Round 8 - Pirelli

The entry this year was well down on last years record, however the racing proved to be as close as ever. The tracks simple design allows most drivers to post a reasonable time but takes a very good driver to post an additional lap or so above the norm.

As usual the 1/32nd class got underway using the spreadsheet designed and kindly supplied by Chris Thomas.

Heat 1 saw a close win for Stephen Siddall from Alan Lucas but my choice of driver of the day, Martin Jackson added over a lap to their scores in Heat 2 with a 33.98 to improve on the Falcon track record set last year by David Sargent. This score remained fastest through to Heat 6 when beaten by Martin Ellis with 34.24. Heat 8 saw the first run for Paul “ the daddy” Shepherd and in usual form on this track, set the fastest overall time and a new open production record of 36.18, also beating the track record for G12 Saloon and 1/24th Falcon. The second and third runs saw the field bunch up around the 32/33 mark However in Heat 17 Martin Jackson completed his second full run of the session and improved to 34.61 and regained the track record for 1/32 Falcons. Sadly the home drivers were well beaten though the heats, a combination of no track time since the Fylde BSL, no car preparation and in my case poor driving were all too evident.

RACE POSITION	FALCON	BEST HEAT	GAP TO 1st	BEHIND NEXT
1	MARTIN JACKSON	34.61	0.00	0.00
2	MARTIN ELLIS	34.24	0.37	0.37
3	CHARLIE GOODING	33.78	0.83	0.46
4	CHRIS THOMAS	33.78	0.83	0.00
5	KEITH CHARLES	33.73	0.88	0.05
6	STEPHEN SIDDALL	33.11	1.50	0.62
7	GRAHAM THOMAS	33.05	1.56	0.06
8	MIKE HARRISON	32.63	1.98	0.42
9	NORMAN FAWCETT	32.61	2.00	0.02
10	ALAN LUCAS	32.36	2.25	0.25
11	ANDY BROWN	31.94	2.67	0.42
12	GRAHAM BURKE	31.18	3.43	0.76
13	GLYN TAYLOR	30.47	4.14	0.71
14	DAVE HOMER	30.13	4.48	0.34
15	MIKE OGDEN	29.84	4.77	0.29
16	CHRIS GREEN	28.68	5.93	1.16
17	KATY FAWCETT	26.72	7.89	1.96
18	JOHN GOODING	24.67	9.94	2.05

RACE POSITION	SUPER PRODUCTION	BEST HEAT	GAP TO 1st	BEHIND NEXT
1	Paul Shepherd	36.18	0.00	0.00
2	Steve Sargent	32.46	2.15	3.72
3	Chas Keeling	30.12	4.49	2.34
4	Chris Cowan	29.98	4.63	0.14
5	David Sargent	29.32	5.29	0.66

The E final saw a well deserved win for Chris Green who could have had a good result in the D final which was won by Dave Homer (am I marshalling again). In the C final I finally woke up and posted the second best time of the day, too late again! The B finals produced a win for Stephen Siddall and the A final saw Martin Ellis getting the best of Martin Jackson again to take the win by just over ½ lap, with an equated time of 34.62 over 3 minutes which is record pace.

With 6 racers in the class there was only one safe bet for the win which as usual went to Shep, driving with his left hand , just because he could, to cruise to a safe 55 laps.

	A FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	OPEN	NOVICE
A FINAL	MARTIN ELLIS	57.20	1st A.final	50
A FINAL	MARTIN JACKSON	57.14	2nd	47	50
A FINAL	CHARLIE GOODING	56.00	3rd	45
A FINAL	CHRIS THOMAS	53.00	4th	43
	B FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	OPEN	NOVICE
B FINAL	STEPHEN SIDDALL	55.95	1st B.final	41
B FINAL	KEITH CHARLES	55.19	2nd	39
B FINAL	GRAHAM THOMAS	53.00	3rd	37
B FINAL	MIKE HARRISON	52.00	4th	35
	C FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	OPEN	NOVICE
C FINAL	NORMAN FAWCETT	57.00	1st C.final	33
C FINAL	ANDY BROWN	53.00	2nd	31
C FINAL	ALAN LUCAS	52.00	3rd	30
C FINAL	GRAHAM BURKE	48.00	4th	29
	D FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	OPEN	NOVICE
D FINAL	DAVE HOMER	49.00	1st D.final	28
D FINAL	GLYN TAYLOR	48.00	2nd	27
D FINAL	MIKE OGDEN	45.00	3rd	26
D FINAL
	E FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS	OPEN	NOVICE
E FINAL	CHRIS GREEN	48.00	1st E.final	25	47
E FINAL	JOHN GOODING	46.00	2nd	24	45
E FINAL	KATY FAWCETT	44.00	3rd	23	43
E FINAL
	SUPER A FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS
A FINAL	Paul Shepherd	55.00	1st A.final	50
A FINAL	Steve Sargent	51.00	2nd	47
A FINAL	Chas Keeling	46.00	3rd	45
A FINAL
	SUPER B FINAL	FINAL LAPS	POSITIONS
B FINAL	David Sargent