Polley puts in strong showing with Marcos

SNETTERTON

CSCC

14-15 AUGUST

There was an unlikely winner in the Group 1 Swinging Sixties race in the shape of Sam Polley’s Mini Marcos, on only his second outing in the car.

Polley surprised himself with pole, and overcame a cautious start by pushing aside the challenges of first Ralph and Charlie Budd’s Mini, then the more sustained attack of Ian Staines’s MG Midget.

Staines made a mistake near the end and had to settle for fifth, while Tim Cairns timed his pitstop well in his Austin-Healey