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Points table
Round 1 - Stratton Valley - 8/4/25
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Bruce Thomas
3rd - Ben Lewis
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Bruce Thomas
3rd - Ben Lewis
Race Report - Round 1
So, first round of the next new series this week & it was the many vibrant coloured liveries of the JGTC/GT3 cars that hit the track. And what a field it was for round 1. There were McLarens, & Mercedes, & McLarens & Aston Martins, & McLarens, & Nissans, & AUDIs & McLarens. Much variety.
So many cars that the writer was starting to get RSI by the time he entered all the drivers into the start list…and then just as we were finally starting to get ready to race, Bruce pipes up that he might like to race tonight as well…….so I still managed to miss one driver after all.
Scrutineering took place, and due to the size of the field, half an hour later we were kicking off with a shortened format (2.5 min) heats.
Right from the opening heats, things looked ominous for anyone not driving a McLaren as first Callan & Phil & then Bruce posted very good lap times & lap numbers. Bruce in fact held top spot on account of being the first to complete his 3 heats & set a very competitive total for all drivers to try to beat.
Drivers came & went…..many, many drivers, driving many, many McLarens (oh & a couple of other cars), but no-one could touch Bruce's total of 66 laps despite a valiant effort from Ben who threw his McLaren around with almost reckless abandon to fall just 1 lap shy of Bruce with an excellent 65 laps.
It wasn’t until the very last heat and Callans return to the track that both Ben & Bruce were surpassed. Callans 68 laps gave him a 2 lap win for the round ahead of Bruce, with Ben grabbing his first podium spot in 3rd . Well done !
The next few placings were very tight, as always seems to be the case with this series. Despite not being a rapid class, it always produces some very close racing. The battle for 4th was the first of these with Adrian & Phil sharing 63 laps each & fastest laps within 4 - 1/100ths of each other (Adrian 6.545 & Phil 6.589). Adrian grabbed 4th in the end from Phil in 5th.
The writer slotted into 6th all alone on 61 laps, ahead of another battle royale between DB & Rob for 7th & 8th. Both notched up 60 laps with DB grabbing 7th from Rob in 8th on track position.
In 9th on 59 laps & again all alone was JB ahead of yet another 2 way fight for the last spot in the top 10 between Dave Gray & Rhys. These 2 shared 57 laps overall, but it was Dave Gray who took 10th from Rhys in 11th by virtue of driving further around lap 58.
Northern visitor Dennis Murray was the best of the next bracket of drivers, with his 56 laps grabbing him 12th, while Blair slotted into 13th on 55 laps. Thomas won the father/son battle this week with 49 laps for 14th, ahead of Samuel in 15th on 43, while Luke struggled with tyre grip (or lack of it) during his 40 lap 16th place.
So, first round of the next new series this week & it was the many vibrant coloured liveries of the JGTC/GT3 cars that hit the track. And what a field it was for round 1. There were McLarens, & Mercedes, & McLarens & Aston Martins, & McLarens, & Nissans, & AUDIs & McLarens. Much variety.
So many cars that the writer was starting to get RSI by the time he entered all the drivers into the start list…and then just as we were finally starting to get ready to race, Bruce pipes up that he might like to race tonight as well…….so I still managed to miss one driver after all.
Scrutineering took place, and due to the size of the field, half an hour later we were kicking off with a shortened format (2.5 min) heats.
Right from the opening heats, things looked ominous for anyone not driving a McLaren as first Callan & Phil & then Bruce posted very good lap times & lap numbers. Bruce in fact held top spot on account of being the first to complete his 3 heats & set a very competitive total for all drivers to try to beat.
Drivers came & went…..many, many drivers, driving many, many McLarens (oh & a couple of other cars), but no-one could touch Bruce's total of 66 laps despite a valiant effort from Ben who threw his McLaren around with almost reckless abandon to fall just 1 lap shy of Bruce with an excellent 65 laps.
It wasn’t until the very last heat and Callans return to the track that both Ben & Bruce were surpassed. Callans 68 laps gave him a 2 lap win for the round ahead of Bruce, with Ben grabbing his first podium spot in 3rd . Well done !
The next few placings were very tight, as always seems to be the case with this series. Despite not being a rapid class, it always produces some very close racing. The battle for 4th was the first of these with Adrian & Phil sharing 63 laps each & fastest laps within 4 - 1/100ths of each other (Adrian 6.545 & Phil 6.589). Adrian grabbed 4th in the end from Phil in 5th.
The writer slotted into 6th all alone on 61 laps, ahead of another battle royale between DB & Rob for 7th & 8th. Both notched up 60 laps with DB grabbing 7th from Rob in 8th on track position.
In 9th on 59 laps & again all alone was JB ahead of yet another 2 way fight for the last spot in the top 10 between Dave Gray & Rhys. These 2 shared 57 laps overall, but it was Dave Gray who took 10th from Rhys in 11th by virtue of driving further around lap 58.
Northern visitor Dennis Murray was the best of the next bracket of drivers, with his 56 laps grabbing him 12th, while Blair slotted into 13th on 55 laps. Thomas won the father/son battle this week with 49 laps for 14th, ahead of Samuel in 15th on 43, while Luke struggled with tyre grip (or lack of it) during his 40 lap 16th place.
Round 2 - Mornington Park - 15/4/25
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Ben Lewis
3rd - Rob Golley
1st - Callan Thomas
2nd - Ben Lewis
3rd - Rob Golley
