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Kershaw retained his dominant form on round two of the Goodyear MSABritish Off Road Championship at Ellesmere in Shropshire. Kershaw used his technical advantage to good effect on the ever changing course. The farmland site presented the competitors with a mixture of fast open grass fields, rocky tracks and tight woodland sections. About a third of the track posed a challenge of a quite different kind. The lower woodland tracks consist of a deep layer of wood chippings and were very soft. In the early laps the tracks were slippery and power sapping but essentially smooth, but by the end of each day the surface had deteriorated forming bad ruts and a washboard-like texture. Kershaw's well developed car coped better than most with the latter conditions and it was here that he made up most of his time. It was not however complete dominance, Neil Davey pushed Kershaw hard for much of day one. "We're reeling him in!" said a confident Davey until an overshoot in his Maxilight led him to destroy reverse gear and cost him any chance of challenging Kershaw further. Leading diesel competitor Brent Taylor rejoined the fray in
Ellesmere and opened his account with a very positve third places on
the tricky Shropshire track.
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