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2009 SMRC Championship - Round 6
The Burnett Team cleans up
with Ross Marshall taking 2 wins & a third and John Jon Higgins taking a win & 2 second places
What a miserable start to the annual visit of the Touring Cars weekend. We were out for qualifying at 9 a.m. on Saturday on a very wet track. But the forecast had promised improving weather which duly arrived in time to dry out the track for our first heat just after lunch and, in spite of a stiff breeze, for it to be a very pleasant afternoon. We were joined again from the south by Simon Belcher, in his ‘sister’ car following a his horrendous accident the weekend before at Anglesey which wrote off his own car, and for the first time this season by Jon Jon Higgins and National Rookie contender Ben Power. Car 10 was again on the grid driven by father Frank on the Saturday and by Jason on the Sunday. We also welcomed back Ali Thom, Aly Hunter, Lance Gauld and Mike Hogg. Elliot Mason was at the helm of team car 22 for the Saturday with Ben planning to pilot it on the Sunday and cars 44 & 37 were again under the control of, respectively, Andrew Donald and Stevie Coull. Other notable variations were Chris Hynds in the former car 88 (Jason Ogg’s car) which he had acquired to replace his which was severely damaged at the Speedfair Meeting, and Nick Brace driving what is usually car 7 as his own car was unable to be repaired in time following his multiple cartwheels at Anglesey the weekend before. It is a testament to the ‘wee’ cars that neither Nick nor Simon were badly hurt in what was a truly severe accident. And it was good to see Ericco Palazzo’s car looking pristine new following its damage sustained at the last round. And so a tremendous grid of 28 cars formed up for the first heat. I apologise for there being no ‘report’ as such on each of the races but I failed to make notes after the Saturday and advancing years prevent much recall of the day’s action. Suffice it to say that the Burnett pair of Jon Jon Higgins and Ross Marshall dominated proceedings with Frank Hynds, Alisdair Gauld, Ross Mickel and Simon Belcher all featuring at the sharp end. |
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| Heat 1 |
Heat 1 - 8 laps 1st John Jon Higgins 8m 21.43 secs (73.01 mph), 2nd Alasdair Gauld, 3rd Ross Marshall, 4th Alex Knight, 5th Frank Hynds, 6th Martyn Lyell, 7th Nick Brace, 8th Simon Belcher, 9th Chris Hynds, 10th David Hunter, 11th Colin Atkinson, 12th Scott Hynds, 13th Ben Power, 14th Elliot Mason, 15th Frank Ogg, 16th Aly Hunter, 17th Ali Thom, 18th Mark Lees, 19th Stevie Coull, 20th Andrew Donald, 21st Murray Ford, 22nd Gerard McCosh, 23rd Billy Wait, 24th Ericco Palazzo, 25th Mike Hogg. DNF Lance Gauld, Ross Mickel, Tony Caig. Fastest lap: John Jon Higgins 60.63 secs (75.48 mph) |
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| Heat 2 |
Heat 2 - 8 laps 1st Ross Marshall 8m 22.36 secs (72.88 mph), 2nd John Jon Higgins, 3rd Ross Mickel, 4th Frank Hynds, 5th Simon Belcher, 6th Tonu Caig, 7th Martyn Lyell, 8th Lance Gauld, 9th Alasdair Gauld, 10th Ben Power, 11th Alex Knight, 12th David Hunter, 13th Nick Brace, 14th Billy Wait, 15th Chris Hynds, 16th Stevie Coull, 17th Ali Thom, 18th Andrew Donald, 19th Aly Hunter, 20th Mark Lees, 21st Frank Ogg, 22nd Ericco Palazzo, 23rd Scott Hynds, 24th Murray Ford, 25th Mike Hogg. DNF Gerard McCosh, Elliot Mason, Colin Atkinson, Pat Hynds. Fastest lap: John Jon Higgins 60.66 secs (75.44 mph) |
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| Final |
Final - 10 laps 1st Ross Marshall 10m 24.05 secs (73.33 mph), 2nd John Jon Higgins, 3rd Ross Mickel, 4th Frank Hynds, 5th Alasdair Gauld, 6th Lance Gauld, 7th Ben Power, 8th Alex Knight, 9th Simon Belcher, 10th Tony Caig, 11th Nick Brace, 12th Martyn Lyell, 13th David Hunter, 14th Pat Hynds, 15th Stevie Coull, 16th Ali Thom, 17th Aly Hunter, 18th Billy Wait, 19th Andrew Donald, 20th Frank Ogg, 21st Mark Lees, 22nd Murray Ford, 23rd Ericco Plazzo, 24th Mike Hogg. DNF Chris Hynds, Scott Hynds. Fastest lap: John Jon Higgins 60.64 secs (75.46 mph) |
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There was a tie for the overall win but, with the most number of overtakes, Honours for the Day went to Ross Marshall, (570 points) from John Jon Higgins (570 points) with Frank Hynds (470 points) in third. The Driver of the Day Award went to Ben Power for making the effort to join us for the day and acquitting himself well. The Gentleman of the Day Trophy went to Stevie Coull. |
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