Thanks to John for this latest write up from the Isle of Wight Car Club. In his own words. Ed
It was most likely that the best times were going to be achieved in the first two or three runs if the rain was to arrive at midday and arrive it did.
First to set the pace was two new day members Chris Bloomfield and Kevin Dance in their purpose-built off-road buggy and they were eight seconds ahead of the following bunch of drivers of Andy Williams, Dan Morgan, John Dutch and Marion Saunders.
By Run 3 and still no rain it was John Dutch setting the pace for the men and Marion Saunders for the Women in their classic Minis, both seemed to be in their element in the wet and slippery conditions.
Good day for the ladies
The women drivers were having a good day as not only Marion was doing well but Jemma Western was also putting in some outstanding drives, both achieving their best results this year, sixth overall and eighth overall respectively.
By Run 4 the rain arrived and the course was turned into a mud bath and like driving on ice, making it almost impossible for any one to push John Dutch off the top of the leaderboard and that turned out to be the case and giving John his first win of the 2013 campaign and securing him the class 5 championship title.
Congratulations to John on a great drive and his win
Overall position
1st John Dutch
2nd Chris Bloomfield
3rd Kevin Dance
4th Wayne Hole
5th Dan Morgan
6th Marion Saunders
7th Andy Williams
8th Jemma Western
Fastest Ladies of the Day
1st Marion Saunders
2nd Jemma Western
3rd Linda Burt
4th Jill Williams
Class 1
No entries this time
Class 2
1st Tony Long
2nd Dean Long
Class 3
1st Wayne Hole
2nd Marion Saunders
3rd Jemma Western
4th Steve Brett
5th Dominic Clements
Class 4
1st Dan Morgan
2nd Steve Stotesbury
3rd Russel Hector
4th Danny Grist
5th Linda Burt
Class 5
1st John Dutch
2nd Chris Bloomfield
3rd Kevin Dance
4th Andy Williams
5th Callum Steele
6th Matthew Price
7th Terry Steele
8th Toby Allen
9th Jill Williams
For more information see the Club Website www.iowcc.co.uk
Image: © used with permission of Allan Marsh
