JEC XJS Championship - Snetterton 12^th June 2004:

Stewart Lyddall was the main casualty of this race when on lap 8 of qualifying a fuel pressure problem arose and he was doing a Jerry Lee Lewis and had "Great Balls of Fire" shooting onto his windscreen from the engine.On the grid of 28 cats, in pole, was Richard Masters, his first race for about a year, Derek Pearce 2nd and Steve Davis of Beaconsfield 3rd.

When the red lights went out the first 2 cars were leap-frogged by 3rd and 4th Davis and Doyle. Steve led till coming out of the chicane on lap 2 where immense pressure from Kevin Doyle forced Davis onto the kerb and took the lead. Davis suffered exhaust damage but still gave chase until lap 6 when he pulled into the pits. He must have found a "Kwik-fit" fitter because he was back out by lap 9. Alas it was to late as Kevin drove an awesome race to fastest lap, Class G and race win. This was his first race of the season, brilliant.

Richard Masters took 2nd and Class E and Derek Pearce was 3rd after falling back & recovering. William Lynch took 4th but not before Dave Upton in the last few laps really pushed Lynch all the way, it was a little to close for comfort. Dave Ball of Coventry and Chris Boon had a proper scrap, with them taking 15th and 16th respectively and 0.7 seconds gap at the line. There was also a fantastic 4-way tussle for places 5 to 9 between Dave Upton, James Ramm, Zoe North and Class D winner Sean Collins. Lawrence Ball qualified 19th and finished an excellent 12th. Gordon Bobic was the Class F winner. 1st Kevin Doyle, 2nd Richard Masters, 3rd Derek Pearce

Report by Steve Gorey (JEC)