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TOM OVENDEN GRABS VICTORY IN SHORTENED FINALE<\/h2>\n

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Tom Ovenden made it three different winners from the weekend in the final Vertu Motors<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span> MINI CHALLENGE Trophy race at Donington Park.<\/p>\n

Ovenden had started the race from second on the reverse grid behind title rival Alex Solley, who held onto the lead going into turn one from Ovenden and Rhys Hurd.<\/p>\n

Solley\u2019s advantage would only last as far as McLeans however as Ovenden sneaked through into the lead, and he suddenly found himself with a large lead at the front when Solley, Hurd and Nathan Edwards went three wide on the run to the chicane.<\/p>\n

As the trio squeezed together, Edwards was sent spinning to the left and bounced across the gravel, delaying the cars behind and leading to a jumbling in the order behind – with Solley and Hurd retaining their positions but Nicky Taylor jumping up into fourth as Edwards slipped back down to eighth.<\/p>\n

At one stage, Ovenden was more than three seconds clear but Solley – who had at one stage dropped back to fourth – set a new lap record and was closing him down when the action was brought to an early end by an incident at the chicane on lap eight.<\/p>\n

Running in a pack of cars that included Tommy Gilham, Luca Marinoni Osborne and Daniel Armstrong, Brendan Fitzgerald clipped the tyre stack at the chicane and his car was tipped into a roll before coming to rest upside down.<\/p>\n

Fitzgerald was able to climb from the car as the race was red-flagged with a few minutes remaining on the clock, confirming Ovenden as the victor ahead of Solley – with the pair scoring the same number of points from the race thanks to Solley\u2019s fastest lap bonus.<\/p>\n

However, there would be a twist in the tale post race, when Solley was deemed to have gained an unfair advantage during a move on Hurd at the hairpin, with the decision taken to demote him three places in the final result.<\/p>\n

That promoted Harry Hickton up into second spot and Hurd into third, with the pair having battled ahead of Taylor just before the race-ending incident. Taylor would also make up a place as a result of Solley’s penalty to be classified in fourth, with Solley dropping to fifth – losing ground to Ovenden in the standings as a result.<\/p>\n

Lee Pearce capped a strong weekend with sixth place having been one of the drivers to take advantage of a mid-race retirement for title contender Jack Byrne, who was forced to slow and return to the pits when running in P6 mid-way through the race.<\/p>\n

Frankie Taylor, Alex Keens and James Black rounded out the top ten, with the Coopers now preparing to head for Silverstone for their next round in three weeks time.<\/p>\n

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