REPORT : SILVERSTONE FINALS
The HRS field at the first corner
of the day to win the opener after dropping off the lead group before towing himself back into contention and wriggling through to the lead on the final lap at the expense of Horatio Fitz-Simon , Jackson and Linton Stutely .
Later on Saturday Fitz-Simon scored his first Historic FF victory by a 10th of a second from Jackson and McArthur while in Sunday ’ s rain it was Jackson and Fitz-Simon who made the early pace . However , they were both later disqualified for overtaking under yellow flags and so it was third placed Stutely who moved up to take the win , even though Jackson had still done enough to be champion once more .
Another strong grid of Historic Formula Ford 2000s produced two find races and two wins for Graham Fennymore but it was never easy for the 2021 champion . Benn Simms and Tom Smith , who was guesting in Graham Ridgway ’ s car , chased hard in the opener . But it was on Sunday that Simms really came good and led all the way until the final corner , despite a mid-race red flag and re-start . Then Fennymore managed to squeeze up alongside and they ran wheel-to-wheel through Luffield with Fennymore seizing the inside line and winning the drag race to the flag by eight hundredths of a second . It was a fine contest to end a brilliant year for Historic FF2000 and Simms ’ s reward was the runner-
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Graham Fennymore leads the FF2000 grid