The rain delayed and rain interupted Presidents Shield has finally been run and won.
I had to leave early to farewell some friends heading for India for 6 months and the only class finalised before I left was Gas Tourer.
This class was TQ’d by Hasham and he went on to win it – the final was shortened to 50 laps (100 laps planned) due to rain. Second and probably his best result to date was Vazzo (I”m a novice ), third John Hansen, fourth and the victorious winner of the over 60 Glo plug was Heavy. Those who follow this blog will know that I normally race electric and I’m just racing gas for a break / change / holiday for a few weeks and to evaluate a budget RTR car that we are looking to sell through Action RC. At this stage all is going well but it’s early days – more on that later. Love those long finals which, for me is the main attraction to nitro – and beating Trevor to the over 60 glo plug – how much fun can 2 grown men have over a $8 glo plug? A lot – I can tell you for sure there will be no holds barred next time we meet. 😆 😆 😆
540 – Chris Sturdy was untroubled to TQ in his Schumacher and absolutely blitzed the field in the finals.
Stock – Keith Mackrill was firm favourite with a TQ and one win when I left. Toby was pretty firmly in second I think – good to see a new (well returning from elsewhere) face challenging in stock. The top 4 or 5 in qualifying were pretty tight I think.
Mod – Anthony (TQ) was being pushed by Tim
Pro Tourer. TQ went to Jason Dorn by a hairs bredth from Mick Sherman – the 100 lap final promised to be a beauty.
Results and stories later from our other correspondents.
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7 responses to “President's Shield Finally gets done”
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Was a great day.
Few edits to Dave’s post:-
Pro Tourer- Mick Sherman actually got TQ after the last heat starting mess was sorted. Took it by a few seconds over Jason.
He had a rough final, stripping second gear early in the race. With his lead slowly getting less (down to 2 laps) Mick pitted for a 2nd gear change, leaving the pits on the lead lap in 2nd place. Dropped a belt a little later in the race and again had to pit for repairs. I think Wade and I set the world record for belt and gear changes.LikeLike
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Well, what a day. Hot day and hot racing by all. All final results will be posted on the Bayside website. Here are some of the results from today. Well done to all the Schuie drivers,good turn out and great results.
540 1st Chris Sturdy (TQ) (Schuie)
2nd Paul.T
3rd Adrian. V
Stock A
1st Keith.M
2nd Toby.B
3rd Nic.Orr
4th Tony.L (Schuie)
5th Barger (Schuie)
8th Gary.S
Gas Tourer
4th Heavy (1 glow plug richer)
Well done guys, see you in a fortnight at the Bayside Interclub. 🙂 🙂LikeLike
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Sorry 8th Gary.S in Stock A also a Schuie driver. 😆
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Two drivers from Team Extremely Hot Bodies in the top 3 there for 540. Sparksy were u running the Cyclone in stock?
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Nah.. Had the xray running in stock.
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It was good to see HB Cyclone domination in 540
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You’re a funny man Vazzo.
How is TQ, first and total anhiliation of the field by a 10 year old Schumacher driver not DOMINATION.LikeLike
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