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NATHAN EDWARDS OPENS SEASONAL ACCOUNT FOR A SECOND TIME<\/h3>\n

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Having missed out on race one victory on Saturday, Nathan Edwards opened his account for the 2025 season with a strong victory in the second Vertu MINI CHALLENGE race of the weekend at Croft.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Edwards thought he had won the opening race on Saturday before a penalty for Tom Ovenden was overturned, and went into the Sunday race keen to try and fight at the front having qualified on pole position.<\/p>\n

As on Saturday however, Edwards was slow away off the line which allowed championship leader Jamie Osborne to grab the lead, with Ovenden slotting into third ahead of Lewis Selby.<\/p>\n

Osborne led the opening lap before a spin for Ned Anthony – who was then collected by Alex Solley – saw the safety car called out, with the race running under caution until the eighth lap when the action was finally able to resume.<\/p>\n

Edwards then started to put pressure on the leader and having tried to take a look at the hairpin, the EXCELR8 driver nipped ahead at turn one to hit the front on lap eleven.<\/p>\n

Osborne tried to come back at the leader to add to his win tally, but Edwards had enough in reserve to keep him at bay to score the victory – with the pair split by just four-tenths of a second at the flag.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt felt like redemption today after yesterday, and I left it all on the table,\u201d he said. \u201cI knew we had a good car and even though I lost the lead at the start, I knew we had the pace to get back ahead.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cThis win is for the team for the effort they have put in and we can start believing again. We\u2019re back!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Osborne retains a handy lead in the standings as result of his second place, with Ovenden having a somewhat lonely run to third – failing to match the pace of the pair ahead but having enough in reserve to ease away from Selby in fourth.<\/p>\n

Behind, Harry Hickton led a train of rookie drivers as the Mannpower Motorsport man emerged on top of a three-way fight with Race Car Consultants man Jacob Hodgkiss and team-mate Charlie Hand, who recovered from his unfortunate race one retirement with a top seven finish.<\/p>\n

Max Edmundson also bounced back from retirement with eighth from Albert Webster, with the top ten completed by Josh Porter.<\/p>\n

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