Out front and Bradderstig was pulling away from Nitro who was slowly getting away from his teammate who now had his mirrors full of Posh Rob and Mike.  For four laps the Integra held them off, before an error at the bottom of the Hanger straight released the pair, after Rick’s teammate.  Behind them in 6th was still CelticFox, driving fantastically in the Pontaic, which was not expected to suit the conditions, 7th was the impressive Mad, 8th his teammate Robraceruk who was under a lot of pressure from ABigPieKey and AtomStew.  These in the top 10 had dropped the group behind who were having a fantastic scrap.  BMR Sutton took 6 laps to get up to 11th from his back of the grid spot, and he was bringing Devil lord with him, who was gaining in confidence with the new brakes in the Escort.  Major Raver was next up in the Alfa, ahead of the two Northern Monkeys of Badbeat and Basslinejunkieo, Badbeat driving impressively in the AWD version.  Also in this mix was Kinkycowboys, who was finding the second Cerberus Camaro a real handful, but keeping it ahead of Wambogini who was driving the new Alfa 4c for the first time.  Whilst Badbeat led AM, the battle for second in class was lively.  Scarlet Witch was showing some good pace in the second Subaru, but also finding the wall on the entry to the Hanger Straight, which had allowed Penfold to run second in class in the new Renault Alpine.  This was another car unsorted, but it looked very good in the faster corners and Penfold was getting quicker each lap.  4th in class with Devilsbogeymans  having problems was Hoppers, who was finding the little Clio a real handful in the wet conditions.

Nitro was under pressure from Posh Rob and Mike, and on lap 12 that pressure caught him out and sent him off track and let the Subaru and Mazda through.  Nitro was the first pitter of the leaders, and Posh Rob became the next 7 laps later, rejoining ahead of Nitro.  Mike stayed out and was dismayed to see Bradders stop on lap 21 and rejoin still in the lead, showing the dominance of the Camaro.  4 Laps later though Mike was given a small hope.  Major Raver had been running reasonable well and around the top 10, making his stop on lap 25, he rejoined but completely misjudged the right hander on to the Hanger Straight on cold tyres and hit the tyre wall bouncing him in the path of the leader.  The Camaro hit the Alfa side on hard and the damage had them both heading to the pits.  Surely Bradderstig wouldn’t be denied again?  This gave Mike a lap in the lead before making his stop, but when they all rejoined Bradderstig was in front by 4 seconds and Mike was back in a battle with the Subaru of Posh Rob.  Bradders used the American power to pull away, and he was not going to be denied, as he romped home to win by 13seconds and finally breaking the jinx.  The battle for second was far from over and Mike and Rob were hard at it for the last 10 laps and going into the last lap the Subaru held the advantage, Nitrorushmini keeping a close eye and hoping to take advantage.  Through Abbey though Posh Rob got it slightly wrong, the lights on the dashboard of the car cut out, this distracted him and he hit a puddle and slide wide and in a flash the Mazda was through and Mike wasn’t about to give up the gift and held on to grab second place.  Posh Rob was bitterly disappointed, he believed in the dry he had the pace to win, and that last lap light failure had been enough to cost him second, although he had enjoyed the battle with the reigning champion.

Behind these were the two GRT boys, Nitro wasn’t far from the podium and in fact in the later laps as they battled, he started to home in and only just missed out on beating Posh Rob on the last lap.  The new team were overjoyed and also job done in the Class A points which was the aim for them at the start of the season.  Rick was 5th and let slip after the race that the two cars had run different engine specs and the information to the team was invaluable going forward.  6th place twenty seconds behind Rick was the Quicksilver Pontiac of CelticFox.  Celtic had driven brilliantly in the big car throughout and had enough to hold off the challenge for the last 13 laps of the first of the KRR Nissan’s of ABigPieKey.  The Nissan still looks a wild car, it was very quick on torque out the slow corners, but BigPieKey and Sutton entertained with some very lurid slides.  Sutton backed his team mate up with 9th place, which was a good result from the lowly grid slot and with how competitive the field was.  He was happy with the performance and pointed out that it was the most points he had ever got in an opening round.  Just beating Sutton was the sole Cerberus Ford Escort of Devil Lord.  These two had been in close company all race, Devil had driven superbly through the field and left Silverstone very positive for the season ahead.  Rounding out the top 10 was Mad in the first RML Development Honda.  All last season he played second fiddle to his teammate, but he used the AWD to great effect and had the upper hand all race, starting the season off on a positive note.  His teammate was 12th, running in the top 10 early on a few errors left him a little further back but pleased with the cars debut.  Sandwiching them was AtomStew in 11th, the Mitsubishi had been as high as 6th at one stage but it was good points for the team and promising much for the season ahead, especially when the second car appears for round 2.