LAY’S MARKER WITH TWO WINS AND THE TITLE
James Lay and Noah Degnbol took their Radical Challenge title duel down to the wire after Degnbol took a win in race one then Lay claimed the other two wins and with them the crown.
Lay led the second race from lap two after his defence against Degnbol had allowed Peter Tyler through to lead. While Lay took the win,
Degnbol recovered second from
Tyler at Melbourne.
In the final race John Macleod led initially until the title rivals got by at Melbourne. But after the championship protagonists went into the Old Hairpin side by side on lap two Degnbol was off on the grass and broke a driveshaft while Lay took the win and the title.
Newcomer Daryl de Leon was second with Alice Powell/Abbi Pulling third.
Having led the first GT Cup race from the opening lap, Hugo Cook’s
GT3 Mercedes had shaken off Morgan
Tillbrook’s McLaren only to receive a post-race penalty that reversed the positions. Simon Orange’s McLaren took third from lap four and held on.
Tillbrook in race two headed Cook and Ian Loggie’s Mercedes until the pitstops. Although Cook had retained the lead, he was caught and passed by Tillbrook’s partner Marcus Clutton near the end, with Michael O’Brien in the Orange McLaren getting second a couple of laps later. Cook held on to third from Phil Keen in Loggie’s Mercedes.
Tillbrook, Cook and Orange soon escaped in race three but as Cook went in the Old Hairpin gravel, the rain fell. Tillbrook survived to take victory. With Orange, Loggie and Ian Campbell all caught out, Steve Ruston’s McLaren was promoted to second from the recovering Loggie.
Orange and O’Brien then won their fourth race of the weekend, after Cook pitted early with a rear puncture. Loggie/ Keen and Tillbrook/Clutton completed the podium.
Ben Caisley was a double SR1 Cup winner. He led race one from the start, with Tom Wood taking a clear second. De Leon retired early after Goddards contact. That left Sven Thompson third.
De Leon led race two initially but finishing second behind Caisley was enough to crown him 2022 champion, with Wood completing the podium again.
Tony Bishop comfortably won the first Monoposto F3, 1400 & 2000 race with Jason Timms taking Samuel Harrison for second with a lap to go. Harrison was in the clear from the opening lap of race two for a dominant win over Timms and Simon Tate.
But Timms received a post-race penalty, that promoted Tate and gave Neil Harrison third.
Samuel Harrison was set for a second win until his Dallara expired on the last lap, which handed Timms the win.
Mark Betts’ Jedi comfortably beat Richard Gittings in the first Mono 1000, 1600, 1800 race but retired on the last lap in race two, giving Gittings the win. He repeated that victory in race three.
Radical SR1 Cup Races: 1 & 2: Ben Caisley
Monoposto F3, 1400 & 2000
Race 1: Tony Bishop (Dallara F307); Race 2: Samuel Harrison (Dallara F397); Race 3: Jason Timms (Dallara F301)
Monoposto 1000, 1600, 1800 & Classic Race 1: Mark Betts (Jedi Mk6); Races 2 & 3: Richard Gittings
(Jedi Mk6)
Bernies Outlaw V8s & Historic Outlaws Race 1: Jason Clegg (TVR Tuscan); Race 2:
Matt Holben (TVR Tuscan)
Trackday Championship Kevin Stirling (Renault Clio)
Trackday Trophy Alex Read/Daniel Read (VW Golf GTi)