Co-ordSport Tin Tops @Donington and Cadwell park update.

We have 2 clips rolled into one for the Co-ordSport Tin Tops update from Donington park and Cadwell park so enjoy.

The Co-OrdSport Tin Tops set had Andrew Windmill's Honda Civic Type R Leggera - unlike Pizza Express’ namesake without salad in the hole in the middle - starting with a 30 second success penalty for winning at Thruxton earlier in the month. Colin and Steve Simpson’s Peugeot 206 RC carried a similar imposition for their Oulton Park victory.

Windmill set off strongly in a bid to plump out a cushion, but a safety car called when Robert Jarman’s Renault Clio 172 Cup went pop took the breeze from his sails. Andrew tried anew, leading Martin Addison (Peugeot 106 GTi) by 7.4 seconds into the pitstop cycle, with Paul Mensley (Clio) and Nigel Tongue (Peugeot 306) chasing. Drama aplenty had already unfolded. Terry Upton pulled off at Schwantz on lap 2 when his Ford Fiesta ST’s bonnet flew open and wrapped itself over the windscreen. Ironically, Tom Bell’s sister car suffered a similar fate two circuits later.
Addison was ahead of Tongue by a short head as the pit stagger unwound, with the Clios of Stephen Reynolds/John Ridgeon and Mensley squabbling over third, pursed by the Fields’ Proton Persona, James Slater/Richard Harman (Civic Type R) and Windmill. Tongue and Addison traded places until Nigel cannoned Martin into the Coppice gravel trap two laps from home. Windmill passed the scene serenely for another victory, for Tongue was not only verbally reprimanded by the MSUK Clerks for contact, but also penalised for a short stop. He fell to third behind the Simpsons’ Pug. Mensley, who also infringed pit regs, wound up fourth ahead of Jonathan Dee (Honda Integra DC2) and Eric Boulton’s Civic.
***Qualifying, pit stop and race results are here: https://www.tsl-timing.com/file/?f=CS...


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For the first time since 2016, the CSCC raced at Cadwell Park, on 12th/13th June.
Rewarded with warm weather throughout, the temperatures actually came as a shock to many on Sunday, after so many months of cold and wet. Grid sizes were considerably lower than the huge numbers Donington had attracted, a fortnight before. A consequence of location, reputation and number of meetings in quick succession. This meant that those who did attend, enjoyed that happy compromise, with space to put together consistant laps and enough cars to produce a good battle.

The Co-ordSport Tin Tops drivers and teams are out again this weekend at Snetteron so keep checking back for more news and updates to follow.
First time CSCC winner was Russell Thomson, who has raced a Clio with us periodically since 2013, in the Co-ordSport Tin Tops. The win looked briefly in doubt, after a genuine accident, where a lapped car misjudged his braking, tapped him from the rear and on to the grass at Gooseneck (apology post race was made and accepted). Russell would go on to win by 4.066 from Tom Mensley. Bad luck for Adam Brown, with a drive shaft failure on the last lap, losing a certain class win.