Results from Tsl Timing website

Chris Everill has won the 2021 Blake Edwards Race Winners Trophy – WSSCC race winners (or First WSSCC car in a Combined Race)

 Chris Everill – 4 race wins – 11 July 2021   Thruxton – 12 Sept 2021   Pembrey

Jason Davies – 2 Race wins  26 Sept  2021    Donington GP

Deri Davies  -2 x First WSSCC car in a Combined Race

13 June 2021   Mallory Park

Damian Longotano 1 race win – 10th Oct 2021 Pembrey

Keith Butcher 1 race win – 10th Oct 2021 Pembrey

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2021 Welsh Sports & Saloon Car Championship

The scene was set for yet another dramatic end to the Welsh Sports & Saloon car Championship! 2021 is the 30^th 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  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.  All 4 had a chance!

The entry and the Grid.  We were running this time on the ’Clubmans’ circuit

Keith Butcher (Audi R8) took pole with a time of 1:05.353

as he returned to the series and annexed Pole from Chris Everill in a class D lock-out!   

ROW 2 Deri DAVIES  made up the Class D entry!   Gareth JOHN  took the Class BS pole

On ROW 3 was  Wayne SPILLER (Class BS Maxda RX8) and  Stephen GRAY (Best Guest -Honda Integra)

On ROW was Todd GARNER (Class BS Renault Clio) and Mike MANNING  and his flame-spitting Class I –Ford Sierra  RS500)

On ROW 5 was Damian !  Mark Williams didn’t even score a lap (Class CS Pole) and Mark WILLIAMS (Class BT Pole

On ROW 6 Roger DOWDEN  had for Company  Colin DUNN (Class BS)

On ROW 7  Mike COOK ( Class Cs)and  Andrew 88 WILLIAMS (Class BS)

On ROW 8 was Alan SMITH BT Ford Ka and  Verity BANKS Ford Focus (Class BS)

On the final row was Neil THOMAS MGB GT  and  Rodney TEAGUE who was suffering from fuel starvation on his Class Bt Renault Clio

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!

Race 1 (Round  9) 15 minutes Rolling Start

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’t get started, but Damian found some speed and pushed the Westfield into 2^nd place, and was some 6+ seconds behind Keith after the 14 laps run in the 15 minutes race.

Deri Davies settled into 3^rd 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^th by only 1.23 seconds from Todd in 6^th.  Stephen Gray was 7^th 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 ‘Best Guest’ award. Mike finished 8^th !  Mark Williams didn’t even score a lap but meanwhile Colin Dunn powered on to 9th and the Class BT win with a joker!  Roger Dowden was 10^th with Rodney Teague making it up to 11^th from the back of the grid! Mike Cook was 12^th in his BMW, with Andrew Williams 13^th. 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’t pass the finish line, so was posted as a DNF! Neil Thomas plugged on with his MGB Gt and was 15^th.  Aled Dark would drive the car in race 2.

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’s software was showing an unexpected warning, and he decided not to risk it and therefore decided to scratch from Race 2!

Race 2             (Round  10) 15 minutes Rolling Start

With Keith Butcher missing and Chris Everill starting from the back, Damian took the lead with Deri Davies 2^nd (after a spin). However it was red flagged when Roger Dowdens car sprung a leak and started to pump its Oil onto the track!

Cue a clean-up by the hard -working marshals and a restart.  Damian took the lead with Deri Davies 2^nd    Meanwhile Chris’ car (complete with rumbling Corvette v8 engine) was rising through the field.  Also now at the back was Colin Dunn, who needed a bump -start to get going! Gareth John was 3^rd until Mike Manning passed him. However Gareth hounded Mike  all the way to the end! Wayne Spiller and Todd Garner again put on a show! In 8^th Place Rod Teague also put in a show to win Class BT from Mark Williams.  Mark, 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^th with Alan Smith 12^th and Verity Banks 13^th. 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! So the 2021 season drew to a close and with such a tight finish again, it would take some checking and rechecking!

But we can now say well done to Gareth John who was the Overall winner by just one point over Damian Longotano with Colin Dunn 3^rd also by  1 point

Results from Tsl https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2021/214021wss.pdf

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Class Points

2021 Class points after 8 rounds

Donington Park Report – impressions from afar- report compiled by Robert with thanks to Mark Reed – tsl-timing & Utube

Entry & quali report.

A good grid of WSSCC contenders, and a few guests made their way out on to the Grand Prix course for 15 minutes of qualifying.  However it was cut short in a most dramatic fashion, when Colin Dunn crashed heavily after leaving the track on the entry to the ‘Old Hairpin’!

 With the grass having a lot less grip than the tarmac, Colin was more or less a passenger, and having just missed the tyre barrier, he hit the concrete wall head on! That bought out the red flags and most people had to do with the times from 3 or 4 laps! So Colin missed race 1, but the story doesn’t end there!  On the face of it Jason Davies was on pole from Chris Everill by less than a second, but after only had 4 laps of Quali, no one knew if the times were truly representative! Rodney Teague, the Class BT points leader, had his best time dis-allowed after being judged ‘ to have exceed track limits’ Mark Williams was the Class BT pole sitter.

On ROW 2 were Class CS pole sitter Damian LONGOTANO &   Class BS pole sitter Gareth JOHN

ROW 3  saw Deri DAVIES & guest  Tom DEE (Honda Integra) Nice to see a Honda that works!

ROW 4 was made up of guests   Richard JESSOP (Mini) and  David JONES (Ford Focus)

ROW 5 should have been the absent Colin DUNN which left  Lyn MORGAN (CS Westfield) on his own

ROW 6 was Todd GARNER (Renault Clio) and Class BT pole sitter Mark WILLIAMS

ROW 7 was the wayward Rodney TEAGUE &  Andrew WILLIAMS

ROW 8 was Class AT pole sitter Alan SMITH(Ford Ka)  and  Aled DARK  (MG V8 s)

ROW 9  was the BMW 330 of Mike COOK & (The Professor) Andrew BARRON ((Class AT Ford Ka) Whereas Alain Prost was nicknamed ‘The Professor’ Andrew is a really one, and  he is a nice guy too!

ROW 10 was Neil THOMAS & his standard MGB

The Race 15 minutes – Rolling Start

In contrast to 2018 when the rain was driven by a gale force wind – 2021 was all sweetness and sunshine. Chris Everill took the lead with Jason as close second. However once everything had warmed up, Jason took the lead and pulled away to win by almost 9 seconds after 9 laps! Damian finished 3^rd with Deri Davies 4^th and Gareth John 5^th 6^th was Todd Garner but he Lyn Morgan for close company.

In 8^th David Jones was the best of the guests with Rick Jessops Mini 9^th!  

Tom Dee was a DNF but he set the Class I fastest lap beforehand! Mark Williams 9^TH and was 1^st in Class BT,  with Rodney Teague close behind. Aled Dark was 12^th and Andrew Williams 13^th. Alan Smith won the battle of the Ford Ka from Andrew Barron. Mike Thomas was a DNF and Neil Thomas was a DNQ although he was still running!

Race 2 -15 minutes – Rolling Start

At the front, it was a re-run of race One. Chris Everill took the lead with Jason as close second. However once everything had warmed up, Jason took the lead and pulled away to win but this time by only 4.92 seconds after 10 laps! Damian finished 3^rd with Deri Davies 4^th and Gareth John 5^th This time in 6^th was Lyn Morgan but he had Todd Garner for close company.

In 8^th was Rick Jessops Mini as the best of the guests with Tom Dee 9^th!  and 10th was Aled Dark. The big news was the battle for Class BT honours. Just like in the best Holywood thriller, after some hard work but Team Dunn,  Colin Dunn made a comeback and took the grid, albeit in last place! Mark Williams was the early Class BT leader but then began to fade and stopped after 4 laps! This promoted Rodney Teague into the BT lead. However Colin was on the move and set the Class BT Fastest lap as he caught and then passed Rodney on the penultimate lap! Andrew Williams was 13^th. Alan Smith again won the battle of the Ford Ka from Andrew Barron. Neil Thomas was 16th and last!

Resultshttps://www.tsl-timing.com/event/214021

On Sunday 1th September, The 2021 Welsh Sports &  Saloon Championship had it’s first visit to Pembrey in almost 2 years, due to the Covid 19 lock-down restrictions in force in Wales at the time. The championship, organised by the Welsh Racing Drivers Association is now in its 30th season and the pleasingly large entry was made up of regulars like the current champion Damian Longotano, and some very welcome new boys from Mid Wales, East Wales and England!  

The Entry & Grid

Set to run of the National (aka the original) circuit, and heading the time-sheets, and in Pole position after qualifying, was Chris Everill, with his red Ginetta G55. Now with a 3700cc Chevy engine, Chris was bashing the 60 sec lap-time with a time of 1.00.867! Alongside him was Reuben Taylor, the first of our Guests, with a Peugeot 206 silhoutte. On the 2^nd row was Deri Davies and his stunning Lime Green Darrain T90. Deri, from Aberstwyth, is in his debut year, and was also having his first races at Pembrey! Alongside him & on Class CS pole was the current Champion, Damian Longotano and his Westie.

On row 3 was Keith Butcher, and his awesome AMLS Audi R8 and he was joined by another driver making his debut, Todd Garner and his Renault Clio Cup car taking the Class BS pole!

On row 4 was new-boy Lyn Morgan who was also Westfield mounted. Gareth John and his Class BS Ginetta G40.

On row 5 and making a welcome return was Fabio Lufferleli and his VW Corrado Suzuuki. Alongside Fabio was C1 escapee James Harvey! His other car is a Porsche Boxster which his mate, Alistair Hall would use in Race 2.

On Row 6 was another new boy Wayne Spiller and his non turbo Class BS Maxda RX8 (Wayne is from Barwell near Mallory Park) and Wayne was sharing the row with our Chairman, Roger Dowden who was peddling his Davrian Mk6 to good effect!

On row 7 and on Class BT pole was Mark Williams, and he would share the row with new boy Steven Gray and his Honda Interreg!

Row 8 was a new boy zone with Jack Boulton  and his Turbo VW Golf and Aled Dark and his massive supercharged 3.9 litre MGB GT V8. Both drivers had joined us for the Thruxton races, but they were making debut at Pembrey.

Row 9 and also making his Pembrey Debut would be Rodney Teague and  his Renault Clio, and he was joined by Andrew Williams who was looking after Rodneys car and 2 other cars as well as his own!

On Row 10 was the 2^nd of his equipe was Jason Peard (Honda Civic) and Mike Cook (BMW 330) Both had raced with us in the early season races but were also making their Pembrey debuts!

On Row 11 its was Ford Ka row, with Alan Smith joined by Andrew Barron whowas also making his Pembrey debut too.

On Row 12 was Verity Banks with a brand new Ford Focus built for her by Andrew Williams with help from Rodney & Jason Peard), She should have been joined by new boy Neil Thomas and his MGB, however his engine suffered a big blow-up and left a lot of oil on the circuit! Roger Dowden commented ‘I almost got caught out and so did a few others!’ However Steven Gray could not avoid making contact with the barriers! However later in the week both Neil and Steven hoped to make it to Donington Park!

Although with oil and several other races laying rubber down, it was perhaps that anyone would fall foul of the 60 second rule! This rule is designed to make sure that everyone is able to have a good race, meaning that the cars in the smaller engine classes, are not lapped too many times!  Keith Butcher confirmed ‘ You have to drive really quickly to lap in the 60 second bracket!’

Race 1 (round 5) – 15 minutes – Rolling start

After the pace car, driven by Blake  Edwards, had bought the grid round  to the start , Chris Everill got the best start and was building his lead, but then Mark Williams crashed at the hairpin, causing the race to be red flagged! At the restart, Chris Everill again got the best start and had a fast staring Damian Longotano  for company. Keith Butcher also had a good restart, making up places, whilst Reuben Taylor lost a few places. Deri Davies had a spin after the restart but did well to recoup the lost time.  Mark Williams was able to take the restart after only having minor damage, but then battery issues at the end of the race that plagued him throughout the day, stopping on lap 6, but not before he set the Class BT Fastest Lap. However having  played his Joker car, a single point, doubled to 2,was a small crumb of comfort! There was only time for 8 laps in the remaining time, but both Chris& Damian were both able to get into 60 second bracket! Chris setting a time of 1.00.373 & Damian 1.00.577. Damina was the Class CS winner. In 15^th overall Rodney Teague was the Class BT winner. Alan Smith again proved he is quick driver by finishing 19^th   and winning Class AT, and getting the extra point for fastest lap after beating fellow Ford Ka driver Andrew Barron!  Fabio Luferrelli was Driver of the race for race one, having started from the pit-lane, as he sometimes does. He then came through the field to finish in the top ten!

Race 2 (round 6) 15 Minutes – Rolling Start

At the end of the ‘Green Flag’ lap, Chris Everill took the lead and was never headed! Keith Butcher kept  him honest and finished  3.3 seconds behind in 2^nd place. Damian was 3^rd and was the Class Cs winner. Gareth John was 9th and the Class BS winner but he had Todd Garner ( Renault Clio)in close attendance and Wayne Spiller ( Mazda RX8) all in a close Class BS grouping.  Alistair Hall powered from the back of the grid to finish 11^th in the shared Porsche Boxster

Mark Williams also came through and finished 12^th, winning Class BT in the process, but RodneyTeague was only ½ a second behind! After having those issues in race one, Mark was given ‘Driver of the Race’ . Aled Dark lost the ‘Green Monster’ and had a ‘head on’ collision with Jack Boulton’s VW, causing them both to retire from the race. However the damage was not as bad as feared and both cars should be ok for Donington Park!  So Chris was won the last 4 races and has one hand on the ‘Blake Edwards Trophy’

The Penultimate races in the 2021 WSSCC is at Donington Park on Sept 26th with the final races at Pembrey on Oct 10th

Results at https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=BARC/2021/213621wss.pdf

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Thruxton Circuit 4^th July – Entry and Qualifying

Thruxton Circuit 4^th July – Entry and Qualifying

After the cancellation of the early season races at Pembrey, Thruxton was now the second event in the 2021 Welsh Sports & Saloon Car Championship, featuring rounds 3 & 4 in the championship as the WSSCC contenders tackled the awesome sweeps of the high speed circuit for the first time ever! Unlike so many other circuits, there is only one layout at Thruxton. A section after the chicane, with some nice corners and then a flat out blast back to the chicane! For many people it would be the only time they would use more than 3 gears!

Leading the points scoring entries was Chris Everill and his big red Ginetta G55, now with a Chevvy V8 in the engine bay! Now if you’re thinking of some massive iron-blocked 1960s unit, think again, as this was a high tech unit that looked small and neat!

Kevin Jones from Barnstaple joined us as a non-points scoring Guest and gave his rapid Noble M12 RSR a runout! There was much pre-race speculation about the potency of Kevin & the Noble, but in the end Chris planted the Ginetta on Pole with a time of 1.22.792. Kevin was next with a time of 1.24.234!  On the  2^nd row was the 2019 champion Damian Longotano and his Westfield (1.26.312). and he had Aberystwyth’Deri Davies and his DarrianT90 for company (1.29.660). Davies who is a Novice race driver, is in fact a very experienced off –road racer and is the current points leader having already played his double points Joker card!

On row 3 was Colin Dunn driving his usual Class BT (i.e on list 1a tyres) Renault Clio (1.34.412)

 And ahead of the Class BS Gareth John of Llanelli (Ginetta G40) 1.35.135

On row 4 was Mark Nicholson also in Class BS with his Renault Clio 1.35.612 and the first of our newcomers Jack Boulton from Newport, Gwent and his VW Golf Turbo,  judged to be in Class CS!

On Row 5 was Mark Williams and his little red Pug 205. Mike has voluntarily elected to move to Class BT and would start scoring points in the new class in rounds 3&4! He had new boy Aled Dark in the massive green MGB GT V8 with a supercharger! (Aled is the son of the 1997 champion Peter Dark and the efforts of Aled and Deri Davies has inspired Neil Thomas (from Devils Bridge) to join us and he plans to race a standard MGB!)

On Row 6 was another of the new drivers, Jason Peard from Cwmbran and his Honda Civic. I saw Jason at the Magor services, early on. Jason was joining up with Andrew Williams, who could have just fallen out of bed to make it from Caldicot to Magor! Lol   Jason had Roger Dowden on the row with him. Rogers’ lightweight Davrian Mk6 was now sporting some new  (Barn door) Aero bits! On the 7and last row was Alan Smith 1.43.094 and last was the aforementioned Andrew Williams (MG ZR) who seemed out of place and off the pace. 1.43.272.

Results are on page https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/212623

The Race (round 3) – 15 Mins – rolling start

So 14 cars made up the grid and it gives me the chance to mangle Shakespeare’s Henry V again  ‘We few, we happy few, we band of brothers; And drivers with cars still in the garage, Shall think themselves accurs’d they were not here!

Mike Moss, who was on-hand as his (new to him) car wasn’t feeling too well, helped Mark Reed, our new co-ordinator, to get the cars assembled in grid order!   It was overcast with some massive clouds, but it was dry for the race. It was a good rolling start with Chris & Kevin marshalling the grid to the line and then the race was on!. Chris got away well and was never headed. Kevin slotted in 2^nd place and Damian Longotano was 3^rd . Damian kept Kevin in sight, but was unable to challenge him. ‘I could keep up on the corners but he was able to pull away through the fast bits!’   Damian was the last driver on 11 laps. Deri Davies and his pretty green Darrian T90 was also in the mix early on, but faded away to finish 8^th, after he found his car was stuck in 4^th gear! A tightening of the gear linkage by his pit-crew/helpers would hopefully restore the full gears for race 2!

Colin Dunn, seemed un-phased by the high speed Thruxton sweeps, but then he had almost 5hrs of Silverstone circuit in the rain to fall back on. However in the race, a fast starting Mark Nicholson moved ahead, but lap 4 Gareth John had moved into 4^th Place, ahead of Mark N and Colin, just as Deri Davies fell down to 8^th place. Gareth pulled a gap, but Mark had Colin for company and there was just 1.517 between the 2 Clios at the end! In 7^th place Mark Williams was getting used to the Class CT tyres! He was ahead of the hobbling Deri Davies who was ahead of Aled Dark. Jason Peard was 10^th with Jack Boulton in 11^th Place and the last runner on 10 laps. Jack had started in 8^th place and initially seemed to be running well, with the turbo VW sounding crisp, but he faded as it seemed he couldn’t keep the revs up exiting the chicane. This was later traced to gearbox problems as the clutch slave cylinder wasn’t releasing properly.

Just to add some excitement to 12^th & 13^th place, Roger Dowden and Alan Smith were nose to tail all the way through the race. Roger seemed slow in the middle of the chicane, and Alan almost tripped over him more than once! However Alan couldn’t find his way past and there was only 1.112 between them at the end!

Andrew Williams pulled out on lap 2 when the MG seemed to be on the verge of a complete blow up. Later after dismantling the engine, it seemed as if the problem was with at the bottom of the engine as the big end(s) had gone!

So in the dry there was time for 11 laps in the 15 minutes!  Lap records were set in race 1

Race 2 –Rain – Wet

As the time approached for Race 2, there was some drizzle, but then the rain really set in. For drivers like Chris Everill, Kevin Jones and Deri Davies, it was a case of slapping on the Wets and cramming  on as much wing as they could! For all the rest it was a case of getting on their best tyres and being a brave as they could be! We were without Andrew Williams and Jack Boulton, so the remaining 12 went on the green flag lap. Mark William had a rocket start and was 3^rd on the first lap! Deri Davies was on the rise and passed Mark for 3^rd .  Chris, Kevin, and Deri were 1-2-3 for the rest of the race. Mark Williams settled into 4^th place and first BT car for most of the rest of the race, with Damian Longotano was 5^th and being the only open car in the race,.defo not loving the race! Gareth John was 6^th but faded to finish 8^th behind Aled Dark, as the inside of his wind screen began to fog up ‘I thought somebody had let a damp dog into the car!’ There were lots of spins and things going on.

Colin Dunn fell from his lofty grid place and had a quiet race initially, but got into the groove and pulled up to 4^th place on the last lap, being the best Saloon car! Mark Williams was 5^th, but crucially set the Class BT fastest lap, and so got the extra point! Damian was 6^th Aled Dark was 7th , Gareth John was a lowly 8^th with Roger Dowden 9^th and Alan Smith was 10^th and the last runner, as Mark Nicholson had headed for pits on lap 1 and Jason Peard and his Honda Civic pulled out after 5 laps!

In true Motor Racing fashion it stopped raining almost as soon as the race was over!

Next  Rounds  in the 2021 WSSCC  12th September Pembrey –                      26^th September Donington Park  – 10^th October -Pembrey

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