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.
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 www.fordracing.eu 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
It was Ed Cockhill who set the pole time with a 49.86. Some 0.023 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 50.23. 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 49. 896 8 13 72.14 2 16 A Tim BENNETT Ford Fiesta Si 49.919 11 25 0.023 0.023 72.11 3 20 A Rex NYE Ford Fiesta Si 50.023 12 23 0.127 0.104 71.96 4 88 A Chris TOUMAZOS Ford Fiesta Si 50.201 13 24 0.305 0.178 71.70 5 73 B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec 50.232 11 21 0.336 0.031 71.66 6 28 B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec 50.286 8 21 0.390 0.054 71.58 7 55 B Ken BATEMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 50.853 12 24 0.957 0.567 70.79 8 53 B Kevin STIRLING Ford Fiesta Zetec 50.994 12 24 1.098 0.141 70.59 9 50 B Joanne EASON Ford Fiesta Zetec 51.112 16 19 1.216 0.118 70.43 10 51 B Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta Zetec 51.241 18 24 1.345 0.129 70.25 11 77 B Michel EDWARDS Ford Fiesta Zetec 51.299 21 24 1.403 0.058 70.17 12 17 B Keith CHAPMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 51.347 14 20 1.451 0.048 70.10 13 75 A Zena COOPER Ford Fiesta Si 51.637 16 23 1.741 0.290 69.71 14 9 A Ruari FAIRBAINS Ford Fiesta Si 51.657 22 24 1.761 0.020 69.68 15 24 B Nikolas BARTON Ford Fiesta Zetec 52.153 18 21 2.257 0.496 69.02 16 82 B Stewart CROUCHER Ford Fiesta Zetec 52.228 17 23 2.332 0.075 68.92 17 45 A Nicholas TILEY Ford Fiesta Si 52.516 13 23 2.620 0.288 68.54 Car 45 - please fit a working transponder. Lydden Hill Circuit Length = 1.0000 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
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 8:28.056 70.85 49.999 3 2 29 A Edward COCKILL Ford Fiesta Si 10 8:29.939 1.883 1.883 70.59 50.111 6 3 28 B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:40.641 12.585 10.702 69.14 50.375 4 4 55 B Ken BATEMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:42.207 14.151 1.566 68.93 51.164 5 5 53 B Kevin STIRLING Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:43.199 15.143 0.992 68.80 51.292 7 6 50 B Joanne EASON Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:43.586 15.530 0.387 68.75 51.064 7 7 73 B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:46.422 18.366 2.836 68.38 50.429 5 8 9 A Ruari FAIRBAINS Ford Fiesta Si 10 8:49.591 21.535 3.169 67.97 51.138 4 9 77 B Michel EDWARDS Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:53.051 24.995 3.460 67.53 51.867 4 10 17 B Keith CHAPMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:53.406 25.350 0.355 67.48 51.581 4 11 24 B Nikolas BARTON Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:55.643 27.587 2.237 67.20 51.746 5 12 75 A Zena COOPER Ford Fiesta Si 10 8:56.122 28.066 0.479 67.14 51.792 8 13 51 B Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:56.291 28.235 0.169 67.12 51.085 7 14 82 B Stewart CROUCHER Ford Fiesta Zetec 10 8:56.867 28.811 0.576 67.05 52.147 6 15 45 A Nicholas TILEY Ford Fiesta Si 10 9:07.194 39.138 10.327 65.78 53.290 10 FASTEST LAP 16 A Tim BENNETT Ford Fiesta Si 3 49.999 71.99 mph 115.87 kph 28 B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec 4 50.375 71.46 mph 115.00 kph Lydden Hill Circuit Length = 1.0000 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 48.470. 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
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 48.470 5 15 74.27 2 7 C Mark TILBURY Ford Fiesta ST 48.712 8 21 0.242 0.242 73.90 3 30 C Gordon TOMKINS Ford Fiesta ST 48.980 6 24 0.510 0.268 73.49 4 27 C Rory BRYANT Ford Fiesta ST 49.042 12 18 0.572 0.062 73.40 5 18 C Nick POPE Ford Fiesta ST 49.062 18 18 0.592 0.020 73.37 6 4 C Jeremy GUMBLEY Ford Fiesta ST 49.139 6 19 0.669 0.077 73.25 7 5 C Al DALY Ford Fiesta ST 49.245 16 22 0.775 0.106 73.10 8 62 C Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST 49.246 8 24 0.776 0.001 73.10 9 19 C James BYRNE Ford Fiesta ST 49.290 9 23 0.820 0.044 73.03 10 33 C John FINDLAY Ford Fiesta ST 49.425 12 19 0.955 0.135 72.83 11 46 C Stewart SCOTT Ford Fiesta ST 49.478 24 24 1.008 0.053 72.75 12 3 C David ABBOTT Ford Fiesta ST 49.522 12 12 1.052 0.044 72.69 13 13 C Graham FIELD Ford Fiesta ST 49.558 11 23 1.088 0.036 72.64 14 51 C Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta ST 49.734 11 22 1.264 0.176 72.38 15 68 C Terence UPTON Ford Fiesta ST 49.821 22 23 1.351 0.087 72.25 Lydden Hill Circuit Length = 1.0000 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
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 17:24.727 72.36 48.846 10 2 30 C Gordon TOMKINS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:29.667 4.940 4.940 72.02 49.254 12 3 27 C Rory BRYANT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:33.100 8.373 3.433 71.78 49.122 8 4 46 C Stewart SCOTT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:35.325 10.598 2.225 71.63 48.874 13 5 4 C Jeremy GUMBLEY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:36.025 11.298 0.700 71.58 49.149 3 6 19 C James BYRNE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:42.290 17.563 6.265 71.16 49.283 8 7 18 C Nick POPE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:42.747 18.020 0.457 71.13 49.167 8 8 33 C John FINDLAY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:43.414 18.687 0.667 71.08 49.089 7 9 5 C Al DALY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:50.249 25.522 6.835 70.63 49.590 9 10 51 C Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:56.339 31.612 6.090 70.23 49.792 4 11 68 C Terence UPTON Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:59.506 34.779 3.167 70.03 49.899 8 12 13 C Graham FIELD Ford Fiesta ST 21 18:14.491 49.764 14.985 69.07 49.771 16 NOT CLASSIFIED DNF 62 C Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST 10 8:34.208 11 laps 11 laps 70.00 49.247 9 DQ 3 C David ABBOTT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:42.004 17.277 0.000 71.18 49.185 7 DQ 14 C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:29.074 4.347 0.000 61.76 48.960 8 FASTEST LAP 7 C Mark TILBURY Ford Fiesta ST 10 48. 846 73.69 mph 118.6 0 kph Cars 3 and 14 - disqualified due to Eligibility Reg C.3.5 Lydden Hill Circuit Length = 1.0000 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
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 17:45.139 70.97 50.029 7 2 29 A Edward COCKILL Ford Fiesta Si 21 17:47.010 1.871 1.871 70.85 49.999 7 3 73 B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 17:47.806 2.667 0.796 70.79 50.175 15 4 28 B Harry COCKILL Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 17:49.540 4.401 1.734 70.68 50.206 6 5 88 A Chris TOUMAZOS Ford Fiesta Si 21 17:53.433 8.294 3.893 70.42 49.889 7 6 20 A Rex NYE Ford Fiesta Si 21 18:04.039 18.900 10.606 69.73 50.324 12 7 9 A Ruari FAIRBAINS Ford Fiesta Si 21 18:12.262 27.123 8.223 69.21 51.048 4 8 55 B Ken BATEMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18:19.969 34.830 7.707 68.72 51.420 7 9 75 A Zena COOPER Ford Fiesta Si 21 18:20.781 35.642 0.812 68.67 51.405 17 10 53 B Kevin STIRLING Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18:27.463 42.324 6.682 68.26 51.415 8 11 51 B Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18:29.660 44.521 2.197 68.12 51.439 18 12 24 B Nikolas BARTON Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18:32.275 47.136 2.615 67.96 51.929 6 13 82 B Stewart CROUCHER Ford Fiesta Zetec 21 18:34.082 48.943 1.807 67.85 51.689 10 14 45 A Nicholas TILEY Ford Fiesta Si 20 18:31.571 1 lap 1 lap 64.77 52.325 19 NOT CLASSIFIED DNF 50 B Joanne EASON Ford Fiesta Zetec 2 3:42.098 19 laps 18 laps 32.41 1:06.367 2 DNF 17 B Keith CHAPMAN Ford Fiesta Zetec 1 1:08.669 20 laps 1 lap 52.42 DNF 77 B Michel EDWARDS Ford Fiesta Zetec 0 FASTEST LAP 88 A Chris TOUMAZOS Ford Fiesta Si 7 49.889 72.15 mph 116.12 kph 73 B Scott BAINES Ford Fiesta Zetec 15 50.175 71.74 mph 115.46 kph Lydden Hill Circuit Length = 1.0000 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
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 17:24.692 72.36 49.035 9 2 27 C Rory BRYANT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:27.274 2.582 2.582 72.18 48.903 3 3 4 C Jeremy GUMBLEY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:28.920 4.228 1.646 72.07 48.992 3 4 30 C Gordon TOMKINS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:33.751 9.059 4.831 71.74 49.369 6 5 18 C Nick POPE Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:34.272 9.580 0.521 71.70 49.430 6 6 33 C John FINDLAY Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:35.648 10.956 1.376 71.61 49.465 5 7 46 C Stewart SCOTT Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:35.980 11.288 0.332 71.59 49.416 6 8 13 C Graham FIELD Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:37.185 12.493 1.205 71.50 49.532 10 9 51 C Nicholas BOWERS Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:42.059 17.367 4.874 71.18 49.645 6 10 68 C Terence UPTON Ford Fiesta ST 21 17:51.440 26.748 9.381 70.55 50.132 5 11 19 C James BYRNE Ford Fiesta ST 21 18:03.037 38.345 11.597 69.80 49.156 10 12 14 C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST 19 17:51.244 2 laps 2 laps 63.84 48.726 3 NOT CLASSIFIED DNF 62 C Cliff PELLIN Ford Fiesta ST 14 12:02.081 7 laps 5 laps 69.79 49.399 9 DNF 3 C David ABBOTT Ford Fiesta ST 3 7:00.623 18 laps 11 laps 25.67 1:02.630 2 DNF 5Al DALY C Ford Fiesta ST 0 FASTEST LAP 14 C David NYE Ford Fiesta ST 3 48.726 73.88 mph 118.89 kph Lydden Hill Circuit Length = 1.0000 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
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 2,685 @ 2 points for pole and race fastest = corrected score vs = did not compete in any of first ten rounds Entry fee 235 350 350 350 350 350 350 350 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 34 16 1 16 1 Edward Cockill 29 A 29 14 1 14 Ruari Fairbairns 9 A 24 13 11 Zena Cooper 75 A 22 12 10 Nicholas Tiley 45 A 20 11 9 Chris Toumazos 88 A 14 dns 13 1 Rex Nye 20 A 12 dns 12 Harry Cockill 28 B 32 16 1 14 1 Scott Baines 73 B 29 11 1 16 1 Ken Bateman 55 B 27 14 13 Kevin Stirling 53 B 25 13 12 Nik Barton 24 B 18 8 10 Nick Bowers 51 B 18 7 11 Stewart Croucher 82 B 15 6 9 Joanne Eason 50 B 12 12 dnf Michel Edwards 77 B 10 10 dnf Keith Chapman 17 B 9 9 dnf Mark Tilbury 7 C 34 16 1 16 1 Rory Bryant 27 C 27 13 14 Gordon Tomkins 30 C 26 14 12 Jeremy Gumbley 4 C 24 11 13 Stewart Scott 46 C 21 12 9 Nick Pope 18 C 20 9 11 John Findlay 33 C 18 8 10 James Byrne 19 C 15 10 5 Nicholas Bowers 51 C 13 6 7 Graham Field 13 C 12 4 8 Terence Uptom 68 C 11 5 6 Al Daly 5 C 7 7 dnf David Nye 14 C 6 excl= 1 4 1 Cliff Pellin 62 C 0 dnf dnf David Abbott 3 C 0 excl= dnf Qualified for racing 33 33 Grid average to date 33 33 Driver of Day Si 75 20 Driver of Day Zetec 24 82 Driver of Day ST 30 33 Free Draw 22 to qualify na 28 Report by Alexandra Cable. Produced and Edited by Kevin Shortis Tel: 01323 895859 Email info@fordracing.eu www.fordracing.eu Ford Racing UK 2010 9 P a g e