Piercey shines in treacherous conditions at Mayday Madness

MARCUS PYE

CASTLE COMBE CCRC 3 MAY Twenty years after he shone in Junior Formula Ford Zetec, former motorcycle racer Lee Piercey mastered wet conditions to win the second BMW Car Club race on Castle Combe’s Mayday Madness bill. From fifth on the grid in his E36 M3, Piercey made a fabulous getaway to be third by Quarry, and then seized the lead on lap two. Thereafter, he staved off race-one victor Brad Sheehan, whose windscreen subsequently fogged up. “The name of the game was keep it on the island,” said Piercey. Niall Bradley and Paul Cook completed an E46 1-2-3 in the dry opener, chased by Rick Kerry’s V8 M140, which the later storm rendered impotent. Ben Pearson (330ci) won his class twice, beating Jim Benson by a whisker initially, then splashing to a fine fifth…

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