Brits on Tour Issue No:1 - Thruxton

Thruxton
start to finish minus Tordoff who
ended up slipping back to 6th
but delete Tordoff - insert Colin
Turkington which is the way it
finished, but my eyes weren’t on
this tussle. It was the one behind,
Jason Plato and Matt Neal. Plato
had got himself into 4th with the
Honda of Neal climbing all over
him. The excitement of seeing
these two battling on the track
again was almost too much for
me to handle. Unfortunately, we
ran out of laps and the chequered
flag spoilt all the fun. Another
couple of laps and... Well, I won’t
go there. But hats off to both,
outstanding racing.
As we said before, Andrew
Jordan topped the charts again
with Colin Turkington and Dan
Cammish making up the top
three. Two great races down,
one to go.
Yet again, back to the support
races. I always look forward to
the Formula 4. The second race
of the day was a very exciting
race. Although the race was
dominated by Tommy Foster,
the action behind was incredible.
The battle for 2nd, 3rd and 4th
went to the flag and was literally
wheel to wheel.
The Dunlop Mini Miglia
Challenge took place in the same
support session and proved to be
another nail biter. Small cars, yes
but oh so big racing .
And finally, on to race three.
Just as the cars left the pit lane,
spots of rain started to threaten.
The crowd donned their Kwikfit
ponchos (except me who braved
it out in my t shirt), umbrellas
went up and then it stopped
raining almost instantly.
The race got under way with a
few drops still hanging about but
nothing to threaten the grip. The
reverse grid played out nicely
for Ash Sutton on pole with
Josh Cook and Rob Collard just
behind. I still had my eye on
the Matt Neal - Jason Plato saga
who were 7th and 8th on the grid
respectively, with an evil smile
on my face.
The lights went out and very
quickly, mayhem ensued with an
early incident. Most managed
to avoid the carnage except for
Jack Goff and Adam Morgan.
Reload the positions and our
front five were now Josh Cook,
Rory Butcher, Ash Sutton having
dropped two places, Matt Neal
and the ever closing Tom Ingram
hanging on to Matt’s bootlaces.
That never really amounted to
much although Ingram did close
the gap once or twice.
At the pencil end, Josh Cook
came home winner with Rory
Butcher second and young Ash
third.
All in all, this was a great finale
to a brilliant days racing. The
rain kept off despite one or two
minor threats and for the most
part, the day was warm although
a little overcast at times.
So we head to Croft in Yorkshire
next month for rounds 10, 11
and 12. Yet again, nothing
is taken for granted. This is
historically a track for the rear
wheel drives but hey, what has
gone the way it should have done
this season? As our Murray used
to say. anything can happen and
it usually does.
We shall be there following the
action once again and trying
to interview one or two drivers
for the second issue of ‘<strong>Brits</strong> on
Tour’.
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