2019 Formula Classic Round 8

Written by admin on November 19, 2019. Posted in 2019, Results

2019 Formula Classic – Round 8

VSCCWA Collie Coalfields 500 – 19^th / 20^th October

After a long break of over two months since the last event round 8 of the 2019 Formula classic season was held at Collie. It was great to see a much larger field of entries at the Collie circuit, than normal, and to see some ‘old’ faces making their first appearance for the year as well as a new face too. The weather was kind for the weekend being warm and bright with a light breeze.

John Rowe was one of the ‘old’ faces making his first appearance this year running his Lotus 18 Formula junior, Dick Ward also made his first appearance at collie in his rotary powered Fiat. Brian Searles brought out his Ralt RT1 for the event having spent most of the year rebuilding the car but unfortunately it was quickly put back on the trailer after qualifying following a clutch failure.

A first time entrant in Formula Classic was Paul Barron in his bright green 2001 Van Diemen Formula Ford. Paul ran consistently in all 4 races with a best lap time of 1 minute 24 seconds.

Michael Henderson and Simon Alderson continued to set the pace for the class with Craig Thompson and Harvey Leys trading outright third place honours.

With Hendo being disqualified in race 3 for a red flag incident the outright positions for the race weekend were;

1^st           Simon Alderson                               

2^nd          Michael Henderson                                       

3^rd           Craig Thompson                                              

Handicap results for the event were;

1^st           John Rowe

2^nd          Glenn Swarbrick

3^rd           Simon Alderson

The next round is only a few days away and is the season finale at Barbagallo, another two day meeting over the weekend of 26^th / 27^th October. Let’s see if we can make a strong showing for the final Formula Classic event of 2019.