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26th May, Awalton,
East of England Championship
Report by Gavin Terry.
Daz Rycroft won all three races of the Monday meeting at Peterborough
on 26th May, including the East of England Championship, which
was kindly sponsored by Thameside Engineering. Mondays meeting
saw a turnout of 13 cars. Unfortunately Andy Collins, Gary
Bonner, Gordon Pooley, Brian Gough and Evan Stone were unable
to fix their cars and Mark Hodges was unable to attend due
to work commitments. However Gary Jones was able to attend
boosting numbers slightly.
The East of England
Championship race was won by a very quick Daz Rycroft who
took the lead from lap 3 and never looked back. Rob Sayell
and Harold Lowe who had to start from the back of the grid,
as they had not qualified also made good starts. Peter Bourn
was also driving well taking second early on in the race,
as were Neil Clarke and Gary Granger. Rob Sayell was eventually
able to pass to take second place. The end result was Daz
Rycroft, Rob Sayell, Neil Clarke, Harold Lowe, Alan Buckland,
Peter Bourn, Andy Hinch, and Andrew Bilby rounding off the
points scorers. The top 6 took home trophies, which were presented
by Chris Phillips on behalf of the sponsor Thameside Engineering.
The second race saw
Peter Bourn take the early lead from the yellows, as Steve
Terry did not start the race due to an engine misfire. Daz
Rycroft got another good start taking second place early on
and chasing Peter Bourn, eventually overtaking him for the
lead. Neil Clarke and Rob Sayell also had a good battle for
second place, with Neil eventually coming out on top. The
end result was Daz Rycroft, from Neil Clarke, closely followed
by Rob Sayell, Peter Bourn, Andy Smith, Alan Buckland and
Gary Jones. However Gary Jones although allowed to race, could
not be awarded any points, as he was running/testing a 1400
engine without a restrictor plate, and so will not feature
in any official race results.
The third and final
race of the weekend saw Joe Bourn racing his brother's car.
Joe and Daz both got good starts and soon passed the only
white top of Steve Terry. Neil Clarke was also going well
getting into second place. Harold Lowe and Rob Sayell were
also having a good battle until car problems caused Rob to
retire. This race also saw Alan Buckland get it completely
sideways before eventually spinning coming out of the corner,
narrowly avoided by Steve Terry. Daz Rycroft took his third
win of the day to complete the hat trick, followed by Neil
Clarke, Harold Lowe, Joe Bourn, Andrew Bilby, Andy Hinch,
Steve Terry, and Andy Smith completing the points scorers.
Gary Jones would have came sixth however due to reasons previously
explained does not receive any points and pushes everyone
else up a place.
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