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ROUND 2 - Sunday 8th April 2018

Conditions during Round 2 of the 2018 BARC Speed Championship at Abingdon Long Course were wet! And when I say six saloon cars featured in the top ten overall results, you’ll probably appreciate just how wet. Light drizzle for Practice 1 developed into heavier rain, followed by a downpour with standing water for the timed runs.

The classes for Sutton and Cheam Motor Club events are slightly differing from normal, so I’ll report using their format.

Class A2 included our reigning Champion Steven Riddle in the Clio Cup. He managed a fine third place out of eight competitors on 117.52 seconds.

Class A3 saw Andrew Till picking up fourth in the MG ZR 105 on a best of 121.48 seconds out of seven runners. We’d normally expect Mike Edwards Mini to feature here, but this event saw him in a later class.

Class A4, for the larger capacity cars, had the Martorana brothers split by just two one hundredths of a second to take superb third and fourth places in this ten competitor strong section – Adriano on 118.7 seconds versus Leo with 118.9 seconds. A truly great result! Helen Currie in her Renault Clio Trophy recorded 123.43 seconds for eighth place.

Class A5, the biggest capacity class, had four BARC Speed Championship runners. Newcomer Scott Hughes ‘s well driven BMW 135i took fifth place on 108.81 seconds, followed by James Hunt‘s BMW in eighth on 120.21 seconds. Then came Emma, of the same parish, whose Golf GTI recorded 124.89 seconds for eleventh and finally Ed McDonough whose Alfa 156 GTA put in 126.77 seconds for twelfth.

Moving on to more modified vehicles, Class A5 had Stephen Moore in his Mitsubishi Evolution VI taking a fine second place on 106.40 seconds in this eight strong section.

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In Class A7, Graham Holdstock and his Caterham 7 took a good third place with 121.02 seconds.

Class A8 was twelve cars strong with Simon Jones in the Westfield SEiW finishing eighth on 117.40 seconds.

Class B9 had an unusual runner. Mike Edwards British Mini had been moved here from his usual class after some eligibility questions. This all seemed a little odd. Mike still recorded 125.05 seconds for fourth place. Similarly, Emma Hunt’s Golf was moved from Class A2 to Class A5.

In Class B11 some of the big bangers came out, with Will Hunt’s Sierra Cossie recording 108.77 seconds for fourth and Mike Stark‘s sonorous Alfa 156 GTA taking fifth on 115.52 seconds.

Class C15 featured four Sports Libre cars until Piers Thynne and his beautiful Radical SR8 dropped out after the convoy runs with transmission issues. That left Clive Wooster in the Radical SR4 to take a win on 110.98 seconds. Clive tried slicks on Timed Run 1 thinking it was just damp, but soon switched to wets to improve by 3 seconds.

Finally, in Class C16, Steven Potter and the OMS 2000M took a well-judged fifth place on 109.57 seconds, following Clive with a switch to wets after Timed Run 1.

So, with a few weeks for us all to dry out, Round 3 at Croft Circuit is next on Saturday 28th April.

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