Autosport – 25 July 2019

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Bark (right) took a

hat-trick of wins in

Clio 182 races

Morgan was

flying high with

a brace of wins

Novalak holds a 55-point

lead in standings

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round and demonstrating some strong
defensive driving on his way to victory.
The MR2 championship was also split
into three groups. Aaron Cooke was first
to the chequered flag in the opener and
the final round, while Ben Rowe won the
second. Rowe finished only 0.46s behind
Cooke in the final race of the weekend,
staying close on the leader’s tail throughout.
Shaun Traynor, championship leader
coming into the event, had his qualifying
times erased for abusing track limits. But
he succeeded in making his way up to fifth
from the back of the grid in both his races.
Matthew Booth took the win in the first
F1000 race, building up a considerable lead
over the rest of the field before the safety
car came out to move Rob Welham’s car,
which had suffered a rear suspension failure.
The caution period meant Booth only had a
0.41s advantage when he crossed the line.
Lee Morgan took victory on Sunday
as Booth retired alongside many of his
competitors, and Morgan won again in the
last F1000 race, which was brought to a

premature end by a fire for Welham.

Although his weekend was bookended

with incidents, the unlucky Welham

managed to go from 16th to fifth in

the second race of the event.

The Roadsports race was cut short

as Ben Puncher hit the barrier just as

the leaders had taken their pitstops.

Although Matthew Weymouth had been

leading the race in his BMW E36 M3, the

timing of the incident meant Peter Erceg

(Porsche Cayman), who was yet to stop,

was declared the winner with a minute’s

advantage over Weymouth.

In the Hot Hatch championship Ben

Rushworth’s Honda Integra took the first

win ahead of Stephen Sawley. Rushworth

held the lead of the second race before

losing it at the hairpin and dropping

to third during a tight battle with

Sawley and Chris Southcott.

A final-lap mistake for Sawley in his

Honda Civic at the same location handed

Southcott the victory.

ANNA DUXBURY

Varrone dispatched Verhagen at Les
Combes and then repeated the move
on Mason on the penultimate lap to
claim an excellent victory ahead of
Mason and Verhagen.
Simmons then delivered one of the
most dominant performances of the
year by romping to victory in race three.
Another good start enabled him to build
a lead of 1.5 seconds on the first lap, which
he extended to over 3s by the mid-point
of the race. He was caught in the latter
stages by Novalak, who sliced his way
up to second from eighth on the grid,

but still claimed his second victory of

the year by just under 2s.

While Simmons enjoyed his strongest

weekend, and Novalak scored more solid

results, it was a quiet weekend for fellow

title contender Johnathan Hoggard. The

Fortec driver had a best qualifying result

of ninth for the final race and a best

result of seventh in race two. Novalak

thus holds an extended championship

lead of 55 points over Hoggard, who

now only has an 18-point buffer

over Simmons.

RICHARD RANDLE

WEEKEND WINNERS

SPA

BRDC BRITISH FORMULA 3

Race 1 (9 laps) 1 Kaylen Frederick;

2 Ayrton Simmons +0.864s; 3 Manuel

Maldonado; 4 Clement Novalak;

5 Kiern Jewiss; 6 Hampus Ericsson.

Fastest lap Ericsson 2m19.729s (112.12mph).

Pole Simmons. Starters 18.

Race 2 (8 laps) 1 Nico Varrone; 2 Josh Mason

+0.719s; 3 Neil Verhagen; 4 Pavan Ravishankar;

5 Andreas Estner; 6 Benjamin Pedersen.

FL Sasakorn Chaimongkol 2m18.572s

(113.06mph). P Verhagen. S 18.

Race 3 (9 laps) 1 Simmons; 2 Novalak

+1.812s; 3 Jewiss; 4 Ericsson; 5 Verhagen;

6 Maldonado. FL Jewiss 2m19.464s

(112.34mph). P Simmons. S 18.

Points 1 Novalak 349; 2 Johnathan Hoggard

294; 3 Simmons 276; 4 Maldonado 223;

5 Jewiss 214; 6 Verhagen 213.

CATERHAM SEVEN 270R/

CATERHAM ROADSPORT

Race 1 Tom Allen (270R)

Race 2 Graham Macdonald (270R)

CATERHAM SEVEN 420R/

CATERHAM SEVEN 310R

Races 1 & 2 John Byrne (420R)

For full results visit: tsl-timing.com

CADWELL PARK

CLASSIC STOCK HATCH

Races 1 & 2 Pip Hammond (Vauxhall Nova GTE)

CLIO 182

Races 1, 2 & 3 James Bark

LOCOST

Group B vs C Thomas Gadd

Group C vs A & A vs B Murray Shepherd

TOYOTA MR2

Blue vs Green Group & Red vs

Blue Group Aaron Cooke

Green vs Red Group Ben Rowe

F1000

Race 1 Matthew Booth

Races 2 & 3 Lee Morgan

ROADSPORTS

Peter Erceg (Porsche Cayman)

HOT HATCH

Race 1 Ben Rushworth (Honda Integra DC2)

Race 2 Chris Southcott (Peugeot 205 GTI)

BCV8

Race 1 Robert Spencer (GT V8)

Race 2 Neil Fowler (GT V8)

750 FORMULA

Race 1 Bill Cowley (Cowley MkIV)

Race 2 Mark Glover (Racekit Falcon)

SPORT SPECIALS

Race 1 Darren Berris (Westfield V8)

Race 2 Paul Collingwood (Eclipse SM1)

HISTORIC 750 FORMULA

Race 1 Simon Boulter (Time 3B)

Race 2 Richard Prior (JGS 111)

For full results visit: 750mc.co.uk

JEP