1/32 Nationals 2021
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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