02-06-15 Spring League Round 8

Joshua Galbraith is top qualifier in the V12 Mardave Class but Jordan Galbraith storms to victory in the final
James Hart wins the GT12 A Final
Dave Tomlinson has a great drive to take the GT12 B Final, Bob Harley makes the A Final
Matt Popejoy extends his unbeaten run by winning the GT12 C final

Track

Qualifying
In the GT12 class James Hart took pole position for the A final being best qualifier with 34 laps, one lap ahead of Louis Parker and David Simpson.
Bob Harley was in sparkling form to head the division 2 drivers with 32 laps, Chelle Snowden was second with 31 laps.
Matt Popejoy was the fastest in division 3 getting 26 laps, just one ahead of fast improving Scott Lewis.
In the V12 Mardave class Joshua Galbraith was best with some great driving, Paul Galbraith was second. – well done Joshua!

Finals
First up were the V12 Mardaves and Joshua Galbraith made a good start from pole position on the grid with the rest of the field in hot pursuit. Mike Simpson took the lead on lap 9 and then followed some very close racing between Mike and Jordan Galbraith with the lead changing hands several times. A mistake by Mike let Jordan catch up and overtake on lap 30 and he went on to win with 41 laps, Mike was second on 40 and Paul Galbraith third on 29 laps. Another very exciting race!

In the GT12 C final Matt Popejoy starting from pole was in the lead all of the race, Scott Lewis was his nearest challenger and finished second 4 laps down. This is now eight wins out of eight for Matt in the league.

The GT12 B final developed into a battle between Dave Tomlinson, Chelle Snowden and Nick Bruty all of these drivers being very evenly matched. It was Dave who won the day with 48 laps, Chelle and Nick being second and third respectively on 47 laps just half a second apart.

The last race of the evening was the GT12 A Final, this was great to watch with some very skillful driving from James Hart to record yet another fine win with 53 laps. A racing incident on the first lap saw David Simpson and Gavin Maciver down at the back of the field, David eventually caught and overtook Bob Harley who had a tremendous evenings racing, Louis Parker was well clear of these two to take second place on 52 laps. At the end David was third on 51 laps, Bob fourth on 50 just ahead of Gavin Maciver. Great Race!