Pro Installer February 2019 - Issue 71 | Page 21

FEBRUARY 2019 | 21 Sport Read online at www.proinstaller.co.uk ‘ALUPLAST’ IN POLE POSITION Keith White, Managing Director aluplast in the UK, has become a double historic car race Champion, claiming the 2018 Classic F3 Championship for the second time. Competing in a 2000cc Ralt RTI Toyota, Keith edged ahead in a hard-fought campaign, to seize the top spot on the podium with 80 points for the 2018 season. “It was an exceptionally close finish – we actually tied on points with another team, winning because over the sea- son we recorded more higher placed finishes”, explained Keith. “We’re racing in cars run competitively in Formula 3, and there’s a huge amount of history on the track, with classic racing enjoying a real resurgence. “We were delighted to come in top in a season which deliv- ered it’s fair share of technical challenges and which was fought very competitively, right up until its close.” The Classic Formula 3 Championship is for cars originally built to compete and race in F3 between 1971 and 1984. It covers two eras of F3 racing: the 1600cc twin-cam cars used up until 1974, when the category shifted up a gear to 2-litre cars. The Ralt RTI was first produced in 1974 and raced in Formula Two, and Formula Atlantic, in addition to Formu- la 3. www.aluplast.co.uk EMPLAS TEAM HAS A ‘BOUNCE IN ITS STEP’ AHEAD OF AIR AMBULANCE CHARITY RUN A team from Emplas will be put through their paces in a 5K inflatable charity fun run, to raise funds for the Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance. With a fundraising target of £1,500 to hit, the event on March the 30th com- bines a traditional 5K fun run with 15 of the world’s most demanding inflatable obstacles. John Leary, Sales and Marketing Director, said: “The Air Ambulance does an amazing job and we’re delighted to be able to support it. “5K doesn’t sound a lot but I’ve been told that when you’re scrabbling up and down inflatable obstacles it’s a very different experi- ence! I have also been stu- pid enough to sign myself up for the 10K option! “With 19 of us taking part, we’ve set a fundrais- ing target of £1,500 but we hope to go beyond this and raise much more for a charity which is there to support each and every one of us when we need it the most.” The Warwickshire and Northamptonshire Air Ambulance is part of the Air Ambulance Service, which receives no gov- ernment funding, and attends 1,000 missions a year, with each mission costing approximately £1,700. To stay operational the charity needs to raise around £1.7m a year To donate visit the JustGiving page https:// www.justgiving.com/ fundraising/tkhi-emplas www.emplas.co.uk