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Rockingham - Rounds 8, 9, 10 and 11 |
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Rockingham :: :: July 2nd and 3rd ...... |
| With the rained-off event from Thruxton added to the scheduled trio of races on Rockingham’s challenging infield circuit, the Production Touring Car Trophy field enjoyed a bumper weekend. Despite winning two of the four races, Adrian Churchill saw his championship momentum pegged back as Gary Duckman picked up his first two wins and emerged as a serious title contender Qualifying :: :: With the grid for race one already having been set at the abandoned Thruxton meeting three weeks ago, Saturday’s qualifying session formed the grid for race two. But it had a big impact on the whole of Ryan Bensley’s weekend. Having set the fastest time in the opening minutes of the session, his Astra got loose going into the banked first turn and pitched Ryan towards the wall. “I went in as normal – easily flat, but the back end just stepped out. I managed to catch it first time but not when it went the other way” he explained. The collision broke the engine mount and ruled the luckless Bensley out of the opening race. Although the team’s heroic efforts got him on track for races two and three (helped by bits cannibalised from a donor road car!) he wasn’t able to challenge the leaders. In Bensley’s absence, the qualifying order gave a hint of what was to come, as Churchill’s Astra came out on top, but by less than a tenth of a second from an in-form Duckman. “Gary’s car is going quicker this weekend – I can’t take anything away from him,” Churchill confirmed. Best of the rest was Josh Cook’s Megane, four tenths clear of series returnee Liam McMillan’ Leon, with the Astras of Joseph Girling and Thomas Carnaby giving chase. The latter gave his team some work to do before the first race after a collision bent his track-rod. Swelling the ranks of Class B was an influx of feisty Fiat Abarths, with Formula Renault front-runner Alice Powell emerging as the quickest newcomer in tenth. “The opportunity to race came after a call with series co-ordinator Martin Phaff. This is my first time racing in a front wheel drive car and they’re really good to drive – they’ve got lots of grip which I wasn’t expecting. I’ve even been able to get the car sliding at the rear!” she enthused. Race One (Postponed from Thruxton) :: :: Despite starting from sixth place on the reversed grid from Thruxton, runaway points leader Churchill made light work of making his way to the front, speeding through to second off the line. But ahead of him was an equally inspired Duckman, who swept round the outside of Turn One to claim the lead, despite Churchill’s race-long efforts, was how it stayed to the finish. For the delighted Duckman, a former Porsche 924 champion, it was a long-awaited maiden win in the championship he joined last year. “I’ve finally got the monkey off my back,” he beamed. Like the top two, Cook had also enjoyed a rapid getaway at the lights, claiming third ahead of McMillan. “The Megane seems to be pretty good off the line but it’s towards the later stage of the races it seems to struggle,” he noted. It proved to be true again as McMillan swept past just after they crossed the line at the end of lap eight, to claim the final podium place. Despite having started from pole, Maurice Hayden’s Megane dropped back as far as ninth on lap two, before recovering to finish seventh. “We’re struggling to set a pace and I’m still getting used to the car,” admitted the accomplished former Stock Hatch stalwart. Meanwhile ninth place, and victory in Class B, went the way of Powell, once she’d recovered from a moment on lap two. “It’s obviously a lot different jumping in from a single seater, but I seem to have adapted quite well”. RESULT :: :: 1 Gary Duckman (Seat Leon) 14 laps in 21m 27.962s (75.91mph); 2 Adrian Churchill (Vauxhall Astra VXR) +2.684s; 3 Liam McMillan (Seat Leon); 4 Josh Cook (Renault Megane); 5 Dan Malone (Seat Leon Cupra); 6 Joseph Girling (Vauxhall Astra); 7 Maurice Hayden; 8 Steve Johnson (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 9 Alice Powell (Fiat Abarth); 10 Keith Issatt (Fiat Abarth). Fastest Lap: Duckman 1m31.251s (76.53mph). Class Winner: Alice Powell. Race Two :: :: Unbowed by defeat in race one, Churchill took the initiative from the moment the lights turned green for the second contest. Having dropped back on the opening lap, Duckman quickly recovered to third on lap two before taking advantage of a mistake by McMillan to claim second. He pushed hard to try and unseat Churchill, but eventually had to accept defeat after over-shooting the Deene hairpin on lap 12. A recovering McMillan made amends for his earlier slip by reclaiming third place from Cook at Deene on lap seven. Girling and Hayden closed out the top six, while Powell took another class win, having traded places early on with Steve Johnson’s class A Astra. RESULT :: :: Race Two: 1 Churchill 14 laps in 21m 27.125s (75.96mph); 2 Duckman +5.495s; 3 McMillan; 4 Cook; 5 Girling; 6 Hayden; 7 Malone; 8 Johnson; 9 Powell; 10 Issatt. FL: Duckman 1m 30.834 (76.88 mph). CW: Powell. Race Three :: :: Churchill took yet another win in race three, despite losing out to Duckman off the line. “I held on to a gear too log at the start,” he explained. But the error was quickly redeemed when Duckman tried too hard to press home his advantage and ran wide at Tarzan. “I thought I’d warmed the tyres up,” he admitted. “They were pretty good on the warm-up lap, but I left the braking too late and the back went out. If I’d have stayed ahead I think I could have held him,” he explained. But the damage was done, and Churchill duly wrapped up his seventh win of the year. Nonetheless, second place in the race also edged Duckman up to second place in the title race, a point clear of Cook, who spent most of his race defending fourth from Girling’s Astra. Ahead of them, the impressive McMillan never looked under pressure as he made his third podium visit of the day While Powell once more topped the Fiat clan, fellow Abarth pilot Sarah Franklin made a dramatic exit when suspected front suspension failure caused her to spear off track. Sadly it brought her meeting to an end. RESULT :: :: 1 Churchill 14 laps in 21m 26.757s (75.98mph); 2 Duckman +2.204s; 3 McMillan; 4 Cook; 5 Girling; 6 Malone; 7 Thomas Carnaby (Vauxhall Astra VXR); 8 Hayden; 9 Johnson; 10 Ryan Bensley (Vauxhall Astra VXR). FL: Churchill 1m 30.535s (77.14mph). CW: Powell. Race Four :: :: When Alice Powell drew four as the number of cars to be reversed to form the final grid of the day, it looked like she’d done Churchill a favour as it meant he would still start from the second row of the grid – the best outcome for him. “Well done Alice – thank you – that will do!” he joked. Sadly that auspicious start didn’t transfer itself to the race, where he dropped back to sixth behind Carnaby. The pair tussled in the opening laps, colliding as they crossed the finish line at the end of lap five. Churchill headed into the pits with a broken front bumper, eventually rejoining at the back, while Carnaby carried on to take the flag sixth. But a post-race review resulted in both being disqualified. While that drama was unfolding behind him, Cook had converted pole on the reverse grid to the lead ahead of Duckman. The pair ran nose-to-tail early on before a mistake at Deene gave Cook some welcome breathing space. But it wasn’t to last, as Duckman reeled him in again and finally made it through for his second win of the day, after Cook ran wide onto the grass at Brook, allowing his rival to a good run on him through turn one and sweep decisively ahead into Deene. “When he went too deep into the hairpin I thought I had that one in the bag,” said Cook afterwards. “I was pushing quite hard and towards the end the brakes just really died off”, he added. By contrast, Duckman was understandably ecstatic. “That’s probably the best victory I’ve ever had! I knew Josh was struggling under the brakes and I reeled him in most after I made a mistake at the hairpin. I thought I’m going to have to leave it late and see what happens and he went a little but wide and sure enough I made it through”. It was similarly close behind them, as Liam McMillan defended stalwartly from the pursuing Girling to clinch his fourth top three spot of the day. RESULT :: :: 1 Duckman 13 laps in 20m 01.552s (75.56mph); 2 Cook +0.669s; 3 McMillan; 4 Girling; 5 Malone; 6 Hayden; 7 Johnson; 8 Powell; 9 John Jerstice (Fiat Abarth); no other finishers. FL: Duckman 1m 31.001s (76.74mph). CW: Powell. Published by Peter Scherer for the BARC Production Touring Car Trophy, July 5th, 2011 |
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Rockingham 2011 Results ...... |
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