REPORT : BRANDS HATCH
In the Classic Formula Fords Jackson won the opener relatively clearly from Henry Chart and Ben Tinkler but in the later race Chart really took the battle to Jackson . In fact , Jackson looked to be in trouble when he found oil at Paddock and slithered through the gravel and dropped back to fifth . But the race was red flagged , and the grid for the restart was taken back a lap , which put Jackson back at the front .
Chart matched him from the restart , and it was only a final lap spin at Stirling ’ s for Chart that really settled the matter for Jackson , as Tinkler headed Jordan Harrison for a second and Chart dropped to fourth .
Running alongside the Classic FFs were the Historic Formula 3s and there was a double win for Jeremy Timms over
Clinton McCarthy heads an FJ pack
Andrew Hibberd . Simon Armer took third in the opening race but went out of the later race when he spun at Paddock .
It was no surprise that Chris Goodwin was the class of Formula Junior field in his Lotus 22 in a race impacted by a safety car . Leading the chase of Goodwin was Clive Richards but he went out at Stirling ’ s when an oil pipe detached and his engine dumped its oil . Richard Wilson and Adrian Russell rounded out the top three while Stuart Roach in his front-engined Alexis Mk2 had qualified superbly in difficult conditions but slipped back a little to finish seventh behind the rear-engined cars when the track dried out in time for the race .
Andy Newall made it three from three in the Guards Trophy at the head of
a bumper grid of cars , although the Lenham P70 of Simon and Cam Jackson ran the Chevron close for much of the race . Only after the pit stops did Newall edge clear to take his lead out to slightly more than 10 seconds . Another father and son crew completed the podium as Westie and Ben Mitchell brought their Chevron B8 into third , despite a quick drive through penalty for taking their pit stop just outside the window .
The GT battle raged all the way to the flag , as John Spiers and Peter Thompson duelled in their TVR Griffiths . Spiers just about held the upper hand throughout the race , having jumped into the TVR straight from racing his Maserati 250F , but Thompson kept him keen and closed in again over the final lap to finish only a third of a second behind .
Kevin Kivlochan had his hands full in the historic Road Sports contest as John Davison again mounted a spirited attack in his Lotus Elan . Kivlochan edged a little clear of the Elan pack initially , but Davison never gave up and had the gap down to less than three quarters of a second at the flag as Rupert Ashdown , Jonathan Rose and Fraser Gibney packed out the top five in their Elans .
The 70s Road Sports race was briefly interrupted by a safety car after Peter Connell parked his TVR 3000M in the gravel at Clearways . Will Plant ( Morgan
Plus 8 ) resumed control from the re-start but Jim Dean had other ideas in his Lotus Europa and hunted down
“ The GT battle raged all the way to the flag ”
The Guards Trophy pack ready for the off
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