Consistency wins. That is the conclusion of the OWRL MRT Cup 2009/10. Xcite K. Egloff did not had the speed to win either the sprint or main race in the final round of the cup, but unlike the other big hitters he kept his car on track at all times, was content to finish on the podium in both races and that was enough to win the title.

Before the final round four candidates for the title had emerged. Reigning Div A champion RAPTOR | Chris had the lead in the standings but did not make the final round, so he was sure to lose it. Second in the championship was Xcite K. Egloff, followed by probably the fastest of the four JPeace. Fourth and final candidate was n!Michi. One of the three racing championship elects looked determined in the sprint race. Starting in second, JPeace took the lead in lap 5. But then his hopes quickly came to an end. A small mistake in the corner leading onto the bridge - the one with the wall on the outside - and JPeace flew in the air. He followed this up with another DNF in the main race. Jpeace was out.

That left Michi and K. Egloff. Michi did not had a good start in the sprint race with a spin in lap 1. He fell back to midfield. Thinks were looking up for K. Egloff, especially after a nasty crash involving [SR] FireDragon and RAPTOR | Intre. Whilst fighting for P1 FireDragon made a small mistake in the first chicane sending him towards the wall. Intre looked like he was handed the lead but FireDragon's wall ride shooted him back towards the racing line exactly at where Intre was driving. Both FireDragon and Intre were taken out in this bizarre incident. Instead of Intre it was K. Egloff who took the lead. However n!spanneman overtook him and took the sprint race win. To make matters worse, Michi got himself back to P3. Egloff still needed a good finish in the main race to win the title.

On to the main race. After a clean start n!Michi and Xcite K. Egloff found themselves together at P6 and P7 having to work their way to the front. They both did and what developed was a tense fight between what was certain to be the top 2 in the championship. Even though the Xcite-driver could afford to finish behind Michi, this is racing and no one likes to concede. If the fight resulted in a crash the championship might have looked differently, but both kept it clean. K. Egloff got the better hand over Michi as both drivers got into the top three positions. Up front TeW GAW had built himself a big enough lead and he would go on to win the race. In the final part of the race Michi put in a final effort to at least beat K. Egloff in this race. He did, Egloff conceded his place knowing that third place and another podium finish in this season would be enough to bring home the cup. With six top four finishes, Mr. consistency K. Egloff is the OWRL MRT Cup 2009/10 champion. Congratulations!


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