03-02-15 Winter League Round 6

James Hart’s nerve holds out to win the GT12 A final despite sustained pressure from David Hall
Dave Tomlinson takes fifth place in the A final to be the top division 2 driver
Chelle Snowden wins the B final ahead of Bob Harley
Jack Cook wins the C final with Ted Griffiths second and Alister Hart third
Mike Simpson finishes just ahead of Paul Galbraith to win the mardave V12 final

Track
Some very tight sections this week

Another great evenings racing, the highlight being the GT12 “A” Final with James Hart starting from pole position followed by David Hall and Louis Parker, all three of these drivers having achieved 30 laps in qualifying which was two more than anyone else.

James got off to a flying start in the eight minute final but it was not long before David Hall was challenging him for the lead and for the remainder of the race there were only a few inches between the two cars. The circuit was very tight and James held the racing line magnificently despite a tremendous amount of pressure from David and crossed the finishing line first to win a fantastic race. Great stuff!
Louis Parker finished in third place with yet another super drive.
Dave Tomlinson took fifth place to be the best in division 2 beating “B” Final winner Chelle Snowden by just 0.34 seconds.
Bob Harley and Chelle had a close race with Bob trailing by 3 seconds at the finish.

Jack Cook was well clear of the rest of the field in the “C” final to win with Ted Griffiths second three laps down and Alister Hart third a further lap behind.

The mardave V12 class was as always very close with all the cars being evenly matched. Mike Simpson starting from pole got away from the rest of the field but was being chased down by Paul Galbraith and on lap 27 he had caught up. Things were close in the final two minutes but Mike stayed ahead to win by 0.63 seconds, Paul being second and Jake Galbraith in third place.

Just two more rounds to go in the league which should provide an exciting finish.