Event Times

 

Event Report

OMS drivers claim top 3 places at Harewood

High track and air temperatures and a slightly dusty track following mud being carried on to the track at the April meeting impeded the drivers times at the Harewood May Open meeting on Saturday 10 May.  Airbus pilot trainer James Blackmore set the fastest time of the day with a 54.05 second run in his 1600cc OMS CF05 race car. 

Blackmore was 0.84 seconds clear of Melton Mowbray driver Dave Banner in his 1100cc OMS 2000, who just pipped Bradley’s John Chacksfield in a similar OMS by 0.02 seconds, completing an OMS one-two-three.  OMS race cars took seven of the top 10 places.

2007 Harewood Champion Karl Jackson won the large capacity saloon car class and in the process extended his lead in the Harrogate Audi Championship.  Competition in the under 2 litre saloon car class was intense with the top six drivers separated by less than a second.  Nottingham driver David Marshall took the win from Arthington’s James Kerr, both in Peugeot 205 GTis ahead of Bradford’s David Sturdy in the supercharged VW Polo.  Marshall consolidated his second place in the Harrogate Audi Championship and Kerr moved up to third after Henry Moorhouse had one of his characteristic excursions in the Westfield.

Rochdale driver Andrew Henson took his Formula Ford Swift to a clear win over Frazer Graham’s Van Diemen, just a second shy of the class record.  Whist York driver Terry Everall was under half a second off the 1400 to 2000cc modified production car record and over two and a half seconds clear of the second placed driver.

Fastest Times of the Day

James Blackmore, OMS CF05 , 54.05
Dave Banner, OMS 2000M, 54.89
John Chacksfield, OMS 2000M, 54.91

Class wins

 Martin Rowe, Peugeot 106, 69.37
David Marshall, Peugeot 205, 67.97
Karl Jackson, Mitsubishi EVO, 63.63
John Loudon, Westfield, 64.77
Simon Green, Westfield, 63.47
Bobby Fryers, Lotus Elise, 64.61
Andrew Henson, Swift, 62.02
Tony Brumfield, Sylva Striker, 60.48
Terry Everall, Westfield, 58.72
Gary Bunn, Westfield, 62.49
Les Procter, OMS SC4CF
Peter Hayter, Westfield, 60.34
Dave Banner, OMS 2000M, 54.89
James Blackmore, OMS CF05, 54.05
Tim Elmer, Dallara F399, 54.94
Sandra Tomlin, Pilbeam MP72, 56.62