Race Results 2001

Stafford Landrover Super Coupe Cup (group 2)

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Round 5 - 12 May 2001 Croft
Pos	Cl	Driver	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	MPH
1	H	Dennis Bunning	Honda CRX	21:45.160	13		76.27
2	H	Vince Pain	Honda CRX	21:47.320	13	2.16	76.14
3	R	Robb Addison	Rover 216 Gti	22:01.750	13	16.59	75.31
4	P	Nick Howell	Proton Coupe	22:02.100	13	16.94	75.29
5	R	Nick Reynolds	Rover 216 Gti	22:08.680	13	23.52	74.92
6	R	Kelsey Kerridge	Rover 216 Gti	22:33.340	13	48.18	73.55
7	R	Colin Ward	Rover 216 Gti	22:36.750	13	51.59	73.37
8	R	Martin Ward	Rover 216 Gti	22:37.490	13	52.33	73.33
9	P	Graham Burton	Proton Coupe	22:38.120	13	52.96	73.30
10	R	Philip Latchford	Rover 216 Gti	22:42.250	13	57.09	73.07
11	R	Danny Mills	Rover 216 Gti	22:51.560	13	66.40	72.58
12	R	Oliver Babington	Rover 216 Gti	22:53.600	13	68.44	72.47
13	R	Andy Setterfield	Rover 216 Gti	23:09.220	13	84.06	71.65
14	C	Tony Rivers	Renault 5 GT Turbo	23:10.380	13	85.22	71.59
15	P	Steve Marsden	Proton Coupe	22:26.410	12	1 Lap	68.25
16	R	Duncan Anderson	Rover 216 Gti	22:58.770	12	1 Lap	66.64
Not Classified
Pos	Cl	Driver	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	MPH
	C	Andrew George	Renault 5 GT Turbo
	C	Steven C Meli	Renault Clio
	H	Ian Mitchell	Honda CRX
	C	Dan Crossley	VW Polo G40
	C	James Wolstanholm	Renault 5 GT Turbo
	R	Richard Bayston	Rover 216 Gti
Fastest Lap
Pos	Cl	Driver	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	MPH
	H	Dennis Bunning	Honda CRX	1:39.380			77.05
	R	Robb Addison	Rover 216 Gti	1:40.570			76.14
	P	Nick Howell	Proton Coupe	1:40.350			76.30
	C	Tony Rivers	Renault 5 GT Turbo	1:43.280			74.14
Next Race 13 May 2001 - Round 6 Below:-

Round 6 - 13 May 2001 Croft
Pos	Cl	Driver	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	MPH
1	H	Vince Pain	Honda CRX	21:53.090	13		75.81
2	R	Robb Addison	Rover 216 Gti	21:55.650	13	2.56	75.66
3	R	Nick Reynolds	Rover 216 Gti	21:56.370	13	3.28	75.62
4	H	Dennis Bunning	Honda CRX	22:02.130	13	9.04	75.29
5	R	Martin Ward	Rover 216 Gti	22:13.470	13	20.38	74.65
6	C	Steven C Meli	Renault Clio	22:20.130	13	27.04	74.28
7	R	Colin Ward	Rover 216 Gti	22:23.950	13	30.86	74.07
8	P	Graham Burton	Proton Coupe	22:24.150	13	31.06	74.06
9	C	Tony Rivers	Renault 5 GT Turbo	22:33.550	13	40.46	73.54
10	R	Philip Latchford	Rover 216 Gti	22:34.420	13	41.33	73.50
11	R	Danny Mills	Rover 216 Gti	22:42.240	13	49.15	73.07
12	R	Andy Setterfield	Rover 216 Gti	22:45.200	13	52.11	72.92
13	C	Andrew George	Renault 5 GT Turbo	22:50.770	13	57.68	72.62
14	P	Steve Marsden	Proton Coupe	23:15.820	13	82.73	71.32
15	P	Nick Howell	Proton Coupe	23:00.910	10	3 Laps	55.45
Not Classified
Pos	Cl	Driver	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	MPH
	R	Duncan Anderson	Rover 216 Gti
	R	Oliver Babington	Rover 216 Gti
	C	Dan Crossley	VW Polo G40
	H	Ian Mitchell	Honda CRX
	R	Kelsey Kerridge	Rover 216 Gti
	C	James Wolstanholm	Renault 5 GT Turbo
	R	Richard Bayston	Rover 216 Gti
Fastest Lap
Pos	Cl	Driver	Car	Time	Laps	Gap	MPH
	H	Dennis Bunning	Honda CRX	1:38.900			77.42
	R	Nick Reynolds	Rover 216 Gti	1:40.390			76.27
	C	Steven C Meli	Renault Clio	1:41.310			75.58
	P	Graham Burton	Proton Coupe	1:42.060			75.03
Next Race 27 May 2001 - Mallory Park

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Rounds 5 and 6 Croft - 12/13 May 2001

Round 5

With this one being a double header, it was vital for a good clean first race. As the cars set out for practice, Robb was feeling the pressure being one of a few drivers who didn't test on Friday. He knew it was going to be tough.

With Nick Reynolds betting £5 with Robb's team mate, Danny Mills, that Robb wouldn't be on pole for the Rovers, Robb did exactly that, breaking Nick by about three tenths of a second, and Danny was a close 3rd and £5 richer! Robb was 4th overall and for the race went straight into 3rd, ahead of Nick Howell's Proton Coupe.

Nick Reynolds was demoted to 3rd in the Rovers when Danny Mills took him on the first lap only to crash into the tyre wall on the following lap with a brake problem. This left Robb 3rd, behind to two familiar Hondas, but with Nick Howell's Proton on his bumper. Considering that they were in different classes and both leading them, they were having a ding dong battle trading paint a few times, but on the last lap, the Proton grabbed the lead. However, at the next corner Robb saw the complete side of the Proton after a huge moment, they went through side by side with Nick's Proton just ahead. The Proton ran out of brakes on the next left hand bend, allowing Robb to slot back through to claim 3rd overall. An excellent race with very clean entertaining driving, the Proton only a quarter of a second behind at the flag.

Nick Reynolds was a lonely 5th overall, and 2nd in class whilst Danny's recovery drive got him to 6th in class. Another fastest lap for Robb gave him still at 100% record.

Round 6

With all day in the sun to prepare the cars for the second race on the Sunday, Robb was looking forward to the race. As the cars set off Robb made another good start. Nick Reynolds managed to squeeze in behind Robb and as they went out the back, Robb made a move on 2nd place overall Vince Pain, they both touched but at the next corner whilst Vince and Robb were side by side, Nick came down the inside which pushed Robb back onto Vince. The three were locked together banging panels eventually coming apart before the next corner allowing everyone behind to come past which created a huge roll for Kelsey Kerridge in his Rover after making contact with Nick Howell's Proton. The race was red flagged and both drivers emerged, fortunately, unscathed.

Robb's car had problems with a split radiator and damaged panels. Mechanics rushed to get the car ready for the re-start. With a 20 minute race, it looked unlikely the radiator would hold out. As they left the grid for the re-start, it would come to be clear that Robb and Nick Reynolds would have another usual ding dong as they did at Oulton Park, with Nick trying to get past Robb and a couple of times through him. They scrapped for the full 20 minutes, Robb's car holding out until the last few laps where it got extremely hot and clearly was losing power but as they crossed the line, nose to tail, it was Robb who took his 6th straight win of the year. Nick had to settle for 2nd again, but managed to beat Robb to the fastest lap by just under one tenth of a second. Vince Pain won overall, despite all his damage, just over 2 seconds clear of Robb and Nick. A good weekend's racing. Now with a two week break to repair the cars before the next race over May Bank Holiday.

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