Australian based Kiwi driver Hunter McElrea had the perfect weekend at Wakefield Park in New South Wales, at the third round of the Australian Formula Ford Championship. Qualifying on pole and then winning all three races has given McElrea a 17 point buffer in the 2018 Championship.
After winning Race 1 by a fraction of a second on Saturday, McElrea took command in Race 2 to win by two seconds.
Race 3 eventually finished under safety car conditions. McElrea led the race early, ahead of Hamish Ribarits and Bart Horsten, while the train behind argued for positions between 4th and 14th.
On the second lap an incident involved Conor Nicholson whose Spectrum 011 was stopped awkwardly on the side of the track triggering a Safety car. There were further incidents when the Yellow flags were deployed, with multiple drivers caught out when the leading cars slowed.
Given the time constraints, Race 3 was shortened by 4 laps and finished behind the safety car.
McElrea crossed the line first, followed by Horsten and Ribarits. All three finished in the same order for the overall Round points.
Round 4 of the 2018 Australian Formula Ford Championship will be held at Sandown Raceway on July 20-22, in conjunction with the Victorian Formula Ford Series.
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