Formula Ford 1600 Carnival at Castle Combe Circuit

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The traditional season ending Melton Concrete Products Formula Ford 1600 Carnival rounds off the year at the Castle Combe Circuit on Saturday 4th October, with a young West Country driver looking to make history.

Having already won the circuit?s 2008 Melton Concrete Products Formula Ford Championship, Josh Fisher, from Bridgwater, is hoping to become the first person to win two championships at the same circuit in the same year.

Fisher?s task in the savesometax.co.uk Castle Combe Special GT Championship is a tricky one as he has a four point deficit to Westbury?s Shane Marshall, the reigning Class B champion from 2007.

To take the title, Fisher needs to win his class and set the fastest lap, a task he has found comparatively easy in this his debut season in a sports car, a relatively underpowered Mantis Supersport. Additionally, Fisher has to hope that reliability comes into the equation, as Marshall has won Class A on every outing this year in his Chrysler powered Jade.

Bath?s Guy Woodward could have some say on the outcome, the veteran able to push Marshall when his own Jade is working to his liking.

Theoretically also in with a chance is Trowbridge?s Mark Funnell, just 6 points adrift of Marshall despite non-scoring at two rounds. Like his overall rivals, his class is already in the bag, so the Exige driver can only do his usual best and hope that Marshall and Fisher hit trouble.

Also to be decided is the National Mobile Windscreens Saloon Car Championship, with two local youngsters from the smallest class within four points of each other.

Chippenham?s William Di Claudio has the mathematical advantage and has already experienced the pressure of a championship showdown, assisting his Turnpike Racing team-mate, Tony Hutchings, to his second title last year by winning Class D with his Peugeot, so denying Hutchings? main opponent.

This year, the 106 has had new opposition in the form of rookie Jason Cooper from Yatton Keynell, the 19 year old wringing the absolute maximum from his Fiesta and establishing himself as a wet weather maestro. However, despite Cooper?s recent hike in engine power, his points deficit means he will need Di Claudio to finish lower than 6th, an unlikely occurrence unless mechanical reliability plays its part.
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