Maple Valley Reverse Coverage

Maple Valley Grid

Mez (23), Ralcos (88), BD (3), aZZ (6), Cheese (4)

1st lap 1/2

All nice and bunched up - love taps all round!

1st lap 2/2

Mez breaks off early with his 5-cylinders but fails to hold the advantage with the weighty Focus

Back to the showroom

Ralcos' unsteady tuning setup sends him into the pits after only one lap. Tonight is not to be, seeing an early retirement for Team Flake Factor

Lap 2 reshuffle

Mez's car already starts to feel the strain

Lap 6 dust off

BD loses his steady lead when the understeer fairy strikes. Great bit of wall-dodging mind

The Friers

I couldn't help but think BD would be doing better in this picture had his Civic been as long as Cheese's - that's a serious shunt mate!

Pit in 1/2

aZZ pits in at the end of lap 12 but didn't grab himself a big enough lead to prevent the Deep Friers from munching through to 1st and 2nd

Pit in 2/2

…damn those pit lane speed limits!

Bumpers 1/2

Mez finds ingenious ways of shedding weight from his Ford Focus

Bumpers 2/2

BD touches dust at "bumper corner". aZZ decides it's time to put his foot down

The heat is on 1/3

aZZ piles on the pressure as the end of the race looms

The heat is on 2/3

A strong breeze could lose these ultra-lightweight cars

The heat is on 2/3

Cue Dukes of Hazard horn

aZZ is the Stig

...The Stig's cars always look in this condition, right?