Cadwell Classic Roundup
- CSCC Staff
- May 19
- 3 min read
Once again we were blessed with decent racing weather this weekend, cool, but dry, with sunny spells on Saturday. It helped make for a welcome return to this beautiful circuit, after a 3 year absence.
Full results are here: https://www.tsl-timing.com/event/252064
Official CSCC photographer, David Stallard got in his regulation number of steps, to take hundreds of crisp photos of you all, from every allowable position. You can view his galleries in time order and buy a pic. or two by clicking the photo below:
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With neither a journalist or live stream we're unable to bring you a race by race analysis, but take it from us it was an excellent event. Here are a few of David Smitheram's recollections from the event:
The race long tussle between Tim Davis and Richard Carter in the first Gold Arts Magnificent Sevens race was a cracker. Carter prevailed by a tenth of a second across the line.
Until the pit-stop, Will Linley and Malcolm Johnson were locked in an all-Lotus battle, in the Midland Classic Restorations Classic K race. We can only guess how things might have worked out, before Linley's success penalty pegged him back by 20 seconds at the mid-race pause. Malcolm thanked stand-in co-ordinator Richard Wos, for spotting a fixable fuel leak in the assembly area, that could have spelled disaster before things had even begun!
Jon Wolfe made a welcome return, following a gammy-foot-related lay-off. His reward, the overall win, in the first, packed, Adams & Page Swinging 60s race. V8 TVR power just enough to keep ahead of Jon Crayston's Elan, by less than a second at the flag. Testament to high driving standards and car preparation of these 70 year old classics, we had just one DNF in this race.
The mix of 70s, 80s and 90s machinery in the Advantage Motorsport Future Classics/SuperPro Modern Classics, once again delivered excitement. Cadwell requires race craft and skill to cleanly overtake, Tom Barley prevailed, in his newly-shelled E36 328i. 2nd overall and first of the Future Classics, was the rumbling Morgan Plus 8 of the Paterson duo, displaying masterful control of opposite lock out of the Hairpin. It was a joy to watch novice Chris Hetherington hustle his weighty Impreza, to stay ahead of the nimble but underpowered Ford Ka, piloted by Andrew Rollason.
The sight and sound of more than 20 big Jaguars is always a thrill, nowhere more so than at Cadwell. A first outing for the unlikely looking X-Type estate, driven by Mark Bennett was rewarded with a class 3rd place in race one (6th overall). Shades of TWR Volvo, but with a slightly smaller development budget. Our sole MG Trophy entrant, Josh Addison was welcomed to the group, as an honorary Jaguar driver!
Happiest memory for many is a pair of overall wins for popular, long-time Co-ordSport Tin Tops man Shaun Ely. Shaun and family have supported the series and club for ten years, starting in a Civic, before moving to their familiar 205 GTi. With hard work and development, on a modest budget, they have slowly made their way from the tail towards the sharp end. Inspired by his now-passed cousin, Luke Johnson, with family in attendance, Shaun clinched not just his first overall win in Co-ordSport Tin Tops, but also won outright in the Tin Tops vs. Puma vs. Turbo Tin Tops race too.! A huge round of applause at the prize-giving reflected the collective joy for this man's success.
The Puma Cup fielded 9 cars, the largest entry number for years, with a group of them sticking together throughout the race.
Another double, first-time overall winner was Sean Wortley, taking both Fox Transport Turbo Tin Tops victories. We'll never know if Hammersley/Tongue could have bridged the 6 second gap to Wortley, had the flag not been shown slightly early due to curfew concerns.
To finish we must say thank you to:
Every volunteer, Marshal, official, rescue, medical team, timekeeper, circuit staff and so many more, for staying an extra 15 minutes after the anticipated timetable end. Giving us that extra time made a lot of people happy, particularly the drivers.
Sue Chan-Wyles did a great job updating our Instagram and Facebook accounts over the event (and at Donington last month), thank you.
Richard Wos, having recently announced his retirement, couldn't keep away, as he kindly stepped up as Adams & Page Swinging 60s driver representative, whilst Malcolm and Ian were otherwise busy.
