As the race went green on lap 48 Hector Lester moved ahead of the Chad Racing Ferrari of Peter Bamford as Adrian Willmot challenged the second placed Ferrari into the first corner. Willmot swept into second place with a demon move on the outside, unsighting Bamford who then lost out to Michael Meadows, David Jones and Steve Clark before they exited Scotsman.
For two laps the top six cars circulated in close order but Meadows was coming under pressure from Willmot, the Ferrari and the Aston Martin side by side into the first corner. Neither driver was going to give ground and they clashed, pushing the Aston onto the grass and the Ferrari went straight into the airbag wall on the outside of Scotsman, the Ferrari coming to rest with the front wheels on top of the barriers. Meadows was okay and Willmot regained the track but now behind the Ascari of David Jones.
Jones was catching the leading Ferrari, challenging Lester strongly on lap 54. As they crossed the start line Jones dived out from behind the CiM Ferrari to sweep into the lead as they braked into the first corner. David Jones then started to pull away from the Lester who then looked like he was going to lose another place to Willmot. However the Aston driver came under pressure from the Team RPM Viper of Steve Clark, relieving the pressure on the CiM
Ferrari.
Willmot shook off the challenge and was right on the rear of the second placed Ferrari as the final few minutes of the race ticked by. However on lap 59 the red flags came out after the Beechdean Motorsport Aston Martin N24 of Andrew Howard was beached in the gravel at Scotsman, ending the race.
Fifth place for Paddy Shovlin behind Steve Clark was enough to maintain his and Michael Cullen's lead in the Championship and they head to Rockingham with a five point lead over Hector Lester and Allan Simonsen.
