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News: Brands Hatch Grand Prix Rounds 7&8 2010 Race Report
Close Racing in TTRS around Brands Hatch GP Loop.
The latest rounds of the 2010 Toyo Tires Racing Saloons saw a full grid of 43 cars take to the sun drenched Kent track.
Qualifying saw the Class A Ford Sierra Cosworth of Colin Tester claim his first ever pole position in the TTRS ahead of the new to the series BMW E36 M3 of Peter Seldon. The other Class pole positions went the way of Andrew Busby (Class C), Stephen Primett (Class D), David Margalies (Class B), Ian Berry (Class F) and James Carpenter (Class E).
Race One:
Tester, the pole sitter made a good start and was able to hold the race lead until the last lap of the race – when his turbo failed forcing him to retire. This meant that the hired E36 M3 of Seldon took the Class A victory and outright race victory ahead of the Ford Sierra Cosworth of Craig Jamieson and the leading Class D driver, the Ford Escort of Stephen Primett.
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The race was brought to a premature end due to the Renault 5 GT Turbo Coupe of Oliver Davies being near the tracks edge at Druids, having been caught up in Richard Ibrahim’s accident. Ibrahim had brake failure which caused him to go off. Davies and Ibrahim weren’t the only drivers who went off at Druids, Tim Sweet in the Class A BMW E36 M3 lost control on the exit of the hairpin and went into the tyre barriers.
At the start, the Class C pole sitter, Andrew Busby wasn’t able to select any gears on the grid so dropped right to the back of the 43 car field before fighting his way back up to fifteenth at the end of the race, while the Talbot Sunbeam Lotus of Leigh Franklin started plum last after a qualifying problem to end up an impressive sixteenth overall.
In Class E, the battle between the top two went all the way to the line – with the Hillman Avenger piloted by James Christie coming out on top ahead of the Toyota Corolla of James Carpenter. The other Class victors were Mark Capewell (Class C), David Margalies (Class B) and Ian Berry (Class F).
Race 2:
Having won the first race, this gave Peter Seldon pole position for the second race of the day. At the start, Seldon made a bad start which dropped him down the field to fifth, second place starter Craig Jamieson was able to capitalise and take the lead of the race – he wouldn’t lose the lead during the duration of the race. By the end of lap three, Seldon had recovered his way to second and set about catching Jamieson – leaving the rest of the chasing pack behind.
The early race leader in race one, Colin Tester had started back in 39th position and by the end of the opening lap was 16th! Tester continued to climb the field until the end, when he was fourth once the results were taken a lap back.
The podium was completed by the winner of Class C, Leigh Franklin and his Talbot Sunbeam Lotus – completing an incredible recovery for the driver, who had started race one right at the back.
As in race one, the race came to a premature end – this time caused by the VW Golf of Paul Cowland. He went through the gravel trap at Paddock Hill bend then across to the Armco barrier on the other side of the track, rolled and saw his car end up in pieces. Paul was ok after the incident.
The other class winners were Robert Sadler (Class D), David Margalies (Class B), James Carpenter (Class E) and Ian Berry (Class F).
Race Report by Matt Auger (matt_macau_bmw320si@hotmail.com)
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