One 100^th of a second splits Dan Morgan and Darren Taylor

The closest finish ever 

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.

First to set the pace was Darren Taylor 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 . Then on the 6^th 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 3^rd 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 100^th of a second apart but a full second ahead of Ryan Munt in 3^rd place .

Outstanding driving from both Dan Morgan and Darren Taylor

OVERALL POSITION

1^st  Dan Morgan on 77:38 sec

2^nd  Darren Taylor on 77:39 sec

3^rd  Ryan Munt on 78:34 sec

4^th Neil Glasbey on 79:43 sec

5^th  John Dutch on 79:74 sec

6^th Brian Robbins on 81:15 sec

Fastest LADIES of the Day

1^st Vicky Cox

2^nd  Linda Burt

3^rd  Marion Saunders

4^th  Jill Williams

class 1

1^st  No entries this time

class  2

1^st  Dean Long

2^nd  Daryl Turner

3^rd  Tony Long

class 3

1^st  Steve Brett

2^nd  Brad Cullen

3^rd  Marion Saunders

class 4

1^st  Dan Morgan

2^nd  Ryan Munt

3^rd  Neil Glasbey

4^th  Brian Robbins

5^th  James Robbins

class 5

1^st  Darren Taylor

2^nd  John Dutch

3^rd  Terry Steele

4^th  Chris Wilson

5^th  Andy Williams

 NEXT MEETING   Charity Day at NORTHWOOD SHOW GROUND  on Saturday 10^th and Sunday 11^th of  August

Pictures by Allan Marsh

Write up by John Dutch