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Our Finals proved to be action-packed pretty much for everyone all down the grid. This is only a flavour of what all drivers experienced.
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HSCC HISTORIC FORMULA FORD 1600 CHAMPIONSHIP

Sponsored by Carless Race Fuels with Vital Equipment

In association with Avon Tyres

Supported by Radio Caroline



Rounds 18 and 19: Silverstone National, 19/20 October



Jackson heads the steam train



The concluding two rounds of the HSCC Historic Formula Ford Championship were simply breath-taking as up to 12 cars slipstreamed around the Silverstone National track (19/20 October).



Ultimately, Cameron Jackson won twice to take his 2019 tally to 12 wins from 15 starts but he had to work incredibly hard as Linton Stutely, Ed Thurston and Pierre Livingston never gave up. In the opening race, Jackson’s winning margin was seven-thousandths of a second.



Tremendous racing raged all the way down a strong field and it was Livingston who secured the runner-up slot in the championship while Rob Smith emerged at the head of the Radio Caroline Over 50s category.



On Saturday, Jackson scored his 11th win from 14 starts in the Winkelmann and none have been harder earned than this one as he edged Stutely by a coat of paint after a race that had onlookers holding their breath for most of the 14 laps.



In the early laps, Jackson and Stutely (Royale RP3) went up against the Speedsport Merlyns of Thurston, Livingston and polesitter Ben Tusting. With as many as seven more cars towing along, the 12-car train made a sensational spectacle.



This was wheel-to-wheel dicing of the highest order and after countless place changes it all came down to Jackson, Stutely and Thurston for the final lap. It took all of Jackson’s race craft to get the Winkelmann into the right position to be ahead in the sprint to the line but as they fanned out Stutely came so close to giving the Royale a first win. “That was awesome,” said Jackson. “I looked in the mirrors at one point and saw a never-ending train of cars behind me!”



“I got alongside on the last lap but couldn’t outbrake him,” said Stutely after a mighty performance, while Thurston chased them over the line. A few yards behind, Livingston just beat Brian Morris, having one of the best HFF races of his career, Matt Wrigley, Tusting and Ted Pearson. Morris spectacularly topped the Radio Caroline Over 50s in fifth place from Pearson in eighth as Danny Stanzl (Elden Mk8) and Ross Drybrough rounded out the top 10. Rob Smith was next up to hold onto his Radio Caroline lead with one race to go but it would mean a 4th place or better especially if Pearson had the lead!



Sunday’s race was every bit as good despite having to be re-started after a first lap tangle on the exit of Copse. As it all just got too crowded, there was a clash of wheels and out went, Morris, Stanzl and Tusting although Stanzl later drove his car back to the paddock. The incident also settled the Radio Caroline Over 50s category in Smith’s favour as Pearson’s car tangled and was also eliminated.



From the re-start, Jackson, Stutely and Livingston eventually escaped from the fighting pack and this time around Jackson beat Stutely to the line by 42-hundredths of a second after Stutely did all he could to unseat the champion. Somehow Livingston survived a high-speed trip down the grass towards Brooklands and lost remarkably little time to ensure the championship runner-up position and third place in the race.



Thurston was running on his own in fourth by the finish before Wrigley beat Drybrough home for fifth. After more excellent battling, Smith beat Kevin Stanzl and Stuart Kestenbaum for seventh. A top 10 finish was some reward for Kestenbaum, who spun to the very tail of the field on the opening lap of the first race.



The aggregate winner of the Historic Formula Ford races, Cameron Jackson, was presented with the impressive Chris Mudge Trophy in memory of the 1970s FF1600 racer from Canada.


Chris's sister Pixie was on hand from her home in Canada to make the presentation as well as some long-standing members of Peterborough Motor Club: which first instigated the trophy. Cameron was delighted to find out that his dad Simon won the trophy during his time in Formula Ford back in 1989 - when Cameron was two years old!

Rob Smith took The Caroline award for the third year running! with Ted Pearson 2nd and Brian Morris 3rd in this great Over50's Championship.



Paul Lawrence/Dick Dixon.