Wow!  We didn't expect that and how brilliant!  You have sent us literally hundreds and hundreds of cars in the past two days, with some fantastic messages attached to them, and it is very obvious from what you tell us that you are all enjoying yourselves and having some fun.  Well, we have run the race and I have to say, it was very close indeed.  In fact, it was so close that for the first time ever we have shown you below the times achieved by the top 10 cars. The race featured the usual bumping, skidding and high powered incidents but in the end, Philips High School in Bury and St. Peter's and St. Paul's C. of E. Primary School, Lincolnshire (see picture below), won the two prizes that were up for grabs.  They have each won prizes for themselves and their school.  Please forgive me if I don't detail them today but we don't want to spoil the excitement of the drivers opening the boxes when they arrive next week!  I'll put the detail up next week - promise.

The tables below show the 'Top 10' finishers in the race and also the 'Top 20' Secondary and Primary finishers.  Thanks so much for all your efforts and 'Well done!' to each and every one of you.  Have a wonderful Christmas and New Year and treat yourselves to a couple of weeks off!  Racing starts again in January!

Brian Richardson and the Jaguar Cars Maths in Motion Team

THE 2009 CHRISTMAS FUN RACE 'TOP 10'

Race Finishing Positions School Local Authority Race Time
1st Philips High School Bury 1:29:05
2nd St. Augustine's R.C. High School Lancashire 1:29:23
3rd St. Peter & St. Paul's C. of E. Primary School Lincolnshire 1:29:25
4th The Marlborough School Oxfordshire 1:29:28
5th Butlers Court Combined School Buckinghamshire 1:29:30
6th Peel Park Primary School Bradford 1:29:34
7th Woodside Junior School Buckinghamshire 1:29:45
8th Christ the King R.C. Primary School Stockton-on-Tees 1:29:57
9th Turnfurlong Junior School Buckinghamshire 1:29:59
10th Queen Elizabeth's Community College Devon 1:30:04

FOR INFORMATION ONLY

PRIMARY CATEGORY

Brian with the winning team from

St. Peter and St. Paul's C. of E. Primary School, Burgh le Marsh, Lincolnshire.

Position Primary Category Local Authority
1st St. Peter & St. Paul's C. of E. Primary School Lincolnshire
2nd Butlers Court Combined School Buckinghamshire
3rd Peel Park Primary School Bradford
4th Woodside Junior School Buckinghamshire
5th Christ the King R.C. Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
6th Turnfurlong Junior School Buckinghamshire
7th Bickleigh-on-Exe Primary School Devon
8th St. Bede's RC Primary School, South Shields South Tyneside
9th All Saints CE Primary School Bury
10th Braunston C. of E. Primary School Northamptonshire
11th Haddenham Community Junior School Buckinghamshire
12th Gayhurst School Buckinghamshire
13th S.S Peter and Paul Primary School South Tyneside
14th St. Bernard's Catholic Primary School Bristol City
15th Higher Lane Junior School Bury
16th Pomphlett Primary School Plymouth City
17th Charlton Kings Junior School Gloucestershire
18th Hatherton Primary School Walsall
19th Whitehouse Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
20th Swillington Primary School Leeds City

SECONDARY CATEGORY

The Overall winners of the Christmas Fun Race 2009

Philips High School, Bury

Position Secondary Category Local Authority
1st Philips High School Bury
2nd St. Augustine's R.C. High School Lancashire
3rd The Marlborough School Oxfordshire
4th Queen Elizabeth's Community College Devon
5th Tollbar BEC NE Lincolnshire
6th Chatham House Grammar School for Boys Kent
7th The Rushden Community College Northamptonshire
8th Gayhurst School Buckinghamshire
9th Hinchingbrooke School Cambridgeshire
10th Bishop Challoner Catholic College Birmingham
11th Ashton Middle School Bedfordshire
12th The Blue Coat School Liverpool
13th Tudhoe Grange School County Durham
14th Tunbridge Wells Grammar School for Boys Kent
15th John Taylor High School Staffordshire
16th Frank F Harrison Engineering College Walsall
17th Mayflower High School Essex
18th Sacred Heart Catholic College Sefton
19th Our Lady and St Bede RC Secondary School Stockton-on-Tees
20th Calderstones School Liverpool