This in from John Dutch on behalf of the Isle of Wight Car Club. Ed
This was to be the third unsealed surface (USS) meeting of the 2013 campaign and with the weather being blistering hot all week it was set to be dusty and with little wind to clear the dust it left the potential of driving into your own dust making vision at times limited, but this was not to put off the hardy competitors of the Isle of Wight Car Club.
Taylor setting the pace
First to set the pace was Darren Taylor (pictured above) in his Mazda 323 (known in the club as the king of Knighton) but hard on his heals was Neil Glasbey and then John Dutch, Terry Steel, Steve Brett and then Ryan Munt.
As the day moved on Darren Taylor was setting better and better times, not to be left out Neil Glasbey, Dan Morgan, Ryan Munt were also coming on strong.
John Dutch was doing his best to hang onto the leaders. After the first three runs it looked like Darren Taylor was on for another win at Knighton but Ryan Munt had his own plan and put in a stunning time of 78:34 seconds, closely followed by Dan Morgan on a 78:41 seconds.
Outstanding driving
Then on the sixth and final run Dan Morgan set a time of 77:38 seconds, which pushed Darren Taylor into second place with his time of 77:39 seconds, with Ryan Munt on a 78:34 seconds having to settle for third place overall this time. He was followed by Neil Glasbey on a 79:43 seconds and then John Dutch on a 79:74 seconds.
Not only was Dan Morgan and Darren Taylor one 100th of a second apart but a full second ahead of Ryan Munt in third place. Outstanding driving from both Dan Morgan and Darren Taylor.
OVERALL POSITION
1st Dan Morgan on 77:38 sec
2nd Darren Taylor on 77:39 sec
3rd Ryan Munt on 78:34 sec
4th Neil Glasbey on 79:43 sec
5th John Dutch on 79:74 sec
6th Brian Robbins on 81:15 sec
Fastest Ladies of the Day
1st Vicky Cox
2nd Linda Burt
3rd Marion Saunders
4th Jill Williams
Class 1
1st No entries this time
Class 2
1st Dean Long
2nd Daryl Turner
3rd Tony Long
Class 3
1st Steve Brett
2nd Brad Cullen
3rd Marion Saunders
Class 4
1st Dan Morgan
2nd Ryan Munt
3rd Neil Glasbey
4th Brian Robbins
5th James Robbins
Class 5
1st Darren Taylor
2nd John Dutch
3rd Terry Steele
4th Chris Wilson
5th Andy Williams
NEXT MEETING
Round 8 to be held on Charity Day at NORTHWOOD SHOW GROUND on Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th of August
Please check out club Website for more details
Image: © Used with permission of Allan Marsh
