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Old 13 Jul 2009, 09:16 (Ref:2500636)   #14
John Turner
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Race 3 - Pre 93 Touring cars

With difficulty, Al, with difficulty. It also helps me understand how broad the definition of 'touring car' can be; that's not a complaint; merely an observation!

13 starters; 13 finishers.

Hard to believe that all of these cars are over 15 years old but they are, so on my arbitrary cut off, they count! As Craig Jameson's Ford Sierra Cosworth (82) got a bit bogged down at the start, it was the two pristine looking BMW M3s of Andrew Busby and Roger Stanford who took off in the lead (see pic 1) and held it for a couple of laps whilst Jameson got himself back into contention. Pic 2 shows Tim Scott Andrews in his SD1 Rover Vitesse (4) who came in 10th. Whilst, I'm sure I could do no better, I was perplexed by Dean Raymond's regular off at the exit of the Esses of which this is just one example, in his Vauxhall Astra GTE (93). He finished 9th, 12 seconds behind the BMW of 8th placed Ryan Gorman, most of that time surely lost in these clouds of dust! 77 is the 12th placed Ford Escort Mk 3 in evocative Datapost livery, driven by Stephen Yates. And here is Gorman in his 325i (21) in another car I have a soft spot for, since I owned one some years ago, and that straight 6 sounds a whole lot better than the 4 pot M3, although that is probably it's only advantage! Craig Jameson worked passed both M3s to win by a couple of seconds in a surprsingly standard looking Sierra RS Cossie (82). Behind him the M3 battle really hotted up with Stanford eventually finding his way by Busby to take 2nd.
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