Blakeney marks 35 years since race debut at Combe
Pat Blakeney celebrated 35 years to the day since his race debut, driving a Formula Ford 2000 Royale RP27 in a Monoposto race at Castle Combe, by returning to the circuit’s FF1600 Championship last Monday.
Since selling the FF2000 Delta that he shared with son Scott at Silverstone’s Historic Sports Car Club Finals last October, Blakeney – who manages the motorsport content at Thruxton – has bought the Medina Sport Van Diemen JL13 in which Wayne Boyd won the 2015 Formula Ford Festival.
“Peter Alexander had bought the car, originally to run a customer in, but we collected it last week,” said Blakeney who, after taking a best result of 11th on Monday, intends to do as many Combe rounds as possible.
Asked why he had bought a car for which there are no races at Thruxton this year, Blakeney said: “Exactly that. I’m too busy in my day job at Thruxton to compete there, so I opted for something we can enjoy as a family team elsewhere, as and when time allows.”