FENWICK TAKES HIS CHANCES FOR MX-5 WIN
Fraser Fenwick edged closer to the Mazda MX-5 championship crown during the British Racing and Sports Car Club’s visit to Cadwell Park despite strong performances from Steve Foden and Sebastian Fisher.
Foden built on his win last time out by taking pole for the opening encounter, but lost out in a threeway scrap with Fenwick and Fisher at Chris Curve and then struggled with overheating issues, while Fenwick scored his 10th win of the campaign ahead of Fisher and Luke Pullen. After an overnight engine change, Foden climbed from fourth to second behind Fisher in the sequel, and then snatched the lead into Gooseneck before taking victory ahead of Fenwick. The gloves were off in the final contest, with Fenwick sweeping around the outside of Foden, who then was pushed wide at Park as he tried to fight back and lost second to Fisher. A second clash between the pair at Gooseneck cost Foden further positions, as Fisher passed Fenwick for his first triumph of the season.
Simon Robinson took the fight to the modern ST150 machines in his XR2 in three close ST-XR races. Matthew Pimlott benefited from Michael Blackburn’s early mistake at the hairpin to lead race one. After prevailing against Robinson for second, Blackburn snatched the lead on the final lap at Gooseneck, but Pimlott bounced back at the Mountain to take the win. Blackburn got the better of Pimlott and Robinson in race two, while Robinson came within a few corners of victory in the finale before being denied by Pimlott in a controversial clash on Park Straight.
Zachary Lucas passed Rob Smith into Hall bends to win the first
Fiesta championship encounter, with Smith prevailing ahead of Jenson Brickley in race two, which was initially red-flagged after
Mario Cordell was collected by John Cooper at Chris Curve following a spin. Lucas stormed from row three to win the final contest ahead of close pursuers Brickley and Kellett. Michael Knibbs, Will Blackwell-Chambers and Colin Bysouth took a win apiece in three close Mazda MX-5 Supercup races, while Richard Amos made two costly mistakes at Charlies.
A startline crash for Alex Boam led to a lengthy stoppage in Saturday’s Modified Ford race, which was won following the resumption by Paul Nevill’s Escort Mk2, while Dave Cockell returned home to fix power steering issues with his Escort Cosworth. Cockell returned on Sunday to win comfortably from the back of the grid ahead of Nevill.