RENNIE GOES ON A RUN FOR FORMULA 2 GLORY
Liam Rennie won two BriSCA Formula 2 finals in two days in a very successful weekend for the Glaswegian.
At Cowdenbeath on Saturday night, Rennie was caught by World champion Chris Burgoyne in the closing stages but survived Burgoyne’s repeated attempts to dislodge him, including a trip into the wall on the final bend.
The following afternoon at Crimond in Aberdeenshire, fierce rivals Gordon Moodie and Robbie Dawson crashed out in spectacular fashion after Dawson clipped the inner wall and careered into Moodie. Rennie steered clear of trouble to claim another victory as Ryan Farquhar emerged from a last-bend sort-out to take second ahead of Michael Philip.
Ben Chalkley took the honours at Mildenhall. Having passed Ricky Castell to take the lead, Chalkley was chased down by heat winner Andrew Palmer, but the Peterborough racer couldn’t quite get close enough for a successful lastbend lunge. Castell held on to complete the top three.
After a promising run at
Mildenhall ended with a broken halfshaft, Courtney Witts bounced back at Sheffield to take her maiden BriSCA F2 final win. She led almost from start to finish and withstood the last-bend challenges of Kyle Taylor and Charley Tomblin, who claimed second.
Results
Organiser: Spedeworth When: April 9 Where: Mildenhall Stadium Starters: 42. 1 Ben Chalkley; 2 Andrew Palmer; 3 Ricky Castell; 4 Ben Lockwood; 5 Jack Cave; 6 Charlie Guinchard; 7 Jordon Thackra; 8 Tom Pell; 9 Josh Rayner; 10 David Stevens.
Organiser: GMP Scotland When: April 9 Where: The Racewall, Cowdenbeath Starters: 14.
1 Liam Rennie; 2 Chris Burgoyne; 3 Gordon Moodie; 4 Trevor Harris; 5 Stephen Forster; 6 Euan Millar; 7 Graeme Leckie; 8 Steven Burgoyne; 9 Craig Wallace; 10 Paul Reid.
Organiser: Crimond Raceway When: April 10 Where: Crimond Raceway Starters: 14. 1 Liam Rennie; 2 Ryan Farquhar; 3 Michael Philip; 4 Craig Wallace; 5 Graeme Leckie; 6 Peter Watt; 7 Jason McDonald; 8 John Hogg; 9 Trevor Harris; 10 Laura Dawson.
Organiser: Yorstox When: April 10 Where: Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield Starters: 19.
1 Courtney Witts; 2 Charley Tomblin; 3 Kyle Taylor; 4 Chris Burgoyne; 5 Dave Polley; 6 Daz Shaw; 7 Jordon Thackra; 8 Michael Wallbank; 9 Billy Webster; 10 Rob Mitchell