Ashley "Fangio" Finch has dominated the 2005 Spring/Summer championship. He takes -1608 -  the maximum number of available points in both F1 and his first year of touring at the club - using his Associated TC4. Ashley's main challenges often came form Jason Faulkner in his final season at the club with some nail-biting finishes - but with Ashley often coming out the better. Jason was heard after one race muttering "THAT BOY - he doesn't ever make mistakes."

If Ashley didn't have any silly mechanical failures then you could almost be certain that he would be at the top of the grid.

If you are unaware who Fangio was then - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Manuel_Fangio

Above: Police Archive photo of Ashley Finch

THE BEST OF THE REST

There were some very close battles further down the touring car grid.  Jason Faulkner (Corally) and Ian Finch (TC4) only separated by 6 points for the second and third spots. Jason had to play catch-up after missing the first 4 meetings but consistently pulled in the big points and even gained the more points than anyone else from the final round and so just beat Ian to the Second place spot.

There was only 3 points between fourth and fifth positions overall in the championship. Matt Morden (Yokomo SSG) held the lead through the second half of the season whilst Rory Elston (Rclab) closed the gap. It came down to the final race of the final meeting. Rory led for the first lap and was on course to leap-frog Matt in the championship but crashed out in spectacular style. So Matt took fourth place overall.

Ali Cother has been driving brilliantly all year and is the youngest driver to consistently make the A final - yet he always looks comfortable when he does (despite his complaints!). Take notes all other young drivers - Ali's car often beats those that are faster in a straight line than it because he drives it smoothly and making very few mistakes.  Lets hope that he can make the A regularly in the 2005/6 season to really bring up the performances of this promising young driver. He was just beaten to the 6th spot in the championship by Trevor Morden who joined the championship in round 7 with a new car and put in some consistent finishes.

Bo Franklin and Mark Male were rewarded for their commitment taking the 8th and 9th spots in only their first full season.

A very special mention goes to Kieran Cliff who only just got the full 8 counting rounds but often looked very smooth - aided by the superb preparation of his Dad. Kieran has only had half a seasons racing but when he took it steady and concentrated he was one of the best young drivers.