"The opening Production BMW battle, for Groups A&B, might have offered little in the way of overtaking, but there was a close four-way scrap for victory between Adrian Eddy, Stephen Markey, Dean Spurr and Liam Crilly. The quartet maintained station, but were never far apart.
In the subsequent race for Groupss B&C, poleman Spurr always had the advantage and third-place Crilly kept runner-up Rob Smith honest." -- Autosport, 15-May-2008
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"A huge field of Production BMWs needed three races to encompass them, Dean Spurr outscoring Liam Crilly two-one on race wins. Spurr's victories both came at the expense of Robin Welsh, but it was Crilly's no-nonsense despatch of Mike Dugdale in Groups B/C that caught the eye.
Dugdale ousted longtime leader Crilly three laps from the flag, but Crilly reaserted himself next time round through the narrowest of gaps into Druids. 'I thought I'd closed the door,' said a bemused Dugdale." -- Autosport, 01-May-2008
"Robin Welsh spent the entire Production BMW race within inches of Tony Smith's rear bumper, but the polewinner soaked up the pressure and edged to victory. The racing was just as close behind with Dean Spurr and Liam Crilly dicing for the final podium spot. Spurr took the place in a photo-finish as they squeezed through traffic." -- Autosport, 27-Mar-2008
"Liam Crilly wasn't always the fastest but he was the most consistent. Four wins and seven other podiums gave him the crown from George Haynes, who won twice. Martin Dower matched Crilly for wins but wasn't able to back up his victories with other strong results and was restricted to third in the championsihip. Despite problems, Alan Wileman managed to score a single victory as did John Thorne at the final round." -- Autosport, 04-Jan-2007
Very happy to find myself ranked 18th in Autosport's list of Top 20 club drivers of the year.
"Having wrapped up the BMW Production title at the previous round, Liam Crilly signed off in style with the fourth victory of his campaign. He squeezed past leader Jeremy Clark at Coram at mid-distance before edging away." -- Autosport, 28-Sep-2006
"BMW Production champion elect Liam Crilly had to deal with Jeremy Clark to secure his fourth win of the season while Andy Shulz snatched third." -- Motorsport News, 27-Sep-2006
So we're at the last race of the season and with the championship already won. No pressure other than my unbroken run of finishing on the podium at every race so far this year. I really want another podium today!!!

A second and third place at Pembrey last weekend was enough to build an unbeatable lead in the championship, with 2 rounds left to run. Mission accomplished :-)
I've been looking forward to this for weeks. I fell in love with Oulton Park on our visit there last year and have been wanting to go back ever since. On the days leading up to the race I find it harder and harder to recall the circuit and reading the circuit guide reinforces just how difficult some of the corners are. On arrival at the circuit (the evening before the race) I'm disappointed with the brake feel as I manoeuvre off the trailer and so quickly bleed the brakes before walking the circuit.

Fancy taking over from here? I'm putting the car up for sale at the end of August after the double header at Pembrey. As such, it will be available for the last two rounds of the championship at Snetterton in September.
For the third year in a row we're racing at Croix in France and this year it's going to be a hot one. With temperatures into the 30's, four layers of Nomex in a closed car with little ventilation is going to be uncomfortable... but at least I know what to expect. For some extra track time I've also entered the Pre-93 Touring Cars races. Both series will have one qualifying session and two races. The results of the first race setting the grid for the second. As such it's absolutely critical to qualify well and then equally important not to mess up in the first race.
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