Jack Noble-Adams is the overall winner of the 2019/20 South Island Formula 1600 Championship after a convincing display at the final round held at the Timaru International Raceway on Saturday. The Canterbury University student won two races and finished second in the third beating nearest rival Dunedin’s Cameron Freeman by 52-points. Third overall was rookie Zac Christensen followed by Bailey Paterson and Anna Collins.
“I’m pretty happy as everything has gone as it should have,” commented a jubilant Noble-Adams (Van Diemen Stealth).
“I went into the round not just wanting to defend my points lead but to also show I had the speed and was still capable of winning.
“For me the key for the round was getting good starts. I did this in the first race and snatched the lead from Matt (Butchart – fastest qualifier). Cameron (Dyson) also had got ahead of Matt and was able to hold him off so I got a gap and held it to the end, although heading into the back-markers didn’t help.
“I had another great start in the second race. Matt caught me and dived down the inside, so I didn’t fight him, and let him go and stayed with him. The championship was at stake and not the race win.
“In the final race (with double points on offer) again, I got a great start and was able to pull two to three car lengths by turn three on the opening lap and pulled away from there to win with a healthy lead.”
Freeman (Van Diemen RF92) had pursued Noble-Adams all the way through the series standing on the podium 10/21 races to complete his best season in Formula 1600 racing.
Second for the round and ninth overall was Matt Butchart (Van Diemen Stealth). Butchart only competed in three of the seven rounds and proved that he is very competitive taking two pole positions, winning two races and standing on the podium 6/9 races.
Within the series are three separate competitions for Class titles. In Class 1 (post 2000) Steve Edwards (Mygale SJ08) has provisionally finished ahead of Grant Campbell and Kim Croker. The final round results are still to be confirmed after the completion of a technical inspection.
In Class 2 (1990-1999) Noble-Adams takes the title ahead of Freeman, Christensen, Paterson and Collins. In the Historic Class 3, rookie driver Ryan Low (Van Diemen RF88) won from Noel Atley (Crossle 55F) and Andy Downs (Lola 642E)
“It’s been quite a competitive season especially with Matt Penrose, Billy Frazer, and Matt Butchart when he made the rounds. Both Cameron and Dyson Freeman have really stepped up this season, so they were great as well,” said Noble-Adams.
Overall Points after 7/7 rounds (Top 15) – Provisional
Place Driver Car Points
1 Jack Noble-Adams VD Stealth 658
2 Cameron Freeman, VD RF92 606
3 Zac Christensen VD RF92 525
4 Bailey Paterson VD Stealth 486
5 Anna Collins VD Stealth 428
6 Dyson Freeman VD RF92 339
7 Simon Spencer-Bower VD Stealth 337
8 Ryan Low VD RF88 313
9 Matt Butchart VD Stealth 293
10 Noel Atley Crossle 55F 257
11 Robert Toshach Spectrum/Swift 254
12 Steve Edwards Mygale SJ08 251
13 Tony Graham VD Stealth 245
14 Billy Frazer Spectrum 015 244
15 Grant Campbell VD RF03 237
Race 1
1 Jack Noble-Adams VD Stealth
2 Matt Butchart VD Stealth
3 Cameron Freeman, VD RF92
4 Dyson Freeman VD RF92
5 Zac Christensen VD RF92
6 Robert Toshach Spectrum/Swift
7 Grant Campbell VD RF03
8 Simon Spencer-Bower VD Stealth
9 Ryan Low VD RF88
10 Noel Atley Crossle 55F
11 Andy Downs Lola 642E
12 Oscar Noble-Adams VD RF90
13 Dominic Robertson Swft SC94
14 James Dicey Spectrum 07b
15 Steve Heffernan VD Stealth
16 Dave McKenzie Begg FM3
17 Roger McKenzie Begg FM3
DNF Anna Collins VD Stealth
DNF Steve Edwards Mygale SJ08
DNF Steve Donaldson VD RF90
Race 2
1 Matt Butchart
2 Jack Noble-Adams
3 Cameron Freeman
4 Dyson Freeman
5 Zac Christensen
6 Anna Collins
7 Steve Donaldson
8 Steve Edwards
9 Robert Toshach
10 Grant Campbell
11 Simon Spencer-Bower
12 Dominic Robertson
13 Ryan Low
14 Noel Atley
15 Andy Downs
16 Oscar Noble-Adams
17 James Dicey
18 Steve Heffernan
19 Dave McKenzie
20 Roger McKenzie
Race 3
1 Jack Noble-Adams
2 Cameron Freeman
3 Matt Butchart
4 Zac Christensen
5 Anna Collins
6 Steve Edwards
7 Robert Toshach
8 Simon Spencer-Bower
9 Grant Campbell
10 Dominic Robertson
11 Steve Donaldson
12 Ryan Low
13 Oscar Noble-Adams
14 Andy Downs
15 Noel Atley
16 James Dicey
17 Steve Heffernan
18 Dave McKenzie
19 Roger McKenzie
20 Dyson Freeman
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