Champion Will Be Crowned

Tonight is the final night in the mini-series at Speed World, in Hamilton. Here is the breakdown on who the contenders are, written by Derek Petre on LondonRC:

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When the smoke clears tonight 5 men or boys will stand tall as the Winter/Spring opening series champion. I have confirmed with Aaron that we will be dropping your worst race and using 3 out of 4 races to calculate a winner. If you were on the fence about coming out tonight because you only had 2 races get your butts out there. At least give yourself a shot at taking home some early season Hardware.

4WD looks like it is going to come down to Steve Dziuban, Jay Christiano and Jason Lee. That is if Jay and Jason are able to show up to night and put down a solid run. Steve will be hard to beat, if he can overcome the mechanical gremlins that have effected him as of late he should be able to lock it down.

2wd looks like it is going to be a good race for the first loser, also known as second place. As the real deal smooth as silk Bill Jones as already locked up the title with 3 TQ and Wins earning him the maximum points available to this date. But 2nd place is anyone's guess at this point, Tim Sanderson currently has a grip on second place but anyone from 3rd through 8th can potentially knock him off tonight. Jason Lee and Todd Waite probably have the best shot of knocking Tim out of second as they have had two solid points nights thus far. If they are able to put down a solid 3rd round of points tonight they will be in good position to fill out the top 3.

2wd Short Course looks like a tight battle between Joe Ferguson and Mike Cole as they are currently tied at the top of the leader board. with 145 points a piece. However Steve Newstead has the best shot at taking home the title as he first two races have been very solid. With another top 5 tonight he has a very real chance of being the champion come nights end.

4wd drive Short Course is also going to be a very close race. Joe Ferguson currently has the top spot on the board but has the potential of Mitchell Warren tying him after tonight's race. The rest of the 4wd field also has their two races and if they are able to race tonight will make for an interesting race.

Micro is shaping up to be an close battle for fist spot between the current leader Giancarlo and second place Steve Dziuban. Dziuban has won the last two races tq'ing one of them and is in great position to lock down the second championship trophy of the early season. As well we can't rule out Jason Lee as he is one point back of Dziuban. We can possibly rule him out though has he just hatched a new baby girl this week and may have his hands full back in the family world.

Good luck all, Keep the painted side up!!!!

Derek Petre

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Great write up, Derek! I can't wait to get to the track tonight. Tonight should make for some very exciting racing!

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