Southern 32 Round 10
Dowty near Gloucester was the venue to round 10 of the championships. Thanks to everybody at Dowty for making us so welcome for an excellent day's racing. It was good to see Dowty newcomers Noddy Lockey and James Davey in their first S 32 meeting.
Falcon
The Falcon final saw Simon Francis and Noddy Lockey swapping the lead. Despite an excellent run from Noddy on his S32 debut, Simon's consistency won the day - and put him in a very strong championship position. Above are Simon, Noddy, Dave and Mark. Below Simon's winning car and and Noddy's second place Eurotoy (right).
Falcon Results |
1 |
Simon Francis |
37.46 |
2 |
Noddy Lockey |
36.86 |
3 |
Mark Hammond |
35.66 |
4 |
Dave Hammond |
34.85 |
5 |
James Davey |
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Super Production / Falcon Masters
Super production started with Dave Hammond taking a close fought win in the D final - his car was much better on this set of tyres than the larger ones he'd used in the Falcon final. James Davey was quick at the start of this final, and will certainly finish higher with a little more consistency in longer races.
Mike Gibbon beat Rob Lees in a C final that kept the marshals occupied!
Chris Thomas won the B final with a very quick time, while Tony Condon just took second ahead of Ian Barker. Graham Thomas was top of the Falcon runners.
Ian Fisher won the A final with the fastest run of the day, from Rob Harris, Vince Lee and Dave Coward. Below, the A finalists and Ian's winning car.
Super Production / Falcon Masters |
Position |
Driver |
Final |
Laps |
1 |
Ian Fisher |
A |
41.65 |
2 |
Rob Harris |
A |
40.62 |
3 |
Vince Lee |
A |
40.25 |
4 |
Dave Coward |
A |
39.81 |
5 |
Chris Thomas |
B |
41.43 |
6 |
Tony Condon |
B |
40.24 |
7 |
Ian Barker |
B |
40.07 |
8 |
Graham Thomas |
B (f) |
38.36 |
9 |
Mike Gibbon |
C (f) |
36.16 |
10 |
Rob Lees |
C |
35.82 |
11 |
Simon Francis |
C (f) |
33.66 |
12 |
Noddy Lockey |
C (f) |
33.23 |
13 |
Dave Hammond |
D (f) |
36.93 |
14 |
Chris Frost |
D |
36.86 |
15 |
Mark Hammond |
D (f) |
36.04 |
16 |
James Davey |
D (f) |
29.33 |
(f) = Falcon Master
Le Mans 32
The race started with Heavy Penguins just ahead of Impunity, by half distance Impunity had a few feet lead. Meanwhile Eces were in third not quite on the leaders pace, but well clear of the rest. In the second half of the race Impunity turned the 2 fastest runs of the race to beat the home team by 4½ laps. Eces followed some 17 laps in arrears, while Slotrail and Big Spenders were well spaced out in 4th and 5th.
Team |
Drivers |
1st run |
2nd run |
3rd run |
4th run |
Total |
Impunity |
Ian Barker |
Vince Lee |
83.95 |
85.84 |
88.03 |
86.46 |
344.28 |
Heavy Penguins |
Rob Harris |
Dave Coward |
84.05 |
85.25 |
85.74 |
84.84 |
339.88 |
Eces |
Ian Fisher |
Tony Condon |
79.83 |
79.72 |
83.33 |
79.42 |
322.30 |
Slotrail |
Chris Frost |
Mike Gibbon |
65.26 |
74.01 |
80.57 |
76.32 |
296.16 |
Big Spenders |
Noddy Lockey |
James Davey |
55.31 |
69.86 |
68.41 |
65.38 |
258.96 |
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