Qualifying & its a lot closer than expected Graeme sets a lower than anticipated 1:29.08, myself & John 0.21 and 1.12 secs behind respectively. ZZ takes fourth whilst the battle for fifth is between Jack... ...and Vince. Jack sets the early pace breaking into the 1:34s (1:34.28), until Vince pops up with a 1:33.60
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The leaders set off cleanly, but behind... ... Bill's race is over on lap 1...
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...Piotr (probably the victim of a warp) on lap 2... ...Karissa & Richard Scott also come to grief on the same lap - touching avoiding Piotr's wreck
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John has a big spin - losing 14 secs to... ...the flying Tony chasing after Graeme who is already encountering traffic
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John's recovery starts with  taking ZZ to reclaim third Jack comes to a halt to let Graeme & me by
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Graeme concerned at losing time gets too close to Joe, unfortunately the result is... Joe is upside down finishing his race, and creating an obstacle for me to negotiate.
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ZZ spins, but... ...right in front of Graeme
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Forcing Graeme to lose about 8 secs & having to shift-r Meanwhile John is right on my tail
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forcing me to run wide into the hay bales & squeezing past Only a few laps later to get very sideways
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allowing me to regain second then John has tos top to refuel! losing another 6 secs
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A few more laps & Graeme is in my sights But I am in John's
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Once more I run wide - pushing too hard John takes his chance & makes the pass
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We have a motor race! Last lap & its Graeme's turn to run wide under pressure
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John leads the trio through the last turn... ...to take a fine win
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