ORCi Saloon Stock Car Championship
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A fine showing of 28 drivers headed west for the English Championship.
Racing to a two from three format, there were heat wins for 490 Ian Jarman, 176 Murray Jones and 720 Shane Brown.
A coin toss was needed to determine who would earn pole, and that went in favour of Jones, who had Brown for company on the front row.
The action that followed was little short of stupendous as drivers battled tigerishly for the English title.
Jones and Brown swapped the lead repeatedly, until Jones sent Brown spiralling up the pits bend fence in a most spectacular incident.
With Jones delayed, 499 David Aldous took the lead, but he was overhauled by 186 Todd Jones. Into the closing stages, defending Champion 511 Craig Barnett closed on Todd Jones, and seemed perfectly placed to challenge and retain the title. Barnett left it until the final bend, but his shove on Jones was a little under strength. Jones held on, and as the two raced side by side for the line, it was Jones who got there first by the most slender of margins.
Thus, Todd Jones became English Champion, just thirteen months after making his debut in the Saloon Stock Car formula. The race had been truly outstanding, and most befitting of an event of such importance.
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