DAVIDSON MAKES THE MOST OF HIS RECENT UPTURN
Luke Davidson has hit a rich vein of form in recent weeks. He followed up a heat win at Skegness on Easter Friday with a final win over in the Netherlands at Raceway Venray on Easter Monday, and he continued his winning ways by taking a heat-and-final double at Buxton on Saturday.
Russell Cooper took up the early running but he was overhauled by yellow-graders Ant Lee and Jake Harrhy. Further back, Davidson was making his move swiftly moving through the field with Tom Harris close by.
As the race entered the second half, Davidson and Harris managed to get to the front with Lee and Harrhy holding out a rapidly closing Wainman for third and fourth respectively. Ryan Harrison brought his car home in sixth place despite suffering from brake problems throughout the race.
Lee completed the night by winning the Grand National with Harrhy crossing the line in second place. Harrhy also had won a heat race earlier in the night.
The meeting was in stark contrast to Harrhy’s early season fortunes where a couple of blown engines nearly put paid to his season. Harrhy explained: “We have had a lot of grief this year, not finishing races, missing meetings but this makes it all worthwhile. It’s been satisfying to get where we are today after rebuilding the engine, and the car. To get 43 qualifying points to add to the ones we scored at the end of last year that should get us into a semi-final.”
Results
Organiser: Buxton Raceway, BriSCA F1 When: April 30
Where: Buxton Raceway
Starters: 25.
1 Luke Davidson; 2 Tom Harris; 3 Ant Lee; 4 Jake Harrhy; 5 Frankie Wainman Jr; 6 Ryan Harrison; 7 Russell Cooper;8 Mickey Randell; 9 Mat Newson; 10 George Elwell.