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As It Happened: APR VW Racing Cup – Snetterton: Race 2

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This blog will be automatically refreshed throughout the second race for the APR VW Racing Cup at Snetterton.

16:56
We hope you’ve enjoyed our coverage of the APR VW Racing Cup, we’ll have full reports and reactions plus some great photos over the next couple of days.

16:54
Joe Fulbrook takes the win ahead of Wilson. We wait for the third placed car who is Cartwright. Mason takes fourth place just ahead of Onslow-Cole while a mud covered Lines takes sixth place. Championship leader Walker comes home in a lowly 12th place.

16:51
Fulbrook and Wilson are in a class of theier own as they pull out a 22 second lead over third placed Cartwright. Onslow-Cole is on the move again as he takes back fifth place and defends hard in to Riches.

16:49
Fulbrook is back in the lead but Wilson is pushing hard. Mason in third place with Cartwright hot on his tail, Lines follows a further 3 seconds back and Onslow-Cole chases after losing his rear bumper.

16:47
Wilson leads the race, a great performance from him after he started the race on row 10. BTCC driver Onslow-Cole is demoted to fifth over the line with his bumper trailing, and then loses out on another position.

16:44
Fulbrook and Wilson cross the line with just 0.012 seconds between them, Mason is a further 7 seconds back while Onslow-Cole is under threat from Cartwright.

16:43
Onslow-Cole has dropped back to fourth place, Fulbrook is now in the lead with Wilson and Mason chasing hard. Gilbert is given the black flag.

16:41
Race 1 casualty Gilbert heads out on track, it’s been an unlucky weekend for the young racer after he was pushed in to the barriers by Walker on the start of the first race.

16:39
Mason is closing in on leader Onslow-Cole as he cuts his lead to 0.485 seconds. Wilson in sixth place sets the fastest lap of the race so far.

16:38
Onslow-Cole is making it look easy as he pulls out a 1.501 second lead over Lines who is about to lose out to Mason. Rob Austin heads back out on track once again.

16:35
Onslow-Cole forges in to the lead as the field crosses the line, meanwhile BTCC compatriot Rob Austin comes in to the pits.

16:32
Walker heads in to the lead at the first corner as we get a clean start.

16:28
Rob Austin will be starting the race from the pitlane

16:27
Craig Milner and James Walker line up on the front row for this race followed by Aaron Mason and Stewart Lines. Race 1 winner Tom Onslow-Cole is joined by Joe Fulbrook on row 3.

16:25
The F3 podium is just finishing off so the VW’s will be heading out on track soon.

16:20
Welcome along to our live coverage of race 2 in the APR VW Racing Cup. Tom Onslow-Cole took victory in the shortened race 1 earlier today, will he be able to repeat the performance in this race with added success ballast?

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