2 COUNTIES – ROUND 1 AT CLAY PIGEON ON MAY 14th 2023 – RESULTS
Formula Blue, Joey Foster won the Final followed by Dave Watts, Paul Alexander, Kieran Quirke and Steve Groves. Anthony Cleal held the lead, until an incident with a lapped driver dropped him down to 7th place. It is Watts, however, who takes the Championship lead with 5 points and Foster fits into 2nd place with 6 points. The next 3 racers all share 7-points namely, Cleal, Alexander and Groves.
Foster also won the Master sub-class from Alexander then Groves and a rejuvenated Robin Stoddart-Stones came in 4th, followed by Cleal. Foster with 4 points from a 4th start place and flag win takes the overall lead. Only 1 point adrift, three drives share 2nd place with 5 points each, namely Cleal, Alexander and Groves. Stoddart-Stones sits behind them in 5th.
In the Veteran sub-group, Alexander came home 1st followed by Groves, Stoddart-Stones, Cleal and Rob Mortimore. Alexander also leads the Championship with 3 points, from Cleal and Groves on 4 points, Stoddart-Stones is in 4th on 7 points and Mortimore shares 5th with Kevin O’Neill, both on 11 points.
Stoddart-Stones, with a clean sweep in points, wins the Legend section and leads the Championship. O’Neill finished 2nd and also sits in 2nd place overall. Chris Underhill takes up 3rd slot in front of John Hartshorne and Chris Lord.
Alexander with a win and 0 points overall heads the Top Weight sub-class. Last year’s Champion, Mortimore sits in 2nd place on 4 points, with Stuart Adam in 3rd position on 6 points.
The drivers contesting the Two Counties Club Championship now have a 7-week break before round 2 at the Forest Edge circuit. However, the next race for most of them will be on June 11th at the Lydd International Raceway for the next round of the NKRA Regional and Blue Challenge Championship.