Road America welcomed the teams for round 7, with a couple of surprises admissions on the entry.  Bradderstig was away on his hols, but WeeBilly who had been entered didn't show, leaving us with a grid of 20 cars.  The support race was for the Formula Fords.  Some had been hard testing, in fact CelticFox and Pronag had been smashing lap records with each lap and turned testing into who was the fastest in the world, so both had high hopes for the 6 lap race that lay ahead.

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Their was some drama though, as all the cars bar one were without wings, but the Horizon team had found a loophole in the regs and were running the aero aids front and back, much to the rest of the grids unhappiness.  Fact was, they were legal.  Lights went to green from red and Badbeat made a great start to lead from Major Raver.  Raver was though by the 5th corner and by the end of the lap was shocked to be 4 seconds in front.  He had done one lap in the cars, to sort out his final drive, so wasn't expecting a good result.  On lap 2 he still led by the same amount, but this time Celtic was up to second, having moved through from 6th on the first lap.  Celtic started taking chunks out of the leader, and took the lead half way around the third lap.  By the end of the lap he had moved into the lead by 3 seconds.  Raver did well to keep the gap at that, but no one was denying the Quicksilver run car victory and Celtic proved his mega testing pace, with a superb victory.  Raver was comfortable in second, whilst Devil Lord took third, having fought through the field, he passing Pronag for the final podium spot as the wingless version proved quicker on the straight, Pronag unable to respond and finished 4th.

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The Thunder Cars lined up, and this is always a difficult start to a race, the main straight is rather narrow and the first corner a worry on cold brakes.  Plato made a great start to lead Celtic and the fast starting Atomstew into the first corner, all making it through safely, as only Scarlet went wide.  Stew was now pestering the Lamborghini, but the two both went off leaving Plato in first, from Maj, JRush and Major Raver as they crossed the line for the first time.  One driver on the move was the Camaro of Kinky, who was up to second by the start of lap three and he now homed in on the Honda.  These two started a superb dice, the Camaro quicker on the straight, the Honda better on the brakes and corners, but behind them Maj was keeping a watching brief and Celtic was coming back into the picture in 4th as well.  Across the startline for the 6th time Kinky dived for the lead, but the two cars seemed locked together and both went off , having both out braked each other.  Maj, Celtic, JRush and Raver were all through before the pair had recovered.  They got back up to 4th by lap 11 and even pitted together.  Out-front and Maj had his mirrors full of the Countach, and these two were swapping positions for the lead, both also pitting together on lap 12 and re-joining with Maj in front.  For the next 11 laps the BMW had its mirrors full of the white Italian supercar, and defended perfectly, the two in a great clean dice.  Behind though Kinky was on the charge, he was as quick as the front two, but their battle was slowing them, although the Cerberus car to creep up, the three starting the last lap nearly nose to tail.  Celtic couldn't find a way past, Kinky hoped for a coming together, Maj said he would do anything to defend on the drag run out of the last corner, but he had enough, Celtic inched closer but the flag fell as all three cars were in a line together.  Plato recovered to 4th, only 7 seconds a drift, whilst JRush drove a superb race to bring the down on power Subaru home in 5th.

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6th place turned in a battle of the AM's  Devilsboogeyman was inspired, and lapping as quickly as the those out front.  With 7 laps to go he was up to 6th, and closing in on 5th and 4th.  Sadly the fuel was low and he needed a slash and dash, leaving him in 11th at the end.  Badbeat was also moving through the field and bringing Scarlet with him.  He managed to grab the 6th place on lap 18 and held on in the closing laps as he tyres started to go and he had a couple of offs, whilst Scarlet ended up 8th, coming out on top of a great battle with Robraceruk and Posh Rob.

Posh Rob extended his lead in the overall championship by a further 8 point from RangersRick, who was happy with the damage limitation on a track that the lack of power was obviously going to hinder.

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Teams & Drivers:

AV Motorsport: Xray Energy DNE

Did not enter.

BTC Honda Civic: AtomStew DNF

More electrical problems for the Honda, but the team are determined to not give up.  Made a good start and run second briefly on lap one, before going wide at the final corner.  Dropped down the order after that and was 12th when the electrics cried enough and left the car retired by the side of the road.  His luck must change soon.

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Cerberus  Chevrolet Camaro 02:  Devil Lord – 15th,           Kinkycowboys 3rd

The team had the feeling that this was the race that got away from them.  Devil Lord made contact with the wall on lap one, which damaged the car, he then had other issues meaning three stops.  his pace was as quick as the winners, so 15th was very disappointing.  Kinky moved up from a low grid slot and was mighty on the straight, challenging for the lead by lap 5.  He fell back to 5th after a tangle with PMR Plato at turn one, but then closed the gap to the front two, finishing third on the rear spoilers of them both as the flag fell.

Cerberus R&D Mazda MX5: Bradderstig DNE

Did not enter.

DARE Alfa 4c: Wambogini 12th

Had a few mishaps early on that lost him time and left him near the rear of the field.  Showed some strong pace after this, the fastest lap time of the three Alfa's and enjoyed a late dice with RangersRick for 12th.  He will miss Spa, which is a shame as he holds the lap record there.

DART Alfa 4c: xKidders 17th,           Major Raver 7th

A terrible day for Kidders that may have finished his title hopes.  Struggled with straight-line speed, he was quick in the corners but couldn't pass on the straights.  Needed a second stop after going off at the fast kink on the back straight.  Raver was shocked with his result, he wasn't fast at all, but made very few mistake, as high as 4th early on, he led in the pitstops, 7th was a better result than the team had hoped for from him.

DMB34 BMW M2: Devilsboogeyman 11th

On the face of it, 11th after the luck the team had had this season, was a massive lift, but it could have been more.  Devils was inspired, on a high from his performances in the Beetle at Watkins Glen, he drove through the field and was chasing down 4th place when he needed a splash and dash late on.  New engine is coming from EmpireMSport for Spa, he could trouble the podium.