Promising racer Shaun Carter (Crowthorne, Berks) scored his first race wins in the Renault sponsored Formula ICA B4 Super One kart championship on Sunday (18th June).
Carter, 18, drove two excellent races in both championship points scoring finals at the series’ annual Scottish meeting held at Larkhall in Lanarkshire.
He started the first final in third place and used Larkhall’s hairpins to pass Raymie Eastwood (Belfast) and Matt Truelove (Lincoln) in quick succession on laps seven and eight, before opening a clear lead.
The win earned Carter a pole position for final two and he led the 20-lap race to the chequered flag. Despite some strong race performances, Shaun’s previous best result in Renault Formula ICA was seventh.
“It’s all come good for me,” said Shaun after the race. “I like the track at Larkhall, I’ve only been here a few times, but I’ve always done well. The series is the toughest I’ve ever competed in so I’m delighted to win two races.” The wins put Carter in the top six of the championship.
Meanwhile, seasoned campaigner Jason Edgar enjoyed a revival in form at Larkhall, after a run of problems in previous races. His first final started badly when he dropped from 10th on the grid to 19th at the start when his engine cut out on the rolling up lap. A storming drive through the field brought him up to third by the end of the race, behind Lee Bell (High Wycombe) who battled with Stefan Di Resta and Matt Truelove in race one.
Bell, who finished fourth in the second final, is second in the ICA championship, behind Ollie Millroy (Claygate, Surrey) who missed testing on the opening day of the meeting to take GCSE exams, and was off his normal pace during the weekend. He finished ninth and seventh in the finals, but three wins and three podium finishes earlier in the season ensured he remained in comfortable lead of the championship.
Scott Malvern (Ilford) – a Formula Renault hopeful – also missed the Friday testing because of A level study commitments, but performed well in the finals, finishing seventh and fifth in the two points-scoring races.
Renault Formula ICA Championship provisional points:
1st – Ollie Millroy 372pts; 2nd – Lee Bell 335pts; 3rd – Jason Edgar 326pts;
4th – Matt Truelove 313pts; 5th – Jonathan Walker 311pts; 6th – Shaun Carter 310pts.
