10-01-17 Winter League Round 1

The first of eight rounds of the winter league with drivers best six round scores to count, points being awarded for both qualifying and final positions in each division.

Qualifying
Some very competitive racing with James Hart being to top qualifier on 42 laps in the GT12 class and a good performance from new member Mark Deacon to be second with 41 laps ahead of Louis Parker, Ashley King and Gavin Maciver a further lap down.
Best division 2 driver was Steve Donald with a very impressive 39 laps, followed by Matt Popejoy with 38 and Javier Jimenez with 36 laps.
In division 3 Paul Carter was the leader on 30 laps, 3.44 seconds ahead of Alister Hart, Courtney Orme took third place on 29 laps.
In the club mardave class Mike Simpson took pole position in the final with 31 laps followed by Paul Galbraith on 30 and Jordan Galbraith 29 laps. In division 2 Jensen Wray was the leader on 21 laps with Alex Forster second on the same lap and Roy Matthews third on 15 laps after some electrical problems with his car.

Finals
First up was the mardave final where Mike Simpson had a steady drive to lead from start to finish, leaving it to Paul and Jordan Galbraith to fight it out for second and third places. It was Paul who came out on top with Jordan trailing by seven seconds.
In division 2 Roy Matthews got his car going properly and was best followed by Alex Forster and newcomer Dianne Taylor.

Lee Devey won the GT12 C final just ahead of Peter Partridge, Paul Carter was the top division 3 driver with Jack Walsh taking an excellent second ahead of Alister Hart.
The B final turned out to be a tremendous race with little to separate the first three drivers, it was Matt Popejoy who crossed the finishing line first to win ahead of Chelle Snowden, Bob Harley and Daniel Lacey all on the same lap.
James Hart was on pole position for the A final and with an almost faultless drive took the win, Louis Parker was second and Mark Deacon third (yes Mark you did beat Ashley again!). A great race this with Steve Donald finishing in sixth place to be best in division 2.