Dyson Bids for Further Caterham Success at
Oulton Park
14 April 2005
Home advantage is always a powerful performance booster and Cheshire
driver David Dyson will be hoping that next weekend's (23/24 Apr) rounds
of the Powertrain Caterham Challenge at Oulton Park will give him the
chance to increase his R400 class lead.
Altrincham-based Dyson, 40, drove his Frasc-backed and Hyperion Motorsport-prepared
Caterham to twin wins in the opening rounds at Donington Park earlier this
month and leads Luc Paillard (Sevenoaks) and Will Mitcham (Bury
St Edmunds) by seven
points.
With the Oulton rounds not forming part of Paillard's race schedule,
it will fall on Mitcham's shoulders, and on those of Mancunian
Ted Murray, to try to
prevent another Dyson clean-up.
Mitcham, who turns 30 the day after his Oulton outing, claimed his
maiden R400 podium finish at Donington Park and is keen to follow
that up with a
first
race victory for the Taylor's Foundry Motor Sport team.
Murray, 28, impressed on his R400 debut with Team Parker Racing,
claiming third place in the first Donington race to move into fourth
overall in the
championship
alongside Jack Newland (Bicester).
Dyson will be backed up in the Hyperion team by Londoners Nick Payne
and Ewan McIntyre, and by Nathan Bell (Chippenham). Others expected
on the
grid include
Fauldsport team-mates Rachel Green (Sawbridgeworth) and Paul Allen (Disley)
and Minister Racing's Ben Dezille Butler (Bury St Edmunds).
In the class for Roadsport A Caterhams, Bicester's Graham Fennymore
enjoys a handsome lead after a double-top at Donington, but he
knows that he can't
afford
to rest on his laurels as there are several queuing up behind him. Derbyshire
drivers James Gardiner and Doug Clark lead his pursuers, along with Riki
Nash (Borehamwood) and Tony Hawkins (Reigate).
The Oulton rounds of the Powertrain Caterham Challenge will be the
third and fourth events in the 12-race schedule.
See series calendars for all 2005 Caterham
Championships
Related Story 04.04.2005
- Dyson
and Fennymore Claim the Roadsport Honours
