Rounds 27 & 28: Gurston Down, 24-25 August

Scott Moran commanded both run-offs at Gurston Down to take control of the championship battle.

Moran’s six-point overall lead may not seem much but it will grow significantly when ‘dropped scores’ take effect after the next two rounds.

Wallace Menzies was second each time at Gurston, upstaging Trevor Willis who could only manage a fourth and joint third with Alex Summers, who took third in the first shoot-out.

Results – round 271 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 26.06s; 2 Wallace Menzies (3.2 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 26.63s; 3 Alex Summers (1.3s DJ-Suzuki Firehawk) 26.73s; 4 Trevor Willis (3.2 OMS-Powertec 28) 26.74s; 5 John Bradburn (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 27.00s; 6 Alastair Crawford (2.8 Gould-NME GR55) 27.17s; 7 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 27.26s; 8 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd GR55) 27.30s; 9 Will Hall (3.5 Force-Nissan WH) 27.35s; 10 Deryk Young (4.0 Gould-Judd GR51) 27.45s; 11 Jos Goodyear (1.6 GWR-Raptor-Extreme) 27.79s; 12 Paul Haimes (1.3t Gould-Suzuki GR59) 28.53s

Round 281 Scott Moran 26.02s BTD; 2 Menzies 26.09s; 3= Willis & Summers 26.31s; 5 Bradburn 26.77s; 6 Roger Moran 26.97s; 7 New 27.18s; 8 Crawford 27.37s; 9 Hall 27.48s; 10 Haimes 27.57s; 11 Goodyear 28.01s; Young, Fail.

Provisional championship standings1 Scott Moran – 230 points2 Trevor Willis – 2243 Wallace Menzies – 1794 Roger Moran – 1435 Alex Summers – 122