White Rose Classic HRCR
Snetterton proved a happy hunting ground for Daniel Hands as he made it two from two in the Formula Vee races, his first victories of the season.
The series’ first race of the one-day event proved to be a tight battle between the frontrunners with both Graham Gant and Ben Miloudi in the mix for the win. A couple of braking errors and a spin for Gant in his WEV FV1 at Oggies eventually dropped him down to fourth while a small mistake from poleman Miloudi left him fighting to hold on to second on the final lap.
The worst of the weather hit as the Formula Vees went out for their second, more chaotic, race but the rain failed to faze Hands who brought himself into the championship fight with a second victory. Meanwhile, championship contender Ian Jordan staged an impressive drive from 19th to fourth in his Sheane Jordan despite a tough weekend.
Danny Andrew took his maiden win in the RGB Sports 1000 championship after two-and-a-half years of trying, which he quickly followed with his second victory. Andrew ended Chippy Wesemael’s run of dominance, chasing down the fellow Mittell MC-53 after polesitter Richard Morris retired with a gear linkage issue. Later in the day Wesemael had his first non-finish of the season, sliding into the gravel at Riches in the rain and, with Morris’ Spire GT3S also spinning, Andrew had a 30-second lead after two laps. A penalty for Ryan Yarrow promoted Phil Hutchins to second, his best finish in the series.
In Bernie’s Sports Racing and
V8s it was an intense battle for the win between the ASCARS of Marcus Bicknell and Andrew Knight, with Knight gaining the lead right at the end of the race only to lose it with an off allowing Bicknell to take the victory. Nearly a minute behind, Geoff Taylor and Simeon Chodosh were engaged in a just as nail-biting fight for third with Taylor grabbing the position.
Peter Samuels took his first win in the series in the second race, climbing from third on the first lap and disappearing into the distance as 2013 X Factor contestant Sam Callahan took second in his Taydec Mk3.
Despite a first-lap slide, Shaun Traynor held off Ben Rowe to take his fifth win of 2019 in the MR2 Championship. Behind, there was a photo-finish to distinguish third place, with Alastair Topley deemed as crossing the line fractionally earlier than Stuart Nicholls. Topley’s luck continued as he took his first MR2 victory in the second race with Traynor only bagging fourth from a messy afternoon.
Snetterton marked the first standalone event for the 116 Trophy, with Bobby Trundley taking his third win of the season. Delays throughout the day shortened the race to 75 minutes, down from the planned 90-minute endurance event, but Trundley still had almost a lap in hand over the second-placed car of Anthony Seddon and Alan Corfield when crossing the line.
Dan Thackeray took his first win of the year in the opening Type-r Trophy race of the event from Mervyn Beckett while Simon Walkerhansell took victory by 15s later in the day. They shared the track with the MX-5 Cup in which Ben Abbitt took a double victory to challenge Ben Hancy for the championship.