The second round of the 2024 season was held on the weekend of 18th/19th May
at the technical Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire. A good forecast for the whole weekend with Sun throughout for the 37 drivers who had entered
Due to time and noise restrictions it was decided not to run open practice on the Sunday morning . This meant it was possible to run four full rounds of qualifying.
Lap times gradually improved throughout the heats as drivers tried to get their best runs in. At the end of qualifying the positions were as follows:
GT8
TQ Mark Green
2nd Craig Nutting
3rd Adam Griffith
200mm Touring
TQ - Alex Thurston
2nd - Ollie Williams
3rd - Ollie King
220mm
TQ Richard Kozakiewicz
2nd Bailey Rice-Draycott
3rd Mark Boothman
GT Wide Touring
TQ - Stephen Brooke
2nd - Nigel Philpott
3rd - Devendra Mahatma
Finals
B Final GT8
The legs were shared so close with Paul taking the win with veteran Bob in second, and Martin in third.
1st - Paul Gresty
2nd - Bob Harley
3rd - Martin Thorpe
A Final GT8
The top three in qualifying replicated these positions in all 3 legs which may a first. TQ Mark Green dominating throughout.
1st - Mark Green (Serpent)
2nd - Craig Nutting (X-Ray)
3rd - Adam Griffith (Serpent)
B Final 1/10
Stephen Brooke led from the start with a chasing Dev Mahatme eventually taking the lead. Unfortunately Dev made some mistakes late in the race allowing Stephen to take the win by 8 seconds. Frank managed to hold off Jon to complete the podium.
1st - Stephen Brooke (Capricorn)
2nd - Devendra Mahatme (Capricorn)
3rd - Frank Noel (X-Ray)
A Final 1/10
TQ Alex Thurston led throughout to take the win by 2 laps . However the battle for the remaining podium places was very tight with the next three drivers after 30 minutes all finishing on 88 laps. Bailey finished 2nd just 4 seconds in front of Richard, with Matt Baker only another 6 seconds further back.
1st - Alex Thurston (Mugen)
2nd - Bailey Rice-Draycott (X-Ray)
3rd - Richard K. (Serpent)
An enjoyable weekend’s racing with special thanks to locals Trevor and Barbara for running the meeting so smoothly. The next round is a return to Wombwell on the 6th/7th of July.