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)