SNETTERTON RACE REPORT ROUND 11 & 12

It was a race a day for a strong Equipe MG cup entry of 24 cars, and on Saturday it took a restart to get the action finally underway. James Blake led them away in his invitation class ZR190, but at the end of the first lap he was side-by-side with Jake Fraser-Burns in his slick-shod ZR190, and Fraser-Burns was into the lead early in lap two and from then on opened a gap to the rest.

Blake chased hard but couldn’t catch the rapid leader so had to settle for second, Simon Byrne claiming third in his ZS. Fergus Campbell claimed fourth from Dan Ludlow, while the battle for sixth was a highlight, Cal Moore claiming the spot with Archie Styant and Stuart Emmett right with him at the end.

“That was a tense battle early on, I think the slick tyres just gave me the advantage over the race distance,” said race-winner Fraser-Burns. “It was a good fun race, you have to bring the slicks in and manage the gap.”

Sunday’s race followed a similar script at the front, Blake leading away only to lose out to Fraser-Burns on the second lap, Byrne once more running third. The lead trio spread out over the 20-minutes and opened a gap to the rest to finish in that order, but there was plenty going on further down the top ten.

For much of the middle part of the race Cal Moore’s ZR170 headed a five-car train of ZRs, his pursuers trading places lap by lap. Moore held onto fourth until the final lap, losing out to Andy Firth and Dan Ludlow to come home seventh, Styant right with him on the run to the flag.

“It was the same script as yesterday but that was a lot of fun,” said Fraser-Burns. “I just had to push hard and again the slicks were good, enjoyed that!”