 Ash Walsh dominated the final two races of the weekend to take out Round 3 of the 2010 Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship Winton Motor Raceway today.
Despite entering the series as one of the favourites, Walsh’s Winton victory is his first for the season, having struggled throughout the first two rounds.
Walsh turned the tables on the field at Winton though, and took two race wins and a second position to fend off new championship leader Chaz Mostert and Geoff Uhrhane.
“I’m really happy with the result today and I probably didn’t quite expect it when I only qualified third this weekend,” said a delighted Walsh.
“We made a few errors in the first two rounds this season, which stopped us from achieving the results we deserved, but this win definitely gives me some confidence heading to Darwin.”
Mostert, who finished second for the round, was happy with his weekend, re-taking the championship lead from Nick Foster. Mostert won yesterday’s race backed up that result with two more podium finishes in second and third.
“We had another good weekend here today and it’s a nice feeling to walk away with the championship lead again,” Mostert said.
“We went the wrong way with the set-up in the final race, but it’s all about the points and we achieved that here today.”
Like Walsh, Mygale driver Uhrhane put his slow start to the year behind him to take third for the round, following two great drives in races two and three.
“It was a story of a little to late for us this weekend really,” said Uhrhane. “We had a terrible day on Friday, but since then we have improved steadily and I think we proved in the last race that we were capable of winning here today.
“It’s nice to finally get a good result this season, we have had the pace all year, so it gives me some much needed confidence ahead of the next round at Hidden Valley.”
Foster finished in fourth position for the round after a frustrating round, ahead of teammate Ryan Simpson and Mygale driver Adam Graham. Matthew Brabham enjoyed his best finish in seventh, while Martin Short, Cameron Waters and Caleb Rayner rounded out the top 10.
The EWP Hard Charger award went to CAMS Rising Star Liam Sager.
The Kangan Motorsport Training Award went to Steeline Mygale driver Foster.
Round 4 of the Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship will take place at Hidden Valley Raceway in the Northern Territory on June 18-20.
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ROUND 3 - WINTON MOTOR RACEWAY, WINTON, VIC
1. Ashley Walsh, Spectrum 012
2. Chaz Mostert, Spectrum 012
3. Geoff Uhrhane, Mygale SJ10a
4. Nick Foster, Mygale SJ10a
5. Ryan Simpson, Mygale SJ10a
6. Adam Graham, Mygale SJ10a
7. Matthew Brabham, Spectrum 011d
8. Martin Short, Mygale SJ09a
9. Cameron Waters, Mygale SJ06a
10. Caleb Rayner, Spectrum 011b
2010 AUSTRALIAN FORMULA FORD CHAMPIONSHIP (after three rounds)
1. Chaz Mostert, 99
2. Nick Foster, 97
3. Ash Walsh, 84
4. Geoff Uhrhane, 73
5. Adam Graham, 68
6. Ryan Simpson, 64
7. Ben Jurczak, 39
8. Nathan Morcom, 33
9. Andre Borell, 32
10. Matthew Brabham, 20
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