Mark Deacon was quickest in qualifying with Steve Donald 0. 8seconds adrift and Gavin Maciver in third place.
Karl Norris was the top F2 driver followed by Dan Sheppard and Stephen Deacon.
Only two drivers in F3 this week Kayleigh Knight finishing ahead of Alwyn Hodges.
Nathan Marshall had a commanding lead in the mardave class, Wes Wray was his nearest rival in second place, Jensen Wray was third.

The Mardave final was first, Nathan was on pole position and went on to win, Roy Matthews took second place and Wes Wray finished third. Joshua Galbraith was making up ground on the leaders but things got too hot for him when his car developed a wiring fault forcing his retirement from the race.

The GT12 C Final was very close, Kayleigh Knight taking the win just ahead of Courtney Orme, Paul Carter finished in third place.

Bob Harley won an exciting B Final by 10 seconds from Stephen Deacon in second place, Tom Sheppard finishing third.

Mark Deacon was the winner in the A Final, also setting the fastest lap, Steve Donald took second place and Gavin Maciver third.

Next week is an ordinary clubnight.

Steve Donald was again in impressive form, scoring his second consecutive maximum points by being top qualifier and then winning the GT12 A Final.  Ashley King was second in qualifying, it was close though with Gavin Maciver just 0.34 seconds adrift. The final saw the same result, this time Ashley 0.93 seconds in front of Gavin.

Dan Sheppard and Karl Norris took the next two places in qualifying, making the A Final where they again finished in the same order giving maximum league points to Dan in F2.

Chris Metcalfe was the highest placed F3 driver in qualifying followed by Kayleigh Knight, a great performance in the finals by Chris earned him maximum points, closing the gap on the leader.

The Mardave class was a little depleted in numbers due to the half term holidays, could Roy Matthews repeat last weeks win?
It was not to be the case as his car gave problems all evening, Joshua Galbraith was top qualifier with Nathan Marshall in second place. In the final however it was Nathan who won just over a second ahead of Joshua.

With three rounds completed Steve Donald has a good lead in F1, Dan Sheppard and Karl Norris are well clear of the rest of the field in F2, Kayleigh Knight leads F3 with Chris Metcalfe in second place.

Roy Matthews still leads the Mardave class but Nathan Marshall has set his sights on winning after finishing second in the previous league.

Burton Buggy Club AGM Tuesday 14th November 2017

A reminder that Club members wishing to put forward any proposals for discussion at the forthcoming AGM must provide written details of each proposal together with the names of both the Proposer and Seconder to the Club Secretary by the end of Clubnight on Tuesday 31st October 2017.

Please use the AGM proposal forms – available at race control

Steve Donald was the driver to beat in the GT12 class being quickest in qualifying to take pole in the A Final, he was put under pressure by Ashley King who was second and finished nearly a lap ahead of Mark Deacon in third place.
Dan Sheppard put in some excellent drives to lead in F2 a lap ahead of Karl Norris in second place.
Chris Metcalfe was the top F3 driver, Kayleigh Knight was second and John Stringer third.

Joshua Galbraith was quickest in the Mardave class, Wes Wray put in some good performances to take second place with Roy Matthews with different colour bodyshell to normal taking third.

Finals
Roy Matthews had a great drive to win the Mardave final – was it the bodyshell that made the difference or was it the work of the “Team Galbraith” pit crew in preparing the car?
Wes Wray took second place with Harvey Forster finishing third.

The GT12 C Final proved to be a very close race between Courtney Orme and Kayleigh Knight, very few errors from either driver the race was eventually won by Kayleigh by two seconds. John Stringer set the fastest lap time in the race and finished third. Great Race!!

Chelle Snowden was the winner in the B Final just two seconds ahead of Karl Norris, Mike Simpson was third a further three laps down.

Just the A Final left, could Steve Donald get the win to take the lead in F1?
Steve set the fastest lap and the answer was yes he did win but it was a very close contest with Ashley King, with Mark Deacon also on the same lap in third place being keen to get the race finished so he could pick up his winners trophy from the summer league at the presentation that followed.

Vice Chairman Chelle Snowden presented the Summer League trophies after the racing – well done to all the winners especially Benn Norris the winner of the Chairman’s cup for the most improved driver.

The first round of the Autumn League, James Hart was quickest in qualifying with Louis Parker second a lap down and Steve Donald taking third place. Dan Sheppard was the best in F2 a lap clear of Karl Norris. Jordan Leavis was the best in F3 , Kayleigh Knight second and Benn Norris third.
In the Mardave class Nathan Marshall showed everyone the way being two laps quicker than Wes Wray and Roy Matthews in second and third places respectively.

Nathan had a convincing win in the mardave final to take maximum points and be the league leader, Roy Matthews finished second and Harvey Forster third.

Eight cars on the track made the GT12 C final exciting and it was Paul Carter who won, Kayleigh Knight second and Courtney Orme third.

Jordan Leavis won the B Final with Stephen Deacon, Bob Harley and Bob Harris finishing second, third and fourth respectively just a few seconds apart.

James Hart could not quite match his qualifying time but still won the A Final in style, Louis Parker took second and Steve Donald third.

Early days in the league but a good made by James Hart, Dan Sheppard and Nathan Marshall, all taking maximum points from the evening.

Qualifying
After round 1 of qualifying Steve Donald was leading by the narrow margin of 4/100th of a second from James Hart in second place, Steve also setting the fastest lap. These two drivers being three laps clear of Bob Harley in third place.
Round 2 was also close, James winning by 0.54 seconds with Steve once again having the quickest lap, a good drive from Chelle Snowden took her into third place.
James saved his best performance for round 3 to take pole in the A final, Steve second place, Chelle third and Dan Sheppard fourth.

Jason Leavis was the highest placed F3 driver, Kayleigh Knight second and John Stringer third.

In the mardave class Nathan Marshall was a lap clear of Mike Simpson in round 1, Roy Matthews took third place and best in F2.
Mike took the lead after round 2, Nathan was in second spot and Roy still third ahead of Alex Forster.
Round 3 saw Alex move up into third place an best in F2 ahead of Roy.

Finals
The mardave final was first where Mike and Nathan both had a good start, Nathan taking the lead on lap 3 and on the next lap Mike had an issue with a rear tyre forcing a pit stop (it was only 6 months old!). Nathan took full advantage and put in an excellent drive to win by a lap with Mike second and Alex Forster getting the better of Roy Matthews to take third place.

John Stringer was quickest in the GT12 C final but Courtney Orme gave him a good race finishing just 4 seconds behind with Benn Norris also having a good drive to take third place.

Karl Norris won the B Final, Jordan Leavis finished second and Bob Harris third just over 7 seconds behind.

The A Final did not disappoint with James and Steve battling for the win plus Chelle and Dan Sheppard having their own fight for the third and fourth places. Another very close finish, James winning, Steve taking second just under 2 seconds adrift, with Chelle finishing third in front of Dan by a similar margin.

Don’t forget the new Autumn League starts next week and the final round of the Superleague will be held in December.

An ordinary clubnight this evening produced a high standard of driving on a technical track design.

James Hart won the A Final where Steve Donald seemed to be assured of second place when the “wheels came off” on the last lap letting Mark Deacon past on the final lap. Who tightened them up Steve?

Dan Sheppard won a very close B Final from Bob Harley who set the quickest lap in the race.

Courtney Orme stormed to victory in the C Final, Kayleigh Knight took second place just ahead of Paul Carter.

In the D Final Jack Walsh and Isaac Donald had a great race with Jack winning by 1.30 seconds, Nathan Marshall was third.

Next week is round 5 of the 2017 Superleague.

The evenings racing provided an exciting finish to the Summer League.
Qualifying
James Hart was the top qualifier in the GT12 class and only a few seconds separated Steve Donald, Mark Deacon and Chelle Snowden in second, third and fourth places respectively.
Mark was quickest in F2, Dan Sheppard being second and Karl Norris third.
Chris Metcalfe was best in F3, Kayleigh Knight in second place with Jack Walsh in third.

Mike Simpson was both first and last being the only driver present in the Mardave F1.
Nathan Marshall following on from his win last week closed the gap even more on league leader Alex Forster by being quickest in F2 with Alex second and Wes Wray in third spot.

Finals
In the Mardave Final Nathan Marshall took and early lead with Pole position driver Mike Simpson second with only a few car lengths between them for several laps, Mike eventually hit the front and went on to win, Nathan was second and a great drive from Wes Wray secured him third place pushing league leader Alex Forster down to fourth place – would this cost him the league title?

In the GT12 F3 Kayleigh Knight had a convincing win in the GT12 C Final and was the F3 League winner and Chris Metcalfe had his second consecutive maximum points to be third behind Jack Walsh who was second.

In F2 Mark Deacon took third place in the A Final to be the F2 league winner and win promotion to F1, Courtney Orme was second in the F2 league and Dan Sheppard third.

James Hart duly won the A Final to win the F1 League with maximum points scored over the six qualifying rounds, the only other driver to achieve this being Mike Simpson in the Mardave F1. Gavin Maciver was second in the A Final and fourth place was good enough for Steve Donald to secure second place in the F1 League, Bob Harley being third.

In the Mardave F2 League the final result was that Nathan Marshall and Alex Forster were tied for the lead with 238 points each which meant that the Tie Break came into operation on countback using the non-counting scores. As the best six rounds scores from a possible eight for each driver counted the tie was resolved by comparing the seventh best scores for each of the two drivers, Alex winning with 37 against Nathan’s 35. That was close – well done to both drivers and also to Harvey Forster who finished in third place.

An ordinary Clubnight next week followed by Round 5 of the Superleague the week after.

The penultimate round of the Summer League produced some great racing in all the different divisions.

In the qualifying James Hart was quickest with Steve Donald in second place just over three seconds down, Chelle Snowden was third.
Mark Deacon was fourth overall and best in F2 with Dan Sheppard second and Karl Norris third, Courtney Orme also put in a good performance in his first week racing a new car.
Chris Metcalfe was the top F3 driver, Kayleigh Knight took second place and Jack Walsh third.
In the Mardave class Nathan Marshall was in sparkling form winning two of the three qualifying heats but Mike Simpson was quickest overall with a win in round 2. Alex Forster took third place.

The Mardave final was an exciting race as usual with Mike Simpson and Nathan Marshall battling it out for the lead which changed hands many times during the duration of the race. With two minutes to go Nathan had a substantial lead but lap by lap Mike was slowly catching him and went on to overtake and win, Nathan finishing second and Alex Forster third.

Kayleigh Knight won the GT12 C Final, Jack Walsh was second and Benn Norris third – a good performance from all of the drivers.

Karl Norris was the winner of the B Final, just managing to hold off Bob Harley who finished second with Chris Metcalfe third.

James Hart had a tremendous drive in the A Final, lapping the rest of the drivers, Steve Donald finished in second place with Chelle Snowden taking third.

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Qualifying
James Hart was quickest in the GT12 class followed by Mark Deacon, Steve Donald and Louis Parker. Dan Sheppard was second in F2 followed by Karl Norris. In F3 Kayleigh Knight was the top driver, Jack Walsh was second and Benn Norris third.
In the Mardave class Mike Simpson was first, Paul Galbraith second and Roy Matthews third, Alex Forster was the top F2 driver followed by his brother Harvey.

Finals
Paul Galbraith won an exciting Mardave final finishing three seconds ahead of second place driver Mike Simpson after the lead changed many times during the race, Alex Forster was third and top in F2.

Kayleigh Knight had an excellent drive to win the GT12 C final ahead of Paul Carter in second place and Courtney Orme third.

In the B Final Bob Harley was the winner after a close battle with Gary Oscroft and Dan Sheppard who finished second and third respectively.

A very fast A Final was won by James Hart with Mark Deacon taking second place just ahead of Louis Parker.

With two rounds of the league to go Steve Donald leads GT12 F1 but James Hart moves up to third place with a 100% record in his four rounds raced.

Mark Deacon takes over the first place in F2 with Courtney Orme in second place.

Kayleigh Knight with maximum points this week takes over second place in F3, two points clear of Jack Walsh in third place and seven points behind the leader John Stringer, any of these three drivers could still win the league.

Paul Galbraith brought Mike Simpsons run of maximum points to and end in the Mardave F1 despite running on a poor set of tyres, Alex Forster extended his lead at the top of F2 with Harvey Forster in second place.