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00:00in 2020 so this was the highlights from yesterday and you can see the Mustang look how quickly off
00:09the line that Romain Dumas was on the grass and possibly if he didn't go on the grass could have
00:14maybe snuck past Jake Hill in the fourth Capri but excellent clean racing and this was the that
00:20battle in the early laps between Jake and Andy Frio yeah this was a wonderful fight going on
00:25between the two of them Andy Frio managing to try and squeeze past Jake Hill they were side as we
00:32see another one of our Chevy's that's Andrew Smith he's down in sixth place at the moment he has set
00:40their personal best in the first and we've got the 53 Ben that's had a spin 11 Richard mines that is
00:49who's just pulled off let's just have a little look it was there any connect me a tickle that was on the
00:56grass wasn't it tickled the edge of the grass and just lost the rear Alice lock or bit of damage to
01:03the back of the Ford Capri for Alice and oh yeah I wonder I mean it thankfully it hit fairly square
01:11on yeah so it may except this time yesterday with the pro drivers on the grid so very impressive
01:20however watch out for Fred Shepard yes of anybody in that little sector looks like he's got a bit of
01:26traffic that he's just moved out the way through the final chicane a personal best as well then in the
01:32first sector you see that little purple square that shows you that the second sector of this lap is the
01:38quickest so far but is it going to be fast enough to take the pole position no he goes quicker but
01:43it stays 0.4 of a second away from James Thorpe I think we're going to be in for a wonderful battle
01:48between those two he's in the Ford Mustang Fred Shepard and he's going to be up against the Chevy Camaro
01:54of James Thorpe so the two P8 powered American cars with sheer horsepower but they're also well-balanced
02:03cars currently in third place and it looks like he's probably going to stay that way is Andrew Smith
02:09in another of the Camaros I think he's backed off as well so that'll be it because time is up so he'll
02:15catch the chequered flag next time round just having a little look the number eight of Whittaker's making
02:20a slight improvement there's a bit of a traffic jam at the at the final corner I think it is are you I
02:26think you're right there Mike Whittaker senior as it were it's going to be the fastest of the Capris by the
02:31looks of things apparently in that fifth place but out on track every driver is a member of one or
02:38one of the four and so whatever results you get in the race you get a win you get 10 times the
02:46Formula One number of points you get 250 points for a win for your for your house so it's pretty
02:52important and of course actually the captains they get double points don't they they do they certainly
02:56do we've got several of our captains well all of our captains racing here this weekend so uh look
03:01out for them but as you said plenty of activities for you in the stands and on track side to to enjoy
03:08to to help your house uh uh points and boost boost your chances of becoming the the top house so we're
03:15now into qualifying for the Salvadori cup this will be the final race of the day with some absolutely
03:21gorgeous cars we've got open cockpit prototypes from the likes of Lister Lotus number 88 car uh in
03:28his Lister Jaguar so that's lovely to see you're watching Andy Wallace uh coming through number six
03:33we heard from him earlier on he's in another of the d-types the long nose d-type and uh this was uh a
03:41long winning car driven by Mike Hawthorne and Ivor the uh the d-type long nose and has also won plenty of
03:49classics and he's actually had victories with this car before and it's lovely to see him back out of it
03:54yeah he's cleared a little bit of traffic we've got some smoke by the looks of it from one of the cars
03:59uh behind couldn't quite catch the number of it so uh hopefully that uh rectifies himself but uh yeah
04:06and he should be a driver to to watch James Thorpe so he's uh he's swapped over from the previous
04:13session jumping into uh the Salvadori cup we obviously just saw him in the Gordon Spice uh he's
04:20running in third place so quickly adapting to his machinery we've got a spinner is that the 20 is that
04:2625 29 it's bonamy yeah it's bonamy grimes who is uh has set the outright pace but he's actually just
04:33lost it so uh thankfully no damage done and he's able to get back on so that was well sorted but obviously
04:39he's still trying very hard let's have a look at how it went wrong well we couldn't quite see that
04:43the beginning of it could we yeah he was he overtaking the the 88 from spears um possibly uh the one of the
04:53jaguar constants that actually that finished second in the sussex trophy last year but he's back
04:59going again is one of me he's uh not being threatened at the top of the times at the moment
05:05no one in the top five is setting any uh personal best sectors having a little sketchy part heads into
05:12the final chicane is he going to have to go down the inside no thinks better of it but a fantastic racer
05:20uh just keen all-around motorsport fan uh it also joins us often uh uh in property lots commentating on formula one as well
05:28he's looking to get to the grass to try and get a bit of clear air as the the clock's ticking down
05:34four and a half minutes left uh of the session uh but alex really uh hanging the rear of the of the number seven
05:40right by himself but uh yeah and he should be a driver to to watch james thorpe so he's uh he's swapped over from the
05:49previous session jumping into uh the salvadori cup we obviously just saw him in the gordon spice
05:55uh he's running in third place so quickly adapting to his new machinery we've got a spinner is that the
06:0220 is that 25 29 it's bonobie yeah it's bonobie grimes who is uh has set the outright pace but he's
06:08actually just lost it so uh thankfully no damage done and he's able to get back on so that was well
06:14sorted but obviously still trying very hard let's have a look at this and how it went wrong well we
06:18couldn't quite see that at the beginning of it could we yeah he was obviously overtaking the
06:23the 88 don spears um possibly uh the 88 i mentioned him he's uh in his well he's 74 i think this year
06:33lots of wins here and the path of various cars he has a wonderful collection of historic racing cars
06:39and he's been very busy yeah it's a fourth place so actually we're seeing some personal bets
06:44starting to come in now another fastest lap and on the board we've got 17 17 that's south as
06:51safe assam who's uh gone off i hope he hasn't done any damage to the list of jaguar nobly and he just
06:58said actually pretty decent first and middle sector so he would have definitely moved up the order
07:03with that lap time but obviously just over pushed heading into the tricky we could call it a combination
07:09of braking and turning so it's uh it's a handful in a modern day car let alone a historic car but
07:17interesting when it's in the lotus climax fastest of anyone in that middle sector then yeah that is
07:22interesting although grimes also just done a better lap doesn't he that his last lap is
07:27lucky if possible oh now we've got a heavy contact with the wall oh that's a shame simon ham has gone
07:33off with the list of jaguar it costs off and he's done quite a lot of damage to the front end of that
07:39that is so sad to see and uh simon i think hopefully okay we've got another car off as well number seven
07:45gary pearson pulling onto the side of the road oh i hope that's okay he's looking reasonably settled it looks as
07:52as though that's a more of a mechanical problem let's have a look at this again alice so lost it
07:57early on that looks like it turned one of madrix and then heavy front in and that's oh yeah that's
08:02damaged the the front right um marshall checking him over shake of the head huge disappointment
08:09so late on in the session as well just a surprise there's many improvements now i'm just looking out
08:14of the commentary box window double wave yellows 30 seconds of the session remaining oh that is uh yeah
08:21that is harsh i do feel that you're still looking at the car that has basically taken pole position
08:27here fastest lap so far the checker flag is just about to come out so i'm not seeing any faster
08:34sector times at the moment i think there are a few further down but i think this is definitely going
08:39to be the pole position green flag lap and we'll run you down the grid there's green flag being waved on
08:44the left hand left hand side of your screen and hopefully everyone will get away cleanly but it's the
08:48next time they make the standing start but it's all going to have uh the biggest effect on the
08:53outcome of this race it's going to be a 20 minute race and it's great to have this amazing array of
08:58tiny little racing cars but uh they really were fantastic in period and uh certainly with lots of
09:03different mates as well just crossing britannia down through the pack the cooper which was looking
09:07to go up the inside coming into forward water and merlin sweeps right there into saint mary's
09:12hard at most moment and gets the lead and pulls away well this is the merlin race for so many years
09:19in the historic sea by the late dennis welsh and he would have been proud of that move and poor alex
09:23ames didn't know which way to look a car attacking from either side but the the pace of that merlin the
09:29bravado entering the first part of st mary's was fantastic bear in mind captain grant started seventh on the
09:34great road three he's had a fantastic race so far well that was that was a lot of very very clear
09:39thinking from that the merlin that was able to find its way around the outside coming through forward
09:45i mean bravery to do this at this part of the racetrack at the speed these cars are traveling
09:50you the road's falling away from you you've got to turn right to get into the first part of st
09:54marriage which he did and once he had done so but rich is trying to hang on in fourth place but now here
09:59comes a move from sam wilson remember he doesn't really bother with braking very much and into the
10:03league he sweeps yeah carried a little bit more speed on the exit of magic which gave him the benefit
10:07his exit was so good he may be able to have the momentum to take the lead but look sam wilson said
10:11tell you what i'll grab that inside line can no cannot grant going to the inside line it chops it's
10:15changes it's one of tuna race absolutely par excellence it's absolutely brilliant racing and that was
10:20really an illustration of alexander ames was able to read what was happening going into the chicane
10:26and didn't try to drive into the mess he sat back momentarily then got the drive off the chicane
10:30got ahead of the maryland now the maryland has regained that advantage going into into magic and
10:35trying to come back at the battle for the lead between sam wilson who's now got one car
10:40seems to have a different race car he seems to just find space where others don't quite go for it
10:44no surely there's not enough space there no wise head one lap still to come you see the clock will
10:48almost count down but we'll get on to one further lap but watch callum grant now in the slipstream of the
10:54bravo will he be brave enough to make a move down the inside into place to magic the corner he's made
10:59the man on the front left yes he did go a little bit early yeah you can sort of see why he's ended
11:04up with a penalty that's in the way on a beautiful bike and fair play to dan he rode superbly um
11:12and a wheelie showing off isn't he it's brilliant yeah thanks james it's been really great to enjoy that
11:17and well today and uh pori car with uh nearly 60 cars competing there were 30 plus cars the gt world
11:23challenge asia at sepang we've got these ones that are now classed as historics it seems bizarre
11:28especially looking at an audi r8 that is one of the early early r8 lms's but we continue and as ed
11:34pointed out they've sold 130 gt3 uh audi r8 lms is a massive success for a manufacturer well but these
11:42are but multiple titles he achieved in world tory car championship what can he do in this z4 gt3 great
11:47great sounding car v8 rumble but hasn't got pace to actually down in fifth place no he isn't he's up to
11:52third place one minute 15.1 seconds nine tenths down so still a mountain to climb if he's going to win
11:57this shootout the clock's counting down 30 seconds remain until the checkered flag will fall so if
12:02anybody's going for another time it's this lap i will tell you who's going for time frank stippler going
12:06fastest still in that chevrolet camaro well andrew jordan has just eclipsed him he's gone quick as
12:12by for 23 thousandths of a second so it's american detroit engines chevrolet chevrolet first and second
12:20yeah but i'm just getting to see could he be toppled by uh frank stipper in fact will jordan do
12:25consecutive laps he did a fast one a very slow one then another possible frank stippler crosses the line
12:29and now he's done three laps within a third of a second all in the full one minute fourteenth
12:33but he's been eclipsed by andrew jordan who is an absolute circuit expert here as well knowing
12:39doob a two-time winner of the sfn trophy race the green flag waved at the back of the bid orders clear
12:43the union club a very quick uh drop of the flag and again mark walker slow off the front oh dear the
12:48foxhole from the outside of the front row has not got going bad luck for rob hobart hand in the air
12:53everyone avoids him but again another trademark poor start uh from mark walkings down your night think
12:58sixth position areas the white helping with the red stripe on top and the number 10
13:01he'll be so rapid at the start of the first attempt let's solve goes around the outside so
13:05the chase commences into the league goes julian majoub into second place ben suddenly looked in the
13:10mirror going oh my lord this really is going to be close he's going to be this is woodcut we've seen
13:17this a blast out from the chicane this could be this could be on the line well we've seen this again and
13:24again there we are no chance you could ever ever catch him we know 15 seconds between the ground he
13:32rotates and he's dropped it coming out of the and uh well he's he's hit the tire wall he's bounced back
13:41from that he's already out checking his car but the chase was on the chase is over so that's a huge
13:47relief because obviously you you do exit these cars and the uh tire wall has done precisely what is required
13:54uh to abate the pace but you know julian it was just never say uh die that attack at the end he had
14:00the aggregate win in the bag and just you know the very nature of mark walker is attack attack absolutely
14:07he is uh he is a competitor and uh but he will be devastated he will be absolutely devastated
14:15as you can perhaps see in his body language there take a look at what happened final corner of the race
14:20race race leader julian maju coming out onto the grass unfortunately but the power being applied
14:25and then mark walker flipping around goes on to the tires the car has its front right corner uh broken
14:32away from it but mark walker his helmet would have done the job but everything has done its job which
14:37the tire wall too so great to see that mark is there talking lucidly but the shoulders are down the
14:42disappointment is huge because he is a racer through and through yeah i mean obviously in these cars there
14:48are no spare bits to get off the shelves these these are going to be have to be uh crafted and
14:53engineered by mark and his uh so many of his friends in the paddocks but i'm sure everybody will jump on
14:59it and we'll get it fixed uh i wouldn't say in no time but uh quite a lot of damage there yeah i know
15:06an awful lot of damage but uh and also just think about how exposed mark is in a car like that because
15:11as i said doesn't even have any body work he sits on top of that car but mark getting immediately up from
15:16uh that contact and going across to check his car but he'll be winded but so right now julian maju victory
15:22yesterday the bitter taste of disappointment but today he he got it hooked up and uh just managed
15:27to resist the challenge the challenge that got incredibly close and didn't quite materialize with
15:31the the run to the the finish line uh with mark walker falling to the side of the circuit there
15:37absolutely well done to uh julian maju great to see that car back out again after it's after his
15:46problems yesterday and uh yeah i just it's so happy that um mark seems okay the medics are with him and
15:54uh yeah seems he's up and about he'll just be uh just be looking at the damage and thinking right
16:00how are we going to get that how are we going to get that straightened out or what am i taking for
16:04my holidays in france but he will be he'll have been winded no doubt but the fact he was immediately
16:09across to look at the car just i think that's probably powered by adrenaline at that point but uh
16:13he'd have been chock full anyhow but uh the scraps we've had over the year have been brilliant but you
16:17know it just goes to show these you know i guess you hear sometimes here wacky races leveled at these
16:22guys and they're really not these are serious cars and they are serious drivers and they take a lot of
16:27skill and a lot of courage to drive them um you know they are not wacky races this is some serious
16:33engineering serious motor racing well one has to remember though they're 100 years old and more
16:38these were all absolutely cutting edge it was pioneering motor racing engine we're getting ready
16:43for the win percy trophy to get underway fly fly's race start and it's a good start for the lezda rx7
16:51alex taylor really getting off the line with that rotary motor but no the escort started fifth
16:57a brawl we've got a mini in the background spinning off uh hopefully not making contact with anybody
17:02else and that's rupert deeth who is trying to sort it all out get back on he is going to be sharing
17:07that car with gordon shedder and also the bmw and as the car i think alex brundle might be driving or
17:12certainly getting into that also went off on the exit of saint mary so well i'm surprised that uh that felt
17:17necessary this was when the mini lost it and uh yeah rupert deeth actually dealt with it pretty
17:23well got on the grass got back on the power and was back out again thinking the mini when you go
17:27there's now the bmw is that where did that happen so this is maybe what led to the incident yeah oh yeah
17:35you got wired and got onto the grass and the thing just spun across but with a front wheel drive car when
17:41you're still just managing to fend off the the mazda at this stage but it's getting close battle for
17:46second and the mazda now coming through and is it got the speed down the straight line i think it
17:51has got just a little bit more straight line speed but he's got track position which is the more
17:56important thing coming into woodcut now the escort's trying to go a little bit deeper and brakes to get
18:00themselves some advantage but look clever driving yeah the ford was in the wrong part of the racetrack at
18:06the wrong time and that's
18:17you