A P14 chase run gets its own rewatch at the SDS All Mass Finals

In tandem, the lead car sets the line and the chase car follows it as closely as it can. Scoring splits accordingly: the lead is judged on running its own line, angle and pace; the chase is judged on proximity, on matching that line rather than cutting or widening it, and on holding its own angle while doing it. A chase car that gives up angle to stay close has traded away part of what it is being scored on; a chase car that holds angle but drifts out to a car length has traded the other part.

That is the general shape of tandem judging in the scene. The specific criteria the SDS uses, and the weighting between them, are the organizer's to publish — the video description does not set them out, and this piece does not assume them.

What the posting does make clear is that Mr Mino Media rated the chase highly enough to isolate it from the rest of the finals footage and build the title around it.

There is an argument for this format that RC drift media doesn't make often enough. Event recaps compress a finals day into a montage where every pass looks equally good, which is exactly the problem a chase run has: proximity reads badly in fast cuts, because you need to see the gap hold through a transition rather than catch it at one frozen moment. Posting one battle on its own gives a chase the running time to be assessed rather than admired.

The channel's own framing is that the rewatch is where the value sits — the description calls this "the chase of the century by Mike B" and says the writer is glad to have watched it back. That is a filmer's claim about his own footage, and readers can weigh it against what the camera shows.

The clip carries 677 views, 11 likes and no comments at the point the metrics were pulled from the YouTube API.

Plenty is still open. The description does not give the date the finals were run, the chassis or tires either driver was on, or Tandemonium's surface and layout. "New Tandemonium" is the uploader's phrase for the venue; the specifics of the move or opening are not in the material.

None of that stops the battle being worth watching. It does mean anyone writing the event up — including this desk — should wait on the organizer for the format and the result rather than reverse-engineer them from one clip.

Richie vs. Mike B is posted free on YouTube as RC Drift Journey Stop 43, filmed and published by Mr Mino Media on October 14, 2026.