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Perfect day for Doran
British Rallycross champion Pat Doran began the defence of his title in the best possible way by winning round one of the Quaife MSA British Rallycross Championship at Lydden on Monday (April 17).
“It���s the perfect start and it���s been a brilliant day,” said Doran, “I had a little problem with the gearbox in the A final and again in the Superfinal but it didn���t make any difference in the end, I couldn���t have had a better start to the year.”
Doran (Milstead) didn���t look back after setting fastest time in the first qualifying heat. Second fastest time in the second heat was enough to assure the champion of pole position for the Supercar A final on a day when none of his rivals had a trouble free run.
Former champion Dermot Carnegie (Dublin) was fastest in the third heat but had been lucky to post second fastest time in the first heat where he had lost the use of fourth gear. Only sixth fastest in the second heat, Carnegie pulled a much needed result out of the bag in the third heat where he set fastest time. Completing the front row starters was Christopher Evans (Wicklow). The Opel Astra driver suffered differential problems in practice and the first heat but struck back in the second heat where he set fastest time. Evans was then forced to retire from the third heat when exhaust fumes leaked into the car.
It was Evans who chased Doran in the opening laps of the A final, his pursuit of the champion only curtailed when rising engine temperatures forced him to ease up and John McCluskey (Dublin) moved ahead. McCluskey cut into Doran���s lead and, helped by the fact that Doran was struggling to select fourth gear, closed on the leader and was just 0.5s adrift at the race end.
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