A new kid on the block announced his intentions as Jack Mitchell plonked his ST on pole from team- mate Charlie Ladell. Freddie Lee and Aidan Moffat headed Ben Wilcox then privateer – Bobby Thompson and on the fourth row was James Manning. The field got away clean from the starting blocks and on a very wet track all had wiper blades flicking the screens. Up to the long uphill left hander it was Thompson who got the drop on Wilcox in all the spray. Most drivers short shifting to prevent excess wheelspin. At the end of lap one of eight the order was Mitchell, Ladell, Moffat, Lee, Thompson, Wilcox and Manning. Moffat was close up behind Lee who in turn was looking at Ladell’s