GT: TVR 1 & 2 at Combe
Works cars enjoy success just one week after Le Mans
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Works TVR drivers Michael Caine and Richard Hay won at Castle Combe last weekend with team mates Richard Stanton and Rob Barff following through in second place.
The sixth round of the 2003 British GT Championship at Castle Combe proved to be one of the most confusing to date. A long safety car period was terminated by a red flag after Graeme Mundy's T400R came off and got wedged into the armco (he was unhurt).
The race was restarted with some sort of aggregate timing thing going on which left everyone in the large crowd in a state of confusion. Martin Short rejoined the race in his Mosler a lap down from the leading cars and was even shown the chequered flag first, adding to the confusion. He did in fact finish 3rd.
The early stages of the race proved very exciting though. The lead Moslers were pursued by the De Walt TVRs, the Eclipse TVR, Peninsula TVR and the CDL TVR. It was one hell of a sight.
Whilst Short managed to bring home his Mosler in third the Balfe Mosler suffered damage early in the race when it came together with the Rollcentre car and was forced to retire. Not happy!
GT Cup
In the GT Cup category there was a straightforward win for Pearce and Griffin as regular rival Neil Cunningham (sharing this weekend with Paula Cook) retired the Richard Thorne Morgan Aero 8. “It was a bit of a messy race,” said Griffin. “When I went out for my run I didn’t know exactly where we were so I just pushed as hard as I could and put in consistent times.”
Team mates Nick Staveley and Steve Moore were second while father-and-son duo Marc and Patrick Charlton came home in third in their Elise. “We didn’t expect this at all – we couldn’t be more blown away!” said a delighted Marc before pledging to return for a future race.
Link: Results
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