REPORT : CADWELL PARK
David Tomkinson and Jim Dean in 70s Road Sports
42 race to keep ahead of the TVR pack of Julian Barter , Dave Karaskas and Antony Ross .
It was all change on Sunday when Plant started from the tail of the grid and Payne posted an early retirement . The flying Barter put his TVR ahead while Plant charged up the order to take second from Kivlochan . Best of the concurrent 80s Production Cars was the Ferrari Mondial of Nick Taylor although Jason Wood chased hard in his Vauxhall Nova .
Later on Saturday afternoon Kivlochan doubled up in the opening Historic Road Sports counter with a consummate win in his mighty AC Cobra from regular rival John Davison ( Lotus Elan ) and Peter Garland in his Morgan Plus 8 . Behind them , some mighty Lotus Elan battling kept the crowd entertained . Sunday ’ s second race was pretty much a repeat as fine field of 24 varied cars completed the second 20-minute contest .
Jordan Harrison and Samuel Harrison in Classic FF
The two Formula Junior grids provided clear double wins for Peter De La Roche ( front-engined ) and Adrian Russell in the rear-engined division , which was run for the Barry Westmoreland Trophy . On Saturday De La Roche , on his seasonal debut , had to find a way around early leader Chris Drake . But as Drake ’ s Terrier picked up a misfire , De La Roche was away and gone . Stuart Roach led the chase of the leading pair in his Alexis but was a late retirement with a transmission problem .
On Sunday , the Terrier went out midrace and De La Roche won by nearly a minute from Ray Mallock ( U2 Mk2 ) in the front-engined counter . Russell twice stormed away from the rear-engined pack to win at a canter from Nic Carlton-Smith in the opener and the increasingly rapid Tim Child on Sunday .
John Hutchison jnr and James Hicks in rear-engined FJs
“ The Classic Formula Ford opener offered Cam Jackson his first win of the weekend ”
The Classic Formula Ford opener offered Cam Jackson his first win of the weekend , as his Winkelmann outpaced the rest of the field which included Samuel Harrison , Jordan Harrison , and Rick Morris . Jordan Harrison later retired with suspension woes , allowing Morris to complete the podium .
On Sunday it was much closer as Samuel Harrison matched Jackson wheel-for-wheel and was just a quarter of a second behind after 20 minutes of flat out racing . Morris again took the final podium step while best of the concurrent Heritage FF1600 runners was the rare Lanan of Simon Jackson after a long battle with
Tom Roark ( Van Diemen ). The Historic Formula 3 season started a little later than planned as a strong field of cars contested the annual Justin Haler Memorial Trophy . Benn Simms set the early pace in the Chevron B17 of Jim Blockley , which is now for sale and Simms was giving it a run to show his pedigree . Sure enough , he edged clear as Jeremy Timms chased hard in his B15 . It was all building to a close finish when Timms got crossed up going through the Gooseneck and spun backwards into the tyre wall , albeit not too heavily . With his rival gone , Simms was well clear for a commanding win as up to second came Jason Timms in his Brabham BT21 to take the place vacated by his cousin .
With Jeremy Timms unable to start the second race , Simms was able to pull a minute gap over Jason T and Michael Scott to secure his third win of the weekend . Two races for the Classic Clubmans Championship wrapped up the meeting with a resounding double win for Mark Charteris and Formula Ford-engined class wins for Tom Eustace and Steve Littler .