Horatio Fitz-Simon and Samuel Harrison
Mike Gardiner moved ever closer to the Historic Touring Car title with victory in the opening race but had Neil Wood as a constant and determined rival in the flying Anglia and less than a third of a second split them at the flag . Wood was looking forward to trying to turn the tables in the second race later on Sunday only to find Gardiner absent after the Lotus Cortina suffered alternator failure and was put away . “ I ’ d have loved another race like the first one ,” said Wood .
Steve Platts had a great run to third in the first race but parked the Singer Chamois partway through race two so it was Robin Ellis ( BMW ) and Paul Wallis ( Alfa Romeo ) who rounded out the overall podium at the end of the afternoon .
Both Formula Ford categories delivered some fine racing and there was a double victory in the Historics for Tom McArthur who had Horatio Fitz-Simon as a constant shadow in the opening race , with a quarter of a second splitting them after 18 flat out laps . Matt Wrigley pipped Samuel Harrison for third place as the impressive Mark Bates , racing the Alexis Mk15 of Robin Haslam , showed his pace by running fifth , right on their tail .
McArthur had things slightly easier in the second race as Fitz-Simon was more occupied dealing with the constant threat from Harrison . That ’ s how they finished with Bates edging ahead of Wrigley for fourth .
Jordan Harrison took a big step towards the Classic Formula Ford title with two impressive victories in his Lola T540E . “ We ’ ve been slowly getting the car better this year ,” said Jordan who backed up his recent Oulton Park double win . The main action in the race lay in the contest for a second as Rick Morris and Stuart Kestenbaum took on teenage upstart Samuel Harrison .
Over 50 years their younger , Samuel Harrison actually got through to second at one point but was then edged back having lost a little time with a moment on the brakes into the Esses and he finally
“ Both Formula Ford categories delivered some fine racing ” took fourth behind the two hugely experienced elder statesman of Classic Formula Ford racing .
Jordan Harrison did it again in the second race and Morris just fended off Kestenbaum with Samuel Harrison not starting when the oil cooler in his Elden Mk8 split late in the second Historic Formula Ford race .
Mark Charteris dominated both Classic Clubmans races although in the second race John Harrison led the early laps before Charteris swept ahead . Spencer McCarthy ran third in the opener but had gear selection issues and didn ’ t start the second race . The B Sport pack put on some good battles and it was Dave Facer who beat young Tom Muirhead first time around in a result that
Peter Osgerby in 80s Production
was later repeated when the margin between them was less than half a second after a fine contest .
The guest Langford Engineering Midget and Sprite Challenge races were quite dramatic with a red flag in the opener after a startline tangle and then a second red flag after a handful of laps for an incident at the Esses . Through it all came Paul Sibley in his MG Midget to score an impressive double win .
Paul Sibley won the Midget / Sprite races
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