01-12-15 Autumn League Round 7

Another excellent evenings racing.
Louis Parker was the top GT12 driver with Gavin Maciver and David Simpson having a great battle all evening for second place.
Nick Bruty was unbeatable in F2.
Courtney Orme also scores maximum points in F3.
Jordan Galbraith is the king of the Mardave class being top qualifier and winning a very close final.

Qualifying
Louis Parker set the target with a super drive in round 2 with David Simpson, Gavin Maciver and Nick Bruty not far off the pace in second, third and fourth position – David being half a lap down on Louis.
There were good performances also from Dave Tomlinson and Bob Harley who qualified ahead of Chelle Snowden.
In F3 Courtney Orme finished comfortably ahead of Alwyn Hodges.
The Mardave heat provided a lot of entertainment with seven cars running and it was Jordan Galbraith who was fastest with some impressive driving, with Mike Simpson just under a second slower.

Finals
The first final was the Mardave class and what a final it turned out to be. Jordan Galbraith made a good start from pole position on the grid and was chased by Mike Simpson. Overtaking proved difficult on a testing track the lead changed several times during the race, all the time being very little between these two drivers. Jordan sportingly allowed Mike to regain position after a big “off” at the far end of the track and they raced to the line with Jordan overtaking to win on the last lap. What a race! Joshua Galbraith was third and Paul fourth. Well done Jordan – can he do the double next week or will the pressure take its toll?

No rest for Joshua as he then went on to win the GT12 C Final, Courtney Orme was second Alwyn Hodges in disguise was third.

A win for Chelle Snowden in the B Final finishing a lap clear of second place driver Bob Harley, Nick Wallace was fastest but a couple of racing incidents put him down to third place.

Louis Parker had a great drive in the A Final to set the best lap time of 7.71 seconds and win from pole position. David Simpson was the only other driver to break 8 seconds with a 7.92, he and Gavin Maciver had another very close race with Gavin taking second place on the final lap.
Another fine performance from Nick Bruty who finished in fourth position being the best F2 driver.