The pit window opened just as Drayson exited the Hairpin and he dived into the pits to hand over the car to Jonny Cocker. He was followed into the pits by the two
Ferrari's of Phil Burton and Hector Lester from eleventh and tenth places respectively. Adam Wilcox and Allan Simonsen took over the driving duties in the Ferrari's, with both cars exiting the pitlane together with Simonsen ahead. Wilcox tried to find a way around the Dane, but the Christians in Motorsport Ferrari was not going to be passed easily. The two cars were side by side into the Hairpin and there was some door rubbing and paint swapping as they exited the slow corner with Simonsen still ahead.
Confusion reigned as all the cars now made their stops over the next few laps. Harrington and Greenhalgh stayed out for another four laps before coming in together to hand over to Ben de Zille Butler and Erik Zwart.
Once the pitstops had sorted themselves out it was de Zille Butler in the Aston Martin from Godfrey Jones in the Team Eurotech Ascari from Bradley Ellis in the #6 Team RPM Viper from Nick Foster in the #7 Viper, who had the Berlanga Ascari of Erik Zwart and the Ferrari of Allan Simonsen filling his mirrors at the start of the 23rd lap. However it was the Ascari who lost out to the flying Dane as Zwart was passed on lap 24 and then he spun at the Hairpin, narrowly avoiding being collected by Paul O'Neil in the #5 Team RPM Viper.
Simonsen's next target was Bradley Ellis and the Ferrari and Viper were nose to tail as the cars exited the Hairpin at the end of lap 23. The pair charged down the main straight towards the first corner, with Ellis holding his nerve and his position through the next sequence of corners. However it wasn't to be and the Ferrari moved ahead at the end of lap 24 with a move on the inside of the Viper into the final corner. Simonsen then set off after the Ascari of Godfrey Jones who was five seconds ahead but was closing gradually on the lead Aston Martin in turn. However the Ascari went off the circuit on lap 27, dropping Jones from second to fourth and giving Allan Simonsen a clear run at Ben de Zille Butler's leading Aston Martin.
