Walker Cruises to Two InterSteps Wins out of Three at Rockingham

Oldham's Alex Walker put a clear message out to his championship rivals asthe InterSteps Championship paid a visit to Rockingham, Northamptonshirewith a triple-header last weekend.After qualifying in P2 for Saturday's Race 1, just 0.0001sec behindpole-sitter James Peace, the 16-year-old was unfortunately unable to makethe start of Race 1 due to a gearbox issue on the warm-up lap.With the team working tirelessly through the night, taking delivery of partsfrom London and the Fortec Motorsport team base in Daventry, Walker gave hisfortunes the perfect response by cruising to a lights-to-flag victory frompole position in Race 2, finishing ahead of team mate Ed Jones by nearlyseven seconds, and taking fastest lap along the way by 0.4sec.Walker more than matched his efforts in Race 3 and was once again able todrive into the distance, having started on pole, and built up an 8.9sec leadover Jones, setting the fastest lap of the race by the end of the 16 laps inthe process.Alex Walker:"Today was a perfect way to put the disappointment of Race 1 behind me, withtwo convincing wins and two fastest laps, and I felt really confident goingin to this weekend as I knew I was fully prepared both physically andmentally."Two pole positions in qualifying showed that we had the pace early on inthe weekend. Unfortunately we had a problem in the gearbox in Race 1 so Icouldn't make the start but this is motorsport and it wasn't anybody'sfault, but the Fortec guys did a fantastic job, working all night to get thecar ready for today. I'm just glad I could repay them for their hard workwith two wins and pull back some points in the championship, but we can'ttake anything for granted and get carried away."Donington is only two weeks away so I will be doing everything I can in themeantime to build on today's performance and carry on the progress for therest of the season."Walker has now closed the gap on the championship leader to just two pointsas the calendar takes him to Donington, supporting the World Touring CarChampionship (WTCC), on 16-17 July.

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