Karl Norris won the GT12 A Final to take maximum points from the first two rounds in the F1 League, Darren Ford was second and Chelle Snowden third.

In F2 Richard Norris was the top driver with Simon Pole in second place and Justin Heath third.

Jack Walsh also retained his 100% record at the top of the F3 League, Anthony Dennis was second and Roy Matthews third.

In the LMP12 class Steve Donald and Ashley King are joint leaders following Steve’s win this week.

Round three is next Tuesday 28th May

 

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT THERE IS NO RACING ON TUESDAY 14th OF MAY AS THE HALL IS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE NEXT RACE MEETING IS ROUND 2 OF THE SUMMER LEAGUE WHICH WILL BE HELD ON TUESDAY 21st MAY.

A Courtney Orme modified version of standard track design No 2 for the first round of the new league.

After two rounds of qualifying Richard Norris was quickest, but in round three Karl Norris put in the best time to take pole in the A Final with Richard in second spot, Chelle Snowden third, Simon Pole fourth, Darren Ford fifth after missing the first round and running in heat 2 and Kayleigh Knight completing the A Final line up.

Bob Harley headed up the B Final with Nick Wallace car 2 and Mike Simpson car 3.

Adam Hancock took pole for the C Final ahead of Paul Carter and Nathan Marshall who was racing at Burton after several weeks break.

The grid order for first final the GT12 D Final was Saul Theobold, Freddie Parker and Caleb Jones. However it was visiting driver Kaelin Thompson starting from the back of the grid who was the winner, Saul Theobold finished in second place and Freddie Parker third.

Adam Hancock had a comfortable win in the C Final finising two laps ahead of second placed driver Paul Carter with visiting driver William Hewitt finishing third.

Bob Harley was the winner of the B final but is was very close for the next three places between Nick Wallace, Mike Simpson and Jack Walsh with all three drivers having a few spills during the race. On the final lap Jack Walsh was holding second place but in the last few moments of the race Mike Simpson moved up into second with Jack finishing third just 0.25 seconds adrift and Nick Wallace fourth. Another great finish but not quite as good as last week when Jack won by 6/100th second!

The A Final was great to watch and produced a very close result, Karl Norris was the winner just over three seconds ahead of Simon Pole with Darren Ford just 0.59 seconds adrift in third place. Looking forward to seeing some very competitive racing in the remaining rounds.

In the LMP12 Final Steve Donald was first over the finishing line with Ashley King just 0.33 seconds behind and also setting the quickest lap, Fred Hatfield was third.

Following the racing Club Chairman Bob Harley presented the Spring League trophies. Congratulations to all the trophy winners including the league winners Karl Norris F1, Kayleigh Knight F2, Paul Carter F3, Freddie Parker F3 Junior and Saul Theobold the Chairmans cup for the most improved driver winner.

DON’T FORGET – NO RACING ON TUESDAY 14th MAY AS THE HALL IS BEING USED FOR A MEETING.

An ordinary clubnight this week prior to the start of the new summer league next Tuesday evening.
A new track design produced some good racing.

Qualifying
After missing the first round, Simon Pole was the top qualifier after the three rounds with Bob Harley in second place and Mike Simpson third, Guy Rogers was fourth and Jack Walsh fifth completing the A Final line up.
In the LMP class Leigh Dibble was quickest, a lap up on Steve Donald.

Finals
Neil Jackson had a good drive to win the C Final with Chris Davis also getting his car to perform in second place and Saul Theobold finishing in third place.

Nick Wallace improved two laps on his qualifying score to win the B Final, Anthony Dennis finished second and Adam Hancock third.

Simon Pole starting from pole position on the grid won the A Final with Guy Rogers just getting the better of Bob Harley to finish second with Bob third. The race produced the closest final result of the evening with Mike Simpson and Jack Walsh chasing fourth place. After several changes of order during the race Mike looked to have the upper hand coming into the final corner but Jack charged through on the inside to finish just 6/100th second in front, what a finish!- well done Jack.

Leigh Dibble was the winner of the LMP12 Final with Steve Donald trailing by seven laps.

Don’t forget next week is the start of the Summer League, the Spring League trophies will also be presented.

Round 2 of the 2019 Superleague this week.
Top qualifier in the GT12 Class was again Karl Norris with Justin Heath in second place only five seconds adrift.
Quickest in LMP12 was Ashley King – could he win the final and finish ahead of Steve Donald for the first time in three weeks????

Finals
First to race was the GT12 C Final where new member Chris Davis was the winner, Saul Theobold took second place, Alfie Hart third and Olly Statham fourth. It was good to see all three junior members having a good race and continuing to improve.

In the B Final Bob Harris looked to have the race won but had to retire after a racing incident leaving Mike Simpson to win, Paul Carter just promoted to F2 finished in second place and Jack Walsh third. An exciting race to watch.

Karl Norris won yet another A Final with in form Justin Heath having a great drive to finish in second place a lap clear of Simon Pole in third.

The last race of the evening was the LMP12 final where Steve Donald was the winner, Ashley King despite setting the fastest lap finished in second place just under a lap behind Steve (again!) with visiting driver Andy Plimmer taking third place.

A long way to go in the league yet with the best five from a possible six rounds to count.

After the qualifying rounds Karl Norris was fastest, Chelle Snowden second, Simon Pole third followed by Kayleigh Knight, Guy Rogers, Bob Harris and Bob Harley these drivers making up the A Final.

Adam Hancock was one place better than Paul Carter giving him an advantage on the grid in the final over joint F3 league leader.

In the LMP12 class James Hart was quickest by less than a second from Louis Parker with Ashley King in third place.

Time for the Finals!
First to go was the GT12 D final where a win by Freddie Parker consolidated his position as the best placed junior member in F3 and fourth overall. Saul Theobold finished in second place and Caleb Jones third.

McKenzie Wallace won the C Final with Chris Davis racing at Burton again after many years making a promising comeback to finish in second place ahead of Roy Matthews in third.

The B Final was won by Justin Heath with Mike Simpson in second place and Bailey Rice-Draycott third. The spotlight was on the battle for the F3 championship between Adam Hancock and Paul Carter. Adam failed to capitalise on his grid position and Paul, after starting last on the grid finished fourth, winning the F3 league championship on countback with both drivers tied on 597 points.

The A Final was a great race with Karl Norris starting from pole position and having won all the previous eight rounds needed the victory win them all. He made a good start but on lap 9 Chelle Snowden went into the lead with Karl trying to catch up. The race order remained unchanged for the next couple of minutes after which Karl was making up ground and on lap 24 went to the front and eventually won the race. Chelle finished in second place and Simon Pole was third just over a further 2 seconds behind. Bob Harley took fourth place and Bob Harris finishing fifth.

The last race was the LMP12 Final where James Hart was the winner, Steve Donald took second place and for the second week running beating Ashley King who was third.

A super evenings racing, congratulations to all the league winners and trophy winners.

GT12 F1 Karl Norris
GT12 F2 Kayleigh Knight
GT12 F3 Paul Carter
GT12 F3 Best Junior Freddie Parker
LMP12 F1 Louis Parker

Next week is round 2 of the 2019 Superleague.

The penultimate round of the Spring League this week.

In the GT12 class A Final Karl Norris made it eight wins in eight rounds – can he also win the final round next week????
Chelle Snowden took second place with Simon Pole in third position and being the top F2 driver.

Kayleigh Knight won the B Final, Bob Harris was second and Mike Simpson third, there was a tie for fourth place with Benn Norris and Peter Lax recording identical laps and times. You cannot get a closer finish than that!!!!
Should be an exciting finish to the F2 league next week as depending on the results the second, third and fourth places could change dramatically.

Adam Hancock had what could prove to be a crucial win in the C Final to go level on points at the top of F3 with Paul Carter who finished in second place, next weeks results will decide the F3 League winner – no pressure drivers!.

In the D Final Martyn Hartshorne was the winner with Freddie Parker taking second place to retain fourth place and best placed junior member in the F3 league. Caleb Jones finished third in the race.

In the LMP12 class Final Louis Parker was the winner with Steve Donald finishing in second place ahead of Ashley King who was third.

Another track design giving the potential of some quick lap times this week.

Justin Heath was the top qualifier with 43 laps, just under half a second better than Simon Pole.
In the A Final the winner was Simon with Justin second a lap down and Richard Norris finishing in third place.

Bob Harley won the “battle of the Bobs” in the B Final with Bob Harris finishing in second place and Adam Hancock third.

Paul Carter drove to victory in the C Final after a close race with Neil Jackson, Roy Matthews had a good drive to take third place.

A fine performance from Freddie Parker won him the D Final being four laps ahead of second place driver Martyn Hartshorne with Saul Theobold finishing third.

A good evenings racing – next week is the penultimate round of the Spring League with the final round being held the following week. With several of the trophy positions not yet decided there should be some very competitive racing.

A fast track design for the first trophy meeting of the year produced a great evenings racing.

After three qualifying rounds it was time for the finals.

Phil Draycott had a convincing win in the C Final with Jack Walker finishing in second place, Saul Theobold third and Alfie Hart fourth.

In the B Final Jack Walsh improved on his qualifying time to take a well deserved victory over Mike Simpson in second place and Adam Hancock third.

Dan Sheppard won the A Final with Guy Rogers, Justin Heath and David Statham battling it out for the second and third place trophies. In the end they finished in that order, just a couple of seconds apart.

After all the equipment was stored away the trophies were presented by Courtney Orme.

It was good to see Junior members Jack Walsh, Jack Walker, Saul Theobold and Alfie Hart all putting in great performances, well done!

See the Gresley 2019 gallery for photos of some of the trophy winners.

Next week is a clubnight.

A Louis Parker design track layout this week to test the drivers skills in round seven of nine in the spring league.

Qualifying
Once again it was Karl Norris who was quickest in the qualifying with Dan Sheppard and Chelle Snowden a lap down in second and third places.
Kayleigh Knight was in fifth place overall being best in F2 and making the A final a lap clear of Simon Pole and Mike Simpson.
In F3 Paul Carter was tenth overall with Adam Hancock in second place and Jack Walsh third a lap down on Paul.
Ashley King was the fastest in LMP with Steve Donald in second place and Louis Parker third.

Finals
First up was the GT12 D final where Phil Draycott was the winner with Jack Walker taking second place and Kaelin Thompson third and Saul Theobold fourth.

Jack Walsh had a good drive with some fast laps to win the C final ahead of Neil Jackson in second place and James Walker third.

Simon Pole starting from pole position on the grid in the B final made a great start was in the lead throughout the race to win, Mike Simpson was second and Benn Norris was third improving a full two laps from his best qualifying round – well done Benn. Paul Carter finished in fifth place to once again be the top F3 driver.

The A final was run at a very fast pace and once again Karl Norris was the winner with Chelle Snowden winning a keen contest for second place with Dan Sheppard. Bob Harley finished fourth, Guy Rogers fifth and Kayleigh Knight sixth to take maximum points in F2.

In the last race of the evening Ashley King was the “King” of the LMP class with a fine win with an “in-form” Fred Hatfield chasing him right to the finishing line in a very exciting race to watch. Steve Donald took third place and Louis Parker fourth.

Just two rounds to go in the league things are very close in the different formulas.

In F1 Karl Norris is assured of the league title but can he win the remaining two rounds – no pressure Karl. Chelle Snowden is in second place just a single point ahead of Dan Sheppard

Kayleigh Knight leads F2 and has the chance of achieving a maximum 600 points score, however if David Statham wins the remaining two rounds he could tie with Kayleigh on points. Simon Pole, Justin Heath and Mike Simpson all have the chance of finishing in the top three.

In F3 Paul Carter leads by just five points from Adam Hancock, the last two round scores will decide who wins the league championship, Roy Matthews is at present in third place but will be under pressure from the other drivers including Freddie Parker and Phil Draycott.

Louis Parker is at the top of the LMP class league, however the things are very close and he will need good performances in the remaining two rounds to maintain his lead.

Looking forward to some very exciting racing in rounds 8 and 9.

Finally many thanks to Courtney Orme for running race control and ensuring the evening ran smoothly including starting and finishing on time.