Muchmore UK Rugracers Round 4
A very cold day outside, but some very hot racing inside Wodson park, the venue for the Muchmore UK RugRacers. A fast track with alot of flowing corners would reward drivers with a good setup and smooth driving and we saw alot of that modified and pro-stock. Pro-stock was incredibley close through the day with the top 3 changing positions every round and eventually ending up with 1.5 seconds covering them.
Qualifying
In stock nearly all the fastest times were set in the 4th round with the eventual FTQ going to Malcolm hall getting 26 laps in 305.97. The top 5 were as follows:
| Place | Name | Laps/ Time | Best Lap |
| 1 | Malcolm Hall | 26/ 305.97 | 11.41 |
| 2 | Jamie Hickin | 26/ 307.02 | 11.48 |
| 3 | Matthew Worton | 26/ 307.89 | 11.38 |
| 4 | Richard Clarke | 26/ 309.51 | 11.60 |
| 5 | Dave Ledger | 25/ 301.45 | 11.76 |
Pro-stock was a much closer affair with the top 3 being covered by 1.5 seconds after 4 rounds of qualifying. A new FTD was set in every round with the top positions changing constantly! Our winner from round 3, Bryan Loynes missing out on the final by 0.01 of a second, showing just how competitive the top 15 drivers all being very close.
FTQ finally went to Ashley wiffen, but the fastest lap of qualifying came from Ricky Copsy, being the only driver managing to break the 11 second barrier and narrowly missed FTQ by on 1.5 seconds. The top five in pro-stock were:
| Place | Name | Laps/ Time | Best Lap |
| 1 | Ashley Wiffen | 27/ 307.45 | 11.04 |
| 2 | Ricky Copsey | 27/ 308.95 | 10.98 |
| 3 | Paul Pinkney | 27/ 308.96 | 11.03 |
| 4 | Tim Wood | 27/ 311.33 | 11.25 |
| 5 | Philip Randall | 26/ 300.70 | 11.17 |
In Modified we had world number 5, Elliot Harper, dominating the field. Elliot ended up nearly a third of a second a lap quicker than his nearest competitor Adam Rogers.
The top 5 mod after qualifying were:
| Place | Name | Laps/ Time | Best Lap |
| 1 | Elliot Harper | 29/ 308.76 | 10.44 |
| 2 | Adam Rogers | 28/ 305.97 | 10.56 |
| 3 | Brian Eldridge | 28/ 310.98 | 10.77 |
| 4 | Christopher Delves | 27/ 302.12 | 10.95 |
| 5 | Phil Raymond | 25/ 309.68 | 11.77 |
Finals
Stock saw much cleaner starts with a new grid system implemented, where the staggered positions were gone and instead 2 meters slot inline were used.
After very close race, Malc Hall took the leg one win just 0.23 ahead of Richard Clarke. In leg two, a battery mix up cost Malc Hall the chance to contest for the win, leaving MAtthew Worton to the take the win a second ahead of Tim Wood and Jamie hickin.
the final top 3 were:
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In pro-stock, Ashley Wiffen managed to get away to a quick start and built up a commanding 7 second lead ahead of Paul Pinkney, but behind them was a very close battle for 3rd with Scott Morton just ahead of Luke Hobson by the smallest margin, finishing just 0.15 seconds ahead.
Leg 2 would see another close race upfront with Paul Pinkney taking the lead from Ashley on lap 9 after ashley made a small mistake. He managed to hold onto Paul, not letting him get away, but with Dave Saul just 2 seconds behind, he sitting there ready to stop Ashley from taking the overall win. Ashley managed to hold on to the end, finishing 1 second behind Paul, taking the overall win because of his FTQ.
The overall top 3 were:
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In Modified Elliot continued his dominance of the day by taking wins in both legs. Adam Rogers picked up second with a 2nd and 3rd place.
That left the top three looking like this:
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Full results can be found here: Full r4 results