>>Heartbreak for Bridgman at Brands | 20 September 2008 There was disaster for poleman Tim Bridgman (Team Parker Racing) as the grid assembled when a broken gearbox put him out. " It's such bad luck for this to happen, especially on the warming up lap! You have highs and lows with motorsport and this is a big low. We have proved that we are the fastest package all weekend, now this happens and what can you do? It has most likely cost me third place in the championship, which is the biggest disappointment. All we can do now is go out tommorow and dominate the second race, as I'm sure we would have this one. Bring on tommorow". Harvey went on to win the race from what effectively became pole position due to Bridgmans exit. "I just got my head down and tried to win the race," said Harvey. But mid-race, a problem developed, highlighted by a warning light, and he began to lose engine revs over the closing stages. Meanwhile, Caine started preparing for a last lap attack, recognising that his best chance was under braking for Clearways. "The car had good pace, but Michael would have got past," said Harvey after the race. But, with seven laps to run, the race was red flagged when Ollie Jackson (PCGB) spun into the gravel at Paddock Hill Bend. "The red flag helped me a lot," admitted Harvey. "It didn't happen and it's unfortunate," countered Caine. "But we're still here," he said of the title race. Hancock ran third all the way, but could not challenge the leading pair. "We made a massive change to the car, but the gap to the guys in front was the same," he said. Running right behind Hancock to the finish with an excellent drive was Jake Rosenzweig (Team Parker Racing) after battling ahead of Phil Quaife (Jota Sport) early in the race. Into a fighting sixth place, despite race-long pressure from Charles Bateman (Team Parker Racing) came Rice (Red Line Racing), with a performance that gives him a real shot of clinching the pro-am1 title in the final race. "We're only one or two points behind now," said Rice as his pro-am1 rival Gilham (ReDesign Racing) fought through to eighth overall and second in pro-am1. In the pro-am2 category, Leonard (RSS Performance) had to work very hard for victory, having lost a lot of places when edged wide onto the grass at Druids as Gilham overtook. But with Glynn Geddie (Parr Motorsport/Apex) and Paul Hogarth (IN2RACING) both spinning after contact at Clearways, Leonard was able to recover lost places to win the category from Geddie, Hogarth and Graeme Mundy (RSS Performance). - Ends - << back to news