REPORT : DONINGTON PARK
Superb weekend at Donington Park
The Club ’ s race meeting at Donington Park over the last weekend of June delivered on every front , with fantastic racing from bumper grids being enjoyed by a healthy crowd of spectators . Paul Lawrence was there .
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On one of Britain ’ s favourite tracks , the Formula Ford and Formula 3 action stood out and it was Historic Formula Ford 2000 that produced some epic race action from a vast entry of cars . In Formula Ford 1600 , the fact that Cam Jackson won twice on Saturday in both Classic and Historic Formula Ford was not a surprise but in both races he had to work incredibly hard as Jordan Harrison ran him close in the Classic race and Tom McArthur ran him even closer in Historics .
Graham Fennymore leads the FF2000 pack
The Classic Formula Ford opener started with a mighty five-car train as Jackson and Jordan Harrison were chased by Henry Chart , Samuel Harrison and Rick Morris , but Morris was struggling for pace and dropped off the tail of the park as Jackson and Jordan Harrison went clear . Meanwhile , Chart and Samuel Harrison battled mightily over third in a contest that often went side-by-side and ran all the way to the flag .
A broken gear linkage cost Jackson the chance of another victory in the second Classic race on Sunday , as Jordan Harrison worked into the lead at the expense of Chart as Samuel Harrison was side-lined with gearbox woes .
Saturday ’ s Historic Formula Ford opener featured a dramatic last lap after a race-long lead contest . On the final tour , Jackson ’ s Winkelmann jumped out of gear over the kerbs at McLean ’ s and McArthur could not avoid contact which sent his Titan up and over the back of the Winkelmann . Somehow , both cars continued although the Winkelmann had damage to the carburettor . Down into the chicane , McArthur challenged again but spun , which dropped him to fifth behind Callum Grant , Horatio Fitz-Simon and Matt Wrigley .
On Sunday , there was another fabulous lead contest as Jackson , McArthur and Fitz-Simon went wheelto-wheel . McArthur did well to fight back after a moment with a backmarker and was able to slipstream ahead on the final lap for a well-deserved victory at Jackson ’ s expense .
It was a big weekend for Historic Formula Ford 2000 with two qualifying races needed to sort out a capacity 32-car grid for the final each day . Ben