Andrew Scott was confident having drawn pole, but no-one was really sure what to expect from the man directly behind him in 3rd, Alastair Scott. Scott hadn't raced an ERL car since S4, but people don't get called ERL legends for nothing.

The two Scott's held their positions at the start, but between and behind them it was all change. As front-row starter Jim Cooper dropped to 5th, Eric Cartman came out of turn 1 2nd, after starting 6th.

Tom Coronel got up to 4th, and had to defend into turn 2 from Cooper. Further back Damon Williams was in the thick of the action, although not with Laki Stoney. Williams tried to chop across Smudge to hang on to 14th, but the former champ wasn't moving. There was contact, and Williams was pushed wide, but Smudge couldn't gain the place.

After a slow start from row 2, Neil Kendall passed Descamento, who had gone from 12th to 6th in just a few corners. At the end of the opening lap Andrew Scott was leading, but the surprise was that Chris Williams was last!

Smudge tried again at turn 2 to get ahead of Williams, and made the move cleanly. Williams wasn't giving up though, and re-passed Smudge at the next corner, showing he has lost none of that fighting spirit that he showed in his time at Viper.

Descamento was back ahead of Kendall for 6th, but as the pair scrapped, 8th placed Cozy Powell was closing, and he slipped passed Kendall at the start of lap 3. Alain Menu used Kendall's loss of momentum to get by as well, but Kendall, now down to 9th, made sure Gary Paffett wasn't also going through.

This enabled Laurent Aiello to get ahead of Paffett and into the top 10, while a little further back Glenn Freeman got swamped by Sperafico, Smudge and Damon Williams. The battle at the bottom of the top 10 was still raging though, and on lap 4 Menu locked up at turn 1, allowing Kendall and Aiello through.

Paffett's attention was taken away from the action in front when Sperafico started attacking, and the Brazilian took 11th from him at turn 2. Chris Williams was still at the back, but he had some familiar company by now, as B.A. Baracus had slipped to 21st.

The action was coming thick and fast in the pack, and on lap 5 Enrique Bernoldi passed Connolly for 16th. Behind them, Stoney took 18th from Bjorn Adam Desca at turn 2, only to lose the place just one corner later.

As they battled, Goram, Baracus and Williams were able to close up, making it a terrific 5-car scrap between the last 5 cars in the field. Williams was able to finally lift himself up from last, at the expense of S15 championship rival Baracus, and quickly got ahead of Goram for 20th.

As Andrew Scott enjoyed a 2 second lead over Cartman at the front, Alastair Scott was catching the 2nd placed man. Cartman was quick to respond, setting the fastest lap on lap 6. After the front 3 who were setting the pace, the next quickest man on track was Bernoldi, down in 16th.

Baracus was about as keen on finishing last in this race as Williams had been, and on lap 8 he muscled his way past Goram to move into 21st. As Goram attacked into turn 3 Baracus threw his car across the front of the Scot, holding on to the position.

Their fight had dropped them away from the rest of the field, but on lap 9 the excitement was over when Goram ran wide at turn 4 and took a trip through the gravel. He rejoined, but he was now running alone at the back.

Smudge and Damon Williams found themselves close to each other again as the final lap began, and it was Smudge who cracked under the pressure, running off track at turn 4 just as Goram had done a lap before.

However, he did not rejoin at the back, but in the middle of the scrap for the minor places. He was behind Stoney and Desca, but ahead of Williams, and all of the reshuffling had allowed Baracus to catch up again, but there were only a few corners to go.

Going into the final 2 corners, former BTCC champions Aiello and Menu were doing battle, and Aiello went off at the penultimate corner, handing 9th to the Swiss driver. Sperafico also slipped through for 10th, and almost beat Menu across the line aswell.

Andrew Scott won the race comfortably from Cartman, with Alastair Scott showing that he had lost none of his speed by making the podium. Tom Coronel was a strong 4th ahead of Jim Cooper, and John Descamento held onto 6th after starting 12th.

Cozy Powell and Neil Kendall were ahead of the drag race to the line for 9th between Menu and Sperafico, while Aiello rejoined the track in 11th ahead of Paffett. Damon Williams didn't disappoint by providing great entertainment, and finished 13th, four places ahead of Laki Stoney.

Glenn Freeman was able to smile in spite of only finishing 14th, but as with his last ERL race, he was one place ahead of Enrique Bernoldi. Connolly 16th, ahead of Stoney, with Bjorn Adam Desca leading Smudge, Chris Williams and B.A Baracus home.

The men who finished 19th, 20th and 21st have a total of four ERL titles to their names. Behind them, Andy Goram showed his pace by setting the fastest lap at the end when he was running on his own.

2nd. Eric Cartman
This is a great result for me, against so many successful ERL drivers past and present. I couldn't catch Andy, but when I saw Alastair closing I pushed a bit harder and got a safe gap once more. It is a shame that I am not in the ERL field for next season, but if there is a Jr Cup I'll be there.

3rd. Alastair Scott
That weren't too bad was it? Maybe I'll hop back into one of my cars if the opportunity arises in the future. I had no answer for Andy, he showed his class today, but I thought I could catch Cartman. Anyway, I got on the podium, so I'm happy with that.

11th. Laurent Aiello
That was great fun, much more fun than the serious races used to be. I am a bit annoyed that I made a mistake under pressure from Alain, but it is ok. My position changed a lot in that race, and being right in the middle meant I never had a lap to myself.

14th. Glenn Freeman
Well, if I had won you would all be moaning!

20th. Chris Williams 
In a class field like this it was always going to be hard to get to the front, but we didn't give ourselves a chance here at the back because we just battled each other. Last season most of the guys I was scrapping with would have been right at the front, and it was good fun, which was what this was all about, no matter what Andy (Scott)
says!