LOWER RAISES THE BAR WITH DOUBLE VICTORY

August 18, 2022 - Scott-W

Charlie Lower’s goal for his weekend of racing at Anglesey in the Caterham Roadsport Championship was to try and take as many points away from leader Geoff Newman and keep as close as possible to maintain his championship chances. As it turned out, he did more than enough and took advantage of one or two mishaps from his main rivals to score big.

Theo Theato took his first career Caterham pole in qualifying, but Lower was the one to get the better start and beat Theo to Turn 1 first. Both drivers were lucky to survive outbraking themselves at Rocket moments later with Lower still leading and Theato dropping behind Newman to 3rd, the latter immediately putting the pressure on for the lead. The race was then neutralised by the safety car when Philip Clark and Freddie Chiddicks tangled at the Hairpin, forcing Rocco Ainscough to spin in sympathy and then be collected by Ray Radford. Racing resumed with eight minutes to go, with Lower resisting an initial challenge from Newman, but eventually succumbing to the pressure on the penultimate lap. A retaliation pass on the last lap led to Newman sliding down to 5th, as Lower took victory followed by Theato in a delighted 2nd and Marc Jones making a late grab for 3rd.

Another clean start for Charlie in Race 2 gave him a small gap over Theato by the second corner, and with Newman managing to quickly move up to 3rd in the opening laps, a breakaway leading trio had formed by half distance. Newman moved to second in the closing minutes ahead of Theato and this is how the top three stayed to the end as Lower completed a crucial double victory. It will surely be game on for the championship now!