REPORT : DONINGTON PARK
Aurora Trophy thunder
Benn Simms tops the HF3 start
David Ogden in a Mini battle
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McLaren M8F after Calum Lockie ’ s March 717 was side-lined in both races . On Saturday , the March led to the end of the opening lap before a broken input shaft sent Lockie cruising to the pits .
On Sunday , Forward led from the front as Lockie started the March from the back of the grid and charged through to second before the front bodywork detached itself on the pit straight and forced him to retire .
The DSCC pack plunges down the Craner Curves
Best of the 2-litre cars on Saturday was John Burton ( Chevron B26 ) from Mark Richardson ( Lola T290 ) while Trevor Welsh ( Lola T492 ) raced hard to top the Sports 2000s . With Burton not starting Sunday ’ s race , Richardson led the chase of Forward once Lockie retired after 12 laps , with John Spiers ( Osella ) rounding out the podium . A fabulous Sports 2000 battle went all the way to the flag as Welsh drove like a demon to fend off Will Schryver and
Tim Jacobsen after many place changes . At the end of half an hour of racing , a third of a second covered the battling trio .
Cam Jackson was on target to add a third win in the Guards Trophy until the Lenham P70 he was sharing with his brother Dominik retired mid-race when third gear exploded and left Andy Newall with a clear lead in his Chevron B6 . Newall drove flat out all the way to the flag to ensure another victory from the B8 of Mark Colman .
Into third came father and son Westie and Sam Mitchell , who edged ahead of the Elva Mk7S of Nick Pancisi and Andy McMillan . In the GT contest John Spiers ( TVR Griffith ) was a clear winner over a fabulous battle of the Lotus Elans , which finally went to Andrew Haddon , but only after John Davison got delayed by a backmarker . Then , on the final lap , the Haddon car cut out and coasted over the line as Davison closed right in .
Michael Lyons blitzed the Aurora Trophy field in his F5000 Lola T400 despite the best efforts of Martin Stretton ( Formula 2 March 712 ) in Saturday ’ s first race . Lyons doubled up on Sunday as Paul Campfield ( Chevron B24 ) pipped the flying Martyn Donn ( Chevron B27 ) by half a second for the runner-up slot .
Two tremendous Historic Formula