Close shave at Imola

With a field full of nGT Porsches, the single Ferrari of Pedre and solitary support class Gillet Vertigo of Chris looked very much under German assault. Roger showed strong pace early on and led the nGT field away on their hour long battle around the Imola circuit. As the crew stormed into turn 1, Kim seemed to be suffering from a fit of some sorts and proceeded to hop uncontrollably over the inside of the corner into oncoming traffic. Contact was made, but not enough to hamper anyone's chances...except for Kim himself who fell to the back of the field.
Roger led the way early on, followed closely by Charl, Arno and Dewald. Unfortunately for the "Mooning" leader, lap 6 saw him fall out of the lead into 4th and in subsequent efforts to make up for lost time, he eventually retired from the race on lap 16 with suspension failure. Just before the round of pitstops, Arno conceded 2nd position to Dewald, but managed to retake his position by leapfrogging him in the pits. Charl made the best of his stop and exited with a lead of about 10 seconds, as Arno and Dewald started to launch a dual effort to reel in the flying Smit. Although Charl maintained a solid pace, the pace of the chasing duo was enough to render his lead non-existent with only a couple of laps to go. Dewald passed Arno on the penultimate lap and shot into 2nd with hopes of snatching the lead in similar fashion. In one of the closest finishes in recent times, Charl managed to barely hold on to his victory(his first race back after extended holiday) with a winning margin of 0.1 seconds over Dewald in 2nd, who in turn held off Arno...resulting in the top 3 drivers finishing wihtin 1 second of each other. Such a close finish over a hour long race says much for the competitive nature of this series.