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May 25, 2008 - Rockingham, Race 1      L: 37   T: 60m     Finishing Order: 40, 21, 14, 2, 16, 42, 20, 15, 5, 8, 4, 23, 88, 55, 3, 51, 50, 99, 52, 12, 11, 1, 22, 9   L: 37   T: 60m     Oliver Bryant steals 4th spot from Luke Hines in the final laps.   L: 37   T: 60m     Jon Barnes takes the chequred for the first win of the season for himself, James Gornall and Team Trimite Brookspeed   L: 36   T: 59m     Last lap of race. Simonsen and Ferrier continue to battle, which is causing problems for leader Barnes   L: 35   T: 59m     Ferrier and Simonsen are side by side through tarzan, but Simonsen in #23 ferrari can not find way past   L: 35   T: 58m     Two laps remaining   L: 35   T: 57m     Barnes is now in traffic, with Adam Jones still putting in hot laps behind. Gap between the two is now 8.475 seconds   L: 34   T: 55m     Oliver Bryant plants a pass on Micheal Bentwood in the Aston Martin to put the RPM Viper up to 5th. Bryant starts to pull away from Bentwood.   L: 34   T: 55m     Running Order: 40, 21, 14, 16, 42, 2, 20, 15, 5   L: 32   T: 54m     Barnes lead now 9.5 secs. Tim Harvey now starting to find some pace in the Trackspeed Porsche running in 9th - 17 seconds behind Michael Cullen in 8th   L: 31   T: 53m     Simonsen all over the back of Tom Ferrier as they battle for 10th   L: 31   T: 51m     Splits: 40, 21 - 10.659, 14 - 14.056, 16 - 20.865, 42 - 3.894   L: 30   T: 50m     Barnes' lead cut to 10.659 seconds by Adam Jones in the Modena Lambo   L: 30   T: 50m     Running Order: 40, 21, 14, 16, 42, 2, 20, 15, 5, 8, 23, 4, 55, 88, 51, 3, 50, 99, 52, 12, 11,1 22, 9   L: 29   T: 48m     Confusion on the scoreboard as it displays Oliver Morley leading the race by 2 laps. No.40 Jon Barnes still leads   L: 28   T: 47m     Barnes in the Trimite Viper starts to hit lapped traffic   L: 27   T: 46m     Oliver Bryant makes a pass on Aaron Scott to put the RPM viper up to 6th   L: 26   T: 46m     Running Order: 40, 21, 14, 16, 42, 20, 2, 15, 5, 12, 8, 23, 4, 55, 88, 51, 50,3   L: 25   T: 44m     Jon Barnes still leads by 11.8 seconds. Adam Jones beind is starting to hotlap to tray and catch the leader.   L: 25   T: 42m     A Dry line is starting to appear on parts of the circuit as the rain stops   L: 23   T: 40m     Ferrier did not make the pass on Wilcox   L: 23   T: 40m     Tom Ferrier in the Tech9 Lambo, passes Adam Wilcox in the VRS Ferrari for 12th spot.   L: 23   T: 39m     Jones now 14.498 behind Barnes in the lead   L: 22   T: 38m     Barns leads Adam Jones by 14.982, Sutton 22.927, Hines 17.852, Bentwood 5.390, Aaron Scott 0.523   L: 21   T: 37m     Running Order: 40, 21, 14, 16, 42, 20, 2, 15, 5, 88, 55, 12, 8, 4, 23, 51, 50, 3, 99, 52   L: 20   T: 35m     Aaron Scott in the ABG Viper is swarming over the back of Michael Bentwood in the 22GTRacing Aston Martin for 5th   L: 20   T: 35m     Jones is catching Barnes in the leading viper at 0.5 seconds a lap   L: 19   T: 34m     Adam Jones sets the fastest lap with a 1:35.779 in the Modena Lambo   L: 19   T: 34m     Jon Barnes in the 40 Trimite Viper has a 16 second lead   L: 19   T: 34m     Current Running Order: 40, 21, 14, 16, 42, 15, 20, 2, 88, 55, 5, 51, 12, 8, 4, 23, 50, 99, 3, 52   L: 18   T: 31m     Making the biggest gain after pit stops, No.21 Lambo of Johnson/Jones up to 2nd   L: 17   T: 30m     Race restarts   L: 18   T: 30m     #2 car spins exiting pit lane, but recovers and rejoins the queue.   L: 17   T: 18m     Safety car still cruises the rockingham circuit whilst 2, 16, 20, 15 make driver change pitsops   L: 15   T: 26m     14, 4, 21, 40, 12 Pit for driver changes   L: 16   T: 27m     42, 5, 3 Pit for driver changes   L: 16   T: 27m     Safety car out to recover the 21 Modena Lambo of Ben de Zille Butler   L: 15   T: 26m     14, 4, 21, 40, 12   L: 15   T: 25m     Ben de Zille butler spins at tarzan and becomes beeched   L: 14   T: 24m     #1 Retires   L: 14   T: 24m     8, 23 Pits   L: 14   T: 24m     Pit window opens   L: 13   T: 23m     Gornall, Bryant and Metcalfe start to break away from the field, with seven seconds spanning the trio   L: 13   T: 22m     Steve Clark in #1 viper comes to pit lane. Pit window is not open yet, so likel to be a car problem   L: 11   T: 21m     Gornall in the leading Trimite Viper starts to hit lapped traffic   L: 12   T: 20m     Gornall now leads by 4.89 seconds, ahead of Oliver Bryant, also in a viper.   L: 11   T: 19m     ABG Viper of Craig Wilkins steals 5th place from Piers Johnson. Wilkins started in 10th and has consistently clawed his way through the field.   L: 10   T: 18m     Current Running Order: 40, 2, 16, 14, 21, 20, 11, 42, 15, 12, 1, 23, 4, 8, 55, 51, 5, 52, 88, 50, 3, 99, 22, 9   L: 7   T: 17m     Machitski Tech 9 Lamborghini retired with gearbox problems   L: 9   T: 16m     The Jones Ascari parks and retires at Yentwood corner.   L: 9   T: 16m     Adrian Wilmott sets fastest lap in 22GTRacing Aston Martin   L: 9   T: 15m     Morley is on a charge, trying to gain places back.   L: 8   T: 15m     James Gornall now has a lead of 4.5 seconds.   L: 8   T: 14m     Adrian wilmot in the Aston Martin, passes Phil Burton in the VRS Ferrari at the first chicane to claim 8th spot   L: 8   T: 13m     James Gornall sets fastest lap with a 1:38.230   L: 7   T: 12m     David Ashburn misses the first chicane and has to take to the oval part of the course.   L: 7   T: 12m     Oliver Morley spins at the Brook chicane, dropping to 18th   L: 7   T: 11m     Matchiski comes into the pits with engine problem.   L: 6   T: 10m     Gornall 2.655 over Morley, then Bryant 0.792, Metcalfe 2.769, Sutton 1.375, Piers Johnson 1.562, de Zille Butler 1.478   L: 5   T: 9m     James Gornall in the Trimite Brookspeed Viper now leads   L: 5   T: 9m     Machitski has a problem coming over the start finish line (engine) and drops to back of field   L: 4   T: 8m     Oli Bryant all over Oliver Morleys Lambo   L: 4   T: 7m     Running order: 9, 40, 8, 2, 16, 14,21, 11, 12, 20, 23, 1, 3, 15,88, 42, 4, 51, 55, 52, 22, 5, 50, 99   L: 3   T: 5m     Machitski is creating a gap in the opening lap   L: 3   T: 5m     Gornall attacks Morley for 2nd at the first hairpin. The Trimite viper moves to 2nd   L: 3   T: 4m     Machitski gets a good jump at the start   L: 3   T: 4m     Safety car in and the green flag is waved   L: 2   T: 2m     Pace car continues to lead the BGT field   L: 1   T: 1m     Race Starts behind the pace car due to precarious conditions.   L: 0   T: 0m     The British GT cars follow the safety car round for the pace lap ahead of the rolling start.   L: 0   T: 0m     The #22 Ascari of the Jones brothers will start, despite earlier suspected engine problems in qualifying   L: 0   T: 0m     On the parade lap to line up on the grid, the #5 Porsche of David Ashburn had it's bonnet flip open and the car takes to the pits. The trackspeed car will now start from pits.   L: 0   T: 0m     Avon Tyres British GT competitiors line up on the grid ahead of the rolling start. Weather conditions have not improved, with rain still lashing the track and a brisk wind blowing from the north   L: 0   T: 0m     Starting the race for their respective cars: 1 Steve Clark, 2 Oliver Bryant, 3 Richard Marsh, 4 Peter Bamford, 5 David Ashburn, 8 Oliver Morley, 9 Leo Machitski, 11 Ben de Zille Butler, 12 Phil Burton, 12 Michael Meadows, 15 Paddy Shovlin, 16 Jeremy Metcalfe, 20 Craig Wilkins, 21 Piers Johnson, 22 David Jones, 23 Hector Lester, 40 James Gornall, 42 Adrian Wilmot   L: 0   T: 0m     The first British GT race of the Weekend from Rockingham will start at 3:25PM   Starting Grid # :   Retirements L:7   Machitski Tech 9 Lamborghini retired with gearbox problems L:9   The Jones Ascari parks and retires at Yentwood corner. L:14   #1 Retires

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