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Neil Woodward
My lad was a little bit excited to see Axiametrics team win the Championship. The last race was good as always! Great close racing, roll on 2021! May even venture to different circuits to watch the Fun Cup now the little lad is getting a bit older!
Our youngest fan! lovely to see his excitement

CHAMPIONS and RACE WINNERS (watch the highlights  youtu.be/BGDUCH7kU6M)

Going into the final round joint on points with WASPP and UVIO not that far behind with a possible 10 teams that could mathematically still win it was somewhat tense! Especially give as we won at Silverstone we would have to start from the back of the pack (success handicap). You can imagine how please I was to find another 4 cars had signed up for Oulton Park, great 26th on the grid then! With WASPP getting a random draw in 10th (I think)

Practice day
Was eventful I pulled out of the pits and caused a 3 car pileup when I was blind spotted by the Trumans car. Really sorry guys I did look 3 times, lesson learned Oulton pit exit is blind as you like! Chris snapped a driveshaft in his session as well. We kind of took it easy and didn't push on the driver side at all and didn't even look at data. It was more important to stay calm and within the limits than make more silly mistakes. Chris really wanted to start as usual and I must say I was nervous, its just so easy to get caught up in carnage or just plain held back and we needed to be at least 5th to be in with a shout, oh and in front of WASPP!

Race Day
Chris was on fire in the first stint, not only keeping out of trouble (the first rule for the first stint... well any stint) but pulling the car into the mid pack by the end of his stint. We worked our way to the top 5 through the pitstops, but had an issues with the double fuel dump at one stop when the safety car came out and we lost our extra fuel man so lost probably 5-8 seconds switching fuel cans. By the final stint we were running 7th but crucially in front of WASPP (JUST) and UVIO who were leading and would take the championship had now dropped back after an issue. So we were in the front seat. 

Waiting for the final stint I knew it was neck and neck with WASPP just behind us and Jay their pro driver would be in for the last stint. We talked about looking after the car, but this was the first stint Kris and Chris had said do what you have to do for the championship. In my mind I heard Russel Crow saying "On my command unleash HELL!" Permission granted for 100% attack. The final stop was fast, I thought as I hit the starter button, and then NOTHING. My finger planted in the starter button and not even a click. I think my Dad swore and started to try and bump the car but we didn't have enough speed on the first attempt. Then Aaron the JPR team lead came flying in "BUMP IT THEN!" he shouted so loud I thought he was on the radio! Boom, we had enough pace and I dropped the clutch a second time and came out in 8th place just behind WASPP. 

That went well then, what a time to have a failure. Exciting for everyone watching as another twist in the race occurred. "Radio silence" was all I said. Chris Grimes our head mechanic knew to leave me to it. I had a job to do. Time to go to work and earn my place. You should probably watch the race, but I am proud of the fight between Jay and myself the hug after the race said it all. It was, even though I say myself, a beautiful move to get by, it had to be something special. One to pass Jay is hard, two this was for the championship so no quarter was given. It didn't end with that overtake though as we both had the hammer down. I ripped my way through the pack with Jay in hot pursuit. 8th to 1st and then I could ease back a bit. Jay made it to third and a fantastic show from car 49 Harry Mailer and Chris Walton to take second place, Chris still only on his 4th race.

So after 5 rounds and many hours of racing and it came down to the last stint and just 2 places, 1st to 3rd.

I can't wait to watch the footage it should be epic. It felt epic! 

AXIAMETRICS LIGHT UP THE OULTON TWILIGHT AT BRSCC NW FINALS DAYOctober 21, 2020 - Scott-W

The BRSCC’s North Western Centre staged their final meeting of 2020 at Oulton Park on 17th October with a varied mixture of saloons, Superkarts and Fun Cup.
The Fun Cup team known as “Uvio Hofmann’s Lotus” needed to win this final 4-hour round to take the Championship and were up to second within the first 20 minutes although a slight coming together half an hour later pushed them down to fifth. They then lost further ground when a stop-go penalty for track limit infringements had to be taken… but 4 hours is a long time, especially in Fun Cup, and with 90 minutes remaining their Number 1 car was out in front… but 5 minutes later they had been passed by Track Focussed, Team Viking and EDF Motorsport before colliding with a car that had spun at Druids! Having pinged up and down the lap charts all afternoon, they eventually finished in eighth.
This meant the destiny of the 2020 Fun Cup Championship was a straight fight between Team 7 WASPP and Axiametrics who were running together in the middle of the Top Ten at the start of the last hour. A stalled engine at the final pit-stop for Axiametrics enabled Team 7 WASPP to get ahead although their positions were reversed at Cascades with 30 minutes remaining.
From then onwards Riley Phillips, driving the Axiametrics car in the final stint, lit up the circuit as the autumnal gloom of twilight descended on Oulton Park. He charged up the order to pass Make Happen Racing for the lead as he claimed the championship for his team in the best possible fashion. Team 7 WASPP completed the podium in third.

Due to the nature of the World in 2020 the North Western Centre has not staged as many race meetings as we would have wished however the BRSCC thanks all marshals and officials for their support and assistance during the course of the season – particularly with regards to all the additional COVID-related procedures that have had to be adhered to. 

​Episode 1 of the new weekly motorsport TV series, Trackside, makes its debut on the Freesports channel this Sun Oct 25th @ 13.25hrs, with repeats throughout next week.
Fun Cup coverage will feature in episode 2, the following week. Keep an eye out for the TV times, which will be published across our social media channels.
Freesports is available to watch on:
Freeview - channel 64
Sky - channel 422
BT TV - channel 64
Virgin Media - channel 553
TalkTalk TV - channel 64

FUN CUP FINALE AT OULTON PARK
AXIAMETRICS, TAKE RACE WIN & TITLE IN STUNNING FOUR HOURS!
Arriving at Oulton Park for the final round of this years shortened Fun Cup season, we’d had a different winner in every race and the duel for the Fun Cup crown was really between Axiametrcis and Team 7 WASPP 263.
A full four hours of action was anticipated and the 26 car grid didn’t disappoint.
MakeHappen had drawn pole and it was Harry Mailer that rocketed away to lead from lights out, as the rest sorted themselves out behind.
James Little was second initially for Team 7/JL Motorsport, with PLR’s Ben Pitch, Team 7’s Sam Brown, and Ian Wood’s GCI and Fabio Randaccio’s Team UVio Hofmans Lotus cars, all finding their way passed Steve Harris in the Black Widows car on the second lap.
As the lead duo started to open a gap, Randaccio was fourth into Cascades and then forced Pitch wide at Knickebrook to end the third lap in fourth place.
But Brown was already in trouble, limping back to the pits with damaged suspension after contact and Wood had a spin in the GCI car,
Chris Hart was also on a charge for 2Rent Dominos/Make Happen. Starting from the eighth row he ousted Pitch from fourth at Knickerbrook, but as some moisture appeared in the air, Mailer was almost caught out at the Knickerbrook chicane, with a trip across the grass before rejoining.
Mailer had pitted 1min 10 secs up on Randaccio, who made his stop a lap later. But having rejoined with the lead was still intact for MakeHappen’s Chris Walton, but was then erased by the safety car. 
Both Hart and Randaccio had gone off earlier at Shell while duelling for second. “I had a little bit of contact with Fabio,” said Hart
Dramas had afflicted the Team 7/JLR car which was back in the garage, but when the green flag was waved Clutton and Byford were on the attack, while Farquini lost more ground for UVio with a stop go penalty.
The 90 minute coincided with the second pit stop window and the lead duo pitted together, after Walton had been usurped by both on lap 33 and was down to ninth when he handed back to Mailer.
Hart and Roberts became the new lead duel, with Riley Phillips having taken over the Axiametrcis car, gradually closing in, with GT Radial’s Martin Gibson holding fifth from the duelling Holme and Randaccio.
Roberts put the EDF car to the fore through Knickerbrook on lap 47, but Hart hung on for most of his stint.
Hart was third, from Randaccio and Gibson but half of the grid were still on the lead lap.
The original plan for title contenders AxiaMatrics and Team 7 WASPP was to stay out of trouble and see what happened, which seemed easier said than done. “There were a lot of lunges and we were down on power a bit, but harder staying out of trouble than racing,” Worthington admitted.
It remained remarkably close throughout the third hour, building up to it’s now customary fight to the flag in the final stint.
PLR’s Pitch/Neil Plimmer started the final hour with their nose ahead of MakeHappen’s Greg Evans/Steve Walton, with EDF, Team Viking, Team 7 WASPP and Track Focused the top six, while AxiaMetrics were seventh and 11 crews were still on the lead lap. “The car was brilliant until Neil took the splitter off in his second stint,” said Pitch.
Mailer had the penultimate stint for MakeHappen 49 and after 14 laps back in the seat, he ousted Pitch for the lead again before handing back to Chris Walton to bring the car home.
Pitch and Roberts battled out for the other podium places until they stopped to hand to Plimmer and Byford, Hadley handed to Gibson from fifth and Steve Walton to Evans from sixth.
“It hadn’t taken me long to feel right in the thick of it again, but we had a bit of a downshift problem,” Roberts explained.
The main title protagonists were sixth and 10th, with Rose handing back to Phillips and Ed Worthington to Jay Shepherd.
Phillips was charging from the moment he left the pitlane in the fading light. With Byford taking Plimmer for third, Riley had got passed Evans, but Shepherd was closing, while they all started to chip away at Chris Walton’s lead.
As the 100th lap was completed Phillips was 20.3 secs off the lead, but title rival Shepherd was into third too and still closing.
It came down and down until four laps from the flag Philips made his move to secure their second win of the season for the AxiaMetrics team, and the Fun Cup crown for team mates Kristian Rose and Chris Dovell.
“I kept asking how long to go over and over, as it seemed an age after I had taken Chris for the lead at Cascades,” Philips admitted.
Despite the pressure of the closing cars Walton retained a solid second, while third was enough for Shepherd/Worthington to seal second in the Championship.
“It was tough, but we just didn’t have the punch in the car today,” said Shepherd.
Fourth place went down to the wire with Byford finally taking it for EDF over MakeHappen’s Evans, after numerous exchanges in the closing laps, and Plimmer came home in sixth for PLR.
“That was entertaining, very hard though and I need to get used to what’s acceptable and what isn’t, “Byford admitted.
GT Radial’s Gibson/Hadley were seventh, with outgoing Champion Farquini/Randaccio settling in eighth after a few issues had lost them time. “We had hoped for a podium but lost time with a safety car, so lots of ups and downs today,” said Gibson.
“It was disappointing for us, as the handling had gone after I hit the spinning GCI car head on,” Farquini concluded.
Track Focused’s Sean Cooper/Mike McCollum and Viking’s Hole/Nunn completed the top 10, with 11th place Trumans Kingsnorth/Webb still on the lead lap too. “Nice to be up there without bits falling off,” reckoned McCollum.
So five months to go and we will all hopefully be back at Oulton Park for another full untroubled Fun Cup season.

Thanks to MattColbourn.com
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Hi everyone, thought I’d post a quick video I put together from Saturday! Enjoy!

​AxiaMetrics win the race AND the championship!
Their first championship in FunCup

20 minutes to go and all eyes are now on the fight for the championship. It’s down to 2 - AxiaMetrics & Team7 WASPPWhoever finishes in front takes the title, the gap between the two is just over 1.5 seconds

20 minutes to go and all eyes are now on the fight for the championship. It’s down to 2 - AxiaMetrics & Team7 WASPPWhoever finishes in front takes the title, the gap between the two is just over 1.5 seconds 
watch here:  www.facebook.com/Funcupuk/videos/1705395066337711

we are back racing after the safety car, the top 5 are:
1. 49 Make Happen Racing
2. 110 Team Viking
3. 104 EDF Motorsports
4. 1 UVio / Hofmann’s Lotus
5. 267 AxiaMetrics

27 laps in and we have our first SAFETY CAR of the day Barriers on the circuit that need clearing

2017 Champion Graham Roberts is having a fantastic comeback race after 3 years out. This time with the EDF Motorsports team. 22nd > 5th in 25 minutes!

26 car grid for the final round of the season. Championship leaders AxiaMetrics have to start last after winning the previous round at Silverstone

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