BLUE CHALLENGE RESULTS AFTER FOREST EDGE IN AUGUST
A clean pair of heels by Rhys Read gave him minimum points and the win in the Junior Blue sections of the Blue Challenge 2021. Mitch Carpenter suffered an exclusion for a carburettor rule infringement which dropped him down to 6th place overall. The Challenge lead stays with Sam Mitchell though Read has closed him down. Jamie Dart is promoted to 3rd overall.
Richard Puddle won the Formula Blue class but fell foul of a battery terminal issue at the post-race scrutineering and was duly excluded. Anth Cleal with an opposite pole start grid, together with a race win, won the day. Sam Dible with a pole and 2nd in the Final finished 2nd overall followed by Ben Joseph in 3rd. David Watts on 10 points came in 4th with Sylvain Vessier in 5th. Cleal now takes the Challenge lead by 1 point over David Watts. Mike Bell sits in 3rd place with Russell O’Neill and Ben Joseph bringing up the top 5.
Cleal with 0 + 0 points score takes the win the Master sub-class from Ben Joseph who scored 5 points. Billy Thomas finished 3rd overall on 7 points. 4th was Russell O’Neill who shared the points with Robin Stoddart-Stones. Cleal increases his Challenge lead over O’Neill. Joseph stays in 3rd but David Goode snatches 4th pace from Rob Mortimore by 1 point.
Cleal, again, takes the win in the Veteran Sub-class. This time the challenge came from Stoddart-Stones in 2nd. Phil Shears shared the points with Paul Dible but took 3rd place by virtue of a higher track position. Paul Alexander finished 5th. In the overall standings, Cleal maintains his lead with Goode in 2nd. Mortimore is in 3rd just 1 point ahead of Paul Alexander 4th and David Waldron 5th.
In the Blue Legend section, Stoddart-Stones takes the win following the withdrawal of Stuart Gray with a ‘lost ‘ chain guard. Goode comes in 2nd with John Hartshorne in 3rd. Goode remains in the overall lead from Kevin O’Neill, Ron Shone, Stoddart-Stones and Chris Underhill.
Ben Joseph was dominant in the Blue Top Weight group with a grid to flag win. Second was team-mate Billy Thomas, followed by Phil Shears and Paul Dible. It is Joseph in the overall lead, chased by Rob Mortimore and Ron Shone, Thomas overtakes Paul Dible for 4th spot.
Competitors now have a full 4 weeks before the penultimate round at Mansell on August 29th.
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