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MBKC - GYG Club Championship
Round 2 - Glan-y-Gors - 10th April 2005

The sun finally shone on North Wales for the second championship round of the season at the Glan-y-Gors park circuit following our battle with the elements in March. Although the forecast was pretty good, some doubts were cast when heavy drizzle greeted the drivers but, although a few of the heats had to be conducted on intermediate tyres, it soon started to brighten up and, by the time the finals took place, it had become a lovely spring afternoon.

Entries too were up on the first meeting, with a surprising number of novice drivers taking part, with no fewer than nine and eight in the Rotax Max and Senior TKM classes respectively and twenty five in total, surely a statistic that augars well for the future of the Glan-y-Gors championship.

The first of the days finals involved the cadet drivers, and what a triumph the opening two rounds have been for young James Tunnicliffe. Having had a comfortable victory in March, he made light work of the opposition throughout the day, taking all three of the morning heats by a large margin. It was more of the same in the final, simply taking off from pole and rapidly putting time between himself and the rest, to take victory by the massive margin of 13.216 seconds from Luke Hughes in second place. Hughes however had a large stroke of luck in the final as it had seemed certain that Dean Yoxall would take second spot comfortably a lap from home, but, contact with a back marker saw him lose enough time for Hughes to slip by and relegate Yoxall to third.

Senior TKM had seen a battle throughout the day between last months winner Gemma Wainwright and Alex Jones, Jones taking the earlier heats by two to one to see both sitting on the front row of the grid for the final, and Jones it was who won the early battle for supremacy, taking up the advantage with Wainwright not far behind, these two stretching a large advantage over Jack Oldham in third place. In fact by the mid point of the race the places were pretty much decided, barring incidents, with Jones stretching his advantage over Wainwright to just over three seconds, Oldham a further four seconds back in third place.

Junior TKM provided a rather disappointing entry of only six, however, a good battle had developed in the heats between Mike Booker and Oliver Slade and, it looked like, with these two on the front row, a good final was on the cards. Unfortunately, the spectacle was ruined as Slade was unable to get his kart to fire up despite several attempts. This left Booker to decimate the rest of the pack from the outset, pulling out a two second advantage on the opening lap and finally going on to win the final by a very lonely 17.465 seconds. In his wake, a good battle was going on for the minor placings and, after some swapping and changing, it was the novice driver Richard Wilson who just held on for the second place ahead of Lawrence Hilton.

Junior Rotax had, throughout the day, largely been another story of two drivers, this time being Nico Angelides and Sam Pollitt. Pollitt had the edge in the heats taking two to Angelides one and, from pole, he edged into the lead from the outset in the final, although he was unable to put any significant daylight between himself and his rival. It became a classic piece of defensive driving from Pollitt, who simply never allowed Angelides a passing opportunity in the entire fourteen lap duration, and that was how it finished, Pollitt taking a hard fought win by just 0.272 secs. Over 19 seconds behind the front two, a race of it`s own was going on for third spot with Aaron Byrom getting up by a narrow margin to take the honours ahead of Tom Bradshaw and Robert McArthur.

Rotax Max looked like being an intriguing affair having had three different heat winners. Robert Parry had taken heat one, Matt Cotterill took the second, with Mark Davies coming out on top in heat three. Parry it was who began on pole with Daniel Chesters alongside him and, in the opening exchanges, it was Parry who got his nose in front from Chesters with Davies and Andrew Connell behind them. Chesters looked dangerous, and by lap three he had eased into the lead, a lead that he never looked like relinquishing as he drew further away from Parry with Davies, Cotterill and, in the later stages, Simon Sheridan looking for the minor places. Sheridan`s chances went following contact between himself and Cotterill, an incident which saw him forced on to the grass. Back at the front however, Chesters was moving serenely on to take what was in the end a fairly comfortable victory from Parry by 5.430 secs, with the fast finishing Davies only a whisker away in third ahead of Cotterill and Connell. Gary Foster took an excellent sixth spot in his first outing at the Glan-y-Gors circuit in over two years.

The Rotax 177 final was, again, rather disappointing in terms of numbers, with only three senior drivers and three novices making up the grid. The two drivers battling for supremacy throughout the day had been Adrian Jones and David James, and it was James who quickly stamped his mark on the final, quickly opening up a decisive lead which Jones was unable to close. Andy Stockton took the third place.

Similarly, the 100 national entries have been disappointing in both the opening meetings, with just five entries today. Surprisingly however, the heats were all taken by different drivers. James Pearce took heat one in the damp conditions, then the local brothers Ash and Matt Davies took a heat each. In the final, it was Ash Davies who quickly moved into the lead, initially from Pierce, before his brother Matt moved into second place. Pierce was forced out with engine problems, leaving the brothers in solitary splendour with only James Burton still running, some half a lap down. Ash it was who held on for a fairly comfortable win.

The most popular winner of the day came from the last final of the day, in the Minimax class. The earlier heat results had again been split three ways, Josh Butcher taking the opener, Joshua Slade the second, with Amy Scarisbrick victorious in heat three. The final saw Scarisbrick quickly edge ahead from Slade with novice driver Oliver Clayton moving into third place. It was a desperately close affair, but Scarisbrick showed her defensive skills for lap after lap to keep Slade at bay. It looked like disaster was about to strike for Scarisbrick two laps from the finish as she came into contact with a back marker, allowing Slade to edge back into the lead, however Scarisbrick was not going to be denied her maiden victory as she again reclaimed the advantage on the final lap, holding on and punching the air in delight as she took the victory by the slender margin of 0.237 secs from Slade. Josh Butcher came through late in the race to grab third spot.

Report by: Mel Tipton

Results

Full Race Results from Round 2...

W-60 CADET
James Tunnicliffe (Zip/Comer)
Luke Hughes (Zip/Comer)
Dean Yoxall (Wright/Comer)

SENIOR TKM
Alex Jones (Venom/TKM)
Gem Wainwright (P1/TKM)
Jack Oldham (Venom/TKM)

JUNIOR TKM
Mike Booker (JKH/TKM)
Richard Wilson (JKH/TKM)
Lawrence Hilton (Venom/TKM)

JUNIOR ROTAX MAX
Sam Pollitt (KMS/Rotax)
Nico Angelides (Birel/Rotax)
Aaron Byrom (Energy/Rotax)

ROTAX MAX
Daniel Chesters (Intrepid/Rotax)
Robert Parry (Tony/Rotax)
Mark Davies (Haase/Rotax)

ROTAX MAX 177
David James (Haase/Rotax)
Adrian Jones (JKH/Rotax)
Andy Stockton (JKH/Rotax)

100 NATIONAL
Ash Davies (Tibi/TM)
Matt Davies (Tibi/TM)
James Burton (Haase/TM)

MINIMAX
Amy Scarisbrick (Birel/Rotax)
Joshua Slade (Intrepid/Rotax)
Josh Butcher (Maranello/Rotax)

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