2010 SBD Motorsport Sprint Championship Rd 1

[Steve Wilkinson]

Rd 1 SBD Motorsport British Sprint Championship: Castle Combe

Despite a strong chilling wind howling across Castle Combe Stewart Robb was on fire. He was easily the fastest qualifier for the run-off and then shattered the Outright Course Record en route to victory in the opening round of the championship. Nick Algar, whose Gould-NME seemed to be on 7 cylinders, took second place – the third successive time he has finished runner-up at Combe. Steve Broughton recovered from a hairy spin in qualifying to record a superb third place whilst equally impressive was Tom Potter in the now turbocharged Jedi. Steve Miles, a previous winner at Combe, took fifth whilst Run-off debutante Terry Graves was a notable sixth.
Jonathan Toulmin spent the day learning how to handle his newly purchased Force and he was delighted to finish seventh ahead of Andy Potter and Tony Ellis. Mark Smith, who is usually the leading two litre runner, fell foul of a flat battery which disabled his ECU whilst Graham Porrett’s first run spin damaged the rear wing support and sidelined himself and co-driver Terry Holmes.

1 Stewart Robb Snr (4.0 Pilbeam-Judd MP88) 113.03secs
2 Nick Algar (3.5 Gould-NME GR55) 115.01secs;
3 Steve Broughton (1.3s OMS-Suzuki CF06) 119.35secs;
4 Tom Potter (1.0t Jedi-Yamaha Mk4) 122.07secs;
5 Steve Miles (2.0 Van Diemen-Zetec RF96M) 128.11secs;
6 Terry Graves (3.5 Gould-Cosworth DFR GR37) 128.93secs;
7 Jonathan Toulmin (1.5 FORCE-Suzuki PC) 133.43secs;
8 Andy Potter (1.0t Jedi-Yamaha Mk4) 137.81secs;
9 Tony Ellis (2.0 Megapin-Duratec 31-07) 138.15secs
Mark Smith (2.0 Reynard-Vauxhall 903G) Fail;
Graham Porrett (3.5 Lola-Judd T90/50) Fail;
Terry Holmes (3.5 Lola-Judd T90/50) Did Not Start

SBD Motorsport British Sprint Championship positions after Round 1:
1 Stewart Robb Snr 14pts
2 Nick Algar 12pts
3 Steve Broughton & Tom Potter 11pts
5 Steve Miles & Jonathan Toulmin 8 pts
7 Terry Graves 7pts;
8 Andy Potter 5pts
9 Tony Ellis 4pts.

Next Round: Croft 3rd April 2010

[lakeslad]

Is it not Monday the 5th Steve.....

[Rescue Dude]

Originally Posted by lakeslad

Is it not Monday the 5th Steve.....

You are correct.

Good job someone know's what's going on.

[Fireblade]

Originally Posted by lakeslad

Is it not Monday the 5th Steve.....

I'd ask the Sprint championships press and publicity man myself.....

[iranoff]

Apparently he thinks its on the 3rd April. Either that or there's a lack of keys on his keyboard.

[blackx]

Originally Posted by iranoff

Either that or there's a lack of keys on his keyboard.

We should be so lucky

[Rescue Dude]

Perhap's if we stay quiet he'll turn up there on the 3rd?

Shhhh. Here he come's.

[blue]

Seems it doesn't now matter what date is down for the event as the locals have gained a court order temporarily banning weekend events at Croft until a further hearing later in the year.

[Fireblade]

Does that include Bank Holiday Mondays?

[Steve Wilkinson]

Originally Posted by blue

Seems it doesn't now matter what date is down for the event as the locals have gained a court order temporarily banning weekend events at Croft until a further hearing later in the year.

Nice! Not a bad 1st April posting!