Aston Martin Owners Club Racing at Brands Hatch

The Aston Martin Owners Club visited Brands Hatch on Saturday (08/06/2019) with a day of racing from machinery that included GT, Sports and Vintage cars.

Radical SR1 Cup (Race 1) Raw Motorsport’s Julian lay took the days first SR1 Cup win, covering 21 laps of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit beating Quattro Motorsport’s Shane Stoney to the finish line by less than a half a second. Heavy rain fell just before the race start forcing teams to quickly change the rubber to wets for the tricky conditions ahead. Starting back in 8th Lay battled his way through the grid putting in some quick times finding grip on the wet circuit where others could not. Ross Elliot from 4th got off to a flyer overtaking Stoney and Hunt into Paddock Bend to take an early lead only to lose control at Clearway, spinning into the pit wall, completing just 2 laps and out of the race. Dan Warriner was also caught out by the tricky conditions, another victim of the pit wall after only 1 lap. Lay took the race lead from Stoney on lap 5 at Surtees, managing to keep Stoney behind throughout the rest of the race who was on his tail right up to the chequered flag.

Race 1 winner RAW Motorsport’s Julian Lay

Radical SR1 Cup (Race 2) Shane Stoney had a point to prove and drove the Quattro Motorsport SR1 to a race 2 victory, maintaining his position as championship leader. At the start Shane Stoney, Will Hunt and Ross Elliott went into Paddock Bend 3 wide, all survived. Elliott’s and Chris Short’s race would be cut short on lap 2 with a visit to the gravel at Paddock Hill after a coming together which warranted a safety car. At the re-start Stoney kept the race lead, winning with ease, crossing the line 13 seconds ahead of the Track Focused car of Dean Warriner. The Scorpio Motorsport car of Will Hunt came home in 3rd.

Quattro Motorsport’s Shane Stoney

AMOC Intermarque Championship with Aston Martin GT4 Challenge Robin Marriott in a Aston Martin Vantage GT4 took the spoils during this 45 minute race covering 41 laps of the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. Robert Hollyman in the Porsche 964 finished the race in 2nd, 15 seconds behind Marriott followed by the Aston Martin pairing of Hiroyuki Akane and Andrew Jarman.

GT Challenge…a 50 minute affair with only 8 cars lined up on the grid. With 56 laps completed the Guess/Hillard duo brought the Ginetta G55 GT4 home in 1st place followed by the Aston Martin Vantage GT4 of Chris Murphy. Lee Sturges took 3rd in the VW Golf GTi.

Innes Ireland Cup A 30 minute race for Pre ’66 GT and Touring Cars, John Andon in his Triumph TR4 took top honours narrowly beating David Wenman in the MorganPlus 4 to the flag. Andrew Wenman in a Jaguar XK 120 finished 3rd to complete the podium.

Jack Fairman Cup with JEC Jaguar XK Challenge For sports cars from the 1950’s and a 28 car grid in this 30 minute race. Peter Haynes in the gorgeous Lotus XI Le Mans took the race win convincingly with a 31 second gap between himself and the MGA Twin Cam of Stuart Dickinson. John Young in the Jaguar Mk1 3.4 claimed the 3rd step of the podium.

The Gorgeous Lotus XI Le Mans of Peter Haynes

Pre War Team Challenge Rod Seber in a Wolseley Hornet Special crossed the line ahead of Tony Seber also in a Wolseley Hornet Special followed by Chris Morley’s Bentley 3/4 and half.

Castle Combe Saloons Championship Gary Prebble piloted the Seat Leon Cupra to a convincing win with a gap of just over 20 seconds between 2nd placed Simon Thornton-Norris in the Mitsubishi Colt Ralliart. Alex Kite came in 3rd in the Audi TT.

Many thanks to Tom Arron and Colin Mann at MSV for their help and support.

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