Foster wins to put himself in title contention
GINETTA JUNIOR
Louis Foster started the weekend 73 points behind the championship leader and believed he was all but out of title contention, but became living proof of the difference a day can make.
Two wins from the first two races while his rivals faltered launched the 15-year old into the title fight, just one point shy of
Luke Browning and 46 down on Adam Smalley by the end of the weekend.
A clean first race, which he described as “not a bad 20 minutes’ work”, featured Foster using the inside line at Tarzan on lap six to pass Patrick Kibble for victory.
The second encounter was a tougher affair, with Foster, Fin Green and
Browning all in with a shot of the win.
Foster and Green traded the lead on a handful of occasions, but Browning employed a masterful switchback at Chapman to squeeze past Green for second and, with the pack taking the chance to try to follow through, Green was spun at Gracelands and out of contention.
Browning’s late charge on Foster cut the gap to 0.6 seconds, but he couldn’t challenge for the win.
Downpours ahead of the third race meant a wet set-up was required and, even though Foster topped the wet test session on Friday, he had to settle for second behind Browning.
Lots of wheelspin off pole dropped
Foster behind Browning and, while Foster had the pace to get close, just 0.3s at its tightest, he admitted he just made one too many mistakes.