Batley Supercup 2008 - 17-02-08

Batleys annual indoor Supercup event was held on Sunday February 17th, 2008. The event had a good turn out with 11 qualifying heats. The heating wasn't working early in the day so conditions on the polished sections were very slippy! things got better later in the day when the hall warmed up after the heating was fixed - but dropped off for the finals. The track was a challenging but racable layout on a mixture of carpet, slipper polished floor and gym mats.

Team oOple manager John Price kindly conducted some interviews with a few of the events top attendees.

Interview 1 - WoOdy.
Did you enjoy todays track layout?
OK, but always room for improvement.
What do you find to be the most useful in a typical r.c race situation: A good quality thrust lubricant, or a full packet of raspberry flavoured imitation Jaffa Cakes?
Jaffa Cakes.
Where would you most like to see a new 1/10th offroad track be located?
In my garden.
Name a junction on the M1.
17.
If you were invited to a pro-celeb style r.c meeting, who would you choose to be your celeb partner?
Lewis Hamilton.
When you were a child did your mother have any affectionate (or not!) pet names for you? (I.E Mummys special soldier, etc).
None.
Interview 2: Lilli-Ann Wood.
Did you enjoy todays track layout?
Yes, very bumpy. Laugh. Gurgle.
What do you find to be the most useful in a typical r.c race situation: A good quality thrust lubricant, or a full packet of raspberry flavoured imitation Jaffa Cakes?
Definitely the Jaffa Cakes!
Where would you most like to see a new 1/10th offroad track be located?
The Moon.
Name a junction on the M1.
Number 2. My favourite number at the moment, I'm very good at those.
If you were invited to a pro-celeb style r.c meeting, who would you choose to be your celeb partner?
Daddy, he's the most famous person I know. Either that or Winnie the Pooooooo.
When you were a child did your mother have any affectionate (or not!) pet names for you? (I.E Mummys special soldier, etc).
Little Cheeky Monkey.
Interview 3: Damian Whittle.
Did you enjoy todays track layout?
Err sort of, ok except for ramp in front of rostrum, and Jimmys marshalling (j/k).
What do you find to be the most useful in a typical r.c race situation: A good quality thrust lubricant, or a full packet of raspberry flavoured imitation Jaffa Cakes?
Jaffas!
Where would you most like to see a new 1/10th offroad track be located?
Clockhouse ave at Burnley.
Name a junction on the M1.
Watford gap (is it 13?)
If you were invited to a pro-celeb style r.c meeting, who would you choose to be your celeb partner?
Jarri Mattilatuala.
When you were a child did your mother have any affectionate (or not!) pet names for you? (I.E Mummys special soldier, etc).
None.
Interview with Daniel 'Spaniel' Greenwood.
Did you enjoy todays track layout?
Yes it's fairly good, better after the jump was altered in Round 2.
What do you find to be the most useful in a typical r.c race situation: A good quality thrust lubricant, or a full packet of raspberry flavoured imitation Jaffa Cakes?
Lube of course.
Where would you most like to see a new 1/10th offroad track be located?
I'd like to see the council build Batley Buggy Club a track that doesn't get flooded or vandalised.
Name a junction on the M1.
45 - the one which is in the wrong place.
If you were invited to a pro-celeb style r.c meeting, who would you choose to be your celeb partner?
Natasha Kaplinsky.
When you were a child did your mother have any affectionate (or not!) pet names for you? (I.E Mummys special soldier, etc).
None. (Interesting how many people answered that!)

 

2WD A Final
Drama from the start of the 2WD A final when Phill Channon pulled a wheelie - Stuart Wood in number 6 had no where to go and slid gracefully into the wall at the end of the straight - putting him out before the first corner of the race - oops.
Xfactory driver and top qualifier Tom Cockerill was driving well but a crash put him down the order. Ben Riley took up the lead and drove superbly to keep a hard-chasing Paul Bradby (worlds A finalist) and Tom Cockerill at bay.
Coming onto the last couple of laps, Paul Bradby was pulling all his tricks out of the bag to try and get past Ben, but couldn't manage it - eventually though the pressure paid off. Ben came over the last jump with the finish line and victory only a couple of seconds away but crashed - allowing Paul through for the win right on the line. Terrible luck for Ben but Paul drove extremely well to race so close and sneak the victory. Awesome racing.

Position   Car   Driver   Result   Average Lap   Best Lap
1
 
2
 
Paul Bradby
 
13/ 5m21.233
 
24.710
 
19.638 (1)
2
 
4
 
Ben Riley
 
13/ 5m23.317
 
24.870
 
18.976 (1)
3
 
7
 
Craig Collinson
 
12/ 5m 2.081
 
25.173
 
20.984 (1)
4
 
8
 
Arslaan Butt
 
12/ 5m 8.997
 
25.749
 
23.066 (1)
5
 
1
 
Tom Cockerill
 
12/ 5m11.678
 
25.973
 
22.733 (1)
6
 
5
 
Phil Channon
 
12/ 5m11.935
 
25.994
 
22.059 (1)
7
 
3
 
Matthew Dodd
 
12/ 5m16.205
 
26.350
 
19.271 (1)
8
 
9
 
Matthew Latham
 
11/ 5m12.713
 
28.428
 
23.630 (1)
9
 
10
 
Wayne Collinson
 
10/ 5m 0.277
 
30.027
 
25.711 (3)
10
 
6
 
Stuart Wood
 
DNS
 
 
(0)
 

 

4WD A Final
Phil Sleigh got away from pole and looked to pull a little gap on the field but Richard managed to catch up and the fight was on. The two were well matched but a mistake from Phil allowed Richard to take the lead and he didn't look back - though he surely needed to! Phil gave it everything he had and closed back up on Richard with only a couple of laps to go. The pair swapped places on the couple of corners after the straight, but Phil couldn't get make it stick. Coming over the challenging double in front of the drivers stand to finish the race - Phil gave it one last mad dash to try and make a pass but it wasn't to be. Richard Lowe won with his JConcepts BJ4we, with Phil Sleigh second with his Hot Bodies D4 only 0.4 of a second behind. Steve Lawson (winner in 2006) took the last podium spot.

Position   Car   Driver   Result   Average Lap   Best Lap  
1
 
2
 
Richard Lowe
 
14/ 5m19.007
 
22.786
 
18.307 (1)
 
2
 
1
 
Phil Sleigh
 
14/ 5m19.465
 
22.818
 
17.390 (1)
 
3
 
10
 
Stephen Lawson
 
13/ 5m 3.767
 
23.366
 
21.295 (1)
 
4
 
3
 
Chris Long
 
13/ 5m 4.388
 
23.414
 
18.927 (1)
 
5
 
4
 
Ben Riley
 
13/ 5m 7.843
 
23.680
 
18.617 (1)
 
6
 
7
 
James Hellewell
 
13/ 5m 9.962
 
23.843
 
19.219 (1)
 
7
 
5
 
Adam Skelding
 
13/ 5m12.603
 
24.046
 
22.464 (9)
 
8
 
9
 
Ben Jemison
 
13/ 5m13.510
 
24.116
 
21.773 (1)
 
9
 
8
 
Graham North
 
13/ 5m21.132
 
24.702
 
22.356 (1)
 
10
 
6
 
Dan Greenwood
 
13/ 5m22.224
 
24.786
 
20.062 (1)
 

Thanks to the organisers and CML Distribution for their support of the event.

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