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28 & 29
March - National Championship
Rounds One and Two
Brands Hatch
Here are the provisional
scores from Brands - day one. I say provsional as I don't
know if any of the drivers were non championship but would
suspect that possibly Lance Gauld in the ex Daren Hills car
might be a non scoring driver in which case there will have
to be some adjustment. In any case it was a good day for the
team with John Jon Higgins winning the opening heat and the
round overall on points. Lee Fitzpatrick won the second heat
and the final. Nick Brace was top rookie. More from the team
later.
| Driver
|
Heat
1
|
Heat
2
|
Final
|
Points
|
| 1 - John
'Jon' Higgins
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
530
|
| 19 - Lawrence
Davey
|
3
|
4
|
2
|
515
|
| 12 - Stephen
Treherne
|
2
|
2
|
6
|
510
|
| 2 - Lee
Fitzpatrick
|
0
|
1
|
1
|
405
|
| 16 - Richard
Pocklington
|
4
|
9
|
13
|
340
|
| 3 - Ross
Marshall
|
17
|
7
|
3
|
330
|
| 72 - Glenn
Burtenshaw
|
8
|
8
|
12
|
320
|
| 6 - John
Marshall
|
12
|
6
|
11
|
310
|
| 11 - Simon
Belcher
|
0
|
5
|
5
|
305
|
| 85 - Iain
Holden
|
6
|
10
|
14
|
300
|
| 4 - Darren
Gaulton
|
9
|
19
|
8
|
240
|
| 24 - Matthew
Pape
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
235
|
| 8 - Nick
Brace
|
5
|
18
|
15
|
220
|
| 23 - Lance
Gauld
|
15
|
13
|
10
|
220
|
| 69 - Gerard
McCosh
|
11
|
12
|
17
|
200
|
| 55 - Ben Power
|
14
|
11
|
16
|
190
|
| 59 - Paul
Mansell
|
7
|
17
|
0
|
165
|
| 66 - Steve
Whitelegg
|
0
|
0
|
9
|
120
|
| 77 - Robin
Webb
|
13
|
16
|
19
|
120
|
| 40 - Roger
Cousins
|
16
|
15
|
20
|
100
|
| 67 - Bob Beckey
|
18
|
14
|
18
|
100
|
| 76 - Dave
Vernon
|
0
|
20
|
0
|
20
|
| 43 - Mick
Mercer
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
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29th March -
Round Two at Brands...
Here are the provisional
(again) scores from Brands. Lee takes race win number three
of the year and wins the day outright. JJ wins the first heat
and is second on points. Heat two saw Burnett take a 1-2-3
for the first time in the National Championship. John Jon
Higgins also broke the Brands lap record.
| Driver
|
Heat 1
|
Heat 2
|
Final
|
Points
|
| 2 - Lee Fitzpatrick
|
3
|
1
|
2
|
555
|
| 1 - John 'Jon' Higgins
|
1
|
2
|
6
|
525
|
| 19 - Lawrence Davey
|
4
|
4
|
4
|
480
|
| 11 - Simon Belcher
|
5
|
5
|
3
|
470
|
| 3 - Ross Marshall
|
11
|
3
|
5
|
410
|
| 12 - Stephen Treherne
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
390
|
| 16 - Richard Pocklington
|
7
|
8
|
7
|
380
|
| 24 - Matthew Pape
|
8
|
9
|
8
|
350
|
| 69 - Gerard McCosh
|
13
|
10
|
11
|
260
|
| 72 - Glenn Burtenshaw
|
9
|
6
|
|
250
|
| 85 - Iain Holden
|
10
|
16
|
9
|
250
|
| 4 - Darren Gaulton
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
235
|
| 23 - Lance Gauld
|
14
|
11
|
16
|
190
|
| 55 - Ben Power
|
16
|
12
|
13
|
190
|
| 6 - John Marshall
|
6
|
18
|
0
|
165
|
| 8 - Nick Brace
|
12
|
17
|
15
|
160
|
| 40 - Roger Cousins
|
15
|
13
|
18
|
140
|
| 66 - Steve Whitelegg
|
0
|
15
|
12
|
135
|
| 77 - Robin Webb
|
0
|
14
|
17
|
95
|
| 59 - Paul Mansell
|
0
|
|
14
|
65
|
| 67 - Bob Beckey
|
0
|
0
|
19
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20
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Team Boss Steve
McCall reports on the opening weekend of the season: As you
have already seen the weekend was pretty good. John Jon's
car developed and electrical fault on the last lap on his
way to the flag on Saturday. That's motorsport - you always
get the unforeseen when not wanted. He did break the lap record
twice on the day though. Lee had some fantastic racing with
his buddy Ross Marshall and a slight coming together in the
first race as Ross had got a slight tap in the rear that then
collected his team mate taking them out the race (see the
following photo). Ross also got taken out in the second race
but by some great skill got it together and finished.
It finished as
a 1-2-3 for the team. Ross and Lee had a fantastic time then
John Jon got in there fighting with Ross for couple laps but
what a result for the team 1-2-3 and what a great weekend
Lee had after being pushed by Ross for a lot of the time.
Overall the 3 guys had a fantastic weekend with a fair bit
of damage and a lot of work for the team. As for Darren Gaulton,
he felt good with his new engine and was getting all the cobwebs
blown away. Darren a great weekend except for perhaps over-driving
his car a little. He also took a fair bit of damage on the
front but another great weekend. John Marshall had a good
time overall as he had been complaining of what he thought
was buckled brake discs. We did not find anything wrong as
I had the brakes apart on Saturday night - it must have the
prop joint as it gave out in the first lap in the final on
Sunday. So hard to spot.
Nick Brace seemed
to have a great day out in his newly prepared car by taking
what we set out to do - the rookie trophy on the day of the
first round. Lets hope that keeps up as he is trying to win
the rookie championship. He took a fair bit of damage in the
2nd heat on Sunday but finished with the rear suspension wrecked
on his car. We set about rebuilding the rear of the car to
get out in the final and as he did achieve what he set out
to do that would be a happy driver. Plus he learned on the
day - lets hope it goes that way all season. All in all a
great start to the season. I did think it was not going to
be so hard for the first 2 rounds. Who was I trying to kid?
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