Saturday 27th July - SLS Round 2

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Round 2 Report....

Super Lap Scotland - The UK's newest lap-time challenge event.


Super Lap Scotland, in association with RA Motorsport Developments, held round 2 of its inaugural championship on Saturday 27th July, with its first clock-wise visit to Knockhill. The double header event was part of a world first 'Twin Track' weekend. The rules and class structure will equalise the most powerful cars on the planet with even the most modest of road cars. The aim of Super Lap Scotland is to offer competitive motorsport action for everyone from the track day driver, the Hot Hatch driver through to some of the most extreme cars around. It is a genuine alternative to track days and a stepping stone to full blown circuit racing.

The format of the event sees all the cars share the track in two 15 minute practice sessions during the morning, before moving onto the point scoring qualifying and final sessions. For the qualifying sessions, a maximum of 5 cars at a time are released onto the track in 10 second intervals for a warm-up lap followed by a two "hot" laps and then a cool down lap whereby they try to set their fastest time possible. Each car gets a minimum of two qualifying runs, giving them the best opportunity to set a class leading time.

Free Practice 1 was dominated by Charlie Shaw in the rapid 700+bhp Class A AG Motorsport Focus. Shaw finished the incident packed session 4 seconds clear at the top with a blistering 52.900s lap on his first flying lap. Another notable performance was David Long, setting a new P.B. of 57.308.

The session was red flagged following an incident involving Craig McCready. His Class C Astra barrel rolling down SEAT Curve (Duffus Dip) and coming to a rest on the tyre wall. Thankfully Craig walked away from the crash unharmed, again showing why roll cages, and the best safety gear you can get, are a must-have in competitive motorsport!

Free Practice 2

After setting the pace in FP1, Charlie Shaw suffered problems and finished FP2 at the bottom of the time sheets, completing only 1 slow lap. This opened up the session for Graham Davidson to set the pace in his Noble M400. Davidson was trying out different tyres in these early sessions, so did well to set such a fast lap early on. Alan Gourlay improved on his FP1 performance to head class B. Most drivers would have been familiar with the clockwise setup, but this didn't stop them hammering the laps in during this session. William Keith completing 16 laps in a busy open session.

Qualifying

Times count and the pressure builds from now on. Drivers have limited runs of 2 laps to set a fast lap. The biggest battle in this session was between Dave Herd and William Keith in Class D. Two completely different cars (Fiesta and Impreza respectively) separated by 0.108 of a second! Dave Herd triumphed in the end and took 15 points for top spot in D. Callum Dryburgh finished first in C with Andrew Christie a close second. Alan Freeland came alive in qualifying and leap-frogged Alan Gourley to top spot in B. There was more drama in A with the late arrival of Shaw's focus. Graham Davidson, Russ Paton and Brian Rennie were looking good for the top 3 spots before a late surge from Shaw to take P1.

Final

Maximum pressure now... 1 flying lap to get it right. Approach with caution to secure a lap, or all out maximum attack?

With Wayne Sutherland (B), Brian Rennie (A), Craig McDowall (D) and Craig McCready (C) all missing through issues earlier in the day, not to mention Bob MacKay who was stuck offshore, there was a chance for others to gain ground in the championship.

Class D was a close battle between Dave Herd and William Keith again, with Dave taking the victory, and a clean sweep of 65pts for Round 2.

Class C saw Callum Dryburgh beat the MK Indy of Andrew Christie. Again a clean 65pts sweep to take him level with Bob MacKay in the Class C championship.

Class B was taken in style by Alan Freeland (65pts). He finished some 3 seconds clear of second place Alan Gourlay in his Caterham R500. David Long finished P3 in his Caterham R400, and also took home the coveted TrackScotland driver of the day trophy.

Class A An early retirement for Brian Rennie, Jason Ogg unable to attend and a spectacular crash for Fiona Kindness in Round 1 ruled them out for today so Class A was now a three car batlle, between Shaw, Davidson and Paton. A consistent Charlie Shaw took the win with another 52.9 second lap, with Davidson one second behind. Russ Paton took third a further 1 second behind.

For a full album of Round 2 Pictures please visit - Flat Out

Pictures courtesy of John Stewart / Flat Out Motorsport Photograhy

Results:

	Practice 1
	Practice 2
	Qualifying
	Super Lap Final