ANGLESEY 2

We're really short of photos, so forgive the video captures to add a little flavour to the otherwise-brilliant writing.

Lyddall closes in again on a wounded Bear

Lyddall gets in more drifting practice.

Lyddall, guess what, drifting...

Lap 1, Harrison oversteers down the corkscrew.

From p3 Lyddall gets the drop on the Bear and hares after the lead pair, his worn T1Rs have about three minutes of life in them before he is simply screwed, and about the same amount of time until the R1Rs switch on. If he's going to achieve anything today, it will be in the first two laps.

Webster and Drage have their customary fight off the line, and though the green machine is ahead into the hairpin, the understeer that has plagued him all weekend allows Drage up the inside on the exit. Drage wants the place, to put another car between himself and the last-starting Harrison, but power counts, and Webster makes it through to retain his place.

From last place Harrison has out-dragged Coppock junior off the line but found the door slammed shut, Seath's unsighted squeeze at turn 2 tearing half his rear skirt off as he moves to take a space that has a car already in it.

By lap 2 the order shuffles around a little. Palmer has a comfortable lead, and Lyddall is only just holding on, tyres about shot. A lurid slide at the hairpin as he enters lap 3 and it's game over, the Bear wafts past, but the lead pair are gone, 3 seconds ahead and it's only going to get more.

Race 2, and will someone please ask Chris Palmer to come back and play nicely with the rest of the children?

Let's be fair, day 2 wasn't exactly a classic either. There was some overtaking, but it was mostly only about 2 cars, the class D car of Harrison starting dead last, and the green machine of Webster, who put himself out of position early on. Other than that, with the exception of a spinner, and we'll get to him later, everyone finished where they started. No Ramm today, poor baby felt a bit poorly. Aww.

Lights out, and it's Palmer v Coppock into turn 1. Coppock almost makes it work, but it is his assault into turn 3 that was much more impressive. In place of day 1's violence, this one had much more finesse about it.

With more than a passing nod to his class D origins, Coppock takes a much wider entry to the hairpin and cuts back, on the power early for a run into turn 3.

It nearly works, and the momentum transfers to a further attack at Rocket. But when that failed it was game over, once he made it to Rocket in the lead Palmer had this race sewn up, and nobody would see him again all afternoon, game over!

With the red car something of a roadblock, and the Harrison/Webster battle slowing itself down, Drage is still in touch with the pair, right up to the moment that the backmarker saloon of Doyle spins off onto the infield right in front of him, creating a gap that will never quite close again.

Boon is in sight of him, but unable to capitalise, they will finish in that order.

The last lap fight for p3 finally gets interesting. The Bear is only able to hold off Webster by using full power, but doing so is losing coolant, and the wet windscreen only encourages his pursuer.

Harrison is also now opening up the throttle again and mounts a last-lap attack, a late dive at the corkscrew is closed down by Webster, and a last -corner outside move sees the pair cross the line a tenth of a second apart, only half a second behind the Bear, who immediately pulls the car off the road.

Palmer an easy win again, Coppock second for another class G win, he remains the only undefeated class leader this season.

Bear third for a hard-earned p2 in E, Webster 4th and 3rd in class. Harrison takes 5th for the vital class win and full points haul.

Drage p6, 2nd in D, Boon 7th and 3rd respectively, Lyddall 8th, yet still 2nd in class G. Seath and Coppock junior make up the ten runners.

It is the mid-pack that is shifting. Webster has been suffering understeer all weekend, and on lap 1 slides straight off the road at Rocket, dropping down behind Boon. With his beard a-bristle he fights back immediately with a lunge at the corkscrew, which results in contact and paintwork to be done. The eventual pass, when it comes, is done much more cleanly, and he is immediately in pursuit of Drage.

Harrison's head gasket has blown on lap 2, but electing to continue and risk damage he makes it past Seath with an outbrake at the hairpin. Leaking steam like a wounded locomotive it is just a question of whether the car can withstand it.

Having had a dose of the same bad fuel, brother Alex blows his head gasket at almost this same moment, and he has to back off, his car leaking steam above 4000rpm and slowing badly.

Palmer is still running, he cuts through the slower saloons with impetuous ease and is rapidly heading for the sharp end of the grid. That's the grid from the race that set off 20 seconds ahead of him....

Coppock trails now, it's about 7 seconds to the leader by half distance, Palmer takes a second per lap off him despite the traffic. Simply awesome.

Webster passes Drage quickly, the next cars ahead Bear and Lyddall, both wounded animals. Bear's head gasket woes are such that he eases back to let Lyddall through, he regains p3 as the red car goes into full-on survival. All hope of victory gone, it's still a drifting contest, the slides ever-more wild until the inevitable, it's a full spin at Rocket, losing places hand over fist as nearly the entire XJS grid comes back past. See the sequence to the right for details!

Harrison closed on Boon and after a couple of aborted attempts the pass is made on the drive from the hairpin, next target the class leader Drage. The overtake is made very quickly, a late brake at the hairpin catches Drage unawares and the class lead changes his Harrison's favour.

The ailing Bear now has Webster closing fast, and has a choice to make about preserving the vehicle or position. The now-closing blue car of big brother offers some hope, the impending duel for p4 may offer respite.

Lyddall finds himself next to last, 15 seconds behind Boon, and with nothing to acheive now but fun, gets a little more drifting practice in to show he can do it really. It's a long way to go just to burn tyres.

Seath is some way back, the first lap contact cost him half a bumper, and defending from Harrison cost him much time, he is out of contact with the class D battle ahead, despite having threatened Boon for much of Saturday's race.

Webster is now under threat from Harrison, the steaming class D machine now in the mirrors and looking for a way past.

Webster's understeer now becomes a problem again, as his lines go defensive the twisty top section of the track becomes a serious issue again, and sure enough Harrison slides up the inside at Rocket 2 to drag into Peel togther. Not one to give up easily, Webster keeps his foot in as they oversteer in synch and puts it back ahead into the corkscrew.

This is the only fight left on track, and it's a rather low-key affair. We have a red class E car in p3 with a blown head gasket, and understeering green class E with a steaming blue class D up the boot, two trying to get their cars to the flag whilst molesting the third.

Palmer is still cutting through the field, he's up to p4 overall, three places and ten seconds clear of Coppock. Next car is the Bear, thirty seconds adrift and looking for the last lap board.

As it comes out and it is apparent that both cars have survived, both Harrisons open up the taps a little for a last-lap assualt, one to defend against an aggressive Webster, the other to try and mug both for that precious podium place.

WINNERS AND LOSERS

Winners:

Chris Palmer - Simply dominated this track all weekend, unbeatable.

Lawrence Coppock - still unbeaten in class G this season.

Andrew Harrison - class win from dead last with a blown head gasket is what we call damage limitation!

Losers:

Alex Harrison - off the pace with car problems of every kind all weekend.

Roger Webster - a good recovery, but imagine what would have happened had he not fallen off the road on lap 1?

Stewert Lyddall - it's a long way to drive just to burn out your tyres, and to spin whilst showboating is a little bit embarrassing.

KUTUKA MOTORSPORT AWARDS – These are the trophies the JEC and CSCC don’t give out, and are purely a reflection of the opinions and views we’ve formed from paddock debate. The only rule is, a Kutuka driver cannot win any of the good ones:

Driver of the Day – how can it not be Palmer again?

Gordon Ramsay award for foulest language – probably Lyddall as drift turned into spin.

Steve Avery award – Ian Drage. Lyddall ruled himself out by actually spinning, but a sideways Drage didn't.

Duel of the day – if we ignore Kutuka cars, there were none.

Fantasia Award for best Jaguar pirouette – Kevin Doyle by a mile.

Beard of the Week –Roger Webster, easily.

Most Subdued Performance – Simon Seath. He was hassling Boon on day 1, but today a distant cruise.

Spirit of Club Racing – probably the moment that the Bear considered pulling his 60-foot lorry/trailer combo out to block Ray Ingham's motorhome on the drive home. Whilst eating a leftover sausage.

Bear's Duct Tape Special leads Lyddall down the corkscrew. Sounds like something out of Wacky Racers...