LISSETER WINS IT AND BINS IT IN MA7DA ENCOUNTERS
Jonathan Lisseter and Daniel Sibbons shared victories in rounds three and four of the Ma7da championship at Donington.
Lisseter’s win was not a major surprise, coming as it did in wet and greasy conditions that suit his style well. He had sat behind Ben Powney for much of the race but passed his team-mate around the outside at Redgate on the penultimate lap, before pulling away. Simon Cort completed a 1-2-3 for the
TSR squad.
Lisseter managed less than a mile of race two before plunging into the barriers at the Old Hairpin. Sibbons assumed the lead, going on to take his first car victory. Powney and Cort traded second before the former retired on the final lap with a suspected fuelling issue.
David Bartholomew ran out a comfortable victor in both 750 Formula races in the PRS 1b that he will continue to share through the season with Ed Pither. Chris Gough was second on Saturday, when a drying track and a restart blunted the returning Bill Cowley’s hopes as he had opted for wets. He bounced back to take second on Sunday. With reigning champion Peter Bove missing the second race, 2018 and
2019 title winner consolidated his points advantage with a fourth and a third.
Paul Boyd took his Eclipse to victory on his return to the Sports Specials fold, but was caught out at Hollywood on a damp track in race two, although he climbed back from outside the top 20 to fifth. Reigning champion Andy Hiley led throughout in his Chronos, an improvement of one place on his Saturday result. Martin Gambling’s Eclipse trailled the Chronos each day, while Silverstone winner Anton Landon was best of the Cyanas.
Barry McMahon’s ex-touring car 156 dominated both Alfa Romeo races with George Osborne (75) and Tom Hill
(GT) taking a second place and Power Trophy class win apiece. Andrew Bourke stayed well clear of some entertaining battles in the
Twin Spark division.
Jack Kingsbury scored a
Clio 182 treble, having overcome long-time leader Jack Dwane in the opening contest. David Garside provided stern opposition in race two, but Kingsbury was unchallenged in the curtain-closer. Dwane had arguably his best race of the season so far in that one: he’d also thrown away a lead twice at Cadwell, but climbed from sixth to second this time.
Brad Sheehan, in his E46 M3, won both BMW CCR races. The second was the more interesting, with the prospect that Niall Bradley (E46) and Mike Cutt (E36) – who battled hard for the runner-up spot – might catch him, although they narrowly failed.
Staying with the same marque, 116 Trophy spoils went to Anthony Seddon and Alan Corfield, who timed their mandatory stops perfectly to gain most advantage from two safety car interruptions.