MaX5 Racing at Mallory Park 2008

Bob Marsh - Last modified: 23rd Jul 2008

Race two (non championship): Conditions dry

The grid for the second race was determined by finishing position in the Championship race earlier in the day.

Whilst this was a non championship race Jonathan Halliwell was determined to better his second place in the earlier race and was away quickly leading into Gerrards but by the end of the lap was in third position behind winner Brett Walter and Paul Sheard with Tom Roche a very close fourth.

This race was proving to be much closer at the front than the previous race with less than two seconds between first and sixth place at the end of lap three and another close race for the minor places with 0.6 seconds between eighth and eleventh position.

Joachim Ritter moved purposely through the field to be in fourth place at the end of lap eight pushing Tom Roche all the way for third place.

The hard work that Tom Roche had done throughout the race came to an end on lap eleven when he pulled out of the race with an overheating engine, meanwhile the race for first place was getting tighter with Jonathan Halliwell and Paul Sheard now well away from third placed Brett Walter.

As the cars entered the final lap the race was led by Paul Sheard with Jonathan Halliwell in second and Brett Walter third.

Heading up towards the hairpin Jonathan Halliwell nipped past Paul Sheard and held the lead to the chequered flag to give him his first win of the season, Paul was second and Richard Breland third.

James Maxfield again had to work hard in his battle with Chris Lovett and Adam Robinson, loosing out on this occasion to Chris and finishing in thirteenth position.

Joachim Ritter could not match his fastest lap performance of the previous race and finished in seventh position, just ahead of Matt Robinson.

Result:

1 Jonathan Halliwell 13:46.849 Average speed 82.28 mph
2 Paul Sheard 13:47.570 Average speed 82.21 mph
3 Richard Breland 13:47.837 Average speed 82.18 mph
7 Joachim Ritter 13:50.151 Average speed 81.96 mph
13 James Maxfield 14:01.004 Average speed 80.90 mph
14 Paula Sheard 14:09.171 Average speed 80.12 mph

Jonathan Halliwell had the fastest lap of 57.632 with an average speed of 84.32 mph on lap 5.

The next two rounds of the championship will be at Anglesey on August 2/3.