Category: 2022

THIRD SUCCESSIVE WIN FOR 2CV LION, TITLE FOR O’KEEFFE, BUT DISAPPOINTMENT FOR CRISPIN!

There are always some dramas in the annual Classic 2CV 24hr race and this years 31st event was no exception.

Pete Sparrow had the lead from the start for 2CV Lion and was soon breaking clear with Crisis @ Tete Rouge’s Alec Graham, but the dramas had already begun, with DD Racing’s Patrick Mason starting from the pitlane.

“We had brake problems right through practice and qualifying and we had no brakes just before the race. We sent Patrick out and he gave the thumbs up after one lap and then went for it,” said Nick Crispin, who needed to finish 13th or above to become the Champion.

Car Caryl became an early stopper with Kris Tovey. “It was fuel starvation when a one-way valve broke and blocked the breather, but it cost us 12 laps,” said team mate Louis Tyson after vacating an early third.

Tovey’s demise made it a duel for third, between Rally Racers Freddie Martin-Dye and Pork Pie Racing’s Jonathan Harmer, until they headed pitwards too.

“I was watching the cylinder temperature rise and the other one blew going into the Wilson hairpin,” said Harmer.
Martin -Dye was still in third at the first hour, but soon followed. “The front arm broke but I got it back to the pits,” said Martin-Dye.

The first driver changes had taken place at around the 90 minute mark, but two hours in and it was still Tete Rouge and 2CV Lion out in front, with Nick Roads and David O’Keeffe at the wheel.

“That was a good stint racing against Alec and I was happy just to sit back on occasions while he attacked the Minis,” said Sparrow.

“Just love racing with Pete, toe to toe in a proper duel,” Graham added.

Twin Snails were up to third with Paul Rowland having taken over from James Northfield, while in fourth was DD Racing with James Dartiailh in for Mason, from Iceni’s James Bromley and Hollis Motorsport’s Matthew Hollis.

By the five-hour mark the skies were starting to darken, but Tete Rouge had gone a lap up on 2CV Lion, while third was now Team Gadget, from Iceni, Hollis and DD.

DD’s Dartiailh had been lucky though to make it back to the pits with just a hairs thickness of throttle cable connected.

Twins Snails lost ground with a broken throttle cable clip and the Orange Frog squad had a tow back after running out of fuel, as well as an electrical problem. “Bad strategy,” they reckoned.

Both Sparrow and Adnitt did longer stints during the night for 2CV Lion “We did two three-hour stints each,” Adnitt confirmed, after they began to take charge from midnight.

By half distance it Tete Rouge had lost 10 laps on the leaders, but were still in second, but only 24 seconds clear of Team Gadget, with Car Caryl closing in.

As the morning dawned on another sunny and warm day, many teams were reflecting on their dramas so far, but into the final quarter it was 2CV Lion all the way.

“The stops worked well but when Pete came in about 11am we found a puncture,” said Adnitt. Sparrow finally ended his weekend at 1pm, handing to O’Keeffe to finish. “We had one engine mount gone, the engine lifted a bit but we managed,” said Sparrow.

From the end of the 19th hour though Car Caryl had ousted Crisis @ Tete Rouge from second. “Well I was stalking the Frogettes under the bridge and couldn’t resist their rear end. The next thing I was in there, a schoolboy error but I damaged our fan. The car then overheated and I had to pit,” Graham explained.

Team Gadget had also suffered in the early darkness hours. “We had a tow back after stopping at the end of the pitlane, It was a blocked jet and we also had contact with a Mini after it spun,” Ainslie Bousfield explained.

So Peter Rundle took over the Car Caryl seat for the final stint to seal second, eight laps off the lead, but nine clear of Crisis @ Tete Rouge.

Some sterling work from the Twin Snails crew saw Martin Riman take the flag in fourth, after a dramatic final four hours for hopeful champion DD Racing.

With three hours to go Dartiailh was fourth, despite having been towed back when a coil connection failed during the night. Crispin had pitted with a broken wheel around dawn, but when the final stop was made a change of gearbox was required due to an exploding flywheel which destroyed the gearbox casing.

The whole of the pitlane came together to make sure the car got out and with 34 minutes left on the clock, Crispin rejoined. But that wasn’t the end, as the brake problem was back and he was off at Murrays on his out lap.
Into the pitlane with no brakes on three wheels, he struggled to stop the car in the pit garage. But the helpers got to work, as they need to take the flag still for the title. Mason jumped in, made it to the flag for the final lap, only for them to be excluded. “Car 89, Disqualified from race result – Clerk’s Decision, C.1.1.5 applies – Driving in a manner incompatible with general safety.”

Lion Hangrohe finally took fifth, after a number of exchanges with the Hollis car during the closing hours.

“We did most of the race with three shock absorbers and a misfire,” Matthew Hollis confirmed.

Nico Breaux finally brought the Orange Frog’s home in seventh too, with Team ECAS, Team Gadget and Blueberry Tarts the rest of the top 10.

TOYSHED TAKE SECOND SUCCESSIVE WIN IN THRILLING FINALE
After 24 hrs and 714 laps of the Snetterton Circuit, we are usually talking laps apart in the final classification, not so in the Mini Grands this year!

The Toyshed trio of Andy and Chris Slade with Michael Dryden had been in contention from the start, but after APO and Not Fast But Furious had lost ground, it became a personal duel from 1am to the chequered flag some 14hrs later, with Slarky Malaky’s Neil and Ian Slark, with Tom Grindall and Ryan Taylor.

At half distance Slarky had a six-seconds lead, with Misfits six laps down in third, followed Not Fast But Furious and Mini-Uns, with APO sixth and 28 laps adrift, having led at midnight.

“We had distributor problem and headgasket, so lost 45 minutes,” said APO’s James May.

“Apart from a couple of front tyres breaking up, it was going well for us,” added Toyshed’s Chris Slade.

“We had some front tyre wear too and split a CV,” confirmed Slarky’s Neil Slark.

There was just no splitting the lead duo throughout the morning and with two hours to go the gap was just 0.210 secs in Toyshed’s favour.

The gap had been around eight seconds, but it came down and down in the final minutes and they started the last lap 1.520 secs apart.

“For the last 25 minutes I had the fuel light on too, but we made it,” said Chris Slade, as he sealed the win for Toyshed with just 1.148 secs to spare. “I tried my best, but I was on three cylinders at the end,” Slarky Malarky’s Neil Slark replied.

Neven Kirkpatrick handed to Stephen Rideout to bring the Misfits car home, after Dave Rees and Paul Ogborn shared.

It almost went unnoticed that that they too finished third, but still on the lead lap too.

Mini-Uns, Not Fast But Furious and APO completed the top six, in a remarkable race.

Full result sheet: https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2022/223421snt.pdf

O’KEEFFE & CRISPIN VICTORIOUS IN DRAMATIC CROFT WEEKEND

Nick Crispin started from pole in the first of the weekends races and led the opening lap, with David O’Keeffe and Gary Adnitt exchanging for second, as Sandro Proietti tried to hang on too.

Into Clervaux for the second time and O’Keeffe was ahead, while down in fifth Neil Savage was losing ground as Andrew Bull, Lien Davies and Seb Jones-White all went by in their fight for fifth.

The lead trio continued to run unchanged line astern, but as Proietti continued to lose touch he became more and more ragged.

As Jones-White and Savage continued their duel, both lost out to Steve Walford for seventh, but they continued to swap and change throughout.

Back at the front Crispin was back ahead as they went into Tower for the sixth time, but a lap later both Adnitt and O’Keeffe got by on the exit and Crispin was back to third.

With Adnitt out in front, Crispin and O’Keeffe battled on and shared a number of exchanges, but Crispin was still in third as they started the last lap.

“It was a brilliant race, the aim was to get away and we did. I really didn’t know where David was on the last corner though,” said Adnitt.

The lead pair had exited the Hairpin for the final time virtually alongside, with just the drag to the flag. It was O’Keeffe that just gained the upperhand and secured the win by just 0.049 secs.

“We were just left to fight our own race,” said O’Keeffe. “I did the work and he took the glory,” Adnitt replied.

Although disappointed to be third out of the three battlers at the front, Crispin was first to show his respect for his rivals. “Brilliant race, no contact and full respect,” he said.

Despite losing ground, Proietti had held onto fourth until the final lap, “I had stayed with the leaders early on, but didn’t quite have the tow, as I was losing out on the straights. Then I lost the back end going through Sunny and I was off,” he explained.

But fourth still went down to the wire between Davies and Bull. “I had no brakes for the last two laps, but had to have that last dive,” said Bull after a final attack on Davies at the Hairpin on the last lap.

“He had a go at the last corner, but I had no brakes either and there was some contact. I had got him through the Clark Esses a few laps earlier,” Davies replied after retaining fourth, despite having a cone under the front of his car.

Walford was seventh and eventually Savage held onto eighth from Jones-White, with Katy Storey getting the better of Father Mick to complete the top 10, as Chris Yates lost out.

Adnitt was on pole for race two from O’Keeffe, Crispin and Luca Proietti and these three made an immediate and decisive break.

Initially O’Keeffe had lost out in fourth, but as Adnitt, Crispin and Proietti continued in formation, he was soon able to make it a four-car train.

Davies again led the chasing pack, with Julie Walford taking Matthew Hollis for sixth on lap two.

After a fairly stable couple of laps Crispin was alongside Adnitt into Tower on lap five. O’Keeffe then took Proietti and Crispin into Sunny, as Adnitt managed to retain his advantage.

Davies was under pressure too as his hold on fourth was now a four-car fight, as Walford, Owen and Mick Storey latched on, with Hollis down to eighth.

Crispin was forced to surrender however and the four-way battle into Sunny came out as Adnitt, Crispin and Proietti, with O’Keeffe back to fourth.

It changed again a lap from home and Crispin was back in front through Sunny, with Proietti following. But the drama continued onto the final lap. “I was consistent and good through the corners, gaining and got some good points,” said Crispin, after securing victory over Proietti by 0.316 seconds.

“I had been hanging back for the last lap to challenge Nick and Luca and then then David flew down the inside and hit me so hard, it pushed me across a gully into the field at Tower. I eventually got away again, but had lost first gear and I think the steering rack was damaged too,” said Adnitt.

Proietti was delighted with his second place. “I worked hard with Nick throughout the whole race and it was brilliant when we both took the Lion cars around the outside at Sunny,” he said.

Despite the final lap collision with Adnitt at Tower, O’Keeffe still managed to recover to take third. “No brakes, I just aimed it down the inside. I missed Gary yesterday, but certainly didn’t miss him today,” said O’Keeffe.

Julie Walford had been chasing Davies for fifth over the closing laps and finally made it by on the final lap. “She’s a good driver and beat me fair and square said Davies. “I got him on the back straight, it was the last lap so I thought I would just go for it,” Julie replied, as Adnitt’s demise promoted her to fourth.

Bull and Storey followed Davies to the flag in fairly close formation. “Better and cleaner than yesterday,” Bull admitted. Hollis, Yates and Martin Riman rounded off the top 10.

Croft was the final Sprint Races of the 2022 season and now it’s all eyes on Snetterton for the August Bank Holiday 24hrs race and title decider.

Full timing / results: https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2022/2231272cv.pdf

There was no shortage of action at a soggy Silverstone, where the 2CV Championship once again lined-up a 20+ car grid.

In the first race Luca Proietti led the initial charge down the Wellington Straight, heading Lien Davies, Nick Crispin and Gary Adnitt out of Brooklands.

Crispin was soon in front however and led a three-car break on lap two, from Proietti and Davies, with fourth placed Adnitt under pressure from Nick Roads.

Proietti tried to sling shot Crispin for the lead through Brooklands on lap four, just managing to retain second after using all of the run-off.

By half distance the top six had split into three duels, with Crispin v Proietti, Davies v Adnitt and Roads v David O’Keeffe, but it soon changed, when Proietti tried the wide line into Brooklands again and emerged with the lead, while Roads slipped behind O’Keeffe, as they both trailed Adnitt in a duel for fifth.

It was still line astern for the top three, but Crispin was back in from after eight laps and despite Proietti’s best efforts that’s how it stayed to the flag, with Crispin taking his first win of the season by just 0.159 secs, with Davies a close third.

“I had a good start and knew when I got away I had good grip and traction. I just had to work out where was too much and where was just enough, as Luca was just too hot in some places,” said Crispin.

“I lost the lead back to Nick at Maggotts, facing backwards when I locked up and spun, just left facing Nick and Lien,” Proietti explained.

“I was on Luca’s tail to push him back, but it was like a pram on goose fat, but happy to come in unscathed and see Nick win,” Davies added.

Although Adnitt held onto fourth, he took the flag with little to spare over O’Keeffe and Roads, who almost swapped through Woodcote as the flag came out.

“I got away with the leaders but then went offline as I made a run on Nick and got delayed. They got away and tried to hold my line from David and Nick Roads,” said Adnitt.

“Nick had a late charge at me, it was close but under control as much as it could be in the conditions,” O’Keeffe added.

“I had more grip than I expected and thought I had just nicked fifth from David. I could have had a go through Copse if Gary had been a bit quicker,” Roads explained.

Pete Sparrow was having a run in Andi Donaldson’s car and was in a solitary seventh for most of the race, while Andrew Bull came out on top of a big sort out for the rest of the 10, taking eighth from Mick Storey and Sebastian Jones-White. “I was eighth until I got a tap through the gravel at Luffield. The car was great though,” said Jones-White.

Martin Riman and Chris Yates ran in seventh and eighth in the early laps, but both missed out on the top 10, while Julie Walford just held off Simon Turner behind them.

Giles Owen was 15^th from the off-pace Matthew Hollis, while Max Wyer, Chris Hall, Nigel Hollis, Nicholas Home, Matthew Arrowsmith-Brown, Shirley Hennessy and Laurence Broadhurst completed the finishers.

It was still damp for race two, which O’Keeffe led as far as Becketts before running wide and dropping to fourth.

Crispin had the lead, with Sandro Proietti taking Adnitt on the exit of Becketts, but by the end of the lap it was Proetti, from Adnitt, Crispin, O’Keeffe and Steve Walford.

Adnitt ousted Proietti for the lead on the second lap, but it was all change again a lap later, as O’Keeffe followed team mate Adnitt into second, with Davies and Walford close as Crispin and Proietti both lost ground.

But exiting Copse a lap later the top three were in the clear, as Davies led Adnitt and O’Keeffe.

Although Crispin was still fourth, he had a damaged front wing, “I went for the inside at Copse and I though I had room and that Steve was letting me through,” said Crispin. However Walford turned in and they collided, sending Walford into a spin when he had further contact with Sandro Proetti and was then hit by Oscar Proietti.

“After Nick had tapped Steve he came back across the track. I thought I had missed him, but he caught by rear wing,” said Sandro. “He was rolling back when I hit him hard,” Oscar replied after retiring from eighth.

Davies was able to extend his lead, with O’Keeffe taking up the chase after passing Adnitt on lap eight. “The car ran well, I had good grip and managed drive passed Gary on the straight. “I could see them both behind me and wondered why they weren’t coming for,” said Davies after taking his win by over four seconds.

It was Adnitt in second though after O’Keeffe went off exiting Brooklands on the last lap. “I was just too quick going in and didn’t come out. I found the slippery bit and was in the gravel, after my mistake was trying to fight it,” O’Keeffe admitted.

“I had let David by as I thought he had the better chance of catching Lien, as I couldn’t keep up. But when I saw David spin off, I just laughed my socks off,” Adnitt replied.

Roads therefore completed the podium, fractionally ahead of Crispin and Bull, who swapped on the last lap.

“I had the handbrake partially on at the start, then released it and felt the benefit,” Roads admitted.

Owen completed the top six from Yates, with Turner, Proietti and Donaldson rounding off the top 10, after Proietti pitted to have his rear wing pulled off.

Glenn Oswin was 11^th, from Nigel and Matthew Hollis, while behind them Lauren Storey survived two large drifts at Becketts and Brooklands to come home 14^th. “I just couldn’t dive the car,” Lauren admitted.

O’Keeffe finally took the flag in 15^th, from George Broadhurst, Hennessy and Jennifer Hall.

Riman and Wyer had been early retirements but none as early as Ainslie Bousfield. “It wouldn’t start on the grid, so I changed some fuses but one blew again. I was pushed off the grid and they tried to start it, but it refused,” he explained after failing to start the race.

David O’Keeffe made it another double Team 2CV Lion victory, following team mate Gary Adnitt’s success at Cadwell.

O’Keeffe was on pole for race one, but the start didn’t go according to plan. “I didn’t even see the lights never mind them going out, then they all went so I got going,” he admitted.

His delay had caused problems for Adnitt too, “I nailed the start when David didn’t move, changed into second gear too hard and pushed the linkage down into neutral,” he explained after pulling off exiting Spitfires.

Lien Davies led initially from Nick’s Crispin and Roads, followed by Pete Sparrow, the recovering O’Keeffe and Martin Riman.

The top five continued to reshuffle but still; managed to make a break from Riman at the head of the chasing group.

Crispin had taken charge, but on lap three O’Keeffe ousted Davies from second and was soon looking for the lead.

O’Keeffe’s challenge paid off a lap later when he led into Hatchetts, but having gone into the Hairpin fourth, Sparrow emerged in second, from Crispin, Roads and Davies.

The lead battle had also allowed Riman and Ainslie Bousfield to close in too, but it remained far from settled at the front.

Although O’Keeffe had the upperhand he couldn’t make a telling break, and had Sparrow and Roads duelling for second, after Crispin and Davies lost a little ground after contact.

When Roads was in second the pressure on the lead was clear for all to see, whereas Sparrow was trying to help defend any challenge on his usual team mates.

Behind them Riman was solo in sixth, having shaken off Bousfield, but Mick Storey had taken Yates for eighth and had Sandro Proietti soon following.

Having already lost Adnitt and Steve Walford from the race, Davies followed after nine laps, vacating fourth place. “I knew it was going to be a bit of a mad race and when I was following Nick Crispin I misjudged the distance and hit him, then broke the fan later and had to pull off,” Davies explained.

Davies’ retirement moved Crispin back to fourth, from Riman and Bousfield, but the battle at the front was still as intense as ever, but now down to four cars.

Into Hatchetts for the 11^th time both Sparrow and Roads scythed ahead of O’Keeffe, but he was back into second at the crossing, with Crispin ready to challenge again.

It could easily have been any one from the top four right to the flag, with barely inches to spare. But O’Keeffe held on to take victory by 0.219 secs from Sparrow, and Crispin equally close in third.

“I lost a bit and was then able to catch them again and I had been on the grass twice,” Crispin admitted.

“Only 10hrs sleep in the last week to get the car ready was well worth it, really enjoyed the close racing in a car that’s not as quick as my usual one.” Sparrow replied.

“It was a bit of a fight, but Pete was pushing me along to keep me at the front,” O’Keeffe added.

Roads finally finished fourth after losing his podium quest in the last couple of laps, “a good race with lots of changes, but no sympathy given. I didn’t get to lead though and was a little low on fuel at the end,” he said.

Riman and Bousfield completed the top six, “I had a fairly  good start and was with Chris Yates. Then the original  break fragmented but I managed to hold onto Martin for a while,” Bousfield explained.

Both Proietti and Storey were late retirements, Proietti with a blown engine and Storey after a brief excursion, which promoted Yates back to seventh.

“I had a battle with Ainslie and Sandro, it was tight but I couldn’t stick with it,” Yates added.

Only 0.187 secs split Andrew Bull and Simon Turner for eighth, while an unusually off pace Matthew Hollis rounded off the top 10.

With only 0.328 secs covering the top five on the grid for the second race, Adnitt headed Chris Hall, O’Keeffe, Crispin and Roads with  another close encounter expected.

As the lights went out Adnitt just held the lead into Hatchetts, from Crispin, O’Keeffe, Roads and Sparrow, before Crispin went ahead into the Senna Esses.

O’Keeffe completed the opening lap second, with Roads, Sparrow, Adnitt and Davies making a six-car break, until Sparrow pulled off in a cloud of smoke at Spitfires on lap two.

Behind the lead pack, Turner headed the pursuit, from Storey and Matthew Hollis, before Storey went by into Hatchetts on the next lap.

Back at the front it was still five cars battling it out, with O’Keefe back in front, from Crispin, Adnitt and Davies, with Roads having slipped to the rear of the group.

While Storey had gone clear in sixth Hollis and Turner were still duelling for seventh place, but had another huge pack closing in on them.

Storey had begun closing on the lead quintet, who continued to swap and change behind leader O’Keeffe. His lead increased slightly on lap seven when having lost out to Adnitt a lap earlier, Crispin was back to second but was all still far from settled again.

Into Hatchetts for the penultimate time Davies tried his luck down the inside and emerged second, before Adnitt tried the outside on the final lap, which didn’t work.

O’Keeffe secured win number two by just 0.141 secs from Crispin, with Roads completing the podium. Davies, Adnitt and Storey rounded off the top six.

“I had another good start but knew the pack would hunt me down. I got passed David a couple of times again, but he had more pace,” said Crispin

“A pack of five, clean driving, I really enjoyed it,” Roads added,

The one-time seven car battle for seventh finally went to Andrew Bull by just 0.188 secs in hand over Julie Walford, with Turner and Yates completing the top 10, after Hollis dropped back.

Just missing out on the top 10 was Max Wyer, despite having made four places in one lap, only to drop back to 11^th from where his move started.

ADNITT’S DOUBLE WIN….. BUT SAFETY CAR DOMINATES

Only 0.233 secs split Nick Crispin and Gary Adnitt in qualifying for race one, with David O’Keeffe and Sandro Proietti sharing the second row of the 22 car grid.

Crispin made the best of the start in race one, with Adnitt and Proietti tucked in behind as they climbed the hill to Charlies. But the safety car was out immediately with Nicholas Home off at Charlies too.

But there was confusion following when O’Keeffe and Proietti both passed under yellows as Crispin and Adnitt slowed for the safety car. Proietti handed the place back, but O’Keeffe stayed in front.

After two laps the green flag was waved and O’Keeffe sprinted away, with Crispin and Adnitt nose to tail for second.

“I had gone ahead at Barn just before the safety car, then made a good restart from the green flag,” O’Keeffe explained.

Proietti snatched third into Coppice, but the lead quartet were line astern as they completed the opening lap, with Chris Yates and Lien Davies heading the pursuers.

Adnitt soon reclaimed third place and tried for second in Mansfield on lap five, while Proietti started to lose ground in fourth.

Davies made it into fifth on lap five, with Julie Walford following, as Yates slipped back to seventh. “Lien got me into Coppice and I couldn’t get back,” said Yates.

Over the Mountain for the final time Adnitt was all over Team 2CV Lion teammate O’Keeffe, but the door stayed firmly shut as they held station to the flag, with Crispin retaining a close third, having lost out to Adnitt into Park.

“I was in second when we got passed under yellows, so that spoiled the race,” Adnitt explained.

Proietti, Davies and Walford also held station to complete the top six, with Martin Riman claiming a late seventh at Yates’ expense. Matthew Hollis and Simon Turner rounded off the top 10.

“I made a poor start and then got a run-on David and Nick from third, but had to slow to avoid Gary and he got me back,” Proietti added.

“It was clean and tidy and I had a good battle with Julie at the end,” said Davies.

“Disappointing really as I didn’t get a very good start,” added Riman.

After the race O’Keeffe was given a one second penalty to drop him to third behind Adnitt and Crispin in the final result.

Three laps into the second race the red flags were out with Home and Sebastian Jones-White off at Barn. “My throttle struck open when I was challenging for eighth, “ explained Jones-White, at least I hit a big foam pad,” Home added.

From the restart it was Crispin from Adnitt, Luca Proeitti, O’Keeffe and Davies through Coppice, before a big opening lap sort out.

Adnitt had got Crispin into Park again and O’Keeffe was following from Davies, as Crispin and Proeitti slipped to fourth and fifth with Steve Walford challenging.

Proietti was quickly back into third and joined Adnitt and Davies in a telling break, while Walford led a five-car battle for fourth.

Davies began to look for the lead, but he couldn’t breach Adnitt’s defence, as the chasing group slowly started to fragment.

O’Keeffe and Crispin had retaken Walford and all three were beginning to spread out, but after holding seventh throughout, Matthew Hollis crashed heavily at the foot of the Mountain, when the front wheel was folded under after what appeared to be a hub failure.

Proietti and Davies had taken the Mountain side by side, with O’Keeffe laying in wait. Two exchanges followed with Davies in charge again, but their duel had helped Adnitt build on his lead.

With Hollis’ car stranded in the tyre wall, the safety car was out again and the clock began to run down. Three slow laps and it was down to zero, so out came the chequered flag and the race was declared after seven laps.

“I had to everything twice in that race. It was the same lunge I made on Nick as I did in the first race, then I had to defend. That’s consistency though,” said Adnitt after his second win of the day.

“I had managed to take second back from Luca into Park Corner, as I seemed loads faster into there than anyone, it’s my corner, “claimed second placed Davies.

Proietti was unable to challenge again with the safety car out, so had to settle for third. “I got hit more than once on the straight, but had fun though. It was sensational going side by side over the Mountain with Lien, and there was no way I was going to back out,” he added.

Fourth place went to O’Keeffe, with Crispin and Walford completing the top six. “I just hadn’t got the legs in this one. Park Corner is in my head and the exit of Barn the same, I get them both wrong. But I am happy to stay on and get a result,” Crispin explained.

Yates claimed seventh after Hollis’ off, while Andrew Bull, Richard Hollis and Glen Oswin were the rest of the top 10.

Results: https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2022/2216222cv.pdf