Four drivers in a showdown to what has been a really good season, without a doubt the best.  Rumours in the week even had RangersRick as not appearing due to work commitments, but as the teams arrived in the Swiss Alps, all three Honda NSX's were present.  Testing had shown them to be fast, Bradders is a circuit expert here and was hopeful, but couldn't find another tenth from the car no matter what setup changes he made.  He though thought the two Cerberus Camaro's would be quick, but the two drivers were not so hopeful, finding the car a bit to much of a handful in the really fast corners.  Posh Rob had been testing hard and was hopeful that his higher position on the grid would stand him in good stead.

The Support race was for the Trans AM cars, that had been scheduled to appear earlier in the season.  Pronag looked odds on to lift the crown and he had a good start to get on the tail of RGreenwood and Robraceruk on lap 1.  Greenwood soon fell back finishing 9th, but Pronags rival Bradders was on the move and took Raver for 3rd on lap 3.  A lap later he was in the lead, from Robraceruk and Pronag trying everything to get passed and win series in style.  On lap 5 he did, only for Robbracer to retake second place, the Horizon team pit garage were biting there nails as he only needed to finish third in class to win the title.  The following lap bought the heartache, as the Ford Mustang went over the jump around the back of the circuit, the engine cut and with it he ground to a halt against the barriers.  Retirement and the championship lost.  Bradders was in no mood to give this away and backed off to win the race and regain his title, followed home by the very impressive Robracer in second.  Major Raver held on to the final podium spot after a great dice with CQR Posh Rob, the SWR driver finding the Pontiac ahead sideways every time at the bottom of the hill in its defence.

So a massive crowd were ready for what about decide the Champion of Season 4.  An extra treat for the crowd was the return of NikeMIke who sat at the back of the grid in a 2002 Corvette  Plato made a great start from pole to lead Robraceruk, Kinky and Raver into the first corner.  Kinky was keen to pass the Ferrari, whilst Raver was equally keen to pass them both, having already dived past JRush and CQR Posh Rob on the run down to turn one.  Plato was showing the testing pace, to blast away from all this out front and cross the line at the end of lap 1, 2 seconds ahead, but it was Raver in Second, who managed to pass both Kinky and Robracer in the final turn, the Camaro now third, the Ferrari dropping to 17th after clipping the wall and losing loads of speed down the start straight.  Of the title contenders Posh Rob was 5th behind his teammate, Bradders 12th having passed Rick through turn 3, and Devil Lord 15th.  Plato continued to lead whilst Raver had his mirrors full of Subaru, as the pair were now third and fourth.  JRush passed Raver on lap 2 for second, which quickly became 1st as Plato had got it all wrong on the exit on the bridge and hit the wall, the team advantage moving from KRR to Cerberus.  That advantage then quickly went to SWR as Kinky was the next in trouble through the esses, and heading to the pits, whilst a couple of laps later Devil Lord's hopes were over after he hit the wall hard and lost nearly a lap getting repairs.  Posh Rob was in no mood to follow Raver again and was now up to second, and the two SWR cars were fighting big style out front, until Rob get it wrong through turn two, went wide hit the wall and with it a pit visit that he knew would finish his title hopes.  So end of lap 5 and JRush led Raver, with Bradders now up to third, Rick fourth, and Wambogini an impressive 5th place.  Bradders and Rick soon passed the Alfa and latched on to the back of the Subaru.  For the next 10 laps these three run nose to tail, Rick ducked out a few time to have a go at Bradders, and finally did so coming on to the bridge section.  This sent Bradders to the pits in the hope that fresh tyres and clear air could help him jump the pair.  To cover this off JRush was in on the next lap, and he returned to the track ahead of the Mazda.  Rick now used the clear air to set some storming lap times that when he stopped 3 laps later he returned to the track 4 seconds ahead of JRush, who still had Badders bottled up behind him.  Raver now led, followed by Mike, who had slowly made his way through the field to run 5th.  Raver stopped on lap 22, and resumed in a comfortable fourth, Rick now back in the lead by 5 seconds and knowing the title was his for the taking.  He made no mistakes over these final 10 laps and crossed the line to win his first race since season 1, and grab the title in style.  JRush followed him home in second, still with Bradders stuck to his rear bumper.  The reigning champion was very gracious at the end of the race, saying Rick deserved the title with that drive, and praising JRush in second.

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Raver bought the Alfa home in 4th after a very good drive, whilst behind him we had a superb battle for 5th.  Plato was on a major recovery and took the 5th place 3 laps from home, after a great dice with Mike, Celtic and Kidders.  Celtic had driven superbly in the Lamborghini, and was over the moon with 6th, whilst Kidders was disappointed with 7th as he felt he could have been higher.  Mike pulled over on the last lap as he didn't want to score but use the race as a test session.  For Posh Rob he recovered to finish 8th, utterly disappointed to miss out after leading for so long, whilst Robraceruk recover well for 9th and Wambogini continued his impressive race with a tenth place finish.

It was a triple celebration down at KRR, drivers title, teams title and AM championship for the sister team run for Badbeat.  The Champagne flowed all night, in what has been a fantastic season, with close racing and superb battles.  All three winners know, that next season will be even harder.

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Teams & Drivers:

AV Motorsport: Xray Energy DNE

Did not enter.

BTC Honda Civic: AtomStew 15th

Managed to win possibly the last ever Class A race, and grabbed the final race point.  Needed a second stop after damage early on, but showed some good speed in what has summed up his season, lots of promise without the hoped for results.

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Cerberus  Chevrolet Camaro 02:  Devil Lord – 18th,           Kinkycowboys 13th

The team came into this race full of hope, and it fell a part very quickly.  Kinkycowboys was in the top 3 early on, but he hit a wall and with it fell down to 13th place.  Team mate Devil Lord had a feint hope of the title but he struggled all race and sustained a lot of damage, with an off and was lucky to get back to the pits for repairs.  He never gave up though.

Cerberus R&D Mazda MX5: Bradderstig 3rd

The reigning Champion was the pre-race favourite for victory and the title, as he is a bit of a circuit expert.  He tried hard, and got into the top 3 by lap 6, rung the neck out of the Mazda, but couldn't find a way passed JRush for the rest of the race no matter how much he tried.  Passed by Rick he watched as the Honda romped to victory and the title.  Very gracious in defeat and admitted the little Mazda had nothing left to give at the end.

DARE Alfa 4c: Wambogini 10th

Impressive end to the season for Wambogini, in his last race in the Alfa.  Ran 5th early on and spent most of the race in and around the top 10, making very few mistakes.  On this form will be a major problem for Badbeat in AM next season.

DART Alfa 4c: xKidders 7th,           Major Raver 4th

Kidders had a frustrating race.  Moved through to 5th by lap 8, only to have to pit for damage when a back marker went off in front of him.  Left him stopping earlier than he wanted, and spent the end of the race in a great little dice with Mike, Plato and Celtic.  Believed he could have come 5th, if not for the early stop.  Teammate Raver was a very impressive 4th place.  Took second with a great move at the end of lap 1, he battled with the SWR cars early on.  followed the top 3 in the hope of a mistake, but didn't quite have the pace to challenge them.  Saw the reliable Alfa off in style for the team.

DMB34 BMW M2: Devilsboogeyman 19th

Showed up with a massively detuned BMW, in the hope of a finish, and he did that.  Stayed out of trouble and came fourth in the AM class which will hopefully give him some confidence for next season.