The event ran with an entry of 50 and Motorsport UK had again given permission to use the whole of the circuit for the afternoon tests which for many is the highlight of the Autosolo season..
As well as a lot of our regular competitors returning to support us we had many newcomers to Autosolo’s in the field that included several 16yr olds, who all had a great day and the event was the final round of many championships
In Class A Bob Milligan’s little Mini took the honours, winning by 3.8 seconds and finishing third overall with Patch Horrocks in Fiat Cinquecento taking second and fifth overall with 16yr old Patrick Osiak taking a very creditable third place.
Reece and Ellie made the long journey from Torbay in their Peugeot 107 for their very first event and returned home full of smiles after a very enjoyable introduction to Autosolo’s.
They were an extremely promising 9th in Class [out of 15] which bodes well for the future.
In Class B Chris Newton BMW enthusiastic drive gave him the win over the Kornel Osiak by 7.5 seconds with Alan Wakeman taking third.
In Class C Richard Yapp was back again on the top step by just 1.4 seconds over Neil Ridding with Ajay Raichura on his very first competitive drive in his Audi a creditable third place.
Class D was where the excitement lay with many equally skilled drivers.
On test 1 just 4 seconds covered the first 7 cars and this margin varied very little throughout the day as the lead swapped around but culminating with a win for Neil Jones, making the long drive from North Wales, on his first Autosolo for two years.
Liam Rollings was second in Class and second overall with Jamie Yapp taking third place and fourth overall with just a few seconds between all three.
Class E was a solo affair for Jason Brown in his Caterham as other class competitors had withdrawn earlier in the week including Alec Tunbridge [pictured above].
Finally, in the Class F Production Car Autotest 16yr old Joshua Morgan took a fine first class win with Father and Daughter Tom and 16yr old Alicia Gould taking second and third places. This was Alicia’s first Tarmac drive after two previous competitions on grass.
Results can be found using this link Autotest.
Next year’s event at Shenington are already on the calendar and are rounds of our usual championships.
Sunday, April 11th Bocardo AutoSolo & PCA
Sunday, October 10th Boanerges AutoSolo & PCA
Details will be on the Club Web site nearer the date.
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