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Championship
1 Fowell 80 points; 2 Sawyer 70; 3 Draper 69; 4 Paul Brannan 67; 5 Hobbs 62; 6 Gianessi 53 etc.

Academy Group 2: 7 laps/18.84m
1 Richard White 15m 11.444s
2 Donald Lamb +0.712s
3 Keith Ashworth +1.061s
4 Robert Smith +2.787s
5 Martyn Buckley +4.760s
6 David Mobbs +10.052s
Fastest lap Smith 2m 07.475s / 76.02mph

Championship
1 Lamb 67; 2 Mark Fulford 61; 3 Smith 58; 4 Michael Scott 57; 5 White 55; 6 Rowan Chaplin 53 etc.

Next rounds:
16/17 August Silverstone

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FOWELL & WHITE CLAIM THE ACADEMY HONOURS AT OULTON

Competitors in the Daily Telegraph Caterham Academy contested their first-ever circuit races yesterday (Sat) at Oulton Park, with Trevor Fowell and Richard White celebrating in the best possible style by winning on their first taste of circuit racing.

Academy Group 1 points leader Fowell got the better of pole position man Matthew Draper at the start and was never headed. Although Draper stayed close for much of the race, he was never near enough to challenge: "I missed third gear and he got away from me," explained Matthew.

David Gianessi and Gordon Sawyer emerged from the battle behind to have their own duel. "We were swapping places at nearly every corner," said Gianessi after sealing third. Jez Hobbs claimed fifth with a late charge, edging out Ian Davis with a lap to go.

Kai Lo and Jonathan Hill duelled for the lead in the Group 2 race after pole man White was slow way. Hill led after a masterful overtaking manoeuvre at the chicane on lap two, with White in hot pursuit as Lo's challenge started to fade.

Alas for Hill suspension problems put paid to his victory hopes; he struggled back to the pits to join Lo in retirement. White eased his way through the closing laps with new points leader Donald Lamb closing on him at the finish. Keith Ashworth claimed third on the last lap from Robert Smith, with Martyn Buckley and David Mobbs completing the top six.

ACADEMY RACERS MAKE THEIR TRACK DEBUTS

Britain's newest intake of racing drivers made their competitive debuts on Saturday (26 Apr), 52 of them successfully completing the opening round of The Daily Telegraph Caterham Academy, a sprint event at Aintree, Liverpool. The event also marked a successful maiden outing for Caterham's newest track contender, the 1.6-litre Ford Sigma-engined Roadsport.

Quickest driver of the day, and winner of the Academy Group 1 competition, was London-based driver Trevor Fowell, (pictured left- Group 1 winner Trevor Fowell, flanked by Paul Brannan & Lewis Cook. Image by Ian Millar Photography )who sprinted the Liverpool Motor Club-organised course just over a tenth of a second fastest than any of his rivals. In Group 2, 26-year-old Essex-based delivery driver Kai Lo was the event victor.(pictured right -Kai Lo, the Group 2 winner, with Mark Fulford (left) and Anthony Freeling)

Nick Potter of Caterham Midlands, whose team made sure all the newcomers made it to the startline - including one driver who forgot to bring the ignition key for his Caterham - was pleased with the outcome: "It went very well, with nothing more dramatic than the occasional spin, and all the new drivers enjoyed their first competitive event and the great paddock camaraderie with which the Academy is blessed."

The Academicians will be back in action again on 10 May, sprinting at Goodwood.

Provisional Results

Academy Group 1
1 Trevor Fowell 54.47s
2 Paul Brannan 54.63s
3 Lewis Cook 55.08s
4 Gordon Sawyer 55.27s
5 Rod Arnold 55.40s
6 Matthew Draper 55.49s

Championship
1 Fowell 20 points; 2 Brannan 19; 3 Cook 18;
4 Sawyer 17; 5 Arnold 16; 6 Draper 15 etc

Academy Group 2
1 Kai Lo 54.75s
2 Anthony Freeling 55.06s
3 Mark Fulford 55.11s
4 Donald Lamb 55.27s
5 Michael Scott 55.56s
6 Martyn Buckley 55.59s

Championship
1 Lo 20; 2 Freeling 19; 3 Fulford 18;
4 Lamb 17; 5 Scott 16; 6 Buckley 15 etc

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