Louis Parker wins a thrilling A Final, narrowly beating Shane West and Gavin Maciver
Jordan Galbraith is now joint leader in the club mardave class after winning the final from pole position
Paul Galbraith’s car was really flying but came back to earth with a bump!
A tricky track design this week needing full concentration and tidy driving to produce quick lap times.
Qualifying
Visiting driver Shane West made a good start to the evening by being top qualifier after round 1 with Darren Ford second and Louis Parker third, all on 30 laps. Louis improved his score in round 2 with 31 laps, followed by Shane, Darren and Gavin Maciver all with 30 laps. Louis put in 32 laps in round 3 to take pole in the final, Shane improved to 31 laps and Gavin moved ahead of Darren Ford to take third place.
Darren was the top driver in division 2 and Matt Popejoy second.
Steve Donald set up another possible maximum points in division 3 by being top in the division.
In the mardave class Mike Simpson won round 1 with Roy Matthews finishing second and Wes Wray third. Paul Galbraith took the top spot by winning round 2 but Jordan Galbraith took pole position in the final setting the fastest lap in round 3, Mike finishing second and Paul third.
Finals
In the mardave final Jordan Galbraith made a clean start from pole and was never seriously challenged on his was to a great win. It was a different story for second and third places with Paul Galbraith and Mike Simpson being very evenly matched and having a great battle for lap upon lap. With three laps to go it looked like Paul would hold on but a racing incident resulted in Paul’s car taking to the air in spectacular fashion, allowing Mike to slip past and take second place.
In the GT12 C final Mike Simpson had a win ahead of Courtney Orme with Jack Walsh third with a good performance on a difficult track design – well done Jack!
Club Chairman Rob Hambridge did not make the start as his rear suspension became unsprung and fully independent in qualifying.
Dave Tomlinson led the drivers away from pole position in the B final and won with a consistent drive, Matt Popejoy was quickest around the track but could only manage fourth position. It was close though with Bob Harley second, Daniel Lacey third and Matt fourth – all on 27 laps. Steve Donald was again top division 3 driver finishing in fifth place.
Just the GT12 A final to go and what a great race this proved to be. Louis Parker took an early lead from pole position on the grid but fell back into third place on lap 3 with Shane West leading and Gavin Maciver in second place. This set the scene for a tremendous race with Louis fighting to catch up and all three drivers putting in a superb performance. Louis set the fastest lap of the race on lap 17 and took the lead on lap 23 only for Shane to overtake him on the following lap. It was wheel to wheel now for the remainder of the race, Shane leading with two laps to go then on the penultimate lap Louis got ahead and went on to win, Shane finishing second and Gavin third, all three on 31 laps. What a race to conclude the evening!
Half way through the league now, remember it is the best 8 from a possible 10 round scores to count.