Mike Martin and Adam Lowry were able to skip the final two races of the International 505 World Championship, having secured the title with a day to spare.
Winners of the penultimate race (R9) were the Dane/Aussie pair Jan Saugmann and Marcus Cooper with South Africa’s James Largier and Richard Hutton-Squire in second, and Peter Nicholas and Luke Payne of Australia third.
The honours for the final race also went to Nicholas and Luke Payne with Germany’s Julian Stueckl and Johannes Tellen taking second, with Mike Holt and Carl Smit of the USA in third to confirm their second place on the final podium.
Parker Shinn and Eric Anderson made it an all US final podium with Nicholas and Payne claiming fourth, Howard Hamlin and Jeff Nelson USA were fifth and sixth were Wolfgang Hunger and Holger Jess of Germany.
Britain’s Ian Pinnell and Reeve Dunn finished in seventh, Nathan Batchelor and Harry Briddon tenth and Penny and Russ Clark 20th.
The 505 World Championships now moves to Båstad in Sweden in July-August 2020.
505 World Championship – Final leaders after race 9 & 10 (89 entries)
1st USA Mike Martin/Adam Lowry DNC DNC – – 24 pts
2nd USA Mike Holt/Carl Smit 7 3 – – 38 pts
3rd USA Parker Shinn/Eric Anderson 4 11 – – 42 pts
4th AUS Peter Nicholas/Luke Payne 3 1 – – 48 pts
5th USA Howard Hamlin/Jeff Nelson 10 5 – – 50 pts
6th GER Wolfgang Hunger/Holger Jess 9 4 – – 52 pts
7th GBR Ian Pinnell/Reeve Dunn 6 14 – – 55 pts
8th GER Julian Stueckl/Johannes Tellen 21 2 – – 69 pts
9th AUS Christopher Paterson/Thor Schoenhoff 8 7 – – 75 pts
10th GBR Nathan Batchelor/Harry Briddon 12 8 – – 92 pts
11th AUS Sandy Higgins/Paul Marsh 30 10 – – 93 pts
12th GER Jan-Philipp Hofmann/Felix Brockerhoff 23 18 – – 96 pts
13th AUS Michael Quirk/Joel Castle 14 32 – – 100 pts
14th DEN Jan Saugmann/Marcus Cooper 1 13 – – 101 pts
15th AUS Malcolm Higgins/Nick Johnston 15 24 – – 118 pts
16th CAN Robert Tennant/Steve Bourdow 47 21 – – 125 pts
17th AUS Kevin Cameron/Sam Heritage 13 9 – – 125 pts
18th AUS Daniel Keys/Daryl Roos 5 15 – – 128 pts
19th USA Edward Conrads/Brian Haines 28 20 – – 128 pts
20th GBR Penny Clark/Russ Clark 22 35 – – 132 pts
21st GER Stefan Koechlin/Andreas Achterberg 25 6 – – 141 pts
22nd RSA James Largier/Richard Hutton-Squire 2 30 – – 141 pts
23rd AUS Clarke Bradley/Bradley Clarke 26 16 – – 157 pts
24th GER Timon Treichel/Morten Roos 34 22 – – 166 pts
25th AUS Michael Babbage/James McAllister 32 28 – – 170 pts
