Bless 'em. The Austin A30s and A35s of the St Mary's Trophy are great fun to watch, but they're not the quickest machines. With a grid populated by the little Austins exclusively, the drivers have to get really clever, and it makes for some spectacular battling...
SEP 09th 2016
Video: Soper and Shedden's St Mary's Slipstreamer
Enter BTCC legends Gordon Shedden and Steve Soper. Both are Goodwood regulars. Both are wizards behind the wheel. Both were locked in a battle of tactics, employing slipstreaming as well as the little Austin's brilliant weight transfer characteristics. The result, as we can see in the video above, is some epic tactical chasing. Unfortunately, all that work never came good for Steve Soper, but huge props for an outstanding effort!