British Sprint Championship

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MSA British Sprint Championship

Round 1: Castle Combe

In a tense and thrilling run-off Terry Holmes shattered the Outright Course Record en-route to victory in the Lola-Judd. The Chichester Chippy was delighted with the round win, his first since 2004, however his second run was listed as a fail after the gear linkage broke.

Second place went to Nick Algar who put in a series of ever-improving runs as he continues his acclimatisation to the ex-Fleetwood/Dawson Gould GR55. Steve Broughton slipped back to third after qualifying in top spot; his OMS, which now sports a supercharged Suzuki Hayabusa engine, was initially a handful but after some suspension tweaks he was sensational. It was only as the temperature dropped and the grip faded away in the early evening sunshine that he slipped down the order.

Simon Bainbridge was again in bullish mood with the Audi TT Replica. The four wheel drive monster was spinning wheels out of the chicanes as it tried to get the 600+ BHP down onto the cooling track. Steve Miles, who won last year's Combe run-off in monsoon conditions, came home in eighth - the Van Diemen now sporting carbon-fibre bodywork and phase one of a new aero-package.

Results

1 Terry Holmes (3.5 Lola-Judd/Connaught ERH) 117.44secs; 2 Nick Algar (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 120.08secs; 3 Steve Broughton (1.4s OMS-Suzuki CF08) 121.31secs; 4 Kevin Lealan (2.0 Pilbeam-Vauxhall MP62) 125.09secs; 5 Mark Smith (2.0 Reynard-Vauxhall 903G) 125.34secs; 6 Graham Porrett (3.5 Lola-Judd/Connaught ERH) 126.27secs; 7 Simon Bainbridge (4.2t Audi TT Replica 4wd) 127.23secs;8 Steve Miles (2.0 Van Diemen-Zetec RF96MM09) 129.33secs; 9 Phil Lynch (3.2 Ralt-Judd RT37) 129.76secs; 10 Jonathan Toulmin (1.1 Marengo-Suzuki 2) 136.91secs; 11 Peter Howgate (1.8 Ralt-Rover K RT30) 137.58secs; 12 Glyn Sketchley (1.6 Force-Suzuki PT1600) 138.42secs.

Championship Positions

1= Terry Holmes 13pts 2= Nick Algar 13pts; 3= Steve Broughton 12pts; 4= Kevin Lealan 10pts4= Mark Smith 10pts


Next Round: Croft 13th April 2009

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MSA British Sprint Championship

Round 2 - Croft, 13 April

Stewart Robb Jnr made his first appearance in the championship and totally dominated proceedings. He set course record after course record and finally breezed through the Top 12 Run-off netting top spot. Stewart Robb Snr was also on fine form and he bagged the runner-up slot with two times that were also inside the old course record.

Nick Algar's third place took him into the championship lead ahead of first round winner Terry Holmes who finished in fourth spot. Next up was a titanic battle of the two litre cars which saw Mark Smith grab fifth and the bragging rights. Steve Broughton was sixth comfortably ahead of Steve Miles who struggled all day with oversteer.

Results

1 Stewart Robb Jnr (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP88) 65.32 secs; 2 Stewart Robb Snr (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP88) 67.10 secs; 3 Nick Algar (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 67.54 secs; 4 Terry Holmes (3.5 Lola-Judd T90/50 ERH) 69.64 secs; 5 Mark Smith (2.0 Reynard-Vauxhall 903) 70.45 secs; 6 Steve Broughton (1.3s OMS-Suzuki CF08) 70.86 secs; 7 Steve Miles (2.0 Van Diemen-Ford RF96MM) 74.20 secs; 8 Heather Calder (4.0 Gould-Judd GR37) 74.31 secs; 9 Phil Lynch (3.2 Ralt-Judd RT37) 75.22 secs 10 Glyn Sketchley (1.6 Force-Suzuki PT1600) 78.15 secs; 11 Ross Napier (3.5 Gould-DFR GR37) 78.91 secs; 12 Colin Calder (4.0 Gould-Judd GR37) 80.45 secs.

Championship Positions:

1 N Algar 26pts; 2 T Holmes 24pts; 3 S Broughton 23pts; 4 M Smith 22pts; 5 S Miles 15pts; 6 = S Robb Jnr S Robb Snr 14pts; etc.


Next Round: 6th June at Pembrey