Hey guys,
Sorry it took me so long to get all this up but here we go...
Man it was a mean day on Sunday 07/03/10 we had an awesome turnout some guys traveling up from Hamilton and as far as Nelson for the CDZ Summer Jams 3.0 Driftcomp, being able to run 2 full classes of 8 with about 3 people to spare this made for an interesting Mix in the Pro & Rookie class everything ran on time and went real smoothly for drifters and judges alike... Judges on the day were Myself & PS13Boy (Dave) and man we had a tough job on our hands.
So enough stalling lets get into it... We started qualifying at around 2:30 and for the first time at our comp we decided to let 2 cars qualify at the same time with a small interval in between start times so you were still pretty much running solo which this allowed everyone to have 3 qualifying runs and the judges would take your 2 best scores add them together dropping your worst, the score was marked on style angle and smooth clean lines with points being deducted for spins.
Each lap you were marked out of 20.
Heres the Qualifying Table:
1st, Mark Fox (CDT), Chassis : TA05, Qualifying Score : 35.5
2nd, Justus Pirihi (CDT), Chassis :TT01, Qualifying Score : 35
3rd, Mike Williams, Chassis :TT01, Qualifying Score : 34.7 (Had to leave after qualifying )
4th, Paul Hardy (07D), Chassis : TA05 Qualifying Score : 33
5th, Chris Soares (CDT) Chassis : TA05, Qualifying Score : 32.5
6th, Kevin Flatt (CDT), Chassis : TBEVO5MS, Qualifying Score : 32
7th, James (07D) Chassis : TA05, Qualifying Score :31.5
8th, Tyler, Chassis :TT01, Qualifying Score :31
9th, Paul Teesdale, Chassis : Cyclone S, Qualifying Score : 30.5
10th, Chevy, Chassis :TT01, Qualifying Score : 30
11th, Phil Rangi (07D), Chassis :TB01, Qualifying Score : 29.5
12th, Kain (07D), Chassis :TA05IFS, Qualifying Score : 29
13th, Dan Miller, Chassis :TA04, Qualifying Score : 28
14th, John Miller (CDZ), Chassis :TA05, Qualifying Score : 27
15th, Ian (07D), Chassis :TA05, Qualifying Score : 24
16th, Mark, Chassis :TB01, Qualifying Score : 20
17th, Jason Priest (CDT), Chassis :Pro D, Qualifying Score : 18.7
DNQ,
18th, Ben, Chassis : TA05, Qualifying Score : 17
19th, Noodle (07D), Chassis : TA05, Qualifying Score : 16.5
20th, Raymond, Chassis : TT01, Qualifying Score : DNF
So lucky for Jason Priest unfortunately Mike Williams had to leave after qualifying so the whole field was then moved forward allowing him to be brought back into the comp as you can see things were pretty tight at the top with the top 8 progressing through to the Pro class and the latter 8 forming the rookie class.
After a bit more drift practice we decided to kick off the Rookie Comp @ around 4:30, heres the draw,
Rookie Section 1st Round Draw
Chevy Vs Jason Priest
Phil Rangi Vs Mark
Kain Vs Ian
Dan Miller Vs John Miller
The rookie comp showed some real good talent on the day and there were a few upsets the biggest probably being the Father & Son battle by the Miller boys, John Miller had been prepping for this day for a while and had even won a past rookie comp only to be knocked out by his son who had flown up especially from Nelson to dish out some sideways devastation, Although gutted to be knocked out of the comp in the first round John was happy to see Dan progress through to the next round.
Rookie Comp Round 2
Chevy Vs Phil Rangi
Ian Vs Dan Miller
Now these two battles were close, my favourite for the day was Chevy he had been pulling some nice consistent lines all day but unfortunately it all fell apart for him on the last lap allowing Phil to move into the finals , Now the other match up Ian & Dan , at a past Summer jams comp Ian was picked as a favourite to take out the Rookie section unfortunately that day didnt go in his favour however you could see that he had come back today more determined than ever knocking Dan out and securing himself a place against Mr Rangi they are both 07D boys so at the end of the day bragging rights for 1st place CDZ Summerjams was going back to Hamilton either way.
Rookie Comp 3rd Round Finals
Phil Rangi Vs Ian
Another one almost to close to call Phil took Ian on the first run but unfortunately had steering issues as a screw had worked itself loose from the linkages Phil opting to carry on was taken down as Ian managed to hold to his angle with consistency... Congratulations Ian of 07D on the win !!!! who took away on the day a HPI Lexus ISF 200 Concept Body , good on ya bro.
I'll get the pro section up soon guys I need a break... To be continued...
