Link Up Ltd MSA Autotest Championship  - Round 5: Tim Sargeant Memorial Autotest, 19 July

Alastair Moffatt made good use of the unseasonal weather and took FTD at the Tim Sargeant Memorial Autotest.  Moffatt trailed Stephen Wild over the opening round, but as the rain dampened the surface he was able to utilise his superior traction of the Mini Special over his RWD competitors.  Richard Pinkney started the day badly collecting a maximum on the test 3, but some fantastic times saw him climb back up the leaderboard and taking 3rd overall on the final test.  John Moffatt returned to form in the Vauxhall Nova and duly brought the car home for another class win and 4th overall to hold on to joint 3rd in the championship with Pinkney. Class A went to Rob Rolston, the Oxfordshire driver took an early lead after Howard Everingham collected a maximum on the opening test, Everingham had closed the gap to 21 seconds at the halfway point only for the Mini’s tie bar bracket to break on test 7 and he could go no further.  Dave Cook took his fifth class win of the season in the Ford RS100E winning the Road Going Class E from the Mini of Liam Rollings.

Results

1. Alastair Moffatt  Mini Special      580.3

2. Stephen Wild   ABS                        604.9

3. Richard Pinkney  Caterham 7      636.2

4. John Moffatt  Nova 1600             637.3

5. Stephen Morten  Raw Striker     644.4

6. Henry Moorhouse  Mini Special   647.3

Championship Top 6

1. Alastair Moffatt  51pts

2. Dave Cook  50

3= John Moffatt  49

3=  Richard Pinkney  49

5. Lee Valentine  46

6. Howard Everingham  44