Gamble picked up a trio of wins and extended his championship advantage to 42 points ahead of the championship finale at Brands Hatch in a fortnight’s time.
Tom Wood took his
first ever pole position with a 1:14.238s lap in the closing stages of
qualifying. The HHC Motorsport driver made the most of a drying track
with Luke Browning doing enough to line up alongside him on the front
row.
The opening Ginetta Junior race didn’t fail to impress. As usual, there
were changes throughout the pack right up until the flag. After the
opening lap, Jewiss passed Wood and Browning to take the race lead, with
Harper and Gamble also making the pass on the front row starters.
One lap later and Harper was in the lead with Gamble second, Jewiss
third and Elite Motorsport's Harry King fourth.
It wasn’t long before the battle turned into a
six car train for the race lead. With seven laps to go – and with Harper
and Gamble busy battling for the race lead – King snatched his moment
and passed the pair of them, albeit they both reclaimed their top two
positions (with Harper leading) a lap later.
King continued to fight back and Gamble dropped down to fifth, but with
the title in his grasp, the Elite Motorsport driver passed the pair
ahead and swept into the lead, where he remained to the flag with teammate King finishing on the podium in third.
In race two, Browning started on pole position after his impressive
qualifying, but in the damp conditions, it was Priaulx, King and Gamble
who made the most of the start, moving into the top three positions by
the end of the opening lap.
The trio traded places for the lead at almost every corner. The epic
battle between the three cars raged for most of the 14 lap race, until
Gamble eventually broke the tow, with Priaulx finishing second and King
third after a fantastic race. Elite Motorsport teammate Finley Green
picked up second in the rookie class as with another strong result.
Title rivals Gamble and Priaulx lined up side-by-side on the front row of the grid
for the final race of the weekend. It was Gamble who got the better
start and led by 1.183s by the end of the first lap as Priaulx fell
behind King.
Harper got up to fourth, but was passed by teammate Jewiss a lap later,
who led the rookie class from Canning and Smalley.
It wasn’t long before
there was a six car scrap for second as King was forced to defend hard.
Harper made a move on Jewiss and snatched the place, then began to
hassle King.
All the action allowed Gamble to build up a colossal lead at the helm of
the action.
The Elite Motorsport driver built up just shy of an 8.5s
lead as the flag fell and he made Ginetta Junior history with a
hat-trick of wins.
Behind, a superb bit of defensive driving from
Gamble’s teammate King earnt him second place, completing a fantastic team 1-2 and a triple podium for both drivers in an incredible Silverstone weekend.
The championship will be decided at Brands Hatch in a fortnight’s time, with Gamble leading the standings for Elite Motorsport.
