We went into the European Finals race trailing Daniel Giles in his dragster by over 3 rounds worth of points, but a better qualifying position for us reduced the deficit slightly and then we really benefitted when he red lit in the 1st round and eliminated himself.
With a full field of 32 cars in the eliminations, that means 5 rounds of knock-out racing to establish the winner. Due to rain on Sunday morning, and then prioritising the Pro cars (which need 90 minutes to turn-around) we didn’t get to run our 2nd round until 5.30 in the afternoon!
We had another piece of luck in eliminations when one of our competitors had to withdraw due to some engine damage, giving us a bye run into the next round, and then as we advanced darkness was approaching fast.
The track is floodlit to enable night racing and we were fortunate that there was sufficient breeze to stop any dew forming.
With a 9pm curfew rapidly approaching, we had our final race at 8.50, and Scott did it!
The car performed flawlessly throughout the event and even set a new personal best of 7.27 seconds @ 183 mph set during a qualifying run.
So, we have now taken the lead in the points chase, with the final event this weekend. Obviously, we will do our utmost to win or at least stay in front and claim the championship. We’ve had a couple of years of near misses so we’re definitely up for it.