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Conn won opening

Roadsports race

before fatal crash

There was plenty of

action in C1 encounters

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1 AUGUST 2019 AUTOSPORT.COM 77

NATIONAL REPORTS CLUB AUTOSPORT

Grimes across the line in what was initially
a close-fought Ginetta Junior race. It all
ended with red flags flying after two of the
main protagonists, Sean McGovern and
Matthew Nicholl, tangled on the exit
to the Chicane, an encounter that
resulted in McGovern’s car lying
wrong-side-up on the back straight.
The combined affair for Mazda MX-5s
and Fiesta Zetecs ended with Robert
Kennedy leading Eorann O’Neill past the

defeated for the first time this season
in a race shortened to 11 minutes after
leader Joe Russell’s heavy off at the
Esses brought about a red flag.
There were huge amounts of spray, but
Blackman had other reasons for not being
able to pass the similar Vauxhall Tigra
clone of Chris Brockhurst.
“The windscreen steamed up and
I couldn’t see, so I was just chasing
after Chris’s rain light,” he explained.
Steve Burrows charged from row five
to challenge the two leaders, but slithered
off on the penultimate lap.
Paul Roddison won the first of the MaX5
Championship races after coming through

from fourth on the grid, but in the

second he started at the back after

being the only driver to complete

a second green flag lap.

Having climbed into contention, a

spin at Gerard’s Bend dropped him way

out of it, allowing Ian Loversidge to

break Roddison’s 2019 dominance.

Joshua Potter bookended his day with

wins in the first and third Citroen C1

races, and thought he had snatched the

race two win as well, but Stephen James’

spin out of the lead came on the slowing

down lap – although neither driver

realised it at the time.

IAN SOWMAN

chequered flag by almost 5s, with series

instigator David Cousins third. The Stewart

brothers, Mark and Paul, topped the Fiesta

train, with Megan Campbell in a feisty third.

The Toyota Celica of Gareth Thompson

was dominant among the ‘Super’ section of

the Mondello-based Future Classics affair,

while Patrick Howley (Rover 25) led Gary

Duggan’s Fiat Punto home among the

not-so-super versions.

RICHARD YOUNG

WEEKEND WINNERS

MALLORY PARK

PICKUP TRUCK RACING

Race 1 Dale Gent

Race 2 Michael Smith

SUPER SILHOUETTE

Chris Brockhurst (Vauxhall Tigra, above)

MAX5

Race 1 Paul Roddison (Mk4)

Race 2 Ian Loversidge (Mk4)

CITROEN C1 CHALLENGE

Races 1 & 3 Joshua Potter

Race 2 Stephen James

For full results visit: tsl-timing.com

KIRKISTOWN

NORTHERN IRELAND

FORMULA FORD 1600

Races 1 & 2 David McCullough (Van Diemen)

ROADSPORTS

Paul Conn (Crossle 47S)

SALOON/GT

Gerard O’Connell (Ford Escort, above)

GINETTA JUNIOR

Karl O’Brien

MAZDA MX-5s & FIESTA ZETEC

Robert Kennedy (MX-5, below)

FUTURE CLASSICS

Gareth Thompson (Toyota Celica)

For full results visit: speedhive.mylaps.com