Onto the meeting itself, and 9 drivers took to the dangerous Swaffham track for what turned out to be one of the heaviest hitting and closest team meetings in LFS Bangers history! The 4 teams were as follows:
ADMIN SQUAD
606 Jon
870 Looney
27 Cap
PIRANMOTO
616 Jam
47 Michal
TEAM BANDICOOT
961 Pepino
474 Miniman
COLIN/TILSON
66 Colin
217 Tilson
West Country Wreckers won the meeting last year and only Looney from the trio on that night (himself, Splat & Brett) raced this evening. All 4 teams were still in the running to win after the heats, but a final 1-2 decided it before the DD...
Top 5 scored in heats and final. Allcomers were non-points. Drivers in italics finished but did not score points. 5 points went to the winning team in the DD.
CODES
AS = Admin Squad
PM = PiranMoto
TB = Team Bandicoot
CT = Colin/Tilson
Heat 1: TB961 Pepino, CT66 Colin, PM47 Michal, TB474 Miniman, AS606 Jon, AS870 Looney
Heat 2: TB474 Miniman, TB961 Pepino, AS606 Jon, CT217 Tilson, PM47 Michal, AS870 Looney
Heat 3: TB474 Miniman, PM616 Jam, CT217 Tilson, PM47 Michal, AS606 Jon, CT66 Colin, TB961 Pepino, AS870 Looney
Heat 4: TB474 Miniman, AS27 Cap, CT217 Tilson, PM47 Michal, AS606 Jon, CT66 Colin, TB961 Pepino, AS870 Looney
Heat 5: TB474 Miniman, AS27 Cap, CT66 Colin, PM616 Jam, PM47 Michal, AS606 Jon, CT217 Tilson
Heat 6: CT66 Colin, PM47 Michal, AS606 Jon, TB474 Miniman, AS27 Cap, CT217 Tilson, AS870 Looney
Heat 7: AS27 Cap, PM47 Michal, CT66 Colin, PM616 Jam, AS606 Jon, TB474 Miniman, CT217 Tilson, TB961 Pepino, AS870 Looney
Heat 8: CT66 Colin, PM616 Jam, CT217 Tilson, AS27 Cap, AS870 Looney
Final: AS27 Cap, AS870 Looney, PM616 Jam, TB474 Miniman, CT217 Tilson, AS606 Jon, PM47 Michal, AS27 Cap
Allcomers 1: PM616 Jam, CT217 Tilson, AS27 Cap, AS606 Jon, PM47 Michal
Allcomers 2: PM47 Michal, PM616 Jam, CT217 Tilson, TB961 Pepino, AS27 Cap
Allcomers 3: PM47 Michal, PM616 Jam, AS27 Cap
DD: PiranMoto
POINTS
1st: Admin Squad - 45 points
2nd: PiranMoto - 40 points
3rd: Team Bandicoot - 37 points
4th: Colin/Tilson - 33 points
In what was one of the most fascinating battles for a team title in quite a long time, the winners were the Admin Squad; in place of ever-presents Riot Squad following Cap's Version T troubles, Jon and Looney initially teamed up before LFS Bangers' Godfather joined and produced a perfect team performance that saw all three drivers contribute, but most significantly in the final: with Cap having already won a heat, Looney and him then pulled off a perfect 1-2 finish in the double points final with Jon taking out long time leader Miniman 3 laps from the end on oppo while Miniman's teammate Pepino was rolled by Tilson, eliminating both from contention and giving the trio the title before the DD.
PiranMoto finished second following a number of second places in the heats, with Jam claiming the first non-points Allcomers and Michal the other two, and then winning quite possibly one of the shortest DDs ever as it was won in just under 2 minutes!
Team Bandicoot would have been meeting winners had it not been for the aforementioned takeouts in the final, and it would have been quite deserved considering they won the first 5 heats in a row, with Dutchman Miniman claiming 4 straight, but crucially the lack of point scoring from German partner Pepino (only winning 1 heat and finishing in the points in 1 other race) cost them victory. Colin & Tilson were 4th but put up a strong showing, with Colin claiming two heats.So, just to remind you once:
CONGRATULATIONS TO ADMIN SQUAD - WINNERS OF THE 2018 2 LITRES BATTLE OF BRITAIN!