Jason Davies storms to the 2016 title – by Nick Rocke (Race 1 report at the bottom of the page)
Race 2 – Pembrey- 15 minutes + 1 lap – rolling start.
So after several torrential down pours of rain since the 1st race, everyone emerged from there hiding spots and swept the water from their work space, and started preparing their car for our second race of the day and the last race of our season. With a lot riding on this last race some were keener than others to get it done, but due to the terrible weather conditions some decided to throw in the towel and pack up.
We had a total of 26 cars entering out of the 31 that were out in qualifying. Mark Harris had decided not to race but he wasn’t racing for points, Del-boy Delaronde had the same idea as well. Andy ‘Risca’ Williams decided not to repair his Sierra Cosworth after race 1 and loaded it onto the trailer to fight another day. Richard Francis also could not enter the final race due to his car intermittently cutting out. The weather had got so bad that they even cancelled one of the super karts races as they deemed it too dangerous for them to race.
But a bit of rain wasn’t going to phase our WSSCC drivers, as most of us are used to the Welsh rain by now. Championship contender Jason Davies in the turbo powered Sierra Cosworth was at an advantage in the wet and also strangely likes racing in the wet weather, he would need to finish this race high up in his class to keep Tyrone Lufferelli ( class BT ) from stealing the Championship crown. There only the odd one or two points between the top 4 drivers in the championship, so if one was to falter in this race someone else would be waiting to take their spot in the top 3 overall.
So race 2 got under way it wasn’t raining at the start but there was lots of surface water, Jason had the inside line again coming into hatchets and gained substantial ground in the first few corners. Krayem and Everill were next around surprisingly followed by Fabio’s Corrado silhouette who had gained two positions off Keith White and Reuben in the Peugeot 206cc, then followed by the Mini turbo of Jim Lyons who had BT star Tyrone behind him! Tyrone had got past 3 class CS cars at the start and was now almost chasing his dad in the Corrado. Chris Morris was passing the Clio of Colin Lewis going into the crossing on their first lap.
Jason’s lead had grown again by lap 2 almost looked like a repeat of race 1 , Fabio was still running in 4th in front of Keith in the Z4 , Tyrone had stayed with Jims MNini and was trying to get past at every opportunity. Back further in the pack Roger Dowden was running in front of Daryl Radford’s Honda civic with Peter Hills behind him. Peter still appeared to be slower than usual, my guess is the weather and poor grip were to blame.
By lap 3 Jason’s lead had grown yet again and was now 10 seconds in front of 2nd place Dave Krayem, Keith White in 5th had caught up to Fabio’s Corrado and was now looking to make a move. Jims mini had pulled away and had a bit of space between him and Tyrone now. Colin Lewis was still running in 2nd in class BT and had the Evo of Bradley John sandwiched between him and Colin Dunn. Colin was pushing hard to try get past the Evo but the BHP figures were against him I think. Daryl was still chasing Roger Dowden’s Davrian. As Jason Davies came through the crossing on lap 4 he had a more than comfortable lead over Dave Krayem who was still pushing hard to keep 2nd place away from Chris Everill’s Ginetta G50. By now Keith White was running in 4th and 3rd in Class D, which suited him well as with his Joker in play, he only had to keep Chris in sight to win Class D for the 5th year running.
Tyrone was all alone running in 1st in BT. Colin Lewis had pulled away from Colin Dunn a bit but we had seemed to of lost Bradley john, Chris Morris had now put the little yellow Iggy between Lewis and Dunn.
On lap 5 Jason looked to have this one all wrapped up his lead continued to grow and all he needed now was to bring it home to become the 2016 WSSCC Champion. Most of the pack were evenly spaced out and no close racing on this lap although Colin Dunn had managed to get passed Chris Morris and now was trying to play catch up to gain on Colin Lewis. Jason, Krayem and Everill made their way through the traffic on lap 6, Peter Hills had picked up the pace a little and appeared to be pushing a bit harder eventually catching and passing Roger Dowden, and in the process taking the fastest lap in the AS class. This will have an impact on the new ‘Colin Gundersen’ Fastest Lap Trophy, as Roger, Jason and Tyrone have all now only scored 7 out of the 8 rounds at Pembrey! This will take some working out!
Back in the race, Jim Lyons was making up ground in the turbo’d mini and was catching the 206cc of Reuben Taylor, Colin Dunn had pulled away from Morris and had made some ground up on Lewis. Jason Davies came past on the start of his lap 7 still running and running well he had a 22 second lead over Dave Krayems Ginetta, Krayem and Everill were still a few car lengths apart they had been like this since the start of the race, Keith White had caught back up and was only a second behind Everill, Daryl in the Civic type R had closed the gap to Dowden and was waiting for Roger to make a mistake. Somewhere in the spray Bradley John visited the pits on lap 3 and had re-appeared in the middle of the pack, having lost almost 5 minutes! The official time keepers only had him down as doing 10 laps which was not enough to be classified as a finisher! Whether it was Brads lack of real wet tyres, and he only did do 10 laps, it shows the value of keeping your own lap chart, so you can challenge the result if you need to! Back in the race, Jason was now starting lap 8 and carried plenty of speed through the crossing kicking up a massive tail wave in the standing water! It is hard to express how wet it was on circuit but it didn’t phase Jason! The gap between the ‘Colins’ was still the same but both drivers were pushing hard, Chris Morris was now catching Gareth Haycock’s VW Golf and were only a few car lengths apart.
Keith had caught up with Chris Everill and was looking for a way past, Fabio lufferelli was still out there didn’t appear to being pushing, this was not surprising considering how ill he felt before the race, but he was out there supporting the Championship and hopefully having a bit of fun in those wet conditions! Daryl had made the move on Dowden and had gained a bit of ground, I know how hard it can be to get past Roger. He is really good on the brakes, so it’s hard to out brake him into corners, and that little Davrian really shifts out of the corners as well, so Daryl would have to work hard to outwit the gentleman. Tyrone was still 1st in class BT and as long as he didn’t make any mistakes, there was no threat close by. Jason started his lap 9 and didn’t appear to be as flat out as previous laps he was probably thinking to conserve the car as he must have known by looking in his rear-view mirror on the straights, he’d done enough to secure his position.
Glynne in the M3 was now having a bit of a battle with Bradley’s Evo, Peter Hills appeared to be getting into his stride as he made up some ground to Radford. In a dry race he would normally be running in the top 10 positions but this wet weather didn’t agree with his little Mini, which was one of a few Mini’s that were out with us at this meeting, shame it wasn’t dry as they can get very competitive due to their power to weight ratio, matching some of the much larger engine class cars. And as if at a blink of an eye Jason was coming passed again on his lap 10 and was carrying a 26 second lead to comfort him on his way, must have made his most important race of the season a bit less daunting knowing that he just had to keep his lines clean and get it home. Reuben’s Peugeot 206cc was still running well but with no one around him to race with. Jason was now on lap 11 only a few more to go I did wonder what was going through his head at this point in time, (Check out the post-race interview). Jasons dad Martin Davies who won 3 WSSCC championships in a 2wd car (Martins 4th win in 2012 was with the 4wd car) was waiting nervously in the pits, counting down the laps, and almost 20 years to the day that he won the last of his triple wins in 94,95 & 96, so this was a very important race for both him and his son Jason!
Meanwhile, Colin Dunn had closed the gap right up to Colin Lewis and was now within a second of him.
Jason Davies had now started lap 12 of his race, Daryl Radford slipped down the inside of the backmarker Craig Edmunds in the 205 gti, Craig has been out with us for the last 4 races and is new to racing and is gaining his signatures to move on to bigger and brighter things in the near future, we wish him all the best but maybe he will come back out with us next season for a few races. Dave Krayem and Chris Everill were stilling fighting hard for that second place, within half a second of each other. they were pretty evenly match just down to who wants it more I guess but good racing to watch though.
Colin Dunn was still within a second of Colin Lewis but was a backmarker to the Corrado of Fabio so lost a bit of time coming through old paddock but maybe this will play to his advantage when Fabio passes Lewis going down to Brooklands. Jason now on lap 13 with a 34 second lead over Dave Krayem he had time to back off a little and not kill the car off in the last few laps. The ‘Colins’ were now either side of Bradley’s hamstrung Evo again. Jim Lyons had pulled off just after Debeni corner on lap 12, as he felt his gearbox go tight after a heavy trip over the kerbs. Damian Logotano had pulled off early on leaving Ken James to take 3rd in Class CS and 3rd in the Final Class CS points. Bradley John was 2nd in the Final Class CS points having already scored enough points, so his NQ and Zero Joker score in this race did not really matter! It was a seriously good debut season!
Back in the race the Class D trio of Krayem, Everill and White were still running in the same positions and fighting all the way to the end. 4th was Fabio Luffarelli, ahead of Reuben Taylor Peugeot 206cc 2000 (5th) with Tyrones’ BT Pug 106 Gti 1600 in a fantastic 6th place overall!
Reuben won the Driver of the Race for his debut performance amongst the ranks of those with such recent Pembrey history, and promised to come back to do the Championship in 2017. Actually Keith White, Fabio and Reuben all have hot-rod heritage! (Looks like a Michael Caine fact by Robert)
Somehow in the last lap Colin Dunn managed to get passed Colin Lewis to steal second in class BT, Lewis still finished in a respectable 3rd in class BT. Behind them in 17th was Antony Weeks. 18th Roger Dowden. 19th Andrew Williams. 20th Huw Turner. 21st Alan Smith. 22nd Craig Edmunds. Alfie Brown was 23rd and last!
So the flag dropped, as Jason Davies sailed across the line to win by over 30 seconds and become our 2016 WSSCC Champion, Class CS winner and win the Outright Wins trophy too! It was bloody well-earned as he hasn’t been handed it this year by any means, he’s had to fight and push himself and that Cosworth turbo to the limit. Well done Jason you are a credit to your family and the WSSCC and most importantly yourself. An amazing achievement and I liked the little celebratory burnout, I was expecting a bit of doughnuting but you can save that for your next championship win!
End of Race 2 Commentary
Race 2 winners interveiw
Results http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2016/164121wss.pdf
Jasons’ Champions interview
Prologue – So Jason Davies stormed home to win the final races of the season at a rain soaked Pembrey on Sunday to clinch the 2016 Welsh Sports & Saloon Championship! It was an emotional time for the Haverfordwest family team, as it was virtually 20 years to the day that his dad Martin Davies won the last of his 3 Welsh titles! Any thoughts Jason might have had of stroking home to the title went out of the window , as torrential rain showers swept the track! Jason revealed later ‘We decided early on that the best place to be was in lead’ and he set out his stall in Qualifying when he set a time almost 2 seconds faster than everybody else to take pole position! He then simply drove away from the field to win by almost 30 seconds in Race 1 and by over 30 seconds in the Final race of the season! Afterwards he admitted ‘I was really pushing it, this championship is not easy, there are a lot of very good and very quick drivers in it and I wanted to make sure I wasn’t involved in any battles today!’ Looking back he said ‘We had some problems early on in the season but we worked on them and the cars is now quick and reliable’ It is just as well, as Jason’s main points rival, Tyrone Lufferelli from Cornwall, was ready to pick up the pieces if Jason or his car had faltered! Such was the tension that Jason admitted he was overcome with emotion as he crossed the line and took the Chequered Flag! Martin himself commented, ‘I’m glad it’s over, it was really tense! I’d rather be driving than in the pits as part of the crew!’ Jason confirmed that he will be back in 2017 to defend the title. ‘We plan to upgrade the car, and I may do other things as well but I will certainly be back to wear the winners number on my car, like my dad did!’
Jason will pick up the Overall Trophy at the Awards Night at the end of November and will also pick up the award for most race wins, having won 6 of the 10 races run this year!
Other Class winners apart from Jason (Class CS) and Tyrone Lufferelli (Class BT) are Alan Smith (Class AT) , Susanne Jones (Class BS,) Dave Scaramanga (Class CT) and Keith White who won Class D by 4 points from Chris Everill!
Race 1 report by Nick Rocke
Jason Davies stormed home to win the final races of the season at a rain soaked Pembrey on Sunday to clinch the 2016 Welsh Sports & Saloon Championship. After the wet races at Pembrey in August, the weather has been mainly dry and sunny! Actually Friday was dry, but on Saturday afternoon the heavens opened and from then on Pembrey was racked by monsoon like rain showers!
Entry & Qualiyfing On route to Pembrey on the Sunday morning the weather looked horrendous, the skys were full of nothing but rain but fortunately the weather was kind to us for qualifying and stayed reasonably dry, There were a few hiccups in the morning as Andrew Williams from Cardiff had left his complete induction kit at home and was having to run without an air filter. Fabio Lufferelli was feeling rather poorly as was Roger Dowden but both pushed on and battled through it. Pembrey was looking a bit sorry for its self in the morning with puddles everywhere and was getting difficult to move cars around in the saturated grass areas. Antony Week’s gazebo over his Mazda RX8 sadly didn’t make it through the night and had collapse onto the car. If it had rained any more overnight you would of needed a rudder and outboard motor the cross some of the puddles but that’s welsh weather for you and surprisingly some of the competitors prefer it wet. Thankfully the Legends had been out before us and dried the lines up a bit.
Colin Dunn led the pack out in qualifying on the damp circuit in his Renault Clio sport and went strong achieving his first pole position of the season (BT class) beating Tyrone Lufferelli by 4 10ths of a second, speaking with Colin after he said the car seems to prefer the wet condition. Tyrone had braking issues and retired back to the pits after 7 laps. Jason Davies took overall pole position with a very respectable 1.03.9 and came in early as he had done enough after 6 laps! Behind him where the Class C Ginettas of Dave Krayem and Chris Everill followed by Keith White in the BMW z4.
Dave Scaramanga qualified first in class ct and was 12 on the grid going into the first race. Roger Dowden qualified 1st in class AS in his little Davrian. Andy Williams’ Sierra was out but only managing a 1.11.8 putting him into 5th in CS and 10th on the grid going into the first race. Andy retired the car to the pits early after a spin at Senna Esses. Peter Hills after an eventful season with constant engine issues, was now back out, but now lacking rear end grip due to a set of worn out wet tyres! Speaking to him after qualifying he said that the engine problems are all now sorted and its running perfectly, but was now struggling with the handling and was planning to source another set of wets from another competitor and go from there. Peter was starting from 25th on the grid so had his work cut out to fight his way up through the pack.
The entry was a massive 31 cars, but unfortunately Verity Banks in the MG ZR was yet again plagued by engine troubles after only one lap! Cruelly the head gasket failed and clouds of white smoke billowed out from its exhaust as she crept back to the paddock! My heart goes out to this girl, she has had nothing but bad luck all season but I suppose that’s the nature of motorsport. So only 30 cars would start race one! (say that again – Ed) 30 Cars! (BTW who is Ed?) Actually 33 cars had entered (which is one more that the maximum allowed by the MSA track licence) but sadly we lost Andy Long with a back problem, then Wileem Verhaak as he could not repair his damaged car in time, and then finally Paul Flinders withdrew too! However their misfortune was good news for one of our old pals Del Delaronde as he was able to make a late entry! (Del, our favorite Canadian accountant now living in Cefn Cribwr, Bridgend says he is looking to return full time net year in something tasty but was just keeping his hand in with a hired MG ZR) Actually with Andy Long missing, Susanne Jones not entering and Verity out it meant that Anthony Weeks and his Maxda RX8 was the only guy in Class BS! If he finished both races he could pick up 3rd in Class in end of season points total! (BTW if you want to know what Robert was doing, he wasn’t just keeping out of the rain, he was writing out the ‘End of Season’ Race Fee Rebates which he was able to pass around in the lunch break)
The forecast looked right, with heavy rain showers forecast and I suspect that the local Halfords was out of Rainex & Fogex, as the weather was a going to be a bit hit and miss. After qualifying we had a few heavy down pours and everyone was waiting in suspense to see if they were going to risk going out on drys or stick with the wets. The wait for that decision did last long, as it poured down.
Race 1 – 15 minutes plus 1 lap – Rolling Start.
So starting the first race we had 30 drivers (consisting of 7x Class CS cars, 2x Class CT cars, 4x Class D cars, 6x Class BT cars, 2x Class AT cars, 3x Class AS cars, 5x invitation class cars).
Jason Davies and Dave Krayem were on the front row and as the lights went out, Jason had the inside line going into Hatchets with Dave Krayem in the Ginetta and Keith White in the BMW Z4 to his left, but by Old Paddock Jason had stormed ahead almost by 6 car lengths! Trailing him were the 5 Class D cars which shows how quick that Sierra Cosworth is and how much skill Jason Davies has to keep that beast under control! The next car was Glynne Jones in his new tail happy BMW M3 and he was being chased by the crazy looking big winged 1300 turbo Mini of Jimbo Jim Lyons. Further back Tyrone had jumped up in to 1st in Class after starting behind BT pole man Colin Dunn. Lufferelli Jnr was actually dicing with the VW Sirocco of Dave Scaramanga into Paddock Bend on the first lap, which was very brave on cold tyres in the wet, but he pulled it off and took the position. Newcomer this year, Colin Lewis from Llandissilo, was going strong in the Clio 172, Peter Hills was still struggling with grip from his wet tyres and was a lot further back than we are used to seeing him.
As Jason’s Cosworth came around on the start on lap two his lead had gone from 6 car lengths to 6 seconds and he was now out on his own racing himself probably trying his hardest not to push too hard and keep his lines perfect as the championship lead was at stake. Tyrone’s lead had lengthened slightly but the rest of the pack had not really changed positions but had spaced out a little. As the last car of Del-boy de la Ronde passed by Old Paddock on lap 2 I could see Jason Davies breaking into Hatchets on his lap 3! It was obvious the wet conditions were not phasing Jason, as he was only a few seconds off his best dry time, in the wet! As Jason disappeared into the distance, and with Dave firmly established in 2nd place, the action at the front centred on the Class D duel between Keith (Z4 Silhouette) and Chris (Ginetta G50). At the start of the race Keith had a 2 point lead over Chris at the top of the Class D standings. Keith had decided to wait to use his Joker in the last race of the day, but needed to stop Chris from maximising his own joker!
Reuben Taylor in the Peugeot 206cc Silhouette had lost a few seconds to the pack of class D cars but Fabio Lufferelli’s Corrado Silhouette Suzuki was hot at his heels , behind him was the Mini turbo of Jim followed by Andy Williams’ non turbo powered Sierra Cosworth and Tyrone’s BT Class Pug was now fending off Damian Longotano’s Class CS Westfield.
By lap 4 Jason had started lapping the backmarkers, and Keith White in the Z4 had managed to steal 2nd place off Dave Krayem. We seemed to have lost Andy Williams his Cosworth (we didn’t know until after the race he had spun at Esses corner and hit the tyre wall resulting in the end of his weekend). Tyrone in the white/green Peugeot 106 was still pushing that little 1600cc engine hard staying behind the Westfield of Longotano. Richard Francis was having some difficulties with his car and pulled off to the side at old paddock, but he got it started again and got on his way joining the end of the pack, unfortunately his car would not last the race and shortly after this it cut out again and was retired to the outfield somewhere around circuit, speaking to Richard afterward he said it kept cutting out intermittently and suspects a fault with the ECU, but he would be out in race 2 later in the day, if he could fix it.
Bradley john was running on road going tyres as he didn’t have any wets, due to changing wheel size in the near future, and was struggling to keep all of the 650 Japanese horses at bay, as he followed Tyrone through the crossing. Colin Dunn was going strong in 2nd in Class BT but was closely tailed by the other BT class driver Colin Lewis, strangely also in a Clio too, 2 Colin’s both in Clio’s what are the chances! Chris Morris, one of our few AT class drivers was on his own with a few seconds either side of him to the nearest competitor. Daryl Radford also appeared to be struggling in these wet conditions.
The weather then took a turn for the worst as it started to rain yet again. On lap 5 Jason’s lead had grown to 15 seconds to the 2nd place Keith white who was still keeping Dave Krayem at bay. Tyrone’s lead over the two Colins’ was now around 7 seconds but the Clios of Dunn and Lewis were still very much head to head. On lap 6 Keith White must have made a mistake as Dave had got back passed and claimed some ground but Keith then settled on driving well enough to keep Chris Everill behind him! Jim Lyons had lost a position back to Fabio’s Corrado. Fabios’ son Tyrone had dropped back from Longotano’s Westfield now and still had a good lead over the rest of the BT class. As Colin Dunn and Colin Lewis came through Debeni into old paddock Lewis made a dive down the inside of Dunn’s Clio and made the move stick, good clean racing and a textbook move. On lap 7 Jason’s lead had moved to 17 seconds over 2nd placed Dave K. Keith was still holding off Chris for 3rd. Tyrone still leading class BT but was about to get lapped by the shockingly fast Sierra Cosworth of Jason, as Davies starting his lap 8! Colin Lewis still had the 2nd in class BT and had put a bit of ground between him and Colin Dunn. On lap 9 Jason lapped the two kit cars of Longotano and Ken James which had now switched places.
Lap 10 Jason was still flying, not to exaggerate if you were to look away and look back again he would have already passed your view on his next lap. In all it was a tour de force that gained him the Driver of Race award! He had a gigantic lead over the 2nd and 3rd place cars and had lapped everybody up to Fabio in 6th place and most other competitors at least once! Fabio had a great dice with Reuben Taylor. Reuben nicked by Fabio at the end but he had Fabio on his tail all the way to the chequered flag! Damian’s Westfield had left Ken James and had a few seconds lead on the Loco Hornet. Tyrone had got back past the VW Sirocco of Dave S again.
On lap 11 Jason’s lead over D K had grown to 25 seconds, and Chris Everill was now pushing Keith White looking for a chance to make his move. Colin Dunn had a few flamboyant moments coming through the crossing, and I’m sure he will remember one very sideways moment for a long while, but it was well recovered and it looked great!
On lap 12 Jason worked his way back through the traffic for the second time, Tyrone Lufferelli was now having a pop at passing CS class Ken James in the Loco Hornet kit car, Colin Lewis was safely in 2nd in class BT and with no challenger in site. Chris Morris in the Ignis and Roger Dowden were both going strong in the middle of the pack but both had lots of breathing space.
On the last but one lap , lap 13 Jason had a more than comfortable lead and was just sailing that beautiful Cossie home. A cheeky Tyrone was again trying to get past Ken’s Loco Hornet by trying to slip down the inside line into old paddock! Keith in the Z4 had lengthened the gap between him and Chris Everill. Colin Lewis in the Clio 172 cup car was making good of his Grass Track skills was now gaining ground on the Evo of Bradley John.
Jason then came around on the final lap after 14 laps; he knew from the start that he would have to finish and win both races to ensure he had maximum points to take the championship crown. So he just had to bring her home and he did bring it home, one in the bag and only one more race away from becoming the new WSSCC champion! In 4th place Chris Everill rued his failure to maximise his joker, but conceded ‘Keith knows how to put his car in just the right place. He drove well!’ In between races Chris moved to the top of Class D, but Keith had his joker to place in the crucial final round. Well Done to all amazing racing !!
Hear the Race 1 post- race interviews!
http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2016/164121wss.pdf
Positions at the end of race 1 were as follows
1st Jason Davies. 2nd Dave Krayem. 3rd Keith White. 4th Chris Everill. 5th Reuben Taylor.
6th Fabio Lufferelli. 7th Jim Lyons. 8th Glynne Jones. 9th Damian Longotano. 10th Ken James.
11th Tyrone Lufferelli. 12th Dave Scaramanga. 13th Bradley John. 14th Colin Lewis. 15th Colin Dunn.
16th Chris Morris. 17th Roger Dowden. 18th Alfie Brown. 19th Gareth Haycock. 20th Daryl Radford.
21st Mark Harris. 22nd Peter Hills. 23rd Antony Weeks. 24th Huw Turner. 25th Andrew Williams.
26th Alan Smith. 27th Glen De La Ronde-Wilton.
Running but not classified Craig Edmunds, DNF’s Andy Williams, Richard Francis
Results http://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2016/164121wss.pdf
Prologue – So Jason Davies stormed home to win the final races of the season at a rain soaked Pembrey on Sunday to clinch the 2016 Welsh Sports & Saloon Championship! It was an emotional time for the Haverfordwest family team, as it was virtually 20 years to the day that his dad Martin Davies won the last of his 3 Welsh titles! Any thoughts Jason might have had of stroking home to the title went out of the window , as torrential rain showers swept the track! Jason revealed later ‘We decided early on that the best place to be was in lead’ and he set out his stall in Qualifying when he set a time almost 2 seconds faster than everybody else to take pole position! He then simply drove away from the field to win by almost 30 seconds in Race 1 and by over 30 seconds in the Final race of the season! Afterwards he admitted ‘I was really pushing it, this championship is not easy, there are a lot of very good and very quick drivers in it and I wanted to make sure I wasn’t involved in any battles today!’ Looking back he said ‘We had some problems early on in the season but we worked on them and the cars is now quick and reliable’ It is just as well, as Jason’s main points rival, Tyrone Lufferelli from Cornwall, was ready to pick up the pieces if Jason or his car had faltered! Such was the tension that Jason admitted he was overcome with emotion as he crossed the line and took the Chequered Flag! Martin himself commented, ‘I’m glad it’s over, it was really tense! I’d rather be driving than in the pits as part of the crew!’ Jason confirmed that he will be back in 2017 to defend the title. ‘We plan to upgrade the car, and I may do other things as well but I will certainly be back to wear the winners number on my car, like my dad did!’
Jason will pick up the Overall Trophy at the Awards Night at the end of November and will also pick up the award for most race wins, having won 6 of the 10 races run this year!
Other Class winners apart from Jason (Class CS) and Tyrone Lufferelli (Class BT) are Alan Smith (Class AT) , Susanne Jones (Class BS,) Dave Scaramanga (Class CT) and Keith White who won Class D by 4 points from Chris Everill!
