Pembrey 28/29 Jun 1997 Results for the WRDA
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and Historic Touring Car Charnpionship but faces the very successfulJaguar MkII of Alec Hammond. Les has been racing for more than 30 years, but is still as competitive as ever even though he no longer races regularly. Rivalling his Lotus Cortina are similar cars in the hands of Thomas Lailey de Ville, Ron Cosgrove and Peter Taylor. Bristol's Reg Salway- in his first seasonof racir-rg- tops the classes '60 for Pre Classic Saloons in his Morris Minor. Local racers have two rounds of the P+P Supplies Welsh Sports & Saloon Car Charnpionship with Carmarthen's Terry Brown (Darrian T9) hoping to extend his winning form. Also racing examples of the Lampeter-built sports car are Peter Dark and Gareth Davies while the unusual Forzari GTi of Paul Welch is scheduled to appear. Former rally driver Martin Davies Martin Dauies head.sthe Cosworth-powered contenders in his M&S Engineering Cosworth. With two races during Sunday, this is an irnportant rveekend fbr the title contenders. More diverse and highly-modified cars conte.st the seventh round of the ACE Vehicle Deliveries Sports and Saloon Car Charnpionship with an entry headed by the Nissan 100-basedspecial of Richard Harris and Dorsetman Steve Hall in his Ford Fiesta, who makes his debut at Pembrev. Ardy Clarkin brings his Cavalier out for a warm-up prior to the Forrnula Saloon race but it is class E racer Garry Wilson rvho heads the championship after a run of five straight classwins in his rare Lenhanr Le Mans Coupe. This is Garry's 17th seasonof racins in this car and he is bidding to clir-rchthe championship title that he just rnissedout on last year. The BARC/RSCC Moclified Production Saloon Car Championship pa1'sits onll' visit of the year to Wales with Ray West Ace ltehide Deliauts S'bortsSaloons - Stne Hal,Lleads RithnrrJ Hatfis (Steue (Opel Manta) bidding to maintain his Jones) unbeaten record. The Harnpshireman shotrld again be the classof the field but needs to keep winning if'he is to secrlre the crown as Scott Austin (Escort RS2000) and Mark Chandler (Rover Mini) are chasing hard from their respectiveclasses. Running concurrently with the Moclified Pr-ocluction Saloons are the BARC Renault Clio Cup contenders, where Darren Clarke leads David Willoughby by three classwins to tlvo in the opening five races. Finally, an hour-long two-driver round of the Andyspares/Fire.stone National 2CV Championship brings out a capacity fielcl as the teams lirnber up for the 24 hotrr race at Mondello Park in Ireland next month! This is only the third round of the 1997 championship but Royce Grey has alreadl' bagged a brace of victories and he is partnered in this race by his son Tim. 1966 champion G*y Byatt is teamed rvith the man he narrowly pipped to the title, Nathan Barker, to make a Ir{ichWilliamso'n and Daaid Willoughlry. (JohnGaisford) PEMBREY an important place in Britishmotorsport WRDA Sports/SaloonChampionship competitors at Pembrq (Ian Hayward) HEN the Llanciow circuit near Cowbriclge closecl its cloors to circuit racing, Wales was left without a race track until the efforts to open up the Pembrey circuit reachecl fruition at the end of the 1980s. Toclay, Pembrey is an important part of British nrotorsport and is one of the most wiclely-used venues in the country. This weel<encl heralcls a two-clay meeting organisecl by the British Automobile ltacing Club, owners of the circuit lease. The BARC has clone much to clevelop Pembrey as a venue ancl their commitment and investment has been rewarclecl by a venue that is in use virtually every weekencl of the season, ancl frequently cluring the week. But it is not just car racing that keeps the circuit busy. Pembrey is host to just about every form of motorsport with motorbikes, scooters, karts ancl trucks all racing here. Aclcl in car sprints, rallycross ancl special stage rallying ancl you have a venue that benefits all branches of the sport. Away from race weekends, Pembrey is regularly host to teams testing and cleveloping their cars. The manufactur€rs in the British Touring Car Championship are frequent visitors, recognising the challenging track as an icleal testing venue with its mix of fast and slow corners. Pembrey is a fine venue that offers much to its users, whatever type of wheelecl-sport they follow. With an on-going programme of investment and improvement - which inclucleclcomplete re-surfacing of the track in recent months - the Welsh Motor Sport Centre is a vital part of British motorsport. Paul Lawrence P+P SUPPLIES/BARC WALESAI/RDA SPORTS AND SALOON CAR CHAMPIONSHIP ROUNDS 7 & 8 RACE 3zl2 IAPS ENTRIES ^-. No. Driver Town Entrant CarlEngine cc Class A: 1 Martin Davies Haverfordwest M & S EngineeringServices Ford Sapphire Cosworth 2000 r= 11 Graham Hollis Carmarthen Driver Ford Sierra Cosworth 2000 nll Class B: 8 Nigel Bowen Sully Driver Porsche911RSR 2700 -r 32 Jeremy Pope Bristol Driver Ford Sapphire Cosworth 2000 33 Sean Jones Carmarthen Driver Lancia Delta 1595 -tr 69 NigelJones Neath Driver Ford Sierra Cosworth 7998 Class C: -r 38 Larry Phillips Caerphilly Driver Rover 216 GTi 1540 -tr' '|l-l Class D: 24 Peter Dark Pontrhydfendigaid Driver Darrian T90 2000 nll l_l l-1 26 Gareth Davies Tregaron Driver Darrian T9 997 44 Terry Brown Carmarthen Driver Darrian T9 1000 t--lll TBA Alvin Powell Rhondda Driver Ford Mondeo 2500 [-lu I -rl 10 I-AP RECORD: POINTS 11 Class A: (3500cc -r Brian Chatfield Jaguar2201 Positions after May 25th sixth round: 72/5/96: 7:00.26. 86.98mph/I39.98km/h. Class A: Class C: 12 (2000cc .7 -tr Class B: Carl Webster WestfieldSEi) 1 Keith Butcher 1 GranvilleWilliams 17 13 7/9 /96: 1:04.31, 81.50mph/131. 16km/h. 2 Martin Davies 6 2 Larry Phillips 76 Class C: Mike Lamplough(1190cc Davrian Mk6) 3 GrahamHollis J Alvin Powell 16 -tr 3/5/93: 1:06. 1 I, 79.42mph/ 727 .8fkm/h. Class B: Class D: Class D: Terry Brown (1054ccDarrian T9) 1 NigelJones t7 1 Terry Brown 24 1/9 /96, 1:00.70, 86.35mph/738.97km/h. 2 Martin Williams T2 2 PeterKark 20 3 JeremyPope 9 3 GrahamCole 13 Next round July 27th. RESULTS: Race 3 RACE 9zl2 IAPS 1st........2nd. .. Winner'sTime ^-r ClassA: 1st .......2nd ClassB: 1st.......2nd........ Winner's Time .Speed nI ClassC: 1st ....... Znd........Winner's Time ...Speed -r ClassD: lst.......2nd........Winner's Time ..Speed -r RESULTS: Race 9 [-lt-r 1st........2nd.........3rd........4th ... Winner'sTime ..... -r ClassA: 1st....... Winner'sTime .........Speed FastestLap: No .......Time ........Speed -r ClassB: 1st...... Winner'sTime ........Speed FastestLap: No .......Time ........Speed ClassC: Winner'sTime FastestLap: No .......Time ........Speed -tr Winner'sTime Lap: No Fastest .......Time ........Speed INLJ rr-r [_lLJ 9 WEI,SH RACING DRIVERS ASSOCIATION SPORTS SALOON CHAMPIONSHIP l-r l-] The Welsh Racing Drivers Association Sports Saloon Championship, based at Pembrey circuit, continues for its seventh 10 season in 1997 , with continued welcome support from P+P Supplies Limited, of Cardiff. I--lLJr-,r I-] Points will be awarded to registered competitors listed as classified finishers in the Final Results as follows:- 4 or more 11 eligiblestartersintheclass:1st-4:2nd-313rd-2; th-l.3eligiblestartersintheclass:1st-3;2nd-2;3rd-1.2 l--ll-l eligibfe starters in the class' 1st - 2;2nd - 1. 1 eligible starter in the class: 1st - 1, plus one extra point for the competitor(s) 12 achieving or equalling the race fastest lap in the class. In the case of only one starter to the class the point will be awarded if FII rl-l the race fastest lap equals or betters the class lap record. 13 Championship positions will be determined by the points totals of competitors, the maximum number of rounds to count being the total number of qualifying rounds less 2: in the event of seven or less rounds being run all scores will count. rrr 11 TheP+Psupplies 1997Welsh Championship for Sports& SaloonCars Jo in trv :rd m in isterect u.vffi,J};fl - DriversAssocia tion t It ll!;ff ; BULLilIN No3 ISSUED:L?.n PROVISICNAL QUALIFVINGTIMES FOR RACE 3 P+ P SUPPLIES WELSH SPORTS & SALOONSCAHS POS NO. CI DRIVER CAR TIME ONLAP BEHIND KPH MPH | 44 0 Terry BR0Hll OARIANT9 1:02.35t7 135.29 84.06 2 7l I Steve HALL FORDFIESTA 1:04.58 7 2.23 130.62 81.15 3 24 D Peter DARK DARRIANT9O 1:05.83 7 3.48 128.14 79.62 4 1 AHaTtinDAVIES FORDSAPPHIRT COSHOR 1:05.98 4 3.63 127.84 79.44 5 26 D Gareth0AUIES DARRIANT9 I :07.46 7 5.11 125.04 77.69 6 14 D I'like SHAI{ DARRIONT9O I : 10.'07 6 7.72 120.38 74.80 7 29 B TonyLITTLEJ0HN P0RSCHE9245 I :10.36 15 8.01 119.89 74,49 I 75 C Allstair INGLIS ROVER216GTi 1:10"43t4 8.08 rtg.77 74.4? 9 69 B Nlge'lJ0NES FORDSIERRA COSI.IORTH lzI2.29 4 9.94 116.69 72.50 f0 I BNigelB0l,lEN PORSCHT911 RSR 1:13.2614 10.91 115.14 7t.54 11 32 B Jereny POPE FORDSAPPHIRT COS}IOR 1:13"64 6 11.29 114.55 7t.17 tZ 38 C Larry PHILLIPS ROVER216 GTi 1:13.71l3 11.36 114.44 77.11. AMENDIENTS TO PROGRAVIVE. Knountrtron Starter No.ll G,Hollis ADD: I\b 29 TonyLittlejohn Reading Porsche9245 2500Class B ADD:No.14 Mike Shaw AbergavenuryDarrianT90 l99BClass D ADD:tto 30 SteveFlall Stalbridge FordFiesta 2000Class B Ann: No-75A.