Silverstone Saturday/Sunday 5th/6th November 2016
The Walter Hayes Trophy weekend at Silverstone is without question one of, if not the best weekends of motor racing in the UK. This was the 16th running of the WHT and is it really 13 years ago when the first running of the heats & knockout format took place? Where does the time go...I was in my 20's then....! Back in 2003 the final was won by Joey Foster and with Foster entered in the 2016 version, the WHT has a familiar, cosy feel to it year in year out. There is no better racing than Kent engined Formula Ford 1600 at it's best. I don't get to both days of 2 day meetings a lot these days but do try and go to both days of the WHT. Saturday morning saw qualifying for the 6 Heats of the WHT along with a couple of support races for Pre '70 Historics and Post '69 Historics. With just 10 minutes allocated to each Heat for qualifying, there was no hanging about by drivers eager to set a time. None of the expected front runners hit problems during qualifying thou...