The thirteen that competed were split over five teams:
RIOT SQUAD
606 Jon
27 Cap
125 Gildo
THE PREDATORS "A"
779 Luke
97 Jake W.
THE PREDATORS "B"
386 Lukey
726 Sam
823 Ellis
MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
228 Splat
870 Looney
GYPSY CREW
186 Brett
616 Jam
337 Spook
Team Bandicoot were the defending champions but none of their drivers from 2015 competed in the meeting at all, so there would be a new set of champions. After the first few races, it was clear who those champions were going to be...
Top 5 scored in heats and final. Allcomers were non-points. Drivers in italics finished but did not score points. 5 points went to the winning team in the DD.
Codes:
RS = Riot Squad
PA = The Predators "A"
PB = The Predators "B"
MR = Midnight Runners
GC = Gypsy Crew
Heat 1: PB726 Sam, PB386 Lukey, RS125 Gildo, PA97 Jake W., MR870 Looney, MR228 Splat, RS27 Cap, RS606 Jon
Heat 2: PB386 Lukey, PA97 Jake W., RS125 Gildo, RS27 Cap, RS606 Jon
Heat 3: PA97 Jake W., PB726 Sam, RS125 Gildo, RS606 Jon, MR228 Splat, GC616 Jam
Heat 4: PB726 Sam, PB386 Lukey, PA97 Jake W., RS125 Gildo, RS606 Jon
Heat 5: PA97 Jake W., PB386 Lukey, PB726 Sam, RS27 Cap, GC616 Jam, MR228 Splat
Heat 6: PA97 Jake W., GC616 Jam, PB386 Lukey, PB823 Ellis, RS125 Gildo, MR228 Splat, RS27 Cap, MR870 Looney
Heat 7: PA97 Jake W., PB726 Sam, PB386 Lukey, MR228 Splat, GC616 Jam, RS606 Jon, PA779 Luke
Heat 8: RS27 Cap, RS125 Gildo, PA97 Jake W., PB386 Lukey, MR870 Looney, GC186 Brett, MR228 Splat
Final: PB726 Sam, RS125 Gildo, PB386 Lukey, RS27 Cap, GC616 Jam, MR870 Looney, PA97 Jake W., GC186 Brett
Allcomers 1: PB386 Lukey, RS27 Cap, PB726 Sam, PA97 Jake W., PB823 Ellis, MR228 Splat, RS125 Gildo, MR870 Looney
Allcomers 2: RS27 Cap, PB386 Lukey, RS125 Gildo, GC616 Jam, PB726 Sam, GC186 Brett, MR870 Looney, PA779 Luke, RS606 Jon
DD: The Predators "B"
POINTS
1st: The Predators "B" - 69 points
2nd: Riot Squad - 41 points
3rd: The Predators "A" - 32 points
4th: Gypsy Crew - 8 points
5th: Midnight Runners - 5 points
When a team has two of the best rodders seen in LFS Bangers history in it, that team is more than likely to win. And by a lot did Lukey and Sam (and not forgetting Ellis) win; in fact, only three drivers managed to break the Predators monopoly on the top three places in the entire meeting! Sam had two heat wins and the final while Lukey had a heat and an allcomers victory and all three members of the Preds' B team were upright at the end of the DD, which is an excellent achievement. The performance of the night must go to Jake W. though as he took four heats, including three consecutively, to finish third on his own with the A team as Luke was never going to score a point anyway.
Riot Squad carved out a second place to be the filling in the Predators sandwich thanks to Cap's heat win along with the other allcomers and a strong showing from Gildo. Jam recorded a second place but not much else to give Gypsy Crew fourth, while Midnight Runners proved they are nothing without Kane and Foster as wrecker Splat and general unfortunate Looney ended the meeting bottom with the team's best performance a fourth place in the seventh heat. It's the taking part that counts, guys!
So, without further ado:
CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PREDATORS "B" - WINNERS OF THE 2016 UNLIMITED BATTLE OF BRITAIN!