Green’s Tarmac win helps his F1 shootout charge
Nigel Green kept his hopes of adding the National Series title to his World and British crowns with a heat and final double at Northampton on Saturday.
With one round of the series remaining at Belle Vue on November 12, Green trails Stuart Smith Jr in the points standings by 119 markers. With a possible 154 available in the final round, the battle for the title is far from over. However, it would mean that Green needs to replicate his Northampton form in Manchester to snatch the title away from Smith. Green will also have to look behind him and both Lee Fairhurst and Frankie Wainman Jr are less than 30 points from the second position.
Karl Hawkins rolled his machine in the early stages of the final, calling for a complete restart. Mark Adkins led the early stages before a yellow flag bunched up the field.
On the restart Tristan Jackson moved into the lead with Todd Jones in pursuit. Further back Green passed Smith and began to march towards the front of the pack. Jones was unable to hold off Green but crossed the line in second with Smith in third
“A heat and final double: that will do,” said Green.
Jones explained: “I haven’t raced as much as I would have wanted to this season, my intention was to do every Tarmac meeting but work commitments meant I could only do a few this year. It’s good when the car goes well, makes up for all the bad luck I seem to have had
this season when I have raced.”
Result
1 Nigel Green; 2 Todd Jones; 3 Stuart Smith Jr; 4 Luke Davidson; 5 Tristan Jackson; 6 Mat Newson; 7 Chris Fort; 8 Paul Hines; 9 Lee Fairhurst; 10 George Elwell.