MX-5 SuperCup Results Cadwell Park

The MX-5 SuperCup tackled the famous Cadwell Park last weekend, it was the drivers first triple-header of the year, with one race on Saturday afternoon and two races on Sunday….Words by Team Paddock42’s David Chapman.

The grid for race 1 was slightly shaken up as we had a damp qualifying and the track was only dry for the last 2 minutes of the session. Tom Roche and Matt Davies managed to make use of the best conditions, but everyone else had their laps spoiled – Mike Comber crashed at the last corner, and myself and Abbie Eaton hit traffic.

Race 1 was fully dry but cold. The lack of grip caught out a lot of drivers – Abbie Eaton, Clint Bardwell and I all went off-track in the early laps. Tom Roche and Mike Comber stretched a gap on the battle for 3rd which consisted of Matt Davies, Liam Murphy, Paul Sheard and me. About half way into the race, Paul spun off at the final corner and I had to come to a complete stop to avoid him, which left me in a lonely 5th until the end of the race. Mike Comber took an easy win after Tom Roche crashed at Charlie’s.

Race 2 on Sunday morning was damp with some light rain at the start, which meant most drivers put their wet tyres on. However, it dried out by half way through and my tyres overheated. I’d been maintaining 2nd place just behind Mike Comber but as I lost grip he increased his lead to take another win.

In the final race of the day we made some changes to the setup which helped massively. I tucked in behind Mike straight away and we left everyone else behind. Both of us were running at lap record pace and while I was faster than him in certain parts of the track it wasn’t enough for me to get past. The old lap record was 1:44.0, but the upgrades to the cars this year gained us almost 2 seconds per lap. In the last couple of laps my tyres started to overheat again and as we came to the Mountain for the last time I had a massive slide which put me onto the grass and allowed Mike to take his third win of the weekend.

I’m now 7 points behind Mike in the championship, as we’re now allowed to drop our 3 lowest scores.

BRSCC Mazda MX-5 Supercup
Round 3 – Cadwell Park, June 14-15 2014

Race 1 (12 laps)
1. Mike Comber 20m45.432s (75.85 mph)
2. Tom Roche + 12.518s
3. Matt Davies + 14.759s
4. Liam Murphy + 15.139s
5. David Chapman + 17.156s
6. Abbie Eaton + 23.501s
7. Darren Standing + 24.223s
8. Paul Sheard + 24.277s
9. George Line + 33.822s
10. Clint Bardwell + 43.657s
11. Chris Lord + 54.881s
12. Robert Way + 55.299s
13. Simon Fleet + 55.673s
14. John Davies + 56.113s
15. Garry Townsend + 1:17.893s
16. Peter Gillatt + 1:47.233s
17. Nicola Gillatt + 1 lap
DNF. Steven Andrew + 5 laps (overheated)
Fastest Lap: Mike Comber, 1:42.262s (76.99 mph) on lap 4
Pole Position: Tom Roche, 1:44.608s (75.26 mph)
Weather: Overcast, dry
Fastest lap is new lap record.

Race 2 (12 laps)
1. Mike Comber 21m01.117s (74.91 mph)
2. David Chapman + 12.627s
3. Abbie Eaton + 18.570s
4. Matt Davies + 19.043s
5. Clint Bardwell + 21.736s
6. George Line + 24.890s
7. Liam Murphy + 25.514s
8. Robert Way + 43.113s
9. Chris Lord + 43.413s
10. John Davies + 44.346s
11. Garry Townsend + 58.871s
12. Peter Gillatt + 1 lap
13. Nicola Gillatt + 1 lap
DNF. Darren Standing + 6 laps (accident)
DNF. Tom Roche + 7 laps (black flagged)
DNF. Simon Fleet + 8 laps (radiator)
DNS. Paul Sheard – Not started (suspension)
DNS. Steven Andrew – Not started (engine failure)
Fastest Lap: Tom Roche, 1:42.947s (76.47 mph) on lap 5
Pole Position: Mike Comber (1st in race 1)
Weather: Overcast, damp, drying

Race 3 (12 laps)
1. Mike Comber 20m38.633s (76.37 mph)
2. David Chapman + 5.695s
3. Tom Roche + 14.699s
4. Liam Murphy + 15.457s
5. Matt Davies + 18.306s
6. Abbie Eaton + 20.127s
7. George Line + 22.121s
8. Clint Bardwell + 22.690s
9. John Davies + 29.132s
10. Paul Sheard + 32.807s
11. Chris Lord + 37.879s
12. Robert Way + 43.742s
13. Darren Standing + 52.160s
14. Simon Fleet + 52.789s
15. Garry Townsend + 1:35.072s
16. Peter Gillatt + 1:43.349s
17. Nicola Gillatt + 1 lap
DNS. Steven Andrew – Not started (engine failure)
Fastest Lap: David Chapman, 1:42.282s (76.97 mph) on lap 5
Pole Position: Mike Comber (1st in race 1)
Weather: Overcast, dry

MX-5 SuperCup Championship Standings (minus 3 lowest scores):

1. Mike Comber 403pts
2. David Chapman 396
3. Matt Davies 380
4. Abbie Eaton 378
5. Tom Roche 374
6. Liam Murphy 374
7. Clint Bardwell 364
8. Paul Sheard 360
9. George Line 352
10. Darren Standing 348
11. Robert Way 334
12. John Davies 332
13. Will Chappell 326
14. Chris Lord 326
15. Julian Taylor 300
16. Simon Fleet 300
17. Steven Andrew 296
18. Peter Gillatt 286
19. Nicola Gillatt 284
20. Jeremy Crook 256
21. Jim Hart 252
22. Adam Brindle 236
23. Garry Townsend 224
24. Ray Worley 204
25. Justin Newnam 166
26. John Collins 128

Words By DC and many thanks to Chris Chapman for the photo.

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