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Ben Walter leads Britek scholarship charge at Phillip Island PDF Print E-mail
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Britek Motorsport Scholarship driver Ben Walter (Hobart, Tas) in the Road Solutions entry has finished the sixth round of the Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Series at Phillip Island in fourth place overall. Driving the Minda Motorsports prepared entry, Walter enjoyed his best weekend of the year qualifying in seventh, before finishing seventh in race #1 and #2, then took fifth place in race #3.

“I have been very happy with how I drove this weekend,” said Walter.

“I feel like I have made a big gain.

“From the outset I had good pace and we carried that speed from practice through qualifying and into the races.

“The races themselves were pretty exciting with lots of slipstreaming. At times we gained and lost spots numerous times just in the one lap, so it was good to come out towards the front.

“Next race is in my home state in Tassie and I’m really looking forward to further improvement that weekend.”

Minda Motorsport team principal Bruin Beasley was pleased with Walter’s performance and that of Martin Swindells (Brisbane, Qld) in the Refrigerated Rental & Sales entry who took third place in race #3 and finished eighth overall.

“A good overall perfoamce from Ben and it was great to see Martin score a top-three finish in the final race,” said Beasley.

“The boys drove very well on what is the highest speed track that we visit.

“It is pleasing to see them grow in confidence and I’m sure they will show further improvement down at Symmons Plains in Tasmania in November.”

After missing the previous two rounds, Geelong's Taylor Gore (Menzel Glass) scored a best race result of 11th in race #3.

In other Britek Motorsport Scholarship news, Scott McLaughlin was victorious in one of Australia's most prestigious junior karting events, the Junior Sprint Classic, at the Seymour International Raceway in Puckapunyal, Victoria over the weekend.

McLaughlin won his division of the Junior Clubman category, which attracted no less than 46 competitors, aboard his Australian-made Arrow kart before going on to take out the 'Champion of Champions' race.

GENUINE FORD PARTS AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP
Round 6 – Phillip Island, Victoria

Championship Points after Round 6 of 8
1. Paul Laskazeski 272
2. Nick Percat 198
3. Kristian Lindbom 164
4. Ben Morley 151
5. Adam Graham 146
6. Daniel Erickson 138
7. Scott Pye 128
8. Brad Lowe 99
9. Jake Chapman 89
10. Robert Storey 46
12. Martin Swindells 39
13. Ben Walter 34

RESULTS: Qualifying
1 #23 Daniel Erickson 1:37.7686
2 #2 Nick Percat 1:37.7687
3 #7 Paul Laskazeski 1:38.0726
4 #98 Jake Chapman 1:38.3502
5 #30 Trent Harrison 1:38.3740
6 #19 Scott Pye 1:38.5743
7 #25 Ben Walter 1:38.5874
8 #3 Lucas Dumbrell 1:38.9344
9 #15 Chaz Mostert 1:38.9965
10 #66 Andrew Waite 1:39.0445
17 #26 Taylor Gore 1:40.9607
19 #63 Martin Swindells excluded

RESULTS: Race One
1 #23 Daniel Erickson 10 laps
2 #2 Nick Percat
3 #7 Paul Laskazeski
4 #98 Jake Chapman
5 #19 Scott Pye
6 #41 Bradley Lowe
7 #25 Ben Walter
8 #35 Cameron Spence
9 #3 Lucas Dumbrell
10 #15 Chaz Mostert
11 63 Martin Swindells
17 26 Taylor Gore

RESULTS: Race Two
1 #23 Daniel Erickson 10 laps
2 #7 Paul Laskazeski
3 #2 Nick Percat
4 #98 Jake Chapman
5 #41 Bradley Lowe
6 #15 Chaz Mostert !
7 #25 Ben Walter
8 ! #35 Cam eron Spence
9 #13 Nick Foster
10 #30 Trent Harrison
12 #26 Taylor Gore
14 #63 Martin Swindells

RESULTS: Race Three
1 #7 Paul Laskazeski 10 laps
2 #98 Jake Chapman
3 #63 Martin Swindells
4 #4 Kristian Lindbom
5 #25 Ben Walter
6 #19 Scott Pye
7 #2 Nick Percat
8 #15 Chaz Mostert
9 #43 Ben Morley
10 #41 Bradley Lowe
11 #26 Taylor Gore

RESULTS: Round Points
1. #7 Paul Laskazeski 50
2. #23 Daniel Erickson 41
3. #98 Jake Chapman 40
4. #25 Ben Walter 22
5. #41 Bradley Lowe 19
6. #19 Scott Pye 18
7. #2 Nick Percat 16
8. #63 Martin Swindells 14
9! . #15 Chaz Mostert 13
10. #4 Kristian Lindbom 12
 
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