SuperPro VAG Trophy Rounds 3 & 4
Dan Rose carried on from where he left off from rounds one and two, by recording victory in both the SuperPro VAG Trophy races at Silverstone this weekend in his Seat Leon Cupra R. However, this time it was not as easy for the 2011 Champion as it was at Donington Park two weeks ago and, although he won round three by a margin of over seven seconds, in round four he was chased all the way to the line by Joe McMillan in his Mk2 version of the same car.
Second in the first of the two races was Chris Levett, who was debuting a new Mk6 Golf GTi, with Ken Lark crossing the line third in his VW Corrado VR6. However, neither of these two made it past the first corner in the second race, which left Len Simpson to pick up the remaining step of the podium by finishing third in round four in his VW Vento VR6. In contrast to the first two races a fortnight ago at Donington, although there was a more than cool breeze blowing all day, the clouds above Silverstone for Sunday’s two races never threatened to produce any rain. Therefore, it was flat out from the word go for the 26-car entry and a closely contested qualifying session in the morning saw Rose in Pole for both races, with Tony Absolom in his Golf R32 alongside, followed by Lark and McMillan on row two.
