Monday 13 April 2009

Gardner Takes Win and Title

AnE GT-Pro 2009 Champion
Daz Gardner


2nd
Keith Ettles


3rd
Nick Carnell


Ian Beech

It all hinged on the last race of the season at the AnE GT-Pro League,with the last 2 rounds being won by Keith Ettles the pressure was on for Gardner to finish in the top 2 to become league champion.With a tight qualifying session seeing Ettles take top spot closely followed by Gardner and Bertram in 2nd and 3rd.
Gardner with a great start was into turn 1 clear of Nick Carnell, disaster was to strike Ettles who had being suffering gearbox problems with a big lock up off the grid which also slowed Bertrams start.Carnell would keep pace with Gardner until lap 7 when Gardner pulled away widening the gap between himself and Ettles who was battling back through the field.Carnell with a 10 second gap over 3rd place Ettles would lose his 2nd place with a big lockup into the sand on turn 5.With the pit stops having little effect on the places the race would draw to an end with Gardner taking the win, Ettles finished 12 seconds behind in 2nd and Carnell needing a good finish to challenge for 3rd in the championship would come in 3rd.Bertram 4th and Beech 5th would be enough to tie Carnell for overall 3rd place in the league.

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