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Race Reports 2006 |
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Rick Burgoyne
Championship Coordinator & Race
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Round 9 - Thruxton 1/10/2006 |
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Quick runners were guaranteed by the return
of Mallory pole-setter and race winner Justin Sherwood and
previous pole-setter and race winner at Brands, Gavin Wills,
together with Oulton debutant Daniel Tapinos added to the
regular crop of Club F3 quick men. ....
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Round 8 - Oulton Park 23/09/2006 |
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Jon Gray put down an
early marker with Shane Kelly close behind. Indeed, the top
five, which included a very rapid Chris Needham in his Class
B car, were all very close. They were soon joined by series
debutant Stuart Gough who quickly got up to speed, moving up
to 2nd quickest after only 8 minutes
of the session. However with Shane Kelly on provisional
pole, Jon Gray went yet quicker and re-took the 2nd
slot. After Stuart Gough in 3rd,
came Keith Baldwin, Chris Needham and Ken Finneran.....
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Round 7 - Mallory Park 20/08/2006 |
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The weather was
cloudy and cool but thankfully dry after rain earlier in the
morning. The first to encounter problems was Shane Kelly
even before the start of the session. A faulty wiring loom
at first seemed to be the cause and after a long delay and
some frantic work by his team, Shane joined the other ten
cars out for qualifying. The early leading runners were
Justin Sherwood, Ken Finneran, Keith Baldwin and Gary Marsh......
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Round 6 - Brands Hatch 23/07/2006
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The list of entries
improved to a reasonably respectable 17 cars for this round.
Debutantes to the series were Juan Serda in Class B and Mark
Terry, who was running in Terry Ludgrove’s Class A car. We
should also have seen Kevan McLurg out in his ‘Monoposto’
car for a trial run. Unfortunately, problems from his
previous day’s race prevented his joining the Club F3 field
and capped the field at 16 runners......
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Round 5 - Snetterton 09/07/2006 |
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Shane Kelly maintained the pressure on Jon
Gray and together they started to pull clear of Paul Quinn.
Paul was in turn moving clear of the fine battle for 4th
between Gary Marsh, Keith Baldwin and the recovering Ken
Finneran. Paul Sibley was by now in a safe 7th place well
clear of the ongoing battle between Chris Needham and Nick
Robertson for 8th place......
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Round 4 - Donnington Park 17/06/2006
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Qualifying was as usual a fraught affair
which saw times being tightly contested. However, one of the
usual suspects was not in his accustomed place at the front.
Shane Kelly was struggling. Series debutant Gavin Wills
showed his class and topped the times for quite a while,
vying for supremacy with Keith Baldwin, Ken Finneran, Gary
Marsh and Jon Gray. ....
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Round 2&3 - Rockingham 6&7/05/2006 |
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Weather on the Saturday was generally ok and
despite a bad forecast for the whole weekend, thankfully
remained dry. The two un-timed sessions were even held in
warm sunshine. On the downside, yet again Chris Willie was
the bad luck magnet. Sadly, Chris this time suffered what
seemed to be a head gasket failure as his engine blew out
its coolant. This meant that he was unable to even take part
in the qualifying session......
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Round 1 - Silverstone 15/04/2006 |
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Thankfully, the weather remained dry in
despite the cloudy and very gusty conditions and TV weather
forecasters threatening occasional showers.Chris Willie was
unable to take part due to his engine having lunched a
couple of pistons in testing the previous day. Of the
remaining thirteen competitors, qualifying was mostly
uneventful. Mike White however completed only a handful of
laps before problems stopped his efforts......
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