DiSCA GT4 cars took to the long straights of Sakhir Circuit (Bahrain) built by DHORC last Saturday in a 3 hour endurance race that would go to the wire. The victory was up for grabs between some of the strongest drivers in digital racing, Lewis Gough driving with John Underwood as an Exiles pairing and Sports Carazing duo Alex Jones and Gary Skipp driving as GT Academy. After 3 hours of bumper to bumper competition it was Underwood and Gough securing the victory by a margin of only two laps.
Skipp would start the race for GT Academy from P2 on the grid, assuming the lead by the end of the stint. Gough, driivig the Exiles car from last on the grid after trouble in the qualifying races quickly raced to the front and joined the battle for the lead throughout those early stages. By the end of the second hour, Underwood had an extended an 8-lap lead over Jones, only for Skipp to reel in Gough during his second stint. In the final stint of the race, Jones this time reduced Underwood’s 3-lap lead to only two, but it wasn’t enough to catch and pass the AMG Evo.
Third place was safe in the hands of Martin Thorpe and Steve White, driving Thorpe’s race winning Aston Martin Vantage. Being them was another tight battle between the DHORC paring of Nick Sismey and Phil Rees and Connexus duo of Nick Wade and rookie Alex Shahabi, both teams driving the new Scalextric 991 GT3R. The Porsches would be swapping and chasing throughout the event with the home team emerging in front by 4 laps at the chequered flag.
GT4 will return to DHORC on the Sebring layout in 2025, with plans to bring the GT3 formula to Sakhir.
