Gavin Maciver wins the GT12 A Final to extend his lead in division 1
Nick Wallace and Courtney Orme score maximum points in divisions 2 and 3.
Mike Simpson makes it a hat trick of wins in the Mardave class

Qualifying
Louis Parker was two laps quicker than everyone else in the GT12 class with a fine 33 laps, David Simpson was second and Gavin Maciver third, both with 31 laps.
Nick Wallace was best in division 2 getting 29 laps, closely followed by Darren Ford and Matt Popejoy. It was good to see Darren racing again after a few months break.
With only two division 3 drivers in action this week Courtney Orme was best placed on 21 laps to 18 from new member Mark Perkin who was still getting used to his new car.
Mike Simpson was top in the mardave class despite a great drive by Joshua Galbraith, setting the fastest lap time in round 3, Paul Galbraith was third

Finals
The mardave final was first as usual, a good race with Mike Simpson managing to hold on to the lead from pole position on the grid, Paul Galbraith challenged hard during the early stages to finish second. Jordan Galbraith was fastest round the track but had to be content with third place finishing just over 4 seconds behind his dad Paul. Roy Matthews had a good race and finished fourth ahead of Joshua Galbraith.

In the GT12 C Final Rob Hambridge had a good win, reversing last weeks result by beating Mike Simpson with Scott Lewis third.

Visiting driver Gareth Harrold won the B Final, a very close result this with Darren Ford second and Nick Wallace third, only a few seconds between between them all.

The GT12 A final was really exciting to watch with all four drivers lapping very quickly. Gavin Maciver made a great start from pole position, David Simpson had a bad first lap dropping him down to last position and Louis Parker was chasing down Gavin.
There were several changes in the racing order throughout the race with Gavin being first across the finishing line to take a great win, David Simpson was second and Louis Parker third despite being fastest.

James Hart leads the way in the GT12 class followed by Louis Parker and Gavin Maciver
Matt Popejoy has a great run to win the B Final
Mike Simpson takes maximum points in the Club Mardave class
Trophy presentation for the winners not present last week

Round 5 marks the half way point of the current league with the best 8 from a possible 10 results to count.
Another good track design this week

Qualifying
GT12 Class
James Hart with his first race on the new carpet set a blistering pace to be top qualifier with Louis Parker taking second place, Gavin Maciver was third.
Bob Harley was best in division 2 with Matt Popejoy just over 4 seconds behind in second place.
Courtney Orme was quickest in division 3 ahead of Alwyn Hodges.

Mardave Class
Mike Simpson won all three qualifying heats, managing to hold off the challenge from all the drivers of “Team Galbraith”

Before the finals the club chairman presented the remaining Autumn League winners trophies, congratulations to Louis Parker the Division 1 winner, Nick Bruty the winner of division 2 and Jensen Wray the best new member.

Finals

GT12 Class
James Hart set the fastest lap on his way to a win in the A Final, Louis Parker took second place just under a second ahead of Gavin Maciver who set the second best lap time.

Nick Bruty won the B Final, another good race with Matt Popejoy finishing an excellent second to be the top division 2 driver, pushing Bob Harley down to third place.

The C Final soon developed into a battle between the clubs chairman and secretary, it was Mike Simpson who was first across the finishing line with Rob Hambridge second with his new car.

Mardave Class
Mike Simpson won the mardave final from pole position on the grid, a good race this with Jordan and Joshua Galbraith being the quickest drivers on the track. It was close between them in the end with Joshua finishing second, Paul third and Jordan fourth.

Another good evenings racing on the new carpet with a fast and flowing track layout.
Trophies for the previous league were presented by the club chairman.

Track

Qualifying

Very close in the Mardave class as usual with Jordan Galbraith winning round 1, Mike Simpson then won rounds 2 and 3 to take pole position in the final. The first three drivers all on 26 laps, Jordan finishing second ahead of his dad Paul in third place.

In the GT12 class Gavin Maciver continued his run of good form by winning all three rounds, David Simpson was second, both drivers being on 32 laps and Chelle Snowden was third two laps down and just ahead of James Sutton.
Good performances from Bob Harley who was the top F2 driver with 29 laps closely followed by Nick Wallace, with Matt Popejoy in third place just one lap down.
In F3 Mike Simpson made 25 laps, Courtney Orme 23 and Jake Crawshaw 22.

League Trophies Presentation

Before the finals the Autumn League trophies were presented, congratulations to all the winners, the “Chairmans Cup” was awarded to Roy Matthews.

See the gallery for more photos.

Finals

In the Mardave final Mike Simpson starting from pole on the grid was in the lead from start to finish, Jordan Galbraith was setting the fastest lap times but could not quite catch up and take the lead and had to settle for second place followed by Joshua Galbraith in third place.

The club Chairman Rob Hambridge was on pole for the GT12 C Final, things did no go his way for a while but he eventually got his car going well and drove to a comfortable victory over Courtney Orme in second place and Jake Crawshaw in third.

The GT12 B Final was the closest race of the evening wit Matt Popejoy putting in an exceptional drive to be ahead of Dave Tomlinson and Nick Wallace at the start of the final lap. Disaster then struck allowing Dave Tomlinson to get past to win with Nick Wallace taking second place, Matt having to settle for third. A great race to watch this!

A racing incident early on in the GT12 A final forced the retirement of Bob Harley, Gavin Maciver maintained a fast pace to win the race on 30 laps with Chelle Snowden taking a fine second just over 7 seconds down, David Simpson was third on 28.

The new carpet has arrived!
A very busy evening fitting the carpet to the hall, still just enough time afterwards for three qualifying rounds and a final.
The extra length and width of the track made a huge difference and the amount of grip without additive was awesome.
Thanks to everyone involved in the collection and installation of the carpet, just the track markers to sort out next week.

GT12 Class
Qualifying

Some very competitive racing, after two qualifying rounds Gavin Maciver was fastest, visiting driver James Sutton second and David Simpson in third place.
In the last round Gavin and David battled for the lead for the entire race with David crossing the finishing line first 0.76 seconds ahead setting the best qualifying time. Nick Bruty also had a fantastic race to take third overall just one lap down.
In division 2 Bob Harley was four laps ahead of his nearest rival Nick Wallace.
Mike Simpson was best in division 3 with Jake Crawshaw taking second place.

Finals

Just and A and a B final this week as time was short.
In the B final Nick Wallace had a convincing win from pole position, lapping everyone in the field. Mike Simpson was second and Rob Hambridge third.
Gavin Maciver shot into the lead almost immediately from the start of the A final and for the second week running had a virtually faultless race to both win and set the fastest laptime. David Simpson chased him hard but a few minor errors put paid to any chance of him catching Gavin. James Sutton took third place and Chelle Snowden was fourth. A great race this gaining a round of applause at the end from the other drivers and spectators.

Club Mardave Class

Qualifying

A great evening for Jordan Galbraith displaying some fine driving and superb overtaking to take the top qualifier spot one lap better than Mike Simpson and Paul Galbraith.

Final

Jordan (driving to his full potential this week!) maintained his advantage in the final with a comfortable win, lapping the field and scoring the first maximum points in the current league. Second and third positions were unchanged from qualifying and Roy Matthews put in a great drive to finish in fourth place.

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!

A good evenings racing on a tricky track design with a very tight chicane.

Qualifying

Louis Parker and Gavin Maciver were the two fastest drivers once again with Louis being best qualifier on 38 laps followed by Gavin with 37. A super performance from Nick Wallace took him to third place and best in division 2.
Good driving from Matt Popejoy put him ahead of division 1 drivers Chelle Snowden and David Simpson.

In the club Mardave class Paul Galraith won all three rounds with Jordan Galbraith being second overall.

Finals

The first final turned into a “Team Galbraith” Mardave masterclass with Paul Galbraith taking an early lead from pole position and being chased by Jordan Galbraith who set the fastest lap time and in a close finish took the win with Paul in second place 3 seconds behind. Joshua Galbraith also took third place to make the evening complete for team Galbraith.
Come on you Mardave drivers lets give the Galbraith’s a good run for their money next week!

The GT12 C final saw a win for Mike Simpson who was sporting a new bodyshell which looked a little worse for wear after the race after a couple of arguments with the chicane! Club Chairman Rob Hambridge was second and Scott Lewis third.

Some good racing in the GT12 B final with Chelle Snowden having a great win ahead of David Simpson and Bob Harley, Matt Popejoy was going well but had to retire from the race after 12 laps.

Last race of the evening was the GT12 A final where Louis Parker won with an impressive 37 laps and set the fastest lap-time of the evening. Dave Tomlinson was second and Nick Wallace third, Gavin Maciver having to retire on lap 20.

Next week is Round 1 of the 20016 Superleague.

Gavin Maciver hits the top in qualifying but Louis Parker wins the A Final
Bob Harley was the best F2 driver with maximum points from the evening
In the Mardave class Mike Simpson was fastest qualifier, Paul Galbraith had a good race in the final to win

Qualifying
With several drivers with new cars this week some fared better than others with their setup. Gavin Maciver was the fastest qualifier with a stunning drive in round 2 getting 38 laps which was 2 laps better than anyone else, Louis Parker was second, also recording the fastest lap time.
In F2 Bob Harley was fastest on 33 laps followed by Nick Wallace with 32.
With only two drivers in F3 this week it was a head to head between Courtney Orme and Jake Galbraith with Jake coming out on top.
In the Mardave Class Mike Simpson was best qualifier and in-form Jordan Galbraith second, both with 30 laps. Competition was keen in Team Galbraith throughout the evening with Jordan and Joshua being separated by only 2/10th second in round 2.

Finals
After struggling in the qualifying Paul Galbraith put in a great performance in the Mardave final to win with 31 laps after starting from fifth place on the grid with Jordan Galbraith taking second place on 30 laps.
Matt Popejoy had an easy win in the GT12 C final on 32 laps ahead of second place driver Scott Lewis with 29 laps, with Jake Galbraith having to retire Courtney Orme was unchallenged in F3.
The GT12 B Final was an excellent race, Dave Tomlinson took the win with 35 laps, Bob Harley was second on 34, closely followed by Nick Bruty.
In the A Final Louis Parker had a fine drive recording 40 laps to win by two clear laps from Gavin Maciver and Chelle Snowden both with 38 laps.

James Hart dominates the evening with some “atomic” driving, being two laps quicker than the rest of the field achieving 48 laps in both qualifying and the A Final.
His closest rival Louis Parker who also had an excellent evenings racing finishing two laps down.
Nick Bruty was third in qualifying on 43 laps followed by several drivers on 42, however Nick was beaten to the finishing line in the final by a margin of 1/10th second by Gavin Maciver in a most exciting race.

In the club mardave class Jordan Galbraith was flying round the track winning all of the qualifying heats and the final to spoil his dad Pauls vision of a hat-trick of wins over the past three weeks. Well done Jordan, good to see there were no team orders! It was a great evening for team Galbraith with Paul finishing second and Joshua third to take all three podium positions.

Remember that the new league starts next week.

Apologies for a few glitches in the results, operator error with the new computer!

Gavin Maciver is the top GT12 driver of the evening being fastest qualifier and winning the A Final
Bob Harley achieved the same in GT12 F2, beating the league winner Nick Bruty
Courtney Orme has a tremendous evening winning the GT12 B Final and also the F3 League
Paul Galbraith continued his winning run by taking maximum points in the V12 Mardave class

Qualifying

Gavin Maciver was top qualifier in the GT12 class winning all three qualifying rounds, Dave Tomlinson was second.
In F2 Nick Bruty got off to a good start winning round 1 but Bob Harley got the better him in rounds two and three to be the best qualifier in F2
Courtney Orme was had a good evening in F3 on his way to maximum points

In the V12 Mardave class Joshua Galbraith won round 1 ahead of his dad Paul, the order was reversed in round 2 and Paul went on to be top qualifier with Jordan Galbraith snatching second place from Joshua in round 3

Finals

The Mardaves were first off as usual producing a good race with the drivers being evenly matched for pace, a few spills along the way for everyone and it was Paul Galbraith who had a fine win, Mike Simpson was second and Joshua Galbraith third. A good performance again from Paul, winning for two weeks on the run – can he make it a hat trick next week – NO PRESSURE PAUL!

Jordan Galbraith had a comfortable win the in GT12 C Final ahead of visiting driver Alex Fernihough who was still setting up his car all evening.

The GT12 B Final produced the most astounding result of the evening with F3 driver Courtney Orme at his best, beating everyone else in the race to win by two laps- well done Courtney! Scott Lewis was second and Nick Wallace third.

Gavin Maciver put in some very quick laps in the GT12 A Final to record an impressive win, good driving also from Dave Tomlinson and Bob Harley.

The winners of the league with the best 8 from a possible 10 rounds to count were:-

GT12 F1 Louis Parker
GT12 F2 Nick Bruty
GT12 F3 Courtney Orme
V12 Mardave Mike Simpson

See the results page for the complete results

 

A great evening for the Parker family with Richard being top qualifier and also winning the final in the Mardave class, and Louis achieving the same in the GT12 Class.
The trophies for the 2015 Superleague were presented by the Club Vice Chairman.

Qualifying
A close result in the mardave class, Richard Parker being fastest closely followed by Paul Galbraith, the first four drivers all on 30 laps.

Louis Parker was well ahead in the GT12 class achieving an impressive 39 laps, Gavin Maciver was second on 36 with Chelle Snowden third also on 36 laps.

In division 2 Bob Harley was the top driver with 34 laps with Nick Wallace in hot pursuit just a few seconds slower, Matt Popejoy was in good form and took third place.

Before the finals Chelle Snowden presented the trophies to the Superleague 2015 trophy winners – including to herself!
Photos of each league winner are below.
SEE 2016 GALLERY FOR ALL PHOTOS

Finals
The mardave final was first and it soon developed into a race to the finishing line between Richard Parker and Paul Galbraith, these two being a lap clear of the rest of the field. It was a win for Richard with Paul just over 3 seconds behind, a good drive from Joshua Galbraith secured him third place.

In the GT12 C final Courtney Orme with his new bodyshell had a steady drive to take maximum points in division 3.

The GT12 A final was raced at a furious pace with both Louis Parker and Gavin Maciver driving well. Louis drove very fast and accurately and in the end was 2 laps up on Gavin with Dave Tomlinson taking third place a further 2 laps adrift.

Don’t forget next week is the ultimate round of the present league.