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Alex tastes racing success
publication date: Jul 24, 2009
 | | North Wales racer Alex Jones ended up on the podium in Donington Park at the weekend.
The
first race of the weekend kicked off with a great start for Alex and
his Australian team mate Daniel Erickson who took his maiden victory in
British Formula Ford. From fifth on the grid Alex got the benefit of
the two second runners colliding, taking them both out on the warm up
lap.
This enabled Alex to quickly move up into third place off the
start line. With rapid pace he was soon making a bid for second place.
An exciting duel ensued with Alex making a decisive and successful move
on lap 3, but falling victim to Joseph Newgarden behind who managed to
dive past into second.
They raced on to get clear away from the
rest of the field and Alex achieved his first podium of the season in
third place. With team mate Daniel Cammish taking 4th place and the
Scholarship win, this was a great result for Kevin Mills and the
Spectrum drivers in 1st, 3rd & 4th places. "It's been a long time
coming," said Alex. "I'm really happy for the Team. Its been a
fantastic day for Kevin Mills Racing."
Kevin Mills was delighted
with the results delivered by his young drivers, describing it as
"Mega. We have been promising this for quite a while and it is terrific
to deliver."
"Fantastic" was how Australian Spectrum designer Mike
Borland summed up the result. "We're also racing at Sandown this
weekend for the Victorian Championship. Spectrum chassis won the
Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 races at Sandown and then we sat up
to watch live timing and see the two Dans and Alex crowd the podium in
their KMR Spectrums. It is very satisfying to see our cars winning
races around the World within a few hours. Congratulations to Kevin,
his Team and the Drivers on a well earned result."
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