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 INTRO 32 and Clubman Saloon Championships Saturday 18 September
























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The 9 man INTRO 32 final and their cars
Ian Howard (starts on red in segment 2)  Tony Mills, Barry, Nick, James, George, Tony Mather, Ian Parker, Bill

The weekend’s racing started with one minute qualifying runs for INTRO 32 and Super Production.  Tony Mills was top qualifier in INTRO with a 7.152 sec lap followed by Barry Gilzean (7.534) and Nick Cunningham (7.564).

The INTRO 32 class is limited to clubman grade drivers. The 9 eligible drivers raced in the final.  Tony Mills led from the start, as he was top  qualifier ran all 8 of his runs in a row and sat out the final segment.  Tony had built up a sufficient lead to know nobody could catch him.    Barry Gilzean and James Cliff had been no more than a lap apart fro most of the race, Barry taking second by under a third of a lap.

INTRO 32 Championship

1

Tony Mills

189.06

2

Barry Gilzean

179.93

3

James Cliff

179.63

4

Ian Howard

168.91

5

Tony Mather

167.9

6

Bill Jenner

166.16

7

Nick Cunningham

164.56

8

Ian Parker

158.63

9

George Parker

150.04

Tony Mills’ winning car.  The INTRO 32 rules  pretty much define the technical specification, but there is a wide choice of bodies available.    Tony ran a CAT Lola

The Clubman saloon class gives the clubman grade drivers a race with more powerful cars.   With one less entry than INTO the race was an 8 man segmented race with no sit outs.

This was the closest race of the day with Barry Gilzean, James Cliff and Tony Mills no more than a lap apart for most of the race.   Barry and James had pulled a small lead by the final segment, Barry was having fewer offs and James was slightly faster lap times so the lead changed several times in the last segment.  James won the title by half a lap.
Congratulations to Champions James and Tony, not forgetting Barry who came so close to wining saloon.

A big thank you to James Cleave for the very efficient race control.

CLUBMAN SALOON

1

James Cliff

194.76

2

Barry Gilzean

194.12

3

Tony Mills

190.48

4

Bill Jenner

181.8

5

Nick Cunningham

178.04

6

Ian Howard

177.89

7

Ian Parker

154.28

8

George Parker

150.78

James Cliff’s winning Cleaver chassis

 The INTRO 32   Top 3  

 The Clubman Saloon   Top 3  

    2nd                    Champion                      3rd                         3rd                   Champion                      2nd  Barry Gilzean           Tony Mills              James Cliff           Tony Mills              James Cliff            Barry Gilzean





Top Junior George Parker








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