Podium again for racer Dawn (From Salisbury Journal)

Podium again for racer Dawn

Andover girl motor racer Dawn Boyd was back on track at Castle Combe recently but this time it was for a Golf Gti Championship round.

Dawn Boyd in action at Castle Combe

Her car “Max” was all spruced up after the incidents at Brands Hatch and with a smart new bumper and headlights it was back to business.

The recent race action at Combe had really helped for experience and Dawn was quickly on the pace in qualifying and was placed third in class on the grid for her only race of the day. With a time of 1.24.778 she was only 0.93 of a second behind the leader and only 0.32 behind second place.

The great spectacle of a packed grid of 32 cars set off without a warm-up/green flag lap and there was some tyre smoke at the infamous Quarry Corner but everyone made it through cleanly.

Dawn fought well with the pack and kept sight of the second placed 8v but found herself stuck in a pack of faster 16v cars which she caught up with into every corner but they pulled away again on the straights. Castle Combe is a circuit with several corners and short straights so the cars bunched up, and Dawn could see the fourth place 8v gradually falling behind so she tried hard to find a way through the 16valves ahead, but to no avail.

She finished third in class again, achieving a 50 per cent record for results, in four races she has had two podiums and maintained her fourth position in the points table.

The next round is at the very picturesque but challenging Oulton Park on July 24 where Dawn will be hoping for more good results.

www.dawnontrack.co.uk.