A good evenings racing with some very close results on a Clubnight with no championship points at stake and using the same track design as the previous two weeks.
Many thanks to Bob Harley for cleaning the carpets with his vacuum prior to racing. It was also good to see everyone helping to pack away all the equipment at the end of the evening.
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Next week, Tuesday 2nd September is Summer League Round 6, booking in as usual by text message to the clubs mobile.
The second week of using the same track design with several drivers improving their personal best results. After the three qualifying rounds three drivers achieved 41 laps. It was an incredibly close result, Josh Flanagan in LMGT3 being quickest with a time of 361.71 seconds, just 3/100th of a second ahead of GT12 driver Karl Norris on 361.74 seconds. Justin Heath was third with a time of 366.06 seconds.
Finals
Ivan Lewty won the “D” Final with 26 laps, ahead of Kevin Flamson on the same lap, Barry Thomas finished third.
In the “C” Final, as it had been in qualifying Will Lacey and Paul Carter were evenly match for speed. This produced a great race. Will was the winner by just under a second after an exciting race between them both finishing on 34 laps. Another good drive from Carly Hopper earned her third place with 31 laps.
Richard Johnston won the “B” Final with 39 laps, Bob Harley was second on 38 laps and Paul Wallis finished third having 36 laps.
The “A” Final winner was Josh Flanagan with 42 laps. A good result for “Team Norris” with Karl finishing in second place and Benn third, both on 41 Laps. Justin Heath took fourth place on 40 laps ahead of Ian Whiston on 37 laps.
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Karl Norris was quickest in GT12 qualifying on 39 laps with Benn Norris second with 38 laps and Richard Johnston in third place on 37 laps.
Josh Flanagan was the top LMGT3 driver having 40 laps
Finals
Eric Enion was the winner of the first Final on 24 laps, Benedict Enion had the fastest lap of the race and finished two laps behind in second place. Barry Thomas was third.
The second Final was a good race with Paul Carter winning on 31 laps, Carly Hopper second on 29 laps, Ed Carter took third place with 28 laps ahead of Kevin Flamson with the same laps.
Bob Harley won the third Final having 36 laps, Ian Wyatt finished in second place and Ian Whiston third, both drivers having 34 Laps.
Karl Norris won the top Final with 40 laps, being 4.37 seconds ahead of Josh Flanagan who set the fastest lap of the race. Benn Norris finished in thrd place and Simon Pole fourth, both on 39 laps. Richard Johnston was third with 37 laps.
A good evenings racing, many thanks to Chris Snowden for running race control.
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Next week Tuesday 19th August is round 4 of the 2025 Superleague.
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Josh Flanagan was quickest after the three qualifying rounds with 41 laps. Noah Bailey, Karl Norris, Justin Heath and Simon Pole were in second, t, fourth and fifth all on 40 laps.
Kevin Flamson won the “D” Final with 27 laps, being a lap clear of Darren Thomas and Ivan Lewty in second and third places.
The “C” Final was won by Bob Harley on 37 laps, Ian Wyatt finished second with 35 laps and Will Lacey third on 34 laps.
The “B” final produced an incredibly close finish with Chelle Snowden taking the win by just 0.08 seconds ahead of Benn Norris, both on 39 laps. Dan Stones took third place also on the same laps.
Another exciting “A” Final with the first three drivers all finishing with 41 laps. Josh Flanagan was the winner also setting the quickest personal best time for the past three weeks track design., Karl Norris took second place just 0.2 seconds ahead of Noah Bailey. Justin Heath was fourth and Simon Pole fifth, both on 40 laps.
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Next Tuesday 12th August is Summer League Round 5, booking in as usual by text message to the clubs mobile.