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O'Malley on top at Harewood

JJ O'Malley scored his second successive Circuit Driver Caterham Academy event win on Saturday (12 May) when the championship's Group 2 tackled the Harewood hillclimb course.

Thirty-nine-year-old Leeds-based manager O'Malley beat his closest rival, Londoner Magd Mohaffel, up the hill by 1.3s. O'Malley now leads Mohaffel overall by two points.

Kent-based underwriter Mark Figes was third quickest at Harewood while Aintree podium finisher Ross Culver placed fourth despite a gearbox problem.

Both Academy groups will be taking centre stage at the Caterham 7 Jubilee meeting at Donington Park, the venue for their maiden circuit race on 2/3 Ju

Group 2 overall placings after round 2
1 JJ O'Malley 40 points; 2 Magd Mohaffel 38; 3 Ross Culver 35; 4 Mark Figes 34; 5 Philip Broad 32; 6 Paul Fleury 29 etc.

Backers for Caterham Motorsport's UK and European race series include Bilstein, Brian James Trailers, Cheesman Products, Circuit Driver, Cooper-Avon Tyres, Demon Tweeks, evo, HSBC Insurance Brokers, Mitchell Cotts, Motorsport News, Stack and Steel Fabrications.

 

16.05.2007

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