Round five of the Pace Ward MLR Sprint Series saw competitors make their annual pilgrimage to Lincolnshire and the Blyton Park Motorsport Centre, where the return of Anthony Lidster and his familiar bright red Evo VI yet again topped the time sheets after recording the fastest time of the day and winning Class D.  But it was in Class A where the competition was at its fiercest, when a pair of drivers recorded exactly the same time to 1000th of-a-second. Jamie Hollett and Alex Bones were consequently both awarded third place, the result providing the series with its first ever dead-heat.

Setting up the venue on Friday brought with it rolling clouds and rain, so it was to everyone's relief that Saturday dawned dry and bright and remained that way for the entirety of the practice and competitive runs. Lidster set about stamping his authority on Class D from the off and had soon set the fastest overall practice time, while Paul Allin topped Class C, Keith Bryan Class B and Nick Greenwood Class A.

After a short break, attention switched to the first competitive runs of the day. Lidster carried on where he'd left off by setting a series of impressive lap times that culminated in a 1.00.05-second result on his fourth outing. This was enough to give him Fastest Time of the Day and overall Class D honours, but it also turned out to be his final run, with a power steering problem on the first corner of his next lap prematurely ending his day. Keith Bryan's decision to switch to slicks for the afternoon saw him bumped up to Class D, and he eventually ended the day in second with 1.04.65, but only after missing the first two sessions thanks to some last minute fine-tuning.

Class C saw Allin trade fastest lap times with Jordan, before finally emerging on top thanks to a fastest time of 1.04.04, a slender 0.12 seconds quicker than his closest rival's best lap. Mike Laws then jumped into Jordan's Evo VII for a series of runs that ultimately saw him take third place in Class C with a 1.05.47.

Keith Bryan's decision to vacate Class B left room for Steve Peel to shine in his Evo VI, and wound up recording an impressive 1.05.86 on his fifth attempt, more than enough to secure first in class by the end of the day. Robert Jane and Rob Loftus completed the rest of the Class B podium, the former ahead with a personal best of 1.07.27 in his Evo X.

The MLR Sprint Series has witnessed some incredibly close battles between the production-specification cars in Class A over the last few rounds, but Blyton Park took things to the next level. Gavin Renshaw actually netted the fastest Class A time on his fourth fifth run with 1.06.39, but slightly further down the order a mammoth scrap for second was unfolding between Nick Greenwood - who was sharing his car with Renshaw - Jamie Hollett and Alex Bones, the trio separated by a handful of seconds. Greenwood eventually grabbed second with a 1.07.47, while Hollett and Bones managed an historic MLR first, when they recorded an identical 1.08.450. Consequently, the organisers analysed the times further and finding that both drivers had stopped the clock at exactly the same time to 1000th of-a-second, they decided to deservingly award them both with third place.

Also worthy of note and the fifth pairing to be sharing a car for this event, was Raf Katowitz and Suzy Wallace. Driving an Evo X, they battled against each other throughout the day, finishing just 0.12 seconds apart - Katowitz eventually securing the slender advantage.

The next event in the Pace Ward MLR Sprint Series calendar will be held at the Lotus factory test track at Hethel, with round six taking place on Saturday 12th September

Increasing the series' profile this year is the addition of live commentary and television coverage at every round. Broadcast on Motors TV, the programmes feature action from each of the season's seven rounds.  The 2015 Pace Ward MLR Sprint Series is sponsored by: Pace Ward performance insurance, SuperPro suspension parts, AP Tuning, Ross Sport and HKS Europe.Hi Jay please enclosed vehicle                                 

Round 5 Class Winners Class  Class sponsor Driver Car    Time A SuperPro Gavin Renshaw Evo V   1.06.39 B AP Tuning Steve Peel Evo VI  1.05.86 C Ross Sport Paul Allin Evo V 1.04.04 D HKS Europe Anthony Lidster Evo VI 1.00.05