MORGAN PARK FIRSTS FOR FORMULA FORDS
For the first time, a round of the Australian Formula Ford Series was staged at Morgan Park, on August 27-28. Cameron McLeod was the round five winner over Ryder Quinn and even though James Piszcyk was third, he did increase his points lead.
Piszcyk (Mygale) was the fastest in qualifying but fell to fourth in Race 1 initially, and then dropped more places to sixth shortly after.
Meanwhile Valentino Astuti (Mygale) led from McLeod (Spectrum) until the third lap when the latter grabbed the lead and his first national victory.
Quinn also displaced Astuti to finish second as team mate Winton Smith (Mygale) progressed from sixth to fourth ahead of Zak Lobko (Mygale).
Behind Piszcyk came Jordyn Sinni, Edison Beswick, Kyle Evans and Jude Bargwanna, all in Spectrums. There were two Safety Cars, one for Kye Cavedon (Spectrum) who stopped at Turn 3 on the third lap. McLeod led all the way in Race 2 where Quinn was second until three quarter distance. Once Smith won his ealy dice with Astuti, he was able to snare second for a brief period before Quinn was able to retrieve the spot. Astuti also lost out to Piszcyk and Bargwanna on the last laps. They were followed by Sini, Evans, Lobko and Xavier Kokai (Spectrum).
After the start, Quinn was able to grab the third race lead and had a clear margin over McLeod by the end. After he diced with Smith who lost several spots midway through, Piszcyk was a close third.
Lobko made it to fourth after eighth at the start and finished ahead of Astuti.
This was also the first round of the Kent National Series which saw Mitch Gatenby (Spirit) take each race ahead of Jason Liddell (Swift) while Gerrit Van de Pol (Van Diemen) and Mark Zellner (Mygale) tied on points for third.
Garry O'Brien - Auto Action - Issue 1844 - Page 44 www.autoaction.com.au