Called A1 Ring in the game, right?

Results and replay will appear in due course.

Grats to Daz on a well controlled race and to all finishers. I was surprised that there were not more Sierras on the grid last night, but I was kind of obliged to use one as I had too many left in the garage.

Daz raised the question of tyre wear post race and TBH they did seem to wear rather quickly in the early laps. Surprisingly, only on the front left, even though I did extend first stint to take me to 20 laps.
After the usual Cosworth bog down off the grid I was able to claw my way back to 2nd and get within 3 secs of Daz, but I suspected that he was toying with me and after collecting 2 Track violations I had to play safe and protect 2nd place. I did wonder if Erling might have been trying a no-stop in the Supra, but given his early pace that seemed unlikely.

The very rough race plan for me was to run to 20 laps and then hope to be within striking distance of Daz ( and probably a non show Geoffers) so that I could push hard in the Sierra on the final laps and maybe steal a place with a little more rubber available.
I suspect that Daz did not change tyres as he gained a lot in the pitstop and it was clear that the gap was too big to bridge unless he made a mistake ( or two). I found that I could more or less match his pace but pushing to close the gap might incur another track penalty and Erling was only 30 secs behind , so I played safe and cruised home.

The upside of this race for me was finally creating a setup for the Sierra that felt that I was in control and NOT the car. Tyre wear was not too bad actually, which probably means I was not pushing hard enough  .

Thanks Kurt 

BTW great racing with you last night.

Al ways quite liked this track, the corners do flow nicely in the second half of the lap, but are more technical than they first appear I think.

Went with the Holden, although I was sure the Sierra was probably the quickest car on such long straight bits I just felt the mid range punch of the V8 would be better suited for the corners in the second part, despite the slightly more ponderous transition in the chicane. Fantastic to see Clive drag some real pace out of the Sierra, and my quali lap was about all I had, it being just enough for pole.

Relied on Clive getting a poor start, but didn't think it would be as bad as it was! I think I was nearly at turn 1 by the time his boost arrived.....but a couple of laps in he was hoving into view in the mirrors. Was trying to fuel save a bit, had started on full tanks which could theoretically get me to lap 26, leaving a short splash to finish, but that would involve getting the tires to last a whole race distance as a change that late on the tires would be pointless.

In the end I pitted a bit early so I could grab new rubber, the wear rate was getting quite bad. Only needed a shorter fill of fuel though, so a bit of compensation. Did my best lap on the fresh rubber, then spent the last 5 laps or so trying to make enough smoke so that it was difficult for Matt to see the corners, all good fun!

Holden was a doddle to drive here in all honesty. Looking forward to getting back into the smaller cars though....

I rather enjoyed that one as well 

Mugged Clive at the start with his huge turbo slowly winding itself up 
then, as Erling said I went past him when he went autocrossing. Managed to get in his way for several laps
but he was clearly faster, particularly in the last and first corners, so rather than have the stress of
keeping him behind, I moved over on the S/F straight and then chased after for a few more laps
until I went a bit wide and he continued to pull away. I had half a thought I was in his way
of maybe worrying Clive, though it would be a long shot.

Shame Kurt had troubles. he was putting in some decent times in the Beemer