Donington Race Report

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13th May 2006

72 Stock Hatches at the meeting, so 2 qualifying sessions. I was in the first session on a slippery track, and posted 1:32.19 averaging 76.43 mph. This put me 23rd overall.

Heat 1. I'm 12th on the grid, Alistair Vannier and Ian Doughty ahead. Pole is Chris Petto, beside Maurice Hayden. Race start and I follow Neal Ison and Alastair Boulton. Through the Old Hairpin and I pass Boulton. Lap 2 and I pass Ison, and chase Petto and Simon Howard. I pass Howard into the chicane on lap 4, only to spin down Craner Curves on lap 5, letting him back through. Lap 6 and I run off at the chicane, letting James Marshall and Damian Cottrell through. Connect with Cottrell in McLeans and we both leave the track, letting Boulton, Darren Wilson and Tom Molyneux pass. I cross the finish line 10th.

Heat 2 is won by Simon Hunt, from Stuart Pearson and Pat Grove.

I'm 19th on the grid for the final, behind Molyneux and Wilson. Race start and I'm following Wilson. Wilson goes wide in Old Hairpin. Cars rejoining the track further up the field start firing stones at me and break my windscreen. I lose out to Ison and Stewart Nind, but pass David Lewis. I then run wide and Vannier passes, so I finish 19th. John Hemming wins from Chris Petto, Simon Hunt.

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