TURICCKI SCORES A PICKUP TRUCK RACING HAT-TRICK
George Turiccki proved unbeatable as he won all three Pickup races. He left it until the last corner in race one, though, before wresting the laurels from Reece Jones.
Jones then spun exiting the Hairpin, which dropped him to fourth behind Allen Cooper and Mark Willis. Paul Tompkins briefly led both the second and third races, before Turiccki took charge. In the second, he got by down the inside into Tower on lap two with Jones soon following again to head the pursuit.
But after two safety car laps it was a one-lap sprint to the flag with Tompkins regaining his lost place from Jones while Cooper was a close fourth.
In race three, Dale Gent and Jones gradually escaped from the pack to share the podium with Turiccki.
After a three-way battle in the first 2CV race between Nick Crispin, Gary Adnitt and David O’Keeffe, it all came down to the last lap. All three had led but Adnitt had the advantage onto the final lap.
Exiting the Hairpin however it was virtually side by side with Adnitt just inches ahead, before O’Keeffe managed to find just enough pace to take victory by just 0.049 seconds as Crispin looked on from third.
With Adnitt, Crispin and Luca Proietti making an early break in race two, it took O’Keeffe a few laps to join them. Adnitt held the advantage until lap seven when Crispin and Proietti both got by around the outside at Sunny.
Into Tower with a lap go Crispin and Proietti were through but O’Keeffe lost his brakes and went down the inside of Adnitt. The erstwhile leader was sent bouncing into the field, while O’Keeffe managed to recover to take third.
Jamie Petters was just about holding off Daire Flock in the first Junior Saloon race, until they shared an exchange at Tower on lap six.
Red flags then came out and that put luck on Petters’side, as he finished the shortened race with a front puncture. With Harvey Dent retiring, Maximus Hall followed Flock to complete the podium.
Dent built up a good early lead in race two, which he retained throughout, despite a safety car intervention. Hall and Petters had battled for second, but after the safety car Petters fell back with brake problems and with CJ Morgan exiting the final hairpin on the grass, Harry Hickton finally claimed third.
Petters claimed his second win of the weekend after ousting Dent into Clervaux on lap five. Flock had followed a lap later before pitting, which left Petters well ahead as Dent and Hickton completed the podium in another red-flagged conclusion.
In CNC Heads Sports and Saloons it was comfortable double win for Jon Woolfitt’s Spire. There were double wins too in all three Caterham Graduates Classes, Harry
Senior (150 Sigma), Jamie Winrow (135 Sigma) and Kevin Barrett (Sigmax).