RUSSELL RACING – FR BARC OULTON PARK ISLAND PREVIEWOulton Park Island Circuit hosts the 12th round of the 2007 Formula Renault BARC Championship just over a week from now, Saturday, 29th September, with FR2000 Class entrant Russell Racing hoping to end the season on a positive note by securing its fifth points-scoring result of the campaign.The Warwickshire squad, which is owned by North London businessman Tim Russell, has been confident all season of being a consistent front-runner and although a number of unfortunate circumstances have placed tricky obstacles in the way, Russell Racing has battled on with aplomb and determination.Round 12 will see the Renault UK backed single-seater championship make its second visit of the year to the picturesque Cheshire venue, the previous meeting in mid-June seeing Manchester racer Mark Gillibrand produce an excellent drive to eighth position, while British-born Bahraini Menasheh Idafar finished a highly creditable 12th in class.Mark has assumed the status as the team’s quickest driver over the course of the year, the 24-year-old starting his maiden season of single-seater racing strongly by finishing just three 10ths of a second shy of the top 10 during round one at Leicestershire’s Donington Park.Achieving his first points-scoring result at Croft, North Yorkshire, during the second race meeting of the season with ninth place, Mark backed it up with another top 10 in the second of the weekend’s encounters and also raced to a 10th place finish at Snetterton, Norfolk, during round eight.Menasheh, meanwhile, impressed at Donington Park on his Formula Renault BARC debut with 15th position and has been close to the top 10 on several occasions. The first visit to Oulton Park, however, did prove to be the 16-year-old’s most successful showing and so hopes remain high of a potential maiden top 10 next weekend.“Oulton Park was good to us when we visited earlier in the year so we’re hoping to end the season strongly with another good showing next Saturday”, said Russell Racing boss Tim Russell, “Mark and Menasheh both have an opportunity to do well, they’ve experienced the circuit in their Formula Renaults now, so we’re looking forward to it.”The 12th and final round of the 2007 Formula Renault BARC Championship will take place at Cheshire’s Oulton Park Island Circuit on Saturday, 29th September.