CLASS ROUND-UP

Class A

Aaron Rix will never want to look at a TV again as his roll has made just about every video highlights reel from the championship this year. But the last laugh is on everybody else as the car was repaired adequately and steered brilliantly to class success. With Rob Cook alongside, the pairing took a phenomenal seventh in the championship in the 1400cc machine. David Mcmullan’s Vauxhall Nova missed out by just seven points.

Class B

At the third time of asking, Paul Sheard finally sealed the Class B championship in his Mazda MX-5, despite giving his car up to touring car ace Paul O’neill at Oulton Park and Anglesey. His fifth in the championship was all the more impressive after missing those two rounds in the 1600cc car. Because Sheard had different navigators through the season, Jamie Mactavish took the co-driver’s Class B title, as his driver Ashleigh Morris took second in the class standings.

Class C

Dane Walker and Dave Boyes marked a first full season in the championship with some brilliant performances in Class C and fourth in the overall championship, with three class wins out of eight. The likeable pair of Cathy Sewart and Colin Stephens scored a best championship result with second in class. Josh Davey had been on course to challenge for the overall title as well as the class but an unsourceable replacement part for his Darrian ruled him out after Christmas.

Class D1

Chris West and Keith Hounslow topped D1 and Mark Kelly was second but were ineligible due to receiving top three overall awards, and Ian Woodhouse’s Michelin Cup win also ruled him out. So the class win went to Ciro Carannante in his first season in his 2.9-litre Porsche Cayman, which ran nearstandard as more updates will come for next season.

Class D2

John Stone topped the D2 class in his 2.5-litre Millington-powered Ford Fiesta after a ding-dong battle with John Marshall’s Subaru. The latter’s co-driver, Scott Crawford, won the D2 co-driver’s championship, despite the pairing missing the last two rounds after an engine failure ruled them out of the Stone fight. Stone’s co-driver wasn’t registered.