Christchurch’s Jack Noble-Adams has the advantage heading into the seventh and final 2019/20 South Island Formula 1600 Championship round this Saturday in Timaru. With nearest rival Bailey Paterson now in the USA working in the US Formula 4 Championship for Crosslink Kiwi Motorsport, Noble Adams finds himself with a 29-point lead over third placed Dunedin’s Cameron Freeman.
Noble-Adams (Van Diemen Stealth) has been the surprise stand-out driver of the season having taken his first race win at the second round at Timaru International Raceway last November. Despite three dnfs (did not finish), he has stood on the podium in 11/18 races over the summer, steadily improving and showing the confidence to win as the season has progressed.
Freeman (Van Diemen RF92) currently sits in third overall and has been a consistent performer finishing in the top five in 11/18 races. He has a 57-point advantage over fourth placed top rookie driver Zac Christensen (Van Diemen RF92).
Christensen stood on the podium in just his third Formula 1600 race at the opening SI F1600 round back in October. He repeated this twice at the next round and has held on to fourth position despite having two dnfs at the last round at Teretonga Park in Invercargill.
Behind him has been an ever-consistent Anna Collins (Van Diemen Stealth) who has finished every race this season.
Within the series are three separate Classes competing for serie’s titles. Steve Edwards (Mygale SJ08) has a handy 71-point lead in Class 1 (>2000) from Kim Crocker (Ray GR14) who hasn’t entered the Timaru round.
Class 2 (1990-1999) has proved to be the most competitive with Noble-Adams leading from Paterson, Freeman, Christensen, Collins and Simon Spencer-Bower (Van Diemen Stealth).
Rookie Ryan Low (Van Diemen RF88) leads the Historic Class 3 (<1990) from Noel Atley (Crossle 55F) and Andy Downs (Lola 642E).
The one-day South Canterbury Car Club meeting will see qualifying and three races take place on the long track. At stake is a maximum of 120-points (40 points per race win) for each class over three races and two-points for the fastest overall qualifier.
Overall Points after 6/7 rounds (Top 15)
Place Driver Car Points
1 Jack Noble-Adams VD Stealth 503
2 Bailey Paterson VD Stealth 486
3 Cameron Freeman, VD RF92 474
4 Zac Christensen VD RF92 417
5 Anna Collins VD Stealth 352
6 Dyson Freeman VD RF92 283
7 Simon Spencer-Bower VD Stealth 262
8 Ryan Low VD RF88 254
9 Tony Graham VD Stealth 245
10 Billy Frazer Spectrum 015 244
11 Kim Crocker Ray GR14 232
12 Noel Atley Crossle 55F 207
13 James Penrose VD Stealth 207
14 Steve Edwards Mygale SJ08 183
15 Steve Donaldson VD RF90 179
Round 7 provisional entry list
#, Name, Chassis, Town
8 Stephen Heffernan, Stealth, Invercargill
14 Noel Atley, Crossle 1984 55F, Riverton
19 Cameron Freeman, Van Dieman RF92, Dunedin
21 Zac Christensen, Van Dieman, RF92, Rolleston
26 Dyson Freeman, Van Dieman RF92, Mosgiel
27 Dave McKenzie, Begg FM3, Invercargill
33 Matthew Butchart, Van Dieman RF94 Stealth, Nelson
34 Steve Donaldson, Van Dieman RF90, Christchurch
44 James Dicey, Spectrum 075, Cromwell
46 Grant Campbell, Van Dieman RF03, Auckland
47 Ryan Low, Van Dieman RF88, Christchurch
48 Simon Spencer-Bower, Van Dieman RF93 Stealth, Wanaka
53 Robert Toshach, Swift FB89, Christchurch
72 Roger McKenzie, Begg FM3, Kaiapoi
75 Jack Noble-Adams, Van Dieman Stealth, Rangiora
76 Oscar Noble-Adams, Van Dieman RF90, Rangiora
77 Steve Edwards, Mygale SJ 08a, Rangiora
87 Dominic Robertson, Swift SC94, Tai Tapu
96 Anna Collins, Van Dieman, Rolleston
111 Graham Dickie, Lola 644e, Mosgiel
642 Andy Downs, Lola 642e, Christchurch
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