2016 MSA Time Attack Championship
Awards Dinner
On 10th December 2016 the inaugural MSA Time Attack Championship Awards Dinner was held at the Mercure Hotel in Daventry, UK. Teams, drivers, sponsors and staff gathered for this very special occasion to present the 2016 season trophies to the champions and runners-up in each Time Attack class.
130 people attended the formal black-tie event with a drinks reception, three course dinner, the awards ceremony and then a disco until the early hours. As you expect there was plenty of drinks flowing, good humour and a superb party atmosphere throughout.
Maz Yumeda of HKS Europe Ltd presented the evening alongside Simon Slade, our Championship Coordinator with a running video of the season highlights overall as well as individual video footage of each driver and car as the trophies were presented one by one. The video footage was created for the event by our season long film guru, Alex of 24 Productions. Pictured here is a group shot of the podium drivers after the awards had been presented individually.
Pictures of the presentation for each driver and class group shots can be found below. Sadly not all 2016 championship podium drivers could attend to collect awards on the night and as a result are not pictured in places therefore confirmation of the final 2016 results standing can be found at the bottom of this story for clarification.
Presented by Richard Fearn of Super Pro Europe, your 2016 Classic and Retro class Champions : 1st Place : Andy York 2nd Place : Jeff Alden 3rd Place : Chris Reed
Presented by Richard Fearn of Super Pro Europe, your 2016 Clubman Class Champions : 1st Place : Jordan Carr 2nd Place : Peter Hewson 3rd Place : Chris Atkins [ not pictured ]
Presented by Richard Fearn of Super Pro Europe, your 2016 Clubman Plus class Champions : 1st Place : Mark Flook 2nd Place : Alex Bones 3rd Place : Alan Shepherd [ not pictured ]
Presented by Alex Bateman of Goodridge Ltd, your 2016 Pocket Rocket Class Champions : 1st Place : Stewart Summers 2nd Place : Robert Oldman 3rd Place : Andrew Kime [ not pictured ]
Presented by Alex Bateman of Goodridge Ltd, your 2016 Club Challenge Front Wheel Drive Champions : 1st Place : Darren Spooner 2nd Place : Joe Dawson 3rd Place : Adrian Daniel [ not pictured ]
Presented by Alex Bateman of Goodridge Ltd, your 2016 Club Challenge Four Wheel Drive Champions : 1st Place :Dalibor Kvasai 2nd Place : Josef Calleja [ not pictured ] 3rd Place : Matt Newing/Ben Albery
Presented by Steve Harkness of Pirelli Motorsport UK, your 2016 Pro Class Champions : 1st Place : Pani Pastou 2nd Place : Olly Allen 3rd Place : Kevin Jones
Additional award for the Best Presented Team for the 2016 season went to the guys at SCC Performance.
Classic & Retro 3rd place : Chris Read
Classic & Retro 2nd Place : Jeff Alden
Classic & Retro 2016 Champion : Andy York
Clubman Class 2nd Place : Peter Hewson
Clubman Class 2016 Champion : Jordan Carr
Clubman Plus Class 2nd Place : Alex Bones
Clubman Plus 2016 Champion : Mark Flook
Pocket Rocket 2nd Place : Robert Oldman
Pocket Rocket Class 2016 Champion : Stewart Summers
Club Challenge Front Wheel Drive 2nd Place : Joe Dawson
Club Challenge Front Wheel Drive 2016 Champion : Darren Spooner
Club Challenge Four Wheel Drive 2016 Champion : Dalibor Kvasai
Club Challenge Four Wheel Drive 3rd Place : Matt Newing/Ben Albery
Pro Class 3rd Place : Kevin Jones
Pro Class 2nd Place : Olly Allen
Pro Class 2016 Champion : Pani Pastou
Two Time Attack cars were present at the dinner, Mark Flooks Nissan GTR and Andy York’s Peugeot 205 GTI. Pictured here sharing a moment is Clubman Plus Champion Mark Flook [L] and Clubman Champion Jordan Carr [R]
During the event a charity raffle was held in aid of the Royal National Lifeboat Institution [ RNLI ] and we are very pleased to announce that the sum of £2050 was raised on the night. A cheque was presented to the Sheerness Lifeboat Station Coxswain, Robin Castle MBE. Various super prizes were on offer from our sponsors and associated industry folk and the main prize went to Pani Pastou – a free entry into Time Attack for the coming season. The prize was presented by Andy Barnes from Time Attack [L] and Pani Pastou and his son.
The 2016 MSA Time Attack Championship results by class were as follows:
Classic & Retro Class
1st : Andy York 2nd : Jeff Alden 3rd : Chris Read
Clubman Class
1st : Jordan Carr 2nd Peter Hewson 3rd : Chris Atkins
Clubman Plus Class
1st : Mark Flook 2nd : Alex Bones 3rd : Alan Shepherd
Pocket Rocket Class
1st : Stewart Summers 2nd : Robert Oldman 3rd : Andrew Kime
Club Challenge Front Wheel Drive Class
1st : Darren Spooner 2nd : Joe Dawson 3rd : Adrian Daniel
Club Challenge Four Wheel Drive Class
1st : Dalibor Kvasai 2nd : Josef Calleja 3rd : Matt Newing/Ben Albery
Club Pro Class
1st : Russ Paton
Pro Class
1st : Pani Pastou 2nd : Olly Allen 3rd : Kevin Jones
Pro Extreme Class
1st : Mitchell Sharp
Additional season awards were also presented as follows
2016 Best Presented Team : SCC Performance
2016 Best Present Car : Olly Allen
Spirit of Time Attack Award : Darren Spooner / Spoox Motorsport
2016 Driver of the Year [ voted for by drivers ] : Pani Pastou
Other novelty awards were presented on the night as follows
Jonny Fletcher : Pair of Time Attack branded oven mitts – following his pit-lane fire
Kevin Jones : Plinth mounted duck tape following his unfortunate crash into the wall
Jeff Alden : Plinth mounted nuts, bolts and fibreglass to help keep his rear wing in place following a dismount at Snetterton
Matt Newing : A framed map of Wales following his uncertainty of the location of Pembrey circuit corners
We would like to thank all 2016 teams, drivers, families and fans for a great season and congratulate our Champions of 2016.
