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Aug 17, 2008 - Silverstone, Race      L:   T: m       L: 82   T: 120m     Finishing order - # 14, 20, 16, 2, 88, 51, 55, 71, 50   L: 81   T: 120m     Sutton takes his first win of the season, with Scott only just hanging into to second.   L: 81   T: 120m     Sutton pulls away on the final lap, with Scott accepting second   L: 80   T: 119m     Scott loses the lead to Sutton, with Sutton pulling away the penultimate lap   L: 79   T: 118m     The gap between Scott and Sutton now less than ever with just this one and the next lap to go   L: 79   T: 117m     With no more than 3 laps to go, Sutton is now nose to tail with Scott   L: 78   T: 116m     Sutton right on the tail of the Viper coming to the end of lap 78   L: 77   T: 115m     The leaders now nearly nose to tail across the line   L: 77   T: 114m     Metcalfe appears to have settled for third, being unable to now catch the leading duo   L: 76   T: 114m     Now just one second between the top two with just under six seconds remaining   L: 75   T: 113m     1.5 seconds between Scott and Sutton, with just seven laps to go   L: 75   T: 112m     Sutton now just 1.916 seconds remaining   L: 74   T: 111m     Metcalfe beginning to catch Foster. Metcalfe gains a position after easily passing Foster   L: 74   T: 110m     With Sutton now hot on Scott's taail, Scott's pace begins to increase   L: 73   T: 110m     Scott now in sight for Sutton, as he edges ever closer to him   L: 73   T: 109m     The gap between Scott and Sutton now down to 3.2, with 11 minutes remaining   L: 72   T: 108m     Metcalfe now dropping further and further back   L: 72   T: 107m     Sutton passes Foster around the outside at Luffield   L: 71   T: 106m     The gap between Sutton and the top two Vipers is rapidly decreasing, with Sutton catching them lap by lap   L: 70   T: 105m     Scott having to now look after his fuel, meaning his lap times are not as quick as Sutton's   L: 70   T: 105m     Scott now being caught at over a second a lap   L: 69   T: 103m     Sutton now 9 seconds behind Foster, with 17 minutes of the race to go   L: 68   T: 102m     Wilcox comes into the pits to retire, leaving just nine runners remaining   L: 68   T: 101m     The gap between foster and Sutton now down to 11 seconds   L: 67   T: 100m     Sutton closing the gap the Foster in second. Foster dropping off due to tyres   L: 67   T: 100m     Scott manages to fight his wasy past Foster   L: 67   T: 99m     The leading two Viper's running nose to tail over the line to start lap 67   L: 66   T: 99m     Cadena Motorsport Aston Martin retires to a broken gear linkage   L: 65   T: 98m     Scott continuously closing the gap to Foster   L: 65   T: 97m     Gavin Kershaw, that was in fifith place, comes acrosss the line very slowly, hugging the pit wall   L: 64   T: 96m     Running order - #2, 20, 14, 16, 18, 12, 88, 51, 55, 50, 71. These are the only 11 remaining runners in the race   L: 63   T: 95m     Sutton gets ahead of Metcalfe due to Metcalfe running wide on the wya into the pits. Sutton rejoins in third, with Metcalfe fourth   L: 63   T: 94m     Due to Ferrari's having to pit, Foster now leads the race with Scott rapidly closing the gap to him in second place   L: 61   T: 92m     Metcalfe runs wide into gravel on the way into the pits   L: 61   T: 92m     Metcalfe and Sutton come in together to serve penalties   L: 59   T: 89m     Metcalfe and Sutton both given a 10 second stop/go penalty as their doors were open during their pit stops   L: 59   T: 88m     robin Mortimer announces that the #2 Viper only took on two new tryes in their pit stop, meaning they could be struggling come the end of the race   L: 58   T: 87m     Metcalfe and Sutton separated by Wilcox by lapping back-makers   L: 57   T: 85m     Aaron Scott now ten seconds behind Foster, in fourth place   L: 56   T: 84m     The front two now running on their own. Nick Foster has now dropped back, being 16.448 seconds adrift of th duo   L: 55   T: 83m     Sutton really begins to push Metcalfe, knocking the gap down to 0.368 seconds   L: 54   T: 81m     The gap between the front two Ferrari's now down to 0.9 seconds   L: 53   T: 80m     The gap between Metcalfe and Sutton till stands at 1.2 seconds   L: 53   T: 79m     Running order - #16, 14, 2, 20, 18, 42, 51, 88, 12, 55   L: 52   T: 78m     Metcalfe and Sutton both doing personal best laps in their stints   L: 51   T: 77m     Bentwood comes into the pits, ending his run in the lead of the race. This hands the lead over to Metcalfe, with Sutton second   L: 50   T: 76m     The Ferrari's of Metcalfe and Sutton gradually now extending gap to Foster in fourth   L: 49   T: 74m     Nick Foster, now in the #2 Viper, occupies fourth place. The two ferrari's battling for position in front of him is allowing him to gain ground on them both. Wilkins, in fifth is now starting to catch Foster as well   L: 48   T: 72m     Sutton still all over Metcalfe, running extremely close together   L: 47   T: 72m     After a number of reitrements, there are now only 12 cars running overall   L: 47   T: 71m     Brookspeed forced to retire their car in the pits, as the in-car extinguishers went off, causing the fluid   L: 46   T: 70m     Running order - #42, 16, 14, 2, 20, 18, 51, 8, 12, 55   L: 46   T: 69m     Metcalfe and Sutton fighting hard for position as they climb their way through back-makers   L: 44   T: 67m     Jemery Metcalfe comes out of the pits in third, only just ahead of Sutton in fourth   L: 44   T: 65m     Brookspeed forced to retire from the race due to losing a lot of fluid in the pits stop   L: 44   T: 64m     A lot of fluid coming out of the #4 Brookspeed Viper, whilst in the pits   L: 43   T: 63m     Hines pits to hand his Ferrari over to Jeremy Metcalfe   L: 42   T: 61m     James Gornall pits after making his way back up to fifth place, following his contact earlier in the race   L: 42   T: 61m     Luke hines takes over as leader   L: 41   T: 60m     Bentwood pits after the first hour of the race, but with no co-driver to hand the car over to he ends his race in the pits   L: 41   T: 59m     The gap between Bentwood and Hines begins to decrease   L: 39   T: 58m     Meadows pits to change seats with James Sutton   L: 39   T: 57m     Running order - #42, 16, 14, 2, 40, 20, 18, 55, 12   L: 39   T: 56m     Piers Jonhson tries to carry on in the race but the damage will not allow it to go any further   L: 38   T: 55m     Bentwood still extending his lead, ahead of hines in second place   L: 37   T: 54m     Piers Johnson has a big off on the exit of Becketts. Possible oil on the track from Jones' Ascari could have caused Johnson to spin   L: 37   T: 53m     Smoke coming out from the rear end of Jones' Ascari, he parks the car as it will go no further   L: 36   T: 53m     Wilkins pits   L: 36   T: m     #18 CAdena Motorsport Aston Martin out for one of the first routine pitstops   L: 35   T: 51m     Bentwod still out in the lead, however as he can only compete 90 minutes of the race he cannot win this race   L: 33   T: 49m     Shovlin stopped on the circuit at Abbey   L: 33   T: 48m     Running Order - #42, 16, 20, 14, 2, 22, 18, 21, 40   L: 32   T: 47m     #15 PAddy Shovlin stops out on the circuit   L: 30   T: 46m     Nigel Redwood manages to get passed Luke Hines for second place, but spins losing more ground. His engine died but he managed to get it started again, losing a lot of ground on his rivals   L: 20   T: 44m     # 11 and 23 both retired with radiator damage   L: 29   T: 43m     Wilkins drops to second after being passed by Bentwood. Wilkind spins losing ground, but manages to rejoin in fourth   L: 28   T: m     Problems for De Zille Butler in the pits meaning the #11 car cannot rejoin the race   L: 27   T: 39m     Ben de Zille Butler pits to switch seast with Guy Harrington   L: 27   T: 39m     Top four still glued together.   L: 26   T: 38m     Problems with blue flags for Jones, while trying to lap Phil Burton no blue flags are being shown, making it difficult for Jones to get passed   L: 25   T: 37m     Wilkins still impressing out in front, and gradually pulling away from Bentwood in second   L: 25   T: 36m     Yellow Flags of Copse   L: 24   T: 24m     Trying to regain ground, Jones gets held up behind Phil Burton   L: 24   T: 34m     With over 30 minutes of the race completed, some cars think about pittin   L: 22   T: 31m     Confirmed that there was contact between Jones and Meadows at Priory, leaving debris on the circuit   L: 22   T: 31m     Top four still running close together, with the times starting to spread out slightly   L: 21   T: 31m     Jones regains fifth place. Meadows acquires damage to his Ferrari, leaving bodywork on the track at Bridge   L: 20   T: 29m     Peter Bamford has a spin and gets stuck in the gravel   L: 20   T: 29m     Meadows finally gets passed Jones and promotes himself to fifth place   L: 19   T: 28m     One driver is not allowed to exceed 90 mins in the car, therefore only having one driver, Bentwood can only compete 90 mins of the 2 hour race   L: 19   T: 27m     Jones now only just ahead of Meadows, with Meadows trying hard to close the gap   L: 18   T: 26m     Top four fighting for the lead, crossing the lead to start lap 19 all together   L: 18   T: 26m     Meadows gets caught in traffic and loses ground to Jones   L: 17   T: 25m     Running order - #20, 42, 16, 2, 22, 14, 11, 18, 21, 23   L: 17   T: 23m     Number 14 Ferrair of Meadows, in 6th place, starts to close gap to Jone   L: 16   T: 23m     After starting up at the front, Jones now occupies fifth position   L: 16   T: 22m     The gap between Wilkins and Bentwood grows slightly, with Wilkins trying to oull away again   L: 14   T: 21m     Michael Meadows in the #14 Ferrari set fastest lap, with a 1.25.447   L: 14   T: 20m     Bentwood and Hones, now in third, putting pressure on Wilkins for the lead   L: 13   T: 20m     Despite rear damage from contact with Gornall, Wilkins holds onto lead   L: 13   T: 19m     Gornall came out directly in front of the leader, therefore is not a lap down   L: 12   T: 17m     Brookspeed had to remove rear section of front wheel arch due to damage   L: 11   T: 17m     Brookspeed ready for Gornall. Gornall pits to repair damage to front of car   L: 11   T: 16m     The two leaders make contact coming into Brooklands. Gornall hits back of Wilkins, allowing Bentwood up into second place.   L: 10   T: 15m     Burton comes into pits to serve stop/go penalty   L: 8   T: m     The #12 Ferrari of Phil burton is gievn 10 second stop/go penalty   L: 8   T: 12m     Gornall meanages to steal second away from Bentwood   L: 8   T: 11m     Heading into Copse at the start of lap eight, Gornall has a look down the inside of Bentwood   L: 7   T: 10m     Running order - #20, 42, 40, 16, 14, 2, 22, 11, 18, 23   L: 7   T: 10m     Bentwood beginning to drop back ever so slightly from Wilkins, into clutches of Gornal   L: 6   T: 8m     Luke Hines now up to fourth, pushing Jones down again, now to fifth. Gradually starting to drop down through the order now   L: 5   T: 7m     Michael Cullen has rejoined after pitting with puncture   L: 5   T: m     Bentwood edging closer to Jones, with James Gornall beginning to edge closer to Bentwood, demoting Jones now to fourth   L: 4   T: 6m     Wilkins now coming under pressure from Bentwood   L: 4   T: 5m     Bentwood now up to third, demoting Jones to third   L: 2   T: m     Craig Wilkins out in front, with Ascari of Jones in second and Michael Bentwood third   L: 2   T: m     Phil Burton pits as a result on contact on right front and a puncture   L: 2   T: m     #15 Michael Cullen comes into pits with a flat front left tyre   L: 1   T: m     #12 Phil Burton has a problem and heads for pitlane at the end of lap one   L: 1   T: m     Luke Hines in the #16 Ferraroi up to 4th   L: 1   T: m     david jones out in front. Bentwood tries to squeeze up inside into Copse (turn 1)   L:   T: m     Green flag - start of the race   L: 0   T: m     Field head off for parade lap. Conditions are overcast and windy   L: 0   T: m     #9 - Machitski and Ferrier withdrawn due to a blown engine earlier in the weekend   L: 0   T: m     #42 - Alexander originally swapped for Leo Machitski, but Machitski also unable to drive, so Bentwood starts race but with no second driver   L: 0   T: m     Starting Grid #20 Wilkins #22 D Jones #12 Burton #42 Alexander #23 Lester #16 Metcalfe #14 Meadows #2 Foster #15 Shovlin #18 Kershaw   L: 0   T: m     The 2 hour BGT race is due to get underway at 1.20 pm   L: 0   T: 13m     The 2 hour BGT race is due to get underway at 1.20 pm   L: 0   T: 0m     This weekends ticker from Silverstone will solely cover the 2 hour race. Due to circumstances beyond our control, we are unable to offer qualifying coverage.   Starting Grid # :   Retirements L:39   Piers Jonhson tries to carry on in the race but the damage will not allow it to go any further L:68   Wilcox comes into the pits to retire, leaving just nine runners remaining

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