Congratulations to John Dutch on his victory. Sounds like it was a real nail-biter – Ed.
At the final round of the Isle of Wight Car Club Unsealed Surface (USS) Championship held at Knighton sand pit on the 28th October 2012, John Dutch faced a strong challenge from Neil Glasbey, Darren Taylor and Steve Brett, who were only a handful of points apart.
Steve Brett already had one hand on the trophy but needed John to come lower than 5th place or have his car break down in this last round.
Only one point in it
Despite having a having a bad day John managed to get 4th place overall on the day which put him one point ahead of Neil Glasbey to win the title.
Although John in his DutchSpeed-prepared Mini only managed a fourth place in this final round, he had collected enough points to win Class 5 and also the overall (unsealed surface) championship title in his first full season competing in the IOW Car Club.
Final overall Championship positions
1st John Dutch on 242 points
2nd Neil Glasbey on 241 points
3rd Darren Taylor on 239 points
4th Steve Brett on232 points
5th Toby Allen on 218 points
Final overall Class Positions
Class 1
1st Wayne Hole on 250 points
2nd Jemma Western on 244 points
3rd Neil Hole on 49 points
Class 2
1st Dean Long on 150 points
Class 3
1st Steve Brett on 250 points
2nd Marion Saunders on 243
3rd Kevin Richardson on 194
4th Brad Cullen on 96 points
5th Mike Townsend on 47 points
Class 4
1st Neil Glasbey on 247 points
2nd Toby Allen on 239 points
3rd Matt Price on 227 points
4th Vicky Cox on 217 points
5th Linda Burt on213 points
Class 5
1st John Dutch on 247 points
2nd Darren Taylor on 246 points
3rd Andy Williams on 239
4th Terry Steele on 237
5th Andy Lee on 175 points
Ladies Class
1st Vicky Cox on 185 points
2nd Marion Saunders on 165 points
3rd Linda Burt on 164 points
4th Jemma Western on 130 points
More details can be found on Isle of Wight Car Club
Image: © Used with the kind permission of Allan Marsh Photography
