Mark Speller may well have won both Elise Trophy races from a bumper 41-car grid at Castle Combe but he was certainly made to work for his trophies. A third of a second down from polesitter Steve Williams in qualifying meant a second row start but he was straight into second and took the lead on lap two of the first encounter. Not to be deterred, Williams remained on his tail for the duration and used the backmarkers well in the closing laps, only Speller’s robust defence into the final corner denying him the lead. Behind this pair, Craig Denman, Luigi Valentino Mazza and debutant Jon Wolfe fought hard for the remaining podium place only for Wolfe to suffer electrical problems and seemingly Combe expert Mark Funnel to overtake them all for third place. However, his car failed post-race scrutineering to Denman’s eventual benefit.

While race two may have started with a reverse top-ten grid, it was a very familiar story with Williams and Funnel missing this time, the former delayed in traffic and eventually sixth, the latter eliminated in the chaos at Quarry resulting from a spinning Ben Pitch. Wolfe’s car survived the race and he was rewarded with second as both he and Denman kept Speller honest.