RACE REPORT SNETTERTON

Race 1 – Dan Ludlow made the best start as the Equipe MG Cup field headed into the first corner, Mark Wright’s MGB Cup car looking for a way past front row starters Ludlow and Stuart Emmett, only to lose out to the ZR190 of Jake Fraser-Burns and having to settle for fourth. At the end of the first lap the pack were greeted by the safety car with a ZR160 stopped at the Wilson hairpin, and release again to race at the end of lap three.

Wright dived past Fraser-Burn in the infield section, the cars side-by-side until the MGF held sway, Ludlow and Emmett still one-two. A lap later the race was redflagged as a stopped car was smoking and required the attention of the marshals, Ludlow the winner in his ZR190 from Emmett Class I, Wright Class D and Fraser Burns Class C, Andy Firth taking Class B and James Brown Class A.

Race 2 – Again saw Ludlow lead them away, Emmett right with him and the pair charging hard to open a gap early on, Fraser-Burns third but under pressure from Wright. All was going well out front until Ludlow pulled off on lap three and retired with an electrical problem, Emmett now the leader in his ZR190 and already a couple of seconds clear of the battling Fraser-Burns and Wright, who were soon joined by the ZR of Ian Boulton.

No one could touch Emmett out front as Fraser-Burns and Wright exchanged places more than once, Boulton right with them and keen to challenge. Emmett duly took the win and the Invitation class, Boulton had a great final lap to move up and pass Fraser-Burns, and that saw him finish second and first Class D car home as Wright was hit with a five second penalty right at the end.

Fraser-Burns had the consolation of heading home the Class C field, Terry Loxton coming home seventh overall in his Montego to claim Class B. As ever Class A was tightly fought, James Brown claiming the win there in his MGF.

“Dan and I had been planning to pull away then fight it out amongst ourselves, but his car has been suffering from an alternator issue and that seems to have come back,” said Emmett. “Once I got the slicks up to speed the car was working well – a good weekend.”

It was a busy two days in great weather at Snetterton with 14 qualifying sessions taking place on Saturday and all 14-races running on Sunday. All Equipe series were out in force and thanks to your great support we had some superb on-track action as well as our always relaxed paddock atmosphere. With the Cup grid of 28 cars we move to 2026 stronger than ever, with new drivers coming to the event the plans for next year are coming together nicely. We look forward the our 3rd season as a series.