PYE
DOES THE DOUBLE AT CASTLE COMBE
20 June 2010:
Following his dominant ninth-round win, more of the same was what
Scott Pye was hoping to deliver in the second race of the day at
Castle Combe and, although the route to victory number six was
interrupted by red flags and a lengthy race stoppage, that is
largely what Scott managed to achieve.
Both pole man Pye
and Hill, who started alongside, made excellent getaways to
establish a Jamun Mygale 1-2, while their team-mate Bernstorff
again made a disappointing getaway and slipped to seventh, with
Cammish, Ellinas, Malvern and Slaghekke in between.
Pye and Hill
quickly distanced themselves from the pack, with Scott unable to
shake the World Champion's son from his tail. Behind them a
three-car battle raged for third between Cammish, Ellinas and
Malvern, with Bernstorff passing Slaghekke for sixth and posting
fastest lap as he recovered from his tardy getaway.
Alas the battles up
and down the field were brought to a premature halt after only
seven laps when Chrissy Palmer's Guest-class Juno buried itself in
a tyre wall at Tower Corner. He was bruised but otherwise unhurt;
recovering his car proved a major undertaking, however.
The race was
restarted for a five-lap dash for the flag, with the surviving
cars lining up on a fresh grid in the order they held at the time
of the crash. Pye and Hill showed no nerves at the lights and
blasted back into command of the race, with wily Malvern making a
great getaway behind them to overhaul both Ellinas and Cammish for
third.
Malvern had a look
at passing Hill but decided a podium in the bag was a better bet,
and Pye, Hill and Malvern crossed the line in that order separated
by 1.2s, with Cammish holding off team-mate Ellinas to secure
fourth.
"It's been the
perfect weekend for me," said Pye. "Two poles yesterday
and two race wins today, it's great. As for the championship,
we'll look at that towards the end of the season. What we are
going to do for now is just to keep on winning races." His
team-mate Hill added: "I was able to cope a lot better with
the track conditions in that race, so I'm happy."
Fluid driver Dennis
Lind started 'part one' from 10th, and then started ninth on the
grid for the final section. He profited from Bernstorff's slow
start and then got past both Antti Buri and Jeroen Slaghekke to
secure a hard-won sixth at the line.
Slaghekke,
Bernstorff and Buri completed the top nine, with Jersey driver Dan
de Zille 10th for the Minister International team.
Tristan Mingay led
the Scholarship class throughout both sections of the race, with
Luke Williams right behind him in his Juno. Dani Domit's tenure of
the Scholarship class points lead lasted only until the opening
lap of the restarted race, when the Mexican's JTR Mygale tangled
with James Tucker's Van Diemen and both men retired.
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