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Jun 7, 2008 - Snetterton, Race One   

 
L: 42   T: 60m
 
Status
  Finishing Order: 40, 6, 16, 9, 12, 14, 3, 21, 23, 4, 15, 2, 8, 1, 20, 55, 52, 88, 71, 50

 
L: 42   T: 60m
 
Status
  Barnes holds off an emmence attack from Bradley Ellis in the Matech Ford GT to take another win for Trimite Brookspeed. In third, Luke Hines capitalised on some excellent driving by Jeremy Metcale to secure the final podium

 
L: 42   T: 59m
 
Status
  Ellis makes a last gasp attack on th Viper. Barnes holds him off to take the win by just 6/10ths

 
L: 42   T: 59m
 
Status
  Barnes has 2.5 over Ellis, Hines in 3rd, 13 secs ahead of Jonny Cocker

 
L: 41   T: 58m
 
Status
  Ellis is all over the Ferrari of Hines through Riches corner. Ellis makes the pass for 2nd along the back straight

 
L: 40   T: 57m
 
Status
  Running Order: 40, 16, 6, 9, 12, 14, 3, 21, 23, 4, 15, 2, 8, 1, 20

 
L: 40   T: 56m
 
Status
  Ellis is just 3.045 behind Hines, and reeling him in. Will there be enough time to snacth 2nd spot?

 
L: 39   T: 55m
 
Status
  Barnes is pulling away, with 2.7 lead. Ellis sets fastest lap of race with 1:18.561 and is just 5.3 secs behind 2nd placed Hines in the CRS Ferrari

 
L: 38   T: 54m
 
Status
  Ford GT of Ellis just 8.4 behind Hines in 2nd, who is 1.2 behind leader Barnes

 
L: 38   T: 54m
 
Status
  Running Order: 40, 16, 6, 9, 12, 14, 3, 21, 2, 15, 23, 4, 8, 1, 20, 55, 52, 88, 71, 50

 
L: 37   T: 53m
 
Status
  On revett straight Jon Barnes takes the lead in the Brookspeed Viper

 
L: 37   T: 53m
 
Status
  Barnes is on the tail of Hines over S/F line. Barnes just 0.6 behind.

 
L: 36   T: 51m
 
Status
  Hines 0:00
Barnes 1.4
Ellis 12.362
Cocker 4.418

 
L: 35   T: 50m
 
Status
  Hines has created a gap of 2 secs. Ellis is lapping close to 2 seconds faster in 3rd and could steal a place in the final moments

 
L: 34   T: 49m
 
Status
  Ellis in theFord GT passes yet another one moving up to 3rd spot with a pass at Riches (T1) on Jonny Cocker. Ellis now 15 secs away from 2nd placed Barnes

 
L: 33   T: 48m
 
Status
  Hines just 1.6 ahead of Barnes now. Ellis and Wilcox side by side through revett straight. The Ford GT has the grunt to pass the VRS Ferrari to take 4th

 
L: 32   T: 47m
 
Status
  Ellis in the Ford GT is looking strong and aiming for podium as he tries to catch the Ferrari

 
L: 32   T: 46m
 
Status
  Barnes 2.2 behind Hines. Cocker, Wilcox, and Ellis battling for 3rd.

 
L: 31   T: 45m
 
Status
  Ellis puts a daring move past Antonty Reid at Turn 1

 
L: 30   T: 43m
 
Status
  Hines holds Barely four seconds in the CRS Ferrari. Banres in the Brookspeed Viper is clear of 3rd spot Cocker by 14 secs, who is holding off reid

 
L: 29   T: 42m
 
Status
  Sutton, Bryant, Reid fighting over 5th spot

 
L: 29   T: 42m
 
Status
  Hines responds to the Viper pressure and increases gap to 4.888.

 
L: 28   T: 41m
 
Status
  Running Order: 16, 40, 9, 12, 14, 2, 3, 21, 15, 8, 1, 4, 23, 20, 6, 55, 52, 88, 50, 71

 
L: 28   T: 40m
 
Status
  Hines gets held up in traffic and Barness now just 3.9 behind

 
L: 27   T: 40m
 
Status
  A gaggle of cars come through Riches corner: 12, 2, 14, 3,21, 23

 
L: 27   T: 29m
 
Status
  Barnes is catching Hines who leads by 5.7 secs

 
L: 26   T: 28m
 
Status
  Cocker muscles his way up to 3rd, passing Bryant, who has re-passed Wilcox in the VRS Ferrari

 
L: 26   T: 38m
 
Status
 

 
L: 25   T: 36m
 
Status
  Hines 7.0 ahead of Barnes, with Mapelli 8.3 behind him, who has Adam Wilcox and Oliver Bryant on his tail. Wilcox made the pass on Bryant, lap 24

 
L: 25   T: 35m
 
Status
  Mortimer is struggling to claw back the 30 second pit penalty, behind Simonsen in 11th

 
L: 25   T: 35m
 
Status
  Timings error on No.4 car fixed. Amended top ten:
16, 40, 15, 2, 9, 12, 14, 1, 3, 21

 
L: 24   T: 34m
 
Status
  Oliver Bryant swarming over Mapelli for 4th, with Jonny Cocker in the Tech9 Lambo joining the pair for the battle

 
L: 23   T: 32m
 
Status
  Running Order: 4 (Timing Error?), 16, 40, 15, 2, 9, 12, 14, 1, 3, 21, 23, 8, 6, 20, 55, 52, 88, 50, 71

 
L: 22   T: 31m
 
Status
  Hines holds 8 secs over Jon Barnes in the Viper, who is gaining on the CRS Ferrari. Sutton has created some air from Mepelli in fifth, who still has Oliver Bryant breathing down his neck

 
L: 21   T: 30m
 
Status
  As a result of short stop by Bamford/Griffin shows the Chad No.4 car with a 30 sec lead

 
L: 21   T: 29m
 
Status
  Matt Griffin and Bamford stop looks very short on time.

 
L: 20   T: 28m
 
Status
  Hines has 7secs over Cullen, then Bryant, Barns and Sutton, who are nose to tail

 
L: 20   T: 28m
 
Status
  Bamford pits for driver change, giving Hines the lead

 
L: 19   T: 27m
 
Status
  Running Order: 4 (still to pit), 16, 15, 2, 40, 14, 9, 1, 12, 3, 8, 21, 23, 6, 20

 
L: 18   T: 26m
 
Status
  Race is restarted. Peter Bamford misses the break and failed to stop when everyone else did. This will cost the No.4 vital time

 
L: 18   T: 26m
 
Status
  Safety Car coming in

 
L: 18   T: 25m
 
Status
  No.16 Hines comes out of the pit race in the lead

 
L: 17   T: 36m
 
Status
  Pit lane confusion, as teams struggle for room, and cars miss their garage spots

 
L: 16   T: 24m
 
Status
  nearly all teams dive in

 
L: 16   T: 22m
 
Status
  Pit window about to open, pit lane is a frenzy of activity

 
L: 15   T: 20m
 
Status
  Peter Bamford pits, takes on tyres and rejoins queue behind pace car

 
L:   T: m
 
Status
  No.21 Team Modena Laborghini Harrington/de Zille Butler

 
L: 14   T: 19m
 
Status
  Guy Harrington pits and pulls into the garage with steam coming from the engine. He thumps the wheel in anger as he pulls in.

 
L: 14   T: 19m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 16, 15, 40, 2, 20, 9, 14, 3, 1, 21, 12, 8, 23, 11, 4

 
L: 14   T: 18m
 
Status
  Safety car is deployed to clear up accident at bombhole between Beechdean Aston Martin and RPM Ginetta

 
L: 13   T: 16m
 
Status
  Mortimer 10 sec lead over Metcalfe, who is 5 seconds ahead of Mapelli. Mapelli now pulling away from Gornall Viper

 
L: 11   T: 45m
 
Status
  The Aston Martin and GT4 RPM Ginetta of Nigel Moore have an incident

 
L: 11   T: 15m
 
Status
  Meadows is attacking Machitski for 7th

 
L: 11   T: 14m
 
Status
  Aston Martins are struggling in the conditions with the tyres Avon have supplied

 
L: 10   T: 13m
 
Status
  Mortimer lead of 7.1 secs over Metcalfe, who is 8 secs ahead of Mapelli who is holding off Gornall 7/10ths behind

 
L: 9   T: 12m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 16, 15, 40, 2, 9, 20, 14, 3, 1, 21, 8, 12, 23, 11, 4, 99, 50, 51, 88

 
L: 9   T: 12m
 
Status
  Leo Machitski has 'a moment' and loses 3 places

 
L: 8   T: 11m
 
Status
  Gornall in 5th starting to catch Mapelli. 3 vipers (Gornall, Foster, Wilkins) sit in 5,6,7

 
L: 8   T: 10m
 
Status
  Mortimers Ford GT laps the GT4 Nssan 350Z of Palmer

 
L: 7   T: 8m
 
Status
  Gornall finds a way past Foster in the RPM Viper. Metcalfe, Machitski, Mapelli, Gornall now starting to spread apart

 
L: 7   T: 8m
 
Status
  Mortimer 5.4 secs lead

 
L: 6   T: 8m
 
Status
  No.21 Harrington struggling to find way past Hector Lester (CiM)

 
L: 5   T: 7m
 
Status
  Machitski, Mapelli, Foster, Gornall battling nose to tail

 
L: 5   T: 6m
 
Status
  Running Order: 6, 16, 9, 15, 2, 40, 20, 14, 3, 8, 21, 1, 12, 23, 11, 99, 4, 50, 52, 51

 
L: 5   T: 6m
 
Status
  Mortimer has 3 second lead over Metcalfe who is 9/10ths ahead of Machitski

 
L: 4   T: 5m
 
Status
  Harrington who started from pits starting to close in on Hector Lester in 14th

 
L: 4   T: 4m
 
Status
  Mortimer is slowly extending lead. Metcalfe, Machitski, Mapelli, Foster, Gornall bunched together

 
L: 3   T: 3m
 
Status
  Mortimer lead extended to 1.8 secs. Gornall moves up to 6th spot in the Brookspeed Viper

 
L: 2   T: 2m
 
Status
  Order: 6, 16, 9, 15, 2, 40, 14, 3, 20, 8, 21, 1, 12, 4, 99, 50, 23, 52, 11, 71

 
L: 2   T: 2m
 
Status
  Mortimer has .285 lead over Metcalfe who is 1 sec ahead of Machitski

 
L: 1   T: 1m
 
Status
  Ford GT will have an extra 30 second pit penaty during driver change, due to both drivers being A Class

 
L: 1   T: 1m
 
Status
  GT Ford pulling away on opening lap

 
L: 1   T: 1m
 
Status
  Safety Car is in Green Flag!

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  Mapelli stalls pulling away, but gets going and looks to find position again

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  Field goes out on parade lap

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  Not Making it to the grid for the start and starting from pit lane
11, 88, 54, 55

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  Starting Grid
#6 mortimer
#16 Metcalfe
#9 Machitski
#11 Harrington
#15 Mapelli
#14 Meadows
#2 Foster
#3 Marsh
#40 Gornall

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  No.23 CiM Ferrari Lester/Simonsen DQ for re-fuelling between qualifying sessions. The 430GT will start from the back of the grid

 
L: 0   T: 0m
 
Status
  The first British GT race from Snetterton will start at 4:40PM

 

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No.21 Team Modena Laborghini Harrington/de Zille Butler