This weekend saw the final round of the SRS championship and the series headed to the awesome Herts track.
The weather was great and everything looked set for a close final round. Team drivers Steve Ibbotson and Matt Mussett were in attendance for X-Factory UK, running their Tekno, Tekin, Vampire and JConcepts packages. All Steve needed to do was finish either two places behind the current series leader or in the top five if he was lower than third to secure victory in the championship, so this event was more about bringing the car home in a good position rather than going all out for the win.
Qualifying started well and immediately his car felt good on the damp track. Putting in a safe second in round, then a third in round and finished on a second in round to mean he was lining up second on the grid.
The finals started and he had a great battle with Mark Rumble for about five minutes until a small mistake from Mark and Steve was ahead. Then unfortunately Ashley (the series leader) dropped out due to a problem with his car. All Steve then needed to do was make sure the car got to the end of the final above fifth place. He backed off and brought the car home in third to win the SRS championship….
Steve commented that his whole package has been faultless all year running the Tekno EB48.2, JConcepts tyres, Vampire LIPO Batteries and Tekin RX8 Gen2 speed control and T8i 1950Kv motor. Congratulations also to Matt Mussett for coming fourth in the championship and narrowly missing out on a podium spot.

Source: X-Factory RC