from now on.  As the others made the odd mistake, Kinky kept up his pursuit of the Championship leader and was rewarded for that.  Another to impress was 7th placed Mad.  Mad held off the late challenge from the recovering CelticFox, Celtic’s drive through the field was fantastic and at times the Aston Martin was the quickest car on track, this really bodes well to Monza next week.  For Mad he got the better of his team mate for the first time this season, and drove a near faultless race, 7th places a fantastic reward for that consistency.  9th place was Devil Lord, slightly disappointed with the odd mistake, but happier with the Audi and also overjoyed that he was able to resist the late pressure from RangersRick and Robraceruk.  Rick’s Nissan was very quick over the opening laps of each stint, but the team had found that the pursuit of power due to the Pi loss comes at the expense of handling and weight, and that handling and weight had an effect on the tyres, and the car lost that consistency and tyre life quickly.  Rick managed to hold on to the Class championship lead, and also kept the second RML Lotus behind him, Robraceruk’ attempts to pass him on the exit of the fast chicane two laps from home, saw him in the gravel and with it a drop to 12th place at the flag.  The RML Development team were happy though, the Lotus is fast and the Pi drops for rival’s leaves them with a chance of a podium in one of the upcoming races.  The driver to take advantage of Rob’s trip in the sand was Major Raver, who had yet another bad day in the office.  The Alfa was fast and far more consistent than it was in Germany, but luck has deserted Raver in the Thunder Enduro.  He was put on the grass by a fast starting AWD within yards of the lights, and then another accident that he was the innocent party in, on lap 9 whilst recovering lost him more valuable time.  Teammate Wambogini was in a real fight for 13th with new boy BasslineJunkio and BMR Sutton.  Sutton was quicker in the Nissan but struggling still and was having an almighty dice, especially with the K-Class Vapes Racing Escort for over half the race.  Bass was also mindful that he was in a fight with Wambogini for AM honours, so he was grateful on lap 23 of finally putting a two second distance between himself and the rest, which gave him a debut AM victory.  It was a promising debut for the new team, and the team were overjoyed that the Ford Escort which hadn’t turned a wheel since Spa, went so well, even though it had a bit too much understeer for its drivers liking.  Wambogini led the chase, but he slightly left the door open on the last corner, to see a clean last gasp dive from BMR Sutton, grab the Nissan 14th place.  16th fell to AM leader Badbeat, who had a lonely run to the flag, nearly two seconds slower than the battle in front a lap, he had the legs on his rivals behind, and extended his championship lead.  Behind him was Hoppers Porsche, who was having one of his best drives for a while, and was playing chase with Penfold.  Penfold was slowly catching the Hoppers Sport car, and finally he latched on to his prey two laps from home and was swiftly through.  In fact his race time in the second half of the race was the equal of Badbeat, and these three look set for another scrap next week at Monza.  If only Devilsbogeyman can find the reliability to join them.

So ABigPieKey became our 7th different winner in 13 races, and a popular one at that.  Mike and Bradders are leading the way at the top of the tree, but are now aware that they are in a three way scrap for the championship, the CK Motorsport car has advantage on strategy and that will keep him in the championship hunt for the rest of the season.

So Monza next, a power circuit, and one that may bring us winner number 8, as the paddock were talking of the speed we may see form the RML Lotus’s and Quicksilver Aston Mart next weekend, others were left wondering at how CK Motorsport had rolled the dice and landed a double 6 with the Alfa 33s and the strategy advantage it gives them.