[John Turner]

Brian Jordan (111 - BMW M6) came under sustained attack from the Capri of Ian Clark (153) and was eventually passed by the Ford, only for Clark to retire it. Jordan brought the big BMW home 9th. 28 is the E30 325i of Rob Sadler, sandwiched between the Newman M5 and the hard charging Ellis. Sadler came home a good 5th (and Class D winner) whilst Ellis, bit very clearly between his teeth, fought his way back to 3rd less than 5 seconds behind Howlett. Pic 3 is of the Graham Meeks Rover Tomcat which took the flag in 8th place although his best lap time indicates that Meeks probably felt he should have finished a couple of places higher. 96 is Paul Cowland's VW Golf Gti which was last of the classified finishers. Pic 4 is of the E34 M5 (10) of 6th placed Roger Kneebone with Don Hughes earlier Golf GTi (48) just behind. They were still that close at the flag. Finally, having had to give best to Nick Barke's E30 earlier on in the race Colin Stubbs (44 - Rover 216Gti) became embroiled in another battle, this time with James Carpenter's Toyota Corolla (106). On this occasion, Stubbs prevailed, although just a tenth covered them at the end in 14th and 15th places. .

When interviewed on the top step of the podium Stacy Vickers said he didn't want to win like that and promptly went off to the Clerk of the Course to protest himself! He returned to announce that he'd had a 10 second penalty and was demoted to 3rd. All rather unusual but a fair and honorable outcome, I would say. Thus Howlett was promoted to overall (and Class A winner) and Ellis to 2nd (and Class B winner). Vickers was Class C winner. Hughes was class E winner, with Clint Bardwell's E30, the Class F winner.