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Race
1
Qualifying placed the car in 3rd on the grid in class amongst
a field of 34 cars. Only 3/10ths of a second seperated the
first three cars in class and it was the start of a common
theme for the day!
From
the lights, it was a three way battle for almost the entire
race between Cattliff, Marsh and Moloney with James Card
following close behind and placing regular pressure on Moloney
when the battle up front slowed the cars. Places were swapped
regularly between Marsh and Moloney whilst Cattliff looked
strong up front. As the race progressed however, the excess
heat of the day started to affect the tyres and grip became
scarce. All three leading cars were fealing the effect with
Marsh and Moloney sliding wide at old hairpin sending Moloney
onto the grass on the outside of the circuit for a heart
stopping moment. This short trip off the track was enough
to let James Card through and in the final stages of the
race, a four way battle commenced.
As
the cars approached the chicane onto the start-finish straight,
Cattliff went in too deep, Marsh, Card and Moloney followed
and all four cars crossed the line almost together. The
race results showed a mere 7/10ths of a second between the
four cars with the final positions leaving Moloney in 3rd
place ahead of Marsh and trailing Card and Cattliff.
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