LOCKIE LEAVES IT LATE TO BITE IN HIS COBRA HUSTLE
Julian Thomas and Calum Lockie made up for their Touring Car disappointment with another resounding win in the Pre ’66 GT contest in Thomas’ Cobra
Daytona Coupe.
Even a longer mandatory pitstop due to driver status didn’t derail their race, but it did give Lockie some work to do in the closing stages.
In the opening salvo, Thomas was as good as ever as he fended off a concerted TVR challenge from John Davison, Mike Whitaker and John Spiers/Ollie Hancock in a squadron of Griffiths.
Meanwhile, running solo in the family Jaguar E-type was James
Dodd and he belied his recent lack of match practice to emerge ahead after the stops. However, Lockie had taken over the Daytona Coupe and was a man on a mission as he hunted down the remaining TVRs and the lead E-type.
In typical Lockie style, the Cobra was an upstoppable force and dived ahead with a handful of laps to run. Dodd hung on gamely in late race traffic, but it was a Cobra win.
“It’s got lots of traction out of the slow corners compared to the TVRs,” said Thomas as Lockie dashed off to get strapped into a Group C Porsche. Dodd added: “I tried to stay with him but it was not possible.”
Davison belied his limited experience of the TVR to bag a fine third from Whitaker. “I had a mega dice with Julian in the early laps but ultimately he was too quick for me,” said Davison.