O’Donovan (London) started the Superfinal from pole position after winning the Supercar A final and, as in the A final, the Superfinal developed into a straight race with former champion Pat Doran (Winkleigh).

Running second to O’Donovan from the start, Doran used all of the track – and little more at times – in his effort to pass the champion’s Peugeot. The Ford driver, however, was unable to gain position and was left to rue a gear selection problem that cost him time at the start. “I had a gearbox problem leaving the start line and Ollie gained an advantage on me there that I could not get back,” said Doran.

For his part O’Donovan was happy to get through the first half of the double-header event in Wales with a win and his car in good shape for Sunday’s third round of the championship. “It was a good race, Pat pushed hard but it was fair and that’s how it should be,” he said.

Dermot Carnegie (Dublin) also backed up his strong performance in round one with third place at Pembrey, finishing ahead of Lawrence Gibson (Banbridge) and Steve Hill (Aylesbury). Steve Mundy (Ludlow) featured strongly in the event and brought his self-prepared Focus home in sixth place while Michael Boak (Newcastle) was best of the SuperModified runners as he returned to the championship with his Audi TT. Andy Grant (Barnstaple) was forced to retire in the first lap with technical problems in his Ford Escort WRC.

SuperModified class winner James Bird (Midhurst) was unable to start the Superfinal because of an overheating problem in his Renault ClioSport V6 and  Liam Doran (Winkleigh) had his run ended after a suspected bent valve in the Ford RS200 he had driven to fourth place in the Supercar A final.

Hill started from pole position in the Superfinal having earlier won the Supercar A final ahead of Dermot Carnegie (Dublin) who gained places late in the race after Pat Doran (Winkleigh) lost time with a big slide on the gravel section of the track and slipped to fourth place, Saturday’s event winner Ollie O’Donovan (London) also gaining a place at Doran’s expense.

In the Superfinal Hill was ahead from the start and untroubled by the track conditions. The Mitsubishi driver moved steadily further ahead of the rest and took a clear win. Carnegie recovered from a spin early in the race to finish second, helped in part by the gearbox problems that befell both Doran and O’Donovan.

Lawrence Gibson (Banbridge) was also helped by Doran’s misfortune and took third place from the Fiesta driver in the fifth lap of the six-lap race. Doran and O’Donovan took fourth and fifth places with David Binks (Newcastle) having a good run in the rain and taking sixth in his Mitsubishi Lancer. The last two places were taken by drivers from the Stock Hatch category who were helped by the wet weather, Julian Godfrey (Heathfield) taking seventh ahead of Tony Lynch (Wigan).