The second meeting of the Classic Touring Car championship was again well-attended (though there are still free spots on the grid!). The departure of one competitor saw a slight change to the line-up of teams, with the Buicks being withdrawn and RichXM655 moving to Vauxhall-Lotus to form a team with Beezerly.
The highlight battle of the evening was once again Blade Runner’s Mitsubishi Starion versus Badger Gravling’s Mercedes 190e. Badger took the win in both races, making it four in a row for the ORD driver, but again both races went close to the wire.
Badger’s ORD-Mercedes team-mate Pjeedai took the third step on the podium in both races, helping cement the ORD team on top of the teams’ standings.
Below them in those rankings, there’s a clear battle brewing between the Bastos BMW M3s of SharkyOB and Balhambadger, and the Covkartsport/Bitparade Mercedes of Wev and Dudley.
Privateers Boozy The Clown (Ford) and Dimahoo (Mercedes) also added action (and a good deal of pre-race banter) to proceedings.
All in all, both races were action-packed, and mostly free of the large pile-ups that shook up the Mugello races.
The Series now moves on to Suzuka, one of the world’s greatest circuits, ands a real test of a cars balance and driver’s skill.
Race 1:
• Badger Gravling 30
• Blade Runner 26
• Pjeedai 24
• Wev 22
• SharkyOB 20
• RichXM655 18
• Dimahoo 16
• BalhamBadger 14
• Dudley 12
• Beezerly 10
• Boozy The Clown 8
Race 2:
• Badger Gravling 30
• Blade Runner 26
• Pjeedai 24
• BalhamBadger 22
• Wev 20
• RichXM655 18
• Beezerly 16
• Dudley 14
• Dimahoo 12
• Boozy The Clown 10
• SharkyOB 8
So, Badger makes it 4 wins in a row, but while the results hint at domination, that's not really been the case on the track. each of those wins has been hard-fought.
The tables:
Drivers:
• Badger Gravling 120
• Blade Runner 104
• Pjeedai 86
• BalhamBadger 84
• Wev 70
• RichXM655 68
• Dudley 58
• SharkyOB 58
• Beezerly 50
• Meatball46 40
• Boozy The Clown 34
• Dimahoo 28
• Kurzheck 6
Teams:
• ORD 206
• Bastos 142
• Covkartsport/Bitparade 128
• TMD-Beezer 62
• TMD-Buick 38
