26-05-15 Spring League Round 7

James Hart wins again in the GT12 class, David Simpson is second
Chelle Snowden is fourth in the “A” Final and extends her lead in division 2
Matt Popejoy makes the “B” Final and extends his run of maximum points in division 3 to seven – only three more to make it a full house
Paul Galbraith is the top V12 mardave driver

Track

Qualifying
After having problems with his batteries in the first two qualifying heats, Paul Galbraith put in a good drive in round 3 to be top qualifier 4/10th second ahead of Mike Simpson. Joshua Galbraith was the fastest division 2 driver followed by Roy Matthews.
In the GT12 class James Hart was two laps faster than both David Simpson in second place and Gavin Maciver, third only a few seconds apart.
Chelle Snowden was fastest in division 2, being a lap clear of Dave Tomlinson and Bob Harley who were second and third respectively.
In division 3 Matt Popejoy was a lap ahead of both Courtney Orme and Scott Lewis to keep him on track for yet another maximum points evening.

Finals
Paul Galbraith got off to a fine start in the V12 Final and was never seriously challenged for the lead, finishing 4 seconds ahead of Mike Simpson. Jordan Galbraith was the best placed division 2 driver and Roy Matthews was second.

Scott Lewis had a great run in the GT12 “C” Final to win with 38 laps, but this was not quite good enough to beat Matt Popejoy who managed 42 laps in the “B” final to be top division 3 driver once again. Alister Hart took second place and Selina Woods racing at the club for the first time this year third.

Bob Harley had a comfortable win in the “B” final on 48 laps, being 2 laps clear of second place driver Nick Wallace.

Last up was the GT12 “A” Final, a great race this with James Hart on top form to lead from start to finish and win on 53 laps, behind him there was a tremendous battle for second place between David Simpson and Gavin Maciver. There was little to separate these two drivers for lap after lap, Gavin’s car was a little faster but he was unable to get past David despite putting him under sustained pressure. Unfortunately Gavin had a mishap two laps from the end of the race and David went on to take second place with 51 laps, Gavin being third on 50. Chelle Snowden and Dave Tomlinson also had a very close race with Chelle snatching fourth place from Dave on the very last lap to be best division 2 driver. – well done Chelle!

Just three more rounds to go in the Spring league.