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Sunday 25th May 2014 - SLS Round 3
Round 3 Report Super Lap Scotland Round 3 - Sunday 25th May
The
third round of Super Lap Scotland and second on the conventional
direction Knockhill circuit for 2014. There were some new and
returning faces (Russ Paton, Graeme Beveridge, Allister Phillips
and Stephen Dickson) and sadly some retirements from Round 2 that
didn't make round 3 (Calum Keith and Jim Semple). The aim of the
day - building up to a perfect lap in the Super Lap Final. As
an added attraction Time Attack were also running on the same
day. Warmup The
warmup session was run in thick fog and rain, not ideal conditions
for setting good lap times, but good practice for a potential
wet final. Notable performances in the wet were from Steve King,
placing his Clio 2 seconds clear in Class E. Callum Dryburgh did
well to split the two more track focussed cars of Frank Ogg and
Matt Collins in Class D. Class C again looked like the class to
watch with Wayne Sutherland, Keith Cowie and Bob MacKay trading
places during the session. At the end of the session the top 3
were only separated by 1 second. Class B picked up where it left
on Saturday with Jack Strathdee and Adam Kindness running closely
together. Adam was now dual driving a similar powered Impreza
(with his wife Fiona) after suffering engine issues during round
2. Class A threw up a surprise with David Long setting a storming
64s lap, with a clear 5s gap over Fiona Kindness. The conditions
should have favoured the 4wd Impreza of Fiona. PRO only had two
cars for the first session, with Charlie Shaw setting an unbeatable
56s lap, some 10s clear of Brian Rennie. 56s in the wet on MSA
1B tyres!
Practice The
practice session was again wet, but the drivers will now be pushing
a bit harder after the warmup session. Allister Phillips, missing
from the morning warmup time sheets, topped Class E with a 67s
lap but was pushed very hard by Steve King. Only 0.009 separated
the top two. Dave Herd and Graeme Beveridge weren't far behind
in their Fiestas, both running 69s laps. Callum Dryburgh went
one better in Practice and took 1st place, 0.2s ahead of Frank
Ogg in the Leon Supercopa. Adrian Milne showed good pace to take
3rd spot with a credible 67s lap. Class C was missing Keith Cowie,
but it was business as usual for the EVO driving DG Motorsport
team mates Bob and Wayne. Bob eventually edging out Wayne by 0.4s.
John Wilson took 3rd in the impressive MkII Focus RS. Class D
was much closer this time round, with both Adam and Jack making
noticeable progress in the wet. Jack managed to get a low 63s
lap (impressive for high power FWD in the wet) but ultimately
traction was against him. Kindness took 1st by less than a second,
with a low 62s lap. Class A again was dominated David Long, who
was really getting to grips with the Caterham R400 in the wet.
He finished the session 3 seconds clear of Fiona. PRO was again
dominated by Shaw in the Focus (56.850), with Rennie getting to
within 8 seconds this time round with an improved 64.474s lap. Qualifying Qualifying
is scored, so the pressure is on to perform. Drivers get three
chances at two flying laps, this give practice on cold tyres for
the Super Lap Final. The fog had lifted and the rain had stopped.
The Time Attack drivers had also do a good job of clearing water
off the track. With this dry track times should tumble. Final One final flying lap to decide the points, all or nothing. 50points are available for 1st, down to 10 for 5th. Cars went out in order of qualification, with slowest out first, building up to the fastest car. The track was very wet again, so no lap records were going to be set. Class E - Allister Phillips dominated the Class E final, setting an amazing lap 2.15s clear of the opposition. Steve King took second and Dave Herd third. Class D - 4wd showed its benefits in the wet and the final was dominated by the Impreza of Dryburgh and EVO of Milne. Dryburgh took first, but was only 0.343 ahead of Adrian Milne. Frank Ogg took 3rd. Class C - As per Round 2, Class C was VERY close in the final. The top 3 driver were only separated by only 0.053 seconds. Wanye took first, Keith second and Bob third. All with 64s laps. Class B - Adam Kindness took first with a 63s lap, full points for the day and second fastest lap overall in the final. Jack Strathdee coasted round in his Focus to set a time and take the valuable points. Class A - David Long had the momentum from the morning, setting faster laps than Fiona in all sessions. Fiona found some form and narrowly beat David in the final. She set a 65s lap to David's 66s. PRO - Charlie Shaw again proved too much for the opposition and finished 8 seconds ahead of Rennie with a 58s lap. Paton was starting to get more out of his EVO and wasn't far behind. He will be one to watch in future rounds. * Class D and E results remain provisional, pending investigation of an appeal * Full class honours are as follows:
Fastest laps per session:
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Results:
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