JORDAN FALDING FOLLOWS IN THE FAMILY WHEELTRACKS
The Falding family have been involved in stock car racing since the early 1960s when Rod Falding first raced. His son Peter become one of the sports all-time greats, winning the world final on four occasions, as well as the National Points, the British and European titles. On Sunday, Peter’s son Jordan won his first final.
Jason Wilkinson led the early stages of the race with James HallMorton and Lewis Goodwin on his tail. Falding began to make his move, passing Hall-Morton and Goodwin in Turn 1 before passing Wilkinson for the lead in Turn 3.
Further back, Karl Hawkins was making a move through the field. A yellow flag just after halfway bunched the field but Falding drove a flawless race keeping a few car lengths ahead of Hawkins. Tom Harris quickly moved from his eighth spot on the restart to third and with two to go moved into second, but he was unable to catch the race leader.
It was an emotional win for Falding whose grandfather Rod passed away earlier this year.
The winner said: “The car always goes well around here, I have come second a few times, I was second to Luke Davidson in this race last year, but finally got to win one. Now all three generations of won a final, just a shame that one of them is looking down on us.”
Multiple title-winner Harris said: “Skegness is always tough, lot of cars, lots of action, and tough to make up places. I was pleased with the caution and made my move, I wanted Falding to watch his mirror a bit more, but he drove a great race.”
Results
Organiser: Skegness Raceway, BriSCA F1 When: October 9 Where: Skegness Starters: 60. 1 Jordan Falding; 2 Tom Harris; 3 Karl Hawkins; 4 Lee Fairhurst; 5 Olly Spencer; 6 Chris Cowley’ 7 Bobby Griffin; 8 Tsjelle Griedanus; 9 Paul Hines; 10 Mat Newson