{"id":6724,"date":"2021-10-13T19:01:14","date_gmt":"2021-10-13T19:01:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wrda.itcscloud.co.uk\/historic_site\/web\/?p=6724"},"modified":"2021-10-14T19:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-14T19:49:28","slug":"pembrey-october-10th-report-in-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wrda.itcscloud.co.uk\/historic_site\/web\/pembrey-october-10th-report-in-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Pembrey October 10th Report"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>2021 Welsh Sports &amp; Saloon Car Championship<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2><strong>Th<\/strong>e scene was set for yet another dramatic\u00a0end to the Welsh Sports &amp; Saloon car Championship! 2021 is the 30<sup style=\"color: revert; font-weight: revert;\">th<\/sup><span style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert; font-weight: revert;\"> running of the Championship, and with Double Points Joker cards still to be played by some drivers and also some drivers having to drop 2 scores , the title would be in doubt until the very\u00a0 last lap, and this could be one of those times when the title is decided by a single point! Depending on the results, it could be either Gareth John or Damian Longotano or Chris Everill or Colin Dunn.\u00a0 All 4 had a chance!<\/span><\/h2>\n<h2>The entry and the Grid. \u00a0We were running this time on the \u2019Clubmans\u2019 circuit<\/h2>\n<h2>Keith Butcher (Audi R8) took pole with a time of 1:05.353<\/h2>\n<h2>as he returned to the series and annexed Pole from Chris Everill in a class D lock-out!\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>ROW 2 Deri DAVIES\u00a0 made up the Class D entry!\u00a0\u00a0 Gareth JOHN\u00a0 took the Class BS pole<\/h2>\n<h2>On ROW 3 was\u00a0 Wayne SPILLER (Class BS Maxda RX8) and\u00a0 Stephen GRAY (Best Guest -Honda Integra)<\/h2>\n<h2>On ROW was Todd GARNER (Class BS Renault Clio) and Mike MANNING\u00a0 and his flame-spitting Class I \u2013Ford Sierra\u00a0 RS500)<\/h2>\n<h2>On ROW 5 was Damian ! \u00a0Mark Williams didn\u2019t even score a lap (Class CS Pole) and Mark WILLIAMS (Class BT Pole<\/h2>\n<h2>On ROW 6 Roger DOWDEN\u00a0 had for Company\u00a0 Colin DUNN (Class BS)<\/h2>\n<h2>On ROW 7\u00a0 Mike COOK ( Class Cs)and\u00a0 Andrew 88 WILLIAMS (Class BS)<\/h2>\n<h2>On ROW 8 was Alan SMITH BT Ford Ka and\u00a0 Verity BANKS Ford Focus (Class BS)<\/h2>\n<h2>On the final row was Neil THOMAS MGB GT\u00a0 and\u00a0 Rodney TEAGUE who was suffering from fuel starvation on his Class Bt Renault Clio<\/h2>\n<h2>There was a lot of head-scratching to find Damians lack of pace, but his hopes of retaining the overall championship had taken a dive as Lyn Morgan could not make it. and so Class CS was down to two cars only. Rodney Teague (part of Andy Williams bunch) found a leak in his petrol tank that a popular brand of epoxy glue looked to fix!<\/h2>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<h2>Race 1 (Round\u00a0 9) 15 minutes Rolling Start<\/h2>\n<h2>As the grid made their way to the start Keith Butcher took the lead, but Chris Everill looped around into a spin or 2 and retired to the pits after 2 laps! Mark Williams just didn\u2019t get started, but Damian found some speed and pushed the Westfield into 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place, and was some 6+ seconds behind Keith after the 14 laps run in the 15 minutes race.<\/h2>\n<h2>Deri Davies settled into 3<sup>rd<\/sup> with Gareth John into 4th place (winner in Class BS, with a joker) but behind them Todd Garner and Wayne Spiller put on a race long duel, with Wayne taking 5<sup>th<\/sup> by only 1.23 seconds from Todd in 6<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Stephen Gray was 7<sup>th<\/sup> but was very upset with the battle scars his previous pristine Honda Integra had picked up! However as Mike Manning was spinning here, there and everywhere, Stephen took the \u2018Best Guest\u2019 award. Mike finished 8<sup>th<\/sup> ! \u00a0Mark Williams didn\u2019t even score a lap but meanwhile Colin Dunn powered on to 9th and the Class BT win with a joker!\u00a0 Roger Dowden was 10<sup>th<\/sup> with Rodney Teague making it up to 11<sup>th<\/sup> from the back of the grid! Mike Cook was 12<sup>th<\/sup> in his BMW, with Andrew Williams 13<sup>th<\/sup>. Alan Smith had an excellent dice with Verity Banks and her Ford Focus. Verity did get past Alan, only for Alan to repass her. On the final lap Verity spun at Hatchets and although she got going again, she didn\u2019t pass the finish line, so was posted as a DNF! Neil Thomas plugged on with his MGB Gt and was 15<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Aled Dark would drive the car in race 2.<\/h2>\n<h2>So Keith took the race win. Colin Dunn scored well with 5 starters in his class, Gareth John scored good points with 3 starters in his class, whilst Damian Longotano had only one other starter, and Chris Everill scored nothing! Following the end of race One Keith found the Audi\u2019s software was showing an unexpected warning, and he decided not to risk it and therefore decided to scratch from Race 2!<\/h2>\n<h2>Race 2 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Round\u00a0 10) 15 minutes Rolling Start<\/h2>\n<h2>With Keith Butcher missing and Chris Everill starting from the back, Damian took the lead with Deri Davies 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (after a spin). However it was red flagged when Roger Dowdens car sprung a leak and started to pump its Oil onto the track!<\/h2>\n<h2>Cue a clean-up by the hard -working marshals and a restart. \u00a0Damian took the lead with Deri Davies 2<sup>nd\u00a0 <\/sup>\u00a0\u00a0Meanwhile Chris&#8217; car (complete with rumbling Corvette v8 engine) was rising through the field. \u00a0Also now at the back was Colin Dunn, who needed a bump -start to get going! Gareth John was 3<sup>rd<\/sup> until Mike Manning passed him. However Gareth hounded Mike\u00a0 all the way to the end! Wayne Spiller and Todd Garner again put on a show! In 8<sup>th<\/sup> Place Rod Teague also put in a show to win Class BT from Mark Williams. \u00a0Mark, who also started form the back, was stalked by Colin Dunn who was less than a second behind! However annoyingly for Rod, Colin managed to take the point for the Class BT fastest lap by the narrowest of margins! Andrew Williams was 11<sup>th<\/sup> with Alan Smith 12<sup>th<\/sup> and Verity Banks 13<sup>th<\/sup>. Aled Dark completed the finishers in Neil Davies MGB. Neil says there are plans to fit a Mazda v6 into the car over the close season! Stephen Gray had departed early on and Mike Cook was a dnf while almost within sight of the Chequered Flag! 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