REVIEW : CLASSIC CLUBMANS
Class A champion Mark Charteris
A season of building
Classic Clubmans marked 23 years of racing with the HSCC in 2021 . A tricky Covid affected season was marked by a reduced programme of three double headers and one single race . Mike Sales reports .
The season started at Snetterton 300 with 16 entries . Mark Charteris took pole and won race one by a comfortable margin from Clive Wood in the works Mallock hire car , third was Spencer McCarthy having a welcome outing in Peter Garton ’ s immaculate Mallock . B Class polesitter Tommy Eustace won from Steve Littler and the returning Paul Marshall . In race two early season teething troubles affected the results with 2020 champion Adrian Holey winning A Class ahead of Mike Lane . Tom Muirhead gave us a glimpse of his speed and reliability by winning B Class from Paul Marshall and Mike Sales , who ’ s Phantom P79 was the only non-Mallock to race this year .
Cadwell Park again showed Mark Charteris was unstoppable in his Mallock Mk21 , the F2 March racer winning both races . Mike Lane had an excellent second and third . B Class provided another win for ex-biker Tommy Eustace , and it was great to see Steve Littler take his first class win in race two in his Mallock Mk . 18B . Tom Muirhead did well to finish second and third on his first visit to Cadwell .
An opportunity arose to race at Brands Hatch Indy on the Friday of the Super Prix meeting , sadly several drivers work commitments reduced our grid size . Mark won again ahead of the dicing John Harrison and McCarthy . Muirhead took a superb class win with Littler and Dave Facer close behind .
After a ten-year gap we returned to Mallory Park for the last meeting . It was our smallest grid of the season but featuring some exciting racing . The three A Class cars looked very impressive at speed through Gerrards . Both races were won by Charteris from the hard pushing Harrison , who led the second race for a few laps in his beautifully presented Mallock Mk21 .
Class B was dominated by Facer ( Mallock Mk16 ) with two wins , two poles and two fastest laps but he really had to work hard . Muirhead scored two seconds , pushing Facer all the way . Littler battled with Paul Marshall and Brian Hunter to snatch two third places . Mark Charteris won the A Class championship for the 11th . time , a really amazing effort . Always super competitive he now continues to impress in the F2 championship . The
Class B champion Tom Muirhead
Class B action at Mallory
“ Mark Charteris was unstoppable in his Mallock Mk21 ”
surprise of the season has to be young Muirhead who won the B Class championship at his first attempt in his father John ’ s Mallock Mk18 , However , a racing Formula is not only defined by its Champions , but all the other drivers that compete . Colin Ralph continues to impress in his Mallock Mk16 and Chas Jones was a very competitive fourth at Brands in his Mk20 / 21 . Brands also saw a welcome return of Roy Bing after a lengthy break and Scott Goodfellow in his early Class C Mallock Mk6B . Other B class drivers include Jeremy Banks , David Bain driving a Mallock Mk11 , Chris Tolchard and Roger Watton in his rare Mallock Mk15 De Dion . Huge thanks again to Andy , Alan and the HSCC team whose hard work made the season happen in the most challenging of circumstances .
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