Out on track Barnes was now in the lead ahead of Aaron Scott and Michael Bentwood and on lap 18 Barnes came into the pits to hand over to James Gornall. Confusion reigned as cars came into the pits to complete their mandatory stops. Ben de Zille Butler, now at the wheel of the #11 Team Modena Lamborghini spun at Druids on his out lap, parking the Lamborghini in the middle of track before he was able to turn the engine over and rejoin the race. Disaster also struck the ABG Motorsport Viper as Aaron Scott brought the car in with smoke pouring from the car, a front left tyre had punctured and the mechanics were forced to pick bits of shredded tyre from the bodywork of the Viper as Scott handed over to Craig Wilkins.
Cadena Motorsports day took a turn for the worse when Gavan Kershaw went straight on at Sheene Curve, the Aston Martin ending up beached in the gravel forcing the Safety Car out onto the track. James Gornall led the remaining cars behind the safety car with Andy Jenkinson followed by Paddy Shovlin, Michael Meadows and Nick Foster rounding out the top five cars. Matt Nicol-Jones led the GT4 class ahead of Richard Evans in the #52 RPM Ginetta.
The race restarted on lap 28 with Gornall pulling away from Jenkinson who immediately came under fire from Shovlin, the Irish driver diving down the inside at Graham Hill Bend to take second place. As the leader crossed the line for the 29th time there seemed to be a problem with the Viper. Gornall ran wide at Paddock Hill but managed to stay on the track but the Viper had visibly slowed allowing Shovlin, Meadows and Foster to pass him. Gornall brought the car into the pits where the team removed the right rear tyre, replacing it with new Avon rubber before sending him back out in 7th place.
Nick Foster was closing on second placed Michael Meadows and on lap 31 the two cars were side by side into Paddock Hill. On the exit they clashed and the Ferrari spun off into the gravel facing back up the hill while the black Viper continued to chase down the leading Ferrari.
Behind this battle Jeremy Metcalfe in the #16 CRS Ferrari dived down the inside of Andy Jankinson's Aston Martin through Clearways to move into what was now third spot. Jenkinson now was under pressure from the recovering Craig Wilkinson and on lap 35 the Aston dropped back another place as the ABG Viper swept by.
In GT4 Nigel Moore was trying to get past Matt Nicol-Jones to add another win to his weekend tally. Moore made a concerted move at Graham Hill Bend but Nicol-Jones defended well to keep the 16-year-old at bay but then the #51 Ginetta came into the pits, smoke coming from the engine bay. Moore climbed out of the car, his race over.
At the front Foster was trying desperately to get past the leading Ferrari but Paddy Shovlin kept his cool and his lead. Foster's efforts were hampered by the waved yellow flags at Paddock Hill as the marshals worked to clear the stricken Ferrari of Michael Meadows. Shovlin crossed the line to take his third win of the season, his arm aloft out of the window to salute his CR Scuderia team lining the wall.
Nick Foster crossed the line in second well ahead of Jeremy Metcalf and Craig Wilkins. However a protest was made to the stewards regarding the move by Nick Foster on Michael Meadows and the Team RPM Viper was given a 60 second time penalty which dropped Foster and Redwood back to 6th overall and promoted Luke Hines and Jeremy Metcalfe to second and Aaron Scott and Craig Wilkins to third.
James Gornall nursed the Team Trimite Brookspeed Viper home to cross the line in a distant seventh place but it didn't matter because he and Jon Barnes had secured the 2008 Avon Tyres British GT title with two races remaining.
The next race is at Silverstone on August 17 which will be the first of two 120-minute races to round off the 2008 season.
