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Summer Trophy Meeting 2010
A very fast track brought some close clean racing within all the heats. Andy Sherburn took an easy win in heat 1, 2 laps clear from Daniel Brown in 2nd place. Round 2 saw Stephen Crosby improve by 5 laps from round 1 taking the win on 19 laps, second place to Thomas Fox on 17 laps with 5 cars not finishing. Round 3 improved with only 4 cars not finishing, Andy Sherburn winner of round 1 having to pull out again due to spool problems. Joe Milins pulled through to take the win on 19 laps although some 8 seconds behind Stephen's FTQ of round 2 who still put in the quickest lap of 14.08 seconds.
Heat 2 round 1 gave Brad Sellars an impressive 4 lap lead on 2nd place Michael Terry who finished with a respectable 18 laps. Round 2 didn't go Brad's way and had to pull out after 5 laps allowing Michael to improve his FTQ of 20 laps, 2nd went to Neil Nutter with 
his FTQ of 19 laps. Round 3 saw Brad at the top again with 25 laps equalling those FTQ of Heat 3 drivers. Neil had his best run of the night with 21 laps.
David Bosworth took the win of heat 3 and put a 4 second gap to 2nd place Paul Hindmarsh closely followed by Edward Knill all on 21 laps. Round 2 provided a great battle between 1st and 2nd place with only 0.03 seconds between them, Daniel Robinson pipped Paul Hindmarsh to the finish! with David in 3rd all on 22 laps. Round 3 wasn't to disappiont with Brad Chapman only half a second behind Daniel both on 25 laps with Edward in 3rd on 24 laps and most of the field improving their FTQ's.
James Rowney took the win in round 1 on 26 laps lapping the rest of the field, Ian Biddleston finished 2nd 3 seconds ahead of the very consistent Paul Wilson. Round 2 saw James finish on 28 laps to take the win, with the carpet wizard Gary Plant in 2nd on 26 laps and less than half a second behind was Paul Wilson in 3rd. Ian took the win on 27 laps in round 3 with his FTQ with James in 2nd on 27 laps and consistent Paul in 3rd.
The Final
D Final saw Tony Lewis on pole with Barrie Scholey in 2nd and Mick Gratton in 3rd. The first quarter of the race gave a good battle with Tony and Barrie for the lead, the ex 1/10th Formula 1 champ Barrie regained the lead and took the easy win on 23 laps, 2 laps clear of Tony in 2nd and David Hall in 3rd on 18 laps.
Michael Terry was on pole in the C Final with Simon Farrow in 2nd and David Bonsall in 3rd. The lead changed several times in the first few laps with the top 2 but finally Simon dominated after a few mistakes and took the win on 26 laps, Michael only just beat David by a second on 23 laps to finish 2nd and 3rd respectively.
Onto the B Final Paul Wicks claimed pole position with new comer Edward Knill hot on his heals and the bookies favourite Paul Hindmarsh on 3rd. Edward took the lead on lap one and thats where he stayed to take an impressive win. Jonathan Bull who qualified 9th on the grid had a storming run to finish 2nd with Paul Wicks 3 seconds behind, all top 3 on 27 laps.
James Rowney was on pole in the A Final with Ian Biddleston in 2nd and consistent Paul Wilson in 3rd. After the first lap it was clear that James, Ian and the carpet wizard Gary Plant all wanted a piece of victory. James eventually took the win on 30 laps with Ian only managing 6th due to poor 
marshalling, Gary suffering from previous problems and did not finish. This gave Big Dave an opportunity which he grabbed with both hands and took 2nd on 29 laps. The dark horse was Brad Sellars who was 10th on the grid had a consistant run managing to keep out of trouble finishing 3rd, two seconds behind Dave.
An overall cracking meeting, click on the videos to see the action. All the club members would like to thank the people who run the club and the people behind the scenes for making one of the best touring car clubs out there. Well done all. Bring on the next season! See you all there...........!
written by James Rowney
