Spa very much!
Thursday, 26 June 2008
Wayne Boyd: Belgian double stretches his lead to 58 points.
TEMPLEPATRICK driver, Wayne Boyd put in a champion's performance to win both of British Formula Ford's Spa rounds at the weekend, despite some tough opposition.
His Belgian victories for the Jamun Racing team bring to 13 Wayne's tally for the season to date.
Boyd's championship lead with seven rounds remaining is now up to 58 points.
A smiling 'It's all good' was his only response when asked how his latest triumphs might have strengthened his title hopes.
The shape of Friday's race was dictated by a first-corner shunt involving the Mygales of Victor Correa, the young Brazilian starting from pole position for the first time in the rd-backed British Championship, and Nick Tandy, who made a blinding start from fourth on the grid.
Tandy took the outside line and Correa stuck to the inside; somehow they met in the middle and both spun, Correa's car clouting Adrian Campfield's Spectrum as it regained the circuit.
It was not a straightforward win for Boyd, however.
Before the opening lap's end the field was bunched up behind a safety car as the debris was cleared from La Source, and the Antrim Grarmmar School pupil was forced into a successful defence of his position at the restart.
Saturday's race was an even bigger thriller, with Boyd, Blanchard, Tandy and Correa all taking turns in front in another Spa slipstreaming epic.
