Mx5 cup round 4
Written by Luke Otten
Round 4 of the mx5 cup was held on Sunday the 28th of June at Wakefield Park raceway and was fiercely contested.
After the ten minute qualifying session Chris Deckers was on pole with Daniel Deckers second and David Stone third,with less then a second separating the top five cars in qualifying it was shaping up to be a very exciting day, especially considering there were 20 cars entered for this round.
When the lights went out for race one, it was David Stone through to the front with Daniel and Chris Deckers trying to answer the age old family question of who's fastest, father or son?
After 6 laps it was David Stone first to the flag with only 4 tenths of a second separating Daniel Deckers and Luke Otten for second and third place,this sort of close racing was common the whole way through the field with lots of battles taking place.
Race two and once again it was David Stone first to finish line with Luke Otten less then 3 tenths of a second behind for second place and the battle continued between the father and son duo, this time it was advantage father, with Daniel finishing in third place less then one tenth of a second in front of Chris! And you could of thrown a Blanket over the next 6 places,Did I mention there was a lot of close racing this round...........?
Race three. We had all mentally decided where in the cabinet,garage or pool room our trophies belonged, now all we had to do was win them!
David Stone led early but was eventually passed by a hard charging Chris Deckers for the win, with David for second place and Luke Otten for third.
David Stone,Keith Hammond, Scott Walker,Ian Caldwell and Michael Hall all taking home class wins for the round, it's very tight in the points championship.
As usual a big thanks goes out to the organisers and competitors of the cup and Wakefield park for hosting the event.
I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Steve Green to the committee and thank the departing Craig Durrant for all his time and dedication - retired from the committee but never from the track!
See you all at the nationals to be held on the 8th. and 9th. of August,with over 35 entrants from three different states it's going to be one for the record books.
