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for e hello and good morning a very warm welcome to Croft circuit for the second day of this second event of the season for the 750 motor club we’re here in North Yorkshire on a bright but call day for what should be an excellent day of racing my name is Ian San and Chris Stevens is alongside me in the commentary box once again we’ll hear from Chris in a moment we’ll also hear from Tom Butterworth during the course of the day doing the pit Lane interviews we’re not at Brun hatch we are at Croft I can assure you for the on the 2.1 M circuit that we have here the old a Airfield circuit which is much loved by the drivers the weather that is accurate uh certainly scattered clouds at the moment and it’s forecast to stay hopefully dry but cloudy for the rest of the day so that’s the weather we have to look forward to during the course of the day as I say Chris Stevens is a alongside me we enjoyed fantastic day of racing uh yesterday and lots more to look forward to today Chris absolutely of the eight different formula that we have racing this weekend we still have six of them uh today uh we’re going to start off with the qualifying for the tea Club urro Championship and then the racing uh will commence with the second uh race of the weekend for the oklahama lowcost championship followed by the Finish Line UK classic stock catch Championship which was certainly the highlight of yesterday’s uh racing so we’re very much looking forward to that one uh the nank Kang tires Sports 1000 featuring cup 200 as well the maso tires 5 Club racing MX5 cup uh the Alpha Romeo championships and the close bille allc comers uh and then of course the uh headline of this event the 150 minute tequa Club Ino Championship race at the end of the day yeah should be good so seven races for you in all a mixture of 15 and 20 minute sprint races and of course the uh much longer 150 minute race for the te club and race which which with the longest race of the season for that particular championship and we’re going to see qualifying for that shortly but yes yday we had uh some very good racing uh and some people getting their best ever results didn’t we including first wins as well in Formula V we had uh Matt harber taking his uh first win in that particular Championship Paul Clark taking his first win in low costs and he’s got two more chances uh to uh to repeat that during the course of the day you mentioned that excellent classic stock catch race hopefully a repeat of that today uh Stuart Place and pip H that was just a fantastic battle all the way through wasn’t it it certainly was the way they ebbed and flowed across the uh lap with Pip Hammond really reeling in the reigning classic stock hatch Champion through the complex in particular and I think pip Hammer’s got a few more dents in the side of his Vox all NOA than when he came to craft uh initially um as the Stewart Place in fact probably because it was definitely a a will banging Affair uh but of course they’ve got ballast to take into account for this race as well and it wasn’t just for the lead we had Ben baitman and Jason wood fighting for the last spot on the podium which came right down to the the final corner and side by side across theine as well between uh employer and employee at P PDC racing as well brilliant wasn’t it fantastic but here we’ve got the the cars ready to go out for the Teba club and duro Championship qualifying which is a a 30 minute uh session and it will be uh an overall um grid even though we have three different classes which are based on power to weight uh ratios they the number six car the Audi TT that we can see on the the left hand side is the car that finished uh third on the road in the road Sports race yesterday which is the the mini in Juro sort of younger sibling to the the club in Juro Championship with Ryan Parkin uh at the wheel but uh he will be joined uh today by Dylan Bricker in that car weren’t he and indeed it looks like we’re going to get the green flag now on the first qualifying session of the day which is for the tiwa Club andero Championship [Music] so cars heading out onto the circuit for this first qualifying session of the day as Chris says a 30 minute session for these cars that are split across three different classes those classes are based on a power to weight ratio split Class A is for cars up to 300 brake horsepower per T Class B the split is 240 and Class C is 180 brake horse it’s a little bit more complicated than that because there’s variations for car s with forc induction for example there’s also a separate uh club and cup competition for older cars with the H patent gearbox as well which doesn’t count for the main overall Championship points but has its own separate Awards uh and end of season prizes as well and a bit of a different look to the championship this year some teams that have raced with us in recent Seasons uh not taking part but others have taken their place we have an excellent entry of cars for this weekend I think we possibly lost a couple uh over the course of the testing sessions held here on Friday but nevertheless uh a very good field of cars Chris and we’re really really looking forward to what should be an excellent race and first of all a very interesting qualifying session yes absolutely I mean it’s safe to say that club Enduro is probably the Pinnacle of Club endurance Motorsport in the UK in terms of bang for your bug it is absolutely unmatchable and that is reflected in the grids that we have as well absolute capacity uh a lot of the uh events and this 150 minute race seems to be drawing a lot of attention as well races typically 120 Minutes they do vary in a bit of length uh the 150 minute race that means we’re going to have two mandatory pit stops in the race uh a little bit later on the circuit very much roaring into life now as we have uh the cars starting their first flying laps and there’s some wonderful Machinery but we do have a very slow moving car heading towards the pit Lane yeah that’s Matt FaZe isn’t it I think in the Porsche Cayman who’s a very early P visitor the man from soy Hall just in the very back of shot there we go you can see now on the uh I like the uh the reverse writing on the front of the car move over move over but at the moment he’s moved over into the pit Lane it’s not going to plan for for Matt and hopefully he will get his car fixed and back out onto the circuit that’s the XD Houston car and Matt former I think Class B Champion a few years ago yeah as well yeah very much a front runner in the the intermediate class uh so the uh the team heading over to his car to see uh what’s wrong um but in the meantime everybody else seems to be running pretty smoothly it’s an awful Ruckus out there at the moment isn’t there uh not sure how much of the noise has been picked up on the microphones but it yeah it’s a great sound uh that is uh lighting up Croft at the moment and a lot of new Machinery out there the BM W m2’s making their uh first appearances in this championship and that 69 car that we can see just there belonging to Matt hamson and Andy Schultz which is uh new for them they’ve stepped up from the M3 that they had last year yeah Andy Schultz very experienced RAC don’t know of course whether it’s him or back Hampton at the wheel at the moment but Schulz certainly formula 750 B CL formula 4 Champion uh lots of single seater racing and has done lots of other GT type racing over the years as well raced up to the lmp3 category as well didn’t he so yeah vastly experienced driver at the wheel of that car and um he’s not the only one actually uh because uh we have Paul simmerson the Ferrari challenge uh racer uh in the the number 55 speed Tech uh BMW M4 GT4 car uh and that’s one that was acquired by uh from Century Motorsports uh that raced in British GT of course and uh you know Paul Paul convincing his uh his teammate Richard Stanton to give it a go Richard is new to racing and Paul’s so excited about this race he is missing the Ferrari challenge race which is happening this weekend well and what a race to make and what a car to make your debut in as certainly a good bit of Kit absolutely that car I can ear is out on second looking at the number four car though uh that’s James Collins and and Joel oswick and uh Joel has switched horses for this season Chris yes he’s moved over from the German Auto Works uh Team uh for to JC racing and uh Joel a Class C champion in 2022 with that German Auto Works uh team that was with Dan Alano uh the team moved up to the a class last year in which Joel managed to pick up three p podiums uh and he is the top returning driver from class A isn’t he because quite astonishingly you know we don’t have those The Familiar names that we have including you Rob Baker and Cole Swift who have been uh the class of the field in terms of Class A in recent is and AR mot busy with so many other different categories as well uh so we’re not seeing Rob Baker out this season it was nice to see just as we’re looking at the James Collins Joel oswick M3 there the E30 BMW M3 of s Osman jod hton Kamal Osman as well and it’s nice to see that there’s three drivers in that com because it’s 150 minute race where we can have two mandatory pit stops of 3 minutes in length the teams can share the driving three ways on this occasion than two which is PS more normal uh yes could uh could see that’s the match stenning and John Peis car isn’t it that was very slow up there at Sunny more or less right on the Apex as well which was a heart in the mouth moment yes so uh I I imagine it will be Joel in the car uh for uh in that BMW M3 but yes the 16 here we can get a good look at the MJ Motorsports car now which is heading towards the complex at uh less than racing speed Joe oswick if it is indeed him in the car is provisionally on Pole Position 126 743 is already underneath the lap record set by Will Stacy in the Lotus uh last April when Club andero were here so it’s a blistering Pace it’s just about I would say perfect conditions for quick lap times it’s dry it’s bright it’s cool there’s not too much wind it’s just about the perfect conditions for fast lap times I would say absolutely that MJ Motorsport Honda Civic has continued hasn’t pulled the into the pits and is going on a flying lap so maybe that was just a case of trying to let the traffic through while he was on a an out laap or maybe not quite as good a lap uh so that uh that car is still running uh but yes the the Joel oswick I mean we know he’s a very rapid driver in his um third year of car racing yeah and of course he was the the champion a couple of years ago from class C and you know Caron graduate there as well he’s a very rapid driver trying to get his arms instructor’s uh license he told me earlier as well uh and his teammate James Collins uh in his second year uh now I think uh but yes he was telling me the difference between you know the car he drove at German Auto Works and this car that he’s now driving is that because this one’s so much lighter it’s a very different style of driving uh so he’s having to adapt to it but clearly taking to it like a duct to water uh because he’s currently faster than Scott Parkin who was uh well not only has he been a a dominant force in class B uh over the last couple of years but uh now moving up to class A with a newly prepared Audi TT from Dark Side development uh won yesterday’s Road sports race uh as well and he’s currently second fastest yeah with uh 21 minutes of the session or so still to go there’s that 16 MJ Motorsport car again going rather slowly actually I think that might be the 159 okay pick that in a moment the car on screen at the moment you can see is the number 51 golf that is fastest in class B at the moment that’s the car of Jonathan Packer dwking man so he’s fastest within that class at the moment from second in that class right now the 197 car which is the Lotus elase of uh local man Daniel Jude jny Weston Taylor and Mike Sanford serving that car it is the 16 car into was the 16 my apologies so yes 16 and now they they are coming into the pits so some sort of intermittent issue on that car potentially cuz that’s the second lap in a row it’s been moving slowly at that section of the racetrack best car in class C at the moment is the number 97 mzx 5 that’s David Connell and Alex Wilkinson Hughes uh that’s Cod built by Dave Connell uh himself few years ago now and uh I think they’ve had success in trto championship before reigning champions in their class uh for that championship and moving across to the club in Juro now there’s one of the BM also the Porsche that’s good to see out the orange Porsche there of Michael dowley because he was retirement yesterday from the road Sports race and he’s had a lot of reliability in that car over several seasons but it did come un stuck at the end of last season at Silver where he had electrical Gremlins which prevented him from winning the Clubman cup part of the championship which was a great shamee for him so he here to try and win that this year we’re watching the 22 car in the pit L that was another car in Road Sports Action yesterday that’s the car of Paul and Luke Brown and uh another car that uh was I think having some issues yesterday as well but running uh smoothly by the looks it maybe just coming in for Quick Check and look at the data you can see there’s there’s quite a good mix of TCR Machinery in this field as well which is becoming increasingly uh popular uh and of course you know joining the GT 4 Spike Machinery from speed Tech as well but yeah the the TCR cars have been very much in the The Front Runners and it’s it’s been up to D side development really and the area Motorsport car to challenge them in recent years I think that’s the ex judging by some stickers on it yeah it’s 25 car Darren ball at the moment who’s rated 7 in various categories for a long time BMW and compact copy R first off as well so could see the pit Lane action here getting some fresh tires on that of course the teams with more than one drive which is most of them uh do need to change driv as well during the course of the qualifying session they only need to complete at least three laps to make sure that they’ve qualified for the race later on so although Darren ball is going solo of the drive the teams do have two or in some cases three drivers the number six Audi TT from side develop has just gone second quickest but the uh Advantage for the uh JC racing BMW on provisional p is still 1.6 seconds such as the speed of that BMW and yeah the the ran parking and Dylan brikor car running a slightly different specification of Audi tt2 Scott Parkin who has a sequential gearbox and ol’s suspension on his car rather than the bill time which seems to be making uh the difference in terms of the lap time you see the number is 97 uh they’re getting right up to uh the edge of the track and a little bit further on the exit of uh sunny out uh and that is one of the uh the uh op Mazda MX5 isn’t it from scooteria Dave yes it’s the um Conor ainson Alexander Hughes Car that we were talking about earlier was it you seeing various messages on on screen about lap times being disallowed for drivers that are exceeding track limits and that’s something the officials will do if drivers have uh have transgressed and gone over the the white lines with any part of any Tire they’ll have lap times disallowed in qualifying in the race they could be picking up penalties for that time penalty starting at 5 seconds and then mounting up during the uh during the course of the the race as well getting news from Tom down in pit Lane so our class B uh provisional poll sitter Jonathan Packer who Al also was uh second in the road Sports race uh in his class yesterday come in for new front tires uh reporting that the brakes are very hot and I imagine on a front-wheel drive car uh the the brakes and tires are doing a fair bit of work around a track uh like Croft as well and also Scott Parkins Audi has also been in for new front tires um so that’s interesting that it seems to be the front tires that are the um cause for concern uh here rather than the re I mean it is quite a fast uh C isn’t it it’s really only the couple of corners and The Hairpin in the complex that you probably would consider traction zones on this circuit so that 97 car we’re looking at again it beautifully prepared isn’t it with fantastic own Arrow package carbon fiber splitter and uh rear wing supports as well and body panels on that car I think it’s a a standard two Dynamics it’s uh down pit Lane you can see there’s a little bit of activity there the teams waiting for their drivers to arrive yes that’s JC racing preparing for a stop and uh that might be Joel that’s not of the car uh at the moment we’ll see in the second one who who gets out yeah AB that’s the car that’s on professional Pole Position car number four with a 126 743 set pretty much on the first flying lap of the session I think that one second fastest at the moment is the Ryan Park Dylan RoR uh car so he’s faster at the moment than his brother Scott Parker in the third fastest fourth fastest at number 33 cl which is Kevin Clark in the M3 CSL fifth fastest is down ball in the Copa and six F Matthew hon Andy shorton BMW uh M2 so we’ve got the uh wheel change tire change being done on that car uh more news from uh Tom we saw the map 5z Porsche Cayman coming in quite early in the session with some problems and uh Thomas reporting that that car has a drive shaft issues so not an ideal start to the day and actually sounds like quite a major problem that is going to have to get sorted I mean there there are a few hour till the race starts which is not due to start till 20 minutes p 3 this afternoon uh but still that’s that’s quite a big job to have to do yeah absolutely right so we’ve got the uh cars heading out onto the sort of second half of this session now 14 minutes still to go all four uh Corners being changed on the uh the BMW here which caes a rear wheel drive car so maybe the rear wheel drive cars are putting more through the rear tires and the front wheel drive cars are really only feeling need to change the front tires perhaps quite quite a lot to have to get done they have to speed this up for the uh for the for the race say that’s 3 minute minimum Pit Stop um so there is plenty of time at the pit stops uh to do that obviously they’ve not got a minimum time for the pit stop during the uh during the the qualifying um but during the race it’s 3 minut stationary so you could afford to be relatively it’s not a rush job it’s not a rush job well you you can plan it you know how long you’ve got basically yeah um and it’s better to be uh to get it right rather than to rush through it but that’s certainly what you know it’s a matter of safety isn’t it particularly when we have refueling involved Scott Parkin’s gone to second fastest now um so he’s gone faster than his brother probably most importantly from his point of VI um and he’s now just 710 of a second off the time of uh of JIS Collins Joel oswick and actually up to third has gone the number 90 car which is the car of Daniel Irving and Alan Henderson so suspect now Alan Henderson at the wheel of of that car gotot parking back into the pit Lane though having setb faster time you can see it’s very busy pit Lane now and it’s very tight you can see the cars have to park at this 45° angle to make the most of the The Limited available space and then they have to be pushed back out they can’t reverse back out into the pit Lane of course they have to be pushed back out uh safely before they uh they rejoin the session dark side right down at the end of the pit Lane as well there a long old trundle for him but yeah parked up and yeah you can see the difference in the the sequential uh box which we got a look at yesterday during the road Sports uh uh race one of the other TTR cars and this is what we mean about there having to push him back out and there’s a queue foring and they’ve got to wait for a space to push him back out into yeah and that kind of thing could make or break uh someone’s race couldn’t it if they if there’s not a gap to push them out into ah this is the the number 13 car that had a drive shaft issue so that’s a a quick turnaround for mat’s car but obviously Keen to get out to do at least three laps in the session so maybe it’s just a question of making sure it can do three laps to qualify that’s they finesse things a bit more in the sort of two and a half hours or so that they’ll have before the uh before the start of the race later on this afternoon the good do got the second Dark Side development Audi TT back out onto uh the track uh just looking a bit further down still Jonathan Packa who’s on original po position in class B and then uh still the number 97 Mazda MX5 on provisional poll in uh Class C uh that split is only 410 of a second uh at the moment and it’s um pretty similar in the uh in the second class uh as well so the the advantage that Collins and oswick have at the moment is uh not indicative of the rest of the field really is quite a bit bigger no certainly top 10 cars all Class A cars at the moment and there’s a run of Class B cars from 11th down to 14th right now don’t the pack is still heading that but she moving up to Second Place actually is the will P girl Chris Nyland car the number 83 on the Civics moved up to second position within Class B and they are 4/10 of a second behind pack at the moment then it is the Jude Western Taylor Sanford Lotus so three different types of car in the first three places in class B and in class A as well with the BMW and the Audi and the uh number 90 uh Mazda MX5 as well the very hot MX5 of Irving and an Henderson uh just emphasizing the Fantastic variety that we have in club andero that uh Second Place car in class B the motion modor Sport Honda Civic um it had a gearbox change um overnight and uh one of the motion Motorsport uh team members had to go and uh drive to Birmingham to go and get that gearbox last night uh uh that team running um all typar trophy drivers aren’t they between will particle Chris Nyon aboard the 83 uh and then uh in the sister car which is a class A car isn’t it uh who is bought that it’s will uh sorry no it’s Sam Dennis is it aboard that one class class yeah oh it is a Class C C yes and again in class C you’ve got the first three cars all different manufacturers you’ve got the Honda you’ve got the master and you’ve got the BMW of Johnny Hayes and Paul saani uh comprising the top three in class C and really is sort of no one make championship this fantastic variety of cars all quick in different ways that’s going to make for some really fascinating racing as the afternoon goes on still 9 minutes to go in this qualifying session though and it’s still no one been able to knock off the James Collins Joel oswi call though just moving up to second in the standings is Alan Henderson in the Lotus he’s gone back to Second ahead of Scott parking with a 127 820 that’s 510 off pole and about 2/10 faster than Scott Parkin who’s in third now and that’s the the very heavily modified Mark 1 MX5 isn’t it the number 90 with that massive turbocharger on the 1800cc uh engine and they had some reliability troubles during uh last season but they did have a pole position uh at Silverstone last year finished third in the race so we know that car’s got some inherent speed yeah there it is the AK Automotive Machine insert inspired delivery there on the the master isn’t it fantastic you know ridiculous wing on the back as well but it’s very quick it’s not always been as reliable as they’ like it to have been but uh but certainly very rapid Alan Henderson s he know his way around around Croft as well his local circuit so expect him to to go well during the course of of this weekend that’s stiff isn’t it just see how it’s rocking around through the bumps that sun in and sunny out it’s fantastic heard some tires squealing there might just been the car behind yeah no uh no culprit identified 7 and 1 half minutes left to go so we are 3/4 of the way through this session now and I would imagine now we’re on to the sort of final drivers uh in each of the each of the cars to make sure they will get their three laps and there’s the 66 Car Johnny hayen Paul saani 26th overall still third in class C at the moment both from from Shropshire Paula hellia Johnny Hayes a designed engineer and this actually next compact Cup car with a 2.8 L engine in it back to looking at Johnny Johnny Packer again Jonathan packer in 51 he is still 11th overall and first in class C moving up to second place in that class now though has gone the janeta of mat tid Marsh and Chris Webster that’s quite was in trouble in the road Sports race at one point yesterday if I recall uh correctly but they’re up to second now in this one and pug Gill who are in the pits back down to third in class B yes this uh 51 machine uh Jonathan P returning to Club in Juro having done Road sports last year had two wins uh to his name and second place yesterday of course but um has racing the club in jur before he won on debut uh back in 2020 at uh Donnington and been racing this golf since 2020 two uh and uh oh also one uh don in in that car the first time he raced it uh as well and uh yeah from uh third in class B uh last time he uh raced in the championship which was 2020 uh2 so great to see Jonathan back on the grid uh with us and now this we’ve got the uh the 69 BMW M2 being chased by the uh 22 set Leon TCR which is the browse car both in class A and chasing lap times at the moment the uh the 69 M2 currently seventh fastest would be brows TCR set Leon in ninth position overall Darren ball he’s preserving his tires now sixth fastest for him but saving his tires for the race now having made sure of what I think will be a decent qualifying position currently on on Row three of the grid there could be some threat to that there’s the six car which is Ryan Parkin and Dylan Bri sharing that car see that they’re trying to keep the car cool the fan front trying to present it overheating triple fans yeah absolutely there’s enough holes in the front end of it you think it wouldn’t need any extra cooling yeah it’s um diesel engine car of course TDI is both of the uh the parking Brothers cars are yeah un usual to see these days uh is there really but Dark Side development they are diesel Specialists amongst the the VW owned Brands aren’t they so that’s uh that’s their Forte they’re taking it into racing 4 minutes left on the clock now and the Collins oswick Advantage is still half a second to Irving and Henderson in their modified Master MX5 there’s the Sam Dennis 195 car motion Motorsport car Ash sharing with him yeah weekend uh so the the other X Type R trophy uh races that moot motorport brought into it I was talking to Sam earlier and he was telling me about when they made their Club injur debut at Donnington last year it was with the same car they were racing in taiar trophy so the team stripped it down from the taiar race put it into club and josc within an hour and then had to do the same in Reverse to be ready for the next typar trophy race and uh quite astonishing amount of time well there’s a car that had spun uh in front in the shot there that we just saw s go through there’s a green flag we can see waving at the uh at the complex I think the car was off just on the exit of Sunny may have been that car that’s D recovering which is the Johnny Hayes Paul subani uh BMW compact which remains third in class C but it looks like it’s got some damage I’m afraid and it’s sort of limping pitwood it’s just coming into our VI behind the com definitely has damage on the front right corner so possibly a little bit of contact whether that was with some circuit furniture or with another car not quite certain can see below me the the Brows Cooper’s going back in as well but that’s going to be for the pits hopefully that’s just cosmetic damage and uh nothing too fundamental I imagine they’ll get that fixed for the race that car which is in 26th position overall still third in class C behind the Dennis and mo Honda and the Conor Wilkinson Hughes Mazda uh Matt fa track time disallowed for exceeding track limits having been uh his way he had a few of those I almost wonder if they’re just Lally stripping off the circuit to uh keep out of people’s way ah now it’s through the grass isn’t it yes yeah so I try to work out what’s happened cuz that’s damage on the other side I got the slippery surface flag out at the complex that’s right behind our commentary box here yeah just looking at the window I can see there’s a small bit of dirt on the the the right hander in the in the complex but I can’t see anything else too substantial so maybe it’s just a bit of a bit of track side debris has been brought back onto the asphalt canic team trying to get the uh car back out the moment it’s can’t it can’t go any [Music] further we only got a minute or so left of this session and pretty much the pole position time I think was on the first fly lap for yeah uh Jo OS James Collins combo 126 743 with teams have deop us about 15 or 16 laps in some cases now but but no improvements on that there’s the car that’s in second place at the moment I think Alan Henderson at the wheel right now in that Mazda MX5 half a second shy of the pole time don’t if he’s going to be able to impr Su not this time cuz I think he’ll have just slapped those two slower CS so Henderson coming up and over the line and no no improvement on that lap still best oh and Scott Parkins just gone to second place though a 12699 with just about a minute of the session left to go he’s gone to within 210 of pole yeah that suddenly Clos down the Gap hasn’t it and uh the uh Collins oswick car is in the pit so they’re not going to be setting any more laps and clearly Scott Parkin is now finding a turn of pace in this uh in his Audi TT now the closing stages of uh this session so I wonder if there’s life in the tires left for one more go at it and see if he can’t crack pole position and we’re on board with Scott Parkin now no he’s moving very slowly so um that that is it for him he won’t be progressing any further by the looks of it because he’s only at Tower Ben so he’s definitely not going to get across the line in time for a uh lap uh now a lap time being deleted for our provisional pulse C Collins and Os but it is not the uh top time that they have done it was from a couple of laps ago checkered flag is now out and it doesn’t look like anybody is going to be able to Dethrone the number four JC racing BMW no that’s right uh checker flag is out so last flying laps will be completed but there are quite a lot of drivers already in in the pit Lane at the moment Kevin Clark’s just going over the line he’s currently fifth fastest and improves to fourth fastest on that final lap with a 127 677 so he gets ahead of Ryan Parkin Henderson also goes across the line he can’t improve his lap time though so he is thirdd fastest at 12728 and in class B uh it’s the flying Tangerine racing at genea G40 Matthew tiar and Chris Webster that has snatched the provisional Pole Position the dark side cars in formation heading into the pit Lane so Scott not going to go any quicker on his final lap because he’s playing actually quite a few cards have pulled in before they got the checkered flag which uh is interesting obviously knowing that they’re not going to improve their their lap times uh any further so just a handful of cars left to take the checkered flag now and uh just U Finish on further down in class C is the 195 Sam Dennis and Ash Moos motion Motorsport Honda Civic that has claimed the class Pole Position there the 133 566 and they’ve even got a car between them and their nearest class rival which is the number 97 MMX five of David Connell and Alex Wilkinson Hughes uh so we did have a couple of changes in class B and Class C towards the end of that session uh but it is the number four uh JC racing BMW M3 of James Collins and Joel oswick that uh will be on poll position for this afternoon’s 150 minute TOA club and duro Championship race yes indeed so an entertaining qualifying session a pretty clean session not too much in the way of incident I don’t think little scuffle for one of the cars in the complex that was about the highlight of it was that was about it but but not too much too serious so drivers and teams will head into the garages we’re going to head to a short break [Music] he m [Music] [Music] break it [Music] down sound down [Music] e [Music] [Music] first race of the afternoon here at Croft circuit is the second race of three this weekend for the yoka locost championship where yesterday Paul Clark took his Ma and win but only by about 3/10 of a second from Daniel Garrett and Martin West the 2021 Champion Angus Goff Isaac Spears and sha bra competed the top six completed the top six at the end of nine laps of racing and we go again for race two with the grid set by the second fast Fest times in qualifying yesterday and that means it’s not Paul Clark on pole position but Daniel Garrett yesterday’s runnerup who will start in P1 on the grid but it was an entertaining race and as ever so much about strategy yesterday Chris yes these uh fantastic lowcost uh machines say 7s cars powered by the Ford crossflow engine the younger sibling to the Mazda sevens uh so to speak where we get a lot of uh interchanging drivers and teams between the two championships uh but a great fight between CL Paul Clark and Daniel Garrett and so so often it’s about the slipstream and about playing tactics and playing your hand at the right time and Paul Clark not only taking his first win but also uh setting a new lap record and Paul Clark is into the pit Lane at the end of the lap from assembly and he’s driving down to the end of the pit Lane so Paul Clark yesterday’s winner is not going to take up his pole position and there’s another dri heading to the pit Lane as well which is number 73 Rob absy so Paul Clark is not going to start from the front row is he going to be able to start from the uh end of the pit Lane I wonder uh pole position as I say is going to be the number 19 Car of Daniel Garett he’s not going to have the 82 car of Paul Clark alongside him the second R of the grid will be 94 Martin West and 17 Angus Goff third drow is 29 Jeff P race winner in the past and seven Isaac Spears Jeff was a non-f finisher yesterday in the end wasn’t he uh fourth row will be 13 Jack lers since 73 Rob absy row five is 57 Daniel Russell and 52 Alan Harman row six 50 in Hardy and eight sha bra then on row 7 21 Kev straw 33 Glenn Boer Bob sist in six Liam in five on row eight row nine is 31 Glen Griffith and 27 Mar Rue row 10 28 and 77 being David Barry and Andy Perkins row 11 81 and 72 Lewis Ward and Alex Artis row 12 41 Keith Merson 66 Luke Stokes then Steve Brown 37 tror for 34 and Bill Ward number 20 round out this field which is now seemingly for the moment without Paul Clark yeah it’s a couple short now isn’t it but still a a great kid so we’ve got a gap on the right hand side on the first row of the grid where Paul Clark uh should be that will give Angus Goff on the second row of the grid a pretty clear run into clo also we’re missing the 33 car which is Glenn Bo now he was a finisher yesterday yeah he was he finished in 14th position we’re also missing the car of Alex artist now I don’t think he did start yesterday so that’s possibly a little bit a little bit less surprising no green flag lap for this race or indeed most of the races uh this afternoon just the alphas and the club andero that will have a green flag lap today so straight into uh into racing and very shortly we’ll get the green flag at the back we do I can see from my comment box which means that 32nd board is now shown so it’s going to be a 50-minute race it’s going to run run without the uh car that won yesterday driven by Paul Clark so this gives the opportunity for Angus scoff the former motorcycle racer possibly to capitalize on the Gap in front of him on the grid first race of the day about to get underway because the red lights are on and the lights go out and way they go and it’s a good start from the pole position car of of Daniel Garrett as they head down towards the uh first corner clero one car a little bit slow off the line that’s the number 66 Car of Luke Stokes but they’re all turning their way into clero corner for the first time and there’s a spinner there Dave Barry I can see is involved in the number 28 also uh the 77 car involved of Andy Perkins as well with the yellow Flags uh waving at the first Corner temporarily at least yeah Jeff Peak I think it was made a cracking start because he was up into third Place into clero having started in fifth obviously gained one position because of Paul Clark’s not there but it did manage to jump at one of the cars ahead of him but Daniel Garrett leading them out of tower for the first time and towards the uh Jim Clark S’s and apart from that little scuffle towards the rear of the field uh all looking uh fairly neat and tidy uh on this first lap so far couple of bit cast diving as they go through barcraft for the first time heading into sunny in we see that number 27 Machine Mark Rue looking up the the inside in the middle of sunny in and sunny out but the leaders already making their way through the complex they are indeed it’s Daniel Garrett that’s in the lead Martin West that is in second place those two pulling away a little bit from Jeff Peak who is in third position uh fourth place at the moment looks to be the car r of number 17 which is Angus goof who started from the second row of the grid didn’t see if Paul Clark ever actually managed to get going I don’t think he probably did unfortunately from the uh the pit Lane so that’s a great shame for him so onto the second lap of this race it’s Daniel Garrett out front he was leading by 310 of a second at the end of the opening lap yeah Martin West moving up into second position the uh 22 21 champion and returning to the low cost Series this weekend and it looks like at side by side there it is indeed for the lead of the race and it is the 94 of Martin West that has taken the lead from Daniel Garrett into Tower B for the second time of asking and they’ve really dropped Jeff peak in quite a hurry so Martin West fancying uh the opportunity to lead early on but Daniel Garrett is right with the 2021 Champion as they head through bar coft this rander and maybe they’re just going to work together and try and pull away from Jeff Peak for a little bit though yeah could be uh worth considering them doing that working together to try and build the advantage two cars often better than one in lowcost racing because you can use that slipstream to tow each other around the circuit where is the driver that know Jeff Peak he’s got no one to assist him at the moment because the fourth place car is a little bit further back it looks like that’s changed as well it looks like Isaac spear in the white and red car uh number number seven has made his way up into fourth position now ahead of Angus Goff so it’s Garrett from West as they come through to end the second up yeah there you can see SP Spears now in uh fifth fourth should say GF in fifth and I think it is still Alan Harman possibly in sixth position no it’s not Jack lers 13 has made into the top six as they end lap two back into clero this is the Isaac Spears C in fourth position just ahead of Angus Goff uh that did start on the second row of the grid Angus go the former motorcycle racer as you mentioned there Ian in his second year of car racing now having made the switch from motorcycle racing and side by side for the lead once again into Tower Bend this time it’s gar going around the outside of Martin West and he takes the lead back again so real tip Fort tap Battle in the early stages of this race but one car off at Tower Bend that’s how he’s experiencing the number seven car he was just ahead of Angus goof wasn’t he but now he’s behind him he’s got enough of a gap back to Jack lus though to stay in position we’re going to get a change for the lead here though at barro that is Martin West up the inside of Daniel Garrett nicely done a very fast part of the circuit there and he gets ahead of the number 19 of Daniel Garrett but possibly it’s just Martin turn the tow Daniel around now for the next lap or so H well we’ll see so two lead changes in just one lap fantastic squabble between Martin West and Dan Garrett here Dan Garrett finishing second yesterday Martin West Third yesterday but they’re really giving us uh some great entertainment in the opening race of the day here at Croft out of the hapin once again 10 minutes left on the clock so we’re already a third of the way through this race and it’s it’s Martin West with the uh best time at the moment uh and in fact I think has set a new track record that went yesterday uh thanks to Paul Clark and it’s gone down even further with u Dan uh Garett it says a 41 there but on my timing screen I’m getting a 40.0 78 which would be a new best lab but Dan Garett continuing to lead uh Martin West now down towards Tower but Martin West getting a great toe down the back straight Tower Bend has been the action point so far in this race and they are side by side once again uh but oh not quite actually Mar West getting through much more easily that time yes West with the best lap of the race that 14078 they’re turning their way out of to bend heading off up to the gym clock Jeff Peach is not able to stay with them is he so a slightly different format of Race To Yesterday really we just got the two cars leading together and pulling away from the rest of them peaking third go fourth uh Spears fifth and then Jack lius rounding out the top six Liam I can see is up into 11th Place uh so he started back on row eight so he’s made some good progress during the course of this and now we’ve got Martin W with his hand out now is he acknowledging a flag yes there must have been a yellow flag cuz he’s just ped a green now at the complex we could see a car stationary somewhere between suly and the complex out of the race and it’s the 20 car of the man from Souther coldfield Bill W is out of the car by the looks of it yeah so that will be why they were raising their hands going into the complex section and uh green flags now around the rest of the circuit and uh’ got another round of battles here the top five really are streaking clear of the rest of the field uh in fact that no changes into cervo still Martin West leading the number 19 of Daniel Garrett but will that change again going into Tower Bend I wonder cuz they’re still separated by very little only 4/10 of a second when they went over the timing line through the chicane and the slipstream commences oh on a spin for 21 21 Kevin straw yeah the leads man service engineer racing since 2015 he has a moment there and Daniel Garrett has gone through on the back straight once again so i’ lost count of how many times the lead has changed hands in this uh race but amazingly they’re not actually losing that much time to Jeff Peak are they uh despite their squabbles no I mean the the Gap has stayed pretty much station over the last couple of laps really between the first two and Jeff Peak 2.2 seconds is from first to third at the moment so Peak just about keeping them in their sights if they start to fall over each other rather them work together then maybe Jeff Peak could come into this and make it a three C battle for the lead andus goord with a second and a half behind Jeff in in fourth position although what cont to what it says on your screens it’s still Martin West with the best left the race 140.0 78 as the leaders turning their way through the first part of the complex once again getap back to Peak but now west having a look up the inside at The Hairpin I don’t think he’s going to get such a good exit out of the corner though he’s going to try though isn’t he but they’re going to be almost neck and neck as they go over the line a mechanical warning flag being shown to one of the drivers can’t see the number that’s being shown to but it is Garett that comes out of the hairpin and down towards clero on lap six of probably nine still in the lead of the race well that bit of tussle did actually cost them quite a bit of time to jeffp because he’s now within a second of the second place man Martin West and if they keep scrobbling like that at The Hairpin that will bring Jeff Peak back into play but up until that point the racing they had done was incredibly efficient and they need to get back to it if they want to keep ahead car just pulled into the pit lane exit there uh that is we can’t quite see the number on it but it’s out of the race anyway this very much a typical Croft race it’s not just me and you that think that it’s Tom Gad the former locost Champion that thinks that as well he’s watching on on the live stream as well the way the two leaders are battling it out now we’re looking a little bit further back here that is Alan Haron he’s got Shawn brain behind him now so that’s changed around during the course of this lap but back with the lead and you can see how Jeff Peak is starting to close in as they fell over one another uh battle lap or so ago and Peak could soon make this a three card back of the lead we’ve got about a third of the left in terms of time and distance I would say because I expecting it to be n laps we’re coming towards the end of lap six it’s still G with the red roll cage ahead of the 94 of Martin West the drive from Southampton good scrap going on for fourth and fifth now because Isaac Spears has recau anger Goff after his moment at Tower a few laps ago and the leaders are coming through to complete their sixth lap now and there’s only about five callings now between second and third so Peak is is definitely closing in yeah match very similar on lap times once again uh in the mid-40s on that occasion no changes into clero and Jeff be still still around 8/10 of a second behind Martin West so in terms of lap times when they’re very oh go goodness me that was a heck of a moment there for Isaac Spears into Hawthorne but he gathered it up very nicely uh indeed in his pursuit of Angus goof for fourth position and now we have side by side for the lead again Martin West going well clear by the time they get down into Tower Bend Jeff Peak now right with the leaders so we’ve got three for the lead with four minutes to go and it’s Martin West the 2021 Champion back up at the front of the field as they head towards Jim clares once again yeah great scrap going on here through the left and right at the Jim clares off now towards Barcroft and then the sunny double right hander at the far end of the C kit but Peaks now very much in contention for this as well it’s a shame we’ve not got Paul Clark yesterday’s winner not quite sure what happened temp hold off at the end of the parade lap and has not been seen since oh that’s disaster for Isaac SP is having a great battle for fourth with Angus goof but the number seven car is now parked up and that is that a tower that’s Park up there yellow flag certainly at Tower uh I can see that could be crucial because we’ve we only got 3 minutes left and Tower Bend has obviously been the action spot in this race so far if it stays yellow in there we’re going to lose a prime overtaking opportunity there’s also a car stopped at The Hairpin we just see at the top of the screen and I can’t quite see which one it is at the country box window can’t make that out from from here but anyway we’re staying with the leaders we’ve now got two laps to go and slightly fewer overtaking opportunities than they might have had but it’s certainly three cars for the lead now it’s pretty much we’re just top three there’s the number five car off the circuit now as well that’s Liam the former Sports specials champion from several years ago he’s now out the b he’d done well cuz he broken into the top 10 but it’s going to be a nonf finisher I think W it’s all happening in the closing stages of this race isn’t it uh yellow flags have been rescinded at Tower Ben so they can raise down there and Daniel Garrett’s looking down the inside on Martin West just gets his nose chopped off there by the former champion and now raising their hands to acknowledge I think a different yellow flag which maybe is a bit further down the order I mean all the card is are going to be yellow flagged at this point although uh Lim’s car has got going again so uh it is clear at the complex uh now we’re going to have to take this corner by Corner aren’t we to see when they’re actually going to be able to race Daniel Garrett again looking down the inside into sunny in but no way through there they Bunch up in the middle of that double right hander and now Kar try and get a run he’s pushing him he’s pushing him towards the complex here oh well this is fantastic racing down towards the complex they go and wide goes Garrett he cuts back across though in front of the sorry West that was wide wasn’t it he cuts back across in the front of of Garett and Peak right there as well still very much in contention for this race they’re going to go on to the final lap of the race and it’s West with a lead of about I know four car length there’s a slippery surface flag out now as well just to add the drama as they go on to the final lap of cross but Garrett had a monster moment on the exit of the hairpin and that has increased weslee to three of a second going into this last lap has that cost him a crucial opportunity to try and pass him down into Tower Bend where they are double waved yellows now as well because we’ve got a car off again so he definitely won’t be able to have a run there yeah that is not going to be the place to make the overtake they’re just heading through the chicane now they’re going to have to go line a Stern through Tower Bend for the final time which leaves very few opportunities left for a position change but of course it didn’t necessarily stop Garett closing in a little bit on Martin West and it was about four or five car gap between them at the start of the lap it’s down to about one and a half car length now as they come out of tower through the gem Clark SES for the final time and I think the rest of the circuit is clear it’s definitely clearing the complex over my shoulder let’s hope it stays that way uh because despite that moment at the hapin that cost him time Dan Garrett is right back with Martin West and all over the back of that 94 car going into Barcroft and sunny in and Martin West has a bit of a twitch it’s sunny in that’s just brings Daniel Garrett right back into it as well Jeff Peak waiting in the wings as well to see if there’s any scraps he might be able to pick up last couple of Corners to go look like Daniel Garrett was having a look up the inside into the complex wasn’t quite able to draw alongside Martin Westar only two corners to go is he going to have a lunge at the hapit it might be his final opportunity but they’re being very well behaved yeah they’ followed one another more or less through can anyone get a better exit out of their hait no I think they’re going to finish in the same order that they went into The Hairpin so it’s going to be Martin West that wins round two of the yarm locost championship Dan Garrett takes second place Jeff Peaks T takes third they’re all separated by less than 9/10 of a second fourth cross the line is number 17 which is Angus Goff fifth is going to be number 13 Jack L he’s just heading up to the line now sixth is going to be number eight sha frame he’s not that far ahead of the number 52 car of Alan Harmon in eighth place it’s going to be the 57 car which is that of Daniel Russell uh no it’s fact it’s Russell got ahead of Harmon on the final app of beggy Pon those two switched around and then Ninth Place that’s going to be Lewis Ward that’s a good drive from him having collected a spare car yesterday after his original car had problems in testing so he’s gone through to Ninth Place and it should be Mark Rue is it across the line to complete the top 10 just by less than two t about two t of a second from Rob S another great race it’s not over yet no there still all the way down to the uh back of the pack uh where’s that that’s the number 41 Car Keith malus leading three cars uh over the line here which should be for 13th 14th and 15th uh positions uh there uh yep malpa getting over the line in um 13th the 77 Andy Perkins in 14th then 15th uh is the 66 of Luke Stokes still to come across the line is the 37 of Steve uh Brown which he has done now and finally the 3 four of Trevor forch in 17th Place race it was fantastic wasn’t it Martin West the winner were two car battles start with it to three car fight a little bit styed occasionally by yellow flags limiting overtaking opportunities at various parts of the circuit but in the end it was Martin West that took the win at the end of nine laps car 94 0.49 seconds the Gap back to number 19 Daniel Garrett in second third was number 29 Jeff Peak fourth was 17 Angus Goff fifth number 13 ja lus sixth number eight Shawn bra Daniel Russell was and number 57 getting that place on the last lap ahead of number 52 Alan Haron in eighth ninth was number 81 leis Ward running out the top 10 was number 27 Mark row ahead of Rob Sisson Uh Kevin straw after a moment for him Keith malus and Andy Perkins and a bit further back we had Luke Stokes Steve Brown Trevor forch and then the rest were retirements we lost Ian Hardy I think to the pit Lane Dave Barry Isaac Spears Liam gling GFF and Bill Ward all retirements from the second race of the weekend for the local so I suspect with only a couple of hours before the next next lowcost round it might be a slightly reduced field for that one because we’ve only got two more races between uh sorry three more races between that the next lowcost race we’ve got classic stock hatch coming up next got Sports 1,000 we’ve got the five Club racing MX5 cup then it’s more low cost alphas and then the teiwa Club njo Championship to round out the day here at Croft circuit down in the pit lane today uh Tom Butterworth is about to speak to our top three from the low cost race Jeff Peak to Dan Garrett and Martin West Martin yes what a race that was good fun it that was hard work that was I counted eight overtakes for the lead between the two of you yeah I think there would have been a lot more if we weren’t playing idiots with each other we both didn’t want to be in the lead we both knew what we were doing we were both trying to back each other up in a Jeff to give themselves a bit of pressure so yeah very tactical race that was but um in the end I think I could see Dan struggling with his tires a bit so I thought I’m going to go early and try and get away and luckily it worked I think he was struggling getting off this the hair pin here so give me a little Gap and enough to protect me but we didn’t see a last lap board and then I come around and then there was the flag so I was like oh happy days that will do me so there we are okay well brilliant I mean the the um Daniel sent it round the outside at T you managed to get the old Switcheroo back into into barcraft as well we pretty happy with that it looked a bit Larry going in but all under control I’m sure I think we were both just grinning from earo to earo you know we when we come alongside each after have the checkered flag just grinning from hero to Hero when you’re having good fun like that you know and you both you trust in the people you’re racing with it makes a much more fun sort of thing so yeah brilliant fun that was really enjoyed that great stuff well Martin you and I have a little tradition don’t we when we uh when we chat here I don’t know if you remember this Victory Lane I believe that’s the one right so hang on here for me and we’re going to try and repeat that um I’m going to go over and speak to Daniel Garrett who finished second in this one but what a race that was Daniel especially that overtake around the outside into tower that brilliant brilliant I to be honest the truth is like 800 yesterday I go it to Wesley today so I can have the third one fair enough right so you’re okay that you’ve given it to him is that the way that’s I’ve given it to him I it’s gentleman liking it it it looked like you were you were with him right the away and it was just slip streaming it was kind of going to be like whoever was in second on the last lap was going to win it and then and then Martin just managed to hold on he did oh no’s he’s got the experience yeah and to be fair I I was waiting for that last uh last lap bold and then I was struggling to get second into there but he had me absolutely had me that is brilliant racing yeah can’t complain great stuff well we’ve got one more race for for you guys again today so yeah that’s it you’re going for it now oh yeah yeah full full that’s my race that’s my race brilliant stuff we’ll look forward to that one so I’m going to come around and uh have a chat with uh Jeff Peak finishing third Jeff came from a long way back in that one as well were you just waiting for the tires to come in or or what was it uh no I was just trying to find the place because uh yesterday in the race uh the car broke down I was in fifth and I had no idea what was underneath me um I didn’t know if I fix the problem or anything and then it took me a couple of laps just to get some confidence in the car and then suddenly yeah I’m in and uh I started chasing them down I’d actually written that down in my notes so DF dnf yesterday and then and then back on the podium today so you know it could have gone a lot worse couldn’t it today oh definitely yeah cuz it was another dnf then for the next race I’ll be on the back of the grid so yeah that’s uh it’s been worth all the work we did last night so brilant what was the work that you did last night oh you name it we changed it simple as that so I don’t if it got a bolt in it it went back absolutely yeah we don’t know what fixed it but it’s fixed so great stuff all right well thank you very much for that uh I’m going to go uh I’m just going to head over this way and speak to Martin one more time because we have a little tradition we do indeed as I said Martin if you can have a look behind on the camera here has got this Days of Thunder style um Livery that he’s put on and uh we had a good chat about this was it it must have been 18 months two years ago now and uh and we had a thing where uh you won the race so we decided to repeat the End of Days of Thunder didn’t we and that’s what we’re going to do now before we go to the ad break and on to race number two you still think you’re quick enough let’s have it for [Music] [Music] [Music] you [Music] second race of the weekend for the Finish Line UK limited classic stock hatch Championship uh getting underway next we have a slight delay to proceedings as you might have seen in that last lowcost race we had quite a few late retirements so we’re just having to gather up those cars uh and also clean up a bit of a fluid spill on the front straight which I can see the Marshalls uh getting to weigh on with the brooms and the sand and cleaning everything up so hopefully it won’t be uh too long uh before we get uh underway uh but Paul Thorp alongside me in the commentary box uh yesterday this was the highlight of the day the classic stock catch race and we’ve got more drama to come today I think yes thank you very much for those kind comments yes we did put on a show especially for the front four there we had two distinct battles uh for the first four places uh which Stuart Place and pip Hammond were literally going door too door for most of the race and then of course there was the battle between Jason wood and Ben baitman uh and Ben baitman just did a cheeky move on the last hairpin and managed to get by his boss and as yet he still hasn’t received his 40 p45 but that may be occurring on Monday we are actually missing two cars today um if you saw the race yesterday you saw that Annie Phil Bots was unlucky he got punted into the uh into the barriers just before CL clero and he won’t be racing and also car number 58 um Pete osabe uh he’s been having some a misfire and his car is all loaded up and so we won’t be seeing him uh hopefully Steve Andrews in the xr2 I has cured his oil leak and you and in will hopefully um go around he had a bonnet pin come loose on the first lap out and hopefully we’ll see more of that young man yeah yes and of course Andy Anderson being disqualified in the Suzuki Swift yesterday which is a bit of a shame uh to see but we can run through the grid now for the second race of the weekend it is the reigning Champion Stuart plac in the number 87 C that starts on Pole Position alongside pip Hammond in his familiar Vox all NOA PDC racing machine alongside Ben baitman and Finn groom on the second row of the Grid on the third row of the grid is PDC racing boss Jason wood head of Martin Kaiser then comes the number 92 of Rick groom and dubman number 48 fifth row of the grid is Andy Philpot and Martin Rogers alongside briyan Clark and Stuart Cleveley on the sixth row of the grid uh row number seven is Terry ralton alongside Darren bassing Andy Anderson in that Suzuki Swift in 15th position alongside Lucas dren then comes Yan lince who made his racing debut yesterday alongside the number 58 Peter osabe and then the back row of the grid number 65 Steve Andrews and James Hazel her in the number 12 machine so 20 cars by the looks fit heading out they’re on their way to the grid as we speak said we’re we’re down to 18 unfortunately the two the two dropouts but the one to look out for there is Young Finn groom um he’s a young man in his early 20s he he really got on the pace towards the end of the last season but he’s had a bad luck this weekend he’s had will bearing issues and as you can see he’s qualified fourth place splitting the PDC Machines of Ben bitman and Jason wood so he’ll be definitely one to watch because he’s desperate to prove a point um that he is back on the pace yes the uh grid set by the second fastest times in qualifying and of course in this race we’ve got the ballast to consider as well because the top three have to run success Ballas so Stuart Place after winning yesterday will be running 25 kilog uh kilog of uh ballast second place pip Hammond Running 15 and then Ben baitman that wonderful last Corner move on his PDC racing boss uh in a way he has been penalized for it because he has got to take 10 kilos of success uh ballast to go with it well it’s not too bad 10 kilos uh actually up to 25 you can sort of nurse it is when you gets above 25 when you get above 25 kilos it does start to make a lot of difference towards the end of the race especially on these toyot tires they start going off earlier than the Yoko used to uh so that be something to watch towards the end of the race but say up to 25 it shouldn’t be too bad so I’m still expecting it to be incredibly tight and exciting especially for the front I say the front eight cards are going to have some great battles Steve Andrews has come into pit Lane now he was due to start on the back row of the grid but some sort of issue there on that golf Livery number 65 car by the looks fit is the rest of the field getting into place huge disappointment I think he had an oil leak um the the CVH engine of the Fords is known for its sump gasket not being the best in the world uh and it looks like that’s uh he hasn’t quite fixed it as he intended cars getting into position that last C James Hazelhurst just pulling into his to watch he had a bad qualifying and uh he’s definitely on the pace but because of his bad qualifying he’s right at the back so he’ll be one to watch towards the back of the grid certainly will be and of course the battle at the front to watch as well between Stuart Place and pip Hamond they were trading a lot of paint yesterday we’re expecting to see a similar fight uh between the reigning champion and a multiple former champion of the series as well as we are awaiting the green flag at the back yeah so we just count the door mirrors pip actually lost the door mirror in that race I’m quite sure yeah we have now have the green flag at the back of the pack green flag is waved we watch for the lights for the second race of the weekend for the Finish Line UK limited classic stock hatch Championship to get underway be Stuart Place in that red and white machine the white hood on his car on the left hand side against the white the Red Machine of pip Hammond uh door open open in the middle of the field looks like the fourth row of the grid Neil dudman has got his door open I don’t know if he’s waving his hand to suggest he’s got some sort of a problem though on the grid where some of the oh no he’s closed the door now um closed the door they are holding a long time the 30 second board has only just gone out oh they they’re making us wait for it aren’t they but we’re eagerly anticipating the start 5sec board now goes up and we are ready to go racing for the second race of the weekend for the FC stock catch Championship red lights go on now they go out and it is a uh Good Start by pip Hammond on the front row of the grid it looks like he might just have drawn ever so slightly wrong side no pip Hammond uh has to settle into second place look like Andy Anderson in the Suzuki Swift had to take to the grass before going into uh clero but very neat and tidy and it’s very much as you were up at the front of the field with Stuart Place leading pip Hammond and Ben baitman so he’s been chased by two PDC racing machines as they head through the shicane and down towards at Tower Bend for the first time looking uh very close for fifth place as we got the uh the two red cars being chased the number 41 Jason yeah being oh side by side there Neil dudman around Martin kaser trying to get the run up here now this is going to be quite scary around there you go full flat out but looks like they are going to go line of stern as they go through which is a good idea yeah very much could oh no side by side look at that oh Martin had to lift up there to get through well I was going to say normally an idea to go single file through the gy clarkes but Martin kais are definitely giving it a go around the outside not quite managing to make it stick little bit F back James ha nice little move there on Darren basson TW there I told You’ be the man to watch he was at the back of the grid and he’s always made up he’s already made up five places I was just going to say yeah he was going to make forward progress and he already has now this is the section of the track where pip Hammond was significantly faster than Stuart Place in yesterday’s race and he has caught right back up with them then baitman uh running a little bit wide there you see them cocking the back wheel as they round the hair pin but Hamond taken a very tight line around the hair pin and is lost a little bit of ground to Stewart place as a result as they complete the first lap place’s Advantage is 810 of a second whereas Hamm’s advant over the third place Ben bitman is only half a second yeah Ben bitman and he’s taking fin groom with him fin Grom a stick on the a stick on the tail of there but I see pip likes to undo the steering quite early on in a corner uh these novas they’re known for spinning the inside wheel very easily and uh that’s Pip’s way of dealing with that it is very difficult on these tight Corners not to let the inside whe spin it’s just all it wants to do but that’s how pip does he just unwinds the steering bit and as they go towards town now we see as yesterday short Place gets a good four five car lengths on him but then as we get to the far end of the circuit pit will catch that up Stuart plays last time we did come to Croft did win both races so he definitely has form here and well form was the word of his year last year wasn’t it with nine wins overall on his way to his Maiden Championship whereas pip Hamond didn’t uh contest uh full season last year he tends to crop up for a few races bit like Ben shorta in the MX FS uh but pip saying he’s uh tempted to do the full season now this a sneaky little look there on sunny in those 205s are literally Bumper to Bumper with the Martin C are right on the back of them uh and uh Martin had a pretty bad qualifying but he was very pleased to finish where he did in the end as we look towards the complex we see the leaders coming and there we are pip Hammond right on the back of Stuart place again and they’ got a few car lengths now on Ben bitman yeah once again pip Hammond has got his car set up for the slower complex hasn’t he just draws in the uh the R leader doesn’t he we had a little look up the inside there Martin Kaiser in the number 88 being pressured by Stuart Cleveley for eighth position we’ve got the slippery surface flag still out at the final Corner that’ll be because of the Dust I think down the front straight uh but despite hammmer closing in uh in the complex section still lacking by 8/10 of a second by the time they get to the timing line over Stuart Place yeah Stuart’s got that little bit of extra power as we noticed yesterday come they’d come out literally bumped bumper and St it would just stretch a little lead going down a start finish straight and pip said yeah unless I’m actually in front of him I still don’t know if I can get to get to the line as quick as he does back towards Tower Bend top three really spreading out and pulling clear of th groom in that gray number 91 machine he has got Jason wood for very close company in that battle for fourth position and then a bit of a gap back to Martin Rogers in sixth Neil dudman Martin Kaiser and Stuart Cleveland forming a little group there before we get back to Rick groom in 10th position yeah say um U fin groom just seems to be losing the back of that train but those front two like they did yesterday they’re inching away from the third place man yesterday we had Jason wood in that position and uh seeing fin groom in front of him doing doing very well indeed yes Jason wood was very much the defender yesterday and now in fifth position is great stuff meanwhile Stuart PL has stretched his lead to about second and is flirting with the lap record here which was set by Pete Morgan 2 years ago uh it’s a 41.7 one and uh Stuart play just done a 4180 oh wow that’s incredible I mean we are running completely different tires what we were two years ago we were on Yoko 48s but now we’re on these toyos and uh I’m very surprised to see him that close to the lap record I didn’t think the lap record could be broken on these tires but Stewart is showing you can get pretty close and 25 kilos away on board we do have good conditions out here at Croft at the moment don’t we but this battle for fourth place it’s now got 1 2 3 four five six cars in Pursuit for fourth position and Jason wood is the uh first Challenger in his red and black PDC racing car they head through sunny in and sunny out he’s got to be careful because we’ve already seen uh that Neil dudman now can be AGG Neil just had to lift there I think was going to go in the back of Jason there but uh but yes Neil D is definitely a man on the Move um and yes Jason’s going to be all over he’s going to be worried that uh that Finn might be able to get away look at that right at the back of him he’s getting so close in the fourth place again same move NE dunman absolutely loves that hairpin doesn’t he it’s the second lap in a row that he’s made a lunge up the inside and that is Neil dubbin now up into uh fifth position ahead of Jason wood but Jason wood is coming back on the outside line and he has drawn clear by the time they get down to CL so Jason wood takes back the fifth position and uh yeah Martin Rogers got to do it all over again that was credible just showing that hairpin is such a difficult corner you can get round on the inside but then you you compromise your exit from it and Jason was just showing you know if you stick stick to your guns you get that better EXT extra few miles an hour as you exit and then compow down on the straight As we can see that b b’s definitely shaking off Finn groom but looking at this battle this is for fifth place and nearly is all over the back of Jason again well Finn groom in ter is also shaking off the rest of this field as well while they’re squabbling amongst themselves that little uh tit fortat at the hair pin and down the straight has allowed fin groom to pull away just by about a about a second 1.4 seconds clear he was by the time they got down to the timing line it seems a lot less than that now though so even just with a few clear Corners Jason wood is able to bridge that Gap uh once again as so still got Martin Rogers still got Martin Kaiser and Stuart Cleveley riding there as well Rick groom has joined the fight as well and then there’s about 7 Seconds back to the car in 11th position Martin Kaiser in his Martini colored car getting quite close to the back of Martin Rogers but no way through going into the uh complex now look at up the looking at the front as they just cross in front of us Stuart bles has now got about five or six carlings over P there oh look at this another sneaky little look but decided to sit back and yes place is now the fastest laer 41 766 now that is very close to the lap record is it not uh yeah it’s uh half a tenth of a second away so uh 41.7146894 position so even though they’re carrying the extra ballast is not doing too much uh uh in terms of their lap times and these guys squabbling seems to be making more of the difference than anything else they head back towards at Tower Bend in the slipstream down the straight Jason wood looking very close Neil Neil dman R the outside a lock up from Jason wood and Neil dman dates two in one what a move that was incredibly had so much faith in the breaks on that what a move move that was brilliant but it looks like fin groom is coming back around the outside there side by side in the gym clock SES but the number 48 of nil dman does just come out ahead despite having to take the outside line through that right hander he has cleared fin groom and with one Fell Swoop brings himself up from sixth position into fourth what a move that was that was incredible at Tower another Corner oh look at that I think that’s Martin Rogers going a little bit wi and Martin kaser has got a sneaky view up the inside we can’t quite see where at we’re looking at the 2xr 2 battle it looks like Stuart cev’s got his exhaust has come off at the back and he might get a might get a flag for that if that keeps if it starts worrying the scrutineers Martin Kaiser Go Outside Inside move there on Martin Rogers in the middle of the complex got it Stuart clev is trying to follow him Stuart Cleveley has now gone up the inside of Martin Rogers what a brilliant move he’s a new new racer to this series and he’s certainly quickly proving that he’s very quick and now he’s trying to have a go at Martin Ker oh fantastic stuff happened away down the field uh just an update on that lap record it has fallen but not at the hands of Stuart Place at the hands of pip Hammond in his PDC racing Vox all NOA 141 691 so 200s of a second quicker than uh Pete Morgan’s 2022 uh lap record that has now been broken by pip Hammond uh but yeah Paul th cannot believe it uh because of the uh yeah the change in the tires and also the ballast as well which should in theory slow the cars down but you see we’ still got the same top three from yesterday battle happening further down Jason wood looking up the inside of fin groom he was into uh Tower Bend but didn’t manage to make that move uh stick for fifth position and you see we had six or seven cars in a train they’ve sort of split off into two separate groups now but here’s that battle for fifth place thing groom in the gray and blue c leading the red and black of Jason wood wow what a move we’ see some fantastic racing it’s a big quite the front I’m so impressed with Pip Hammond there beating the LA record I never would have believed that would be possible on these tires and now I’m looking towards as we getting towards the end of the race uh pip is very close and uh Finn is that uh Martin Rogers now I’m wondering if Martin’s got a problem there but looking as the leaders come across the start Finish Line and they’re suddenly much closer together it’s fantastic isn’t it um I think that fastest lap of pip there he must have had the perfect lap um to get on the back and I don’t know pip is flashing his light saying now I’m coming I’m coming but we’re running out of laps we’ve got just under 3 minutes left to go and um the tires will be off their maximum now this we won’t see any quicker times yeah Hammond took half a second out of our race lead Last Time Around The Gap still 9/10 of a second but this is worth monitoring uh because that is quite a substantial amount of time to take out of our race leader considering that Stuart place has been the Forman he has looked uh pretty un touchable reigning champion of course with nine victories to his name a big swapper though for pip Hammer Hammond going into Tower Bend gathers it up uh very nicely the Gap looks like it’s extending again but this is the part of the circuit where Stewart Place all weekend has had the advantage over pit pamm and then as we go into the second half of the lap Hammond is able to close it back down again it’s so interesting that these drivers Stuart likes the steady entrance into and it looks like fin Grom and Jason Woods side by side as they went round Tower and it looks like they still side by side as they come to the jimm Clark ‘s and who’s going to no they’re still side by side what a move this is oh this is brilliant Racing for these and Stuart CLE go let me through let me through but he can’t find a way but fing room is still on the inside no Jason wood has just got the legs on in the sunny in well Jason was been looking at the back of that car since the start of the race Martin Rogers going very wide into sunny in in what while we were watching the leaders Martin Kaiser has come out ahead of everyone here and into what I can only imagine is fifth position head of Jason wood and Finn Grom while they were battling in his Martini colored how do that when that it’s astonishing and he’s pulled away from them as well and and F groom is not done with Jason wood just yet he must have sneak by they because of these two cars were fighting they slowed must have slowed them somewhere quite substantially and he’s got up the inside Into The Hairpin has Finn groom so trying to take that sixth position it is now back but Jason wood with the momentum from that outside line does pull ahead and actually Finn groom’s got to be careful cuz Stuart clely in the number 44 car is looking to the outside of clero oh yes looking at this Stuart is definitely showing you can see we’ll see his no his cross on there um and he’s still so new to this Championship but he’s really shown he can pedal a car now one of the top two just kicked up a lot of dust out of tower Bend I could just see out the commentary box window uh here they are I imagine will’ll be on the last lap now cross the line at 1342 into the race distance we only got 20 seconds left on the clock so I think this will be the last lap and Y fin groom is still having to defend from the 44 of Stuart clely and he kicks up a little bit of dusted Tower Bend for good measure as well but this is for the lead of the race it has closed up dramatically pip Hammond right on the back of Stewart place here he goes to the outside of the complex this is the part of the circuit where H’s been Sensational and he’s going around the outside have the line into the right hand and they bang Wheels it’s a repeat of yesterday but pep Hammond has taken the lead at the final corner he going to push him out of the final Corner they’re side by side they bang Wheels once again it’s going to be NE connect to the finish line but it is just going to be pep Hammond a sensational last lap victory in the Finish Line UK classic stock hatch Championship what a final lap wow that is unbelievable I was talking to pip yesterday he say I if even if I’m in front I don’t know if I can beat him to the line what a fantastic move that’s why that man’s an ex Champion he’s fantastic I mean he was some of most of the race he was over a second and a half behind but he must have set his car up perfect for the end of the race because he got that fastest lap the record fastest lap round here and then to do that on Stuart place and we know how good Stuart Place is what a fantastic show what a fantastic display what a race absolutely brilliant 310 separated at the line Ben bamman picks up a second Podium uh of the weekend in third position Neil dudman across the line in fourth Martin Kaiser in fifth coming out on top in that battle Jason wood did hold off fin groom who in turn held off steart clely my goodness and pit pamman waving outside the car what a sensational battle here are the results pit pamm defies Stuart Place on the final lap of the race Ben bitman a second Podium of the weekend for him Neil dudman H in fourth ahead of Martin Kaiser and Jason wood Finn groom holding off Stuart clev on the last La there with Rick groom and Martin Rogers completing the top 10 Andy Anderson in the Suzuki Swift hopefully he doesn’t get disqualified from this one he’s added the extra six kilos I hope and we’ll get to keep that 11th Place uh just ahead of Ryan Clark and Darren B uh bassing thight uh with Lucas dren in 14th position and yeah Yan Lind continuing his uh rookie weekend James Hazel her seemed to have problems there uh unfortunately as he was lap down in the end of ter must have had problems completing uh the order cuz he went up quite a few places in the first lap so yeah there must have been a problem but what a display again I mean I was looking at I mean the race oh there he is uh that there we see James Hazelhurst he’s obviously got a problem he’s pulled off there just before the Jim Clark SES oh what a sh shame his weekend’s just uh not been very good at all but what a display it was quite quiet in comparison to yesterday but towards the end there they certainly made up for that very quick Paul well we just wait for the cars to uh get into pit Lane and down towards Tom uh who would be taking home the uh 50 uh driver of the day voucher from Finish Line UK in your opinion no now that’s that’s be tricky I’m not choosing it this weekend but um uh certainly the uh with the driver of day Ward we tend not to give it to the first three places because they’ve already I’m looking further through back towards the end again to see if one of them will be uh will be up for that trophy but um um as I say that we have an independent Observer choose the driver of the day and be interested to see who they choose it’s very difficult there were some so many good battles throughout the field well uh we are ready to uh go down and hear from our race winners after a very dramatic race let’s head down to Tom in a few seconds who is with our race winners we’re down we’re we’re down here in the pit Lane now just waiting for uh pip Hammond to get out of the car we’ll have a quick chat with him that was excitement right up until the very end pip KY left that late a little bit didn’t you and then just went full send around the outside into complex yeah I mean we traded a bit more paint than I’d have liked um I mean I think I had position it was always going to get close um so I’ll have to look back at the footage and see if I ever stepped or not but I feel like it was okay um I mean in general the racing with Stuart’s been fantastic all weekend and I hope it doesn’t feel like it’s anything more than both of us trying to win the race we had we did the same yesterday with the opposite results so hopefully he doesn’t feel too AG grieved about it I’ll go shake his hand in a minute well we’ll go we’ll go and find out in a minute won’t we but yeah uh amazing work and uh and also new lap record as well during that race oh is that right yeah for yourself I mean I I didn’t expect that we’ve um we’ve all switched to these toyos as a control Tire recently and the prevailing with them they were a little bit slower but I guess we pushed each other on pretty well there for uh for about 15 minutes so um yeah I’m I’m really pleased to hear that and um they a very good weekend for me and the team it it was brilliant result I I’ve got to ask the lights were on and off as well during that race is do you think the fastest lap and the new lap record is down to turning the lights on no to be honest Stuart was mostly seemed to be at least the second ahead of me for most of the race and um I was just trying to do anything to make him look in his mirrors really I mean I was flashing him so much it’s just trying him trying him on different parts checking that they were still working try getting his head and um I don’t know if it worked or what because I you know I I crossed the car up a few times just trying to catch up as well so maybe um I just did enough to distract maybe okay all right well we’re we’re that’s great um great result as well and and again congratulations on the win and also on the new lap record as well thank you very much brilliant thank you um so we’re going to skip to place at the moment we’ll see if he’s if he’s going to talk to us or not uh but we’ll have a chat with third place Ben baitman who uh took third place yesterday on the uh last corner of the last lap so pretty much what pip did today um for for the overall race win but look fairly steady away out there for you today yeah got a little bit lost um just trying to Pace myself throughout the whole race and that was about it really but they’re coming towards you at the end uh yeah I felt getting a bit closer so I push it a little bit harder but manag to p s off and we stayed in third so great stuff happy with the result very happy yeah it’s been an excellent weekend double Podium I know great stuff well thank you very much indeed so uh it doesn’t look like we’re going to be able to talk to Stuart Place at the moment uh we’ll see if we can bring you some news on uh his position but heading out now I can just see coming off the dummy grid is going to be the sports cup 1000 and we’ll go to them next [Music] cars heading to the grid for the second and final race of the weekend for the lanang tire Sports 1000 Championship including the Atomic racing cup 200s and yesterday it was a win for Rich miles but only after the dramas for Ryan Yaro he clonked the curve but clear on the first lap that damaged a wheel bearing and slowed him and he eventually finished in second uh in third place I should say uh second place in the end Clint Yan it was in third there was also dramas yesterday for Dan Clues who had clutch issues on his Mattel and Colin Chapman was up early this morning to to fettle his car to try and resolve some of the issues that he’d been having uh yesterday uh as well but should be an excellent race as you can see the cars are forming up on the grid now which miles it is that is on pole position in the number 24 carrid set by second last time from qualifying yesterday besides him is number 54 which is Ryan yo on the second over the grid is number 42 Clint human and besides him number two Dan clues in the first of the non-pes the Mattel then it’s Paul Rogers number 43 and Colin Chapman number 63 in the ex Richard Morris car on Row three of the grid row four that’s KL Austin in number 44 and Charlie sladen in 28 in the private here Matel row five is 69 Ian Hutchinson and 46 Charlie Wright and then on row six it’s 72 Johnny Mcgill and seven Mark Alexander Williams row seven is Naim hack in number nine and Dave Watson in 85 then Al Bolton yesterday’s cup 200 winner is next up in number 77 besides steady four Steven Dean then it’s 111 Mike Whitman Haywood and 15 Chris Wilkinson for Alex aloro at number 83 will round out the grid I think because 98 John cutmore won’t be there he uh after injuring or breaking his ribs in test yesterday he did manag to with the orus race yesterday but not going to be out today in his cup 200 car I’m afraid so it’s going to be the 83 car of Alex Loro on his own at the backat Chris I can sympathize with with that because I cracked my ribs uh in my first GX UK carting experience last year and it’s not a pleasant experience nor indeed to be racing anything while you’ve got uh injured ribs uh even if they’re just cracked and by the sounds of B he broken his as well so even even worse so uh yeah shame not to see John cutmore out there but yeah very understandable to not see him on the grid today absolutely right so this is our third race of the afternoon and the uh 11th race of no 12th race of the weekend and we are shortly going to get the green flag at the back of the grid there’s also a Gap a couple of other gaps as well I think um uh maybe not Chris Wilkinson I think is missing anyway red lights go on and out they go and the race gets underway who makes the best of the starts this time everyone gets away at first it’s Rich Mars with the orange front to his car but gets into the sort of golden green car of ryano to his left hand side it’s the 42 car of Clint new slotting into third position in the work Spire colors the silver and orange familiar colors that we often see those cars lied in but everyone else making their way through you’ve got the th000 CCC th000 CC even super bik engines in sports 1,000 cars you got 1340cc husa Suzuki hus engines in the CP 200 cars they R together it actually R for very good looking and very competitive field cars heading through tower for the first time that’s one of the cup 200 Cars locking up it’s day Watson who had an off yesterday and looking to get his first cup 200 win of the Season under his belt today uh yes it was Al Bolton taking a debut win in cup 200 yesterday just watching the start there Clint Newman walloped the curb at clo in a worryingly similar way to what uh uh Ryan Yaro did yesterday a different makes of car of course Ryan in Sp Spire whereas Clint Newman is in the Mattel uh but uh hopefully that has hasn’t caused a similar issue to what Ryan yo had yesterday Dan clu looking very racy on this first lap with his freshly repaired clutch in his Works number two uh Mattel fresh new Bodywork on uh that car at the rear of it which is inspired by their bike Sports uh machine it was looking very close to the hairpin and in the complex but the 42 Spike getting away very nicely off of the hairpin and so actually it was the uh the 43 of Paul Rogers that was looking much closer to Dan clu by the time they got into uh Glo 20 minute race this one uh yesterday we managed to squeeze uh 15 laps out of that so we’ll see if we get the same game today uh TSL time not updating itself just as yet so we’ll keep an eye on what’s going on out of the window certainly it’s Rich miles that is leading from Ryan yo but Dan clu in issues again Chris oh it looks like like he’s got more problems hand up in the air to show he’s got some sort of mechanical issue in that car Dan clu was in fourth position but only on the second lap and a spin there for the the number seven cut of Mark Alexander Williams uh down to Tower Bend but for Dan Clues uh wow disappointing weekend two retirements so early in the season for the ex f1000 Champion not a particularly happy visit to North Yorkshire for him watching Colin Chapman there in the number 63 car chased by Carl Austin in 44 at the they’re both just behind PA watch these are the three and fifth sixth and seventh positions at the moment two leaders as you can see well out in front Rich miles and Ryan gar and a gap back to Clint Newman who’s on his own of course that battle for what I said was actually going to be fourth now with the demise of Clues who is just the moment parked up on the short circuit cut through two leaders though they’re not separated by very much at all only a couple of car links really as they come out of the chicane there’s Clint Newman who clocked that curb at clo on the opening lap he’s a little bit ahead of Paul Rogers then it’s Colin Chapman and he has has got Austin behind him but yo pushing on and he looked to go a little bit deep into the corner there yeah a little bit deep hasn’t actually cost him too much time just looking at the uh window move here which is the 44 Carl Austin making his move on the inside of Colin Chapman for fifth position into Tower Chapman getting a lovely Up and Under and is able to draw alongside on the exit of the corner and side by side in the gym clar s is not quite Colin chaplain deciding that uh discretion was the better part of valor there col Aus had a little bit of a wiggle on the way in but that is fifth position now for Carl Austin it is indeed and we are coming towards the end of lap number three I can tell you the two leaders are still pretty close together and r having a look up the inside for the lead as they come through The Hairpin the two of them are side by side as you can see them coming out of the corner now it’s just about rich Ms with his nose ahead and he’s going to have the inside line for clero as well but has R got sufficient momentum in a straight line to drag himself alongside he’s just on the best lap of the race of one 125 133 but it’s not going to be enough to get him into the lead at clero cord but Rich miles yesterday’s race winner very much feeling the pressure now yeah Ryan Yara now in a healthy cut yesterday he was uh managing that wheel bearing issue throughout the entire race still managing to finish second despite but there was 22 second gap between these two cars at the checker flag yesterday but now yo with a healthy car very much piling on the pressure on Rich Mars again to the outside trying the Up and Under to get the momentum out of the corner uh but he won’t be able to draw it alongside by the time they get to the gym clarkes and Ranier will have to settle back into at second place but both of these uh guys running uh Spire Machinery uh Ryan y car formerly the factory Billy albone car and Ryan has raised that to great success three titles in sports 1000 uh Championship oh just dipping his wheels though on the grass on the outside of sunny out though and that’s cost him just a little bit of momentum on the run into the complex and he’s not quite as close through here as he was last time around but Rich miles himself I think Gathering up a little bit of over steer in the complex and we see nose the tail once again as they exit The Hairpin and take off another lap yep so four laps now completed they were pretty much dead heating over the line last time around this time it’s nearly half a second in favor of Rich Mars ahead of ryano in second position 5 Seconds also ahead of Clint Newman in third place who in turn Paul Rogers has a decent Gap over Carl Austin in fifth and Colin Chapman in sixth position best of the cup 200 Cars is still it was dropped back and Al bolon no it is still Dave Watson ahead of Al Bon but Dave Watson lost a few overall track positions on that last La still 5 seconds or four and a half seconds clear of our Bolton so we perhaps see if we pick up on that in a moment for the moment moment here we’re watching Carl who’s getting away now from Colin Chapman I see the top two they were nosed as Hil coming out of uh Tower Bend uh so they’re still very much uh together we see Carl Austin here a little bit further down in fifth position still pulling clear of Colin Chapman short the leaders will be coming into the complex pretty soon oh that was somebody having off wasn’t it it would look like one of the cup 200 Cars been Watson couldn’t it it could have been Watson for the second time this weekend yeah because he’s immediately behind this group of three Sports 1000 cars H Charlie s and Johnny Mill and see that the lead is going through the hapin once again and yo had a real big dive up the inside Into The Hairpin wasn’t quite able to make it s but Rich miles looks like he’s feeling the pressure cuz he’s hugging the right hand side of the racetrack he is refusing to give y the inside line for clero and again the outside line for yo and can’t make anything stick but maybe he’ll have a run down the the straight after the chane towards Tower Bend once again Rich miles is soaking up the pressure and Rich miles haven’t been somebody who just pops into these races is very very fast maybe wins one of them and uh seems to go away for a little bit but side by side for the lead here as Ryan yo goes to the outside line and he seems to refuse to go around the outside he refer refers to do the Up and Under yeah and he got very crossed up through the corner I don’t think he lost as much time as he might have done there through the gim Clark SES where you can see that there an extra Tire stuck on the two apexes of the corner compared to yesterday that’s just to make sure there’s no uh naughtiness around Tru limits I think there’s also been an extra Ballard placed at Barcroft as well to just discourage drivers from transgressing those track limits at that part of the circuit as well you’ve got the uh leaders they not quite as close now as they head into the complex on this lap six of what’s probably going to be 15 during the course of 14 during the course of this race which is what we completed uh yesterday up the inside into the hairin goes yo he’s got his car overlapping and it’s what we had about three or four laps ago the two of them absolutely side by side over the line it’s just about Miles Ahead not by Miles by inches as they go over the line and again it’s 0.045 seconds which I think is exactly what it was about three laps ago but this time it’s miles that prevails over yo as they go into clero quarter miles is really driving very hard very fair very defensively Ryan just desperate to try and find a way through and get a win after the disappointment of yesterday’s race when he had that problem with the wheel bearing and he dropped well back down the a going to have another go to the outside line into Tower corner and going to track and get a switch back on the exit of the corner if miles goes wide which he doesn’t and Miles the compact cut racer continues to lead as work lap seven what that is is uh it’s telling for like the last lap of the race for example because if yo slings one up the inside on the last lap at The Hairpin he knows he can’t out drag or you know out traction uh miles on the way to the timing line so uh that probably suggest you want to be on the outside actually for uh that uh that last corner on on the last lap Yara dropping a little bit of ground there side by side a bit further back for eighth position that looked like Ian Hutchinson getting up ahead of Charlie sladen yeah so for p8 that’s hin in the red spy it’s the blue Matel the exy Andrew car I think that is of Charlie slad who switched over from the saber that he raised last season and he seems to move have moved forward a little bit uh because of that is lost though the engine cover like whether we started without it or not I don’t know but you know engine on the rear of that Motel uh just at the moment we’re about halfway through this race just under 10 minutes to go it’s still Rich miles leading from Ryan y has the fastest lap of the race at 125 133 not as quick as Rich miles went yesterday when he was into the 1243 a bit further back there cup 200 cars there still being led by David Watson this is the uh 24 machine a little bit further back yeah Dave Watson uh that’s Al Bolton there in the 77 who’s U just ahead of uh name Haw in the number nine machine there is our cup 200 race leader uh making up for the mistake well actually we don’t know if it was a mistake that put him off at Tower Bend yesterday it could have been contact but didn’t really find out in the end what actually happened down there but um certainly the disappointment of yesterday he’s uh trying to make up for Al Bolton On his debut weekend in cup 200 as well and yeah this is Dave Watson uh getting onto the back of uh Charlie sliden by the looks of it who seems to have uh dropped bit of speed but uh back with the race leaders who are very close once again it’s a half a second at the timing line with eight and a bit minutes left to run and now they are encountering the traffic of the the cup 200 machines and the 83 of Alexander La getting well out of the way but that is an opportunity for Ryan to get up the inside into the chicane is is that a potential problem there for Rich miles or is he just a bit wrong footed after going a little bit wide at Hawthorne well yeah he all over the curb wasn’t he the exit of the chicane and he’s lost a lot of ground now to the R so was that a problem or was that just a as you say bit of um being a slightly discombobulate ated situation he’s got a couple of seconds now I would say to try and make up on the base leader Ryan Yaro we’re watching Clint Newman there third place man in his second season first full season of racing had a stilling debut Alon Park in the middle of last year there’s yo then there’s uh Dave Watson 85 he continues to lead the cup 200 class he got a couple of cars between himself and Al Bolton now and in fact only one n impack is Charlie SL who you mentioned a moment ago may have gone missing we’ve got Colin Chapman though back with Carl Austin who dropped back from Carl Austin and he’s back with now the man from Devon as we are into the last seven minutes of the race yeah it’s it’s gone by quite quickly isn’t it so uh yeah leaders has gone across the timing line confirming that Ryan Yar is our new race leader but this battle for fifth position seems to have reignited Colin Chapman finding a a second wind so to speak and uh nothing on the lap times to suggest that Carl Austin has dropped back maybe when they get across the timing line that might be a bit more telling of the previous lap but they are not separated by much at all in fact they’re only separated by half a second uh and uh yeah even uh last time around they weren’t separated by much at all at Colin Chapman following in the Wheel tracks of Carl Austin uh there Colin Chapman finishing fourth in the championship last year has over 25 years of circuit racing to his experience and not just car racing he’s done Motocross he’s done sidecar uh cross he’s raced in Classics as well and he’s in the uh former Richard Morris Spire isn’t he the one that finished second in the uh Championship back in 2019 and he’s making his way through the Jim clares now in very close proximity with Carlon who’s a relative newcomer and he appeared in the last I think three or four seasons with the sports 1000 but immediately on the pace really as soon as he appeared for the first time there’s Watson again with a quite comfortable lead at the moment over uh Al Bolton of yeah about probably 10 seconds or something like that now new fast is lap for Ryan Yar now he’s got some clear AR 124 604 so he’s found about half a second from the lap he was doing when he was behind Rich miles which is interesting uh as Chapman was just about to go up the inside there of uh Carl Austin he didn’t make that work though oh side by side across the uh start Finish Line with Carl Austin just able to out drag Colin Chapman of course he would have been on the outside line at the hair pin which seems to be more favorable Colin Chapman taking a big dive up the inside and just has his nose chopped across by Carl Austin there that was a big old dive he’s got a narrow line through hathorne but it doesn’t quite draw him alongside the 44 by the time they get into the chicane and again these guys are encountering traffic uh now the cup 200 uh Machinery but uh sticks well to the right hand side on the run down into Tower Bend and Colin Chapman has to wait for another opportunity to try and take that fifth place back again yep only about 5 minutes left to do it though as they head through the jimm Clark s’s once again and they then head off up to Bar coft Chapman very exper experienced yesterday he finished in fifth position despite some niggles that he was having actually today only in sixth place right now because Carl Austin it is who’s moved forward by one place from his result of yesterday lost of D Clues from ahead of them in the field in both of those races cly was clutch issues yesterday whether it’s a recurrence of those or something else that’s beset his Mel today not quite sure out of the haing they come and and yep still call Austin holding on the place Colin Chapman able to do nothing about him as they cross the line for the 11th time in this race so probably three laps to go for them meanwhile Ry is still around about 2 seconds it just came down by a couple of t on the last lap but Chapman certainly not given it up on on this fifth place has he no very Fey experienced racing now yeah W take no for an answer really three minutes left on the uh clock and running back towards Tower Bend once again uh the uh the slipstream is effective uh in these cars but it’s not quite enough to draw him up to the back of Carl Austin uh unfortunately so he’s uh he’s going to have to get inventive really he’s tried the inside line at the hair pit maybe he’s saving uh something for the last lap to try and catch Carl Austin unawares perhaps he seems pretty Qui quick in this part of the circuit doesn’t he gets a bit closer doesn’t he that there’s our ball yesterday’s uh race winner in the atomic racing cup 200s where he beat uh Dave Watson to second place yesterday it’s Mike Whitman Haywood third and that’s also the order today as that’s another spin for the number seven card Mark Alexander Williams in the Matel looks like he’s lost power trying to fire it up again away he goes but former kiit car racer having one or two dramas there as he starts to acquaint himself really with this uh m b engined car as the battle for fifth comes across the line again with two laps to go now for them they are what probably yeah about 34 seconds so getting on for half a lap now behind the race leader Ryan yarro who still has a lead of now just under two seconds over Rich miles as they go into the final couple of laps yeah Rich miles did a personal best last time round it was 246 versus Ryan was 249 uh so uh not anything that’s going to trouble ryano uh just yet this is the 83 machine of Alexander alloro let see the alloro competiion he third amongst CP 200 Runners which unfortunately is last overall at the moment uh of the and of the CP 200 Cars uh oh sorry fourth actually sorry of the cup 200 Cars and last overall but the uh Formula 2 and lmp2 uh race engineer in his second year of car racing he was driver of the day at angle C last year as Mike whitean Hayward is just going through shot there he is just ahead I think on the road of the race leader Ryan Yaro who’s now gone to his last La having just another fastest lap of the race to extend the lead now to 3.2 seconds yeah that was uh quite impressive that was 1.3 seconds faster than Rich miles on that previous lap alone so other miles got a bit wrong footed in traffic and that’s contributed to the uh rapid extension of that Gap uh but yes definitely with uh less than a minute left on the clock there’s really only Ryan himself who can take this race win away from him now isn’t it yeah so he’s got more traffic to deal with though that’s always something there’s a bit of a concern that’s the 34 Car of Steven Dean who’s running in 13th position overall in his Spire but yo able to make fairly short work of him getting him at the that little straight between sunny and the complex so he comes into the complex now for the final time it’s number 54 ryano the man from Barry in Greater Manchester a three time champion in sports 1000 already there’s some body work from somebody’s car but out of The Hairpin for the final time comes ryano number 54 disappointment yesterday but it’s going to be a win in round two of the Nan Kang High Sports 1000 Championship no I think that’s the last lap board that’s only just gone out cuz they were and again it’s a lap late cuz it was 20 minutes was up at the time gone 20 minutes by 410 of a second I think we can 20 minutes is 20 minutes come on so we’ve got the same situation is yesterday where R is going to have to go and do another lap we did get the result wound back to the correct Point uh yesterday in the end supect we’ll have to do the same again today let’s hope there’s no major dramas anyone on this sort of extra lap anyway that we possibly didn’t really need with the tightness of the timetable today but Rich Mars it is that’s turning his way uh through uh Tower Corner in a pursuit of ryano that probably doesn’t really count for anything and they’re going through the uh through the gym clares now CL human was across the line in third Paul Rogers fourth quite big gaps there Colin Chapman was still monstering car Austin in the fight for fifth position but there’s miles turning his way through and yeah he is probably aware of the fact that 20 minutes has already gone by so will be Keen to do nothing too silly but righto we’ll call him home again he going around the outside of Al Balton and that case is in 12th Place overall and up to the line to win round two of the championship the dang Tai Sports 1000 Championship it is belatedly Ryan Yaro Rich Mars take second place then we’re going to have a pause before Clint Newman comes through in third he’s just coming out of The Hairpin now and he’ll be heading down to stock you just about see me the distance on the live stream there he gets the Applause of the Tim he goes over the line another solid Podium result for Clinton human in his first full season of racing Paul Rogers a former champion from a decade or so ago he takes fourth place Carl Austin is is he going to come home in fifth that’s the question because Colin Chapman still having a look up the inside Into The Hairpin for the final time Carl Austin comes out of the corner now I think he is just going to hold on so car Austin it is in the 44 car that takes fifth Colin Chapman just behind him for six that probably the battle of the the race really would the the lead battle had been decided and then victorious victorious arm raise there from from car it feels like a victory cuz he’s had a full workout in that race real good battle he had fantastic I’m sure and that’s the great thing about Club level racing whether it’s for first or for for fifth position so long as you had a good time with your mates and in particular Sports 1000 that’s a big thing uh then uh that’s really all that matters so Jonathan McGill uh lost at Seventh Place in Hutchinson on the last lap and still hasn’t come across the line um so I wonder if there’s a last lap drama that I mean we think it’s going to get wound back anyway yeah he’s he’s coming through now there’s Dave Watson about to come across the uh line as well in fact he has done so yes sne to take the cup 200 class oh Miguel could continuing to fall down the timing order yeah he did come through he did come through no he came through The Hairpin then stopped at The Hairpin for some reason he’s now going to go and take the checkered flag eventually as ryano heads down the pit Lane so I think we’ll find that the result goes back a lap ultimately to the 14th lap well than the 15th lap which is when the checkered flag was eventually shown but we’ll give you details of the results at the end of that race in any case we should be able to bring you those momentarily and so it was a win for number 54 Ryan Yaro by 3 seconds from number 24 R miles third was number 42 Clinton human and then Paul Rogers was fourth at number 43 so in fact all Spire top six is it isn’t it because fifth was number 44 Carl Austin Sixth was 63 K Chapman seventh was number 69 in Hutchinson eighth number N9 pck Dave Watson uh won cup 200 in Ninth Place overall Charlie slaz in the matal he Dro back a little bit in the middle of the race in the number 28 car but nevertheless red out the top 10 and it Johnny McGill uh the last car in the lead lap uh despite his late dramas he finished in 11th place number 72 ahead of Al Bolton who was the second of the cup 200 Class Cars Steven Dean and then Mike Whitman Hayward who was third in cup 200 Mark Alexander Williams had a couple of spins Charlie M was necked up and Alex Loro the last of the finishers in that Dan ties Sports 1000 Championship race with the atomic racing cup 20000 that Championship is going to go to Silverstone next on the 18th and 19th of May when the racing will be held on the national circuit there so we’ve had three races here this afternoon still four more to go but we’re going to head down to the pit Lane now hopefully we’ll hear from the top three with Tom [Music] Butterworth well the camera is not quite on as yet but Ryan talk us through that one it looked pretty uh pretty exciting you were close all the way he was defending he was defending he was defending like his life depended on it and eventually you got through yeah it’s a it’s a really difficult track to pass on if someone knows all the tricks of how to defend and obviously Rich does um so I was just trying to bide my time I I you know I could see him kind of the amount of gravel i’ had thrown up my face he was stepping out of line all over so I thought he’ll either make a mistake or back marus thankfully gave me a bit of an opportunity um but I you know not to take anything R Rich drove fantastically it was really really difficult I’m absolutely worn out my arms went dead after about halfway through the race um so it’s just desperate for it to finish to be honest I was struggling to hold on after a while um but yeah obviously after yesterday I’m really pleased to have won you you were drove through pretty much the whole of the race yesterday was it with a wheel bearing issue and still managed to bring it home second um yeah yesterday I I damaged a joint in like the first corner and the car didn’t feel quite right after that and then eventually it actually failed so the last three laps the wheel was just completely crooked um still brought it home second yeah I mean that’s one of those ones where you think should should I come in or I I thought I must be near the end and that’s useful points towards the end of the the season you you never know what’s going to happen and um so probably you know not the most sensible thing to do but it was good for the championship well absolutely yeah and like you say points make uh make prizes at the end of the year and you’re going to need every single one of them if which is going to push you like this oh yeah I mean we’re so evenly matched it’s it’s difficult you know but it’s good because that’s that’s what you’re here for I don’t want you know easy races um and Clint obviously as well he’s getting faster and faster so it’s shaping up to be exciting great stuff all right we we’ll go very quickly over to uh uh to Rich miles as well cuz we are going to have to throw this over to the next race very quickly but Rich talk us through that one you were defending like your life depended on it it was great to see yeah it was really tough I had Ryan uh right behind me fighting all the way um unfortunately I just got a back marker at the wrong time sent me a bit wide and gave him a chance um got through did you miss a gear it looked like you you yeah quite a few Mis gears I was struggling to get the box to engage so something we have to look at but okay well thank you very much for that and great race today and we’ll we’ll do a quick one with Clint Newman Clint uh talk through that one yeah it’s great uh second season two podiums um second half of the race was was tough losing grip uh these guys are super fast and um yeah happy with where I came lonely race okay well a lonely race but uh we will move on very quickly to the masimo tires five Club racing MX5 cup great stuff here from the sports 1000 championship [Music] third and final race of the weekend for the mimo tires five Club racing MX5 cup so far it’s been a Ben short benefit in the first two races of the weekend today we have the reverse grid though so Ben Shaw will have to go from ninth on the grid for this one can he do it I I think he might be able to we will see about that though we’ve had Jordan Johnson and I tominin and also on the podium uh yesterday as well let’s see what they can do his top nine revers then from yesterday’s race which Miss it’s Martin Vernon who’s going to start on Pole Position he started yesterday’s race from the back of the grid having had lots of track limits infringements in qualifying and uh as a result of all of that he’s actually going to start the third and final race of the weekend on poll so from Zero to Hero in this one so it’s the 99 car Martin Veron on Pole Position besides him will be 72 matth short second row is going to be 32 Jake melr and 25 David Williams third row 47 Steven craigton 44 Matthew ham the fourth row nine Ian Tomlinson and one Jordan Johnson row five is 71 Ben sh and 21 mat pen father Neil the sixth row 22 and 128 22 Adrien Johnson and 128 Samuel gormer row 7 111 and 70 111 James wi Stanley and 70 Michael Pierce Row 8 16 and 46 16 Shay Pierce and 46 ni FAO row 9 68 and 29 Steven Robinson and Mary Barnard then row 10 90 and 129 Andrew Robinson Paul Barnard 91 Steve queny 1 191 fil Barrett row 11 row 12 is 31 Neil B and 63 Stuart dson 17 Richardson 95 Andy Bailey two quick drivers at the back of the grid the 5sec board is shown to the drivers the race about to get underway it’s 15 minutes of racing for the masimo tires five Club MX5 cup lights go out and we are off and running for the final time this weekend in the five Club racing MX5 cup down they go towards the first corner it’s a good start from the outside of the front row by a BS Motorsport car but not Ben short this time it’s his father Matt although he is now dropping back down the order a little bit I think also as well one or two of the drivers going backwards a little bit but I think it was Martin Vernon that was holding on to the race lead as they went through clero corner for the first time and the two of them making a break the other one was that possibly Steven ks in the number 47 car that was trying to go with him as well that’s Jordan Johnson in the gray car the number one the raing champion from last year a little bit further down the order his dad Adrien Johnson has gone wide and missed the chicane there they’re all heading safely down towards Tower Corner though the two leaders side by side Ben sha can see is making some ground already looks like it’s Steven CRA now that’s got the lead away from Martin Vernon as they head through Tower Bend for the first time ring it’s probably going to be a nine laap race that we’re going to squeeze out of these 15 minutes barring safety cars now crucially benaw already getting ahead of one of his nearest Rivals Jordan Johnson and I think they were probably planning to a little pins maneu Jordan and Ian to try and keep Ben short of bay but not quite able to do so so we have uh front two were pulling a bit of a gap weren’t they to the rest of the field we’ve got battles happening a little bit further down as they’re heading through the complex for the first time and uh it’s all getting a little bit uh squirly through there but it is the uh 47 still leaving uh Steven cags and then uh 32 up on the inside there that’s Jake melite trying to get fourth places their way away you can see Ben shorta right there in the white number 71 machine looking to find a way through and they are uh side by side in front of him Jordan Johnson just behind them but Mel on the outside line loses out cuz Ben Shaw is going to come up the inside of him and uh Ian tomon yeah and so Ben Shaw into to fourth place now into clairo Corner that time you’ve got Jordan Johnson the one car he’s just trying to get through as well he’s still behind Thomas oh and all over the chicane there was Jake Mite in the number 32 car so he straight lined the chicane but it’s still Steven Franks that leads the ronian electrical store owner he’s having a highly charged race here we’ve got Vernon in second but now Ben short up to third because he’s cleared Matt ham now the former kakum former 1600 racer is down to Fourth position and and Ben short has just got two more drivers in his sights now do you reckon he could even get the lead by the end of the lap Chris well he’s trying to take second place already because he was looking very fast to the Jim clares on the inside here at Barcroft on Martin Vernon our reverse grid pole sitter and the 44 Matt halam pounces as well at the inside of sunny in Ian Tomlinson thought about doing the same as well in the red number n machine but he settles for uh pushing Vernon out of the exit of the Corner Jordan Johnson the gray number one machine right in the wings as well you could be right about Ben shorta taking the lead at the end of this L cuz he’s right on the back of Craigs oh contact though Ian Tomlinson locking up getting into the side of Matt Hallam in the middle of the complex he’s been turned around and got to wait for a gap in the traffic to pull through yeah so he’s going to have lost nearly all the places in the field there and benw has taken the lead by the end of the lab absolutely right while we were looking at the spin Ben short can only imagine he was getting up the inside of The Hairpin yeah it was already three quars of a second ahead of Steven Craigs by the end of lap two of the race so it’s been short leading Steven Craigs second Jordan Johnson third Jake mckel R is fourth although did of course straight by the chicane a lap ago Matthew short is fifth Martin Vernon is sixth back pen Al Neil seventh the Tomlinson eight so he’s not really made the progress that Jordan Johnson has uh there after his contact with Matt Hallam ninth Mark Pa and 10 Sam gmer the 21 there of Matthew pen the Neil cutting the Kane not first one we’ve seen probably won’t be the last Ian Tomlinson here looking to make up some ground after that bit of contact looking up the inside of Penny father Neil into Tower B but not able to actually make a move there that would have been for seventh position so he has to follow him through the Jim Clark SES once again and yeah as you said in um Ian Tomlinson not quite making the same forward progress and getting into a few scraps as well uh like Jordan Johnson and Ben Shaw who have the three of them have shared the podium for the first two races so far this weekend that is the 25 getting up the Insight David Williams there on is that James wi Stanley isn’t it yes a triple one car so uh that would have been for uh 11th or 12th and now you got the two gray cars together here for second and third because Jordan Johnson is closed in on Steven Craig he was 1.8 seconds behind at the start of the lap about with eight car lengths between them now as they come out of the hap and Jordan Johnson gets a better drive out of the corner and I think by the time they get to clero although he’s going to be on the outside line I think he’ll be through into second position but he’s already 3.3 seconds behind Ben short he he lost another sort of 2.6 seconds on that last lap I think something like that so uh phenomenal effort there from benaw to sort of build that lead quite quickly now as we’re at the end of lap three yeah great start so Jordan Johnson back up into second uh position Steven Craig still holding on to third for now it’s got Jake melite not too far behind there as well we saying that Johnson and CRA are separated by only 22,000 at the timing line now this looks like Ian Tomlinson looking to get back up the field he’s got a move here on the inside of Martin Vernon our reverse grid pole sitter and so Tom Lon starting to gather a little bit of momentum now and his into sixth position next car up the road is Matthew short BS Motorsport prepared car and so it’ll be a few car lengths he has to catch up first though but Tom lson recovering some ground y certainly is back to seventh place now and it’s usually the case that the order does down after a few laps of these partly reverse brid uh races after the initial skirmishes where it gets a little bit little bit heated at times few incidents we’ve saw that contact between tomin and halaman there it’s uh Matthew short that’s locking up there that allows Tomlinson an easy Passage through uh up another place not quite so easy short does fight back doesn’t he I think tomson will get this sealed at the hair pin probably yeah he does now think and now short oh he spins and Vernon has to take evasive action almost ended up going down the pit Lane didn’t he Martin Veron as uh Matthew short was broadside across the track that’s cost him a few places he’s gone down to eighth position now as short as Ben short continues to lead he’s done another best up r at 140. 529 that was wonderful evasive driving from Martin Vernon uh there would have been so easy for him to collect Matthew Shaw as he was sideways across the racetrack and the exit of The Hairpin uh but yeah both cars survive to Live Another Day Shorts cost him a little bit of momentum but uh Matthew short rather than crashing out the r survived in about night the place isn’t he that’s right and he’s just ahead there the number 70 car of Michael piss father of sh Pierce also racing here today few family combinations uh in action Mary barard and Paul Bard you can see daughter and father are 19th and 20th respectively although there about five seconds or so between them it’s the first time that they’ve raced together although both have a little bit of racing experience under their belts watching here that battle though that still headed by Vernon in sixth place seventh Pierce eighth Matthew short three cars together the green Pierce car sandwich between those two mainly white machines that are headed down towards the complex with small there Steven Craigs of course he’s still in third place he’s doing pretty well here and Jake melite number 32 still in fourth place the uh 25 there of um Williams had a massive swapper in the middle of the complex had to gather it up about three separate times uh and that has uh cost him a little bit of ground he was in 10th position uh at the start of the lap uh he was uh trying to make forward progress uh he has up been able to move up to ninth though on that lab but uh despite that moment and uh actually looks here like he’s looking up the inside of Matthew short to take eighth position so not being discouraged uh by that big moment that he had in the middle of the complex good fights going on down the field as you can see there oh Matthew short took it back he did on the inside of Hawthorne by the looks of it so David Williams maybe going a little bit wide and he needs to have another crack at it but oh this is Steven cracks trying to keep his Podium Place ahead of Jake Mel but a lock up into Tower Ben does him no favors at all and Mel goes through in Tomlinson in the red number nine machine right on the back of this fight as well well he’s right there isn’t he he’s made ground to these two and I think we’re probably going to end up with the same Podium yet again ultimately with Ben J and Jordan Johnson comfortably first and second I think tomason probably will find his way pass these two in the remaining uh five minutes or so of this race ja m in the 32 car Ian Tomlinson in the uh number nine car you can see the damage to Tomlinson’s car on that right front Wing after the contact with uh with matalam on the second lap of the race it’s around this part of the circuit tomin getting car up on the inside here of Steven Craigs who’s shown some good Pace during the course of uh this weekend and in particularly in the first part of this race he finished yesterday in fifth position uh is in fourth place fifth place again no isn’t he because Tomlinson has got through there so as they complete lap six three laps to go for these competitors Ben shorted is that leads by 3.4 seconds in car 71 from number one Jordan Johnson Jake Rick right in third but for how much longer well Tomlinson pulled the same move that gave him damage earlier on so Steven Craigs was uh very aware of it and left him an awful lot of room on that occasion uh we are back here with the uh the jamman Stanley show in the red triple one machine uh clearly isn’t happy with the number of social media Clips we gave him yesterday I can’t figure out how he’s getting so much coverage so 13th position there for uh for James but uh obviously uh had a very good showing here in Wild Card MX5 cup appearance yeah busy in 750 Mo club race ad been in between races as well though say squeezing some races in uh this weekend in the MX5 three race format gives drivers some good uh good track time for the money as well and he’s trying to make a move here through Jim clar s’s in the thick of a battle surprised Oak Richardson isn’t a bit further up the order he’s only in 11th position in the the number 17 machine yeah I mean he’s made up 15 places to be fair to him but what kind of lap times is he doing he best lap is in the 142s yesterday he was doing 141 so he s second so off the pace but of course he has been around with the cars yeah no that that is fair he did start 25th didn’t he I’d uh forgot about that uh so battle for third place still very much on here in Tomlinson trying to go right around the outside of The Hairpin that didn’t quite work for Matthew short earlier on but uh Tomlinson avoiding the ER of dipping his wheels onto the grass and actually might have the momentum from the exit the hapin and the inside line at clo for good measure although we’ve got a spinner further down at the rear of the field it’s the number 21 machine and Matthew Penny father Neil uh but meanwhile tomson has found his way through on the inside of clero and Steven Craig’s looking to get back up the inside of Mel wri as well and uh yeah Mel W wasn’t quite able to just turn into the chicane as he would have wanted because Craigs was uh right up alongside him we’ve lost one driver during the course of this race that’s Neil Burrows last year’s uh Rockie of the year the drive from Chester unfortunately out of the race after lap four we’ve got a lap and a bit left to go in this race now which Ben short little by actually a reduced margin 1.7 seconds now between them there’s the 16 car on screen now which is uh sha piiss who is in 11th position Andy Bailey the driver who’s come through from from the back of the grid up to 12th so he and O Richardson have both made progress towards if not into in the case of Andy Bailey the top 10 uh during the course of this race but uh Andy will be hoping to make up one more place at least in the mentalo car he’s the boss of that company just behind hand is samel cor as well in the one to8 car Shay Pon a fourth season of car racing before that was a x30 senior Club Champion for two years running and uh holding off Andy Bailey he returned to Maran MX5 racing at the end of last year we’ve got uh Ben Shaw onto his final app of the race now the gap between first and second down to 8/10 of a second we’re watching in Tomlinson Head Over The Line there he’s in third place now ahead of Mel Wright and Craigs but uh it looks like uh Jordan Johnson has been able to get onto the tail of Ben short there they are for this final La of the race yeah Ben short lost the second to Jordan Johnson on that previous lap it was a 1424 against Johnson’s 141 4 so wonder what happened to Ben Shaw on that uh last lab we see bucking and weaving a little bit there but that’s a bit more of just the flamboyant driving style of an MX5 I mean for context his fastest lap is a 40.5 uh so he was nearly 2 seconds off his best there on that uh previous lab and has uh put Jordan Johnson close to not quite in Striking Distance but closer to Striking Distance on this last lab yeah uh certainly there’s a chance isn’t there Tomas just aing away a little bit from uh from fourth and fifth place drivers as the leaders come out of Sunny for the final time I think Ben probably has got this under control as he usually does winner of multiple championships and millions probably of of MX5 races over the years very talented driver and preparer of cars as well through the BS Motorsport concern and he’s pushing his way through the final corner now just giving Jordan Johnson just the the hint of an opportunity he pushes on out to the final corner he can’t resist Cy Ben short he’s up to the line once again he’s going to get the check of flag and he wins round three of the mimo tires five Club MX5 Cup by 610 of a second from Jordan Johnson Ian Tomlinson is going to come across the line in third just ahead of Jake M S cags and uh quite a squabble going on a bit further back and uh couple of cars having to kick up some dust on the exit of the last corner but David Williams taking sixth position on the last lap there ahead of Michael Pierce Martin Vernon our reverse G Paul sitter across the line in eighth Oak Richardson up from 25th to ninth position the checken flag with Matthew short completing the top 10 yeah great race in the MX5 it’s just worth mentioning that the next round is only two weeks away it’s at thron another of the circuits operated by the BARC and actually the uh admission to that race meeting is absolutely free so if you’re watching the live stream now and you want to see some 750 Motor Club racing up close then head along to thron for the next event uh in this particular Championship on the 4th of May where entry is free for spectators so that’s worth coming along to and if for whatever reason you can’t make it to the threr meeting that is going to be the first uh Paddock show that we do on our social media channels um isn’t it so so rather than a full live stream of all the racing there’ll be insight and chat uh from the drivers throughout the course of the uh of the day on the various 750 mot Club social media channels which are easy enough to find on all of the uh the leading platforms so keep an eye out for that there’s another race meeting next week by the way for 750 Med BR hat that is also going to be uh live streamed for your delectation and Josh Barrett and Marcus P will be taking you through that one but uh a very entertaining three races from the maso tires 5 Club MX5 cup there is the 21 car of Matt pen father Neil which ultimately was a retirement from that race after running inside the top 10 in the early stages here are the results of the race then short it was nine laps completed in car 71 to win by 0.646 seconds second was number one Jordan Johnson third number nine Ian tomon Jake mikart number 32 was fourth Steven cags fifth number 47 then David Williams sixth in 25 Michael Pierce seventh number 70 eth with number 19 Martin Veron Vernon Oak Richardson number 17 rounded out they was ninth I should say having come through from the back of the quer to Matthew short after an eventful race completed the top 10 in number 72 ahead of Andy Bailey Shay Pier Samuel cormer and Adrien Johnson in 15th Place was James wi Stanley ahead of Nick oo Mary Barnard uh Steven Robinson Matt ham after his contact uh in the early stages of the race with the aninon Paul barard was 20th with Andrew Robinson Philip Barrett Stuart dson Steve quenby the other finishers 24 of the 26 starters making it home so the cars are heading down the pit Lane at the end of that five club race I say they’re back out in just two weeks time at thron and we look forward to seeing them there but tomber will be ready in a moment down in the pit Lane to have a word with uh our top three drivers it’s the same Podium that we had in the races yesterday Ben short Jordan Johnson and Ian tomason but a slight different way of achieving that result and we can head down to Tom now where he’s going to hear from those three drivers so once again great action with this mixed up grid here in the Massimo ties 5 Club MX5 cup we’re just going to try and grab triple race winner now Ben Shaw Ben how was that one for you it was actually uh got really tricky towards the end um the reverse grid always throws up something a bit bit more interesting so um first couple of laps really really frantic and um I think we’ve picked up like a slow punct or something on the front left um just towards the end that was uh bit of a sick and Duck and I was watching the timer just watching Jordan gain on me um trying to you know and then you end up overdriving it and uh but yeah we’ll have it uh we’ll have a look at it and find out exactly what happened but yeah sorry for Jordan for uh tapping him into uh through the through the long rander but uh yeah it looked a bit squirely going into Tower as well so but three wins uh out of three races this weekend I mean it couldn’t really have gone much better no not at all not all and um uh big thank you to the team uh BS Motorsport we’ve had a really good weekend so um I think we had four drivers in the top 10 for race to so it’s been an absolutely fantastic weekend literally uh perfect yeah great stuff thanks very much ben we’re going to move on very quickly uh to our second place Jordan Johnson Jordan couldn’t quite get there at the end couldn’t quite catch him you closing in closing in closing in just ran out of time yeah did everything I could worked my hardest and then FR my ti catching him so and I think he was in the same about as me as tires looked like they were gone off as well so tried hard all weekend close but no toig go I suppose well three races three second places good points for the championship though yeah it’s a good start to the uh the title defense um hopefully pick up some wins uh first loser isn’t the best is it no but like I say good points for the championship all the way through and you know uh there’s plenty of time for the rest of the year yeah definitely and you have to be very consistent in this series there’s not a lot of uh you know Ben’s going to be up the front all year hopefully I’m going to be up the frontal year so yeah every uh every High scorer can get as uh got we got every Point counts great stuff thank you very much indeed and we’ll move on to uh Ian Tomlinson who’s had uh three races this weekend and three second sorry three third places as well you had to fight hard for that one though yeah yeah it was uh it was hard work that one uh I thought I’d lost it for a while because OB had the incident with uh Matt ham I think it was uh yeah and he I thought I was on the inside I thought that he’d send me and he kind of turned in I turned him around and sort of tried to go around and we hit again so yeah I hope he’s all right and his car’s all right and then obviously I lost a loot of places had to battle through but yeah it was but got there in the end we got there in the end yeah just about great stuff all right thanks very much Ian and uh good points for the championship as well we will wrap up very quickly and move on to the Alpha Romeo coming next [Music] [Music] yeah break it down [Music] [Music] third and final race of the weekend for the yokahama lowcost championship the grid for this one set by the results of race two so it’s 94 Martin West besides 19 Daniel Garrett on the front row 29 Jeff Peak and 17 Angus scof on row two 13 Jack lus and eight Shan bra on the third of the grid row four has 57 Daniel R Russell and 52 Alan Harmon leis Warden 81 and Mark R 27 are on row five Rob c number six and 21 Kev straw are on row six of the grid row seven is 41 Keith Merson 77 Andy Perkins 66 is Luke Stokes on the inside of row eight besides number 37 which is the car of Steve Brown row 9 is 34 Trevor fch and 50 Ian Hardy row 10 28 Dave Barry and seven Isaac Spears row 11 five Lee em and 31 glink Griffith row 12 20 Bill Ward and 82 Paul Clark the rer of race war can see is ready to start at the back of the grid this time so we’ll see what he can do he gives a thumbs up to B Ward sitting alongside him there are a few gaps a bit further ahead not surprised we had a lot of non-finishers in the previous race which was only uh an an hour or so ago almost set for the off then the 5sec board is about to be shown for race number 14 of the weekend the yokahama lowcost championship there is the 5c board just being shown now and very quickly we’ll get the red lights on for 50 minutes of racing we had a win for Paul Clark we’ve had a win for Martin West who is going to win race number three of course it’s West starting at the front it’s Clark starting at the back this time but from the outside of the front row it’s Dan Garrett that makes the best of the starts this time and he gets into the lead of the race on the run down towards clero Corner then it’s uh then it’s Martin West then it’s Jeff peak in third position as they turn their way through clever look Paul Clark’s already up loads of places from the very back of the grid he’s made of about 10 positions already a remarkable start from Little clarky he also races a clear as well on occasion but he’s already halfway up the order it’s a great start from Clark that’s absolutely astonishing isn’t it I mean he’s featured in locost for several seasons now and got a lot of experience under his belt and he’s used it to uh great effect there look at he’s already coming up the inside there of the the 21 uh machine of Kevin straw that started in 12th position so uh that’s a cracking first few Corners there for Paul Clark and a man on a mission uh it must be said victory in the first race yesterday but uh real disappointment one of 10 uh dnfs or did not finishers or non-starters even even uh in the uh in the race earlier today and uh yeah looking to make up for it it is Daniel Garrett meanwhile who is leading Martin West uh they have had some good battles throughout the course of the day not least in the earlier race for the lead and Martin West settling in behind for now Paul Clark now ahead of the uh the blue uh machine I try and count where it was ninth he’s Ninth at the moment he could win this race don’t bet against that Chris do not bet against that it’s a remarkable it’s going to be eighth now is heading past the number 57 car as they make their way towards us now that’s Daniel Russell of course and they are making their way towards clero corter for the second time it’s probably going to be a nelap race oh one car through the gravel by the looks of it and that might have been the car ahead of Paul Clark the number 52 of Allan Haron because there was a bit of a gap between those two cars and now now Paul Clark rid on the back of that number 52 machine heading down towards uh Tower Ben side by side in front of them as well Clark’s already cleared that car side by side between the 13 of Jack lonus and the eight of Shawn brain that’s for fifth position lonus going ahead Paul Clark makes his move on alen Harmon as well and up into seventh position uh so the only concern really uh for Paul Clark was say he was 4 point 2 seconds uh behind at the end of the first lap but he’s trying to narrow that Gap as quickly as he possibly can he’s with Shawn Brave now who’s got Jack lus ahead of him as well so lus has got the head of bra on this lap so this is for fifth sixth Clark is seventh and Alan Harmon now in eighth position but as you say it’s that that 4.2 seconds that he was behind at the start of the lap that could cost him of course he’s getting more and more difficult to pass more experience drivers Shawn bra he’s been racing in low cost for a very long time he tries to go alongside him he’s around the outside of him and D is discombobulated that by that in fact he’s got his hand in the air now so possibly he’s got a problem but Clark makes for another place now so Jack lus is his next Target the number 13 car jack the highest Place returning driver from uh from last season’s uh Championship as Shawn bra now pulls off into the back of the panic with a problem so end of lap two it’s Daniel Garrett leading Martin West in second place West the best last of the race 140. 213 and it’s Peak go L and Clark in sixth no it’s not it’s Clark fifth yeah so the good news for Clark is that he’s still 4.2 seconds back and he’s now in clean air and the only cars in front of him now are the leading pack so Paul Clark can bang in a few quick laps here and get onto the back of that especially if the top four starts squabbling uh which it looks like they are because it’s side it was side by side for the lead it looked like there maybe with Wesley trying to get ahead or he wasn’t quite able to do so and Jeff Peak having to go defensive against Angus gof the former motorcycle uh racer and Paul Clark will be reeling in these cars so we we’ve kind of broken up into two little groups of two uh here but it is still Daniel Garrett leading Martin West Second Jeff Peak third Angus go fourth and Paul Clark now in fifth place ahead of Jack loners I mean what a what a brilliant drive it would be if if if uh Paul Club even just makes it onto the podium yeah no it’s a fantastic effort especially the way he just C through the F on the first lap in particular knife through butter doesn’t do it justice does it anyway lead is heading into the complex for the third time here you’re watching the second pair really Jeff Peak 29 and Goff 17 Jeff Peak experienced Croft uh fan and effici the man from Hy a training consultant been Racing for a decade or so now as Jeff Peak on and off and he is doing battle with the less experiencing cars Angus scoff and trying to chase after the top two but they’ve both got Paul Clark bearing down on them and Clark’s in the best lap of the race no surprise there a 1466 which is faster than Martin West went in the earlier race yeah a new lap record again for the third time this weekend a new lap record from uh two different drivers Paul Clark broke it in yes yesterday’s race Martin West broke it again earlier now Paul Clark’s taking it back and they closed a second on golf but only 3/10 on the leader if you like on that lap but give another lap of the W with goth and Peak and I say actually goth and Peak but it’s actually just goth now because peak’s broken away a little bit he actually closer to the leaders than he is to the fourth place man as they head through tower that time uh there is the 31 car I think that is which is Glen Griffith the orange machine I think he was uh one of the non-finishers in the earlier race but so good to see him back out again this time and he is doing battle with the 41 car which is Keith Maus who shares the car with his wife uh Janette and they’ve got a new color scheme for for this season and it’s good to see both Keith and his wife both racing the season had one or two health issues to to overcome but but good to see them out there and enjoying their lowcost racing as they have done for some time but chasing here after that 31 car which is Glenn Griffiths uh this is around about 15 16th position or something like that yeah and few sces happening a little bit fur down the order as well that looked to be Glen griffi bring his way down here are the leaders taking off another lap Paul Clark onto the back of uh and oh the lead has changed hands it was Martin West who was first across the line but Dan gar is about to take it straight back again uh going into clero Paul Clark again doing the fastest lap of the race another lap record into the 39s now and a long way into it as well it’s pretty 395 soing great Dice and it is now genuinely three for the Le lead as well going to be fourth lead cuz Clark is fourth yes he is so he’s going to work about closing down that Gap jet Peak has joined the leading contenders and we probably will have side by side again into Tower not quite Martin West not uh quite able to draw alongside or maybe not choosing to draw alongside again we talk about these these race are very tactical because the slipstream is so powerful and it’s a it is all about showing your hand at exactly the right time but I will not be surprised that very soon we have four fighting for the lead Martin West showing to the outside his body workor just come a little loose there unless it was a trick of the camera looks a little bit like it it looked like it just sort of popped up didn’t it anyway it is four for the lead now because Paul Clark is with him it was 2.4 seconds behind the leader at the start of the lap he had to get past Angus gof he did that fairly quickly and now he is with Jeff pee Dan Garrett and Martin West the three leaders G is now at the head of the field but from the back of the field Paul Clark with still nearly half of the race to go is in contention for a win absolutely he is what an astonishing first view laps for uh Paul Clark and uh you know depending on what happens at the end of this this could be a contender for alpha live race of the week but we won’t uh speak too soon Dan Garrick confirmed on the timing screen back up at the front of the field leading by 610 of a second it’s actually Jeff Peak who the closest uh to anyone out of all this Paul Clark another fastest he’s knocked off an entire second almost 391 where on Earth is this pace coming from If I Didn’t Know Better I I thought he just put the master running gear in the Fross FL taken so much time out of it and now is CH chasing after the top three he’s going to get alongside Jeff Peak as they go down towards t b he’s going for a Podium position now it’s Garrett leading West second but who’s going to be third coming out of tower corner it’s Clark trying to go around the outside of Jeff Peak he’s Clinging On over the curb on the exit of the corner they’re still side by side as they head towards the gy clares one of them has got to make a decisive move who’s it going to be and it’s Clark who goes third ah Sensational stuff outside inside great stuff and again Martin Wester is definitely something moving on the front of his car every time he pops out of the slipstream the change in air pressure seems to dislodge something at the front of his car it’s the third time I’ve seen it an air break isn’t what you want in low cost it’s not going to do any good at all oh he’s got a bit of front DRS on there maybe but he’s closing out now to Dan Garrett on the way into the complex and Garrett has a big swapper in the middle of the complex but there’s no way through there for Martin West as they all just Bunch up once again 5 minutes to go four for the lead in this race we’ll get how close they are together when they come over the timing line few different lines and it looked like Martin West just lit up those rear tires on the exit of The Hairpin is that going to give Paul Clark potentially a run at second place well no he’s lost out he’s lost out to Jeff Peak Jeff peak’s got back for on the exit of the Hain there and Clark all dropped back a few carlet so as he now hit problems he’s falling back into the clutches of Angus Scot he’s falling he’s got a problem the fairy tale is over there is no Cinderella moment because poor Clark his hand is in the air and that is absolutely gutting good for Paul Clark it’s quite gutting for us cuz we were so enjoying his performance from the back of the grid he’s dropping down the order now that is the biggest Shame of the weekend I would say I haven’t been this upset since the end of Saturday Night Takeaway what a what a shame a lot about your life chis anyway we’ve got the lead is still heading off up to Sunny and they’re still going at it of course we’ve got Garrett and West and West yeah there we go that front body work just lifting up as you say it’s like it’s on a he’s pressing a button on the dashboard to control isn’t it but it’s just the way the Air’s getting underneath I think Garrett holding on then from West and now Jeff peak in third place well we’ve still got yeah yeah there’s Paul Clark uh pulling over to the side there oh what a disappointment but we still got two cars fighting for the lead as we did in the earlier race Dan Garrett has finished second in the two races so far and he joked in his postra interview with Tom earlier that uh he uh he let uh Paul have it in race one and he had Martin he let Martin have it in race two so that he could take it in race three well so far he has led most of this race Paul Clark into the pit Lane oh gets sadder every time we see it happen but uh now now having to go a little defensive uh into clero against Martin West there with Stan Garrett but 3 minutes left on the clock 31 separate the top two Jeff Peak waiting in the wings to see if he can take advantage of this uh I do hope Tom ask what is going on with the front end of Martin West car in the pit Lane afterwards CU I’d love to know more dramas here the 66 is pulled over that’s Luke Stokes um so we’ve lost two from this race now by the looks F still some way to go to match the 10 that didn’t make the check flag in quite quick succession that all seem to happen at the end of the race as Martin West almost pushing Dan Garrett through Tower Bend acknowledging the yellow flag there on the exit of the corner perhaps cuz his hand was up in the air we’ve got yellow flags at the Jim Clark s’s so that’s maybe where Stokes car has been parked up but now we’ve got green flag running once again and he was just drawing a little bit of an overlap through Barcroft but no way through by the time they get to sunny in so 19 Daniel Garrett 94 Martin West 29 Jeff Peak is the order this is theultimate lap of the race and West is going to attack now into the complex he going to be on the outside line for the first leftand element F Talk’s back in behind but Garett goes a bit wide there and I think you know West has sold in the dummy and West has gone through to take the lead with just over a lap to go it’s Garrett down to Second and Jeff peak in third G only a few inches behind the race leader now is they going to come up to the line he’s going to have the toe as they go down to clero they might well have the toe down to Tar as well which as we’ve seen is a a crucial place for overtaking in these races there’s the last lap board being shown to the drivers so onto the final lap they go it’s now now west leading he’s got to defend here from Garrett along the straight into Tower Corner this time G has just Stu took him behind him there Jeff peak of course he’ll pick up a double toe potentially down the back straight by the old pit Lane towards Tower corner and what can he make of that I wonder 810 separating the top three when they went over the timing line to start this final lap of the race we are heading into Tower B now this could be the opportunity as Dan Garett pulls to the outside line he’s cleared Martin West by the time they get down to the A gets it stopped and to the right hander Martin West down into second place Jeff Peak going to try and take advantage of that pul to the outside of the gym Clark s is has he got enough momentum now has to settle back in behind so it is Dan Garrett leading with half a lap to go but Martin West has been brilliant at this part of the racetrack to the outside at barcraft there side by side through the right hander surely he can’t go all the way around the outside of Sunny Daniel Garrett stands his ground there on the inside but Martin West not giving this up just yet we’re coming up to the corner where wesy took the lead aapor has to push him practically uh into the complex session je PE going around the outside but no side by side a swapper there for Garett but it is the status quo being maintained still Garrett leading West leading Peak as they head into the final Corner into the heing they go can anybody change the order here it’s G looking a bit crossed up as he comes out of the corner he’s sideways but West’s right in behind him and he can’t do anything about I don’t think they’re going to be nose to tail over the line and it’s Garrett who’s punching the air and Garrett wins but by less than a length from Martin West it says nor PR 165 on the timing screen I don’t believe it was as much as that really Jeff Peak takes third place Angus goof is across the line in fourth position the check flag has gone out it’s not shown on our TSL time screen it has now uh so fourth place goes to G fifth place to Jack ler sixth to Liam seventh to Allen har eighth to Daniel Russell and then ninth think is going to be le Ward and 10th Kev straw but again what a race it had a great narrative didn’t it but a bit of heartbreak as well for Paul Clark still a wonderful finish though half a second separating the top three at the checkered flag oh I was so worried that Daniel Garrett was going to lose the momentum right at the final time of asking and give Westy the run that he needed to beat him to the checkered flag but uh uh luckily Wesley was kind of in the wrong place really tucked up right behind Garrett and had to back out of it himself so uh great stuff and yeah Daniel Garrett uh joked about letting the other two have the wins earlier on well he’s uh not the bridesma in this one after two second place finishes he is the bride he certainly is so we’ve had uh three different winners from three lowcost races during the course of the weekend Dan Garrett number 19 winning that one nine laps completed finish up. 165 seconds clear of number 94 Martin West Third Place went to number 29 Jeff Peak fourth to number 17 Angus scoff he’s had a strong weekend uh fifth to number 13 Jack lus Lim I think his best result of the weekend with sixth in car number five then Alan Harmon seventh number 52 eighth number 57 Daniel Russell ninth number 81 leis Ward on his debut lowcost weekend and Kevin STW number 21 completing the top 10 ahead of Rob Sisson Mark Rue Dave Barry and Glen griffit Andy Perkins was 15th head of Keith Maus Trevor forch Steve Brown and Bill Ward who then this time our last finisher with Luke Stokes Paul Clark and Shawn bra are dnfs from the 22 that started that lowcost race uh brilliant breathless stuff from the low cost really enjoyed it and I can tell you that their next championship round is going to be at Silverstone and if there’s ever a circuit that’s designed for lowcost racing and slip streaming action it’s the Silverstone National circuit I’m fairly sure there’s been a race there where the top nine were separated by 1 second at the end of it before now uh so so watch out for that uh in a few weeks time at Silverstone cars heading down pit Lane we’ve got two races still to come here this afternoon at Cross circuit one more Sprint race for the alphas and allers and then we’ll have the club Ur race to round out the day but we’re going to head down to the pit Lane now going to hear the stories of that race with tomworth So Daniel Garrett here taking victory in race number three in the low cost Championship he said he gave uh victory in race one to Paul Clark he said he gave a victory to Martin West in race two he said he was going to take victory in race three and that’s exactly what he did we’ll just wait for him to clamber out of the car uh and while we are doing that we’re going to give a massive special mention as well to Paul Clark New lap record in that car 22nd Place to eighth place just in the first lap and was hounding these guys managed to take third place before unfortunately the uh the car go up on him we’ll see if we can get some info as to what exactly happened to Paul Clark but here he is Daniel Garrett did exactly what you said you were going to do exactly it exactly it I won’t lie I think that was a bit of luck that was very difficult well I’ve counted another four or five changes for the lead in that one it wasn’t quite up to the same eight that we had in the last race but it doesn’t matter to you does it cuz you got the Britten yeah exactly it exactly it Wesley was very good with me because I was really struggling with second gear on a hairpin he knew knew that you know no fair fair play but that was one of the hardest races I think I’ve ever had stuff well congratulations Daniel race three did exactly what he said he was going to do uh we’ll move on to uh to Westy Martin West Second Place today well second place in that one yeah that was good fun that was more fun than the one I won I think that was brilliant fun did you manage to see uh See Paul Clark in your mirror I did I thought how’s he come from last to get up to Fourth that was a bit of a surprise but I thought one minute it’s a question we were all asking yeah but then see him come off a chicane and then he just he must have had trouble or something cuz then he was gone again and then it was just down to me down and I think I think J Jeff Jeff just said he was enjoying the watch so that was good fun that was that was really entertaining but Dan made a little mistake on what I didn’t know was the second to last lap so I thought oh I’ll take me chance here then I come around saw the last lap ball and I thought ah I’ve had it so you got to be you can’t really be in the lead on the last lap but you got a good um a good little um Gap ahead of you but it still a brilliant race it was brilliant absolutely great fun great stuff Martin thank you very much indeed and that wraps up the weekend for uh Martin West we’re going to have a quick chat with with Jeff here Jeff Peak so another third place there happy with that one very happy yeah um were you a bit nervous about Mr Clark coming through oh yeah well I couldn’t believe it when I saw him I thought no he started last but yeah he P to him he he drove very well um and he took me fair and square at the end of the straight so uh but apart from that race was really good it was good fun to watch these two from behind uh they’re just a little bit too quick for me at the moment but he yeah not not bad for an old fell well you’ve got uh you’ve got plenty more to come in the season as well plenty of practice to get in and plenty of chances to catch up with these two well I certainly hope so that that’s that’s the plan um and uh yeah onwards and see what happens at the next race great stuff congratulations on another Podium thank you and we will actually this time move on to the alpha Romeos uh and their race uh coming up to now [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] cars on the green flag lap for the final Sprint race of the weekend it’s the high-tech electronic materials Alpha Mayo championship and the closed wheel allomer race although it’s more of a case of the all goners now because a lot of them have already headed home so no number 98 John cutmore on pole position he’s broken his ribs on Friday and just about managed to get through yesterday’s race to win that Jamie th number 40 will start on Pole Position effectively on the outside of the FR row of the grid 156 Scott Austin and 25 Paul Hinson on the second row then it’s 20 Paul plant class winner in the alphas yesterday and 8 reporter on the third row of the grid row four is number nine which number nine I should say Richard Ford and 14 is Andy page on row five it’s 59 Mark skeggs and number one the reigning champion and yesterday’s power trophy sorry twins spot Cup winner James Ford row six is tby broom and 78 is Edward Robinson on the sixth of the grid as Jamie thit is heading down pit Lane on the green flag I can tell you 111 is the car of Robert Higgins and 30 is Stacy Dennis it’s three Neil dudman and 39 uh Steven Anderson on row eight and row N should be 53 Andy highy and 81 Theo milard but I think uh some of those cars are missing and I say jam W in that TCR Alpha has just pulled into the pit Lane at the end of the green flag lap which means that effectively we’ve got no um we’ve got no SC Austin either have we don’t uh do we not no we don’t no you’re right oh my goodness effectively it’s now PA on position in his BMW Jamie th is heading to the end of the pit Lane so he’s going to stop from the pit lanane he’s going to be one to watch from the back in his uh TCR car um so it’s going to be an interesting little race this for the he konic electrionic materials alfha Championship race which is about to get underway cuz the red lights go out and we are off and running so it’s Paul Hinson in the BMW leading the alphao race as they head down towards the first it’s the 4C that makes a blistering start there as they head down towards us now that’s a great start from the 4 it’s Jamie Porter I think isn’t it that’s got that car you’ve got off the road there Edward Robinson in the number 78 car the twin spark cup class entry so cars making their way through the first couple of Corners there’s Richard Ford having switched out of the twins spark cut class for this season but it looks like it is Paul Hinson in the BMW that’s leading then uh from in second place the 88 car of JB Porter as they head down towards CL towards Tower get it right for the first time in this race there’s Andy paage and the Julieta which I think is the oldest car in this race right in the middle of the pack there and getting stuck in with a battle and and did we have Jamie th start for the lane yes I can see he’s already cleared one car and he’s just joining the back of the train now so that TCR Julieta is in the race big twitch there from the triple one uh Toyota MR2 which was the cause of the red flag that brought yesterday’s race to a premature end just getting roughed up there by the 33 Toby broom in his alphaa 156 but the BM BMW compact uh leading overall as one of the Clos will all comers of the alpha Romeos it is the 4C that is leading as they come up towards the end of the first lap and the P plant power Trophy Class Car in third position uh overall uh against the uh number nine of Richard Ford so that is a battle for the lead in the power trophy uh class with for going to the outside and not quite able to find a way through and might just let the uh oh contact the milard just touches the back and touches the back again if Richard’s Ford’s car the will W in the allomer class he’d come through from the back of the field just touch Richard Ford he spun around and just collected him again uh as Ford’s car came to rest and so milard there continues on he’s got damaged to to the side of his car now though uh and that’s rather a shame cuz that was a good little battle that was boiling up for the power trophy lead yeah it’s three different classes that we have oh big lock up here for the 59 going into Tower B that’s mark skeggs from GTV uh this is Jamie th who is already ninth across the timing line although I dare say he’s made up a couple of places on this lap uh already so don’t count him out for an overall Victory still because that car is absolutely rapid uh but yes as I was saying there three classes there and this is from the modified class where it’s a basically just unlimited capacity and then run on Select Tires as well you have the power trophy which runs to a maximum power to we and then the twin spark cup which is more for the standard uh 2 L twin Spark engine but for the lead of the alphas it’s Paul plant getting past the jie porter 4C now so the power trophy car gets ahead of the modified class car and into the lead of the Alpo Championship part of the race here they’ve got F milard just behind them as well but then they’ve got Jamie TW at the TCR car blasting his way through it looks like P’s got back ahead down the straight with the quicker car in a straight line but he’s going to have he’s got the two julietas the more standard car and the TCR car bearing down on him now as they head through uh Hawthorne now it looks like it’s going to be planted to the outside line of the 4C beautiful little car that isn’t it the 4C and it’s rapid in a straight line as well but th is now past uh P pul plant they’re heading down towards Tower you’ve got the milard in the mix as well in the BMW he’s now up to Fourth Place overall as well and it’s going to be side by side for the lead of the alpha part of the race as they head up towards the Jim Clark s’s here they’re both modified Class Cars as well 88 Jamie POR in the blue 4C the Getta TCR 40 Jamie who started from the pit Lane is through into the lead of the alpha R part of the race and por concedes another position there and he’s going to concede another place in the alpha part of the race too because Paul plant takes the chance and goes up the inside into Sunny well P plan on doing some of the damage that was done at uh just before Tower Bend where he seemed to get eaten alive on the straight there obviously still uh in the lead of the the power trophy uh in uh what is now uh fourth position overall behind the BMW Compact and yeah Jamie th up into the lead of the Alpha Romeo Championship one wonders what that problem must have been the prompted him to come into the pit Lane but was uh either either not sufficient enough or easily rectifiable enough that he could take the start of the race and obviously still showing a very good turn of uh pace and actually in terms of the uh the overall the BMW compact Paul Hinson that’s leading uh just did the fastest lap of the race now In fairness th was having to come through some cars but on the previous lap the lap times were very similar so uh let’s see what THS can do about that the battle between the 4 C of uh Jamie Porter and the Juliet at Paul plant is still raging on but look at the difference in the straight line speed yeah it’s huge isn’t it I think yesterday po plant was saying it’s a very relatively modest 2 L engine I think in that car of his that’s sort of fairly new newly developed so it’s pretty good in the corners by the looks of it but along the Straits it’s not going to live with the the modified Class Cars which have just got much more powerful uh engines capable of much higher speeds and faster acceleration as well but you can see through bar through Sunny is right back with him as well and maybe that’s just a bit bit of experience as well uh as well as the sort of different characteristics of the cars but yep you can see in a straight line he just gets away doesn’t he the forc and the ex to sort of 10 10 lengths and it comes right right back down again on the brakes much TI to line into the complex as well there for Paul PL this is where that car will excel against the uh for C th has done the best lap of the race of 128 160 now he’s taken 4 and 1/2 seconds out of Paul Hinson so he’s looking like he could take the overall lead of the race yeah that’s looking a bit more likely Now isn’t it with the gap down to 7.4 uh seconds uh Paul plant was looking the inside there of the uh the the for C Into The Hairpin I’d love for there to be a timing marker at the beginning and end of that straight just so we can see exactly how much time uh the four seed PS on the uh front straight yeah and we are just uh watching them head through Hawthorns now uh uh and that is the mark skeggs card which is in uh further down the order there though is the lead for the twins spark cup class it’s the number 33 car of Toby broom that’s leading the race this time James Ford who won so many races last year is only in second position to Toby br broom on this occasion it’s his third season of his comeback after a 28e break uh Toby broom and I think he had one race win during the course of uh last year but here he’s looking to get his first of the 2024 season he’s got James Ford behind him about seven or 81 of a second behind him could we see a bit of an upset on the cards here well Toby BR moving across from the V6 category which he was champion of uh last year into the Twin SP cup and uh now going up against the the the overall champion from last year in the form of James Ford with his 10 class wins from 2023 uh so it’s a formidable opponent but at the moment Toby broom coming out on top uh as it stands uh right behind them as well Stacy Dennis in the power trophy uh Julietta and she’s a reigning champion in her class as well yeah we can see the going on between Jamie Porter and Paul plant it’s Porter still ahead in the 4C meanwhile the leaders who are heading up towards uh the sunny end of the circuit they’re getting a bit close as well now because Jamie th is within 2 and a half seconds of the race leader Paul Hinson who’s uh been racing with the club for a long time but there Stacy Dennis who won the an Clayton award last year for the most successful female driver in the 750 motor club she was the power Trophy Class champion last year and here she’s just behind the twin spot SP Cup champion an overall champion from last year James Ford who is probably more focused on trying to get back on terms with Toby Dre we lost a little bit of time on the last lap meanwhile the leaders so they come into the hairpin are nose to tail we’ll see if we can pick those up in just a second they are turning their way through The Hairpin now coming out of it alongs the straight and they side by side for the lead here and it’s Jamie th that takes the lead now Jamie th goes through so there one great surprise he gets ahead of Paul Hinson the MR2 champion in the past a Burk it relay winner as well he’s trying to come back at him on the breaks his modified BMW compact but he can’t make it through so Jamie th from the pit Lane takes the lead of the race pretty good drive that isn’t it Jamie THS uh rising up the field with the Great Gusto and I wonder how much he’ll pull away on this left from Paul Hinson uh Jam tws did miss out on the overall win yesterday oh oh hello hello so Paul Hinson coming back down the inside for the overall lead into Tower Ben that wasn’t in the script it wasn’t wasn’t it and the Three Amigos you can see on the back number plate of Paul hinton’s car he races in the bur relay with his mates Dave for drink water the multiple hot hats champion and with Adam Reed as well but the is just one Amigo on his own today and he’s trying to fend off this Alpha TCR Julietta that’s that’s right behind him was momentarily ahead of him as well Owen Mark Skaggs has retired the 59 car the uh that’s Parts at the complex it’s the X British GT Championship car when there was some rather more isoteric entries in the British GT championship in the early 2000s but back with the leads of the race then and here a lap ago James weights took the lead but Paul Hinson has wrestled it back that’s amazing how uh Jamie th was at one point 4 seconds quicker and uh now seemingly struggling to get by uh Paul Hinson here well he’s got a certain amount of power down this front straight hasn’t he and it’s very briefly Drew him alongside the BMW but had to back out of it before they got into clero so let’s see what happens when they get down to Tower Bend once again a bit of a hip and shoulder there a Wiggle from the back oh the Toyota MR2 in Strife again the triple one uh machine uh getting uh getting it wrong at Tower B but the leaders are coming up to now and uh yeah once again Jamie th’s not quite able to mount a proper challenge onto Paul hinson’s car no he’s not of course he doesn’t really need to because he’s driving in his own championship’s not going to take any points away from him so maybe th is thinking well you know what I’m not going to risk doing anything silly I don’t want to stress the car more than I need to it’s a car that has been a bit fragile in the past so uh why not just take it a little bit easy he’s coming up to lap now the Richard Ford car isn’t he who was involved in that instant at the sort of the second lap of the race or third lap of the race with um with Theo milard but Richard Ford in the uh in the V6 Alpha GT is being being laed now so he goes a lap down he’s running in 12th position and third within the power Trophy Class of course after that early contact he lost contact with Paul planton and Stacy Dennis so just driving around to to pick up points at this stage 7 and 1/2 minutes left to go in this race the Hightech electronic materials alphao Championship race uh combined with the remaining close wheel orom as the two leaders here overlapping again almost as they head down into clero corner but Paul Hinson just manages to Prevail into cler o once again yeah only separated by a quarter of a second at the timing line 7 minutes left on the clock of course uh Jam th did miss out on the overall win yesterday didn’t he to John cot’s Spire so that might be a little thorn in the side here but this is the battle for the lead in the Twin spark cup it is still the 33 of Toby broom leading the reigning overall Alpha Romeo champion of James Ford although James Ford getting a good run here through the complex and brim’s going to have to leave him a bit of space on the right hand side coming very close to contact they’ve got Stacy Dennis right in the midst of this as well well Dennis looking up the inside on James Ford that’s a bit of a nuisance for Ford I’m sure and she does manage to find a way three and through and splits the two twin spark cars now yeah so you’ve got Toby broom and now Stacy Denis ahead of James Ford Stacy Dennis in that juletta beautifully turned out machine heading through the section at the first part of the circuit she is going to try and find a way past Toby broom as well in a way that’ be very helpful for for James Ford because at the moment she just a little bit in the way really in separating this battle looks like Jamie has gone through into the overall lead of the race now yes he has ahead of Paul Hinson So Jamie th has taken the lead overall of course Still Still leading the modified class of the alphas as well but Stacy Dennis still separated the two twin Spar cup leaders here as they head out of to bend into the Jim clarkes is 5 and half minutes of the race left to go so Stacy Dennis the the lights flashing there on her on her car as she chases Toby broom the twin spot leader but it would be for seventh position uh overall and two different lines there through sunny in and then through sunny out you see the uh the number 30 guy getting a much better run and Stacy Dennis to the outside of the complex going have to go the long way way around runs a bit wide and Toby broom is able to hang onto the spot ahead of the power Trophy Car yeah she’s second in the power Trophy Class at the moment behind Paul plant is Stacy Dennis and if possible to would like to keep her exactly where she is because that would mean he’s got that uh little gap between himself and James Ford they’re going to be side by side down straight now in theory Stacy’s car should be faster in a straight line here so I think she is nosing ahead yep she is through down into clero corner so Stacy Ford Stacy D you should say goes up to seventh place and that gets the twin Spar cup leaders back together again Toby broom and James Ford with probably three more laps for them to go in this race the second round of the championship there’s further rounds at Silverstone in May cattal Park in July BR hatch Indi for festival ital which is always the best attended meeting of the season and alter Park in September will round out the season for the Hightech electronic materials Al mod Championship 10 Rounds that they have this year across five different venues and it’s a championship with a great deal of History stating back more than 40 years Michael Lindsay the longtime coordinator of this Championship sadly no longer with us and Andy Robinson has been the coordinator of the championship for for several years now and there’s a lot of drivers that uh have expressed interest for this season I think well over 30 drivers listed on their website but certainly not all of them here this weekend hopefully we’ll have better numers for those future meetings at circuit Poss more so in the south of England where possibly there’s a greater concentration of Al competitors down into the complex comes this battle for the twin spark cup lead and it’s still uh to be decided really isn’t it Toby broom with a couple of laps to go is only just ahead of James Ford two very different lines through the complex as broom has to swing his car back across and they’re about to be lapped by the overall uh race leader as well Jamie th is about to uh blast past them on the uh the front straight uh he’s been uping in the 26s uh lately but you see James Ford was uh showing his nose on the inside of clero to Toby broom there oh but broom goes wide and gives the lead to James Ford anyway and he he does manage to recover it very quickly but he will be ruin that mistake actually has lost very little time with that little dip into the gravel and could could well challenge James Ford for the lead Again by the time they get down to Towers the race leader is putting a lap now on Stacy Dennis in fact they are side by side for the lead in the uh the twin spark cup uh it was broomed to the outside it wasn’t quite able to mount a serious challenge has to TU back in behind uh James Ford who was uh now Consolidated his lead in class he does Toby boom there just throwing it away sweeping off the circuit and prob needing the Marshal in need between races as to get the gravel swept off the track but look at it there’s going to be a change here is the Ford has broom overlapping with him as they were crossed up there through sunny but no there’s two carings between them again as they head towards the complex just looking to see how we’re doing for time we might get two more laps out of this we’ll have to wait and see Jamie th is just rounding the hair pin with a minute 30 3 32 31 30 to go it’s going to be Touch and Go whether we get one more lap or two have to pick up if the last lap board has gone out which I think it has the last lap board has indeed gone out to uh to Jamie th and so it’s also the last lap for the twin spot cup battle as well y heading down the front straight uh Toby bro was pretty pushing James Ford Around The Hairpin but didn’t end up getting the best of exits I think as a result of it so the Gap when they got over the uh timing line uh was about 6/10 of a second and uh just past the corner where Toby broom made that mistake and gave the lead to James Fort a lap ago but he is still within Striking Distance uh not quite as close as he was last time around when he was closer into Tower Bend but uh yeah no no way through James for yeah James Ford defends on the inside and broom running out a little bit wide actually through Tower anyway so I think if J can keep this uh neat and tidy he might just be bringing this one home yeah I think you’re possibly right half a lap for them to go BR take a little bit of curb there at the Jim Clark s’s the uh number one car ahead of course of of James Ford at the moment the drive from Lincoln broom and another 156 the drive from Linfield not a lot to choose them between them in this race of course it was BR matter a lot of it but check flag is going to go out now to that man Jam Wes who started from the pit Lane he takes the win in the second Alp Romero and allomer race of the weekend any late drama within the twin spark we’ve got Paul Hinson just behind them is he going to upset things between them as they go into The Hairpin for the final time it’s James Ford that’s ahead and I think he’s going to stay that way is he so it’s James Ford coming up to the line and he is going to take the twin Spar cup class victory from Toby broom uh so they are eighth and Ninth overall Paul Henson comes across the line to take second overall in the race the first of the allomer cars there is the 78 car Edward Robinson he’s going to complete the top 10 I think he’s uh son of Vy the championship coordinator and very much a recruiter for the championship he certainly got Steven Anderson one of his fellow competitors involved here third place over the line is going to be Theo milal who played a part in this race as Richard F is only too well aware in his BMW he goes across the line now to take third place overall and then we should have the four SE of Jamie PA so yeah that’s just how to get into the haen I can see from my commentary box window and then we’re going to have our power Trophy winner immediately behind him uh which is going to be Paul plant there he is now so up to the checker flag uh they come there’s the 4C and there is Paul plant to win the power trhy class so it’s Jamie WS Paul plant and James Ford the same three class winners as we had yesterday within the Alfa championship and then you can see the M2 I think the last car to cross the finish line at the end of that race I think 13 finishes out of the 14 cars that started let’s have a look at the results Jam Wes it was number 40 that took the win in the Alo Julieta TCR 13 laps completed for him in a smidge under 20 minutes second to number 25 Paul Hinson in the BW compact 25.7762602 number 81 that’s Theo milart in the BMW E36 56.6 5 7 seconds behind fourth was number 88 Jamie Porter fifth number 20 Paul plant the second class winner the first Power Trophy Car Home sixth was number 30 Stacy Dennis second in her class seventh was number 14 Andy page then eighth number one James Ford the winner in the Twin spark cup from his arch rival number 33 T room Edward Robinson 78 completing that uh podium in the that class then Richard Ford Robert Higgins and step Anderson completed the finishes Mark skeggs in the GTV did not make it home and so that is the end of the hour action as I say we’re in action four weeks h on the Silverstone National circuit and we’ve just got one more race to come here at Croft uh this afternoon and that is going to be the 150-minute race for the teir club n jro Championship but we’re going to head down to the pit Lane now and Tom Butterworth is going to speak to our winners of the Alfred May and alus race so we’re just waiting for uh Jamie th just to jump out of the car here just a little bit of a struggle you waiting how was that one Jamie yeah I was looking forward to fighting like I was yesterday when unfortunately his rib injury has kept him out from today so um we just weren’t had a bit of a play really glorified test session 100% we had some fun in there I going to say you looked like you enjoyed it yeah some of the guys I mean that guy who was second at the BM um it was pushing really hard so I uh yeah no all credit to him he was trying hard great stuff really hard well two two races two wins for Jamie th so we’ll move on very quickly thank you very much for that though to get out Sunday drive with Julia uh here we go we’re going to move through to number one which is James Ford who’s W the winner of the twin spark class only just yeah only just he pushed you well you had to work hard for that one I pushing the whole race to be fair and um to be fair I think he had the had the better of me for most of it um I think he was in you know bit quick around here and uh I relied on few opportunities to to sort of make my move and get back in the back in the game really so went on a on a trip through the kitty lter it was Toby broom um in second place and went went through the uh the kitty litter down here at the uh the first set of corners and then uh tried to overtake again up into into Tower Ben uh were you worried well not not really cuz I had the inside covered and um I kind of parked it on the Apex and uh got on the power of it before him so playing a bit of a a game really there but um it all worked out in the end I’m quite happy with the result really I feel a little bit slow for Toby to be fair cuz he’s about do a win but um yeah very pleased well pushed you hard all the way though so you had to work for it and uh and like I said glad you’re very pleased with that two races two wins in class yeah good stuff great stuff um trying to find our twin spark uh winner which was uh Paul plant uh but looks like he’s just gone through to park F so I think we’ll be wrapping this one up uh fairly quickly uh and we will move on to our two and a half hour endurance race now which is the uh Club Enduro championship and that’s coming up next e [Music] oh [Music] he [Music] [Music] [Music] it’s the main event of the weekend here at Croft ciry the TOA Club NGO Championship round one and it’s the longest race of the Season as well at 150 minutes in length the cars are coming up to the grid for this long long race and let’s have a look at the order in which they’re going to start I’ll give you the starting drivers as we go along as well on Pole Position it’s the number four car that’s going to be started by Joel oswick besides that him is number one which is Scott Parkin who’s driving solo the second row number 90 is being started by Alan Henderson and number six is the car that is going to be started by Dylan brikor Row three is the 25 car of Darren ball and then uh the 69 car of Andy Schultz on the fourth of the grid number 78 being started by Matthew Stockford and Ben Williams starts in number 82 row five that’s where you find the number 22 car being started by Luke brow and then it’s the eight car Matthew tidb going first in that one Jonathan Packa going solo in number 51 on the inside of row six besides number 83 Chris Nyan starting the Civic row seven that car shared three ways Mike Sanford going first in the 197 car besides them it’s Paul simmerson in the number 55 BMW on row eight of the grid Tom CER goes first in their BMW next to number 10 which is being started by Rob fenick on row nine of the grid that car actually has withdrawn the number 46 car not going to be in the race unfortunately so it’s on alone on row number nine the number 30 car going to be started by Neil Huggins on road 10 of the grid 43 will be started by Steve cheum and 119 by Bobby trundley on the 11th throw of the grid 13 mat FY sadly has withdrawn from the race one5 is there though and that is going to be started by Ash Moore Michael Downey is in number 7 six on the inside of row 12 uh besides number 97 Dave Connell going first in that one on the 13th row of the grid is number 66 that’s Johnny Hayes and next to them 171 with Sena Osman going first on the next dra of the grid which is row 14 it’s the 169 car of Matthew semonite and 62 is Lee dendi Sadler row 15 has number five which is going to be started by Daniel Gibson with Iva Mayes going in 316 uh Peerless and stenning have withdrawn Kevin Clark will go from the pit Lane after being disqualified from qualifying for a technical uh infringement so Chris we’re looking ahead to a 150-minute race here with two mandatory 3-minute pit stops and it’s going to be a fascinating 2 and a half hours I think it certainly will uh the uh battle for pole position was uh certainly very interesting between the JC racing BMW of James Collins and Joel oswick Joel oswick of course being a class champion of a couple of years ago but Scott Parkin is the reigning overall champion in a brand new Audi TT from Dark Side developments moving on from his class B golf uh car that he ran last year and then of course you’ve got the the very heavily modified Mark 1 Mazda MX5 with its whopping great turbocharged 1800c uh engine and then the um the second of the Audi TTS which is uh slightly less sophisticated than the one that Scott uh parking is uh driving but his twin brother Ryan in there alongside Dylan brikor uh a variety of different TCR cars in the uh Class A uh battle as well as a BMW uh GT4 car in the hands of Ferrari challenge uh RAC Paul simmerson as well that’s a little bit further down the order in 14th position overall uh and then of course the you know the the battles in class B and Class C as well which are always uh very fun to uh to watch and uh we get a great variety of different cars uh in these uh races that are generally 120 Minutes uh but this uh the longest of the Season as you mentioned 150 minutes that means we’ve got two mandatory pit stops we do Class B Matthew Tios just took pole at the end didn’t he away from Jonathan Pac who was on Poll for most of the session there so the genit G40 head of the VW Golf and in class C Samuel Dennis and Ash Mo in their Honda Civic typar uh getting the better of the conell and Wilkinson Hughes Mazda and the Haz and subana subani 318 which picked up some damage during the course of that qualifying session safety C leading them around of course it’s a rolling start for this race the red lights are already on on the starting Gantry the safety car is pulling in and the cars are about to thunder into life here at Croft circuit for the opening round of the 2024 TOA Club nro Championship they’re heading towards the line where the lights go out and the race gets underway and they head off down to clero Corner we’ve got the car off scott parking on the outside line and Joel lowi called the inside line and immediately is Scott Parkin that sweeps around the outside at clero corner to take the lead of the race there’s the number eight car the Gul liid Janetta of tid Marsh that started on pole position within Class B as well so we’ll watch out for the class battles as well during the course of this race but it looks like they’re all safely through the first couple of Corners don’t forget Kevin Clark has started from the pit Lane in his M3 CSL after being found to be underweight after qualify so we’ll watch him burn from the stern as the mid pack heading down towards Tower corner for the first time and I think it’s already a change for the lead in class be Nick it looks like Jonathan Packer a few cars ahead possibly of the little Janetta of Matthew tidmarsh two TCR cars side by side in the middle of the gym clarkes that’s very brave stuff and yes the VW Golf just behind them of Jonathan Packer and they’ve got one of he’s got one of the Class A cars for uh close company as well so he has put a little bit of distance I think between himself uh and his nearest class rival in the very early stages of this race uh but what great straight line performance from the Audi TT of Scott Parkin that sequential gearbox I’m sure helping him drag clear of the BMW on the way into uh clero but we’ll see how that uh progresses uh throughout the race so there’s a thunderous noise coming past the commentary boxes wonderful variety of different machines uh fly by Scott Parkins Advantage is 1.5 seconds over Joel oswick who is starting the number four JC racing uh machine confirmation over the timing line Jonathan Packer is uh the new class B leader but he is uh uh got close company in the form of the 83 of Christopher Nyland who started his Honda Civic Type R uh that’s the motion Motorsport run car which is directly behind him in 11th position overall and then our class C leader which is in at 20th position overall but only by 7/10 of a second which is the number 1 195 of Ash Moore as we go on board with Scott Parkin as he turns his way uh through barro Now to S so it’s a clear track ahead after that good start 1.5 seconds in the lead at the end of the first lap it’s great to see this on board footage C sa if the Dark Side of team who do a lot of great Productions of their own see him using that box down through the gear it’s 2 L TDI engine various modifications on his car as well to try and steal a March over his CRI for the Ryan who’s not on track at the moment it’s bror who started the car that’s running in fourth position uh number six but that’s SC out of that very tight hair in the final Corner they accelerates away he’s continued to pull out more of a gap over Joel oswick in second place what was 1.5 seconds is now 2.4 I could I couldn’t keep up with how fast that was that was U astonishing uh and it was so effortless for him just one turn of the wheel and bang it’s uh it’s gone straight in but uh the number 90 machine it is the uh the insert livered Master MX5 from AK Automotive that’s closing in on Joel oswick for second place uh overall that is currently being driven by Alan Henderson it is the car’s second season of racing and hoping to have worked on the reliability of that car a little bit it has got a Podium finish to its name at Silverstone last year and if it can continue to run at PACE then we know it’s a very quick car running in third at the moment closing in on oswick yeah we just saw a glimpse of Dylan Bria there in fourth place as as well just you can see him in the background there Darren B is in fifth and a good scrap going on actually between Andy Schulz and was it Luke brows I think who started the uh the Cooper Green Cooper TCR the state Market glass car but look how close it is for second and third position new car this season and a new team for Joel oswick as well sharing the driving with James Collins uh this season but I think Joel looking to be the the quicker of the two drivers at this stage but the fascinating to see we’ve got three different types of car the Audi TT the BM M3 and there’s much modified ma 5 mark one in third position another sort of similar car to the lead car the Audi TT and fourth then we’ve got the first of the Coopers there’s a few of those on track Darren ball it is best of those at the moment in fifth position and that time of com has had a lot of success in club Andro over recent Seasons as well in the hands of the likes of Carl Swift and and rob bakerman a few seasons ago those are the the two speed Tech cars the 55 and the 10 the two BMWs at the head of this field uh that are contesting uh for 14th and 15th positions the 55 is the uh the M4 GT4 that used to belong to sentury Motorsport and competed in uh British GT that’s Paul simmerson at the wheel and then uh the uh the number 10 being the M2 uh which is at the hand of Rob Fenwick fourth different car for him in as many years uh but of course that is the combination that finished second in class C yesterday with Andy Shepard uh and now stepping up to class A almost looks like those two sort of Class A cars are sort of holding up the 197 car which is the Lotus lease started by Mike S Sanford there you can see him sweeping through he’s was a regular in the championship last season he was up a few times at 750 m w pick up vars but he’s going to lose out there to the uh BMW that’s Kevin Clark isn’t it he’s come through from the back of the grid so he’s made good progress up inside the tops 15 cars already and the other car that’s involved there is Steve cheatum in the uh number 43 Porsche Boxer for the man from Manchester he shared the box with Wayne scord this year but look how Kevin clar just picked his way through that of quintet of cars very quickly yeah Clark’s made up five or six positions on this lap alone that’s incredible speed that he’s showing in the the 33 machine and uh the Fenwick getting up the inside of simmerson there so the M2 passing the M4 the M2 is carrying a little bit of cosmetic damage on the right hand side from uh Rob’s First outing in the car at Donnington a few weeks ago uh which uh Andrew was uh quite Keen to point out to me earlier but yes very much holding up that 197 by the looks of it the Lotus just looking at Kevin Clark’s laptop he a 13084 6 that time through only really the top six sort of bettering those kind of speeds and bear in mind that Kevin Clark is picking his way through traffic of course very experienced driver uh across number of categories including Brit car champion and Euro Cars of course looking at a couple or one of the copras there and also the uh the 78 car which has been started by Matthew Stockford I think think hasn’t it uh in the Audi RS3 LMS driver using uh hand controls there in this car I think and he’s uh Shar the car with his regular uh co- driver the Team Dynamics boss Alan James but he’s just in behind that number 82 car which is Ben Williams at the wheel of it at the moment 41y old real estate investment manager from London only in his second season of racing in this capture motorport to TCR sh with alangar this year sometime f1000 racer yeah great great mix like the Audi RS3 and the SE Leon tcrs as well again just the the wonderful diversity and then the chasing uh pack is the top three in class B who are right together and that is uh Jonathan Packa in his uh 51 uh golf uh very closely followed by the 83 Christopher nyand uh Honda Civic uh being run by the motion Motorsport team and then third position in that uh class is the number eight uh car of tib Marsh and Webster and that’s the the flying Tangerine Gena G 40 you see a few uh cars on the timing tab or on the live timing if you’re looking at that uh showing the CC designation after the driver’s names and that means Clubman cup that means they’re eligible for the Clubman cup award which is for cars that were first manufactured before 2010 and also have a h pattern gearbox as well so that’s a separate award in addition to the overall prize for for drivers possibly racing cars on a bit more of a budget now there’s one car slow there one of the Jettas wasn’t it white one and I can’t quite make out the number on it but it’s uh the number five machine Daniel Gibson Gib ah well uh now I was having a chat with Dan earlier all three drivers aboard that car new to Croft and uh new to a lot of circuits so they are uh largely uh competing in the track day Championship uh but uh yeah that doesn’t look like uh the best of starts for them aboard their G40 unfortunately uh speaking of G4S this number eight machine in class B looks probably the raciest of the three at the moment but again the the performance characteristics of these three very different cars foring them causing them to urb and flow and the Clubman Championship that you you mentioned well the second car in that Q the 83 is leading that class and that of course means he probably does lose a little bit on the straight while he’s changing gear but I mean really it is a three car fight for the leading Class B here CU you’ve got Packer then you’ve got the 82 car uh there which is started by sorry 80 82 what number do I want to say 83 yeah D py car you got Clark just finding his way through there as well he’s come up to the back of them and just cleared the Janetta I think so he’s suddenly uh put his hands in amongst this class be fight might disturb it a little bit he’ll soon clear clear off though I would think Kevin Clark from this but yeah you’ve got the Janetta there as well making it a three car battle for the lead and uh I think Class B looking particularly competitive uh this season with those three cars there they’re almost there will be no tellers again Kevin Clark passes Jonathan Packer which he does now Packer keeping well out both though Clark runs wide on the exit of the corner and is now going to do it all over again he’s going to have to repass those three cars having done it once already now that was a a mistake of something broke I’m not quite sure but on the straight he’s able to very quickly pass two of them can’t quite get past Jonathan Packer yet but I think if anything is allowed the Janetta of tidar to get back on terms with the uh with the 83 car uh again has been started by Chris Nyon regular in the time trophy in previous Seasons yes the the motion Motorsport guys in both of the cars they’re Fielding one in class B one in class C getting a lot of the typar trophy drivers in aren’t they as uh Clark now clears the class B leader uh makes his way into 10th position overall and so yeah the class B cly R back together again yeah they are indeed and uh I think that also means that the class A cars now completely dominate the top 10 with Packa now shuffled back to 11th position by Uh Kevin Clark now uh the 197 Lotus Elise sadly now that was uh one we saw getting a little bit feisty but uh by the looks of it they are out of the race sadly after uh contact from the 43 machine uh Steve Chum’s Porsche Boxer that’s info from downstairs this is for position Darren ball up the inside of Dylan Bria into lvo for the uh ninth time but not quite close enough to be able to make that work so tight little battle for fourth place here between the second of the Audi and the first of the copras these two are about 11 seconds clear of the next car which is Luke brow in the bright green TCR still the fight for second place going on as well only 610 between Joel oswick and Alan Henderson at the start of this lap yeah two two really good battles here going on for second second and fourth see Dylan bior he will hand over the car to Ryan parking and Ryan managed to finish uh third in the road Sports race yesterday was is a younger sibling uh to the tea Club in Juro at Championship it’s a mini champ mini endurance race at 45 uh minutes and That Was Won by Scott parking yesterday oh is Dylan brickton just dips two wheels two of those left hand wheels on the Audi TT into the dirt on the exit of sunny out and that does allow Darren B to just close in a little bit more in that TCR sayat uh close but no cigar just yet but uh pretty close Through The Hairpin much wider line on the way in for the seat hoping to gain a little bit of momentum down the straight where the audt does seem to have quite good performance as does the the BMW in second place he was just pulling away from the uh Mazda MX5 resisting its uh massive turly massively turbocharged 1800cc engine so uh no changes just yet as they flick through the chicane once again yeah coming down the straight it’s actually pulling out a little bit more an advantage Now isn’t he Dylan bior that’s right longtime uh racer often uh with the dark side team well they’ve uh they won the uh Spar race uh in class eight together last year didn’t they and they’ve sort of split Road sports between them in recent uh times as well so when Dylan was in the car at Brand hatch GP meeting that’s when he uh last won in the road Sports speaking of BR GP that’s where the next round of this Championship is going to be uh this is no Spar trip this year for uh for Club Ander but 75 minute race at BR hat next time out uh still the battle for second hasn’t sort of been resolved either has it because still Joel oswick and Alan Henderson doing battle there the Gibson Janetta is just being lapped by Dylan bror and Darren ball there as well and very much into the traffic already as we’re now 15 minutes into this race leading cars the best lap of the 127 264 for Scott parking and the cars at the back of the field are lapping in sort of one high well mid to high 140s in some cases so there is quite a disparity of lap times from FR maybe as much as 15 or 20 seconds so we’ve had 15 minutes off this race Pit Stop wind Pit Stop window not open until 30 minutes into the race but you then do have to have two three minute pit stops for each team to have to change drivers both times because obviously some teams only have two Al many have one driver but a handful have three Kevin Clark hasn’t actually done the best lap of the race there although that’s what it says on our time screen that is still with Scott Parker but Clark is up another place now he’s into eighth position overall he’s got the B of Ben Williams on that last lap he it was a personal best and it was the fastest of anybody on the last lap though including one second quicker than our race leader Scott Parkin uh although I think he’s dealing with a fair bit more traffic uh than Clark at this stage who has found himself relative bit of clear air so he’s going to come onto the back of Andy schz as BMW M2 uh pretty shortly probably on this lap I would have thought uh there is our race leader the number one car you get a visual representation of his Advantage there and we have a change for the lead in class B Jonathan Packer has had to uh submit uh to the uh yeah the 78 machine isn’t it uh 83 of Chris nland 83 sorry yeah and he’s got Matthew Titar in the flying Tangerine Janetta all over the back of him as well still very much a three car fight for the lead within Class B though they’re turning their way through complex now towards the left hand hairpin pretty much no tell as they have been all the way through the massively on two wheels there was the class leader I thought for a moment the car was going to roll over not quite sure how he got quite that much he must have just clipped the curb on the exit of The Hairpin but that’s cost and oh it has him because well it’s a much more serious issue the engine has blown up or something has happened there and Chris is going to have to pull off onto the side of the circuit and there’s a lot and of smoke there coming out of the back of that car all of a sudden now whether that was connected with the incident he just have had I don’t know but the class leader as he was very briefly is out of the race Chris Nyland in the number 83 Class B uh Honda Civic typ R is out of the race he pulled off and as quickly as it appeared the smok has disappeared amazing that’s a spectacular blow up wasn’t it I haven’t seen anything quite like that in a while uh so our class B lead has been whittled back down to two contenders for now Jonathan Packer and the number eight Matthew tib Marsh’s Janetta G40 who are still going hammer and tongs uh but uh wow yeah that you what that that could be a contender for the a shop moment of the Season that one couldn’t it it could it was certainly this weekend very spectacular yeah a shop supports of the live streamer giving an award for the uh moment of the year however that may be defined on any of the live stream events during the course of year we had a good Contender at dington Park where we had Eddie Moyer in the Mazda 7 race have a was a huge strop after we ended up in the gravel tra at Redgate corner so we enjoyed that so that was an early Contender but uh but we have had others from this including that dramatic moment which I think has resulted in quite a bit of flurry possibly been put on the circuit I did see the slippery surface flag being uh prepared there by the marshals in the background but theyve actually yeah they’ve withdrawn again so maybe much fluid didn’t see any yellows there yeah well the car’s well off the Circ isn’t it so that’s out of the way this is still the lead of Class B that’s being disputed between number 51 Jonathan packet and eight Matthew tidos both just outside the top 10 overall I should tell you that in class C it’s lash Mo that’s leading the way there second is the uh car number 97 uh which was started by David Conor David Connor wasn’t it and third within Class C is the John Johnny haes Paul subani BMW which of course had that damage earlier on that’s Dan Gibson’s number five machine there just caught a glimpse of uh which seems to have gotten back up to speed we saw that moving uh quite slowly a little bit earlier on but seems to be going again now good to see the 55 car which we referred to earlier which is the uh speed Tech Motorsport M4 GT4 the xentury Motorsport car Paul Simms and it is the 47-year-old from Leicester the feri challenge racer that started this race had a nasty accident at Spar last year and he broke his back but uh good to see him back to Fitness and guiding his co- driver to his race debut as well what car it is to make your race debut end meanwhile this battle for second still going on Joel oswick unable to shrug off Alan Henderson they’re making their way through to La 14 of the race now and they’ve been pretty much this close all the way through I don’t think henerson has managed to find a way through yet uh in that little M MX5 mark one which is very much modified from standard it’s obviously got a hard top on which we don’t usually see MX5 have for racing and it’s got the massive wing on the back and the diffuser also at the rear of the car so lots of work done to uh modify by the arrow in particular looks more like a Pike’s Peak car doesn’t it than uh than a ma X5 but oh a little puff of smoke there look like that came from the exhaust of the BMW rather than the tire but I’ll tell you Henderson’s going to be able to draw a pretty detailed uh sketch of the back of that BMW by the end of this race so much uh such as his study of it now we have uh one of the cars in the pit Lane before the pit window is open it’s the orange Porsche uh Boxster by the looks of it uh the 75 7 Michael Downey’s car so that was clearly for some sort of mechanical uh issue because the the pit window has not opened yet so but he’s uh back out on track uh now and we can see the rest of the field back with that battle for second place still the AK Automotive M chasing the JC racing BMW and yeah this battle is not going to let up is it I guess what we’ll be really fascinating see is how this battle uh unfolds when the uh driver change uh happens and we have uh yeah two different drivers in both the cars but they are now 11 seconds behind our race leader Scott Parkin what we’re not necessar going to be aware of is actually who’s in the car at any given time either once we get past the uh opening pit stop because we know who we think we know who started the race we’ve been given that information but OB the if you got three car team we can have a good bet that they’re going to divide into thirds you don’t know which second driver will be necessarily uh and for the cars with two drivers are they going to do uh one sort of one stint and then the second driver double stints or whe they’re going to do it the other way around or they’re going to swap at each driver at each pit stop a variety of different tactics that that are available there there’s the Sena Osman E30 M3 which is fantastic to see that’s probably the oldest car on the R I would think uh in this race come from the ’90s even late 80s potentially I suppose the 30 shape which looks uh absolutely magnificent it’s fairly well down the order in 25th position and there’s the 316 car which is uh the Iva Mays car which is sharing today yeah good to see that um they managed to fix the uh damage from yesterday’s Road sports race right at the end of it he came uh into pit Lane with his front is pointing in two different directions which is not what you want um at all and actually when I saw it earlier I didn’t question whether it was going to be starting the race but that’s out in the Invitational class um for this round and we also caught a glimpse there of the 160 uh sorry yeah the 169 ma MX5 Matthew simonite uh which is the the class C car and that is the uh the P1 fuels uh car run by jmss racing so that’s the car that’s run on synthetic uh fuels and um it’s uh good little experiment uh there because uh we still don’t really see that much synthetic fuel uh used in club Motorsport uh and you know the first Champion well first FIA World Championship to use it was actually the World Endurance uh the world rally uh championship and they’re now using it in like the World Endurance and a lot of GT racing as well of course we saw it used uh in the Arm Forces race challenge last year as well where the RF Motorsport guys were were developing uh that and had had success with that there was a really good uh video from uh was it car magazine yeah it was yeah James Dennison was racing that car at Donington wasn’t he they made a video about it which was quite interesting but you can see it’s got uh slightly more lucrative sponsorship on that car now yeah the 169 Matt simar is the owner uh of the car which is being shared with uh James Mansel uh for this uh season um and simonit has uh raced this started out racing I think about 11 years ago in MX5 James Manel has come into this from the uh tyar trophy also raced some citran c1s as well uh so this is the battlef position it’s for 23rd Place and uh simite is fifth within the class for the uh least powerful cars because the three cars three classes based on power to weight ratio yeah Class C being the 180 break horsepower per ton uh compared to 240 for the class B and 300 for the class A cars so that’s where we get our uh differences in performance there but yeah as you said James Manel coming across from the Tai Parra he was fourth in the championship in 2022 so he knows how to turn a pedal but uh Matthew also he’s just very versed in racing MX5 cuz he’s raced Mark 1’s for for many many years and then finally stepped into the Mark II uh last last year in this Championship with the uh P1 racing fuels partnership uh in that car let’s a look at the 62 car there that is the lead Endy Sadler BMW 328i for the sometime uh Fiesta racer and he is running in 22nd uh position at the moment there’s the uh number 66 car that’s the hay and subani car shy Hayes at the uh wheel of that one at the moment the design engineer uh from uh shrewbury who had 20year career in motorcycle and jro racing and uh right in between them uh was the the class b battle uh not in the uh timing order but just physically on track as uh we’ve got the uh the 51 and the 8 separated by not too much heading into clo and they’re just rounding their way through the traffic we can rejoin that battle now has been raging on all race long and uh still very little separates the VW Golf from the Janetta worth giving a quick rundown on the race order before we get into the pit window uh for those of you that are at the circuit and perhaps not looking at the live timing which is available via 750 m website 750 mc. co.uk or TSL timing.com it’s number one Scott Parkin that leads the way by uh 10.6 seconds for number four Joel oswick in second place in third place number 90 Alan Henderson fourth is number six Dylan vior fifth is number 25 Darren ball in sixth place is number 33 Uh Kevin Clark in seventh place is number 22 Luke brow in eighth place 82 Ben Williams ninth is number 69 which is Andy Schultz and rounding out top 10 is number 78 which is Matthew Stockford Class B in 11th place overall is’s number 51 Jonathan Packer and Class C is being led at the moment in 18th Place overall by number 195 that’s the Honda Civic of Ash Moore but there’s still more than two hours of racing to go so is who’s that that’s the the 171 heading into clero which is the sen Osman BMW M3 in class B yeah looks absolutely stunning that uh that car which has been raced by the osman’s for for a little while and they’ve uh occasionally appeared in the bur relay as well just alongside the Michael Downey Porsche there with the Michael Downey Porsche which is just going down into into tower that car of course was a pit visitor yes so I think it’s several laps down uh that uh that car trying to find it yes it is uh oh it is it is last laps down yeah yeah 15 laps down 29th and last uh so uh a w we really did lose some some uh contenders over night didn’t we we supposed to have 3 four yeah we had 32 qualify I think and we lost three or four before the start well three before the start of the race given that we had 29 that started uh and we’ve lost already uh n putterill car that’s blown up don’t think we see that again and also into the pits the Sanford Jude Weston Taylor um Lotus as well I think that’s R TI though may get back out oh and one car off the circuit there that’s the 97 car one of the Class C Front Runners Dave conin is Mazda MX5 he was almost taking to the rally cross circuit there and but he’s back on track now did lose a place though to actually a Class A Car of of Neil hins so he’s not lost any class position Class C still being led by Ash Mo but he’s lost a bit more time about 40 odd seconds behind the class leader within Class C and there’s the class b battle coming back towards CL Corner again still nothing separating them isn’t there uh now this is one of the uh the SE is the it’s the browse car isn’t it being shared by Luke and Paul number 22 machine was just making its way through very you know day glow green very easy to spot in amongst the pack was the I meas car making its way through I think we have had a change for second place because uh the number 0 has just gone through on the timing order and uh trying to look for it out the commentary box window they’re coming through hawthor and into the chicane uh now as the pit window is now officially open but Dole oswick has lost second position uh overall to the uh number 90 of Alan Henderson there we can see on screen now the Mazda is ahead of the BMW well it’s taken half an hour hasn’t it for that to happen but finally he’s gone through an oswick defenses have been breached but that’s just as as you were saying as the pit stop window is now open um we’ve got uh the cars making their way through towards Sun there is the car Darren ball he’s still running in fifth place he’s got about 11 seconds in hand over Kevin Clark who’s been charging his way up the field and is lapping faster than uh well everybody else at the moment to be blunt with you Kevin Clark is the currently the fastest man on the cir he’s not got the fastest lap of the race despite what the caption says on screen but uh he has uh is laughing back as into the pits comes our race leader Scott parking so right at the beginning of the pit window as soon as he could get headed into the pit stop he decided to do so and he will have to be stationary for 3 minutes here 3 minutes is very roughly uh two laps of course it was a little bit more than 3 minutes by the time you’ve had the pit in and pit out with the speed limit of 50 kph in the pit Lane it’s rather curious uh here because it says his last lap 26554 uh yet his best lap on the timing screen is being highlighted 272 is that because he’s coming to the pit Lane yeah exactly okay so not quite sure how he’s managed to go faster in the just because of where the timing timing uh Beacon or uh timing line is in the pit Lane to measure the pit stop so it’s a different thing that L crosses basically still knows the tailing Class B isn’t it Jonathan Packer and Matthew tidar I wonder if either of these will just make a dive for the pits to try and break this scrap up a little bit uh they’re coming towards the complex down the end of their 21st lap these two and tidm having a look up the inside of Packa Into The Hairpin is he going to get the lead of Cl be a much lower C of course the golf who can prob barely see him out the window and they are side by side they’re going to be pretty much neck and neck as they come across the line this time just have a gap look at the gap on the screen .018 seconds between those those two I think is going to be the golf that or is it going to be the golf that has its dose in front into clero it is but only I think because tid B was on the outside line there but a great little scrap between these two like it’s a 10 lap Sprint not 150 minute endurance race well Jonathan Packer is going to have to deal with this all race long because uh Matthew timmar is going to hand over the C to Chris Webster at some point whereas Jonathan Packa is going to be doing 150 minutes solo which I cannot imagine doing at all that’s a that’s a great physical uh demand that he’s put on himself yeah not sure fit upon it the 97 car which was the Dave con car all over the grass Tom’s reported that’s looking like there’s a lot of grass in the front of that car hoods off the number one Scot parking car not sure how standard that is to take the hood off in your three minute Pit Stop guess they just want to keep it as cool as they possibly can maybe but that’s an extra job they’re giving themselves they are putting it back on now I suppose they do have the quick release pins on it don’t they not a not a big job is it no okay it looks it looks fairly cool colle down there very well organized the dark side team well that is true yeah JS grimbridge there with his stopwatch to ensure fair play in terms of the amount of time station have to be at least 3 minutes and as the season goes on there be penalties as well for drivers that have had success in previous rounds um but but of course this been the first round of the championship there are no such penalties now what’s going on here because where was P say TI Marsh is there on his own and Packa oh he’s way up the road way up the road TI Mar yeah he had a spin in the complex there just behind our com while we were looking at Scott Parkin on the screens I think he’s had a spin and that means now that so tid Mar a spin and it’s parking and now that not parking Packer that is well clear in that class well if if he did have a spin then he did it very stealthily cuz normally we hear the tire squal don’t worry if it’s it’s right behind us the complex uh so w yeah bit of a moment there I can’t imagine it was a full spin cuz he’s only a few seconds behind but that’s definitely broken up the uh the battle and uh oh now that was the second place part putting a lap on the number 10 I mean they’re both class A cars but uh that means that second position has lapped up to 12th position uh overall now so the uh the Rob Fenwick BMW M2 getting a lap put on it uh as well as the another one for the Ivan May’s C through goes the uh speed Tech BMW as well for good measure uh but that battle for second place that was so long being uh well what it now a battle for the lead because Scott Parkins coming um to the pits but the battle between uh the uh the 90 and the number four that has raged all race long uh is looking a bit more stable with 4.4 seconds uh between them so uh the uh Mazda MX5 of Alan Henderson uh leading the way on the timing sheets but yet to serve its first Pit Stop of course y so we’ve only really had uh one of the Front Runners in so far which is Scott parking well one car uh there’s only four cars that have been into pit Lane at all and uh one of them was uh out of uh out of sequence wasn’t it yeah absolutely so that won’t count as one of the official stops a few more actually just coming in uh as we say that there’s one that’s in the 20 pit Lane retired that’s the 20 car Tom CER oh that’s a great shame because Tom con and Nick s of course uh teammates who won the locost team championship 10 years ago uh this year and Tom also had M3 Cup champion yeah Tom I think you can see him at the side of the car there it’s their series debut as well isn’t it and the first time the first time either of them have raced since 2019 I think as well so not a not a very happy return there for Tom CER and Nick Shelby yeah hopefully we’ll see them out later in the season that’s car that’s been prepared by Tom and his dad Allen and and Nick helped a bit as well I think um but yeah sad that they’ve not got more than a fifth of the way that was an Audi TT from dark side that was parked yeah and I can see the marshals going to it I don’t know F the Scott Parkin Scott Parkin he’s stranded on the side of the circuit the man that was leading the race before the pit stops he’s struggling to get into a gear Now isn’t he that’s what he’s trying to do is wiggling the sequential box he’s managed to well he’s found reverse or neutral yeah he’s rolling back down and now I’ve got a safety car out and that means while the safety car is out you cannot make a mandatory Pit Stop will not count so sensation here is Scott Parkin last year’s Champion he’s graduated from the golf in class b to the audt in class a he was leading quite comfortably before he made an early pit stop and now he is out of the race you can see the marshals heading towards him to offer their assistance carrying the far extinguisher in case that’s needed but there’s the confirmation that the safety car is out yellow flags waving all around the circuit the safety car boards and safety car displays let up here at Croft a great drama in the uh opening hour of this 150 minute tea Club uro Championship race the Scott parking car that has uh looked absolutely imperious all weekend long through the road Sports race uh qualifying on the front row of the grid taking the lead at the first time of asking at clo and pulling out a quite a healthy margin before making its pit stop and Scott is out of the car so there is no chance of him getting that car going again Scott parking and the dark side developments that brand new Audi T the only difference between well one of the major difference is not only the suspension but that car has a sequential box which the uh the sister number six card does not and it has backfired on them and bringing to an end quite an incredible run of form for Scott Parkin going back to his class B uh races last year and a great shame in particular for Scott it’s a home race in Yorkshire of course from Bary and South Yorkshire here we are in North Yorkshire up near Darlington uh so he’ll be disappointed not to be able to finish here and get his title defense off to well just about the worst possible start really it will be um so safety car out the Rena Manan safety car will uh pick up who has it picked up it’s picked up the Matthew Stockford car hasn’t it um but what they’ll probably try and do yeah only about four cars behind it is the race leader which is Alan Henderson now in the Mazda MX5 so when it’s safe to do so they’ll those slower cars which include the two class B leads as well doesn’t it Jonathan Packer is immediately behind the safety car but also the Matthew tid Marsh Janetta G20 as well G40 should say so safety car I think we’ll let those by and pick up Alan Henderson and there’s there’s one there one card between them as well which is the the the 97 the one that went through the grass um earlier so um and I was just looking that’s not been into the pits I don’t think that car because no Tom reported that it was looking a little bit grassy on the front end and therefore may experience some overheating issues but seemingly it’s so far at least it if it wasn’t before at this speed it might well that’s that’s the danger if if the grass hasn’t sort of blown its way it way clear of the air intakes of course what that what that’s done is eradicate Henderson’s 6sec lead and the 13 second gap between Joel oswick and Dylan brikor uh now into the pits has come the number 62 of Lee dendi Sadler his BMW 328i now did they come in before the safety card boards went out is the question there I don’t I don’t know whether it may have done may have done I guess yeah we’ll have to get confirmation from Tom about that one I didn’t notice it coming to the pits um but um they don’t look to be in any great hurry do they so this might be a regularly scheduled stop yeah um so we’ve got the safety car train I think somewhere up at Sunny uh at the moment cuz I can’t see any cars out by window at all now the recovery truck is on its way to collect Scott Parkins car yes you can just see them heading past uh past Scott and his car and Scott I think I think he’s giving a wave to Dylan Victor there who’s just gone past an the sister car and uh so Misfortune for Scott let’s head down to the pit lanane now and we can hear from the Dark Side Motorsport team team Tom is with them so I’m down here with Ty kinson from Dark Side who’s just going to walk us through a little bit about what happened to uh to the leader so uh Ty you think it was a sequential box that’s gone yeah looking at the Onboard video and listening to Scott on the radio we think the uh sequential box is gone we’re currently stuck in Reverse out on the track so unfortunately that’s our day done with that car luckily we’ve still got Dylan and uh Ryan in the other car uh with the normal box in so hopefully we can get a good result with those guys Scott was roughly 11 seconds in the lead when we lost the box so we were hopeful for a good result today but it’s one of them things it’s racing there’s not a lot we can do about it um it’s a new thing for us this year running the sequential box in that car something Scots wanted to do with it uh you know we’re running quite a few uh not experimental but new parts to the car and the team on that one so you know it’s one of them things we we’ve tried everything we can we tried in the pit stop just there to make sure it was good for Scott and he said It felt better on the first first out in the first lap but unfortunately it’s something terminal inside the box that there’s there’s nothing any of us could have done so just one of them things is that why the Bonnet cover was off we you were we were having a little bit of a chat about that during uh during the pit stop yeah we definitely definitely we just checking the the linkage and stuff like that just see if anything we could do in the pit stop we still made the stop we checked everything with the car we still made the stop with inside the three minutes so you know we did it we did it spot on we didn’t lose any time there so checking the car was was important um but it’s just one of them things it’s racing it’s very unfortunate it is it is but like you say you’ve got one uh one car left in the uh in the race now and also plenty of time still to go in the championship yeah that’s right it’s a long season we all know that and anything can happen with these races especially with the longer races today so hopefully today we can get Ryan and uh and Dylan up there uh maybe even fighting for the podium and that’ll be a good result for the rest of the team and and lift Spirits so yeah good great so thanks very much for talking to us T thank you and I’ll throw back to the commentary team yeah so we’re behind safety car here at CR circuit we’ve had just under 3/4 of an hour of this race the pit window had opened it’s temporarily closed while we have the safety come out so we’re going to take the opportunity for a short [Music] break ah well we are just going on to the 28th lap of this teiwa club NJ Championship race where we’ve had drama at Croft and you can see the number one car of Scott Parkin being hauled onto the recovery truck that was the car that was leading the race but we heard from the team a moment ago in the pit Lane that uh the sequential box effectively stuck in Reverse out on circuit nothing that they could do nothing Scott could do and the raing champion who was leading quite comfortably before his Pit Stop afraid out of the race but the team still hopeful of a good result for the sister car being driven by Dylan Victor and later in the race by Scotts twin Ryan as well so at the moment it’s Alan Henderson leading in car number 90 in the Mazda MX5 from in second place number four which is Joel oswick in third place it’s number six D Victor fourth is 25 Darren ball fifth is 33 Kevin Clark sixth is the uh 22 car of Luke brow in seventh place it’s number 82 which is Ben Williams eighth is number 69 um Andy Schulz ninth is number 78 Alan Stockford and 10th is the class spe leader number 51 Jonathan Packer second place car in class B 11th overall is number eight Matthew titmarsh third in class B is now number 43 which is Steve cheum in the Porsche in the Porsche I should say and then in class C it’s the Ashmore uh Honda Civic number 195 that leads the way in 16th Place overall from in second place number 97 that’s the Dave Connell Master MX5 and third now a change actually uh is the Matthew simonite uh uh car which is another MX5 as well the 169 car so Chris we just uh working our way uh around behind the safety car at the moment but it looks like the car is shortly to be cleared from the circuit so we should be able to go racing if not at the end of this lap then certainly the next one yes we certainly hope so the recovery truck making its way towards the end of the lap at The Hairpin so it’ll swing left into uh pit Lane and uh yeah dark side will get their car back so unique little View and we don’t often see the car on board from the uh recovery truck do we no we don’t uh so obviously Scott’s not on board now is just as well uh so we’re going to have that into the pit Lane there’s the safety car train now have we got to wave the cars there’s four cars between the safety car and the leader um I think uh we we might have to I’m just looking at the class C uh lead battle it says there’s a lap between them and I can only imagine that is because somewhere on the safety car they’ve gotten separated uh somewhere um but yeah I would that otherwise I think we might have one laap lead for the for the 195 yeah it’s still the Stockford AI uh that’s uh the first car behind the safety car and yeah the Dave Connell car is third car behind the safety car so effectively he’s almost a lap down on the uh on the car so they ought to wave those cars pass so the safety car has still its lights on so I think the wave the cars by yes they are as we speak W the cars by now it’ll just be the first four cars that get waved by and then they’ll pick up the uh Alan Henderson car which is the fifth car past and that is the race leader number 90 and when the safety car comes in pit window will open him uh just an update on the uh the number 2 T colonic Shelby car that we saw in the garage um was an oil leak uh for them uh which has caused them to uh retire from the race now pit window has not yet opened and yet we have a car in pit Lane and was that the number number 10 uh car that has come in it was which is the Rob Fenwick uh BMW M2 from speed Tech uh so uh wonder what has gone on there they they’ve got to him at the door yeah this won’t count as the mandatory stop now if they realize uh quickly enough maybe there’s a problem with the car that need resolving genuinely now yes but if it wasn’t the safest thing to do was just get back out there again and come back in next time around because what you don’t want to do is Ser have a a 3 minute stop and then have to do another tooth me when it stops well he’s out of the car and uh looking a little bit a little bit Placid uh it’s a bit apathetic uh he’s just sort of looking at it going oh it’s not working uh so I would I would Hazard a guess that it is a u a problem on the car rather than rather than anything else I mean speed Tech know what the rules are so um yeah would be uh a tall surprised 1 hour 40 left uh on the clock in this race we should get going this lab the cars which have been released from C aren’t actually going that quickly oh Alan Stockford is but then the Jonathan Packer little group that’s not going quite as quickly which will the shagr of number 977 Dave conell he needs to sort of close the gap back up onto the pack so he’s doesn’t lose too much of his dis disadvantage in in class C um but uh they are heading on to their next lap and the safety car is up at Sunny we’re just having a look at that number 10 car we’re having a look at that number 10 car in pit Lane see I think that was um Andrew Shepard who was uh ready to to get in um it look like they were fiddling around on something I mean it almost looks like they’re strapping in another driver but of course if they they can’t do the driver well well they can’t but it won’t count they’ get some kind of penalty for not serving Stu I mean they’re not going to win Class A no today so think possibly they’re just thinking well you know we’re not going to win any prizes so let’s just take it as it comes right safety car in with an hour and 38 minutes left to go and it’s alen Henderson that leads the way as the the race gets back underway Joel o chasing after him we’ve got Iva Mayes straight into the pit Lane as soon as the safety car has come in and that will count as a mandatory stop there’s Darren ball just squeezing his way past the excuse me past the Lotus but he’s got clevin Clark right behind him now so this is for position it’s for P4 Daren ball in the daylow and black CA and the black and orange BMW CSL of Kevin Clark they’re heading down the back straight now about 10 car lengths between them but we could have a position change here down towards Tower Corner they come they’re just behind Michael Down’s uh orange Porsche Boxer as well and all the time Kevin clar getting close to the back of Darren ball as we can see now as they come into this pack into Jim Clark’s and while they were getting going the Jonathan Packer uh Le group of three cars were only uh coming out of Tower so there is still quite a big gap uh I think between the top two in class B and then the the one and two in class C well second in class B is into the pits Matt tidmarsh is in now in the number eight car so there is the 76 car which is uh the Michael Dany car which’s been competing in this championship for a long time he was inspired to race by his dad racing in the club ENT he’s not able to race now but still be watching the live stream at home as we are watching Steve cheum go through as well uh and there is that 55 M3 GT4 sorry M4 GT4 oh and into the pits has come Joel oswick from uh second position uh so let’s see if they uh end up doing a driver change and meanwhile you can see out of the window we have had the change now for fourth place because Kevin Clark has got ahead of Darren ball at clero corner we’re watching the tid Marsh uh car I have um confirmation on the the number 10 the Rob Fenwick car so they did do the driver change but that was because the car came it had no power um so I think they figured like well we’ve lost enough time already let’s just get the uh uh driver change out of the way and just accept the penalty when it inevitably uh comes uh so just keeping an eye on the window to see if Jo oswick does step out of the class in that’s the 1 195 car Ashmore and he’s getting out of the car which he’ll need to do while the car’s refueled anyway any way of course you can’t have a driver in the car while it is being refueled for safety reasons but is it going to be Ash Moore that gets back into the car or will it be his teammate Samuel Dennis that is that is the question isn’t itly oh and uh the uh number 97 has come in as well that was the car that was second in class C so you got first and second in class C in the pit Lane at the same time there y so that could be interesting how that PL out meanwhile Alan Henderson is staying out there and building up his lead of course Joel oswi could come into the pit so that’s going to promote Dylan Bria into second place now and Kevin Clark is in third place and bearing down on him look as they are making their way uh down the St there’s only 1.6 seconds now between the BMW of Kevin Clark which started from the pit Lane and Dylan brikor who’s in second place in the Audi TT don’t know what Kevin Clark had for breakfast this morning but it certainly fueled him up he’s only 8 seconds off the lead now that safety car’s done wonders for him hasn’t it uh as we got the the [Music] 119 Audi TT uh into the pits that’s po trundley yes that’s the uh the team Brit supported uh car isn’t it from uh I had more notes on that prob trundle Sandra by esteros the two two drivers of that it’s the the the racing with autism Audi TT supported by team Brit that was the name of it that I was looking for um there’s actually a BBC uh news article about uh those two and their uh racing Ambitions uh so that was uh 78 just going through picture and the class B lead Jonathan Packer and this is for thir second position now uh with Kevin Clark right on the back of Dylan brikor getting a fantastic run out of sunny out and to the outside of the complex he’s just going to drive straight around the outside of an Audi he is what a sensational move by Kevin Clark who now takes second position in this race Oh pror I thought was going to have a little look up the inside of The Hairpin there but this is a great great driveing by kevic Clarks uh in the number 33 that BMW M3 CSL absolutely Lightning Fast 9 seconds behind our leader Alan Henderson uh now and uh I’m going to keep a close eye on those lap times um so Clark obviously was putting a move on him there but he was a second slower than our race uh leader let’s see what he can do in clean air yeah yeah absolutely right Kevin clar lots of lot and lots of experience course it was about 30 years ago was racing the Euro Car v6s and Euro Car V8 and they were very much a highlight of the UK National racing scene but he’s been racing endurance racing and in ining Bri J championship car for for a long time he just putting a lap there on the Matt head Marsh Chris Webster flying Tangerine jeta G40 which was earlier in second place in class B but has made a pit stop now and yeah he’s just signaling to Dylan bror to yep pass me on the uh the right hand side there knows that the Audi TT is much quicker there’s no sense in trying to delay these quicker cars as they’re coming through let’s head down to the pit Lane now Tom Borth is there we’ll find out who he’s got to talk to Rob Rob fenick I’m down in the pit Lane with uh driver of the number 10 just come in with the issue just walk us through what’s happened just seem to be losing power it’s like some fuel issue or some sort like that but seems to be struggling with power we were absolutely flying until the safety car came out we were cruising behind the safety car and and then suddenly just I don’t know it just started losing power we had to come in of course it’s not one of our manding pit stops either because behind the safety car so we’ve had to come in anyway but we’ve come back in there’s plenty of fuel in it it’s not it’s not as if it’s you know we haven’t got enough fuel it just seem to be some technical problem but he’s gone back out and he seems to have regained power again now so we’re we’re back out and trying to make up for lost time well he’s still circling round yeah so it can’t be too bad I would I would hope maybe just an intermittent issue but like you say that’s going to cost you an extra 3 minutes yeah exactly nothing we could do about that there was no chance to stay out gone into sort of limpo mode so you know the it was absolutely pointless staying out so we had to come in get the lads to look at it and he’s back out and hopefully underway we’ll go again just have to make up three minutes yeah great you’ve uh you’ve done the uh you’ve called it and turned it all off and turned it back on again yeah exactly that yeah yeah yeah that’s about the state of my it requirement can I say that great stuff Rob thanks very much for talking to us I really appreciate that thank you uh so we’ll see how the number 10 goes for the rest of the race hopefully they can make up their three minutes back to Ian and Chris thanks very much Tom down there in pit Lane well we’re in this sort of middle phase of the race it’s quite hard to read Because we’ve got some drivers that have made one stop it’s actually 2third of them now some that have yet to stop and of course drivers that also have a second stop to make and they have to do that before the final 15 minutes of the race still an hour and a quarter before we reach that point there’s the 195 car that’s back out on circuit that was the car that was leading in class C but it’s now made it stop it’s still second in class C though such was I think it’s Advantage over everybody else uh that’s the Sam Dennis and Ash Mo I’m not sure which driver it is aboard that now the motion Motorsport prepared car but it’s still uh running strongly by the looks of it yeah again the typar trophy Racers aboard that car a pair of them and uh was talking to Sam Dennis earlier was telling me about his uh medieval reenactment uh that he does and now part of the delery and that car is uh very much inspired by uh what he does um there and when he’s not doing that he’s a driving instructor okay uh but um I not my mind immediately went to ODS uh rather than on the like you know mirror signal maneuver kind of driving okay I suppose if there’s any sort of on track incident that involves Sam she going to have to watch out she have some kind of medieval weapon you at the padic but I think msuk race with respect Lords do have something to say say about using medieval reenactment weapons I I can’t remember if they added that into the technical RS for uh this year wouldn’t have been one to have thought of now the uh the GT4 BMW uh here the 55 uh getting its elbows out against the uh is it the 23 I think that was the TCR just hearing sorry Chris that there’s going to be a penalty for the number eight car which is the tid Martian Webster genetta one of the Class B Front Runners we don’t know what that’s for as yet but could well be a pit stop infringement possibly and we’ll see if we can get any more details on that there’s nothing on our screens at the moment to to tell us about that then we’ll see if we can find anything out okay uh just for uh contest that was the uh the 82 SE putting a lap on the GT4 BMW uh the uh GT4 C Paul simmerson in 10th position overall at the moment whereas the seat in sixth position and there’s the leader in the pit Sal Henderson’s car the number 90 AK Motorsport Maz remx 5 is being refueled at the moment it’s the car that is shared that number 90 car with Daniel Irving and of course two pit stops that uh that have to be made during the course of the race they’re down in the garage sort of closest to our commentary position here another uh jug of fuel is uh require quired and be interesting cuz it’s 150 minute race nor the 120 minute race do you get all the fuel in at one stop or you’re going to need to do some fueling at B stops as there’s different Strat that comes into play now there’s the 62 car that’s the car that was started by lead Andy Sadler um but is now possibly with Andy gay aboard uh the Bonnet on that just looks like it’s flapping a little bit doesn’t it that’s something that could be a cause of concern see we saw in that the low cost race earlier Martin West car some body work moving backwards and forwards depending on whether it was in the slipstream or in uh clean air um but that seems to be more towards the back end of the Bonnet doesn’t it so um but it’s not happening on the left hand side by the looks I wonder if he’s had a bang on the right hand side or something like that uh the uh it’s our race leader that’s Kevin Clark now he’s in the lead of the race on screen now just notice Scott Parkins car is back up and running and just come into uh pit Lane but um cuz Scott has uh exited car um I somehow doubt that he’ll be able to get back in well he’s had outside assistance uh yeah yes yes that’s to check the regulations on that but he’s in any case several laps down anyway so not going to be a force in this race no no not at all but yeah this uh this 33 now leading the race uh quite astonishingly um I suppose we should really be keeping an eye on where the 90 comes out uh after its pit stop because of course Joel oswick uh JC racing BMW has been into the pits uh to serve its first Pit Stop already so it might have James Collins already uh on board um I’m just looking for it in the um in the timing order it’s currently in 10th position overall uh so we will uh wait to see uh where the 90 comes out see that’s had its Hood up as well uh now uh when when Scott Parky’s car had it cut up it was because they were looking at the gearbox I hope there’s not further issues there on the modified AKA Automotive Mazda MX5 Kevin Clark going to stay out for another lap and the number 90 is about to reemerge onto the uh RAC trck uh so uh let’s keep an eye out for Joel oswick and James uh James Collins BMW as uh just see the the masterda trundling down pit Lane at the moment behind us uh but the yes the the BMW uh definitely isn’t going to be within Striking Distance is it because the Mazda is at the lane exit now whereas the JC racing BMW is only just at the hair pin yeah so basically most of the length of the start and finish straight between uh the 90 Mazda I can’t help what feel that should be number 47 to make it an AK 47 that car um and the uh the second place car what was the earth Ro second place car of Joel oswick and uh and James Collins hour and 25 minutes still to go in this race we’re not even halfway through this race we’ had lots of drama of course we’ve had Kevin Clark come from the pit Lane to lead the race we’ve had Scott Park and po out when the sequential gear box got stuck in Reverse although he’s reappeared in pit Lane since then it’s been uh yeah it’s been very enjoyable we’ve got the the sister Dark Side AUD TT currently in second position at 6.8 seconds behind this car and uh we’ve got uh Tom downstairs who have you got for us Tom down in the pit Lane just got out of the number 90 fantastic looking Mazda MX5 all sorts of flaps and Wings and Things on that and uh and the Bonnet up as well can you just walk us through your your first stint and uh and then what was going on during the pit stop uh yeah it was it was all okay in the first stint just uh sat behind that BMW there and he started to look like he was struggling with his tires coming through like uh sunny in sunny out in complex and we caught some back markers and managed to just get up the inside there at the hairpin and then managed to get a little bit of a gap in the safety car there was a car between us and him on the restart so I managed to go away again nice um yeah not not much else happen really was a shame for the dark side car to fail cuz he was flying at the start really really impressive what so with the Bonnet up and things was that just a transponder change or what was going on yeah I think the transponder seems to be intermittent or something so they’ve asked put another transponder on there so I don’t know I was out there so nothing major nothing to worry about no no no nothing nothing un to has of yet we’ve got a couple of vibrations but I think it’s just tires out of balance now and stuff like that so okay will you will you change tires on the second stop no I don’t think so I mean tire wear is fine I think it’s probably just a tire turn on the rim or something just a little bit of a vibration but everything feels okay so we’ll be fine great stuff thank you very much for talking to us Alan into the second hour of the race now so uh yeah hearing about the transponder change uh on the number n and I have course confirmation that Daniel Irving is now at the wheel of the AKA Automotive Master MX5 which is currently in eighth position uh but is the um uh actually the second car so of the cars that have been into uh pit Lane uh the leading car is the number 25 uh of Daren ball uh which um is uh oh well actually that is currently in pit LAN I should say so uh we’ll see in a few minutes whether that is uh going to be the the top car uh and uh Clark has come into pit Lane Now Kevin Clark who was just leading this race having started uh from the pit Lane so that promotes the number six Dark Side developments Audi TT into the overall lead of the race yet to serve it stop of course uh Dylan Brea on board that car uh of course the the class A winners from Spa last year and Dylan and Ryan Parkin splitting the honors for the road Sports races it was Ryan aboard the car yesterday when it finished uh third overall uh Dylan last year winning at Brown hatch GP uh Ryan winning at Brans hatch Indie uh and also finishing third at snon last year but of course Ryan now carrying the parking name of dark side developments as uh the number 78 uh car just rolled past me into pit Lane as well which is the uh Matthew Stockford Audi uh RS3 uh which I believe is making its first stop uh of the race as well uh but yes we’ll we’ll keep a close eye on uh where Darren ball uh and uh indeed Kevin Clark fall out in the uh the mix uh of the and I’ve just got word in my ear that Scott Parkins number one car has rejoined the race there it is uh so wow that’s quite surprising um to see uh I mean obviously it had outside assistance but uh clear they’re allowed to to rejoin the race and frankly it’s amazing that they’ve got it going again considering that car was stuck in reverse gear half an hour ago yep it’s uh really bit of an extended test session Now isn’t it for this car to see if they’ve managed to resolve the issue against partly um but yeah there’ll be lots of lots of play for they and we just need to check if they would be eligible be classified or not well should we see how many laps down they are they are uh 18 laps down on uh race leader uh denan breor um of course we yeah we do have Kevin Park uh into the pits actually I’m wondering if it’s already emerged I can’t quite tell if there’s a a BMW M3 shaped Wing poking out the back there if it’s that’s just some appendage on the building it’s not it’s not saying that it’s currently in pit Lane according to our timing screen so we’ll see um where it’s um emerged uh relative to the uh number 90 AK Automotive ma MX5 of uh Daniel Irving uh who is uh now aboard that car and confirmation as well they changed the transponder that’s why the hood up was in the uh pit stop because it’s been intermitted we’ve had several messages uh about race from race control about that and we might have seen it dipping in and out of the timing Tower but they have now changed it aboard that car during that first Pit Stop yeah so 80 minutes left we’re nearly halfway through this race Now Kevin Clark you can see is just coming out of the uh the pit Lane just ahead actually of the number four car the Jo OS James Collins car and yeah those two effectory are together on track track uh for position two Ls behind the leading car at the moment we’ve just seen the sister TT of Scott parkings the Dylan Victor Ryan parking car which you still get to make it stop only the first four cars on the timing to have yet to make their stop that’s the Dylan Brier car it’s the Luke brows car the B Williams car and Jonathan Packer who leads in class B they’re the only drivers that have yet to make a stop of any one of great significance there are one or two just right at the Backle I think one of them is a retirement and the other is uh Michael Downey who in any case is a long way down cuz he was a very early pit stopper in the race to uh BMWs there getting together through the complex that time the second of them is the number 55 car which is the uh M4 GT4 for simmerson and Stanton and they’re chasing after the 69 car which is the uh M2 of Andy Schulz and Matthew hampson I’m just trying to keep an eye out for uh where our sort of net race leaders uh might be ah they’re coming past us now uh so so Kevin Clark is ahead not only James Collins but also James Collins is the head of Daniel Irving uh so that’s quite a significant change they’re coming out of The Hairpin now as we see the the RS3 uh making its way out of uh pit Lane but they’re just coming down the stet so you see the Mazda is going to be the third of the uh sort of leading cars and yeah of the cars that have made their stop Kevin Clark is the leader of them from James Collins and then uh Daniel Irving yeah that’s right so a bit of a shake up then amid the pit stops it’s not been plain sailing for the for the car that was leading on the road before the before those driver changes and and pit stops and there’s only 2 and 1 half seconds between them as well which is um quite surprising uh so uh we will uh we’ll see how that unfolds uh later in the race they’ve also got well they’ve got quite a significant Gap uh to the car behind them which I think well the 78 has only just emerged so would have been in the pits when the timing was uh updated so uh next car I could tell would be the 69 uh uh Andy Schultz started that BMW M2 not sure if Matt hson is now uh aboard that car I would suspect so uh but I think that would be the next car in fact yes that’s just been updated onto uh our timing uh screen so that might be a net fourth depending on where uh the uh the Audi comes out looks like the Daniel Irving m is losing a bit of ground to the 2mw ad is’s possibly not too surprising alen Hansson the quicker of the two drivers in that car so maybe the X5 just losing out a little bit to those two the the those three cars at the moment in fifth sixth and seventh but they’re the first drivers to have made their to have made their stops but it does look like Marti came for a second time that’s possibly the second time Des serve a penalty um because we did have a penalty board go out for them at one point yes um that is a good Bo I was wondering because they they do have two um on there but it is uh it is likely that the second one was for the penalty let’s head down to the pit Lane once again Tom Butterworth is speaking to the driver of Team 169 I’m down in the pit Lane with Matt simonite who’s just got out of the 169 Matt how’s the race been going so far uh yeah we we’re a bit slow off the start we lost a bit time um made it back up during the pit window we stayed out a bit longer than everyone else got the lap times back where they need to be uh made a bit of time but I think we’re currently P2 or P3 if we can keep the pace going James is a little bit quicker than me here um so we should be on for hopefully a Podium okay well you’ve got a interesting sponsor for for this year on the car as well which you’re from Chesterfield so I’m going to go with there being them being an air conditioning shop in uh in Chesterfield Yorkshire air conditioning shop is that what it is yeah so they um fans and other types of air conditioning only only fans that’s all they sell yeah that’s it so um yeah so the sponsor came across from tyar trophy so it’s ran James a Civic for two years with the only fan sponsorship on he’s come to do a full season of this and brought the sponsorship over we went a bit more Boulder with it this year and went like a full Livery um so they are the title sponsors um but yeah we do get a lot of attention from it which is pretty good uh it helps the other sponsors cuz it draws the eye over them as well so yeah it’s a it’s a good one it gets the conversation started it certainly does Great Stuff thanks very much hope you have a good uh running the uh for the rest of the race are you getting back in he’s going to double stint this end bit he’s doing double stint now great stuff all right and who’s who’s your driver oh it’s James Manel James Manon there we go that’s our chat with the 169 the only fans car that’s uh all done and dusted thanks very much thanks very much Tom we’re exactly halfway through this race now and there’s the number eight car which I understand has just had a drama Chris uh yes just had an off at sunny in we’ve been hearing in our ears and uh of course that car has already been into pit Lane twice we believe once for a penalty definitely has picked up a penalty we believe it served it uh so it’s not been really smooth running for the tip Marsh Webster flying Tangerine racing janeta G40 uh bearing in mind that car was for so long in this race on the back of Jonathan Packer for the lead in class B that’s right uh so it’s all sort of falling apart a little bit for them and obviously in the early stage of this race we also lost their early class big leader which was the Chris n and Honda Civic as well so it’s all sort of opened up for for Jonathan Packer here to have an uncontested win maybe in class B he’s still got to make both of his pit stops though uh and he’s got an hour left to do it or 59 minutes left to do it in have to do it before the last 15 minutes of the race uh Ben Williams is just coming in um one of the four Front Runners yet to have made his pitch stop so he is going to come into the pit and will either stay in the car for another s or hand over to alak aenar it might be though that as we halfway through the race and if you want to share the driving evenly be a driving change there yeah I mean in theory you could do your pit stops on back toback laps couldn’t you um just whether you’ve got the fuel to actually be able to make that happen well if you’ve gone halfway into the race you should be able to go the same distance y that is that is very true um in theory um so this um the the genit G4 I believe the car in front of it was actually full position it was the Lotus yes it was only half a second at the uh timing line last time around that is uh not necessarily class position because the the Lotus is Class A Janet is Class B but that was for 15th and 16th position overall as we can see the capture Motorsport uh crew at work here in the pit Lane yeah they are uh just getting the fuel into the car can see the precautions that have to be made extinguisher has to be on is that Dylan Brier that’s just coming into the pits was that Scott parking there’s an Audi TT that’s just had in maybe with it’s not bror it is Scott parking so Bri is still out there on circuit and yeah we can see as we said it’s an ex sort of flapping the that was very no I know they like Flappy paddle gear boxes but that’s not quite the Flappy paddle they after it looks like the gearbox completely uh given I’ve never seen a gear stick move like that before yeah it’s sort of very very wobbly wasn’t it there’s the the tid Martian Webster Janette again you can see it’s got some tape on the right front Wing some damage has been picked up at some point as well and that’s just behind on the road the number 97 uh Connell butless is’s actually for position as well again not for class position Connell and Orson Hughes in MX 5 number 97 that’s still winning second in class C behind the S Denis Ash Mo car be quite some distance behind it so the genetic should get through it’s a class above quite literally Class B compared to class C and uh yeah make sure work of of that car goes up to I think is now 14th [Music] position and then you can just see the Lotus behind as well of of Neil Huggins and and Lloyd Huggins Lloyd Huggins who’ve seen in M next SI before uh Neil Huggins father has faing all kinds of uh of cars yeah that was the that was the car that the uh great Janetta was fighting just just a lap ago but has now uh moved its way through into 14th position uh overall um but actually despite the uh problems still running third in class yeah and 42 seconds behind the cheum scoffield Porsche box so that is second in class and the next car uh up the road for position as well as into the pits comes the number 90 Master MX 5 for its second stop no but it is moving a little more slowly than I would have expected when we heard Allan Henderson did they give a hint as to who’s drive going to drive the lasts didn’t they I miss that interview um I don’t think they did I know it’s Daniel Irving at the wheel of the car at the moment I if he was going to do a Middleton and Henderson was going to get it at the end just this is not sched I I can see Allan from the commentary box window assessing the car but he has he isn’t race ready hasn’t got his helmet on or anything uh it looks like our camera goes uh there so we might get the pictures very shortly but this does yeah this does not look scheduled for the AKA Automotive team it doesn’t me we looking at Jonathan Packer who still leads in class B on screen I was actually third overall there is the work going on screwdriver that’s not the transponder is it which at least is the one thing they changed on the pit stop uh so it looks like a more serious issue that uh has caused the hood to go up Ro around to to fix out fix the uh well I you know I hope uh well either Daniel will take this car to the end of the race or maybe Allan um will will get ready and get aboard it because they may as well do their second stop now as is the uh JC racing BMW uh E46 of James Joel alwick which has come in for its second stop yeah confirmation snap snap linkage on the Scott parking car which is now done for the day uh we’ll see if who we can figure out who’s getting into car number four then or if there is a change for that car for the final stint whether it’s going to be Joel James oswick sorry Joel oswick or James Collins in for the final stint Daniel Irving about to head back out onto the track so whatever issue there was under the hood of that Ma MX5 it looks like they well they hope they resolved it and it is definitely Daniel Irving still aboard that car it is but it was a 3 minute stop so they’re going to have to make another uh well you you’ve done very well if you’ve managed to time that because I lost complete track of time I don’t think that was three well they may they may as well have kept it in there surely it felt like less to me anyway well okay well we we’ll see if it was like bang on 3 minutes let’s see if we can work out who’s going to be in this car the final stin there’s a driver change happening that’s sure we we didn’t know who was in no refueling uh going on we’ll see if Tom hopefully be a to find out who it is in going to be in that half final stint if he can get down there to the green of go down there Tom probably not too far [Music] away the pill unfortunately uh side profiles I I was speaking to them earlier that might have been James on the right hand side I was James Collins in the car so it’s Jo so it’s Joel lowick now thought final yes that that’s that’s sh yeah I can almost hear his Scottish tones through the uh through the cameraman yeah that SS right then so just over an hour to go it’s going to be John osw back in the car for the final stint and 68 minutes to [Music] go it’s a 3 minute stop they need to make time to play with this is fascinating to me and it really is the how they coordinate and work to time you think they this do you think I think they should but let me what that let me tell you I’ve work with professional RAC teams who haven’t practiced their pit stops and then are suddenly surprised when their uh Pit Stop is a minute and 30 seconds longer than everyone else’s yeah what went wrong there guys yeah we didn’t we didn’t really think it through before we before we started not quite at all uh so you know we’re still waiting for our race leading uh out of TT to come in into the pits Jonathan Packer uh is now in pit lane from the class B uh lead and third overall this is his first off so we are just left with the top two which is the Dylan brick Audi and the Luke and Paul brows say Leon number 22 just come in so uh that was good timing there so now we are just waiting for the dark side Audi to come into the pits as looks like Joel oswick is about to head back out to track he’s been pushed uh out see it pit Lane now and uh he’s going to rejoin so it’s kind of the first of the well actually the second of the Front Runners to make their second stop let’s see where he comes out relative to Daniel Irving uh which has been into the pits for a second time but um well if if your math is correct it will need to come in again to uh fulfill the requirement of a second uh three minute pit stop or they could take the penalty that was come could the penalty’s got to be bigger than 3 minutes isn’t it so it’s I think to check the Roes to see see what it is it but it would be based on how short they stopped and a bit more might not be as b as taking the full fre minutes no that’s true um generally with short pit stops they tend to just double however much you missed it by that seems to be the general rule of thumb in uh some of the other series that I’ve um been seeing but we can see Jo W back out uh on track here and uh I he he has come out behind uh the uh Mazda MX5 that he was battling uh with which is surprising because he was ahead of it when he came into well when they both came in to the pits uh but uh maybe we’ll see uh a little bit later how that checks out might have come out quite far behind actually which would rather back up your theory Ian of it’s of the Mazda doing a short stop but we’ll get confir when it gets over the timing line in a few seconds time just how far behind the Mazda he is and he is a good 50 odd seconds 55 seconds maybe even yeah uh behind the Henderson Irving Mazda and they and and bear in mind uh coins was ahead of of that car when it when they both came into the pit I was just wondering when the Dylan vior car is going to come in it’s just going through the complex behind our commentary like it can run forever well I’m quite impressed it’s gone for an hour and 26 minutes we had a had a have a little bit of safety car running in that but surely it’s got to be bound for the pit Lane soon but not this lap SC past our comment box once again being passed by Kevin Clark who unlapsed yeah once it was two laps behind he’s now one and 9900 behind at the moment but of course has made a stop one of his two mandry stops already and then the 30 car you can see neon hoggins going through the X proton Coupe cup compared to when there was a a proton one make Championship briefly couple of decades or so ago so coming up to the final hour of this race uh very shortly uh the way it is uh panning out at the moment is we’re actually still waiting to see where where the browse car comes out in relation to everything and uh a it’s like it knows I’m talking about it it’s the second time that uh managed to uh have that car come out when I mentioned it by the medium of M I think that Tom but has managed to convey that it’s raining I think that’s what he was saying okay um yes there are rain spots on the commentary box window not many of but they are there very light thin smatterings against the glass and well I tell you what this has been a threat all weekend long I’ve seen about 20 different weather reports for this weekend some of them included rain some of them said it was going to be dry all the way through some of them said it was going to be an absolute wash out it I mean it doesn’t feel looking at the skies like this is going to be very much rain no I mean it’s overcast don’t get me wrong but they don’t look like the most ominous clouds um I’ve ever seen and oh well actually could see it on the camera there that was a a visible into the pits has come the number six Audi TT our race leader finally after an hour and a half almost of running has uh come in to make his first uh stop uh so we’re going to be interested to see where he comes out in relation to the rest of the field because it looks like we’re finally going to get some sort of um order uh in the next two laps we’ll be able to give you a a fairly definitive uh order minus the the two cars that have served their second stops Jo oswick has just the best lap of the race 26732 on well been one of his first laps back out of the pits won’t it yeah it must have been the first flying one cuz he’s just come across the line again with the 283 yeah so he’s certainly got in the car and immediately gone very quickly and we’ll see how all of this uh shakes out having made two stops he yeah the only car that we’ got the mo and Dennis con now that must have served some kind of penalty cuz that’s now made two stops as well I think it’s currently in the pits is it in the pit L is it not I believe it is because I can see it so the re end of a Civic yeah uh and I mean that is The Classy uh leader okay that should drop down as well so it will drop down yeah um the cut the closest cut really that’s made it second stop is the number 90 Mazda that we were talking about um and and yeah we still don’t quite think that that’s made a legal stop uh but uh great great Pace from the JC racing car um all calm at dark side which it has not been on this in this race so far on the uh other side of the garage so to speak no well it is now but the car’s Reed from the race so there’s not much more they can do but yeah it’s going to be Ryan par getting in for the final hour of the race taking over from uh Dylan just getting C from Jack it look like changing uh Ching wheel maybe you can see the tragic tires they r on in Clos no slips or like that steam rather than anything else that’s uh engine B must be so annoying trying to change TI while the car is uh moving up on the Jacks cuz they don’t go up evenly it goes up one side then the the other but that that will be Ryan parking getting aboard the car now Scott’s twin brother it’s going to carry the family honors now in uh that car and we were talking about this in qualifying the the number six car is slightly less sophisticated than the number one it’s got um a uh normal H pattern gearbox rather than a sequential one and uh different suspension they they seem to be preferring the the suspension the oin suspension that’s on the number one TR to work it out as the 90 car comes in for third third stop now is this going to be another issue with getting the refueling P out now so it looks like this is a scheduled stop this time there’s the 195 car the s c plus c they’re completing their second pick stop put for one now don’t they they should be back out on their way uh very soon uh one would think just think for this number 90 car I mean reliability was it uh Achilles heel last year wasn’t it it was very fast uh and it seems like it struck once again again because they’ve had Podium contending Pace uh all day uh but that extra trip to the Pits might have just cost them dearly yeah possibly so so it looks like they’re getting ready to push the 195 out just as soon as y they’ve had the signal 3 minutes is up yep and we can get the car back into place what just about to Muse if you’re Ryan parking uh and you and you’re going to hopefully you know bring the car home with a successful result and you’re clearly going to beat your brother and your brother because he’s retired but you’re also the co-director of dark side development do you feel happy that you’ve sort of had a good result or do you feel sad for your brother that he’s not had such a good and then think it’s Championship points isn’t it well yes that is true i’ I’d be aware that my rival has had a had an issue but I don’t know I kind of also just uh acknowledged the uh performance differences between the two cars yes absolutely quite hey update from Tom the pit who reports that there are still drops of rain uh in the uh pit Lane doesn’t seem to be causing too much trouble out on the track um at the moment but also reports that the number 25 car Darren B CA uh which was uh running inside the top 10 if memory Serv yeah that car has had to retire because something has punctured the radiator and it’s lost water pressure as a result so some bit of Dey or maybe a bit of gravel or something something um some sort of detritus that’s been brought on to the track and into the path of that number 25 car has caused Darren Paul to retired from the race great shame for him yeah absolutely right oh an issue and Michael dowley and Johnny hay and Paul siani seem to have fallen over one another at the complex there Michael Downey in The Orange Box are still stranded on the grass there Haz and subani BMW that’s just got going again and so too now as the number 76 car of Downey as well so Al a bit of mud on the track the circuit now clear again but that’s unusual to see something like that happen in the towa Club andero Championship whether there was only concept there might have been a little bit I’m not quite sure well this Michael T’s uh day going from bad to worse because he was already Plum last of the runners we still had as now had contact with the saani car and coming into pit Lane uh as well and that that is probably for its second stop it might just get that one out of the way uh now um so we uh still have the um the AI into pit Lane by the way but it has fallen into third position which means that Kevin Clark is back in the lead of the race does feel like a long stop for Dylan brick feels like a very long stop now doesn’t it um but uh my sense of time might not be um too fantastic um because I also thought that the the Mazda Pit Stop was fine earlier as well but uh yeah hopefully it’s not issues on both Dark Side development cars that that would be uh quite a disappointment um Jonathan Packer has also emerged in fourth position overall now uh and is on the back of the Schultz hampson BMW M2 number 69 car um for potentially spot on the overall Podium yeah um and lapping very similarly at the moment there’s Kevin Clark on screen now in the number 33 car so he is the leader at the moment let’s just quick a quick run down on the order I’ll see how many stops people have made 33 Kevin Clark leads he’s made one stop uh 22 luk and Paul brows are second having made one stop third 69 Andy SCH baew hampson they’ve made one stop fourth is on 51 Jonathan Packer leads Class B One Stop fifth 82 B Williams and Alo One Stop six number 78 Alan Matthew Stockford alen James that’s one stop seventh number six still in the pit Lane I think yeah Dylan VI and Ryan Parkin as they have been for a long time now so maybe neither the dark cars going to finish but they are there one stop so far eighth number four Joel oswick James Collins they’ve made two stops the first of the two Stoppers ninth number 10 in the pits at the moment uh the Rob fedck Andy Andrew Shepard car that’s two stops and uh then next up complet the top 10 is the 43 car of Steve cheum Wayne scoffield second in class B as things stand but still pit stops to shake out in the remaining 39 minutes before the pit window closes uh yes but uh it does look like we have some sort of uh sense of an order now don’t we yeah the Haan who we saw off the circuit a few moments ago that is the class SE leading car at the moment orbe it they’ve only made one stop and their two Jess drivs have made two stops so I suspect they will fall back behind sa Dennis and and Ash Mo before much longer yeah they they’re only uh 6 seconds uh behind uh that car uh having made their second stop so uh yeah I would would suggest that they are uh probably going to jump them uh at some point and uh finally the uh Dylan bior and Ryan parking Kart has emerged back out onto the race track yeah we’ll perhaps be able to hear um a little bit more from uh from Tom or one of the team members in the moment cuz that did seem like an extraordinary long stop yeah and it’s come out well it’s a at best 9th 10th it’s continuing to drop down the order and they’ve got another stop to make of course yeah um yeah it does seem like they were in there for a very very very long time and not emerging in the position that we expected uh them to so uh yeah it’s very much Kevin Clark’s uh lead at the moment uh this is the uh the number 10 speed Tech BMW M2 that’s coming for its second stop and the uh 76 uh M Downey car that is coming after had that bit of contact uh down at the complex yeah they didn’t make that inter M stop though didn’t they they did did some refueling of that Boxster yeah looks for uh Jonathan Packer uh the his lead in class B is very very substantial uh possibly even nearly two laps ahead of the CH scoffield box number 43 and yes we expect the um Ashmore and Sam Dennis got to retake the lead in class C when our current Class C lead ah now um six coming back into the pits to do its second stop either that or say hang on the problem that i’ got that first pit stop I just need to check it over again but they probably try and make this into their second mandatory stop but it’s not looking particularly good for um Dark Side development today no it isn’t and uh yes just getting the update from uh Tom downstairs as well hopefully uh hope be able to find out if there were any issues uh on that car now this is uh 69 and 82 this is a battle for position uh between the uh schz hamson number 69 uh uh BMW M2 racing car that is currently in third position uh but just in front of the 82 Ben Williams and Alec aena capture Motorsports Seton cpra so they’re squabbling for the last spot on the podium at the moment they’ve just cleared Jonathan Packer’s Class B car which was for position overall uh such as been the performance of Jonathan pcka uh so far in this race but this is the battle for the last spot on the podium as it stands with uh these guys some 40 seconds almost behind the Paul and Luke brows uh say Leon uh Cooper that’s in second place number 22 uh machine uh so this yeah this is the battle for third position y um just a word on the Brows I mean that’s a good effort from them because they’re getting used to this front wheeel drive for Cooper for the first time having had a re will drive BMW yeah um previously I think it was was it Luke yesterday was saying that he had pretty much burnt through the front tires in the his first in in the road Sports race which is considerably shorter than this race that we have uh today so yes um a very good effort um there hoods off the number six car again and once again they don’t seem to be in much of a hurry to get that car back out do they it’s feeling like um could be a terminal issue again for Dark Side here which be a great pity the team’s Bal language doesn’t suggest a great deal of urgency uh about their operations uh we believe it’s Matthew hson at the wheel of the 82 don’t worry because Andy SCH started the car and they’ve only done uh One Stop uh So currently in fourth um position and sorry do excuse me I’m getting them mixed up but uh it did look like the uh the BMW uh was uh getting past there and indeed it was because the 82 car has gone through into third place uh so that could be alak yenar in that car again made one stop and it was uh uh it was Ben Williams who started it wasn’t it but either way that c now into third position yeah absolutely right so we are into the last 50 minutes of this T club and Championship race here at CRT we are going to head down to the pit Lane for an update from to Tom Butterworth so I’m just down in the pit Lane having a look at the uh the dark side developments car this number six it it looks fairly terminal at the moment but uh yeah in fact I’ve just had the the old Cutthroat symbol from the signal from uh uh from one of the drivers who uh yeah it looks pretty terminal here uh they I was told that it was overheating issues that they were having um they went back to try and try and manage uh the issue they were trying to manage the overheating issue uh went back out did a lap uh it was still uh the temperature was still going up and he was told to manage it with pace and and clean air and things like that but it just wasn’t working out so they brought it back in they’re going to try and call it down maybe they’ll go back out but unlikely at the moment back to you guys thanks Tom uh so not a good day for Dark Side developments one another the gearbox issues on the number one car and the overheating issues on the number six car so Ryan Parkin really didn’t get much of a run did he today pror driving for an hour and a half and by the time Ryan got into the car well it was overheating and he he couldn’t sustain sustain any number of laps unfortunately such a surprise because they’ve been one of the front running teams in this championship for a couple of years now and uh genuinely um fairly bulletproof um as well very rare to see both their cars falling out of the race uh now uh the uh number 69 uh car which um yes we believe it’s Matt Hampton at the wheel don’t we um of the BMW M2 yes um having just lost third position now looks like it’s uh it’s not fully secured in fourth position overall as well because Class B leader Jonathan Packer is still hounding uh the back of that car and might fancy a run through uh Packa having uh spent so much of this race having his well the early part of this race anyway having his mirrors full of his class B Rivals now on the attack against the class A Car yeah and last lap he was more than a second faster than uh than hampson in the BMW and so it’s not unreasonable to expect that he could make a move I guess the difficulty will be the BMW might be a bit quicker in a straight line so he’s got to really try and take advantage places like this really the twisty opparts of the circle because iect down yeah you can already see accelerating away from The Hairpin down towards PLO the advantage is going to stretch isn’t it and look at that hson is going to be I don’t know but a lot of Carin head by the time they turn in to clero so really it’s going to be through the slower parts of the circuit the twisty parts of the circuit where Packa is going to have to try and make his move because he’s got no real need to because points in the Club andero Championship scored within your class and he’s leading his class at the moment yes and and they also go to an over Championship as well so you know we talking about Scott Parkin being the overall Champion he won it in a class B car yeah so really there’s no particular motivation for other than S pride and getting an overall top you know best result you can to to try and pass a class a car when you’re in class B maybe the S to just bring it home safely especially when the BMW has such a clear uh performance advantage on the straight he’d have to get inventive he’d have to to get risky to try and make that move there’s no point trying to damage his car for very little material game and the other consideration is that there’s no real behind Packer of any great that is an understatement because I do I do genuinely think there is a lap between the top two in uh Class B um our second place car has just come into the pitch it’s the the Brows car and that is for its second stop yeah so uh that they they stopped in fairly quick decision they’re quite late making their their first stop as well a remind that all teams do have to make their stops with uh before 15 minutes from the end of the race that’s only half an hour from now yeah so uh the uh message at the top of the pit window is closed is uh not quite correct unless there’s some other uh exterior uh uh reason that uh We’ve uh We’ve not been made aware of just yet but yeah as far as far as we’re concerned it remains open until there’s 15 minutes left to go so still half an hour left for these guys to make their second um stops which these uh guys there Luke and Paul Browns are doing now they uh one of many uh TCR spec cars that we had in the field today going up against the BMWs and the uh the janeta and GT4 cars keep going keep yeah communication between obviously it’s it’s very it’s a hands-off situation you he had his hands up in the edge just to show that he wasn’t actually touching the car while it was being uh refueled there are a number of safety regulations that go on U because you know this isn’t you know Top Flight GT Racing where we’ve got very quick uh refueling uh Rigs and uh very highly well-trained uh mechanics because we are at the the amate level uh we have to make sure that everything is done safely and securely just noticed there there a five door very rare to see a five door in uh in these cars cuz he popped open the back door 90 into the pits again the alen Henderson Dan Irving that’s his fourth stop so I think that is poorly shall we say and uh probably not really get a feature and it’s classify as 11th at the moment five laps of drift of Kevin Clark who still got a stop to make in this race but yeah a car that show very much promise in the early stage of this race and if they actually driven it straight into the garage this time I think they may have done Jonathan Packer somehow has managed to get uh momentum on the uh M2 BMW and has actually cleared it now we we saw the BMW had a performance advantage in a straight line so maybe that’s a a poorly and limping BMW seeing now and also the 78 car is not too far behind of Alan James we believe that is at the wheel of the the AUD RS3 yeah um so could be that the um shks and hson car has hit one or two problems there are a few reliability issues for a few cars here today in this opening meeting of the Season uh into the pcks comes the 43 car which is Steve Cheon this is for his second stop so that’s the Steve CH way gayfield uh Porsche number 43 the box of fre fall to Boxster of course what this does mean is that we’ve got a class b c car on the overall podium uh now as well and uh yes Alan James has cleared the BMW behind so I do think uh that we we might see that car com to the pit shortly CU it must have some sort of problem to be running this slowly in fact it has peeled uh to the right hand side now coming into uh pit Lane just check where it is on its number of stops this is its second stop so um if if they can do this in around 3 minutes they can uh class this as one of their mandatory stops it just depends on whether it’s an issue that can be resolved in a quick succession got a message that the 316 car has gone behind the barriers well it’s a long race I suppose you got to go wherever you can in in these races uh but it looks like that car is out of the race that was the car uh for this race shared by I Mayes and Steven K 41 minutes left to go there is Kevin Clark still in the lead on the timing screens still with a stop to make but uh I think looking in a pretty good position for would be a dramatic overall result from the pit Lane who was disqualified from qualifying because the interport racing prepared car was found to be underweight here’s the hson and Schulz car uh that was we thought might have just been in trouble just uh looks like they’re planning on doing a a dve CH there Hampton you can see with the black overalls on and it’s Andy schs getting back into the car so maybe was just having a slow lap back into the pits uh well uh potentially um maybe even oh maybe short on fuel uh maybe it’s a potential solution I’m just looking at um if anyone can challenge Clark of course the uh the osic Collins BMW has done its second stop and right now it’s the only car that can match and even go faster than Clark’s BMW um so worth keeping an eye on where Clark comes out relative to the number four machine when it serves it second can stop uh because right now it is the lead car that has done both of its stops but that is not many of them there’s oswick um out in the number four car fifth on the time of screens at the moment last lap 12703 only 310 of a second off his best so Joel oswick still pushing on he’s a really quick young driver and and the leader doing 284 so he is lapping quicker than our race leader uh so maybe the fairy tale of pit Lane start to race win is not quite so secure yet for Kevin Clark of course we’ve already been denied a bit of a fairy tale today hav we in the low cost uh race Paul Clark uh sadly expiring on his way from the back um of the grid uh but uh yes maybe there can be a little bit of redemption for Kev CL I mean even to finish second would be something quite spectacular uh maybe we can make time to hear from him actually because we normally only hear from the class winners but such an extraordinary Drive I think might deserve a slight bending of the rule and uh we haven’t uh got to cut to anything else after this race as well have we we’ve got the time may as well use it yeah see if we can uh see if we can grab him or grab whoever there’s the Michael Downey that’s back in the pit Lane now that was but that was Joel osit there just catching up to the 22 was it not the browse uh car but as far as I can tell it shouldn’t have shouldn’t have been that close together on the road well yeah that together must been putting a lap on it well uh oswick three laps down and brow’s six laps down or was previously they’re just going to come across the line now and they’re now respectively two and five laps okay I I thought they’d be closer than that because obviously we were just seeing that the green TCR make it uh make it second stop but clearly osi’s got um quite a bit in hand yeah another lap in 127s that time thr 127.85 for our race leader uh last time around obviously traffic is playing a part in this um as well as just uh raw speed uh but this number four BMW is the fastest car on track at the moment that’s right with 37 minutes remaining fascinating conclusion to this race in Prospect and the car that was in uh third position overall just coming in to make it second stop which is the uh number 78 Alan James Matthew Stockford Audi lms3 um that had uh been in the pits not too long ago hadn’t it but um I would imagine it’s stock for getting back on board um the car is relatively close to us in in the um pit Lane um actually but um yeah actually not a lot of action going on there um at the moment so we’ll see uh where that comes out uh eventually as uh Joel oswi oswick ticks off another lap and there is Kevin Clark and he’s just coming up to uh put another lap on the 97 car which is the Dave conell Alex Wilkinson Hughes M MX5 so running second incl class C to Ashmore and Samuel Dennis but there’s Kevin Clark but had a big acction to Alton Parker a couple of years ago um in another BMW um but uh there he goes past the uh the lx5 and surprisingly I think was that that was the uh 2022 title concluding race was it not cuz I remember I was there and it was uh quite an aggressive spear into the barriers I think it was one that ironically won him the race because obviously they bring out the red flags and it rolled back a lap the uh results so uh he may have crashed uh but he did still win the race although did take him a while to uh extricate him from the C if I remember uh rightly now how is tid Marti Webster getting on I mean they in six overall aren’t they still despite various dramas that they’ve had during the course of this race and second in class B I mean there’s a lap or so between them and their class leader Jonathan Packer yeah that seems to be but yeah sixth overall um as you mentioned and uh certainly quicker than a lot of the Class A cars he’s about to put another lap on the uh number 10 Fenwick Shephard BMW M2 that is currently 10th uh overall and uh he’s some two laps ahead of that car uh now or uh one lap ahead of it actually I should say looking very good out there at the moment see so much more speed in the middle of sunny in sunny out because of the lighter car and just abely drives straight by him in the middle of the double right hander so lots of speed in that number eight machine we are 35 minutes from the uh check flag now so we are uh almost 2 hours in to our 2 and a half hour uh endurance race longest race of the Year remember we’d be uh almost coming up to the checkered flag now in know typically uh length uh race yeah it’s guess one ex to the other it’s only a 75 minute race for the next round of the championship at brat on the grand PR circuit I’ll tell you what I haven’t mentioned actually yet is that uh the fastest up of the race from Joel oswick and James Collins which I believe it was Joel oswick lap his 267 is a new club and Juro lap record it beats will Stacy’s 2711 from uh last year uh almost wondering if uh perhaps Jonathan Packer has been able to beat the Scott Parkin lap record now he hasn’t uh so we will ignore that one but in terms of the Class A we have got uh another new lap record that’s the third one to be set this weekend believe adding to the road Sports and the loow cost which was beaten three times and did we not get a lap in classic St cash as well oh we did yes so it’s the fourth one didn’t we yes of course yeah that much to uh Paul Thorp surprise and pip Hammond as well yeah absolutely right so there’s Jonathan Packer pushing on in that number 51 carp in a regular in club andry for the last couple of Seasons but let’s head down to the pit line once again Tom Borth has got another interview for us and in the garage with Matthew Stockford one of the drivers of the 78 Matthew race going okay so far we’ve just done your second pit stop now so uh he’s double stinted um everything going okay yeah all good so far cars running really well um it’s just starting to rain a little bit but hopefully the track won’t get too wet so uh yeah Allan’s making good progress good good Pace very happy great stuff uh it sounds good it seems to be a bit of a race of attrition it’s going to be who gets to the end without any problems I think at the moment it’s a bit like that 2 and a half hours is a long time first race of the season so I certainly felt it was a race of attrition for me towards the end of my stint I was absolutely exhausted so uh I need to get in the gym yeah I know the feeling um and uh so we we’re driving here with hand controls as well um just walk me through a little bit of the technicalities really of it of of how the throttle differs how the brakes differ compared to actually pressing a pedal yeah I mean it’s a really simple system actually so the the the gears it’s a DSG gear box so that just works on the paddles as normal and then I’ve just got um a a a bar that I pull effectively to accelerate and uh you push the same bar to break so pull to accelerate push to break it there’s a slight disadvantage there in so much that you can’t um be peel and towing you know breaking and keeping the revs up and there’s that extra sort of pause between as you come off the accelerator onto the brake but you know it’s a good simple system that won’t go wrong so I I’m I’m getting better okay well that’s good to hear um yeah I mean with a DSG box it’s you kind of heel and toe in kind of out the window anyway isn’t it but yeah it’s yeah sort of but you can still maintain your revs and um you know and be on The Brak it’s it’s a far quicker process twitching between the two which isn’t the same with the hand controls okay uh but the races obviously going well I mean where where about to you positioned at the moment I when I last looked just then we were fourth okay I’m not sure whether we dropped any during that pit stop but um and Alan was making good progress so we’ll see you know top five finish for us will be will be a cracker for the first race great stuff well we fingers crossed will’ll be interviewing you again on the podium later hopefully yeah great stuff thanks very much Matthew thanks for talking to us back to you so Jonathan Packer continuing to Circle in his class speed leading VW Golf uh and we can take a look at the uh well at the standings and was give you an update on the uh the Clubman uh cup uh cars which is for the pre-2010 h patent gearbox uh cars which is being led by our class C leader in the 195 motion Motorsport Honda Civic that is at s Ash Moore currently circulating in 11th position overall but we’ve got a slow moving number 22 say yeah the Brows car Luke brows Paul brows is going slowly along the start and finish straight it’s being passed by a number of cars on the way down into clero Corner that was the car that was in eighth position there you see it on screen now and it looks like possibly the game up for that car which has gone pretty strongly for the first two hours of this race and had it been a 2our race it might have secured a decent finishing position but sadly still another 30 minutes to go from the point of view of the St Market glass entered Paul Brown and Luke brow looks like their race may be run and it had just taken eighth position as well and I tell you what we might also have some problems for the 55 uh sson Stanton car because that’s just dropped two positions on the timing order and might yet drop more and it’s not in the pit Lane is it is it um oh there is a BMW in pitan that’s the flake shepher can that’s in at the moment yeah yeah I’m just saying wait yes yeah that is true cuz it’s not giving me the uh the little symbol to tell me that it’s in pit Lane um at the moment so potential dramas for the GT4 car Alan stock Matthew Stockford and Allen James they’re seventh at the moment Alan Matthew was staying who was fourth at last night time we looked but I think they did lose some ground in the pit stop so that car seventh at the moment but there are cars ahead of them that have still to make a second stop including the race leader Kevin Clark but I think he’s s five laps ahead Ben Williams Al like are three laps ahead of Stockford and James car the one that they might of get it back ahead of is to P but he’s in the SE car anyway there’s Alan James in the uh number 78 Audi which looks absolutely magnificent doesn’t ites it just turns its way out of the heav with that big wing on the back as well certainly it’s touchwood from their point of view looking pretty robust in the course of uh this race where not all the cars have been some of them have been a little bit fragile Kevin Clark race leader into the pit Lane for the second time this is the decisive stop uh so we will keep an eye out on the position of Joel oswick JC racing BMW because that is currently the top car that has uh done both of its pit stops and for the uh last uh well quite length of time maybe the last half hour or so it has been lapping quicker uh than Clark’s car you see the smoking bre there on the the front end we could be looking at a change of lead here even though Kevin Clark has driven absolutely magnificently having started from the pit Lane and worked his way up the order to lead much of this race uh we are uh going to see where he’s going to emerge you see the work going on the refueling uh there the extinguisher being ready of course it’s all hands off the car while the refueling is uh going on that’s right um and now that refueling is done so uh now now Kevin can get back in the car he canow car in as well oh good okay well that yeah that was a heart in mouth moment there for Joel lowick position it’s for second position on the road and it’ll be possibly the lead on the road depending on how the Kevin Clark stop works out yes got that 82 car yet to do it second stop but for position as you say there so Joel oswi getting up to second on the road and may well be about to take the lead but of course he was uh two laps down on the race leader uh so he’s got to make up a second one so it won’t be at this pass um that he takes the lead if indeed he will take the lead of the race so one more tour and we’ll find out what’s going to happen it’s going to be pretty close isn’t it I think I have thought so between the two of them Kevin Clark and Joel oswick so yeah it’s just the HT car Ben Williams alar that they’ve they’ve gone past as Chris says that does need to make a its remaining stop whereas oswick car and now Kevin Clark car as well so OWI needs to just push on here and try and get a and he has got a fairly clean lap ahead of him there’s a couple of cars he’ll get I think before the end of the lap but a good quick lap here is what he needs to try and minimize the gap between himself and Kevin Clark who just looking to the left of our comment box is still very much uh in pit Lane at the moment I’m sure they’ll be keeping an eye on exactly where uh Joel is as well out on C you can see the team in the pit Lane they’re ready to start pushing Kevin’s car back into the race again showing him the countdown clock as it goes to 3 minutes and knowing when they can release the car back into the circuit the officials checking the stops there’s screw in air there as well to ensure that all is well with the technicalities of the cing well not looking quite such a calm scene for Luke and Paul brows look there they’re still ticking down where’s Joel oswick he’s just coming through compx now here he is on screen they’ve still not started pushing Kevin clk’s car back he’s at The Hairpin now is Joel oswick he’s going to be accelerating away he’s going to take the lead of the race here cuz Kevin Clark is still in they pushing him back now but Joel lowick has gone through and Joel lowick now is is he on the lead I think he is because only leaving the pit Lane now is Kevin Clark yeah we we’ll get confirmation when he goes over the uh timing line but we think that is Joel oswick into the lead of the race now he was uh yeah put it 3 minutes behind when he went over the timing line just check it out because it’s when they when they do come through next time Jonathan Packer meanwhile Class B leader in third overall coming in for his um second stop so that’s his U that’ll be his last stop and uh it’s been an incredible race for Jonathan Packer uh so far 22 car looks like it’s ready to go back out because theyve pushed it back into the fast lane um oh well actually they’re pushing it forward now so maybe they’re pushing it out of they’re going to the carriage I think ultimately yeah yeah they are uh they’re we’re going to push it backwards in I mean i’ have kept it forward so that we’re not obstructing the uh the the fast lane but nothing coming through at the moment so uh no harm no foul so there’s Joel oswick at the complex once again in the number four JC racing quite plain dark green Livery on that car is nothing flashy nothing in the way of sponsorship um either so it’s uh not uh not too supported and yeah this is confirmation the retirement uh of the number 22 Paul and Luke brows satly on TCR jowi over the line and uh is now leading this race confirmation on the timing and also that Kevin Clark has fallen behind the 82 which is yet to make machine but yes uh yes good point there so Ben Williams Alea say Leon over the line Kevin Clark has gone and he’s 21 seconds behind with 23 minutes remaining so he’s got to make up a second a minute basically to to try and win this race best laps that they’ve done oswi 126 732 uh clar 127 326 and although those times are anagrams of one another uh that’s not going to give Kevin Clark any sucker I don’t the problem was is that job was just laughing much quicker than Kevin for such a long uh time wasn’t he so I would be surprised if uh if Kevin came out and now and started lapping quicker than than than Joel but uh uh we’ll we’ll see late safety car might uh bring a little bit of uh drama because we’ve only got 7 minutes left of the uh driver uh or the the pit stop window uh now so uh drivers yet to make their second stop as CH OWI has to navigate a little bit of traffic here in the uh complex does include our second place car the number 82 sayat um also the car that is currently third in class C Matthew simai and James Manel maer MX5 which is currently in 14th position although that has literally just come to uh pit Lane and that’s it everyone else um that only has a one next to their name in their Pit Stop uh window has retired from the race so literally just the second place car left and they’ve got 7 minutes exactly now to do so yeah Kevin Clark’s just going to cross the line again and he has Nar the Gap by 610 of a second to okay the race not as much as he needed to but he’s not given up I was going to say well possibly Jo Lo will have age on his prob about a third of the age of of Kevin CLK he’s still only 21 is John he was a wi with the job Miles award for the most promising young driver in the 750 m a couple of years ago when he had the success in class C in the championship as Kevin clar’s been around a few decades now let’s head back down to the pit Lane Tom Butterworth is there once again for another interview so we’ve just seen the 51 come in and do their uh their second pit stop and we’re just being ushered out of the way slightly so we’ll just head down the pit Lane and just out the way of this car that’s going to come in now but yeah the 51 doing it it’s second stop everything cool as a cucumber uh straight back in uh straight in straight back out again uh nice and smooth and everything went to plan um I’ve just had an update from the 22 as well um it looked like it was an electrical uh issue for that car they they tried to get it back out and tried to restart and it just wouldn’t fire so diagnosed this underway but they’re done for the day as well unfortunately that’s the 22 out of the race thanks Tom good to get those updates from you there’s a black and orange mechanical warning flag being shown to one of the cars there couldn’t uh you see the numbers work we’ve got two digits or three in the number but Ben Williams and alako now in for their second manry stop with just over 5 minutes to spare yep that car getting uh serviced uh now and uh our team on S hope you’ll be able to bring you those pictures very surely but that is the last car to uh make its second mandatory uh stop and uh that will promote Kevin Clark to second position overall when he eventually crosses the uh timing line once again here is that number 33 black and red machine that will now be in second position H but still chasing uh Joel oswick uh last time around they uh were pretty pretty similar in terms of lap times but doing a 277 right that’s the reason for the black and orange mechanical warning flag the exhaust is dra draging from the rear of the uh IA Mays and Steven K oh yes BMW 325 FTI compact so that’s why the uh officials want to bring that in the pit Lane to uh to get that uh repaired and uh back out on circuit hopefully for the remainder of the race number eight tip Marsh Webster uh Janetta back in pit Lane for some reason a second scheduled stop isn’t it because although they’ been in pit Lane twice previously one of those was for a penalty yes good point I’ve forgotten about that yeah so uh that’s uh that’s the reason for that we’ve got the 169 cards going back out into the race that’s going to be uh the teammate of Matt simonite uh James Manel for the remaining part of the race as well cuz he was double stinting to the end there’s the 82 car being refueled of B Williams and loang God capture Motorsport car capture team quite a few cars in the club and Jo championship this season B in the Midlands and uh y frantic work being done to cuz they want to get as the best position overall that they can do I think they’ll still off the podium positions with this stop but uh nevertheless a promising run the 316 car of May and K is now into the pit Lane as well to that exhaust to be examined and repaired and that’s a car that’s been in the wars uh so far as we can it retired quite late from the road Sports race yesterday from Wheels pointing in two different directions uh so and uh yeah now this uh mechanical uh warning flag with the exhaust hanging off it I mean that it’s not the worst problem to have at least wheels are still pointing in the right direction uh Jonathan Packer here uh now currently second in uh Class B but that is the tip Marsh Webster car hadn’t served its uh second mandatory uh pit stop the three minute one uh just yet so although it shows that car fourth overall and in the class B lead uh jonan Paca about to take that back again and somebody who’s been absolutely dominant in that class today yeah absolutely I mean it was oh well wasn’t always the case but the first half hour was quite Lively wasn’t it absolutely fantastic battle with two other cars yes threeway battle it was for the class lead including the the number eight yeah who was he was right up there with with Packer in the early stages um of the race Uh Kevin Clark here in second position overall and losing time now to Joel oswick It’s The Gap to about 23 seconds so it’s going in the wrong direction for him yes he was 1.7 seconds slower than Joel oswick last time time uh around so uh sliding the back end of that BMW out of tower Ben so uh maybe Kevin just had a couple of clear laps uh and Joel was in traffic uh maybe we won’t uh we won’t know for certain but uh yeah it’s uh not quite going in the direction it needs to go in as it stands and just lapping the class C leader there the 195 car or Ash and Samuel Dennis just looking at the sort of other positions within that class it’s still con WI wison Hughes in the mazra X5 second in that class in the number 97 car and Johnny Hazen Paul subani third in class C at the uh at the moment in number 66 but we’re watching Kevin Clark here who with 16 minutes of the race left to go the pit window about to be closed although I don’t think there’s anyone probably now to take uh a second man to stop uh we’re really in the final knockins of this race now and it’s looking like it’s Joel swick’s race to lose really from here because the Gap uh remains at around about 23 seconds between first and second and they are quite a long way clear now of anybody else as in laps clear yes rather than seconds or minutes we measuring in laps yeah it’s quite a few between the top two and the rest of the field isn’t there uh and uh in between third and fourth as well so uh yeah it’s a great start to the season so far for Joel oswick and James Collins obviously Joel oswick moving across from the German Auto Works team that he raced for uh for the uh two prior seasons and won the class C title with them in uh 2022 uh moved into class A with them last year but now joining the JC racing Squad alongside James Collins this is their repair work on the 316 car having been uh brought in for a mechanical although it doesn’t look like it’s quite fixed just yet but uh yep new Team new car new entire new environment for um Joel oswick and right now they’re not any leading they’ve done the lap record as well so I’d call that a decent day’s work yeah absolutely and now the pit window is closed um it was the message displays a little prematurely earlier but it is now officially closed because the 15 minute uh to go Mark has been reached in this race so now it’s just about uh playing out to the end reliability I don’t think we’re going to see any changes in class A or Class B and what’s the gap between first and second in class C well again it’s a couple of it’s one lap isn’t it I think between the the first two cars there so it’s about reliability at this stage of the race and just uh making sure you can bring your car home and uh it does look like the uh 82 has been able to hang on to a Podium position so uh as it stands with 14 minutes to go is Joel oswick and James Collins will the number four JT racing BM W leading by 22 or 23 seconds well you say you say this going to keep the podium position but they’re only 1.3 seconds clear of shortz and hampson now without back at the wheel I’m more meant uh in terms of uh where where it was going to hang out in terms of the pit stops uh so yes Kevin Clark in second position uh but uh definitely a battle to be had the closing stages of the race for third position overall between the uh number 82 Ben Williams and Al young go capture Motorsports say but let’s head down to p and Tom butwe just keeping an eye out because it’s still a very active pit Lane here there are still cars coming in and out even though there’s only a few minutes uh left in the race I just wanted to give you a quick update on the number eight that’s just been in uh they think they may be pinged here for a uh for a to short of pit stoper they may they they might have already been pinged but um not happy and as you can probably see behind me there’s uh uh a few discussions taking place and some gravel as well so they’ve had some excursions it’s been an exciting race for them all around but uh yeah just wanted to give you a quick update they think uh that that was their second uh mandatory Pit Stop um and their three minute pit stop but they think they may have uh have been a bit short on that one so we’ll see what happens whether that’s going to have to come back in again and serve a penalty back to you guys in the box thank you very much indeed so there’s our race leader number four uh Joel oswick 22.9 seconds to the good at the moment Jonathan Packa back in the uh lead of Class B officially in what is now fifth position uh overall and uh he leads by a lap I think to TI Marsh Webster janeta G40 for third and fourth the Gap is going out rather than coming down it’s gone out to 2.3 seconds now because B Williams alako have pulled clear of Andy Schulz and this uh battle here is for overall position with Alan James in the 78 Audi RS3 closing in on Jonathan Packer’s Class B leading capture Motorsport VW Golf fifth position 2.3 seconds faster on the previous lap was was Alan James and of course it is a class A Car versus Class B car they said a top five finish would be very good for Stockford and James and that’s very much on the cards now here because this is the battle for fifth position they turn their way out of tacota they’re not too far ahead of J either who’s uh uh sort of several laps ahead of them they’re turning their way through the gym clares now up towards uh sunny and through on the inside of bar goes the 78 cl to take fifth place away that’s alen James up to fifth position then on the road but Jonathan pack is still very comfortably leading in class B and uh race leader Joel oswick about to put another lap on them as as well and so I’m sure Alan James is happy to got that move done before Joel came and interfered with the battle coming up to the final 10 minutes of this 2 and a half hour endurance race the opening round of the 2024 TBA Club in Juro uh championship and it has been uh uh great great little race I found and uh plenty of drama uh lots of stuff we didn’t expect with the the dark side developments car Falling by uh the Wayside as Joel OS puts another lap here on Alan James we’ve seen some some great racing not only in the classes but also between the classes as well absolutely right uh Kevin Clark is already now com through it feels like that lap Gap is continued to go out between the first two 24.8 seconds it is now so another sort of second lost by Kevin Clark there but I think he realizes that P2 is as bad as good as he can do now unless there’s a a problem for the car in front uh and he got no particular threat behind him because B Williams and are three laps a drift of the two leaders here uh just update the number 90 uh car that we’ve seen come into the pits four times uh is uh it’s still running but in 22nd uh and uh 10th in class as well that’s the uh Daniel Irving Alan Henderson max5 with the the IM inspired Livery uh on it so at least they are still running out there oh no actually they are in the pits aren’t they uh what I was just going to point out as well is the 119 Car Bobby trundley and San stos we I don’t think we picked up on the fact they’ve looked at they’ve retired a little while ago as well because they yes are in the pits and 23 laps down on the leader so the team brick car which is in class B the LD is out of the race unfortunately oh you’re right I’d uh was looking at the time screen normally it puts uh a different symbol next to the uh number than the one it’s got showing next to it which would have implied it was still running but no it isn’t it has uh retired from the race we’ve still got 18 Runners uh left in this race by my count yeah it’s a a bit more attrition than we normally get in the SK Club Ando Championship maybe it’s uh it’s been a long weekend some cars will have been here testing some did Road sports yesterday as well first event of the Season maybe a few cobwebs to be sorted out before theend the Year this is a battle for position as well for the last spot on the podium isn’t it because the uh the 69 car the BMW M2 racing just gone past the 82 seat TCR well that’s because on the previous lap Schulz did the personal best lap for that car 129 944 so although that Gap had been going out we thought oh there not going to be a battle there after all well schz has sort of fought back there and got in front of the uh of the the Ben Williams alakar the cpra fantastic stuff so uh that’s uh yeah J for third position overall and in class A this is the number 10 which that M2 looking a little bit more beat up than it was at the start of the race even if it was carrying some scuff marks from Donnington uh on it the huggins Lloyd Huggins um car has just pulled into the pit that’s the Lotus from 11th position it was actually second in the Clubman cup uh as well behind the Ashmore Sam Dennis car so it was looking good some club and SC points and still might be of course um because of the way the results are determined at the end of the endurance race and uh just uh on that um change for third position that is a new car for uh hamson and Schultz for this year isn’t it having raced the M3 previously the BMW M2 new to ASR motorport so uh good debut there for the car yeah it’s the orange uh M3 that was quite quite distinctive that they had yeah previously Andy’s team running that car and a very experienced uh driver Joel lowick here about to put another lap on uh Andy Schultz up to um third position uh which uh puts would put them three laps down on the race lead it’s astonishing Kevin Clark’s the only one left on the lead lap yeah it’s um been quite a performance from these te mean look at their lap times um that they’re more consistently below 130s and nobody else is really in this race I mean have been on occasion but not consistently so not that have been reliable uh so oswick and Collins of course shevar and Clark really in a strong performance flashing the lights Joel Lo because he goes past the line I it’s like it was celebrating Victory there on the last lap but still 6 minutes to go is he just giving a general warning to slow cars to get out of his way maybe um including the that Huggins uh Lo Lotus that’s just gone back out of the pit Lane uh the uh the speed of the Class C leader is um pretty astonishing because its best lap of the races at 3299 and before today the class C lap record in CL and Juro was 13588 set two years ago by Dan asano uh so that motion motorport typar Civic of Ash Moore and Sam Dennis is pretty spectacular yeah now I don’t think we’ve had a Class B lap record though no I I can’t see one no the fastest in that class I do still believe Jonathan Paco and he’s 30.8 whereas 3.49 for Scott parking last year so uh little bit more work to do with that and I doubt we’re going to get a lap record in the Clos 5 minutes of this race there’s not a lot of green on our timing screen there now it has to be said even with lighter fuel loads as you can see in the way that’s pretty compensated by tires that are a little bit worn out now second hand put it that way of course we have had a a smattering of rain the lightest little dust thing of sprinkles I think I don’t think it even qualified as the psychological rain that you occasionally hear it really was only a few spots George Russell might have thought uh thought otherwise um so 89 laps have been completed we’re going to get more than n laps in the T touchwood we’ve only had one safety car period as well which is uh for such a long race is uh relatively unusual and for the amount of uh mechanical issues we’ve had as well they’ve all either been able to get them uh back apart from uh you know Scott Parkin who needed outside assistance and that’s the the cause of the only safy car we’ve had so far in this race uh they’ve also managed to do so without dumping fluids all over the racetrack as well which is uh very considerate uh of them uh this is the the 195 our class C uh race leader uh that has just absolutely smashed the uh class lap record that we were just talking about and is running in the top 10 uh overall and it’s um closest rival is actually the next car in the timing order which is the uh number 97 David Connell and Alex wilin Hughes Mazda uh MX5 uh which is the the scoo Rea Dave um car that was completing a track day Championship uh last year uh but still a great performance here from motion Motorsport who have uh had quick cars in both class A and Class B uh today but um uh making up for a little bit of the disappointment of the rather spectacular retirement of the Class B car earlier in the race it was uh yeah spectacular the word wasn’t it three laps to go I reckon for Joel oswick because there was just over three minutes to go and a lap is about a minute and a half here so that would make it three laps to go rather than two for him if he want to he could probably slow down and make it just two laps and still finish ahead of Kevin Clark but uh I suspect to just keep pushing on he doesn’t want to uh do uh a a Jordan pepper though and uh slightly misjudge it by uh a photo finishes length does he no anybody who saw the uh the NLS race a couple of weeks ago will know what talking about that that but oswick there continuing to push on 21y Old from chess mechanic occupation but clearly no mean driver as well I think he would have Ambitions if he could to try and progress with driving in GT or sports car racing yeah going for his ODS license but still an apprentice mechanic um actually with German Auto Works is the the company works for us why he was racing for them uh of course when they were still running in the championship but uh yeah Joel Moving uh moving across to JC racing and uh it’s been a it’s been a pretty great day for him and we we’ve always known that this is the kind of potential that Joel has his talent and ability has been very obvious since the um won the championship in 2022 in class C and now getting the opportunity to prove that overall that’s right it was 10th in the championship last year sh with Joel D Jo alardo I should say last year he had three third place finishes in a a fifth place last year but occasion did show the kind of pace that could Mark him out as a race winner but switching to this M3 the JC racing M3 for this season well it’s really been a step up you could argue maybe if Scott parin hadn’t had his gearbox issues it might have been a different story but uh well you can only beat what’s put in front of you can’t you and reliability a key part of uring racing as well there’s the car that’s uh in fifth place now which is the Williams and iang gar car and there’s our second place man Kevin Clark and our class B leader 51 Jonathan Packer as well in sixth position overall just wondering if we’re going to squeeze in another lap 40 seconds left on the clock and Joel ock’s coming into the complex it’s going to be nip and T yeah I think I think we should do if we do go the full 15 minutes yeah we will won’t we he’s already at The Hairpin so uh last La board will go out now won’t it yeah it should do just keeping an eye on the uh on the finish line from where I’m looking at the last La Four’s just been shown to him so with 16 seconds remaining it’s Joel oswick heading down towards clero corner for the final time just taking it relatively steady now he won’t be pushing the apcs too hard through hall for now then the right left at the chicane he’s actually got a fairly clear run he’s just got the con and Wilkinson Hughes second place in class C MX5 to get by which you’ll do now but that’s probably the last car that he will need to pass during the course of this race cuz there’s nobody in else in sight really they can just enjoy driving the car for One Last Tour of the CR circuit I remember last year was uh showing a fair turn of speed in the BMW who was racing last year for German Auto Works was fantastically fast in a straight line uh a little desired so to be desired still in the corners but uh this uh car has definitely bridged that Gap and it’s a very formidable pairing and car driver combination for the rest of this year certainly is so he’s into the complex for the final times James Collins has been sharing this car but Joel oswick has been rapid in it he’s got a 126 732 fastest lap of the race and a lap record as well and that’s an extra point as he takes the checkered flag to win round one of the teiwa Club njero Championship here at C circuit the longest race of the season it’s claimed a few victims one way or another but Joel oswick it is that wins with James Collins across the line for third has gone Andy Schultz and Matthew hson for four four Matthew Stockford and Alan James in our second place finisher takes the checker flag now as well that is Kevin Clark in the number 33 car uh 24 seconds behind so roughly the Gap as it was after those second round of pit stops he didn’t really lose too much more time he was still pushing on all the way to the end Williams iango have crossed the line in fifth Jonathan Packer has crossed the line sixth overall and winning Class B and Ashmore and Samuel Dennis have cross the line to win Class C as well Chris absolutely fantastic stuff so yeah Kevin Clark second overall from the pit Lane absolutely Sensational third in class eight is the number 69 uh Matthew hamson and Andy Schultz BMW uh M2 from ASR Motorsports and then Jonathan Packa the class uh B win uh from uh the area Motorsport uh Team second in class it did still go the way of uh TI Marsh and Webster in there uh janeta G40 from flying Tangerine racing and I think we can probably have a look at the results now at the end of that towa club and Euro Championship race was a victory for number four Joel oswick and James Collins in the bmw3 93 laps completed in 2 and a half hours second number 33 was Kevin Clark 2 24. 355 seconds behind in the BMW M3 CSL thir number 69 uh Andy Schon Matthew hson and the BMW M2 they were three laps of fourth 78 Matthew stock for Alan James fifth number 82 Ben Williams alaki Angar six number 51 Jonathan Packer the winner of Class C in the Volkswagen Golf GTI 3 laps a drift of the winner seventh and Bre two Matthew TI Marsh and Chris Webster in VG to G40 they were lap behind Packer 855 Paul simmerson and Richard Stanton on his rage debut in the BMW M4 GT4 so that’s a good result from them I’m sure be pleased with that n number 43 Steve cheim and Wayne scarfield in the Porsche box of five laps behind the leaders and then 10th overall in class C the C winners and the Clubman Cup winners as well ashm and Samuel Dennis six laps behind the winners in their hle civic typar 11th number 97 conell Wilkinson Hughes Master 12th number 10 fenic sheeper BMW 13th number 30 the huggins L6 14th and third in class C the number 66 Hazen subani 318 TI and then in terms of drivers that finished there weren’t many more 169 simite mans in the master MX5 16 to 171 Osman house and Osman E30 M3 then it was Denny Sadler and Ray in 328i in 17 and the Gibson rig dunde janeta G40 I think was probably the last of the cars to finish the race I know we did get the May and C car back out again after their exhaust was sorted so Chris that brings to an end the weekend’s racing and it’s been one that we’ve really enjoyed hasn’t it certainly have uh we’ve seen some absolutely fantastic racing across the eight formula uh for uh this weekend and uh definitely it’s been a very lucrative start of the 750 motor club um season these first two uh meetings of the year have been absolutely wonderful we’ve had some great action on the uh the live streams uh next meeting uh to be live stream is the one that is next weekend from Brand’s hatch we racing on the Indie circuit uh next weekend uh so lots more action to come there and plenty more uh live streams to come as well as well as the first Paddock show that’s happening at the uh the start of May in thron which is the week after uh Brands as well so fantastic stuff thanks very much Chris for your of your efforts in the commentary box this weekend be good to been good to have you with us thanks to all of the marshals who helped to make the race meetings possible we we really couldn’t do it without you thank you so much for all of your support and indeed all of the others that have officiated here this weekend from Chris and I in the Box it’s good night and we’ll leave you with Tom to with to wrap things up well W welcome down to the pit Lane for the final time today so we already spoken to James very very quickly so I’m going to go straight over to Joel Joel took the final stint took the check of flag looked fairly easy yeah I deci to bring it home really uh James did a brilliant job in the first two stints to get the car around and get it in a really good position and I just brought it home that was it that was it nice and easy just a Sunday Drive James what were your thoughts you guess to name Wonder Boy for a reason didn’t he so like you know I don’t know it was a good day um just had to keep it out of trouble my first in and then obviously when the fuel load come down was like gu Joel get in when the car’s nice and late and 26 second lap done his job Happy Days great stuff well done guys uh so that brings to an end our class uh win for uh the number four uh here we’re going to move down slightly and find the uh I’m going to try and find the number 50 I think it’s the 51 uh Jonathan pack oh here he is he’s all the way down here look he’s right the way down the end here it’s your class B winner he posing for some photos but we’ll try and grab a word and I I’ll try not to get in the shot Jonathan hello that looked fairly comfortable you were even on the P overall Podium at one point there oh really okay uh that’s a brilliant brilliant result uh the guys were brilliant I got to say capture absolutely meant their pit stops were to the to the tea um the beginning was tough a little bit of impact I think a lot of people wanted to just get rid of me and put me across the grass so um yeah I think the back corner of the car is a little bit a little bit bashed up but luckily it still drove straight and we could just bring it home really once all that was over um it was just you know banging the consistent laps just keep watching the Delta and uh and just keep your head down really in start of trouble keep it nice and consistent yeah yeah yeah another another one with a Sunday Drive looks uh yeah just fairly comfortable great Livery as well by the way I love this electric blue did design all this yourself uh actually the previous owner who built the car Luke Handley who raced in this last season oh yes I remember he built the car and I bought it from him and I love delivery so much I just kept it so that’s the reason that you bought the car wasn’t it it was just for the stickers yeah yeah yeah yeah did you put on an extra couple of grand just for the stickers he probably did yeah and it start to peel off at the front so I’m going to check if there’s a warranty well that just means you’re going too fast that well we’ll come and have a look at this rear corner and just see what the uh what the situation is with that before we head down and uh speak to Samuel Dennis and Ash Moore doesn’t look too bad oh hang on yeah we know who the culprit is oh okay there we go tell Telltale the Tangerine racing machine the Orange is a bit of a giveaway he wasn’t a marshal definitely no thankfully it wasn’t a marshall yes so we’re going to um head down now we we’ll have a word with um Samuel Dennis and and Ash Mo as well guys how was that yeah it was really good thank you um yeah the S well I done S one or two so really happy with that and then Sam jumped in for S 3 and brought the car home so yeah as a team we’re really really buzzing and yeah cheers for motion motorsport for running the car who was perfect to weekend great s Sam happy to take check a flag and run it to the end yeah definitely second win of the uh the weekend so we’re uh 100% over the moon both of us and with motion supporting us we’ve done amazing things they’ve built one heck of a car brilliant amazing great stuff thank you very much indeed congratulations to you once more so that brings to a close our day’s racing here at Croft and in fact our weekend’s racing here at Croft as well I hope you’ve enjoyed the coverage as much as we’ve enjoyed bringing it to you we’ve had some brilliant action in all sorts of different classes uh from uh open tops to to as you can see here tint tops it’s been a fantastic weekend have a great end to yours a [Music]
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Epic Paul Clarke! Such a shame.