(May 30 04) A dramatic race saw O’Hara lead from pole and build a comfortable lead before his wooden splitter was ripped off on the Bus Stop kerbs and the consequent loss of down force allowed Jones to easily pass. The race then finished under the safety car following a heavy accident to Don Pastor, possibly caused by him hitting the remains of O’Hara’s splitter.
The drama started on the warm up when JoJo Silverio stripped first gear and was unable to take the start. O’Hara led from Jones into turn one whilst behind Richard Joson made best use of the gap left by the absent Silverio to barge pass Mark Goddard, in the process deranging the latter’s front suspension. Enzo Pastor also passes Goddard in the confusion.
O’Hara build up a useful lead over Jones over the first few laps whilst Joson kept Pastor and Goddard bottled up behind him. Pastor sneaked by Joson at turn one in a ballsy pass whilst it took Goddard another lap to out brake Joson into the chicane. Goddard then dispatched Pastor one lap later and pulled away to what looked like a safe third place. Goddard then spun out of the race on the entry to the bus stop on lap six, around the same time that O’Hara clipped the tyres in the final turn allowing Jones to close in. O’Hara then lost his splitter and the unfortunate Don Pastor hit the offending item and slammed into the wall hard on the exit of the bus stop.
Jones was able to out brake O’Hara into the hairpin before the safety car was brought out whilst the stricken Pastor was attended to. The mess was too great to clear and the race ended under the safety car, Jones leading O’Hara and Enzo Pastor.
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