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Keeping cool at Kimbolton

14th April 2015



Rd.2 of the Little Green Man Championships (12/4/2015)

Jonny suffered from a mysterious loss of power in the “A” Final at Kimbolton but managed to keep his head and finish in a cool 4th place. Although this result has allowed Harry Thompson to stretch his championship lead, he will regard the outcome as points salvaged rather than lost.



Things went well in his first couple of Heats as he converted poor starting positions into 2nd and 3rd place finishes. He started his final Heat off the front row and a 1st or 2nd finish in this one would have earned him pole position for the Final. He led this race ahead of Taylor Barnard up until the last lap and, with 3rd placed driver Bray Kenneally some 25 yards behind, things were looking good. With the chequered flag in sight, however, he was punted off the circuit and dropped down to 4th spot. This incident resulted in Barnard being excluded but it deprived Jonny of the three bonus points that pole position would have earned him.

Even so, he still started the “A” Final off grid 3 and immediately seized 2nd place behind Harry Thompson. Once again, though, fortune intervened as he was then knocked off the circuit, losing seven places and around 40 or 50 yards. It took some determined driving before he could recover to 4th place behind Harry Thompson, Dexter Patterson and Lorcan Hanafin.
“I knew even on the first lap that my motor wasn’t as sharp as it had been during the Heats,” claimed Jonny. “Getting knocked off on the 3rd lap didn’t help, but if my motor had been running perfectly I could have recovered much earlier. All things considered, 4th place was quite a good result for me.”

Jonny is still lying 2nd in the championship table, 12 points behind Harry Thompson. With seven rounds still remaining this competition is a marathon rather than a sprint and the result at Kimbolton, when things didn’t quite go his way, could prove to be vitally important.

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