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2009 SMRC Championship - Round 8
Frank’s day but only just from Ross Mickel
while Tony Caig takes first race win of the season
Our second double header of the season, over two days, duly arrived. The Saturday was very civilised with qualifying and the three races all in the afternoon whilst the Sunday was more spread with the first race at 8.30 a.m. - but we were finished by just after 3 p.m. The sky looked ominous but qualifying and the first race were on a dry track. The second race, delayed by a red flag, was on a damp track and the final - well it was pouring with rain. Various drivers were unable to make it but Simon Belcher came up again (for the Saturday only) and we were joined for the first time by Ross McEwan, out in Lance Gauld’s car 21. The Team cars saw Elliot Mason out on Saturday with Ben at the wheel on Sunday, Stevie Coull out both days and Andrew Donald just out on the Sunday. 20 cars formed up on the grid. |
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| Heat 1 |
From the front row, Ross Mickel took up the running with Frank Hynds in pursuit. There then ensued a race long battle with Frank just getting the win by 8/100th of a second while, reportedly, trying to drive Ross off the track on the drag to the line from the hairpin. Lurking just behind them was Alasdair Gauld with Ross Marshall having closed fast after finally getting the better of Tony Caig. Next up and rather on his own was Alex Knight. There was then quite a gap to the scrapping of David Hunter and Elliot Mason with Colin Atkinson and Billy Wait fighting for last top ten slots. Notable moments lower down the field had seen Chris Hynds go off at Duffus and Nick Brace spin exiting Clarke’s. The only non-finisher was Scott Hynds whose engine let go mid race and took no part in either of the next two races. Heat 1: 8 laps 1st Frank Hynds 2nd Ross Mickel 3rd Alasdair Gauld 4th Ross Marshall 5th Tony Caig 6th Alex Knight 7th David Hunter (R) 8th Elliot Mason (T) 9th Colin Atkinson 10th Billy Wait 11th Simon Belcher 12th Gerard McCosh 13th Aly Hunter (TG) 14th Chris Hynds 15th Stevie Coull (TG) 16th Nick Brace (R) 17th Ali Thom (T) 18th Errico Palazzo 19th Ross McEwan dnf Scott Hynds Winner's time: 8m 15.84 sec Winner's speed: 75.32 mph Fastest lap: Ross Marshall 60.20 secs (76.54 mph) |
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| Heat 2 |
The first attempt lasted to just beyond McIntyres when Tony and Billy clashed with Billy executing a very slow roll off the circuit which immediately brought out the red flags. Colin was also caught up with nowhere to go and these 3 did not make the restart. For some inexplicable reason given that it would only have taken just over a minute longer to run the full distance, the fresh race was cut to 7 laps. Without the red flag the race would have been run in the dry; however the rain started, making the track very slippery. By the end of the first lap the top four finishers were in almost in order with Ross Marshall taking the win from Frank, Alex (who had held off Frank for 3 laps) and Ross Mickel. Alasdair inherited the next place after Nick had another ‘moment’ at Clarke’s this time sliding into the tyre wall and ending his race. From the very back of the grid, Simon Belcher was an impressive 6th having just demoted Elliot who had his mirrors full of Stevie Coull having just squeezed by David. Heat 2: 7 laps 1st Ross Marshall 2nd Frank Hynds 3rd Alex Knight 4th Ross Mickel 5th Alasdair Gauld 6th Simon Belcher 7th Elliot Mason (T) 8th Stevie Coull (TG) 9th David Hunter (R) 10th Aly Hunter (TG) 11th Errico Palazzo 12th Gerard McCosh 13th Ali Thom (T) 14th Chris Hynds 15th Ross McEwan dnf Nick Brace (R) Winner's time: 8m 21.56 secs Winner's speed: 64.31 mph Fastest lap: Ross Marshall 70.29 secs (65.55 mph) |
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| Final |
It was by now pouring with rain. From the second row, Tony was straight into the lead by the end of the first lap and went on to take the win. He did though have Ross Mickel, who relishes these conditions, for company but Ross could not find a way past. Alasdair came home a solid third ahead of Frank, Nick and Alex. David Hunter had finally got past Billy and opened up a comfortable gap. Billy had Gerard McCosh breathing down his neck with Elliot just behind him. The only incident of note was that, most unusually, Ross Marshall spun down Duffus and was collected which damaged his steering and saw him finish well down the order. Final: 10 laps 1st Tony Caig 2nd Ross Mickel 3rd Alasdair Gauld 4th Frank Hynds 5th Nick Brace (R) 6th Alex Knight 7th David Hunter (R) 8th Billy Wait 9th Gerard McCosh 10th Elliot Mason (T) 11th Aly Hunter (TG) 12th Colin Atkinson 13th Simon Belcher 14th Errico Palazzo 15th Stevie Coull (TG) 16th Chris Hynds 17th Ali Thom (T) 18th Ross Marshall 19th Ross McEwan Winner's time: 12m 1.80 secs Winner's speed: 63.84 mph Fastest lap: Alasdair Gauld 70.20 secs (65.64 mph) |
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Honours for the Day went this time to Frank Hynds (545 points) from Ross Mickel (53o points) in 2nd and Alasdair Gauld (490 points) in 3rd. The Driver of the Day Award, chosen by Nick Brace, went to Alasdair Gauld for his consistent and measured drives during the day. The Gentleman of the Day Award went Gerard McCosh. |
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