REPORT : SNETTERTON , 17 / 18 APRIL
Jackson and Chart head the CFF pack
The Jackson five at
Snetterton
Cam Jackson was the star of the weekend as the Club opened its 2021 racing season with a full programme on the Snetterton 300 circuit ( 17 / 18 April ). Paul Lawrence reports .
Jackson won five races in Formula Ford and Formula Junior as a glorious spring weekend and a wonderful paddock atmosphere added together to make a fine start to the Club ’ s 56th season of racing . With over 240 entries for 19 races and remarkably few incidents it was the perfect start to 2021 . Two of Jackson ’ s race wins on Saturday came in the opening two races for the Classic Formula Ford Championship . These were his two toughest wins of the weekend as Henry Chart ’ s Van Diemen RF81 ran him very close in the first race and even closer in the second race . In the opener , Jackson eventually edged a couple of lengths clear in the later stages of the race , but in the second race Chart was a constant threat and harried the Winkelmann all the way to the flag . On the final lap Chart with right on Jackson ’ s gearbox and less than a fifth of a second split them as they dashed over the line .
Jordan Harrison ( Lola T540E ) had been a strong third in the first race and in the second race he repeated the result but ran even closer to the leading pair . Some very quick laps later in the race took Harrison to within a second of Jackson at the flag . Samuel Harrison , Sam Mitchell and Simon Toyne were among the next pack .
The Historic Road Sports opener became a two-way contest in the early stages as the Lotus Elans of John Davison and Paul Tooms raced wheelto-wheel . It was a great battle while it lasted but , eventually , Davison edged away and had eight seconds in hand after 10 laps .
Adam Cunnington ’ s Cortina in the HTC race Graham Dear won the 80s Production race
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