Sam Ashworth only made his car racing debut in the last round of the Radical SR1 Cup at Brands Hatch, but the 360 Racing new comer was a double winner in the rookie class at Snetterton.
Despite the wet conditions, he was still eighth quickest in the morning’s qualifying session. “It was very wet so I was just looking for survival really. I did get one good lap in but also had a spin between the Bombhole and Coram”, he admitted.
Team mate Paul Clark also made it through qualifying unscathed, despite his disliking for the weather, he was 15th.
The rain had stopped but the track was still drying when the grid formed up for the first of the days races, so it was wets all round,
Ashworth held onto his grid place during a tricky opening lap, but started to lose touch on seventh placed Julian Lay after a couple of laps.
But with second placed Will Hunt pulling off, Ashworth was a solid seventh and after six laps was starting to settle down and also beginning to close in again on Lay, who was at the rear of a train of cars for third.
