DTM race. A bit more civilised than the British touring cars BTTC!
TTRS QUALIFYING (the Jaguars)
Despite only 1.159 seconds off the pace of Pole sitter John Willcocks, Sam Clarke (126) could only manage 11th on the grid! Being a previous TTRS race winner, Sam was struggling with grip on the Kent circuit. Meanwhile previous XJS championship winner Gail Hill had yet another dissapointing race weekend with a terminal head gasket failure during qualifying!
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Lawrence Ball (64) qualified just ahead of Gail Hill in 17th whilst brother Dave Ball (14) ended practice 25th on the grid.
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Pic1 Gail Hill on Sunday still trying to find another explanation for the V12 overheating! Pic2 Loz Ball takes a break from emergency exhaust repairs to pose for this shot!
TTRS RACE 1
Andrew Busby lead into the first corner from john Wilcocks as the remainder of the grid succesfuly avoided a stationery Stacy Vickers with a dodgy clutch! Sam Clarke was the leading Jaguar making it past Don Hughes GTi at Paddock.
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Pic1 Lap1 Andrew Busby takes early lead from John Willcocks. Pic2 Sam Clarke & Don Hughes (VW Golf) neck & neck at Paddock lap1.
Sam Clarke pursues Dean Spur, Rob Sadler, & Peter Seldon
Tom Murphy (Sierra Cosworth) on a mission just ahead of Lawrence Ball (XJS)
Rob Sadler (28) made a good start, but Sam Clarke eventually makes it back past!
Dave Ball (14) passes Lawrie Dunster (65)
Sam Clarke laps rookie James Law
Stephen Carter goes green!
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Having a yellow square & black cross on your car means an element of off roading is essential!
Three into Druids is brave or .........
Sam Clarke suffering with serious lack of grip!
Ian Clarks Capri just fails to comlete the race with what looks like engine failure!
Despite an epic battle, John Willcocks wins the first race .5 seconds from Andrew Busby in the DTM replica BMW E30 M3. Sam Clarke made up 3 places to finish 8th, Lawrence Ball made up 2 places 15th, and Dave Ball finished 20th having qualified 25th. 26 drivers crossed the finish line out of 30 starters.
BFFC BRITISH FORMULA FORD
Josh Hill (son of Damon Note familiar crash hat) finished 3rd in the last race having started on pole for achieving fastest lap in previous race. Hill also had the fastest lap in this race.
TTRS RACE 2
TTRS race 2 was the last race of the day and there was barely time for the drivers to get back to the paddock before being called to the assembly area for the next 20 minute race.
Andrew Busby got the advantage from John Willcocks at the start. Other good starters were Sam Clarke Stacy Vickers and Dave Ball.
Lap1 Andrew Busby takes the lead from John Willcocks
Lap 1 Colin Tester & Roger Kneebone slipped back, whilst Sam Clarke gained two places up to 6th
Lap1 Peter Seldon (108) near the back of the pack starting the fight back up the grid.
Having made it past colin Tester (120) at the start, Sam Clarke spent the whole race defending the position.
Peter Seldon gets it a bit out of shape at clark Curve as he continues to claw his way back up the grid.
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Pic 1 Dave Ball brought his cat home in 17th. Pic 2 The battle at the front end continues!
Sam Clarke (126) passed the chequred flag 5th Colin Tester (120) 6th! but what a fight!!!
Richard Cormode pointing the wrong way as James Law fast approaches him & the Brabham straight
It was another nail biting race with plenty of close action throughout the grid. The majority of DTM punters stayed for the TTRS races which arguably turned out to be the best spectacle of the day, with loads of close action and overtaking manouvers (not all succesful!).
John Willcocks 2nd, Andrew Busby 1st, & Wayne Howlett 3rd celebrate F1 style!!!!
Dont miss TTRS SILVERSTONE GP 2-4th October 2009!
