THE TIMING IS RIGHT FOR BOSTON TO STRIKE
Fortune smiled on Rob Boston in the Roadsports race as he had just passed the pitlane when a safety car was activated and he had to make a later stop, but that nevertheless put his Lotus Elise in a commanding position.
He led home from Brett Evans and Josh Lawton, who were equally as lucky, completing the podium as the rest of the field lost time stacked up behind the safety car.
A late safety car wiped out most of the advantage the Seat Leon TCR crew of Carl Swift/ Robert Baker had built up in the three-hour Club Enduro. The latter had to get his head down once more to pull away from the Andy Marston
BMW M3, which was battling for second place with Will Beech/Mark
Grice’s Audi RS3 TCR.
Aaron Cooke repelled a determined challenge from Shaun Traynor to secure victory in the opening Toyota MR2 race while Daniel Silvester slipped past Traynor for second. Cooke jumped both Silvester and Traynor on the fifth lap of the sequel to secure a second victory, his fourth of the season.
Christian Pederson just dislodged John Village in the race to the Historic 750 finish line as his Austin 7 had greater straightline speed over the latter’s superior cornering abilities. Hugo Pickup was victorious in the Handicap. Simon Gallon displaced early Austin 7 Centenary Race leader Tim Roebuck who retired at mid distance raising James Mills to second place.
Locost laurels went to Craig Land as he was able to pass Martin West within yards of the finishing line. Land comfortably completed his eighth victory of the season in race two with the slippery conditions showcasing his skills. West and Tom Parker followed, the latter having started from almost the rear of the grid.
Contact between Pete Bove and Oliver Collett earned the latter a post-race penalty handing victory to Mark Glover in the opening 750 Formula event but Collett cruised to victory unimpeded in race two. Bove finally claimed his 50th category victory in race three after a race-long battle with Glover.
No-one had an answer to Stewart Place’s pace in the opening Classic Stock Hatch race although Chris Dear tried his best in his similar Peugeot 205 GTi. Place dominated race two in style while Dear had to fight off Pete Morgan and Ben Bateman for second.
Once Craig Pollard had relieved Daniel Hands of the lead on the first lap he cruised to victory in the opening
Formula Vee race and completed a double over Hands as Vaughn Jones led the rest home in third in race two.
The opening Sports Special race fell to Paul Collingwood from pole position as Clive Hudson placed second despite several challengers. Collingwood repeated his winning feat in the second race as Paul Boyd slipped by Hudson for second.
A broken throttle pedal stymied Sam Callahan’s efforts to win the Porsche Trophy race as he narrowly led Christian Walker before the breakage, which left his rival to coast home having exchanged with brother Jon at the pitstop.