Gavin Maciver scores maximum points in the GT12 Class
Darren Ford maintains the pressure on league 2 leader Matt Popejoy
Club Chairman Rob Hambridge storms to victory in the C Final
Jordan Galbraith cracks under pressure as his dad Paul snatches victory in the Mardave Final
Track
Qualifying
Gavin Maciver was yet again the driver to beat in the GT12 class with a fine win in round 1, David Simpson won round 2 to head the qualifiers but Gavin responded in round 3 with a better time to take pole position in the final. Chelle Snowden was third, Darren Ford was fourth and best in division 2 chasing another maximum points very closely followed by Matt Popejoy and Bob Harley. Visiting driver Javier Jimenez managed a creditable seventh overall.
Daniel Lacey was top qualifier in division 3 with his new car, David Snowden was second a lap down on Daniel.
In the mardave class Jordan Galbraith was in top form and with some impressive driving won all three qualifying rounds and looked favourite for a convincing win in the final. Mike Simpson was second and Paul Galbraith experiencing problems with his car in rounds one and two got everything together in round three to take third position overall.
Before the finals the trophies for the Winter League were presented by Rob Hambridge, congratulations to the winners.
Finals
In the mardave final Jordan Galbraith made an excellent start from pole followed by Mike Simpson and Paul Galbraith, an incident on lap 2 enabled Paul to take the lead but Jordan soon reeled him in and regained the lead once again on 5. A good race then ensued with Jordan establishing a good lead then Paul getting the gap down to about 1 second by lap 17 to put a bit of pressure on Jordan. We were all treated to an incredibly exciting finish with Paul gaining over 2 seconds on Jordan on the penultimate lap to be first over the line by 0.22 seconds. A super result for team Galbraith, well done Paul.
The GT12 C final saw a great drive from the clubs chairman Rob Hambridge who was in the lead from start to finish leaving it to David Snowden and Mike Simpson to battle it out for second and third places. The two drivers were evenly matched with David being slightly quicker but unable to regain the second place he lost to Mike on lap 1.
Bob Harley starting from pole in the B Final was in sparkling form to take a convincing win over a lap ahead of second place driver Nick Wallace. Javier Jimenez on his first visit to the club took third place with his best lap being slightly quicker than Nick’s.
The A Final was run at a very fast pace with Gavin Maciver off to a good start from pole and being chased hard by David Simpaon and Chelle Snowden. David was about half a second down until a racing incident on lap 13 put him out of contention. Chelle took up the chase but could not make up any ground on Gavin who in the end had a comfortable win on 32 laps, Chelle was second on 31 and a superb drive from Darren Ford earned him third place. A great race to watch.