8:52am Tuesday 16th September 2008
Westbury's Shane Marshall took another step towards his first outright championship title after another dominant victory in the Castle Combe Circuit's savesometax.co.uk race on Saturday.
Pole position was easily converted into victory, his closest rival, Alan Hogg, in a similar Jade, looking reasonably close in the early stages of the 15 laps, but falling back to finish 11 seconds adrift by the end.
Jade's proprietor Tony Sinclair was less than a second further back in third.
Bridgwater's Josh Fisher took another class win in his Mantis Supersport to keep his title hopes alive, well clear of Dave Williams in the Radical SR3 and Trowbridge's Andrew Shanley in the Radical Prosport.
Trowbridge's Mark Funnell remained in mathematical touch of Marshall and Fisher for the title with another class C win in his road-going Lotus Exige, but will need them to hit trouble at the final round in October if he is to succeed.
Newport's David Jackson won class D in his Caterham Superlight.
While Josh Fisher is still in contention for the Special GT title, his win in the Melton Concrete Products Formula Ford 1600 race gave him his first championship, with one round left to run. Only his brother, Felix, who spent most of the race glued to him, could have beaten him, but Josh now has the luxury of being able to miss the next round and still take the title.
Bratton's Ben Norton was the only man able to get on terms with the Fishers, initially heading them, but demoted by Josh as they entered Camp for the first time. Two laps later, Felix was past too, Norton's Spectrum 011 eventually finishing some three seconds behind in third.
Steven Jensen, from Saltford, had a busy race, engaged in his regular battle with Andrew Jones from Castle Combe, Jensen's new Swift gradually improving in its debut year.
Bradford on Avon's David Vivian took second in class B and sixth overall, with Chippenham's Adam Higgins in the class A Van Diemen fully engaged to take seventh.
Laurence Kilby, comprehensively beat his own lap record in the National Mobile Windscreens Saloon Car Championship race after the demise of Russell Humphrey, who had just taken it away from him.
Kilby's Evo 7 RS opened a useful gap over second placed Gary Prebble after the first few laps, Barry Squibb even further back in his similar car.
Melksham's Simon Norris was right on his tail in fourth.
Class B saw some close competition, Kevin Bird initially heading eventual winner, Bristol's Mark Wyatt in the Astra, with Tony Dolley in the Peugeot 206 closing by the end and Calne's Tony Hutchings beaten to third in class by David Urquhart after his Audi TT went off song.
Yate's Nick Charles took his second consecutive class C victory in his Peugeot 106, well clear of Bristol's Nick Mizen in the MG ZR.
The ongoing battle between Chippenham's William Di Claudio and Yatton Keynell's Jason Cooper for both class D and overall championship honours changed shape as Cooper took his first dry weather victory in his Fiesta, now with enough power to see off Di Claudio's Peugeot 106.
The Peter Best Insurance Challenge for various classes of MG, saw Swindon's Dan Ludlow defeat the MGB V8s with his 1.8 litre Metro despite qualifying only fifth.
The final round of the British Superkart championship saw the tiny 250 cc machines break the magic 100 mph average for the first time, James Oreilly and Don Kennedy sharing the two wins on their Honda engined machines.
An exciting open' race for sports and saloon cars completed the day's proceedings, with Nick Williamson and Russell Humphrey setting the pace initially, but Funnel, a last minute entry, scything through the field from the back of the grid in the Lotus.
By the last lap, Funnell was on the tail of the leading pair, Humphrey spinning away his second place after some gearbox problems, leaving Funnell to close on Williamson and finish just half a second behind.
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