The fifth round of the 2025 season was held at the long established Wombwell circuit in South Yorkshire on the 30th/31st August.
A mixed forecast for the weekend but fortunately it stayed dry for most of Saturday, and all day on race day. There was also a increase in entries . Trevor and the Wombwell club had obviously put in a lot of hard work making the track and infield very presentable.The grip was good all weekend with lap times improving progressively.
Sunday morning’s Drivers briefing was followed by the usual short practice session for those unable to attend Saturday. Then it was straight in to the qualifying heats.
After 4 rounds of qualifying the positions were as follows :
GT8 Electric
TQ - Adam Griffith
2nd - Trevor Kersey
3rd - Lee Ward
200mm Touring
TQ - Ollie Williams
2nd - Daniel Leonard
3rd - Matt Dunning
220mm GT
TQ - Mathew Cook
2nd - Richard Kozakiewicz
3rd - Mark Boothman
Wide Touring
TQ - Devendra Mahatme
2nd - Nigel Philpott
3rd - Paul Dewsnap
Finals:
C Final 1/10
This was a close one with the top four all challenging for the win. In the end Adz took it on 65 laps. Nigel came second ,followed by Paul and Brent . The latter three all finishing on 64 laps with Paul just one second ahead of Brent.
1st - Adz Mughal (Serpent)
2nd - Nigel Philpott (Capricorn)
3rd - Paul Dewsnap (Capricorn)
B final 1/10
Daniel started from pole with Dev chasing and briefly holding the lead. Daniel had slightly better pace and despite Dev’s pitman Craig “tweaking “ his fuel stops to reduce the gap to 4 seconds Daniel held on for a deserved win. Sixth qualifier Jim climbed through the field to take the last podium place.
A Final GT8
TQ Adam dominated taking all three legs with local driver Trevor doing the same in second. Ben Wright completed the podium.
1st - Adam Griffith
2nd - Trevor Kersey
3rd - Ben Wright
A Final 1/10
Another competitive race with the leader changing at various stages. Richard deservedly took the win with TQ Matt in second. A consistent Bailey took third place.
1st - Richard Kozakiewicz (Serpent)
2nd - Mathew Cook (Mugen)
3rd - Bailey Rice-Draycott (X-Ray)
A great weekend’s racing . Thanks to Trevor and Babs for preparing the circuit so thoroughly and for running the meeting . The final round will be at Halifax on Sunday 28th September. There will be a driver’s meeting at 5pm on the Saturday before to formulate ideas as to the format etc in the future for the section . Please can as many drivers as possible attend as it is your section !
