Loton Park 10th & 11th July

The two National B events at Loton on 10th & 11th July were blessed with hot & dry conditions. Saturday practice was a disaster for Ford Escort driver Steve Bailey whose newly-installed Cosworth green-top engine suffered an oil pump failure. Cornwall based Mike Tregoning set FTD with his 2-litre V6 Pilbeam, but was hounded all the way by young charger Alex Summers from Tenbury Wells in his 1200cc OMS, with just 3/10th`s separating them.

On the following day the roles were reversed with Alex claiming a superb FTD, but the close scrap was for second place with Scotsman Iain Davidson just edging out Mike Tregoning by a mere 1/100th of a second. Another notable performance was by Ferrari 348 driver Nick Taylor who set a new class record on 58.99 seconds to win his class. However, the outstaning performance of the day went to Shrewsbury-based Paul Jarrett riding his 550cc Aprilia who won his class and set a new outright motorcycle hill record.

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