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Mallory Park, 30 March 2003
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Race Review

Qualifying saw the familiar sight of Gary Adnitt on pole position, joined by Mick Storey continuing his return to form from last season. Rookie racer Simon Turner took up an impressive third spot on the grid, with the ever-speedy Neil Thompson on fourth. New starter Ian MacSikkar joined at the back of the grid after a late qualifying lap just prior to the race start

Katie Croucher was slow away at the start, but not so Steve Panas, who had made his way up to third by Gerrards behind Adnitt and Cooper. Challenging Panas for third along the Stebbe Straight was Phil Myatt, putting Richard Dalton's former championship-winning car through its paces. By the next lap he was up into second, followed hard by Storey, Chirstian Callendar, Simon Pearson and Mick Cooper.

Pearson soon started to demonstrate that he hadn't been idle during the off-season, as his new race engine provided the extra grunt needed to push him through the pack and into the lead on lap four. From then on it was Pearson and Adnitt showing a clean pair of heels to the rest of the pack as some close slipstreaming gave them the edge they needed to pull away. At times the pair were so close that the race commentator was convinced Adnitt was pushing Pearson along!

The battle for third spot was hotly contested between Cooper, Myatt, Storey, Callendar and Wayne Cowling, with some traditional three abrest action going into the Esses. The action got a little too close for Simon Turner, who came away from some tight racing with a bent wing and damaged tyre. Some incredibly quick work in the pits saw him back out on the track with a new tyre, but two laps down on the leaders. Storey was another to loose out in this battle, slipping to the back of the bunch he had formerly been fronting.

On the penultimate lap, Adnitt slipped past Pearson at the hairpin to take the lead for the last lap, but Pearson stayed on his tail right to the end. Neil Thompson crossed the line eight seconds behind for third place, with just over a second covering the next six cars.

All-in-all, a great start to the new season!

Results Summary

ROUND 1

MALLORY PARK � 30/03/03

Qualifying

 

Pos

No.

Name

Time

Deficit

1

2

Gary ADNITT

1:09.426

 

2

7

Mick STOREY

1:09.789

+ 0.363

3

62

Simon TURNER

1:09.993

+ 0.567

4

34

Neil THOMPSON

1:10.031

+ 0.605

5

16

Steve PANAS

1:10.084

+ 0.658

6

14

Trevor WILLIAMS

1:10.106

+ 0.680

7

69

Simon PEARSON

1:10.117

+ 0.691

8

9

Christian CALLANDER

1:10.283

+ 0.857

9

97

Paul LEASON

1:10.510

+ 1.084

10

5

Phil MYATT

1:10.618

+ 1.192

11

10

Mike COOPER

1:10.658

+ 1.232

12

3

Wayne COWLING

1:11.201

+ 1.775

13

6

Pete CARDELL-WILLIAMS

1:11.556

+ 2.130

14

71

Richard HOLLIS

1:12.138

+ 2.712

15

88

Peter WANN

1:12.512

+ 3.086

16

29

Stuart DEAN

1:12.695

+ 3.269

17

61

Sammie FRITCHLEY

1:12.915

+ 3.489

18

54

Aubrey BROCKLEBANK

1:13.105

+ 3.679

19

15

Christine SAVAGE

1:13.204

+ 3.778

20

8

Katie CROUCHER

1:18.283

+ 8.857

21

75

I MACSIKKAR

no time

-

Race Result (15 laps)

 

Pos

No.

Name

Laps

Time

Deficit

1

2

Gary ADNITT

15

17:40.082

 

2

69

Simon PEARSON

15

17:40.475

+ 0.393

3

34

Neil THOMPSON

15

17:48.891

+ 8.809

4

5

Phil MYATT

15

17:49.626

+ 9.544

5

10

Mike COOPER

15

17:49.679

+ 9.597

6

3

Wayne COWLING

15

17:49.721

+ 9.639

7

14

Trevor WILLIAMS

15

17:50.244

+ 10.162

8

9

Christian CALLANDER

15

17:50.303

+ 10.221

9

97

Paul LEASON

15

17:50.649

+ 10.567

10

7

Mick STOREY

15

17:50.910

+ 10.828

11

6

Pete CARDELL-WILLIAMS

15

18:07.231

+ 27.149

12

71

Richard HOLLIS

15

18:07.412

+ 27.330

13

16

Steve PANAS

15

18:08.647

+ 28.565

14

61

Sammie FRITCHLEY

15

18:30.376

+ 50.294

15

29

Stuart DEAN

15

18:30.966

+ 50.884

16

88

Peter WANN

15

18:31.903

+ 51.821

17

15

Christine SAVAGE

15

18:47.164

+ 1:07.082

18

75

I MACSIKKAR

14

18:18.482

+ 1 Lap

19

8

Katie CROUCHER

13

18:13.312

+ 2 Laps

20

62

Simon TURNER

13

18:29.113

+ 2 Laps

 

DNF

54

Aubrey BROCKLEBANK

0

 

 

 

Fastest laps

 

Pos

No.

Name

Time

Deficit

1

62

Simon TURNER

1:09.186

 

2

69

Simon PEARSON

1:09.251

+ 0.065

3

2

Gary ADNITT

1:09.277

+ 0.091

4

3

Wayne COWLING

1:09.410

+ 0.224

5

7

Mick STOREY

1:09.653

+ 0.467

6

5

Phil MYATT

1:09.668

+ 0.482

7

9

Christian CALLANDER

1:09.707

+ 0.521

8

10

Mike COOPER

1:09.781

+ 0.595

9

34

Neil THOMPSON

1:09.803

+ 0.617

10

14

Trevor WILLIAMS

1:09.911

+ 0.725

11

97

Paul LEASON

1:09.924

+ 0.738

12

6

Pete CARDELL-WILLIAMS

1:10.182

+ 0.996

13

71

Richard HOLLIS

1:10.639

+ 1.453

14

16

Steve PANAS

1:11.312

+ 2.126

15

88

Peter WANN

1:12.533

+ 3.347

16

29

Stuart DEAN

1:12.552

+ 3.366

17

61

Sammie FRITCHLEY

1:12.564

+ 3.378

18

15

Christine SAVAGE

1:13.251

+ 4.065

19

75

I MACSIKKAR

1:13.992

+ 4.806

20

8

Katie CROUCHER

1:21.271

+ 12.085

21

54

Aubrey BROCKLEBANK

no time

-

 

 

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