ROUND SEVEN DADSON MASTERS PFI

ROUND 7 OF THE DADSON MASTERS AND THE SUPERB PFI CIRCUIT PLAYED HOST TO THE VISITING OLD BOYS.

AT DRIVERS BREIFING TYRE DRAW, SID WILLIAMS OUR MASCOT PICKED OUT DRIVER No 50, WINSTON BENT WHO WINS A SET OF SLICKS.

HEAT 1

RICHARD FRIEND LED THE 1^ST HEAT FROM LIGHTS TO FLAG DRIVING SUPERB AND ALMOST LOOKING LIKE AN                     EXHIBITION  DRIVE.

MEANWHILE FURTHER BACK WEATHERLEY WAS CUTTING HIS WAY THROUGH THE TRAFFIC FROM P7 TO FINISH 2^ND.

HOWEVER, THE 2 MEN ON THE MOVE WERE CHAMPIONSHIP LEADER WOODER WHO CAME FROM P15 TO 3^RD AND HIS RIVAL FORDHAM FROM 19^TH TO 6^TH.

HEAT 2

AT THE START ON THE ROLLING UP LAP KENDEL GETS TAGGED, BENDS HIS AXLE SO UNFORTUNATE FOR HIM OUT HE GOES BEFORE THE START.

WEATHERLEY WINS FROM P9 BRYN GEEN 2^ND FROM P7 FRANCIS DROPPED FROM POLE TO 3^RD BECKENHAM STAYED 4^TH WHILE FORDHAM MADE 1 PLACE TO FINISH 5^TH

HEAT 3

A WIN FOR WOODER FROM P4 WHILE WEATHERLEY STOMPED THROUGH FROM P16 TO 2^ND KERR WENT FROM P2 TO 3^RD WHILE ROGERS ALSO CAME FROM THE BACK 14^TH TO 4^TH

FINAL

AFTER A FANTASTIC DRIVE ALL DAY WEATHERLEY PUTS HIS KART ON POLE FOR THE FINAL, WOODER ALONG SIDE WITH ROGERS & BECKENHAM ON ROW 2,

FORDHAM & KERR ROW 3, FRIEND & GILBERT ROW4 AND MAKING THE TOP 10 WAS BRYN GREEN & FAIRBRASS.

AT THE LIGHTS WEATHERLEY GETS THE JUMP ON WOODER TO KEEP HIS POSITION.

ON LAP 2 BECKENHAM MAKES A MOVE INTO 2^ND POSITION. WHILE A BATTLE PERSUED BETWEEN THESE TWO, FORDHAM GET PAST TO START CATCHING WEATHERLEY,

WOODER COMES OUT THE VICTOR TO PERSUE THE FRONT 2.  KERR FRIEND & BECKENHAM NOW SWAPPING PLACES FOR 4^TH 5^TH & 6^TH.                                                                                                                                 WITH 10 LAPS TO GO, DRAMAS, CHURCHILL GETS TAGGED BY FAIRBRASS, FORDHAM IS ALL OVER THE BACK OF WEATHERLEY, JUST LIKE MANSELL AND SENNA AT MONOCO, BUT THEY DIDN’T HAVE WOODER BEHIND WHO WAS CATCHING AT A RAPID PACE.

MEANWHILE KERR & FRIEND ARE FIGHTING FOR 5^TH & 6^TH AT THE FRONT WITH 8 LAPS TO GO. WOODER HAS CAUGHT FORDHAM & PAST, HANG ON, NO, FORDHAM’S GOT HIM BACK AND RETAKEN 2^ND, 7 LAPS LEFT TO GO AND IN THE 2^ND HAIRPIN WOODER TAKES A LUNGE FROM 3^RD TO 1^ST AND MAKES IT STICK.

NO BENT AXLES NO RADS OFF JUST FANTASTIC RACING. FORDHAM NOW HAS ROGERS ON HIS TAIL SO DECIDES IT’S TIME TO FOLLOW WOODER AND TAKES WEATHERLEY FOR 2^ND. BACKMARKERS NOW COME INTO PLAY BUT PRIZE WINNER ROEL VAN ES MOVES OFF LINE, POINTS THE LEADERS THROUGH WITHOUT ANY DISRUPTION.

WITH JUST A FEW LAPS TO GO ROGERS, KERR & BECKENHAM ARE HAVING A CLOSE BATTLE ALLOWING BRYN GREEN, BENT & BRITTIAN TO CLOSE THE GAP.

NEVERTHELESS, THE FORMAT WOULD NOT CHANGE.

1^ST WOODER, 2^ND FORDHAM, 3^RD WEATHERLEY, 4^TH ROGERS, 5^TH KERR, 6^TH FRIEND AND DRIVER OF THE DAY JOHN WEATHERLEY.