2012 S700 Finale at Silverstone

Olympics? GASCAR was the real event in England this year. The season finale took place Thursday night at Silverstone. The points picture was a mess, it wasn't even worth explaining with 5 cars within 4 points of the championship. Top went into the race as the points leader looking for his third straight championship. One point behind him was Roadie looking for his first. Instink, was a point behind Roadie looking to win the championship in only his second season. Mini followed him by half a point looking to finally break through. And finally, Viking was the last contender, 4 points back of Top, looking to get back into championship form.

The race start with Mini beating Viking into the first corner and getting the first lap lead. He pitted immediately. Viking then lead the next one, Instink the third, and Recent the 4th as the previous 2 pitted. Top hit the pits early after Viking's threat to never pit to prevent Top from getting a lap lead. After the pits cycled through, Instink looked to be in great shaped with the lead, followed by Viking. Roadie came out in 3rd and Top, Mini, Recent, and Ford made up the last group. Roadie was able to catch the leaders and after some very tight racing was able to lead a lap and get the all important bonus point. The race in the front continued for awhile. Eventually it sorted out with Viking in the lead, and Roadie in second. Instink fell to third and continued to drop. Top, Ford, and Recent all eventually worked around Instink who once again struggled under pressure.

With the current positioning, Roadie lead the series by 1 point, followed by Top and Viking. Top made a lot of noise but no real threat to pass Roadie for the championship. Viking closed out the race and won his second of the season. But the real story was Roadie, who after years of competition finally broke through and won the championship. Top rounded out the podium. Ford in one of the fastest cars in the race only managed to get 4th after having an off early. Recent was 5th, followed by Instink in 6th. Mini finished the race in 7th in what was one of his best chances to win a championship. Proof was in 8th and Bad rounded out the field in 8th.

Race Results

1. Viking*
2. Roadie*
3. Top
4. Ford
5. Recent*
6. Instink*
7. Mini*
8. Proof
9. Bad

Final Championship Results

Your 2012 S-Class Champion: Roadie

1. Roadie - 56
2. Viking - 55*
3. Top - 55
4. Instink - 51
5. Mini - 49.5
6. Trigga - 41.5
7. Recent - 39
8. DJ - 31.5
9. Ford - 19
10. Proof - 15.5
11. Bad - 9.5
12. Stauburst - 1

*wins tiebreaker on number of races won.

And finally, a sincere thank you to everyone who competed, raced, tuned, built, painted, and participated in this season. Really, thanks.

Also poll, continue the collection on the side or have Ford build this.