*** RACE 2 ***
With talk around the paddock all morning centering around whether we would have a wet or a dry race, and truthfully the answer was…neither 😂 it was veering towards the dry side but was still quite greasy, making for difficult race conditions for all!
The race began with a solid start from the 4 front-running drivers, all battling for the precious race lead. Colm Blackburn, in 2 incredible overtaking moves, got ahead of the pack, taking the lead. With Cross, Lee & Sean Newsome, and Ronan Doherty battling for 2nd and 3rd, this gave Blackburn even more opportunity to build the gap, which, naturally, he did!
The racing was close, and the battles were fierce. Combined with tricky track conditions, the slightest wrong move can end your race. Unfortunately, such close racing resulted in a red flag incident halfway through the race. This brought the pack back together, with restarting positions based on driver’s position in the lap prior to the red flag.
Blackburn, again, had a great start, and moved to hold on to his lead until the very end. This was made trickier again by the appearance of the safety car for a few laps. This again bunched the drivers back together, but Blackburn took full advantage of the retirement of the safety car, to build a strong lead for himself, and taking home his 2nd Selco.ie National Championship race win in 2023!
While it was tricky for drivers, it was a cracker of a race, where as always, we saw some incredible battles, unbelievable overtaking, and closing racing, from start to finish!
We have loads more to share with you, podium pics, Driver of the Day, driver interviews, and racing pics, so do keep an eye on our socials!
In the meantime, here’s a reminder of our top 3 finishers in each championship this weekend 😊
Selco.ie National Championship 🏆:
1 – Colm Blackburn 🥇
2 – Anthony Cross 🥈
3 – Ronan Doherty 🥉
VW Spares B Championship 🏆:
1 – Seán Newsome 🥇
2 – Ger Byrne 🥈
3 – Paul Lewis 🥉
LOHMotorsport.com Rookie Championship 🏆:
1 – Niall O Mara 🥇
2 – Jonathan Hyde 🥈
3 – Stephen Roche 🥉
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