Back where Formula Ford 2000 made an inauspicious debut, in a sullen wet British Automobile Racing Club meeting finale on 9 March 1975, the Historic Pinto posse continued to mark the slicks and wings category’s 50th anniversary at the Historic Sports Car Club’s first visit to Mallory Park since 2021. Last weekend’s low-key, top value, clubbie on a challenging circuit was reminiscent of many 1970s offerings.
Saturday’s opener, another close encounter between FF2000 top guns Ben Glasswell and Graham Fennymore, featured poleman Glasswell resisting enormous pressure to stretch his slim points advantage. Fennymore only just made it out, thanks to a rival team who welded his exhaust.
