Rounds 7 & 8: Gurston Down, 25-26 May

Wallace Menzies and Scott Moran shared the wins at Gurston Down, with the latter taking the championship lead.

The unique DJ Firestorm of Menzies shot to victory in the first run-off. By winning the second run-off Moran, the sport’s most successful driver, took the championship lead from Alex Summers, who suffered an expensive dropped valve while trying to qualify for the first run-off.

Results – round 71 Wallace Menzies (3.2 DJ-Cosworth Firestorm) 26.27s; 2 Scott Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 26.31s; 3 Trevor Willis (3.2 OMS-Powertec 28) 26.38s; 4 Will Hall (3.5 Force-Nissan WH) 26.68s; 5 Tom New (4.0 Gould-Judd GR55) 26.78s; 6 Roger Moran (3.5 Gould-NME GR61X) 27.13s; 7 Alastair Crawford (2.8 Gould-NME GR55) 27.20s; 8 John Bradburn (3.5 Gould-Cosworth HB GR55) 27.37s; 9 David Uren (1.3t Force-Suzuki PC) 27.95s; 10 Richard Spedding (1.6 Force-Suzuki PC) 28.72s; 11 Graham Wynn (1.4t Force-Suzuki LM001) 28.90; DNF Jos Goodyear (1.3s GWR-Suzuki Raptor).

Round 81 S Moran 25.98s BTD; 2 Menzies 26.02s; 3 Willis 26.36s; 4 New 26.61s; 5 Hall 26.66s; 6 Crawford 27.17s; 7 Goodyear 27.18s; 8 Bradburn 27.25s; 9 R Moran 27.28s; 10 Wynn 28.22s; 11 Uren 28.25s; 12 Spedding 28.61s.

Provisional championship standings1 Scott Moran – 66 points2 Trevor Willis – 653 Alex Summers – 544 Wallace Menzies – 515 Will Hall 46