Kimbolton Round 7 – Sept 9^th

Rnd 3 Supa 60’s

What a brilliant turn out we had for the weekend, rumour has it next year the grid line up will be even bigger! A big thank you to Sian and Tina Masson, for taking control of the general housekeeping, until I arrived just as heat 2 was set to roll. 11 lap heats and a 14 lap final would be the order of the day. With more competitors on the track would the first corner be the place to spectate?

Heat 1

Plain took the lead from Whyte, D. Bury, T. Bury, Fowler and Green. W. Cox got familiar with the barrier at Stow Corner putting himself to the rear of the field.  By lap 4 a large gap had emerged between Plain and Whyte. Whyte also had a comfortable space between himself and D. Bury, who appeared to have a problem with gear selection, he was having a good scrap with Fowler in 4^th, Green was up to 5^th and Perkins now 6^th. Lap 6 saw two great duelling pairs of T. Bury and Henry, Hancock and S. Cox, whilst brother W. Cox spent a little more time familiarising himself with said barrier once again. Try as they may the top six runners remained in position for the remainder of the heat.

1^st Plain, 2^nd Whyte, 3^rd D. Bury, 4^th Fowler, 5^th Green, 6^th Perkins

Heat 2

After a frantic start it was Green who took the early lead. By lap 2 Whyte had demoted him to 2^nd, Plain was 3^rd, W. Cox and D. Bury were scrapping for 4^th and A. Woodward was 6^th. During lap 2 both Plain and D. Bury had passed Green. At the start of lap 3   A. Woodward was close to passing Green along Hines Straight. Green closed the door causing Woodward to brake hard, one could say he gracefully reversed into the tyre wall, found the right gear and drove back out as if it had meant to happen!! As the following drivers took avoiding action Henry got caught up in the fray and found himself in the barrier at Stow. The top six now stood as Whyte, Plain, D. Bury, Green, Fowler and T. Bury. By lap 9 Woodward had made his way back to 6^th and Fowler had passed Green to claim 4^th.

1^st Whyte, 2^nd Plain, 3^rd D. Bury, 4^th Fowler, 5^th Green, 6^th Woodward

Heat 3

Another fast and furious start as Fowler got away first followed by D. Bury and T. Woodward. D. Bury passed Fowler on the exit of Stow on the following lap to lead the chasing pack of Fowler, Plain, W. Cox, A. Woodward and Whyte. Plain had snatched 2^nd on lap 3 and then passed D. Bury to lead for the remaining 8 laps. Second place was claimed by Fowler on lap 5 when D. Bury seemed to be experiencing problems. By lap 7 Whyte was attempting to claim 2^nd from Fowler this he briefly achieved on lap 9 then was seen to slow (but would finish in 6^th) allowing Fowler back past. This promoted W. Cox to 3^rd, S. Cox 4^th and Williams (N) only his second meeting out 5^th! Plain had once again extended his lead.

1^st Plain, 2^nd Fowler, 3^rd W. Cox, 4^th S. Cox, 5^th Williams (N), 6^th Whyte

Final

Pole sitter Plain did what he does best and shot off into the lead, Whyte and D. Bury were attempting to hold of a flying T. Bury. After completing 3 laps Plain was off once again into the distance. D. Bury was hassling Whyte for 2^nd place and T. Bury was doing an excellent job of fending off Perkins 5^th and W. Cox in 6^th. Lap 6 saw D. Bury up to second, Whyte keeping his eye on his temperature gauge decided it was prudent to slow slightly in order to gain those all important points with a finish. W. Cox had managed to pass T. Bury and Perkins would follow through down Hines Straight at the beginning of the next lap. By lap 9 both W. Cox and Perkins had caught and passed Whyte, T. Bury was sat comfortably in 6^th, further down the field Henry, S. Cox and Fowler were scrapping for 7^th. On lap 10 it was all change Perkins was now up to 3^rd, with the unfortunate demise of W. Cox; Whyte was 4^th T. Bury 5^th. S. Cox had won the battle against Fowler and Henry and was now lying in 6^th. On the last lap Whyte decided the temp was ok to make a last minute pass on Perkins to claim 3^rd spot. As the flag fell Plain once again came in victorious.

1^st Plain, 2^nd D. Bury, 3^rd Whyte, 4^th Perkins, 5^th T. Bury, 6^th S. Cox, 7^th Fowler, 8^th Henry, 9^th Hancock and Stone (N) 10^th