Round 2 Knighton sandpit report

Round 2 Knighton sandpit

Round 2 was the first unsealed event of the year and what a day we had. With 24 drivers in attendance, Knighton is a very popular venue as it’s alway fun to watch and take part – whatever the weather.

Robbie cooper took the reins as Clerk of the course, this role includes many duties that include designing and setting the course. Knighton one of the favourites within the club thanks to the different surfaces and terrainan also puts drivers skills to the test.

Class winners –

Class 1 – With 9 competitors in this class and a range to cars this is a very popular and accessible class -Dave Leppard took class honours in his Seat Arosa which he was sharing with brogan mccullough.

Class 2 – Jacques Ridett with improving times throughout the day and with a final time of 95.82 took 1st in class 2 in this Toyota Corolla which he shared with his dad.

Class 3 – Darren Phillips and Rob Highmore were sharing their Ford KA and were in competition with father and son Gary Staff and Steve Staff in their Micra.
Darren not only took the class 3 win 0.3 seconds ahead of Rob Highmore and finished 3rd place overall.

Class 4 – Wayne Hole dominated the competition this weekend, achieving a double victory! With a 86.95, not only did Wayne win the overall event but he also secured the coveted 1st place position in his class behind the wheel of his trusty Ford Focus.

Also in class 4 Shane parry came 2rd overall in his Ford puma with a time of 87.8.

Fastest lady of the day – Louise wren with a time of 91.48 in her trusty Ford puma.

Fastest junior – Alfie forment
Alfie Forment in is Ford fiesta took fastest junior With a 104.29. He also shares this car with his dad and they have been competing together since last year.

Class 5 – Martin Goddard
Martin Goddard got off to a rocky start with his special but throughout the day he found the grip he needed to take 1st in class with a time of 96.74.

Well done to everyone who took part and we would like you to thank everyone who helped on Sunday with setting up and packing away.

As always thank you to pro-tek for sponsoring the podium and to our new sponsor’s.

2024 sponsorships

here is this years sponsors which we have a very wide range of sponsors from a clothing brand to auto cleaning and many more check out there Facebook pages and websites. To take full advantage of your memberships please present your digital membership to receive your discount.

Print

Round 1 report

The first round of the IOWCC sealed surface Autotest calendar was held at BAE car park in Cowes.

This popular venue and is great for spectators even though it was very cold.

Robbie cooper took the reins as Clerk of the course, this role includes many duties, including designing and setting the course. The course robbie design of the course was set out to challenge our drivers with 360s a chicane and much more.

Class 1 is for unmodified cars under 1400cc – Jamie duff in the Citroen c2 started the day off with a time of 75.15 and by the end of the day came 1st in this class with an impressive 69.91.

Class 2 is for unmodified cars over 1400cc –  Wayne Hole in his Mazda mx5 took 1st place in his class and 3rd place over all.

Class 3 is for modified cars under 1400cc –Steve staff in his Nissan mirca took first place in class with a 66.4.

Class 4 is for modified cars over 1400cc-John cooper in his Audi tts came first in his class with a time of 64.51,he also came 2rd overall. We look forward to seeing him at the sprint in this impressive car.

Fastest youth of the day was Kara duff one of our new members for 2024. In the Citroen c2 with her best time being 75.08.
Club members can drive as young as 14 years old

Class 5 is for heavily modified cars, limited production cars and specials such as Martin Goddard’s single seater special. Ryan munt in his locost took 1st in this class and 1st overall. With an impressive 61.63.

Fastest lady of the day was Courtney Mullen in the Ford puma with an amazing time of 68.95.

Well done to everyone who won.
We would like you to thank everyone who helped on Sunday with setting up and packing away.

As always thank you to pro-tek for sponsoring the podium and to our new sponsor’s which the will be another write-up on and what benefits are open to the club members