Carter thwarted on his Formula Junior debut at Oulton Park
Historic Formula Ford racer Mark Carter stepped up to Formula Junior at Oulton Park, in the Speedsport team’s Lotus 22, which Pierre Livingstone took to the overall podium at last year’s Silverstone Classic.
Before running at Oulton, Carter said he was delighted to race in a car, the same type as had been raced by his idol Jim
Clark. “I had one straightline test at Turweston airfield. Jim Clark was my hero,” he said.
Carter’s other claim to fame is that he finished third in the 2014 British Bobsleigh Championship as the driver of a four-man bob. Unfortunately, he was out of the opening race on the warmingup lap of the first race with gear linkage woes.