Sums up most of the races...an all SEAT affair mainly between the WKD and Team Orange boys. As with Rockingham, the second corner wold prove the major test on cold tyres....
Sure enough jenson09 slid wide, making contact with one of the WKD drivers (LUCKIER?). This shot viewed from the (nearly) on board cam of ck in his Halfords Civic. Both SEAT's would recover quickly with typical BTCC aggression.
In the meantime ck gets stuckin with Shedden-esque driving precision and hunger. Mixing it up with the front running MARCHIE and JAMMY D before coming under attack from the resurgent LUCKIER and jenson09.
Perhaps its the fact he drives Jason Plato's car, perhaps there was something in the water but this is DEFINITELY the Plato line into a open hairpin!
If ck thought he had taken it tight enough he hadn't betted on jenson09 and some little rallycross action....of course learning from JP has its problems and they usually result in cars in bits or in the air...this time was no different but not by much!
Sure enough collision ensued with ck accidentaly fishtailing jenson09 across his front and taking both into the wall.
Jenson09 quickly pitted for new tyres... not much could be done for the now very BTCC-esque SEAT
The pitstop was a quick turn around and following a close exit, LUCKIER had to fight hard to pass jenson09 now on fresh rubber and in firey form.
This was the intimidating view back to the WKD SEAT that the THR man endured for several laps.
A close tussle ensued, seeing the two swap places a number of times including this carbon copy of the move on ck brenneke a few laps previous.
Turn 6 was fast becoming jenson09's corner of the day.
All the action behind allowed JAMMY D to continue unmollested (reletively) to another win, making two of two. Depressing reading for the other team managers.
But victory was only assured after an inspired outlap helped the Team Orange driver just edge out MARCHIE after the leading WKD man had pitted. It could not have been closer, but after this pass, JAMMY D was un-catchable.
ckbrenneke and his trusty Civic fougt boldly to keep pace with the SEAT's running away ahead, but still scored valuable points.
Given the pace of the leading three there would be significant head scratching back at base not only for the Halfords boys but for the works SEAT affair run by THR who had an identical car the lead trio...or so they thought. When the difference in preparation would show between the big four it was the THR/ SEAT Sport UK car that seemed lacking.
The final race, and with jenson09 making a last gasp break away it was the turn of ck brenneke to get spat out at the treacherous first hairpin, after making contact with JAMMY D. The Halfords driver would perform some neat rallycross in his return to the track but was now well down on threst of pack and any realistic chance of overhauling many of them now minimal.
Meanwhile, jenson09 held out a slim lead, closely followed by second race combatant LUCKIER....let the mugging begin!
Except it was the WKD driver who felt his pockets empited as an ambitious lunge into the back straight saw him come under pressure from team mate MARCHIE and JAMMY D in the super quick Orange SEAT. All the while the yellow SEAT was disappearing up the road.
One lap later and LUCKIER, having passed his team mate, would see the inevitable. The THR car lacked straightline speed and this had allowed JAMMY D onto the bootlid of jenson09. Through the twisty sections the THR man made his the widest SEAT but at the cost of straightline speed.
Jenson09 ran wide into the final series of corners allowing JAMMY D to slip up the inside and break away, exactly what the WKD driver behind didn't want. With a clear road surely there would be another certain victory for JAMMY D.
Yet an inspired drive from the WKD driver would see the JAMMY D stranglehold broken and a WKD victory...albeit another SEAT one.
ckbrenneke drove the wheels off the Civic all day. Praise must go ot to his persistance safe in the knowledge this was not the car's strongest circuit and the chances of victory were low. However points mean prizes and with an unstable entry list every point counts.
Who says touring cars is boring these days???
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