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CAMS Rising Star Kristian Lindbom claimed his maiden victory of the season in the opening race of round seven of the Australian Formula Ford Championship this afternoon at Symmons Plains in what the youngster from New South Wales described as the most important win of his short career.
Lindbom's teammate Joshua Scott claimed the first points of the weekend when he posted the fastest time in qualifying for pole position, Scott also looked set to claim a race victory until he and Ashley Walsh spun on the final corner gifting the race win to Lindbom.
Qualifying
Joshua Scott continued his impressive qualifying form, claiming pole position for the second time in as many rounds ahead of CAMS Rising Star teammates Kristian Lindbom and Ashley Walsh.
Going toe to toe with Lindbom for a majority of the session, Scott secured pole with his third last lap of qualifying with a 0:56.3292 to put his Spectrum at the head of the grid for the afternoon's opening race at Symmons Plains.
The red flag was waved twice early on in proceedings when Nick Percat and James Crozier temporarily left the tight Symmons Plains race track.
However drivers were able to make the most of the short circuit and post their fastest times in the second half of the session, a rarity this season with many teams typically getting the best out of their tyres during the opening laps of qualifying.
Series leader Tim Blanchard and his closest rival Ashley Walsh will start from the second row, a battle sure to test the nerve of both drivers with only eight points separating the two at the top of the points table.
Blake Varney will start from fifth on the grid after his best qualifying performance of the year.
A mere eight tenths of a second separated pole position and eleventh on the grid.
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