BARC Dunlop Motorsport News Saloon Car Championship

Just six days after Mallory Park we were on our way to Brands Hatch. This time it was on the Grand prix circuit which is Rod’s favourite track. In practice he took pole by 4.4 seconds which did not bode well for a close race. However, Darren Bly had gone off into the gravel trap, so we expected him to challenge hard in the race.

For the first race Rod controlled the rolling start well and then launched off into an ever increasing lead. Attention switched to an interesting battle for second place. Initially Joss Ronchetti held sway but gradually Craig Davies closed in and claimed the runner up spot. Bly retired with a turbo oil pipe issue. Into fourth came Ray Barrow, also taking class B honours, after it was discovered that Malcolm Wise had taken a short lap when he had overheating problems. Malcolm was re-classified 18^th. Nigel Craig had his Subaru going well in fifth as

Richard Brent took the class E win in sixth overall. Class C went to newcomer Gavin Thomson in another very rapid Peugeot 205 whilst Graham Bahr was the lone runner in class D. The invitation tin top class went to Gary Chappell after David Leigh beached his Seat Leon in the Surtees gravel trap.