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www.amoc.org eventually finished sixth as Austrian Peter Dubsky (Aston Martin 15/98) made his journey from Austria worthwhile with second place after a great tussle with the supercharged Riley Special of Durward Lawson. “It was a little bit like ice skating but it was nice,” said Dubsky of the slippery track. McWhirter finally tigered ahead of a great battle between John Guyatt (Talbot Lago T150) and Richard Reay-Smith (Lagonda LG45) to finish fourth on the road, but his penalty dropped him back to sixth behind the battling duo.

Robert Rawe’s Aston Martin DP214 Replica pulls away.

Triumph Triumphs! Will Dick in the Alfa For the second Equipe GTS Romeo Giulia T1 Super. event running, there was disappointment for Brian White when his Triumph TR4 retired from the lead. White had a commanding lead when an electrical fault stopped the car with just three laps to run. Instead, for the second time in a little over a month, Peter Foster swept ahead to take the flag in his TR4 from the similar Pete Foster’s Triumph TR4 during car of Richard McKoen the Innes Ireland Cup race. as David Reed claimed a hard-won third in his Aston able to pull clear on the Martin DB2. opening lap and lay the White had seized the foundation for what should chance for a dry lap at the have been a convincing very start of qualifying before the rain arrived and victory. But on lap 10 of 13, White pulled off the took pole by a massive track on the exit of Shell nine seconds. He didn’t have such a big advantage and his race was over. “There was no mechanical in the race, but was still

bang; it just stopped. It’s probably ignition or something electrical,” said a philosophical White. Once more, Foster was the chief beneficiary of White’s problems and moved ahead to take a clear victory. “I couldn’t June 2014 63


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