Two wins out of two for Brand

Ed Brand remains unbeaten in the British Super 1 Championship after being declared the winner at a wintry Shenington in Oxfordshire last Sunday (6 March).

The 13-year old – who comfortably won the opening round of the Championship at Clay Pigeon in Dorset on 16 March – arrived at the snowbound circuit early on Sunday morning, and immediately joined fellow drivers, marshals and mechanics to help clear the track. Ed says: “About three to five inches of snow had fallen over night and completely covered the circuit. After my win at Clay there was no way I wasn’t going to race, so I grabbed a spade and did my bit.”

However, with the racing getting under way late in the morning, a curtailed programme was necessary. Only the heats were run, leaving the crucial finals to be axed.

Ed demonstrated that his Clay Pigeon win was no fluke by taking two heat wins and a 4th place. This gave him sufficient points to be declared the winner once all hope of running the Finals had been abandoned.

Despite having a 39 point lead in the Championship, Ed remains cool about his performance: “I’m quite relaxed and chilled about the whole thing really. I just did my job (on Sunday). There’s along way to go, so I’m not even thinking about the championship just yet.”

His team boss, Paul Carr of Paul Carr Racing agrees: “When you’re in Ed’s position you’ve just got to keep your head and keep at it. That’s the way to be British champion.”

Ed’s Super 1 title hunt will resume in June when he travels to Buckmore Park in Kent for the 3rd round.

Before then, he will be keeping himself sharp by competing in a couple of club races - the first of which will be at his ‘home’ track of Whilton Mill near Daventry in Northamptonshire on 27 April.

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