the popular XXXCR2 conversion for the Losi XXXCR. The red carbon edition features the most awesome looking carbon this side of forever - the red is hard to photograph but trust me it's like a sweetie wrapper. Metallic red you might say.

A final 2wd Leg 3.

The cars left the grid in start order with the top 5 remaining so for the first few laps of the race. Very close and highly skilled racing to remain so close without any clippage. Two minutes into the final something had to give, on this occasion it being Ellis clipping a track marker which saw Lee Martin take first place, and Joern Neumann riding up his rear, and Shin keeping close behind.
Joern kept close for the following few laps, but bounced high coming over a jump, he was soon back on the track thanks to a good catch by Matt Benfield. This error allowed Lee Martin some breathing space to pull off slightly. Joern put up a good chase but didn't get close enough to apply any pressure to the sailing leader.
Lee took the leg win with Joern close behind.

A final 2wd Leg 3

A final Truck - leg 3

Truck podium - Shin Adachi 2nd - Richard Lowe 1st - Bruno Heremans 3rd

Some drivers had nourishing soup for lunch

Graham Smith is sometimes let out in public.

Round 1 - 4wd.
Joern Neumann took round one of qualifying - starting as he meant to go on. It was FTD qualifying again so it was only good for bragging rights and would surely be surpassed during the course of the day. Richard 'one way' Lowe was second and these two were there only drivers on 18 laps. Lee Martin just missed out driving his Tamiya TRF511.

Round 1 Qualifying - 4wd.

Round 2 - 4wd.
Lee Martin was on a mission and passed Richard Lowe on his way to a projected new FTD - but avoiding a crashed car on the straight saw him lose several seconds which dropped him down the order and Jörn Neumann was suddenly back in charge. Joern and Lee were the only guys on 18 laps though everyone in the top 10 are close. Joern made a new FTD to remain overall top qualifier.

Lee Martin chases Richard Lowe down	Simon Moss with his Big BORED Schumacher CAT SX

New Schumacher signing Tom Cockerill was leading the charge of the three CAT SX drivers in the top 10 - with Simon Moss and Grant Williams all less than half a second behind.

Round 2 Qualifying - 4wd.

Round 3 - 4wd.
Jorn once again improved his time whilst winning the round with Lee Martin also improving - but maintaining that 1-second gap behind Jorn. Richard Lowe and Tony Truman made it through for 18 laps whilst Trish of 'Trishbits' fame had a storming run to make the top ten in 9th place.

Round 3 Qualifying - 4wd.

Tony Evdoka does some gentle repairs (note hammer)

CUSTOM BLITZ - he knows something he's not tellin

Lee Martin had these nifty boxes from Xenon Racing that Toni Rheinard distributes. With various sized 'pods' inside. Awesome - I want some!

.....and some in use.

The new XFactory 4WD - hold on, those belts are too short to stretch between two diffs. Hmmmmmm!

The IRISH boys came over from the land of leprechauns in a big bus and we stuffed up by only remembering to get a team photo when they were on their way home! oOps! Come again guys!

	FACT Dave 'Amish' Gibson was standing next to the announcer Ian 'Shouty' Knight when he did one of his usual uber-loud announcements on 2WD day. Dave instantly sprung a nose bleed - his first in 30 years he said, just from the sheer audic trauma of Ians bellowing lungs. This is a true story although we have recreated the event with Vicky standing in for Ian.

Round 4 - 4wd.
After a blinding series of qualifiers which saw Jörn improve his time round on round, the young German uberhero took FTD 7/100ths of a second faster than his round 3 score, one second ahead of 2nd place, but certainly not second rate, Lee Martin.

Elliot boots hammer-stormed into the top 10 with an impressive 18 laps in 317.17, his first top10 time of the day - FTD style qualifying really paying off for the young 8th scale dancer.

Adam Lewis hadn't really wanted his 2wd defeat mentioning, but to add insult to injury the bubbly 1/8th driver was today outqualified by eccentric Greek designer/engineer Manolis by an entire final. Hard core.

Round 4 Qualifying - 4wd.

Despite getting really close - Lee Martin couldn't quite match Neumann for pace or luck and had to settle for second place, 1.5 seconds down on the German driver. Richard Lowe achieved a time some three seconds adrift of Lee with his JConcepts car for third overall.

Last years winner Tony Truman chilled out in 4th but is only doing 8th scale off road this year so maybe he'll not be too displeased.

Overall FTD Qualifying - 4wd.

A Final Leg 1.
Jorn lead them off and the top five qualifiers quickly formed a breakaway group in qualifying order with Shin Adachi bringing up the rear before a sizeable early gap to the rest. After a lap Jorn had pulled slightly ahead of Lee, with Lowe not far behind as these three pulled away from Truman and Adachi in 4th and 5th respectively.

Shin passed Truman, who was having some random moments and losing more places as the laps went on - Shin now began to close slightly on the front three - putting in the fastest laps of anyone to that point. A mistake from Shin saw Schumachers Simon Moss close right up and start to nibble his rear end.

	Richard Lowe's JConcepts BJ4we

Mid race and all was very much standard at the front - Jorn, Lee Martin and Richard Lowe all lapping consistently with not much exciting to write about. Over the next few laps, Lowe seemed to ease off a little too much and started to drop off the pace slightly - and then bounced badly from the cross-over jump which saw him need marshalling.

Its a fine line to jump the corner table in one	Lee closed up on Neumann

Lee Martin got a couple of shouts of encouragement but maybe it was the ticking clock that spurred him on - whatever it was, he got a move on and quickly closed the gap on Neumann. Lee was on him like a sticky thing but Teflon-Neumann got away when Lee rolled where Lowe had done a couple of laps previous.

And closer..........	.....until! Jorn got away.

Jorn eased up over the final lap but Lee didn't have time to catch anyway. Lowe rounded out the top three and 10th off road newcomer (!) Richard Cree placed fourth ahead of his Kyosho team mate Adachi.

A Final Leg 1

Interview with Richard Cree

Hey Richard - you've been missing from 10th off road for a while, what have you been up to?
Well it's been a while. In 2007 I competed in 1/10 and 1/8 ationals which turned out to be a lot of work, especially with the amount I needed to learn to get up to speed with gas cars. For 2008 and 2009 I decided to concentrate solely on 1/8 scale with the arrival of the new AE car. It was a great time to be part of that team and we had fun getting the car up to speed. I finished off 2009 with some really good competitive showings in the nationals and I feel like I've got on top of the basics in that class now.

You're racing as part of an impressive line-up of Kyosho drivers at the Petit race - how did that come about? Is this the start of some more 10th off road racing or a one-off?
I started doing a bit of running at the Trumans Proline Dirt Arena with my old B4 and really enjoyed the way 1/10 cars handle. In my eyes there's no better class of racing than 2wd electric on clay, it just works. What shocked me at first was how rusty my driving had become from two seasons of 1/8, I found myself really struggling to react fast enough to how the car moved in the air, I'd lost a lot of the throttle control needed to drift round tight corners and whilst I'd never be classed as a smooth driver, I was even worse than before. With all that in mind I decided I needed to get back into 1/10 to sharpen my driving up again and hopefully that will help
me out in 1/8 too.

The move to Kyosho came about when i decided I wanted to try something different. None of the mid motor cars really do much for me, to be totally honest all of the ones I've seen so far have missed a couple of big tricks. Putting a stick pack across the car takes just as much effort to change direction as a stick pack up and down the middle of the car. I'll keep my other thoughts to myself for now though!

I know Karl Marsden well from racing with him back in the day and I emailed him, it all went from there really. I'll be racing whatever 1/10 I can fit in around my 1/8 calendar. It's nice to be promoting a new brand too, but if Kyosho really want to make an impact in the UK electric scene they need to be signing up the Lee Martins of this world. The cars are more than up to the job.

Will you be racing the full line-up of Kyosho cars this season? rb5,zx5, 8th?
I'll be racing the RB5 SP and the ZX5 FS this season. I found both the cars to be excellent right out of the box. The RB5 was really easy to push and only needed a couple of set up tweaks to get right on the pace. The ZX5 FS was much the same, just needing a couple of tweaks. With a bit more set up time both these cars should be right on the pace. The biggest thing for me to get used too was Lipo batteries, I can't get over how much rip my 4wd had, it totally changes the way you need the car to handle compared to racing with cells.

In 1/8 I'll be racing the Pure P8 :)

You've recently started your own design company- Pure - What are your goals with that? Just a small project or something more serious?
At this point in time it's a side project. but I've got big plans to develop it into something much more. Initially I am developing a 1/8 scale prototype for myself to race which will be a test bed for new ideas.

Once I get that prototype performing the way I want it to then I'll look at production options if I deem there to be enough interest. I must stress that the car the public will first see will be very much a prototype, so it won't look quite as bling as the other new offerings out there! At this stage it's all about the performance.

In the future I hope to develop a business focusing on product design, not
necessarily RC only.

A Final Leg 2.
The second leg of the A was again a 3 way affair with Jorn, Lee Martin and Richard Lowe moving as a pack after breaking away from the rest early on. Mid race Lee upped his pace and Jorn just couldn't shake him - the pair pulled away from Rich Lowe and went nose--to-tail for the next few laps in what has to be some of the closest buggy racing we've ever seen.

Jorn leads them round starting lap 2	Jorn and Lee go under the cross over

Lee gets up close	......and closer! I'm sure they touch here!

Jorn succumed to the relentless pressure and coming upto the corner tabletop jump got out of shape - allowing Lee through to an uproar of cheers. Now it was Jorn's turn! - the young German took a lap to get back on the tail of Lee's Tamiya and once again we were treated to some ultra-exciting nose-to-tail racing as Jorn looked for any chance to get back.

Lee now in the lead - but Jorn looking to pass	Jorn hits Lee but waits

Lee went down the middle of the cross-over jump while Jorn went straight for the next corner - hitting the rear of Lee's car but letting him go in a show of racing class. Lee went wide onto the corner tabletop before the straight and it was all Jorn was looking for as the pair accelerated down the opposide face of the jump and side-by-side over the next tabletop. Jorn landed and double-bounced, allowing Lee to pull back into the lead, but only just!

Jorn goes inside on the corner tabletop	..and down the back face - Jorn slightly ahead.

Lee gets wheels down quicker and gets back in front	Richard Lowe almost does Jorn on the last lap for 2nd

Jorn was now seeing a perfect weekend in sight and was jumping longer and harder than Lee to try and get past with one lap to go. Jorn went nuts off the cross-over jump and hit Lee just like he'd done earlier in the race - only succeeding in slowing himself down and alow Richard Lowe who'd been just behind all race to now close in. Lee was away and looked a sure bet for the win but Richard Lowe was now looking for ways past Jorn on every corner and as the pair came onto the main straight Richard just didn't do enough, ending up underjumping the tabletop and allowing Jorn to go through for second.

This race had to be the highlight of the weekend with super close racing from all three drivers.

A Final Leg 2

A Final Leg 3.
This was the deciding final, and after two very clean legs so far, this final official race of the day turned out to be intense and high pressure. On the first corner North met South as Rich Lowe and Lee Martin got into a tussle, waving  bye-bye to TQ lad Jorn as he whisked off into the distance, followed by an eager Tony 'head banger' Truman up to 2nd from 4th on the start grid, Shin Adachi in 3rd place, and Simon Moss close behind. The four cars navigated the first half lap together when tragedy hit Tony Truman for the second time in one day, as his wheels caught the edge of the ramped corner and he tumbled onto the up ramp of the corner-tabletop. An eager Shin was caught out and drove straight into the side of Tonys up-turned toy car, and Schumacher star Simon Moss seized the moment and swiftly slid into 2nd place.

Jorn was well on his way though, and after dominating qualifying he wasn't going to give up this baby without a fight.
Lee Martin however had a similar vision, and following his initial setback he was now pushing hard to climb back up the order. Moss in 2nd, Adachi in 3rd, Lee Martin in 4th, the three cars danced through the track together in a desperate bid to catch the leader.
Shin Adachi lost some momentum coming off the corner tabletop, catching the side of the downramp and having a difficult landing, but managed to hold on tight to his 3rd place. Lee was hot on his gearbox though and pushing hard for an opportunity to pass. The battle in 3rd and 4th allowed Moss some breathing space to put the hammer down on Jorn, and his Cat SX was soon catching up to the Jorn Yok, holding a fragile 1.1second lead. The chassis order was now Yokomo, Schumacher, Kyosho, Tamiya.

The top four raced around relatively uneventfully for the following few laps, Lee sniffing close to Shins anodised rear but taking a tumble after the crossover and losing valuable time, though fortunately keeping his  place in the order.
Jorn inched further away from the chasing pack, and 2nd place Mossy, 3rd place Shin and 4th place Lee raced closely in what was now looking like a bid for 2nd place. Lee was frantic now and went full throttle down the back straight, over the banked corner and hammered down on Shin coming off the down ramp, slipping through into 3rd place on the next corner. Lees wheels were now on fire and he went straight to work on Mossys gearbox, urging him to make an error. Lee wasn't going to hang about though, and went for the undertake coming through the banked corner. This was initially successful, but in the excitement Lee rolled coming over the ramp and lost 2nd place back to Mossy.

The three cars were soon entangled and it was carnage as they flipped and spun and rolled off the banked corner. All comprehension of who was in what place was now lost, all anyone knew was that Jorn was well in the lead, and with 15 seconds left to race he wasn't giving the top spot up to anyone.

A Final Leg 3

Overall A Final.

Jorn Neumann took a well deserved win in 4WD to go with his 2WD title - his perfect record at Petit continues, with 6 wins!

And closer..........

.....until! Jorn got away.

The prize draw was a bit long

...But Jimmy Won! Thanks to the Irish boys!

The most costly prize was the Schumacher CAT SX and the lucky winner - Brett Hope - got his photo with the ladies AND Robin Schumacher himself! Oh, and Nicholas Petit. Any excuse to pose with the ladies.