Top Gear Laptime Sweepstake

[Mookistar]

Does the fact it was a dry track mean TrickyB doesn't win?

mook

[axolotl]

I would like to donate my winnings to the association of british drivers A B D . I believe their philosophy of improving road safety through improved driver training re hazard awareness, anticipation, always being able to stop within the distance you can see to be clear etc. and also pressuring the government to use more of the immense motoring taxes on improving the quality of our road surfaces is the best way to reduce deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Despite the current "motorist-bashing" climate, I believe most of us know that a performance car if driven sensibly can be actually safer than other cars for obvious reasons (as long as we are not lulled into a false sense of security then overtaking is safer, stopping distances are reduced and better roadholding means more control).....end of rant
Andrew

[Hi5]

well done axolotl


bad luck trickyb

[TrickyB]

Thats a shame i am sure i saw some water on the track
cant my half go to the clic sargent charity?

[moleman]

[TrickyB]

fair kop worth a try lol
well done axolotl

[supraman]

Axolotl won the sweepstake with the exact time of 1.19.7. Many congratulations to him!

The final positions were:

1st axolotl - 1.19.7 - He wins £66 (40%)
2nd dwreid - 1.19.8 - He wins £33 (20%)
3rd ANDY400R -1.19.9 - He wins £16.50 (10%)

If Peely, Benji406V6Coupe, ac427, Moff, kennyc, GTaaaaaarrrrrr! had taken part, then they would have won some of this money too as their original (non sweepstake) guesses were 1.19.8 or 1.19.9! You've got to be in it to win it! TrickyB did take part, and he guessed the exact time, but unfortunately it was his wet lap time that was correct! Ouch, so close!

The money that we took was divided as follows:

33 regular guesses (33 x £5) = £165
2 payments (Spazpeker, Godsp) to learn the Top Gear time early (2 x £5) = £10
16 additional contributions to the charity (supraman, matlyp, nicherotors, 16 x £5) = £80

ClicSargent (CLIC Sargent - Caring for Children and Young People with Cancer : About us) therefore gets £49.50 from the sweepstake fund (30%), plus at least £80 from additional payments, totalling £129.50. Many thanks to those of you who contributed. I'm flying to London today for the GT-R Summerfest (http://www.gtr.co.uk/summerfest/) so I won't get round to sending off the cheque to the charity for at least a few days. Therefore, if any of you want to contribute to this good cause then just use the original link to make the payment (http://www.gtr.co.uk/products-52-toV..._top_gear.html).

The final guess lists were:

Dry Track Only

Chamber 1.17.7
Evolution VI 1.17.8
davros 1.17.9
Spazpeker 1.18.0
Andy Hornsby 1.18.1
bodi 1.18.2
TrickyB 1.18.3
tokyogtr 1.18.5
supraman 1.18.8
Rich-GT 1.18.9
First 1.19.0
Fuggles 1.19.0
Al_s13 1.19.3
tomgtr 1.19.5
supracat 1.19.6
axolotl 1.19.7dwreid 1.19.8
ANDY400R 1.19.9
paulc 1.20.2
Hazardous 1.20.3
rblvjenkins 1.20.3
goldbrew 1.20.4
charles charlie 1.20.5
slow 1.20.6
maxxwaxx 1.21.8
Pugwash 1.22.4

Wet/Damp/Mildly Moist Track Only

tokyogtr 1.19.4
Fuggles 1.19.5
TrickyB 1.19.7
supraman 1.20.3
tomgtr 1.20.5
Redlineash 1.20.8
supracat 1.21.4

Full List

NAMES IN RED HAVE PAID

1.17.3 GT-R Cowboy
1.17.4 Arch5
1.17.5 OllieMeff (dry track)
1.17.6 Godzilla-RR - BANNED
1.17.7 Chamber
1.17.8(4) Rising sun
1.17.8 EvolutionVI
1.17.9 davros
1.18.0 ticketmaster123, Spazpeker
1.18.1 Andy Hornsby
1.18.2 bodi
1.18.3 stealth, TrickyB (dry track)
1.18.4 supracat (with suspension mods)
1.18.5 tokyogtr
1.18.6 yuangs
1.18.7 kpkpkp
1.18.8 supraman (dry track), MacGTR, Bubble, Tr8kr (sunny day)
1.18.9 Rich-GT
1.19.0 First, Fuggles (dry track)
1.19.1 KINGLEH, sumo69
1.19.2 Cornhoolio
1.19.3 PJCS, Al_s13
1.19.4 Lith, zig-zag, tokyogtr (wet track)
1.19.5 P3RV3RT, OllieMeff (wet track), tomgtr, Fuggles (wet track)
1.19.6 supracat
1.19.7 TrickyB (wet track), axolotl
1.19.8 Peely, Benji406V6Coupe, ac427, Moff, kennyc, dwreid
1.19.9 GTaaaaaarrrrrr!, ANDY400R
1.20.0 Aerodramatics
1.20.1 skyline69_uk
1.20.2 paulc
1.20.3 rblvjenkins, sin, Hazardous,supraman (wet track)
1.20.4 goldbrew
1.20.5 Charles Charlie
1.20.6 Slow
1.20.7 NBM33
1.20.8 evoscott, Redlineash (damp track)
1.21.4 supracat
1.21.5 LivingMovie
1.21.7 mugwump
1.21.8 maxxwaxx
1.22.0 Armed English
1.22.2 neilstafford, BobLeBuilder
1.22.3 evoscott
1.22.4 Pugwash (pessimistic about fairness)

[Fuggles]

Congratulations to everyone who took part and helped raise some money for this charity. A special thank you to Russ for organising this.

[Fuggles]

I understand from supraman some of the winners have decided to donate their winnings to the charity as well.