On the road to Rockingham
Less than three weeks on from the challenge offered by the ultra quick Castle Combe circuit, the drivers now face up to the different problems and set-ups required to tackle the intricacies of the Rockingham Motor Speedway in rounds six and seven of the 2015 championship.
Although he still leads the points table Simon Baldwin has gone four races without a win so he will be determined to add another victory to his sole triumph, achieved at Silverstone in round 2 over Easter Weekend. On the plus side, championships are generally won by consistency and Simon certainly has that in his locker.
Brian Chandler accrued the most points at Combe on the May Bank coming away with a healthy haul of 200 courtesy of a win, a second place plus the fastest lap. Sam Smith also scored well with 198 and has moved up behind Darron Lewis into third place in the overall standings. Ben Tuck is sitting comfortably in fourth just ahead of Chandler, who is suffering from the points he lost at Brands. The winners of both of Saturday’s rounds are likely to come from this group of five, but you never know what is in store in the Mk1 championship!
We have just one debutant this meeting; Greg Edwards, who hails from Adelaide in Australia, will be going out in Carl Andrew’s car. Good luck and a warm welcome Greg!
The full entry list is as follows;
3 Ben Tuck
4 David Henderson
5 Richard Collins
6 Gary Hufford
7 Courtney Milnes
8 Michael Fisk
9 Simon Baldwin
13 Laurie Grant
16 Matt Pickford
18 Clive Powles
23 Martin Tolley
25 Ivan Leary
31 Sam Smith
32 Alex Soar
33 Jon Hughes
34 Matthew Tasker
35 Matthew Simmonite
42 Paul Bateman
44 Paul Bishop
46 Simon Goddard
51 David Birrell
55 Graham Colby
61 Lewis Field
62 William Stephenson
66 Nick Riley
68 Paul Tucker
69 Simon Drinkall
75 Bruce Carter/Guy Carter
76 Brian Chandler
78 Kevin Dengate
80 Anthony Hutchins
86 Pengfei Chen
88 Stuart Symonds
99 Patrick Collins
101 Simon Woods
111 Danny Green
117 Michael Close
118 Gregory Edwards
177 Euan Milne
188 Jake Simpson
285 Darron Lewis
With 44 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 Rockingham on Saturday looks like it shouldn’t cause too many problems as after some light rain in the morning the rest of the day is forecast to be dry but cloudy and not too warm. You can see a detailed forecast at Rockingham weather
The timetable, Final Instructions and entry list can be found at Rockingham Raceday