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Buckmore Park Summer Championship Rd 2
Just four weeks before the longest day of the year but the weather for round two of the BPKC Summer Championship at Buckmore Park was more akin to the autumn equinox than the summer solstice. First onto the circuit today were the mixed ranks of the cadet classes. Jack Aitken had the upper hand in the heats with two wins and a second. He must have been looking to break his duck for final wins at Buckmore. All went well until the very last lap when he spun from the lead and let George Wright through to the win. Callum Hardgrave may not have collected a trophy for his third place but certainly drove well enough both in the heats and the final. Brett Ward took the novice trophy from eighth. The comer heats produced three different winners with Ashlee Whiteman, James Raven and Jake Dalton all taking a turn at the front. In the final it was the usual close race in which Jake Dalton emerged as victor after 12 hard fought laps. Just a whisker behind him was James Raven for the remaining class trophy. Ashlee Whiteman crossed for third. As usual it was the Rotax grid that provided the biggest entry and it was good to see enough 177 entrants to make a race this month. Lee Jenner got the day underway with a win in heat one from James Park but those positions were then reversed in heat two. Heat three had more than its fair share of DNF’s and produced a new winner, Kit Brough. The two main protagonists were back for the final where Lee Jenner did the 12 lap lights to flag thing in style. A DNF in heat three left James Park a little down the order but by lap four he was back on the tail of Jenner but unable to find a way round him. Kit Brough also drove a blinder to take third, just ahead of Joe Bailey. Oliver Alam had a much better meeting this month and picked up the novice trophy. The 177 class could well have been called the Dave Wooder show, so dominant was this talented driver. If Wooder was the star then top support act was John Williams. It has to be said; I love the sound of the Biland and having had a little play in one a couple of years ago, do love the feel of the beast from the drivers’ seat as well. Jordan Pike, Keiran Brookfield and Robert Gilford all deserve a mention as heat winners as does Anwar Beroual-Smith for always being there or thereabouts. In the final Keiran Brookfield had the upper hand for a lap while Robert Gifford made his way past traffic but by lap three Gifford led the pack and retained this advantage to the chequered flag. Steve Bell missed the trophies by a whisker as he chased Brookfield home. Junior Testosterone, (sorry, Max), again produced very close racing across the big entry. There were three different heat winners, always a good recipe for an exciting final in my opinion. Robert Foster-Jones took heat one and this win was followed by Harry Drysdale taking heat two and Luciano Bacheta the remaining race. The final was a gameof two halves in which Sam Hart dominated the first and Harry Drysdale the second. James Colburn ran shotgun and waited in vain for a mistake by either to gift him another place. At the flag it was Drysdale, Hart and Colburn with a second between them. James Openheimer took the novice award. Paul Janes looked strongest in the TKM heats with two wins to his credit, the other winner being Damian Hickmam, but in the final it was all change as Matthew Parr snatched the lead on lap nine and then showed the pack the way home. Damian Hickman crossed virtually alongside for the runners up award and Paul Janes had to be content with the points for third, but no trophy this month. The two driving forces in Mini Max at the moment are Tom Ingram and James Doherty and this month they simply took it in turns to win, though there was no collusion in this, simply very closely matched talent. Elliot Rice was Mr Consistent in the heats, taking third on each outing. In a brilliantly entertaining final James Doherty certainly had the upper hand on the wet circuit and he led for eleven of the dozen laps. Tom Ingram virtually matched his lap times and took a well deserved second. Oliver Varney had a fair bit to do as he started this final but proved it ain’t over till the fat lady sings. He got his head down and drove a blinder for the remaining trophy. He couldn’t afford to relax for a moment either because Joe Hilling was right on his tail throughout. Trophy Winners today Honda Cadet Comer Cadet Rotax Rotax 177 Biland Junior Max UK TKM Mini Max Courtesy of Alan Wood
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