07-10-14 Autumn League Round 3

Nick Wallace nicks the top place from Nick Bruty in the nick of time
Darren Ford finally beats his GT12 “A” final jinx
Richard Parker extends his lead in the mardave class
Jenson Butlin holds off a strong challenge from team Galbraith

Track

A joint Dave Tomlinson, James Hart and Darren Ford design.


The tricky bit was removed after practice!

A great evenings racing with some very close results.

In round 1 Nick Wallace and Nick Bruty had a tremendous battle in heat 2 of the GT12 class with only 0.64 seconds separating them, both drivers getting 34 laps with Nick Wallace leading.
In round 2 James Hart won heat 3 followed by Darren Ford with Daniel Williams just taking third place a mere 0.14 seconds ahead of David Statham with Louis Parker setting the fastest lap.
Nick Wallace had a convincing win in round 3 heat 2 to earn him a place in the GT12 “A” final.
After the qualifying Richard Parker was the top Mardave class driver winning every heat, Jenson Butlin had another good week to be top placed division 2 driver.
James Hart was fastest in the GT12 class..

The mardave final was a great race with eight cars on a fast track, Richard Parker won (again!), Mike Simpson was second and team Galbraith took third (Paul), fourth (Josh)and fifth (Jake) positions. A great performance in particular from Joshua – well done!
Chelle Snowden won the GT12 “B” final ahead of Nick Bruty and Graham Oxford.
James Hart seemed to be in control of the GT12 “A” final until a racing incident let Darren Ford into the lead and he took full advantage to win on 57 laps, James finished second with 55 and there was a fine race for third place by David Statham, Dave Tomlinson and Louis Parker – this being the finishing order with just 1.51 second separating all three of them.