Wrexham's Jamie Edwards took his second successive victory in the Formula 1000 Gravel Championship after a spirited display on the Mid Wales Stages this weekend.  Together with Farnborough based co-driver Pamela Hilton, Edwards recovered from a slow start to win the event by forty seconds.  The win now promotes the pair to leading the championship outright for the first time this season.Based in the Mid Wales market town of Newtown, around 43 miles of hot and dusty Welsh forest stages lay in wait for Edwards and his MATADOR Tyres and Ian Hughes Motor Body Repair Centre backed Nissan Micra 16v.  After winning the last round on the Gwynedd Rally, Jamie was determined to try and raise his game again in the face of stiff opposition.Heading into the first loop of stages in the Hafren forest, a 'rusty' Jamie found himself dropping time on the opening stage, as he exited 10 seconds behind leader Tristan Dodd, and a couple of seconds behind second placed man Chris Shaw.  Another two seconds were dropped to Dodd on the next stage, as Jamie struggled to get used to driving on gravel after a near three month break.Determined to step up the pace, Jamie then began to turn the screw as he went six seconds faster on the Hafren South test.  With the 13 mile Sweet Lamb stage next, Jamie knew that a concerted effort on this demanding stage could make the difference, and he attacked from the start.  The 29 year pushed hard to find himself leading by 6 seconds at service.  Just two short stages remained, but there was little prospect of taking it easy to the finish.The Cwmysgawen forest was next, and Edwards once again took the fight to his rivals as he increased his lead to 12 seconds.  A final 4.4 miles in the Ceri forest stood between Edwards and his second victory.  However, as Jamie headed into the Ceri bowl, drama was unfolding rapidly behind.  Second placed man Tristan Dodd had rolled early in the stage, promoting Chris Shaw into second place.  Edwards crossed the finish line wondering if he had done enough to take the win, but was shocked and disappointed to hear that friend and rival Dodd had been forced to retire after such a great battle all day long.With a slender three point lead in the Championship, Jamie was delighted with a very hard days work in the diminutive Micra:'I was all over the place on the first couple of stages.  I couldn't find the right braking points, then I was braking too early, it was all a real mess.  I had a bit of a word with myself before the third stage and things went a lot better after that.  We reeled in the leaders and then we were able to put the hammer down in the middle group of stages to get ahead.  Such is the pace at the front of the F1000 series we knew that we couldn't relax until we'd crossed the finish line of the last stage, so it was flat out till the end for us.  To win by 40 seconds is a little flattering and misleading as we'd been swapping handfuls of seconds with nearly all the F1000 crews throughout the day.  I'd also like to thank Tristan Dodd for loaning us some wheels prior to the rally due to a problem with mine - without his sportsmanship we would have really struggled to contest the rally at all.'Edwards will miss the next round of the Championship in the Isle of Man.  Instead Jamie will continue to build up his experience on the remaining rounds of the Silkolene 1400 National Rally Championship.  Jamie will contest the Woodpecker and Plains Rallies, along with the F1000 final showdown at the Cambrian Rally.