Oulton Park 2 Sept

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Round 8 of the F250 championship brings us to Oulton Park for the penultimate round of the season. This round has been kindly sponsored by James Booth and Frecklton Boatyard.

The changeable weather at Cadwell caused a few upsets. Iain McDonald #137 (RS250) took a well deserved win in tricky wet conditions when all riders were caught on the starting grid with dry tyres. While many struggled, Iain who travels down from East Kilbride in Scotland to compete likened it to normal Scottish weather and felt quite at home. With his win Iain is now within striking distance of Ross Searle #105 (RS250) and a third place in the championship.

Alan Armour #4 (RGV) and Mark Jordan #96 (KR-1S) continued their battle for leadership of the series with Alan gaining the upper hand. He now holds a healthy 77 point advantage and with only 150 points left to play for, Mark Jordan is going to struggle to close the gap.

Expect to see a battle royal between this year’s ‘young guns’ Ross Searle and Ben Phillips #162 (KR-1S). Ben has found another 20hp – a matter of some incorrectly fitted power valves which he has been running all season – so he will be keen to show what he can do on a competitive machine.

The battle for leadership of Division II is hotting up. Present leader John Hawkes #47 (KR-1S) holds a slim 21 point advantage over Lee White, who is only 9 points ahead of Ben Phillips. With Lee not competing at Oulton, Ben will be looking to overhaul Lee and close the gap on John. John will also have to deal with Andy Slinn #22 (RS250). The pair have battled all season and at their last meeting finished within a few tenths of a second of each other. Making up the rest of Division II and all after John’s lead are Kevin Tiernan # (KR-1S), Nigel Holmes #75 (RGV) and newcomer to the series John Robinson #91 (RS250)

The dark horse for this round is definitely Colin Skillicorn #6 (RGV). Colin a former F250 and F400 winner at Oulton is expected to be up at the sharp end.