After what has seemed like an eternity (well almost 3 months) the Armed Forces Race Challenge returns on 7 Sep at Donington Park on the National Circuit.  This also sees us field our biggest ever grid, currently standing at 39 cars, which will no doubt deliver one of most memorable race weekends.

The Brands Hatch and Anglesey rounds gave us some fantastic, close racing, however all teams and drivers have regrouped during the break with nearly all cars being treated to some well earned TLC, modifications and upgrades.

The RAF will be looking to continue their excellent start to the season and retain their position at the top of the individual and team standings.  With a crop of talented novices the Army are dominating the standings in the Novice Championship, however they aren’t too far off the mark in both the individual and team tables and there could well be an upset on the cards in the final 2 race weekends.  The RN/RM team will need to have rectified their reliability issues that have plagued their season so far if they hope to progress any further up the tables as a team.  However, lets also not forget the Veterans team, they are very much in the running for the individuals championship.

As we left for the summer the points tables stood as follows.

Individual Championship

Position	#	Name	Car	Points
1	2	Chris Slator	Peugeot 306 Rallye	100
2	230	Paul Waterhouse	Peugeot 306 GTi6	91
3	6	Keith Attwood	Mini R53	82
4	4	Simon Frowen	Ford Fiesta	73
5	84	Jonathan Candler	Peugeot 306	71
6	22	Mark Inman	Vauxhall VX220	65
7	14	Gareth Baxter	Toyota MR2	56
8	1	Ed McKean	BMW 325i	50
9	42	Ro Barrett	VW Golf	47
10	3	Darren Howe	VW Golf	40
11	41	Douglas Inglis	Mazda MX5	35
12	40	Darren Berris	Westfield V8	33
13	53	Simon Skerton	Mini R53	27
14	43	Scott Lawson	BMW E36 Compact	26
15	190	Chris Diamond	Honda Civic	24
16	9	Ian Fletcher	Fletcher Hornet Mk4	23
17	69	Richard Beaumont	Ford Fiesta	21
18	51	Mark Saunders	Peugeot 206	17
19	26	Gareth Moss	Vauxhall Astra	14
19	24	Alex Clements	Peugeot 306	14
21	60	John Mitchell	Renault Clio	13
21	29	Andy Holborn	Westfield Megablade	13
23	23	Blair Thomson	Renault Clio	12
24	98	Alice Bancroft	Peugeot 206 Gti	11
25	7	Will Ashmore	Honda Civic EG	10
25	34	Simon Barlow	MG ZR	10
27	18	Matt Beech	BMW 116 Trophy	9
28	47	John Cobley	Seat Ibiza	7
28	58	Richard  Palmer	Honda Civic	7
30	13	Adam Dewis	Vauxhall Astra	6
30	54	Farard Darver	BMW E46 M3	6
32	49	Brian Watson	Mini Miglia	4
33	77	Carl/Dennis Robinson	MG ZR	3
34	20	Lewis Pemble	Mini R53	2
35	17	Rich Scott	BMW 116 Trophy	1

Novice Championship

Position	#	Name	Car	Points
1	42	Ro Barrett	VW Golf	61
2	41	Douglas Inglis	Mazda MX5	54
3	69	Richard Beaumont	Ford Fiesta	48
4	190	Chris Diamond	Honda Civic	47
5	24	Alex Clements	Peugeot 306	46
6	23	Blair Thomson	Renault Clio	42
7	18	Matt Beech	BMW 116 Trophy	41
8	58	Richard  Palmer	Honda Civic	35
9	98	Alice Bancroft	Peugeot 206 Gti	22
10	47	John Cobley	Seat Ibiza	18
11	20	Lewis Pemble	Mini R53	15
12	25	Steve Hutchings	Peugeot 106	13
13	114	Carl/Dennis Robinson	MG ZR	11
13	144	Ed Raymont	Peugeot 206 GTi	11
15	56	Dan Reeve	Aston Martin Vantage	8
16	155	Rikki Abel	Peugeot 206 GTi	7
17	9	Peter Dilnot	Ginetta G40	2

Team Championship

	Team		Total (max 4800)
1	RAF		4663
2	Army		4633
3	Veterans		4508
4	RNRM		4432