Ten drivers attended the first round of the new-look Unlimited championship this evening at the big cars' spiritual home of the Autocross Skid Pad. It was a solid session of racing and crashing despite the low numbers.
It was a former 2 Litre World Champion who largely dominated proceedings as Young claimed the opening round with an excellent showing. Four heat wins, a second place and a third in the final saw him claim 72 points, 7 ahead of Rik in second who won a heat, an Allcomers and a rather long DD that ended with Pepino rolling himself!
Speaking of another ex-2 Litre World Champion, the German won a heat and an Allcomers to end up in the top 5. Ahead of him was Jam who picked up three seconds including one in the final but only 1 Allcomers win, and Miniman whose sole race victory was in the final. Michal rounded out the winners with an Allcomers victory of his own.Top 10 scored in heats and final. Allcomers were non-points. 5 points went to the winning driver in the DD.
Heat 1: Young, Jam, Michal, Miniman, Rik, Colin, Pepino, Cap, Jon, Tilson
Heat 2: Young, Miniman, Pepino, Colin, Rik, Cap, Jam, Jon, Michal, Tilson
Heat 3: Rik, Jam, Miniman, Young, Pepino, Michal, Cap
Heat 4: Young, Rik, Colin, Pepino, Jam, Cap, Michal, Jon, Miniman
Heat 5: Pepino, Young, Miniman, Rik, Jon, Michal, Jam, Cap, Tilson
Heat 6: Young, Miniman, Rik, Colin, Jam, Jon, TIlson, Pepino
Final: Miniman, Jam, Young, Rik, Pepino, Colin, Michal, Jon
Allcomers 1 (Ramp Race): Rik, Michal, Miniman, Tilson
Allcomers 2 (Standard): Pepino, Jam, Cap, Jon, Michal, Rik, Colin
Allcomers 3 (All Car Ramp Race 1): Michal, Jam, Tilson, Jon, Cap, Pepino
Allcomers 4 (All Car Ramp Race 2): Jam, Pepino, Jon, Rik, Tilson, Michal
DD: Rik
POINTS
1st: Young - 72 points
2nd: Rik - 65 points
3rd: Miniman - 63 points
4th: Jam - 56 points
5th: Pepino - 50 points
6th: Colin - 37 points
7th: Michal - 32 points
8th: Jon - 25 points
9th: Cap - 20 points
10th: Tilson - 8 points
Four heat wins combined with the final as well as the second Allcomers race saw the 2 Litre British Champion set another watermark in what is becoming an incredible season for him already. However, it was the returning double 2 Litre World Champion who put up the biggest threat to the Dutchman's achievements, getting consecutive 2nds in the last heat and the final before defeating Rik in the DD; considering Shane is one of LFS Bangers' greatest ever rodders, a DD win is a bit out of the ordinary for him! 
Cap finished second thanks to his 4 third places in the heats and claimed the first Allcomers, while Rik's final win saw him tie for third with an impressive performance from his compatriot and newcomer GoodHabits. Celeritas's first LFS Bangers meeting saw him finish in 6th despite three excellent heat wins and an Allcomers as he failed to score in the first two heats nor the final. Tilson secured a rare DD win to complete the victors.
) in an evening that saw some great racing and some incredible hits, including one in the DD that saw Mr. Perfect Jr. smacked out of the track like a baseball! 