Legends RACING 2009 Championship
Results for Oulton Park - 6th Round - 20th May 2009

 

The championship descended on Oulton Park in Cheshire which was the latest destination for Round 6 of The 2009 Legends Cars Championship, The circuit which is set in the grounds of Oulton Hall is characterised by its rapidly changing gradients and blind crests leading into some very unforgiving corners.

A total of 23 cars turned up at Oulton for round 6 of the championship with the weather doing the normal ‘Legends’ thing, puddles in the paddock and the heaviest rain of the day during practice. Not for the first time this season the days racing was dominated by Lee Fitzpatrick with 3 1st places giving the #2 car a perfect day, one which would end with Lee leading the championship.

Lawrence Davey clinched second overall on the day with 3 solid drives not finishing out of the top 4 all day, In third overall on the day was the #11 car of “soon to be married” Simon Belcher.

The “Driver Of The Day” Trophy was awarded to Gerard McCosh “a true legends racing gentleman” for what was probably Gerard’s highest ever overall round finish.

Heat 1

The race started with #1 Higgins leading by the second corner despite starting the race from the 3rd row of the grid, He was not to have it his own way, the safety car was out for laps 2 & 3, on the 4th lap John ‘Jon’ was passed by #12 Treherne for 2nd place who also towed #19 Davey passed. That was how the race would finish with car #12 Treherne setting the fastest lap of the race on lap 7 with an average speed of 78.71mph. Jamie Clarke’s return to the Legends grid was rewarded with 6th place following a superb drive from the back row of the grid.

No Name Heat 1
    Place Points
2 Lee Fitzpatrick 1 200
12 Stephen Treherne 2 185
19 Lawrence Davey 3 170
1 John Jon Higgins 4 160
11 Simon Belcher 5 150
7 Jamie Clarke 6 140
4 Darren Gaulton 7 130
69 Gerard McCosh 8 120
8 Nick Brace 9 110
77 Robin Webb  10 100
55 Ben Power 11 90
99 Brian Cooke 12 80
76 David Vernon 13 70
43 Mick Mercer 14 60
59 Paul Mansell 15 50
32 Peter Morton 16 40
72 Glenn Burtenshaw DNF 5
24 Matthew Pape DNF 5
16 Richard Pocklington DNF 5
40 Roger Cousins  DNF 5
66 Steve Whitelegg DNF 5
3 Ross Marshall DNF 5

Heat 2

A perfect drive by #2 Fitzpatrick was rewarded with both fastest lap and 1st place by 12.496 seconds, the next 3 positions were separated by less than a second.  #19 Davey who finished just 0.06 seconds in front of #11 Belcher and 0.358 seconds in front of #8 Brace came home in fourth place. The race was not so good for #1 Higgins or #12 Treherne who had very expensive DNF’s.

No Name Heat 2
    Place Points
2 Lee Fitzpatrick 1 200
19 Lawrence Davey 2 185
11 Simon Belcher 3 170
8 Nick Brace 4 160
7 Jamie Clarke 5 150
69 Gerard McCosh 6 140
55 Ben Power 7 130
77 Robin Webb  8 120
99 Brian Cooke 9 110
72 Glenn Burtenshaw 10 100
43 Mick Mercer 11 90
4 Darren Gaulton 12 80
76 David Vernon 13 70
66 Steve Whitelegg 14 60
17 John Hilbery 15 50
1 John Jon Higgins DNF 5
3 Ross Marshall DNF 5
12 Stephen Treherne DNF 5
16 Richard Pocklington DNF 5
24 Matthew Pape DNF 5
32 Peter Morton DNF 5
59 Paul Mansell DNF 5

Final

What a finale to a great days racing #2 Fitzpatrick completed his clean sweep with his third 1st place of the day finishing 2.315 seconds in front of his Burnett Motorsport team mate #1 Higgins. The 3rd, 4th & 5th place could have been anyone of three with #12 Treherne, #19 Davey & #11 Belcher crossing the line in that order, with just 3/10ths of a second between them. I must mention #8 Bracey’s high speed spin going into Island Bend which left his car delicately balanced on the tyre wall.

No Name Final
    Place Points
2 Lee Fitzpatrick 1 200
1 John Jon Higgins 2 185
12 Stephen Treherne 3 170
19 Lawrence Davey 4 160
11 Simon Belcher 5 150
24 Matthew Pape 6 140
4 Darren Gaulton 7 130
32 Peter Morton 8 120
55 Ben Power 9 110
66 Steve Whitelegg 10 100
69 Gerard McCosh 11 90
77 Robin Webb  12 80
43 Mick Mercer 13 70
72 Glenn Burtenshaw 14 60
76 David Vernon 15 50
17 John Hilbery 16 40
7 Jamie Clarke DNF 5
99 Brian Cooke DNF 5
8 Nick Brace DNF 5
# Driver R6 H1 R6 H2 R6 F Total Daily O/H
2 Lee Fitzpatrick 200 200 200 600 1
19 Lawrence Davey 170 185 160 515 2
11 Simon Belcher 150 170 150 470 3
12 Stephen Treherne 185 5 170 360 4
1 John Jon Higgins 160 5 185 350 5
69 Gerard McCosh 120 140 90 350 5
4 Darren Gaulton 130 80 130 340 7
55 Ben Power 90 130 110 330 8
77 Robin Webb  100 120 80 300 9
7 Jamie Clarke 140 150 5 295 10
8 Nick Brace 110 160 5 275 11
43 Mick Mercer 60 90 70 220 12
99 Brian Cooke 80 110 5 195 13
76 David Vernon 70 70 50 190 14
32 Peter Morton 40 5 120 165 15
66 Steve Whitelegg 5 60 100 165 15
72 Glenn Burtenshaw 5 100 60 165 17
24 Matthew Pape 5 5 140 150 18
17 John Hilbery   50 40 90 19
59 Paul Mansell 50 5   55 20
3 Ross Marshall 5 5   10 21
16 Richard Pocklington 5 5   10 21
40 Roger Cousins  5     5 23