Competition Car Insurance Dunlop Ford Fiesta Championship

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1 2010 Competition Car Insurance Dunlop Ford Fiesta Championship Race report for: Rounds 1 & 2 Championship Co-ordinator Alexandra Cable Published by Ford Racing UK 2010.

2 Championship Operational notes There is a new format of splitting the weekend into two halves with Saturdays now being given over to am free practice and pm to qualifying, allowing Sunday to have two races which are filmed for television broadcast. The championship eligibility scrutineer Bob Blackmore was kept on his toes and had to wield the big stick over the weekend. Drivers/teams to note that rear high intensity lights must be fitted and working. Towing eyes. The idea of making the requirement for a strap to be the point of towing is there to alleviate damage to front or rear lower panels when contact is made. The strap should take the element of damage away? Weight and ballast. The championship has a set of certificated scales which will be at every round and will be set up normally at scrutineering. If you wish to use them please ask the Bob (Scutineer). Ballast should be per regulation and in the boot area only. Competitors are again urged to read the published championship regulations which are available for download from website. It is simply not acceptable to profess ignorance when you have signed to the effect that you have read them! Dunlop Tyre truck should be at all rounds bar Cadwell and Anglesey. Please remember that this is a courtesy service extended and not a contractual obligation from HP Tyres. It should be prudent to call them if you need tyres to be taken to a meeting or have them sent to you in good time for your next race meeting. Qualifying A and B 2 P a g e

3 It was Ed Cockhill who set the pole time with a Some behind was Tim Bennett and he lined up next to Cockhill on the front row of the grid. Both those are class A competitors but leading class B car was Scott Baines in overall 5 th with a Next to him was Harry Cockhill also B, 4/10ths behind pole. Competition Car Insurance Ford Fiesta Championship (A&B) QUALIFYING 1 CLASSIFICATION POS NO CL NAME ENTRY TIME ON LAPS GAP DIFF MPH 1 29 A Edwards COCKILL Ford Fiesta Si A Tim BENNETT Ford Fiesta Si A Rex NYE Ford Fiesta Si A Chris TOUMAZOS Ford Fiesta Si B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec B Ken BATEMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec B Kevin STIRLING Ford Fiesta Zetec B Joanne EASON Ford Fiesta Zetec B Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta Zetec B Michel EDWARDS Ford Fiesta Zetec B Keith CHAPMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec A Zena COOPER Ford Fiesta Si A Ruari FAIRBAINS Ford Fiesta Si B Nikolas BARTON Ford Fiesta Zetec B Stewart CROUCHER Ford Fiesta Zetec A Nicholas TILEY Ford Fiesta Si Car 45 - please fit a working transponder. Lydden Hill Circuit Length = miles Race 1 (A and B) The opening race of the season got underway and Tim Bennett from the outside made the best start. Ed Cockhill got swamped. Brother Harry Cockhill moved up to 2 nd. Harry was closely followed by Scott Baines, who had a good start, launching down the inside of the track. Baines looked up the inside of Cockhill but thought better of it. Persistent though, Baines managed to just hold onto the car as the back stepped out into the hairpin, thus allowing the front two, Bennett and Toumazos to creep away. Toumazos entered Devils Elbow on the 2 nd lap and the back of the car stepped out causing him a spin. An unfortunate Ed Cockhill collected him causing terminal damage to Toumazos car. The race was then red flagged. This wasn t the only time the red flag was used. After the restart, contact between Rex Nye and another competitor on the exit of North bend left Rex s car tinkering on its side on the inside of the track. For the 3 rd time of asking, the race got underway. Bennett again got away well, with Baines having a look round the outside of Ed Cockhill but thinking better of it. Bennett led as they come down into the Elbow, Ed Cockhill is 2 nd, Baines 3 rd, Harry. Cockhill 4 th and Bateman 5 th. The positions remained the same as they completed the 1 st lap. As the race progressed, further back we saw the action. Eason 3 P a g e

4 battled with Stirling; Bowers pushed too hard and had a moment narrowly missing the barriers. He unfortunately rejoined last. Fairbairns also overtook Edwards. Bennett now posted the fastest lap with Cockhill close behind. The last lap board was shown. The battle for 3 rd position really hotted up as Baines went defensive, but it was obvious Cockhill wanted 1 st in class. Bumper to bumper they went, as Cockhill squeezed up the inside and Baines went off into the tyres but he managed to rejoin to cross the line 7 th. Competition Car Insurance Ford Fiesta Championship (A&B) RACE 1 - CLASSIFICATION POS NO CL NAME ENTRY LAPS TIME GAP DIFF MPH BEST ON 1 16 A Tim BENNETT Ford Fiesta Si 10 8: A Edward COCKILL Ford Fiesta Si 10 8: B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Ken BATEMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Kevin STIRLING Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Joanne EASON Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: A Ruari FAIRBAINS Ford Fiesta Si 10 8: B Michel EDWARDS Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Keith CHAPMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Nikolas BARTON Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: A Zena COOPER Ford Fiesta Si 10 8: B Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: B Stewart CROUCHER Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8: A Nicholas TILEY Ford Fiesta Si 10 9: FASTEST LAP 16 A Tim BENNETT Ford Fiesta Si mph kph 28 B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec mph kph Lydden Hill Circuit Length = miles. These results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 12:59 End: 13:09 Qualifying Class C David Nye was the fastest ST around the track he managed a Mark Tilbury lined up next to Nye just a mere 24/100 ths behind. 4 P a g e The grid of Fiesta STs is looking to expand mightily this season

5 Competition Car Insurance Ford Fiesta Championship (C) QUALIFYING 2 - CLASSIFICATION POS NO CL NAME ENTRY TIME ON LAPS GAP DIFF MPH 1 14 C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST C Mark TILBURY Ford Fiesta ST C Gordon TOMKINS Ford Fiesta ST C Rory BRYANT Ford Fiesta ST C Nick POPE Ford Fiesta ST C Jeremy GUMBLEY Ford Fiesta ST C Al DALY Ford Fiesta ST C Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST C James BYRNE Ford Fiesta ST C John FINDLAY Ford Fiesta ST C Stewart SCOTT Ford Fiesta ST C David ABBOTT Ford Fiesta ST C Graham FIELD Ford Fiesta ST C Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta ST C Terence UPTON Ford Fiesta ST Lydden Hill Circuit Length = miles. These results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 15:05 End: 15:26 Race 1 Class C: 5 P a g e The Fiesta drama continued as David Nye stalled on the line; everyone missed him. The cars went four abreast through Chessons drift, but Mark Tilbury was ahead. They completed the first lap. Tilbury led from Tomkins, Bryant and Gumbley (who was 4 th). Nye did well to catch up and was 5 th by the end of lap 2. Nye and Gumbley battled for 4 th position. Nye looked to close the gap between himself and Tilbury. On lap 4 Gumbley and Nye pass Bryant for 3 rd and 4 th. 1 lap later Nye and Bryant overtake Gumbley for 3 rd and 4 th. On lap 6 Scott looked around the outside of Abbott into the elbow, he got ahead but Abbott made a better exit and got back in front. As they enter North Bend, Scott again looked around the outside superb scrap and Scott eventually got ahead of Abbott and went on to hustle Gumbley. Scott went very deep into North Bend to get a run on Gumbley and tried to go around the outside at Paddock but never got ahead. The entertainment continued further down the order as Nick Pope, John Findlay and James Byrne battled for 8 th. Al Daly, Terry Upton, Graham Field and Nick Bowers also raced well. As the race draws to an end Nye looked around the outside of Tomkins, but Tomkins

6 was having none of it. The battle continued and Nye went up the inside with a do or die move at the elbow and got ahead of Tomkins. Scott and Gumbley were also door handle to door handle with Scott finishing in front. Competition Car Insurance Ford Fiesta Championship (C) RACE 2 - CLASSIFICATION - AMENDED 2 POS NO CL NAME ENTRY LAPS TIME GAP DIFF MPH BEST ON 1 7 C Mark TILBURY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Gordon TOMKINS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Rory BRYANT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Stewart SCOTT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Jeremy GUMBLEY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C James BYRNE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Nick POPE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C John FINDLAY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Al DALY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Terence UPTON Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Graham FIELD Ford Fiesta ST 21 18: NOT CLASSIFIED DNF 62 C Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST 10 8: laps 11 laps DQ 3 C David ABBOTT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: DQ 14 C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: FASTEST LAP 7 C Mark TILBURY Ford Fiesta ST mph kph Cars 3 and 14 - disqualified due to Eligibility Reg C.3.5 Lydden Hill Circuit Length = miles These results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 14:07 End: 14:25 Race 2 A & B The lights went out and it was Ed Cockhill on the outside that made the best start off the line. However, Bennett got ahead as they entered Pilgrims. Scott Baines does well he was now up to 3 rd position as they run down towards Devils Elbow. Drama, asjoanne Eason and Michel Edwards have had an incident and go off at North Bend. Edwards retires 2 laps later as Eason is shown the black and orange flag and also adds to the DNFs. As the front runners complete lap 2, it was Bennett, Ed Cockhill, Baines and Bateman in that order.. Bateman however manages to get by on the inside at Pilgrims on lap 4 on a move on H Cockhill. He also got jumped by Fairbairns at the Elbow. Rex Nye was having a great catch up drive. On lap 7 he overtook Bateman for 7 th position. Another driver who started from the back was Chris Toumazos who was having a great race as on lap 7 overtook Fairbairns for 3 rd in class. Bowers was also having a good drive he made a place up at Chessons drift. Zena Cooper overtook Kevin Stirling at Devils Elbow for 9 th overall, and this put a the Si between two Zetecs taking the heat off Bateman. 2 laps later Nye continued to push hard he was very late on the brakes into corners 6 P a g e

7 trying to squeeze every ounce from the Si in a bid to get by Fairbairns. Nye got a good exit from Chessons Drift and passes on the run down Dover slope. Bennett takes the chequered. Competition Car Insurance Ford Fiesta Championship (A&B) RACE 3 - CLASSIFICATION POS NO CL NAME ENTRY LAPS TIME GAP DIFF MPH BEST ON 1 16 A Tim BENNETT Ford Fiesta Si 21 17: A Edward COCKILL Ford Fiesta Si 21 17: B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 17: B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 17: A Chris TOUMAZOS Ford Fiesta Si 21 17: A Rex NYE Ford Fiesta Si 21 18: A Ruari FAIRBAINS Ford Fiesta Si 21 18: B Ken BATEMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18: A Zena COOPER Ford Fiesta Si 21 18: B Kevin STIRLING Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18: B Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18: B Nikolas BARTON Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18: B Stewart CROUCHER Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18: A Nicholas TILEY Ford Fiesta Si 20 18: lap 1 lap NOT CLASSIFIED DNF 50 B Joanne EASON Ford Fiesta Zetec 2 3: laps 18 laps : DNF 17 B Keith CHAPMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 1 1: laps 1 lap DNF 77 B Michel EDWARDS Ford Fiesta Zetec 0 FASTEST LAP 88 A Chris TOUMAZOS Ford Fiesta Si mph kph 73 B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec mph kph Lydden Hill Circuit Length = miles. These results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 15:38 End: 15:56 Race 2 Class C: A busy moment mid pack at the start, cars off all over the place and a mixed up grid. The front runners got away cleanly though with Bryant getting the best start. Bryant continued to push hard as does Scott who gets a bit sideways on the 1 st lap. It s Gumbley and Bryant who are diced for 3 rd, both door handle to door handle as they came down from North Bend. The leader completes the 1 st lap it was Mark Tilbury from Gordon Tomkins, Rory Bryant and Jeremy Gumbley. David Nye who started at the back was doing well as he had moved up into 5 th with a move up the inside at Devils Elbow. Dave Abbott, who had also started at the back was not doing so well as he pulled off. Tomkins meanwhile is 0.9s behind the leader, but he had to be midful of Bryant who lookeds up the inside and a hint ofdoor rubbing and Tomkins ending up on the grass. Nye sneaked through into 3 rd as Gumbley remained 4 th. 7 P a g e

8 With all this action going on Tilbury managed to move 2s ahead of 2 nd. Gumbley looked up the inside of Nye but left the door open for Tomkins. Tomkins did not take advantage. Those 3 however gave Bryant a break. He was now able to start to gain on Tilbury. Bryant closed the gap to 1.7s. Abbott rejoined. Nye now started catching Bryant but it was short lived as on lap 11 he dropped down to 5 th and a lap latter he pulled off. Nye rejoined on lap 14. Our attention now turns to the battle between John Findlay and Stewart Scott for 6 th position. Findlay went defensive but the two played fair and Findlay held him off. There is roughly a cars length between them and they seem so evenly matched that Scott is trying his upmost by braking so late into the corners but Findlay continued to hold him off to the flag. Competition Car Insurance Ford Fiesta Championship (C) RACE 4 - CLASSIFICATION POS NO CL NAME ENTRY LAPS TIME GAP DIFF MPH BEST ON 1 7 C Mark TILBURY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Rory BRYANT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Jeremy GUMBLEY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Gordon TOMKINS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Nick POPE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C John FINDLAY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Stewart SCOTT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Graham FIELD Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C Terence UPTON Ford Fiesta ST 21 17: C James BYRNE Ford Fiesta ST 21 18: C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST 19 17: laps 2 laps NOT CLASSIFIED DNF 62 C Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST 14 12: laps 5 laps DNF 3 C David ABBOTT Ford Fiesta ST 3 7: laps 11 laps : DNF 5Al DALY C Ford Fiesta ST 0 FASTEST LAP 14 C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST mph kph Lydden Hill Circuit Length = miles These results are provisional until the conclusion of any judicial and technical matters. Start: 16:57 End: 17:15 8 P a g e

9 Ford Fiesta Championship- championship points table 2010 ALL ROUNDS LESS TWO TO COUNT highlighted shows dropped score ^ 1 point for pole setter dns ns=not carrying championship decals points void Race entries for year * 1 point for fastest lap dnf excl= must count as scoring round for points 2 points for pole and race fastest = corrected score vs = did not compete in any of first ten rounds Entry fee R1 R3 R5 R7 R9 R11 R13 R15 NAME/ROUNDS R2 R4 R6 R8 R10 R12 R14 R16 LH LH SN SN CP CP SLV SLV CC CC BH BH ANG ANG BH BH 28/03/10 28/03/10 24/04/10 25/04/10 05/06/10 06/06/10 26/06/10 27/06/10 31/07/10 01/08/10 21/08/10 21/08/10 25/09/10 26/09/10 16/10/10 17/10/10 NO. CLASS Total Tim Bennett 16 A Edward Cockill 29 A Ruari Fairbairns 9 A Zena Cooper 75 A Nicholas Tiley 45 A Chris Toumazos 88 A 14 dns 13 1 Rex Nye 20 A 12 dns 12 Harry Cockill 28 B Scott Baines 73 B Ken Bateman 55 B Kevin Stirling 53 B Nik Barton 24 B Nick Bowers 51 B Stewart Croucher 82 B Joanne Eason 50 B dnf Michel Edwards 77 B dnf Keith Chapman 17 B 9 9 dnf Mark Tilbury 7 C Rory Bryant 27 C Gordon Tomkins 30 C Jeremy Gumbley 4 C Stewart Scott 46 C Nick Pope 18 C John Findlay 33 C James Byrne 19 C Nicholas Bowers 51 C Graham Field 13 C Terence Uptom 68 C Al Daly 5 C 7 7 dnf David Nye 14 C 6 excl= Cliff Pellin 62 C 0 dnf dnf David Abbott 3 C 0 excl= dnf Qualified for racing Grid average to date Driver of Day Si Driver of Day Zetec Driver of Day ST Free Draw 22 to qualify na 28 Report by Alexandra Cable. Produced and Edited by Kevin Shortis Tel: [email protected] Ford Racing UK P a g e