Daniel Williams triumphs in the GT12 Class to add to his Spring League victory
Mike Simpson wins the club Mardave Division 1
Jenson Butlin also has consecutive league title wins in Mardave Division 2.

This week concluded the summer league which has been run over ten weeks with each drivers eight best scores to count.

The leading final positions were:-

GT12 Class

Daniel Williams. 237     Dave Tomlinson 228     David Simpson 205

Mardave Class Division 1

Mike Simpson 237     Paul Galbraith 227     Robert Hambridge 145

Mardave Class Division 2

Jenson Butlin 233     Joshua Galbraith 228     Jake Galbraith 227

Track

Race

Paul Galbraith was the fastest qualifier in the Mardave class after some very close racing with Mike Simpson and took pole position in the final.  Richard Parker returned to form and comfortably won the final with Paul Galbraith second.

Jake Galbraith had an exceptionally good drive in the final to be best in division 2 just ahead of the eventual league winner Jenson Butlin.

David Hall once again was first across the finishing line in the GT12 class followed by the league winner Daniel Willliams, Dave Tomlinson was third and Louis Parker fourth.

Don’t forget that next week the racing will be in an anticlockwise direction for a change and the Autumn League starts on 23rd September.

Another pole position for Lee Bishop but Mike Simpson wins the Club Mardave class “A” Final for the second week running!

Jake Galbraith was the top division 2 driver and Joshua Galbraith is the new league leader.

Darren Ford gets maximum points in the GT12 class

Track

A symmetrical design this week – did Dave measure it out?

Club Mardave Class

Richard Parker returned after a four week break in racing but struggled to get his car to perform well (no doubt it will be sorted for next week!).  It was Lee Bishop who set the pace all through being top qualifier with 39 laps, second was Mike Simpson with 38 and Paul Galbraith third on 37.

In division 2 Jake Galbraith was well ahead of everyone else with 33 laps.

GT12 Class

Darren Ford took pole position in the “A” final with an excellent 44 laps, David Simpson was second on 43 laps and Dave Tomlinson third with 42 laps.

Finals

Mardave “A” Final

A really close eight minute race this with seven cars on a track design that called for maximum concentration.  Lee Bishop started from pole position on the grid but Mike Simpson got past half way through the race and it was very close from that point onwards. Lee made a late charge but Mike held on to the lead to win with 50 laps, Lee second with 49 and Paul Galbraith took third spot on 48 laps.

Joshua Galbraith had a great race to be the best placed division 2 driver on 38 laps ahead of his brother Jake and Roy Matthews both on 35 laps. This puts Joshua into first position in the league with one week to go, but Jenson Butlin is still favourite to win.

GT12 “B” Final

This was the closest race of the evening with Graham Oxford and Nick Bruty battling it out for the win all the way through.  It was Nick who was first over the finishing line just 3 seconds ahead of Graham, both drivers getting 49 laps and Jack Cook taking third place with 44 laps. Great race!.  No luck for Team Parker again as Louis failed to start in the final as his car would not go.

GT12 “A” Final

A Darren Ford demonstration drive this, 60 laps, an excellent performance laps that nobody else could match.  Dave Tomlinson was second with 56 laps and league leader Daniel Williams took third place with 55 laps.

Mike Simpson wins the Mardave “A” Final and Jenson Butlin consolidates his lead in Division 2.

David Hall dominates the GT12 Class

Qualifying

Club Mardave Class

Paul Galbraith following his win last week led the cars away for round 1 which was keenly contested, Lee Bishop won with Mike Simpson second and Paul Galbraith third, all on 26 laps.  In round 2 Mike Simpson had a good clean run to raise the bar to 27 laps which was again achieved by the top four drivers in round 3, an incredible race this with Lee winning, Paul second just 5/100th second ahead of Robert Hambridge.  Close!

In division 2 Jenson Butlin won every round scoring 24 laps, his nearest challenger was Joshua Galbraith with 23 laps and then Roy Matthews 22.

GT12 Class

David Simpson got off to a flying start winning round 1 with 29 laps, Dave Tomlinson and David Hall were second and third respectively on 28 laps.  In round 2 David Hall stormed ahead of the field to win on 31 laps, Dave Tomlinson moved into second place with 29 just over 1/10th second ahead of David Simpson.  Better was still to come as David Hall achieved 32 laps in round 3 with a near faultless drive, David Simpson clinched second place just 3 seconds in front of Dave Tomlinson, both drivers getting 30 laps. Bob Harley was fourth place qualifier ahead of Daniel Williams.

Graham Oxford was in good form after a few weeks break and qualified for pole position in the “B” final with 24 laps, Jack Cook was second and Nick Wallace third with only 2 seconds separating the first three cars.

Finals

Mardave “B” Final

As indicated by the qualifying this proved to be a Jenson Butlin victory, some excellent driving gave him a 2 lap win over Jordan Galbraith and a further lap down Joshua Galbraith. Well done Jenson, only 2 more rounds left for anyone to catch him in the league.

Mardave “A” Final

This was a great race with all cars very evenly matched for speed on a track design that made overtaking very difficult. Lee was on pole and built up an early lead, however after a couple of minor errors Mike Simpson took the lead on lap 11. With Mike, Lee and Paul Galbraith only separated by a few seconds the pressure was on not to make any mistakes. Lee continued to reel in Mike’s lead and in the last 30 seconds of the race attempted to overtake which all went wrong leaving Mike to cruise to victory with 32 laps. An excellent race to watch, Lee finishing second and Paul third – all on the same lap.

GT12 “B” Final

Another good race for Graham Oxford, leading the race from start to finish with 31 laps, Nick Wallace was second on 30 and Jack Cook third with 25 laps.

GT12 “A” Final

David Hall was on pole position and with a good start and with his performance in qualifying it was going to be difficult for anyone to catch him. This proved to be the case as David set the fastest lap time of 9.20 seconds to win with 37 laps. His nearest challenger was David Simpson who finished second also on 37 laps and Daniel Williams was third with 35 laps.

Club Mardave Class

Team Galbraith take the Mardave final by storm

Paul Galbraith won the “A” final after a tremendous race with Lee Bishop and Jake Galbraith finished fourth to be the top division 2 driver, reducing Jenson Butlins league lead by a point.

With different “A” Final winners in the club Mardave class in each of the past four weeks an exciting last three round are in prospect.

No points for the club chairman Rob Hambridge this week as he was running race control – was he checking out the opposition?

GT12 Class

In the GT12 class Darren Ford was fastest qualifier by two laps ahead of Dave Tomlinson, David Hall and David Simpson all on 37 laps.

In the final David Hall had got his car set up well and an excellent drive won him the race with Darren second, Dave Tomlinson third, Daniel Williams fourth and David Simpson fifth. Does your name have to start with the letter D to get into the “A” Final!!!!!!

There were several other excellent individual performances, Nick Wallace won the “B” final and Courtney Orme was second – good to see his car going well after a few technical issues over the few past weeks.

Track

No long straight this week! 

Lee Bishop returns after a 12 week break to win in style.

Club Mardave Class

Lee Bishop had a great evenings racing being unbeatable and spoiling Rob Hambridges attempt to be the top Mardave driver for two consecutive weeks. Lee lined up on pole position for the final with Rob in second spot and Mike Simpson third.  Rob was soon into the lead but Lee got back past him on lap 21 to retake the lead which he held to the finish line a tremendous 2 laps ahead of Rob in second and Mike third.  Jenson Butlin was the top division 2 driver in fourth place followed by Josh Galbraith who beat his dad who forgot to fit his transponder!

GT12 Class

David Simpson had his car going well and was a lap clear of everyone in the qualifying, Darren Ford being second and Daniel Williams in third place.  In the “A” Final David lead the field away from pole position but a mishap on lap two cost him dearly with a very fast pace being set by Darren and Daniel.  At the finish Darren had a comfortable win a full lap ahead of Daniel in second place with David finishing third.

In the “B” Final Chelly Snowden showed everyone the way to win by five laps from Nick Wallace in second place, Jack Cook was third.

There are just two more rounds left in the Superleague which will be held in October and December, remember it is the drivers best five from a possible six scores that count.

Club Chairman Rob Hambridge storms to victory in the club Mardave class!

Track

Three six minute qualifying rounds and an eight minute final this week on a Dave Tomlinson special design track with a tricky corner at the far right which caught out several drivers!

Club Mardave Class
Mike Simpson was the fastest qualifier in division 1 with Paul Galbraith second and Rob Hambridge third. In the final however Rob had a great start, took the lead on the first lap and dominated the race winning by two laps – well done Rob, an excellent performance.

Jenson Butlin increased his lead in division 2 with another maximum points drive, Jake Galbraith was second in the qualifying but could only manage fourth place in the final with his brother Joshua taking second place.

GT12 Class

Dave Tomlinson was in top qualifying position after the first two rounds but a seized wheel bearing in round three put him out of the race and Daniel Williams produced the best performance of the evening to win round three and take pole position in the final.
Some excellent driving in the final made for a very exciting race, Daniel was again in great form and went on to win with Dave Tomlinson second and Chelle Snowden third just ahead of Nick Bruty.

Don’t forget that next week is Super League Round 4

Three drivers score maximum league points this week!

Club Mardave Class

Richard Parker returned to top form with a motor and bearing change after trailing Mike Simpson in the first two qualifying rounds to win the third round, take pole position in the “A” final and win by two laps for a maximum 41 points.

In division 2 Joshua Galbraith drove well to also add 41 points for the week.

GT12 Class

Visiting driver David Hall showed everyone the way and Daniel Williams was again in great form to finish second behind David in both the qualifying and “A” final for a maximum 41 league points which extended his lead to 10 points over Dave Tomlinson in second place.

What a fantastic evenings racing!

Four six minute qualifying heats and an eight minute final making thirty two minutes on the track for everyone – plus the most exciting final of the year so far.

Club Chairman presented the Spring League Trophies to the winners in each class.

Track

Another Dave Tomlinson design this week.

Qualifying

Mike Simpson was the top qualifier in the Mardave Class with  31 laps, Callum Ward took second place on 27 and Richard Parker third also with 27 laps.

In the GT12 class Dave Tomlinson achieved a tremendous 34 laps to take pole position ahead of Daniel Williams with 33 laps and Nick Bruty 31.

Finals

Mike Simpson had a good run in the final setting the fastest lap time of 11.55 seconds and having a comfortable win on 39 laps, another excellent drive from Callum Ward to be second, three laps down and maintain his challenge in division 2.

The last race of the evening was the GT12 final, Dave Tomlinson led the field away from pole position and built up a slight lead with Daniel Williams and Chelle Snowden chasing him. An incredible battle for the lead developed with Daniel hitting the front on lap 27 only to see Dave get past him the following lap and re-take the lead.  We were then treated to three minutes of wheel to wheel racing, Daniel setting the fastest lap of 10.12 seconds and with a few seconds to go Dave seemed to have the race in the bag, but Daniel slipped by to win by 7/10ths of a second, both drivers on 44 laps with Chelle taking third with 42.

What an incredible race – it does not get much better than this!

This was the first week of the new league which runs for eight weeks with the drivers best six scores to count. Points are awarded for both qualifying and final positions in each division, 20 for best qualifier, 19 for second, 18 for third etc and similar in the finals plus an extra point for the best in each division.  ie a maximum score of 41 points for a driver being both best qualifier and top in the finals.

Club Mardave Class

Mike Simpson was top qualifier with Paul Galbraith second, in division 2 there was great competition between Callum Ward and Jenson Butlin to take the fastest qualifier spot in division 2 with Callum getting the upper hand in rounds 2 and 3 by just a few seconds.

In the finals Paul Galbraith got off to a good start and was leading for most of the race, however his car appeared to slow down slightly in the latter part of the race and Mike Simpson was first across the finishing line.

Another close battle in division 2 but Callum Ward eventually had a comfortable win by 2 laps over Jenson Burtlin with Joshua Galbraith taking third place.

GT12 Class

David Simpson got off to a good start by winning round 1, but was bettered by Darren Ford in round 2 only to be beaten by the best qualifying performance in round 3 by Daniel Williams. Three rounds and three different winners!

So Daniel led off from pole position on the grid in the final followed by Darren. A fast and furious race with a few spills along the way followed and Darren won by 2 laps, setting the fastest lap time on the way. Daniel also had a great drive to finish second with Dave Tomlinson third a further lap behind.

An ordinary clubnight this week before the start of the summer league, a smaller four carpets wide track design was very fast with a lot more grip than the previous week and provided some high speed racing.

Club Mardave Class

Richard Parker was in unbeatable form in the qualifying heats with Mike Simpson second, Paul Galbraith third and Jenson Butlin in fourth position.

It was a different story in the final with the wheels coming off (literally) for Richard which resulted in a retirement and very close race, the lead changed several times before Mike was first over the line just five seconds ahead of Paul Galbraith with Jenson Butlin taking third place three laps down.

GT12 Class

Louis Parker had his car set up well this week and was really flying round the track, taking the top qualifier spot and pole position in the final. Dave Tomlinson was second with Darren Ford and Daniel Williams also putting in great performances.

The final was spectacular to watch with all the cars on the track at high speed, Daniel Williams had a great drive and won, being a clear lap ahead of second place driver Darren Ford and Louis Parker in third – a super race, well done Daniel.

NOTE SOME OF THE LAP TIMES AND FASTEST LAPS ARE INCORRECT ON THE RESULTS DATA DUE TO THE SENSOR LOOP NOT BEING POSITIONED CORRECTLY – ALL THE LAP NUMBERS AND CAR POSITIONS ARE CORRECT