Wallace relives Formula Ford fun

July 7, 2014

Le Mans winner Andy Wallace returned to his roots during the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone by racing a classic Formula Ford 1600. Back in 1980, Wallace won the Pre-74 FF1600 title in a Hawke DL11, and a chance meeting with the Classic Formula Ford Register during July’s Silverstone Classic led to the offer of a race outing.

Wallace duly tackled the November event in a Crossle 25F and loved the experience despite not reaching the final. He said: “It was a great car, but it certainly didn’t have the type of downforce that I’ve got used to over the years since I last raced a Formula Ford!”

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Paul Lawrence

Here is a man who goes racing every weekend from March to October. Paul’s passion for the sport goes back to when he was a child of the 1960s. He has organised, competed in and marshalled on scores of events, and has written about the subject for 20 years. He is as at home in the paddock at Brands Hatch as in a Welsh forest or at Shelsley Walsh.

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