REPORT : DONINGTON PARK
The Formula Ford 2000s stream down the Craner Curves
The combined Road Sports and historic
Touring Car pack
Simms and Grant in Classic Formula Ford
In a re-started race on Sunday , with Pittard absent due to other commitments , Charteris got away clear from the start and was never troubled as Glover saw off Campfield and Robin Lackford came up to be the best of the Formula Atlantics in his GRD 272 .
A tremendous Guards Trophy grid featured both quantity and quality although the race was curtailed a couple of laps early after a lot of oil was dropped from the Chevron B16 of Daniel Pickett .
Steve Nuttall made the early running in his Chevron B8 but over the race distance it was the Lenham P69 of Robert and Ben Tusting that came to the fore . Any chance for Nuttall to make a late challenge was lost to the red flag . David Forsbrey wrapped up the top three in his Chevron B8 while Nick Fennell and Michael O ’ Brien were class winners in Fennell ’ s Lotus 23B .
Historic Formula Ford 2000 honours were ultimately split between Graham
Fennymore and Samuel Harrison as their title battle continued . Harrison had a disaster in qualifying when his engine let go on only his third lap . But a deal was quickly done with Benn Simms to fetch Benn ’ s rebuilt engine and it was fitted just in time for Harrison to join the grid . He battled up from fifth and dived ahead of Fennymore at Redgate , but it was a move that was later deemed inappropriate and Harrison collected a five-second penalty to put him back behind Fennymore in the amended results . Ben Glasswell and Ollie Roberts were next up once Jordan Harrison lost the rear wing from his Lola T580 .
On Sunday , Harrison started down in 17th place due to his second fastest lap in qualifying but stormed through the field in spectacular style and was aided by an early safety car that bunched the pack up . Once released , Harrison went from fifth to second in short order , and then deposed Fennymore in the closing stages to complete a remarkable weekend . Glasswell and Jordan Harrison wrapped up the top four .
Alex Morton was the class of the front engined Formula Junior pack and went well clear in his Condor S2 as Chris Astley led the pursuit in his Elva 100 . Meanwhile in the rear engine race , which was interrupted by a safety car , Sam Wilson just had the upper hand over Clive Richards when it really mattered with Andrew Hibberd chasing hard in his Lotus 22 .
Finally , the Griffith Haig Trophy season opened with a small but select grid of drum brake sports cars and in the first race it was Chris Keen who took control in his Kurtis 500S despite a determined Chase by Malcolm Harrison in his Cooper Bristol T25 . Later in the day , Gareth Evans took over the Allied J2X raced by his father Simon in the opening race and was able to narrowly fend off Keen with a tyre-smoking display in the mighty Allard .
Neil Wood ’ s Anglia topped Historic Touring Cars
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