In the break between races there was lots of work for Endaf, Dave Coe, Dave Lawrence and Jason Davies and their teams to do. Sadly, Jason would not make the grid, after the M& S team (i.e Jason & his dad) found that the turbo had blown up!  Jason confirmed ‘There are lots of positives to take from today. I think we need better tyres that can last until the end!’ His words were to prove quite prophetic, as there were quite a few F1 drivers at Silverstone who thought that about their Pirellis too!  Endaf hoped he had found his engine oil overflow problem with the car he built for last weeks’ Mini Festival at Brands Hatch, where he won the race, first time out!

Meanwhile Mellissa’s Moto-Mini was now back on 4 wheels and would start from the back, as would the Riot Squad of Michael Cond & Dave Lawrence, the Clio of Ken Self and 3 visiting drivers making it a splendid 24 car grid. However there was a short hiatus after the pace car lap, after the BMW of visitor Andy Ewings had stopped, and had to be towed in. Dave Coe was an early retirement, after a session with the laptop and mobile phone in the gap between races, had sadly failed to fix the Scoobys’ engine problem.

 Keiths' VW  leads the way!  photo Steve Williams

At the end of the 2^nd pace car lap, when the lights changed, Keith White passed Endaf for the lead; which he was never to loose, in a lights to flag victory. Endaf held 2^nd place early on until Keith Butcher and David Jones got by. Keith Butcher closed on Keiths’ BMW to finish almost 3 seconds behind, but Mr White had the situation in hand and was always in command to complete a West Country 1 -2! Dave Jones was 3^rd! Endaf was 4^th but late in the race, he had Michael Cond hot on his tail, after Mike had powered his way through the field. Mike made a determined bid to overtake but Endaf held on to the place with only a few tenths to spare as they crossed the finish line!

Neil Watts settled into 6^th place early on, after initally begin as high as 3rd, and quietly took charge of Class CS.  Neil was concerned after the first race, that he maybe wasn't getting the best out of his car or tyres, possibly due to a lack of practice. He needn't have worried, his finishing record and judicial use of his joker, has put him on top of Class CS!   His main CS rival in this race, Andy Williams was this races’ early spinner, re-appearing on lap one in 15^th place, but then began a fight back to finish 7^th, after locking on to the Dave Lawrence/Jonathon Vamplew battle and working his way past them. 

Dave finished 8^th (the last un-lapped runner after a splendid run from the back) and Jonathon was 9^th, and now leads Class BS, not withstanding his cars' apparent shortcomings! Will Moore was 10^th , after Glynne Jones retired when a brake test put the BMW out! Ken Self in his Renault Clio made up the retirements.

11^th was Craig Freeman at the head of the mini battle of the Minis, after a close battle with Mike Edgell who finished 12th! Both Mike and Craig are within a point of each other in Class AS!  Mellissa was on the rise too and locked on to Mike Edgell for another battle of the Minis. 

(Left) Mighty Midfield Action 1! photo Steve Williams

In the end Mikes’ traditional version was able to keep Mellissa space-frame special at bay; however her efforts netted her the ‘Driver of the Race’ award.  Chris Morris again won his new class in his Suzuki Ignis and was 14^th ahead of Andy Long who was 15^th,  but has quitely built himself a lead in Class M, but dint of his record of fiinishing every race so far!

Left) Mighty Midfield Action 2! photo Steve Williams

Visitor Simon Sheridan was 16^th ahead of Giles Beck (BMW). Huw Morgan (Honda Civic) was 18^th after a battle with Roger Dowdens’ Locost who was 19^th and the final finisher.

So Keith White won the 2^nd race of the day for the 2^nd time this season, and although the weather wasn’t special, the racing was red hot at times, with battles throughout the field, and with the biggest grids of the day! Looking at the points stiuation there are several nice battles brewing in the Classes.

Keith accepts the winners laurels and prepares for the winners interveiw! photo Rob Allender

The next races are on the 17/18^th August on the VSCC meeting, and lets hope we can prove to them that you don’t have to have cars built in 190dot to have vintage racing!

 2013 Overall & Class Points. Exciting battles brewing up!