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| 09-04-2022: Anthony Cross, Sheane, leads Jordan Kelly on his way to winning the Formula Vee Race. Selco.ie Formula Vee race. Mondello Park, Donore, Co. Kildare. Photo: Barry Cregg. |
For the second Selco.ie Formula Vee race of the weekend at Mondello Park the top two from race one lined up together on the front row. Anthony Cross lined up on pole position but a poor start saw him drop behind Jordan Kelly but managed to keep both Lee and Sean Newsome at bay. An incident at the final corner involving four cars brought out the red flags, thankfully nobody was hurt but it meant a full restart.
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| 09-04-2022: Sean Newsome, Sheane, leads leads the field into turn 1 during the Formula Vee Race. Selco.ie Formula Vee race. Mondello Park, Donore, Co. Kildare. Photo: Barry Cregg. |
Again a poor start from Cross left him trailer heading into turn one but an even poorer start from Kelly allowed Sean Newsome through to lead the field round turn one. It got worse for Kelly who by turn two was down to fourth place. What a difference in two starts from a comfortable lead to a close fought battle for third place. A better exit from the final corner saw cross get alongside Newsome down the main straight and by the first corner he was through to the lead. Kelly too was on the move making his way up to third place. A lap later Kelly was up to second and chasing down Cross who had opened up a gap of half a second. It wasn't long before he was right on the back of him.
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| 09-04-2022: Anthony Cross, Sheane, leads Jordan Kelly during the Formula Vee Race. Selco.ie Formula Vee race. Mondello Park, Donore, Co. Kildare. Photo: Barry Cregg |
A brave move on the outside at turn three was tried but the wise Bohernabreena man knew how to cover his line perfectly. That said, it was going to be hard work in defending a lead around Mondello for a whole race. Behind the leaders a similar battle for third was heating up with Lee Newsome and Jack Byrne locked in battle. For the next few laps the first four positions stayed the same but with both defence and attack modes used to full. The leaders again broke away such was their pace, Kelly was trying everything he could think of but Cross did what he is best at, sticking to his lines and reel off the laps.
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| 09-04-2022: Trevor Delaney, Sheane, leads Sean McCallion, Sheane, during the Formula Vee Race. Selco.ie Formula Vee race. Mondello Park, Donore, Co. Kildare. Photo: Barry Cregg |
Kelly's last chance would be the final corner. while Cross went to the inside to defend Kelly used the room on the outside to get a better run off the corner to try and get past on the straight. It would be a bold move and it very nearly worked. Cross kept enough in hand to give himself enough drive to hold out and take the win. A titanic battle throughout the race was a fitting end to a hard week for the Formula Vee paddock. I'm sure David Sheane was looking down with pride as the podium was locked out by Sheane cars.
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| 09-04-2022: Kieran Hannon Leastone, leads Jonathan Manix, Sheane, land Andy Keogh, Leastone, during the Formula Vee Race. Selco.ie Formula Vee race. Mondello Park, Donore, Co. Kildare. Photo: Barry Cregg. |
In the VW Spares championship race maximum points went to Kelly with Donal Downey in second who set some very strong times and at one point held the fastest lap at one point. Robert Fleming came home in third, In the LOH Motorsport Rookie Championship Kieran Hannan came home just ahead of Aaron Murray but sadly Shane O'Neill did not finish. It was a great end to a sad week but yet again the racing in Formula Vee put smiles back on peoples faces. A brilliant entry of 27 cars put on another excellent display of hard but fair racing.
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| Jordan Kelly, Sheane, on his way to Maximum points in the VW Spare 'B' Championship. Photo: Barry Cregg. |
Results:
elco.ie National Championship
1st Anthony Cross
2nd Jordan Kelly
3rd Lee Newsome
VW Spares 'B' Champiomship
1st Jordan Kelly
2nd Donal Downey
3rd Robert Fleming
LOH Motorsport Rookie Championship
1st Kieran Hannan
2nd Aaron Murray
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