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Spectacular GT cars will roar around Oulton Park this Saturday 2 July when the GT Trophy Endurance Series headlines MSVR’s Blast in the Park event.

A host of highly powerful Porsches, Ferraris and BMWs will be on show as they battle around the Cheshire circuit in a two part endurance race.

The GT Trophy Endurance Series will be joined by the Production BMW Championships, Project Eight Racing Saloons, MK2 Golf GTI Championship and single seaters from the Monoposto Championship.

The GT Trophy Endurance Series features two 1 hour races which are combined to contrive an overall result. Teams are required to make a 90 second pit stop in each race. The last round of the GT Trophy Endurance Series saw the Ferrari 458 GT3 of Leon Price and Rob Barff win the two hour race, adding to their triumph in the opening round of the season at Donington Park. There will be several drivers hoping to add their names to the winners list on Saturday.

Single seaters will be represented in the Monoposto Championship with a mixture of Formula Renaults, Dallaras and Van Diemens set for some thrilling on track action. The series is split into Mono 2000, 1800, 1600, 1400 and 1000 classes, depending on engine size.

Close tin top racing will be provided by the MK2 Golf GTI Championship, Production BMW Championship and the Project Eight Racing Saloon.

James Bark will hope to continue his impressive form after a double win at Cadwell Park, as he bids to reel in MK2 Golf GTI Championship leader Guy Stevens. Only three points separate the pair heading into the next instalment on Saturday.

Bumper grids will be expected in the Production BMW Championship and Project Eight Racing Saloons for their only visit to Oulton Park this season. Ben Winrow dominated the last round in tricky wet conditions at Brands Hatch, but Tim Wilson remains the series leader, as the championship heads towards the business end of the season.

Meanwhile a selection of BMW, Ford, Volvo and Renault saloons will populate the grid for round six of the season. Adam Sharpe is the man to beat after winning eight of the nine races so far, but he will face a stern challenge to continue his charge.

Stunning racing across all seven series in challenging weather conditions

Pic: Gary Hawkins

More than 300 competitors helped produce a weekend of exciting racing at the MSVR Brands Hatch GP Weekend on Saturday and Sunday (4/5 June).

The GT Cup Championship, Radical UK Cup, Radical Clubman’s Cup, MINI Challenge, Champion of Brands, Project Eight Racing Saloons and the Production BMW Championship all entertained on the 2.3-mile Grand Prix circuit in Kent. A huge entry of nearly 90 Radicals took to the famed track to make up the manufacturer’s largest ever group of entrants for a single race meeting.

A highlight of the event was a victory for former F1 driver Martin Brundle and his son Alex, as the pair guided a shared Radical SR8 through difficult wet conditions to the chequered flag in the Radical UK Cup on Sunday.

Pic: Roy Ng

The Brundles adapted well to the works Radical but a spin in the first UK Cup race saw them finish in 11th position, whilst Per Staaf went on to take the win. However, in difficult wet weather Martin and Alex triumphed from sixth on the grid to win the second SR8 race on Sunday. Pete Osborne and Alex Kapadia came from 16th on the grid to win race one in the SR3 category, whilst Junior Strous produced an impressive drive to win the second race. In the Radical Clubman’s Cup, Tony Wells and Richard Carver shared the victories on Saturday.

Martin Brundle said: “It was very good for me to get back behind the wheel, as I’m testing a Formula One car for BBC television this week. The guys in the series are very good and they know how to set these cars up.”

Pic: Roy Ng

The GT Cup Championship provided two entertaining races from a bumper field as the wet weather really tested the drivers’ skills. Danny Winstanley, in his TVR Sagaris, drove a mature race from third on the grid to win the first encounter. He was joined on the podium by Group 2 winner Benjamin Harvey and Group 3 victor Mark Radcliffe. Matt Seldon completed a lights-to-flag victory to win race two, finishing ahead of Gary Eastwood and Winstanley. Harvey completed a double win in Group 2, while Adam Hayes claimed the top honours in Group 3.

Chris Knox was the class of the field in the MINI Challenge as he completed a perfect weekend by claiming pole position and victory in all three races. The MINI Spares UK driver was untouchable in the wet conditions and has surged up the championship standings. Reigning champion Lee Allen, Luke Caudle and Chris Smith all visited the podium during the weekend.

Australian Formula Ford racer Jordan Skinner became the first two-time winner of the Champion of Brands after producing a lights-to-flag victory on Saturday. Skinner‘s lead was rarely threatened during the race after making a strong getaway from pole position.

Ben Winrow continues to be the man to beat in the Production BMW Championship after showing his class in wet weather to record a double win. The trip to the famous Grand Prix circuit attracted huge grid of nearly 40 cars for both races.

BMW driver Adam Sharpe continued his run of victories in the Project Eight Racing Saloons with two more visits to the top step of the podium. Once again, he was pushed hard by Colin Tester in both races, which saw 44 cars tackle the Kent circuit with action throughout the field.

With three races planned for the Production BMW Championship at Cadwell Park, the pressure was on to see who would come out smiling.

Dubbed the ‘mini Nurburgring’ due to its tight and narrow track, Cadwell always puts on a good show for the fans, and this was no exception.

The first qualifying session went the way of Ben Winrow, with the former Clio Cup Champion ready to battle for honours. James McIntyre secured the quickest time in the second qualifying outing, with Winrow setting the fastest overall time.

A strong field of entrants allowed for three separate races, to ensure each driver fought it out twice each. The first outing went the way of Winrow, with the youngster getting the better of rivals Rob Smith and Liam Crilly.

Determined not to let Winrow escape into the distance, the latter two hung onto his BMW 320i, with just over one second separating the top three.

As the grid lined up for the second time, honours came the way of Smith, with the reigning champion waltzing onto the top step of the podium. Behind, Nick Barke completed the challenge a somewhat distant second, with Tim Wilson right on his tail in third.

With the BMW chase coming to an end at the challenging circuit, the final race of the weekend got underway with Winrow heading the field once again. Eager to shake off advances from his closest rivals he stormed around the tight and twisty track, with Wilson in tow.

As the pair swept across the finish line, Wilson was just 1.371 seconds adrift, handing Winrow another double bout of victories.

The top of the championship standings is still extremely tight. As the season weaves to an end all eyes are focused on who will be taking home the most important spoils.

After doubling his on track efforts this season with the Production BMW Championship and Trofeo Abarth GB series, Ben Winrow racked up a double victory at Oulton Park (11^th September).

The opening race of the day was very much controlled by the weather, when a down pour on the first lap slowed the pace dramatically. As everyone tried their best to manoeuvre the wet track a number of drivers succumbed to the circumstances, as they pirouetted around Old Hall corner.

Winrow managed to negotiate his way around, heading the field from a pole position start, whilst his nearest rivals splashed their way to success behind. Despite keeping a close eye on the leader, second and third placed Rob Smith and Tim Wilson were unable to make too much of an impression, as they followed Winrow onto the podium.

Further adrift, Stuart Waite made up ground from his starting position to cross the line fourth, whilst Robin Welsh translated a 23^rd place grid slot into fifth place at the flag.

As the lights diminished for the second time, Winrow and Smith launched towards turn one side by side, with the former getting the advantage once again. With the weather in their favour this time around a dry track presented a great deal of excitement, with Smith harassing Winrow for the duration.

Chaos struck when the safety car made an appearance with just seven minutes remaining, to recover a number of stricken vehicles. As the time ticked downwards, the race was restarted with a one lap dash to the flag, which saw Smith lock onto the rear of Winrow’s similar machine for honours.

Unable to distract the youngster, Smith and Wilson followed Winrow home once again. Welsh progressed on his opening race performance to finish fourth, with Jack Gabriel fifth.

Report: Leanne Fahy

GAZ Shocks Production BMW Championship
Rounds 9&10 Snetterton 19-20/06/10
Three fantastic races

The weekend of 19/20th June saw the Production BMW and Toyo Tires Racing Saloons Championships make their way to Snetterton, Norfolk. Alongside the championship regulars, we had a number of newcomers who got their first taste of the PBMW lifestyle.

Mark Palmer and Freddie Tatham both made their PBMW debut, each securing a points scoring finish during their opening weekend.

Pole position was awarded to a surprised Nick Barke after a hard fought qualifying session, with familiar rival and friend Rob Smith lining up second and Robin Welsh third.

Race 1:

As the lights went out, pole sitter Barke was slow off the mark, allowing Smith to slip through into the lead. Still hanging onto second, Barke was forced to defend from Ben Winrow; however it wasn’t too long before Winrow made his move.

A few laps down the road, Winrow saw an opportunity to steal Smith’s stranglehold on the race, when he lunged passed, dragging Barke along with him. In one swift movement the top three had been re-shuffled once more, with the fire at the front being re-ignited.

Unable to sneak through for honours, Barke was forced to enjoy Winrow’s slip stream for the remainder of the race, with Smith third. “It was great to be on the podium with Rob and Ben,” said Barke. “I got fastest lap as well, which was handy,” he added.

Behind, the action was as hot as ever. Regular front runner, Liam Crilly, endured a difficult opening to his weekend, with the rain playing a huge part in his drama.

Wet conditions were a welcome sight to many during the first race, however expectedly caused problems. Crilly struggled to get off the line, instantaneously losing two places, however luckily managed to avoid a number of spinning BMW’s on the opening lap. A bit more swapping and changing eventually saw Crilly muscled back to fifth, but still enjoying the thick of the action.

After 11 action packed laps the top three were followed home by Tim Wilson, Ravi Ramyead, and Mike Dugdale. Further back, Kevin Denwood enjoyed a good start to his “best weekend of racing so far”, when a 22nd place start saw him rocket through to 13th.

Race 2:
Race two kicked off with Crilly enjoying his “best start of the year” to launch into third, however it was short lived as he was soon pushed back to fourth, but not without a fight. It became clear the weather was going to play a large part in the outcome, with Robin Welsh prevailing through the weather to take honours

Kristian Dean, after starting eighth on the grid, enjoyed an eventful race, which left him ninth at the chequered flag. “I had a better start this time, but soon realised the track was like an ice-rink,” said Dean. “After being treated to a Ken Block-style drifting master class from Mike Dugdale, I lost a couple of places avoiding spinners. Overall it was the most fun I’ve had in a car,” he added.

Rob Smith was the man to watch, as an early race spin saw him drop to the back of the field, before a come back drive wowed the enthralled spectators. After fighting his way through the action, Smith swept passed the chequered flag in a remarkable fifth place.

Race 3:
The final race of the weekend saw Winrow and Barke repeat their one-two performance, with Robin Welsh on their tails in third. Stuart Waite fought through to fourth, just ahead of Crilly.

The Production BMW assemblage will be in action again at Castle Combe, on 31st July / 1st August.

Race Report by Leanne Fahy
Image by Snappyracers.com

GAZ Shocks Production BMW Championship - Rounds 5&6 Thruxton 08/05/10

Winrow dominates shortened Thruxton weekend

Ben Winrow took a clean sweep of Pole, Fastest Lap and Race Victory during round five of the 2010 Production BMW Championship at Thruxton, Hampshire.

Winrow, the 2008 Elf Renault Clio Cup Champion took pole position for round five having dominated qualifying round the fastest track in the UK – the only time in the qualifying session which ducked below the 1m34 barrier was the 1m33.901s set by Winrow. Second on the grid Alan Wileman finished four tenths of a second off – and with forty cars all qualifying, the race was due to be hectic.

At the start – poleman Winrow lost out to the fast starting car of Rob Smith, who went through the middle and into the lead at Allard, and held on until the faster sections of the track – when Smith was a little too cautious and dropped back from the lead into third as Winrow and Waite got passed. The lead changed hands again at the Club chicane as Stuart Waite got a bit out of shape and held Winrow up – thus giving the lead back to Smith.

The following lap saw Waite chasing down Smith through the fast corners and making his move at Church – Waite would hold on to the lead for the majority of the race. Meanwhile, pole sitter Winrow was back up to forth after dropping back to fifth at the end of lap one.

Behind the top three, Alex Green suffered brake failure on lap two at the club chicane which held up those behind him including Neil Adams, who dropped to the back of the field.

A driver on the charge was Brian Jones, who started the ten lap encounter on the seventeenth row of the grid. At the end of lap two however – Jones was in 23rd position.

By the half way mark, Winrow was catching race leader Waite and at the end of lap seven the lead had changed and Winrow set about pulling away at building up a gap over Waite, who in turn was pulling a gap over early race leader Smith.

In his pursuit of Waite, Winrow also set the fastest lap – a 1m34.503s, the only driver to break into the 1m34’s during the 10 lap race.

Further back the action was just as fierce and entertaining – a number of drivers had moments at the Club chicane, on lap five Jerry Brown went off and the following lap Simon Bassford did the same – both drivers recovered from their moments to finish the race.

It wasn’t just Club which was catching the drivers out – Church, the fastest corner in UK Motorsport saw Ian Shepherd have a moment, he was able to hone his rallycross skills a bit in the recovery while Village saw Jerry Brown go off the track again on the final lap.

The penultimate lap of the race saw Ravi Ramyead roll out of contention – after taking too much kerb at Club, the car came to rest, facing the wrong way at the exit of the chicane. Ramyead had rolled out of twelfth place after starting at the back due to a qualifying infringement.

The final lap saw the retirement of Alan Wileman, who during the early laps of the race had been up with the race leaders – an electrical fault meaning that he wasn’t able to complete the race.

The driver of the day award went the way of Brian Jones after his recovery drive from 34th to finish 17th at the chequered flag.

Race Report by Matt Auger
Photo: www.snappyracers.com

GAZ Shocks Production BMW Championship

Rounds 3&4 Silverstone (Grand Prix) 17-18/04/10

Round two of the Production BMW Championship saw the field head to Silverstone, where they were set to race around the infamous grand prix circuit.

Qualifying saw the day kick off in style; however with just four minutes remaining the red flag was thrown, signalling the end of the session, due to a number of cars off at various points of the circuit. Despite this, Tim Wilson secured pole position, just ahead of Alan Wileman and Liam Crilly.

Race 1:

As the 48-strong field powered into the first corner, Wilson and Wileman led the way, running side by side away from the rest of the pack. As they worked their way around the opening lap it was Wilson who kept the momentum, stealing back his initial advantage, as he leapt into the lead.

Image by Snappyracers.com

Reigning champion, Rob Smith also managed to find a way passed Wileman, muscling through into second, while the latter was forced back to third. As the field weaved their way around the opening few laps the battle at the front really began to hot up, with the top seven being separated by less than half a second.

Before long, Wileman was edged out that bit more, as the BMW 320i of Robin Welsh seized the opportunity to take third place. By this point, leader Wilson had managed to break free of his pursuers, and was beginning to disappear into the distance.

With all attentions at the front of the field focused on the Smith-Welsh scrap, further down the pack the spotlight shone on Jerry Brown and Mickey Daly, who were enjoying a fierce tussle, running nose to tail for much of the seven laps.

The field was mainly dominated by the BMW 320i pilots throughout the opening race at the Northamptonshire venue; however Liam Crilly was taking the fight to them, running as the highest placed BMW E30 318i driver for the duration.

Further adrift, Kristian Dean enjoyed a thrilling battle with Stephen Carter, with the duo continuously swapping positions for four laps. After not getting a clear lap in qualifying, Dean was forced to start in 30th place, however not letting this hamper him too much he launched up to 23rd by the chequered flag, finishing just behind Carter at the end.

As the lap counter ticked downwards Wilson’s early advantage began to decrease, as Welsh gradually reeled him in. As the chequered flag greeted them after seven laps, Wilson was the victor with Welsh just inches behind. Crilly completed the podium, while Smith, Clint Bardwell and Wileman concluded the top six.

Commenting on his win, Wilson said: “It was a tough one, Robin made me work for it, but I just held on at the end.”

Race 2:

The second outing was another thrilling adventure, with the usual suspects filling the top positions. With the starting grid being based on race one finishing positions Wilson grasped pole.

This time around it was Welsh who got the better of Wilson, with the top places reversed as the chequered flag fell. Smith promoted himself to the podium, while Bardwell progressed to fourth.

Stuart Waite stormed to fifth from eighth, while Wileman followed in sixth. Further back, Ian Shepherd enjoyed a strong race, advancing from 26th to 14th.

As ever it was an entertaining weekend for the PBMW crowd. Tim Wilson summed up the weekend perfectly – “brilliant races, brilliant driving.”

Race Report by Leanne Fahy (leannefahy@hotmail.com)

Steve Shurey has also provided these photos from the Lotus Elise Trophy and the GAZ Shocks Performance BMW Championship races at Silverstone.   More on his website.   Report will follow from the BMW championship and possibly the others if they would be kind enough to send stuff in!

GAZ Shocks Production BMW Non Championship Races, Brands Hatch 27-28/03/10

The two non Championship Production BMW Championship races saw a capacity grid of thirty-two cars take the start, with a mixture of series newcomers and existing PBMWC regulars.

Race 1
Pole position went to the rapid debutant Matthew Swaffer, with series regular Alan Wileman starting alongside Swaffer on the front row. After qualifying problems, five cars started at the back with ten second penalties.

Qualifying was held on a dry track; however the first race saw rain and a wet track which was drying. This meant that the field had a green flag lap to adjust to the different track conditions.

When the lights went out to signal the start of the race, pole man Swaffer failed to take advantage of his grid slot and dropped back several positions, but crossed the line in seventh, having recovered a couple of positions during the lap.

Up front, Wileman was pulling away at the front leaving the chasing pack to swap their positions lap by lap, with Nigel Olive-Jones taking second on lap two before having an off track moment at Clearways on lap four which drops him back behind Clint Bardwell and Stuart Waite.

Behind the battle for the podium positions, Swaffer had recovered to fifth by the end of lap five, and over the next few laps slowly caught up with Olive-Jones; Swaffer couldn’t find a way to take fourth away from Olive-Jones.

Up at the front, Wileman was setting fastest lap after fastest lap on his relentless charge towards the race win, and even slight contact when lapping a back marker couldn’t hamper his charge.

The main excitement in the final laps of the race was between Bardwell and Waite – Waite was applying constant pressure to Bardwell as he looked to pass for second with extremely late braking moves at Paddock Hill bend.

At the end of race one, Wileman took a dominant victory by 2.293 seconds with Bardwell second and Waite third. After his race one mistake, Swaffer finished fifth, three seconds behind Olive-Jones.

Steve Gilbert finished eighth and took pole position for the weekend’s second race.

Race Results:
1. Alan Wileman: 15 laps in 16:00.170s
2. Clint Bardwell @ 2.293s
3. Stuart Waite @ 4.052s
Fastest Lap went the way of second placed Bardwell on lap 13, with a time of 1:02.369s.

Race 2
The second race of the weekend saw Steve Gilbert start on pole position after the top eight drivers were reversed for race two, meaning that race winner Bardwell started back on the outside of the fourth row.

As in the opening race, the weekend’s second race was also held on a wet track, without any rain though.

Within two laps of the race start, Stuart Waite and made his way to the head of the field – having started fifth, Waite completed lap one in second, right on the tail of Ian Berry, who had started third and took the lead on lap two, and crossed the line a full second ahead.

Pole sitter Gilbert dropped down to seventh on the opening lap, and spent the rest of the race trying to recover from his bad start.

Behind the flying Waite, Berry was involved in a three way tussle for the podium with race one winner Bardwell and Ian Shepherd, this battle gave an opportunity to Waite to stretch his legs and build a comfortable gap.

Back in the pack, Tony Smith was climbing his way up the field having started the race down in fourteenth position, and took the flag at the end of the race in fourth, a great recovery drive.

Up at the front, Olive-Jones took the podium position away from Berry on lap twelve, having crossed the line at the end of lap eleven right on the rear bumper of Berry. The clean but fiercely fought fight for third meant that Olive-Jones finished some eleven seconds off Bardwell, with Smith less than a second behind Olive-Jones.

After a strong early showing, Ian Shepherd saw all of his hard work undone as he ended up not finishing the race, having been knocked out of fifth place on lap twelve.

At the end of the second wet race of the weekend, Waite took a clear victory ahead of Bardwell and Olive-Jones, with a stunning performance resulting in fourth place for Smith.

Results of race two:
1. Stuart Waite: 15 laps in 15:04.414s
2. Clint Bardwell @ 2.108s
3. Nigel Olive-Jones @ 13.213s
Fastest lap of the race went to Bardwell in a time of 59.008s.

Race Report by Matt Auger

GAZ Shocks Production BMW Championship - Rounds 1&2 Brands Hatch 27-28/03/10

The opening rounds of the 2010 Production BMW Championship kicked off at Brands Hatch, with a bumper grid producing some, clean, hard but fair racing and a great spectacle for the fans.

A grid of 52 cars meant that qualifying was split into two sessions, Ben Winrow was fastest overall with a best lap of 58.362s, to beat Robin Welsh into second, while series debutant Matthew Swaffer finished third.

Swaffer won the driver of the day award for this impressive performance.

With so many cars entered for the opening rounds of the season, each driver was placed in to a group based on the combined qualifying result, pole in group A, 2nd in Group B, 3rd in group C, then repeated 4th in Group A, 5th in Group B etc – with all groups racing twice.

Race 1: Groups A & B.

For the opening race of the season, the drivers in groups A and B took to the track, with Winrow on pole alongside Welsh, and for the opening few laps Welsh stayed behind Winrow, until the two of them met some back markers and Welsh saw his chance to take the lead.

The whole race between the two of them never saw the gap get much above 4 tenths of a second, until lap 12 where the gap was over a second, as Welsh took advantage of Stephen Murphy to pass Winrow and lap Murphy: “I started 2nd in my first race, Put Winrow under as much pressure as possible, He didn’t see the green flag going in to Druids so I took him and a back marker.”

Welsh almost lost the win on the final corner, as Winrow was past at Surtees and briefly took the lead before losing the rear, handing the lead back to Welsh.

Behind the squabbling front two, Nick Barke was holding his own in third, even with the rapid car of Liam Crilly chasing him down, and in the last few laps started to apply the pressure to Barke, who resisted and claimed his first podium finish of the season.

Further back, there was an incident between Stephen Murphy and Stuart Waite, as Murphy was lapped by Waite. Murphy was able to continue after being pushed out the gravel trap by the marshals.

Towards the end of the race, Kevin Welsh had developed a train of cars behind him, and fell back from the lead pack – and behind, a number of cars were stuck behind and unable to pass Welsh, who finished the race in 9th overall.

Race Results:

1. Robin Welsh – 16 laps in 15:54.721s
2. Ben Winrow @ 0.594s
3. Nick Barke @ 6.444s

The fastest lap of the race (and a new pbmwc lap record) went to Ben Winrow on lap 15, with a time of 58.269s.

Race 2: Groups B & C

The second race of the season saw the group B cars complete their Championship rounds for the weekend and Group C have their first race of the weekend.

Robin Welsh, who won the opening race of the Championship started from pole position with flying debutant Matthew Swaffer alongside him on the front row of the grid.

Off the line at the start, Swaffer made a bad start and dropped back down the field, and after a number of incidents around the track during the opening laps saw the Safety Car deployed to clear up all of the machinery which was stuck around the track.

The safety car came back in at the end of the 7th lap, which caught out a number of drivers, including Neil Adams, who was passed by Ian Berry at Druids. Adams retook the spot a lap later at Clearways.

Up front, race 1 winner Welsh got his head down and pulled away from the chasing pack, having seen Rob Smith in his mirrors – before the safety car, and Welsh fooled Smith by braking at Clearways to slow the field up before going flat out to take another win and the races fastest lap. Smith had charged up from sixth to second during the opening laps.

Behind the front two, Liam Crilly secured his first podium finish of the season with a third place finish, while debutant Swaffer secured seventh place.

Race results:

1. Robin Welsh – 14 laps in 15:27.699s
2. Rob Smith @ 4.866s
3. Liam Crilly @ 6.272s

The fastest lap of the race went to Robin Welsh on lap 8, with a time of 58.662s.

Race 3: Groups A & C

The final Championship race of the weekend saw Ben Winrow start on pole with Matthew Swaffer alongside him on the front row, and the first corner of the race, Paddock Hill bend, soon became a gravel trap full of BMW’s. A chain reaction began when contact between Alan Wileman and Matt Swaffer let to Swaffer sliding sideways down the Hill.

Alan Stuart was on the outside of Paddock when he was faced by the sideways car of Swaffer, and couldn’t avoid contact and then Stuart was collected by Ravi Ramyead as he also had nowhere to go.

This was the end of the race for the impressive Swaffer, Ravi Ramyead and Alan Stuart, while Neil Adams rejoined the race 4 laps down.

The safety car was out for three laps while the cars were recovered from the gravel trap, Nigel Olive-Jones and Alan Wileman are able to continue, a lap down on the rest of the field.

Up front, Winrow set about building a gap to secure his first win of the season, and took the races fastest lap in the process.

Following Winrow was Rob Smith, who backed up his Race 2 second place with another second place finish, taking advantage of the first corner melee to climb from 6th to second by the end of the race while third place finisher Nick Barke survived the first corner to back up his first race podium with another podium finish.

Smith admitted that his second place finishes weren’t easy as he was under pressure from Liam Crilly in race 2 and Nick Barke in race 3.

Race results:

1. Ben Winrow – 11 laps in 15:17.935s
2. Rob Smith @ 1.754s

3. Nick Barke @ 3.069s

Ben Winrow took the fastest lap of the race on lap 10, in a time of 58.939s.

Report: Matt Auger
Photo: Jon Bryant / snappyracers.com