16-02-16 Superleague Round 1

Gavin Maciver shows everyone the way in the GT12 Class to be best qualifier and win the A final
Nick Wallace has a good evening and is the top F2 driver taking second place in the B final
Team Galbraith crumble in the club Mardave class with Mike Simpson taking maximum points

GT12 Class
Gavin Maciver was quickest in the qualifying with some very tidy driving on a tricky track, with 38 laps he was 2 laps ahead of the next three drivers Dave Tomlinson, Richard Parker and Chelle Snowden. An impressive performance from Richard Parker, driving Louis’s car in heat 2 this week – better watch out he will be taking your car Louis!
Bob Harley was the best placed F2 driver, just ahead of Nick Wallace and Matt Popejoy, all three drivers being evenly matched.

In the finals Gavin Maciver managed an incredible 40 laps to win the A Final with Richard Parker, Nick Bruty, Chelle Snowden and Dave Tomlinson all finishing in that order a few seconds apart on 37 laps.
Nick Wallace was second in the B Final to be best in F2, Matt Popejoy was third and best qualifier Bob Harley down in fourth place.
It was good to see new member Jake Crawshaw quickly getting the hang of his new car, I am sure he will be a force to be reckoned with in F3 during the next few weeks.

Club Mardave Class
Quite a lot of rivalry between the drivers with “Team Galbraith” determined to repeat last weeks performance of taking the top three places in the final.
Paul Galbraith made a good start in the qualifying winning round 1 but Mike Simpson won rounds 2 and 3 to take pole position in the final, it was very close though with Mike, Jordan and Paul Galbraith all on 30 laps.

The final produced the best Mardave race seen yet in 2016 with Mike getting off to a good start but making an error which reduced his lead and produced a titanic battle right to the finish with all three of the Galbraith Team. Mike ran out the winner with Paul just 1.16 seconds behind, Jordan set the fastest lap to finish third and Joshua fourth.
Jensen Wray also had a good evening and continues to get more competitive each week.

So no celebrations for the Galbraith’s this week. At the team debrief afterwards one member was heard to say “I did not achieve my potential this week”, a more senior member of the family replied “Neither did I as you would not let me past”. A very cold and frosty evening for a walk home I believe!