Who will be King of the Castle?
Fresh from contesting rounds three and four on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix Circuit just two weeks ago the massed ranks of the MX-5 Mk1s descend on Castle Combe on Bank Holiday Monday for the next episode in what is shaping up to be a fantastic battle for the 2015 title.
Although he didn’t score a race win at Brands, the consistency of Simon Baldwin earned him two second place finishes and so the Reigate driver arrives at the fast Wiltshire circuit with an increased lead at the top of the points table.
However, with a hundred points available for a race win Darron Lewis, who was a Brands Hatch race winner, is in hot pursuit. Meanwhile, there is a less than orderly queue of rivals forming up behind Lewis, all determined to chip away at Baldwin’s lead. Chief amongst those is Bedfordshire teenager Ben Tuck who impressed at Brands Hatch.
We have four new drivers making their Championship debuts at Combe; so a warm welcome to Nick Ponting, Ambrogio Perfetti and Matthew Cox, who are all running with Blendini, plus Duncan Carlisle. Returning to the Mk1 fold for the first time in almost four years is Epsom's Laurie Grant, although his car did have a run out at Brands Hatch in the hands of reigning champion James Blake-Baldwin.
The full entry list is as follows;
3 Ben Tuck
4 David Henderson
6 Gary Hufford
7 Courtney Milnes
8 Michael Fisk
9 Simon Baldwin
10 Nick Ponting
11 Ambrogio Perfetti
13 Laurie Grant
16 Matt Pickford
17 Russ Lindsay
18 Clive Powles
21 Duncan Carlisle
22 Chris Hart
23 Martin Tolley
25 Ivan Leary
29 Adam Craig
30 Paul Austin
31 Sam Smith
32 Alex Soar
34 Matthew Tasker
36 Simon Ricketts
37 James Harris
41 Kevin Brent
42 Paul Bateman
44 Paul Bishop
46 Simon Goddard
55 Graham Colby
61 Steven Andrew
62 William Stephenson
63 Oliver Allwood
66 Nick Riley
68 Paul Tucker
69 Simon Drinkall
75 Bruce Carter/Guy Carter
76 Brian Chandler
78 Kevin Dengate
80 Anthony Hutchins
82 William Wood
86 Pengfei Chen
96 Michael Lawson
99 Patrick Collins
101 Simon Woods
111 Danny Green
118 Carl Andrew
146 Matthew Cox
177 Drew Forster/Euan Milne
285 Darron Lewis
With 48 cars entered we will again be running the group system so there will be four races over the course of the day.
The weather at Combe on Monday looks like it shouldn’t cause too many problems as it is forecast to be dry but cloudy all day. You can see a detailed forecast at Castle Combe weather
The timetable, Final Instructions and entry list can be found at Castle Combe Raceday