MSA British Drag Racing Championship
Round 2: Santa Pod Raceway, 26-29 May
After two sunny qualifying days, rain curtailed Monday’s eliminations after round two.
Ten-time FIA Pro Stock champion Jimmy Ålund qualified on pole in his first Pro Mod outing for 15 years and was one of four Continental racers to reach the aborted semi-final. The home challenge ended in round two, but not before Bobby Wallace and Kevin Slyfield had distinguished themselves with career-best performances and gallant losses. Slyfield threw away a sure win with a red-light disqualification. A resurgent Wayne Nicholson also made a rare visit to the second round.
Eliminations
Round 1
Bobby Wallace 6.255sec/221.26mph def. Andy Robinson 14.452/51.21
Michael Gullqvist 5.933/243.69 def. Marco Maurischat 6.449/221.45
Wayne Nicholson 10.428/76.16 def. Philip Englefield DQ redlight
Marcus Hilt 6.386/225.87 def. Norbert Kuno 6.421/225.52
Kevin Slyfield 6.111/229.06 def. Håkan Persson 6.146/237.78
David Vegter 6.754/162.47 def. Jean Dulamon 7.976/127.36
Bruno Bader 6.034/232.85 def. Marck Harteveld 6.306/227.80
Jimmy Ålund 6.056/232.87 def. Fredrik Fagerström 6.297/222.14
Round 2
Jimmy Ålund 5.961/236.11 def. Bobby Wallace 6.228/226.90
Marcus Hilt 10.272/76.81 def. Kevin Slyfield 8.654/96.69 DQ redlight
Michael Gullqvist 5.951/243.80 def. Bruno Bader 6.064/231.61
David Vegter 6.133/236.41 def. Wayne Nicholson 7.117/207.04
Event rained off.
Low Elapsed Time of the Event: 5.933sec. – Michael Gullqvist
Top Speed of the Event: 243.80mph – Michael Gullqvist
Provisional championship standings
1 Andy Robinson 135 points
2 Bobby Wallace 129
3 Kevin Slyfield 112
4 Philip Englefield 88
5 Jimmy Ålund 78
British GT Championship
Round 4-5: Snetterton 300, 27-28 May
Jon Minshaw and Phil Keen made it three victories in this season’s first four British GT races, in round four at Snetterton. Barwell teammates Liam Griffin and Sam Tordoff took the runner-up spot, with James Littlejohn and Jack Mitchell completing the podium.
Round five saw Jonny Adam equal the record for most ever British GT3 wins, after the Scot and TF Sport co-driver Derek Johnston capitalised on Barwell Motorsport’s drive-through penalty to win race two at Snetterton. Griffin and Tordoff finished in second, ahead of Mark Farmer and Jon Barnes.
Results
Round four
1 Barwell Motorsport (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) 1h00m23.925s
2 Barwell Motorsport (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) 1h00:27m785s
3 Macmillan AMR (Aston Martin Vantage GT3) 1h00m34.296s
Round five
1 TF Sport (Aston Martin Vantage GT3) 1h01m26.995s
2 Barwell Motorsport (Lamborghini Huracan GT3) 1h01m36.138s
3 TF Sport (Aston Martin Vantage GT3) 1h01m37.876s
Provisional championship standings
1 Jon Minshaw – 101 points
= Phil Keen – 101
3 Rick Parfitt – 77.5
BRDC British F3 Championship
Round 7-9: Snetterton 300, 27-28 May
Enaam Ahmed and Jordan Cane shared the victories at Snetterton.
Ahmed extended his championship lead with a win in the opening race, with pole sitter James Pull taking second place and Toby Sowery third.
Jordan Cane won his second BRDC British F3 race at Snetterton in round eight, heading Cameron Das and Callan O'Keeffe home in a mature performance.
Ahmed won his sixth race of the season in the final round, while Sowery leapt up the title standings to fourth place with his second podium of the weekend, finishing ahead of front-row starter Pull.
Results
Race one
1. Enaam Ahmed, Carlin, 10 Laps
2. James Pull, Carlin, +2.960s
3. Toby Sowery, Lanan, +3.872s
Race two
1 Jordan Cane, Douglas Motorsport, 10 Laps
2 Cameron Das, Carlin, +1.489s
3 Callan O'Keeffe, Douglas, +2.295s
Race three
1 Enaam Ahmed, Carlin, 10 Laps
2. Toby Sowery, Lanan Racing, +2.103s
3 James Pull, Carlin, +3.092s
Provisional championship standings
1 Enaam Ahmed (Carlin) – 241 points
2 Cameron Das (Carlin) – 197
3 Ben Hingeley (Fortec Motorsports) – 186
Link-Up Ltd MSA British Car Trial Championship
Round 6: Derwydd Car Trial, 27 May
Round 7: Matthew’s Auto Salvage Car Trial, 28 May
Trevor Moffatt won the Derwydd Car Trial after leading the Corwen event all day. Moffatt drove superbly to open out a clear twenty-point class lead over Shawn Franklin, while Steve Courts defeated championship leader Barrie Parker. Rupert North took a thirty-point class win over Dave Walker to complete the podium.
Franklin won Sunday’s Matthews Auto Salvage Trial by taking a clear and decisive lead from the start. Courts won the rear-wheel-drive class, while North took the front-wheel-drive class win over Mark Hoppe. John Wadsworth won the new car class.
Results
Round six
1 Trevor Moffatt, Vauxhall Corsa, 80.7%
2 Steve Courts, Hillman Imp, 89.5%
3 Rupert North, Rover Mini, 90%
Round seven
1 Shawn Franklin, Citroen Saxo, 62%
2 Steve Courts, Hillman Imp, 83.7%
3 Rupert North, Rover Mini, 92.7%
