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Monday 25th of February, 2008
Olly's World Cup Win
Mirage HB/Nosram/Edit/Orion team driver Olly Jefferies capped a fantastic winter series taking victory in the Carpet Wars World Cup 2 day meeting, making it a one two for Mirage and taking top junior was Xray/Nosram driver Elliott Harper.![]() A strong entry of top UK touring car drivers was joined by Germanys Marc Fisher for the Carpet Wars World Cup, Mirage had a strong entry including Ben Cosgrove, Kevin Brunsden and Elliott Harper for Xray plus Stu Noble and Olly Jefferies for Hot Bodies. It was Olly that made the best of the early qualifying rounds putting his Cyclone at the top of the time sheets in round one and two only to loose it to Elliot Harper in round three, it was all change in round four, the last round of Saturdays qualifying as Kevin Brunsden took over to lead over night. ![]() Nobody really expected a fast time to threaten Kevin on Sunday morning, with no practise and a cold track Kevin was looking pretty safe, but Olly had other ideas and put in a blinding Sunday morning run to steal FTD by 0.60 of second with Kevin having to settle for second with Elliott third. Sam Smith was also in the A final in ninth and Ben Cosgrove left it to very late in the meeting to sneak his Xray into the A final lining up sixth. In the 19 turn class it was the Xray of David Reece that was dominating and he sat on pole for the 19 turn A final. ![]() First leg of the modified A final was a catalogue of errors which saw the lead swap between Olly, Kevin and Elliott but it was Glen Doman that came through with a clear run to take the first leg from Elliot and Olly. Olly got his driving head back on for the second final and led from start to finish taking victory in leg two, another second from Elliot set up a gripping last leg with three drivers in contention for the title, Olly Elliott and Glen. With Kevin's chances spoilt in leg two he allowed his Xray team mate through early on in the final leg to chase Olly, both drivers drove a prefect race but Olly was able to maintain a safe distance between himself and a hard chasing Elliott to take victory in leg three, and the overall title. For Ben Cosgrove, Sam Smith and Kevin Brunsden they both had finals they would rather forget but all three had performed well to reach the A final against such a quality entry. ![]() Dave Reece took the win in the first leg of the 19 turn final but after that it was a disaster as he was hit by a wayward car in leg two finishing his race far to early, a similar incident in the final leg ruined his day and left him very disappointed, but his pace in qualifying was some reward for a hard weekend. For Olly this wins gives him another title which he adds to the Carpet Wars Championship and Rug Racers Championship modified titles this winter. |











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