Avon Tyres British GT3 Knockhill - this weekend - 9th May

[m44ttg]

Hi all, surprised no-one has mentioned this yet but the Avon GT3 Championship is at Knockhill this weekend.
They are tying in with the regular SMRC races which are being run over both the Saturday and Sunday, however the 2x60min GT3 races are both on the Sunday. Race 1 scheduled for 11:45am and race 2 at 4pm.

results from Oulton Park 5/4/2010:

Round 1 35 laps = 94.22 miles

Overall & GT3
1 MTECH Ferrari 430 Scud Duncan Cameron / Matt Griffin 1h 0m 21.844s
2 Rosso Verde Ferrari 430 Scud Hector Lester / Allan Simonsen +10.394s
3 Barwell-Cadena Aston DBRS9 Paul Whight / Michael Bentwood +28.891s
4 United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Zak Brown / Richard Dean +35.866s
5 Trackspeed Porsche 911 GT3R David Ashburn / Siso Cunill +36.777s
6 Predator CCTV Ferrari 430 Scud Phil Burton / Adam Wilcox +39.864s
7 Chad Ferrari 430 Scud Paul Warren / Tom Ferrier +40.005s
8 United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Mike Guasch / Mark Patterson +1m 04.693s
9 Chad Ferrari 430 Scud Chris Hyman / Dan Brown 34 laps
10 Chad Ferrari 430 Jose Balbiani / Juan Garriz 33 laps
Retired Preci-Spark Ascari David Jones / Godfrey Jones 23 laps
Did not start GT3 Racing Viper CC Craig Wilkins / Aaron Scott
Fastest lap Griffin 1m 39.084s / 97.80mph

GT Cup
1 Kinfaun Porsche 911 Cup John Gaw / Phil Dryburgh 33 laps

G4
1 Speedworks Ginetta G50 Christian Dick / Jamie Stanley 33 laps
2 Prestige/ABG KTM X-Bow Benjamin Harvey / Rory Butcher 33 laps
3 Piranha Lotus 2-Eleven Chris Bialan / Simon Mason 33 laps
4 Century Ginetta G50 Nathan Freke / Vibe Smed 32 laps
5 Team Osborne Ginetta G50 Joe Osborne / Osman Yusuf 32 laps
6 ProMotorsport Nissan 350Z Rick Pearson / Derek Palmer 31 laps
Fastest lap Butcher 1m 46.441s / 91.04mph

Round 2 35 laps = 94.22 miles

Overall & GT3
1 MTECH Ferrari 430 Scud Duncan Cameron / Matt Griffin 1h 00m 35.430s
2 Rosso Verde Ferrari 430 Scud Hector Lester / Allan Simonsen +12.523s
3 Trackspeed Porsche 911 GT3R David Ashburn / Siso Cunill +16.928s
4 United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Zak Brown / Richard Dean +35.551s
5 United Autosports Audi R8 LMS Mike Guasch / Mark Patterson +52.557s
6 Chad Ferrari 430 Scud Paul Warren / Tom Ferrier +1m 13.480s
7 Predator CCTV Ferrari 430 Scud Phil Burton / Adam Wilcox 34 laps
8 Chad Ferrari 430 Scud Chris Hyman / Dan Brown 32 laps
Retired Chad Ferrari 430 Jose Balbiani / Juan Garriz 15 laps
Retired Preci-Spark Ascari David Jones / Godfrey Jones 6 laps
Retired Barwell-Cadena Aston DBRS9 Paul Whight / Michael Bentwood 0 laps
Did not start GT3 Racing Viper CC Craig Wilkins / Aaron Scott
Fastest lap Simonsen 1m 38.535s / 98.35mph

GT Cup
1 Kinfaun Porsche 911 Cup John Gaw / Phil Dryburgh 33 laps

G4
1 Prestige/ABG KTM X-Bow Benjamin Harvey / Rory Butcher 33 laps
2 Speedworks Ginetta G50 Christian Dick / Jamie Stanley 33 laps
3 Piranha Lotus 2-Eleven Chris Bialan / Simon Mason 32 laps
4 Team Osborne Ginetta G50 Joe Osborne / Osman Yusuf 32 laps
Retired Century Ginetta G50 Nathan Freke / Vibe Smed 8 laps
Retired ProMotorsport Nissan 350Z Rick Pearson / Derek Palmer 8 laps
Fastest lap Butcher 1m 46.499s / 90.99mph

[Col 666]

I'll be down on sunday trackside taking pics, should be good!
Knockhill's own Rory Butcher is in the X-Bow, he should go really well.

Edited by Col 666 on Wednesday 5th May 11:37

[S2red]

Wonder how many will make the LONG journey north

Grid was a wee bit depleted last year IIRC

BTW if you are up on the Saturday there are two 60min session for GT's

http://www.smrc-uk.com/season/timetables/SMRC_GT_T...

[a11y_m]

I'm intending being there on the Sunday. Was intending to go along to a driving meet instead, but I'm keen to see some action at KH and justify me buying a half-decent camera lens

[emicen]

2 Mini races on Saturday as well

Legends have 6 races over the weekend so a good card for them!

Hopefully I'll be racing and not watching. Late nights in the workshop all the way!

[a11y_m]

emicen said:

2 Mini races on Saturday as well

Legends have 6 races over the weekend so a good card for them!

Hopefully I'll be racing and not watching. Late nights in the workshop all the way!

Unfortunately I'm committed elsewhere on Sat otherwise I'd be tempted with both days. I'll keep an eye out for flying Mini's on Sunday though - I was at the NMS meet/showing of The Italian Job in Galashiels last year and still have strong memories of that video of Mini action shown beforehand, nutters the lot of you

[Tracksport Dave]

Was at Oulton for the opening two rounds and there were some great racing through out the field. As S2red said, a lot will depend on how many teams actually turn up. If the Speedworks G50 makes the trip north then there should be great battle between them and Rory Butchers X-Bow

[marshal_alan]

think the saving grace is that we have a full smrc programme as last year the GT's brought 10 cars and 10 in ginetta G20. actually debating whether to go flagging this weekend as I cant see any incidents coming from brit GT. okay thats the curse of the marshal on that one and as I am no longer veggie i should have some pork pies in my piecebox... again that should ensure some action

[Great Pretender]

Might pop over for a nosey

[athol]

Who's picking me up then Matt or do you all want me to drive?

gmail me

[Kays vRS]

I should be there on the Sunday, I've never been able to get to Knockhill on a GT weekend but this weekend's looking promising

[xr287]

I'll be there. Just need to resist the temptation to bankrupt myself by going racing again. Might be difficult after catching up with everyone and getting jealous though!

[Scotfox]

Will be there on Sunday with my son. Had a great time last year, especially my son. He was spoilt rotten by a lot of the drivers, What a great bunch !

[S2red]

marshal_alan said:

as I cant see any incidents coming from brit GT.

Aye right!

How many were parked in barrier over the weekend last year?

[emicen]

S2red said:

marshal_alan said:

as I cant see any incidents coming from brit GT.

Aye right!

How many were parked in barrier over the weekend last year?

I only came up on the Sunday last year. Only incident I can remember is someone in a GT3 spinning out at MacIntyres and another one collecting him up the backside.

[marshal_alan]

i had the mosler in the gravel at clarks, 1st live snatch under a safety car. there was nice on board footage of be running away as it came off at 100mph then me down on my hands and knees digging the gravel out

think it wil be a good weekend, emi I wouldnt worry too much about paddock space as they can use that bit of hardstanding at the back of the hairpin sheds also the large bit of gravel on the left before you go through the main gates. just hope no competitors pitch tents on the grass bit next to the karting as that si supposed to be marshals camping, if they do then STFU by 11pm, last year a squad of ginetta drivers deciced to party to 2am and were close to getting a clout. me and a mate got revenge by rattling our brewcans at 7am though

[Woza]

How much is entry?

Woza.

[Tracksport Dave]

£5 Saturday and £15 Sunday

[Lefty 200 Drams]

Col 666 said:

I'll be down on sunday trackside taking pics, should be good!
Knockhill's own Rory Butcher is in the X-Bow, he should go really well.

Edited by Col 666 on Wednesday 5th May 11:37

Rory's a nice chap, have had a few laps with him at KH and he's super smooth.

[RedBeeza]

Provisional GT entry list here: http://www.knockhill.com/events/documents/May_2010...

I'm going to go tomorrow seeing as it's only a fiver, not been to Knockhill for non-BTCC meets for a while. Haven't seen the GTs there since the days of the Saleens and the Lister! Might do Sunday too. Was at Silverstone watching the FIA GTs last weekend and the GT3 race was fairly action packed, hope this weekend's races are the same.