AXIAMETRICS CREW LAND HISTORIC KA WIN

After 24-hour EnduroKa race of action in mixed weather, the Axiametrics.com quartet of Chris Weatherill, Dominic Jackson, Nigel Griffiths and Kristian Rose became the first ever twice-around-theclock EnduroKa winners in the inaugural Mon 24.

For the first two hours of the race, the main action centred around four cars. VPex’s Tobias Owen led initially, but IP Racing’s Dan Silvester, Turn 7’s Leon Bidgway, Wolf Motorsport’s Carlito Miracco and Weatherill began to dominate, continuing in close formation.

Silvester managed to do over 100 laps before refuelling which continued to hold him in good stead but, into darkness, Adam Blair had taken over the IP car and the lead in a duel with Griffiths, with only VPex getting close to breaking into the fight for top honours.

There was heavy rain overnight and into the morning, but Axiametrics was still setting the pace at half distance, with Jackson a lap up on IP’s Phil

Keen, and Wolf’s Ian Williamson a further three laps down in third.

The rest of the IP sextet kept them to the fore throughout, but it came down to a duel to the flag with Axiametrics. IP had already slipped back to second after both lead crews made a splash-anddash without changing drivers, leaving Weatherill to consolidate the lead over Blair.

Jackson then handed to Rose to bring the car home and claim the victory spoils, while IP’s Scott Parkin’s hand-over to Mark Witherington left them with a stop-go penalty. They went on to take second place after going two laps down as a result.

Despite having a lack of power for the whole race Williamson completed the podium for Wolf, with VPex’s Damian Hirst, Autotech’s Karl Patman and PSR’s Tom Gilbert completing the top six.

After shadowing John Lyne’s BMW E36 until the stops, Adrian Pottinger’s Renault Clio won the Trackday Championship race, after escaping from an early second-half duel with Chris

Dunster/Jack Kemp’s similar car.

Mike Rawlings in his BMW E36 held off a determined Rob Phillips in his Honda Civic in the first half of the Trackday Trophy, but after Rawlings handed to David Zakrzewski, Phillips had to settle for a comfortable second over Damian Chrupczalski’s Honda Civic.

Dylan Brychta’s Seat Supercopa was a lights-to-flag winner in the first Turismo X race, from Ryan Parkin’s Audi TT. Parkin handed his car to Adam Blair for race two and victory was his.