Here are the promised photos from Sunday’s cones phase of this year’s Driving World Championship. These are presented in the order in which they were driven.
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Mike McLennan (driving as an individual for the USA) was the fifth driver to attempt Richard Nicoll’s cones course; he had five balls down but was the first to complete the course within the time allowed; he finished the WEG in nineteenth place overall
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representing Poland and having driven this team for only two weeks, Piotr Mazurek was the tenth driver to tackle the cones course; he was the first one with a clear round (although he did have quite a few time penalties); he finished in fourteenth place
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Chester Weber (USA) had to wait for quite a while before driving the cones course, when the electronic timing stopped working; once he was finally able to go, he posted the first double-clear round (no course or time penalties) and won the cones competition
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immediately following his teammate (above), Jim Fairclough posted the second double-clear round of the day; he finished the WEG in ninth place overall
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Germany’s Christoph Sandmann finished in fourth place individually and was a member of the German team that, in a surprise finish, won the team bronze medal when …
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… Sweden’s Tomas Eriksson went off course and was eliminated, thereby taking his team out of medal contention
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even with one ball down, Tucker Johnson secured the silver medal for Team USA and won the individual bronze medal; on his way out of the arena, he stood and saluted the cheering crowd
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Chardon’s three course penalties (one ball down) gave Boyd Exell a bit of a cushion but nonetheless secured the gold medal for the Dutch team
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the last to go, Boyd Exell drove safely through the cones course, recording 3.52 penalties (no balls down, but time faults) … and winning the individual gold medal
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Keep checking the blog each day, as I still have awards-ceremony photos yet to post … and a few other WEG photos and stories to share.
October 12, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Thanks again for your exellent photography and atmosphere comments.
October 12, 2010 at 4:53 pm
This from “the other side of the pond” – thanks so much for the blog & wonderful photographs. I’ve really enjoyed reading/seeing it all – almost as good as being there, as you’ve conveyed the atmosphere so well. Thanks again – & maybe see you at Windsor next year?
October 13, 2010 at 3:11 pm
Thank you both for the beautiful pictures and dialog before and during WEG. It was most appreciated to be included with all the grandeur of the events as they unfolded. Not only for the WEG, but for all you do. I have been a grateful follower ever since you started this blog. I lony wish we could participate in it all with you. Keep up the good work ladies!