ANOTHER HAT-TRICK AT CROFT FOR WAYNE BOYD Jamun Racing’s Wayne Boyd collected another hat trick of pole positions, fastest laps and wins at rounds 7, 8 and 9 of the British Formula Ford Championship at Croft. He now leads the championship from Jamun team-mate and chief title rival Tim Blanchard by 58 points. Wayne was naturally pleased and said “It's been a good weekend's work.” In round 7 Linton Stuteley's Getem Mygale got away first from the pole sitter but by the Barcroft/Sunny series of right hinders Wayne had regained the lead with Jamun team-mate Tim Blanchard taking second position behind him. Although working hard Tim was unable to stop Wayne from taking an eight-tenths advantage by the end of the first lap and at race end the gap had extended to just over four seconds, with Wayne setting a new lap record of 1m 23.006s. After the race Wayne said “I pushed as hard as I could at the start, and kept on banging in the quick laps until I had built an advantage,” with team-mate Tim Blanchard adding “We all need to raise our game if we are to catch Wayne.” Brazilian team-mate Victor Correa recovered from an eighth-lap spin to fight back ahead of his Jamun colleague James Cole to take sixth. Following heavy overnight rain the Croft track surface was slippery but Jamun Racing team-mates Boyd and Blanchard took their second one-two of the meeting despite Stuteley making another good start, leading the first two-thirds of the opening lap but again the Jamun team-mates overtook him to control the race with Matt Hamilton taking the third sport on the podium for the second time. Victor Correa secured eighth position with James Cole failing to complete the race. In the final round of the meeting Wayne Boyd made no errors at the start and took an early lead form pole position over team-mate Tim Blanchard, but on the eighth lap following a two-lap safety car disruption Tim misjudged the chicane and clipped a tyre wall causing his retirement. Unfortunately Victor Correa, who had been chasing his team-mates, was held up by the incident and Maliepaard took advantage to take second position, but Victor recovered to take third position and claim the final podium slot. Team-mate James Cole failed to finish again.