ISHERWOOD RESISTS LEGENDS PRESSURE
Matthew Isherwood took his maiden Legends Cars victory in the first of the day’s races, in a one-lap sprint after a safety car intervention.
While Isherwood retained his lead from the green flag, Marcus Pett lost out and it was Jack Parker and defending champion Miles Rudman that were right behind at the flag.
With both Isherwood and Rudman early pit retirements, the second race became a duel to the flag between John Mickel and Parker. Their fight allowed Andy Bird and Daniel Clark to close in too, but Mickel took the spoils as all four held station, covered by only 0.608 seconds.
Rudman finally got a win in the restarted final, having led a battle with Chris Needham and Will Gibson from the second lap. On the final lap, Rudman managed to retain his slight advantage but, after a brief excursion, Needham dropped to sixth and Parker completed the podium behind Rudman and Gibson.
Wayne Marrs/Tom Jackson comfortably won British Endurance race in their Mercedes AMG GT3. Marrs was joined by Kevin Clarke’s BMW Z4 in a very early break and, from lap 10, Clarke was in charge and consolidating.
After the first stops however, Jackson was left on his own after Ryan Lindsay only lasted two laps before the Z4 broke a driveshaft. Jonny MacGregor’s Taranis was second, a lap down, with Chris Goddard/ Charles Hollings’ Ferrari
458 third.
It was seven laps into Praga Cup before the race really got underway, after a three-car collision into the first corner between Scott Mittell, Rob Wheldon and Stefano Leaney.
Tommy Foster led Gordie
Mutch until the stops, when Jimmy Broadbent briefly led in the Mutch car. But with Miles Lacey in for Foster, he soon took charge and secured victory by over eight seconds, with Broadbent retaining second from Mittell/Charles Hall.
It was a promising start in the CNC Heads Sports Saloons, with Paul Dobson’s Locost and Andrew Southcott’s MG battling. But after Southcott had the lead into Knickerbrook on lap three, Dobson retired with a loss of fuel pressure and left his rival with a dominant victory.
While Ric Wood’s Nissan Skyline held a solitary second, third was an entertaining duel between Oliver Thomas’ Subaru Impreza and Tim Foxlow’s Escort.
Despite having lost fourth gear, Thomas finally claimed the place after numerous exchanges.