Kentish Gazette Canterbury & District
Leaders Iron Room still show no signs of slipping up
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lovely cars but the Clio is a proper racing car,” Ovenden added. “We didn’t A 7-2 home win for Iron Room A ensured they kept Premier Division top spot and their 100% record.
The win increased their lead to 20 points over Hoath A, who have two games in hand.
Iron Room’s victims were Chestfield Warriors 1 who could only raise two players.
Heron A’s Roger Pingram, Dianne Pearce and Dave Emery all managed a win each against their visitors, Faversham A, as the Herons fell to a 6-3 home defeat.
Harry Law had a superb three clean wins for Faversham and a further three wins by team-mate Josh Nashed kept the Faversham team in third place.
A mid-table derby match between Hoath C and Hoath B saw Hoath B edge a 5-4 away win.
Heron B were thankful for an undefeated Matthew Emery, whose three wins were their only success as they lost 6-3 to their guests, Herne Bay A.
A 6-3 home win for Chestfield Warriors 3 over bottom-of-the-league Choughs B helped the Warriors move back into top spot in Division 1, level on points with Faversham B but legs-won just giving them the lead.
Adam Dyer played a captain’s match, winning all his games, Ian Blogg added two more, with Dirk Froebrich earning the Warriors’ sixth point.
Needing to emulate the Warriors 3’s result earlier in the week to maintain their top position, Faversham B edged Chestfield Warriors 2 5-4.
The mid-table derby between Iron Room C and Iron Room B saw the teams exchange places, when Room B won 7-2. An unbeaten Kell Davies really know what to do for 2017 and, if nothing came about, I would have used my Suzuki Swift in Super1600.
“But the Clio is exciting to drive and I can’t wait to get going – I am hoping to be there triggered a welcome 6-3 away win for Chestfield Warriors 4 when they visited Whitstable Natives A.
In Division 2, Chestfield Warriors 7, who were short of a player for their home tie against Herne Bay E, invited Lewis Marsh from Warriors 12 to make up their numbers and a wise choice it proved as he recorded their only two wins as the Warriors lost 7-2 at home against their secondplaced opponents.
Chestfield Warriors 5 visited runaway leaders Blean A, who eased to a 7-2 home win, maintaining their 100% record and opening up a 17-point gap over their nearest rivals.
Herne Bay F welcomed Faversham C for a match which was always going to be close and so it proved, with Faversham just managing to win 5-4.
Three wins each for Tony Causer and Barry Cook secured a 6-3 home win for Whitstable Natives B over Herne Bay G.
With only two players, Chestfield Warriors 11 crashed to an 8-1 home defeat against Division 3 leaders Chestfield Warriors 12.
Second-placed Blean C kept up their challenge for honours with a 5-4 win over their hosts, Chestfield Warriors 8.
Division 4 leaders Herne Bay L have opened up a 13-point gap over their nearest rivals, with a 4-1 home win over Chestfield Warriors 13. or thereabouts from the start as I have just got the car to learn.”
Ovenden – whose Vauxhallpowered spaceframe Clio was used by Devon-based Steve Cozens in recent seasons – will be sponsored by Goody Demolition.
The 2017 MSA British Rallycross Championship will start at Croft in Yorkshire on March 19, before visiting Lydden Hill on Easter Monday and August Bank Holiday Monday.