– Drag Race June 2012

Lewis Car Club in association with Highlands and Islands Airports organised the first Hebridean Plant Hire Ltd Drag Race of 2012 at Stornoway Airport on Saturday 9th June. The event was dedicated to Andrew ‘Tibby’ Macleod who was taken away far too early in life by an undiagnosed heart condition.

	All money raised on the night will be donated to CRY- Cardiac Risk in the Young. CRY was founded in 1995 to raise awareness of conditions that can lead to Young Sudden Cardiac Death (YSCD) and Sudden Death Syndrome (SDS); SADS
	All 33 drivers arrived on time to have their cars scrutineered for safety, a great variety of cars entered ranging from a 1.2 Renault Clio, (running a subsea fluid instead of engine oil- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnhwQHSE5ik) to a full 650bhp Subaru Impreza with slick tyres .

Four classic cars entered and posted some impressive times, Gavin Lomax posted a personal best of 13.758 in his home built VW Beetle with a 1.9 turbocharged, fuel injected 200bhp engine. Derek Beaton ran his Mk2 RS2000 setting some impressive reaction times off the line. Iain Rose made the trip over from Contin in his black mk1 Golf GTi, this was Iain’s second time at the LCC Drag Race having entered last year in his mk2 Escort RS1800 replica as part of the Highland Old Skool Ford Tour 2011. Murdo Campbell entered in the rare Renault 5 Turbo 2, launching the mid engined Renault hard of the line. He posted his best time of the night on his 5^th run of 14.819.

	Subarus were out in force with Colin Linklater posting the fastest time of the night in his 650bhp Impreza, he posted an 11.130 and crossed the ¼ mile at 127.4 mph on his 5th run. Second fastest time was set by Steve MacIver in his 500bhp classic Impreza RA of 12.329, Sean Mackenzie was close behind 12.395 in his P1 Impreza.
	The matt black Limited edition RS500 Focus RS posted the fastest time of the RS’s, with the remapped 300bhp Ultimate Green Focus setting a 14.229 and standard performance blue one owned by Chris Matheson making the ¼ mile pass in 14.318 seconds .

Fastest times of the night are listed below-

1	Colin Linklater	Subaru Impreza	5	0.354	11.130	127.4
2	Steve Maciver	Subaru Impreza	2	0.331	12.329	107.6
3	Sean Mackenzie	Subaru Impreza P1	3	0.332	12.395	113.0
4	Gavin Lomax	VW Beetle	5	0.484	13.758	97.1
5	David Flower	Subaru Impreza	2	0.689	13.793	96.1
6	Iain Nicolson	Subaru Impreza	4	0.481	13.947	99.3
7	Stephen Macdonald	Ford Focus RS500	1	0.764	14.027	103.4
8	Finlay Macdonald	Catherham 7	4	0.194	14.269	96.7
9	Graham Ferguson	Ford Focus RS	3	0.605	14.229	101.5
10	Chris Matheson	Ford Focus RS	4	0.345	14.318	99.7
11	Lee Woodard	Skoda Fabia	5	0.835	14.390	97.6
12	D N Mackenzie	Vauxhall Astra VXR	3	0.677	14.442	98.2
13	Michael Pitt	Ford Sierra	3	0.088	14.549	94.9
14	Jamie Macleod	BMW 328i	5	0.367	14.694	93.7
15	Murdo Campbell	Renault 5 Turbo 2	5	-0.146	14.819	91.6
16	Dan Pitt	Saab 9000	5	0.372	14.833	96.5
17	William Maciver	ToyotaMR2	4	0.254	14.894	89.4
18	Paul Macaulay	BMW 325TDS	2	0.201	15.094	92.4
19	Scott Matheson	Renault Clio 182	5	0.058	15.256	88.9
20	Mark Woodard	Skoda Octavia	1	1.085	15.285	90.3
21	David Macleod	Alfa Romeo GTV	3	0.203	15.292	90.1
22	Euan Mackay	ToyotaAltezza	3	0.394	15.412	89.4
23	Sandy Maclean	Mitsubishi Colt CZT	2	0.123	15.443	89.1
24	Janis Cerins	BMW 328i	2	0.366	15.486	91.0
25	David Macleod	BMW 320i	4	0.408	15.509	90.9
26	Derek Beaton	Escort RS2000	5	0.102	15.517	88.7
27	Ross Macleod	SeatLeon	2	0.270	15.663	86.8
28	Jim Currie	Ford Focus ST	1	0.449	15.860	87.7
29	Iain Rose	VW Golf GTi	2	0.230	16.421	55.8
30	Chris Macarthur	Volvo 940	2	0.650	17.034	79.2
31	Calum Taylor	Hyundai Coupe	5	0.323	19.413	64.9
32	Andy White	Renault Clio	3	0.381	19.493	66.4
33	Craig Evans	Ford Sierra	2	0.334	20.577	62.9


	Euan Mackay	ToyotaAltezza	2	0.016	Fastest reaction time of the night

LEWIS CAR CLUB WOULD LIKE TO THANK EVERYONE WHO HELPED MAKE THIS EVENT A SUCCESS, WITHOUT THE KINDNESS OF THE BELOW COMPANIES AND LEWIS CAR CLUB MEMBERS THESE EVENTS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN – ALL TO RAISE MONEY FOR GREAT CHARITIES. THANK YOU