Mitch Evans, the 15 year old New Zealand whiz-kid, stamped his authority on Queensland Raceway today when he won the third and final race of round six of the Australian Formula Ford Championship.

Sitting on pole, Evans once again launched a perfect start to maintain the lead into turn one and from there on lead the race to become the youngest driver in Australian Formula Ford history to taste the success of a national championship round win.

“I’m stoked with how this weekend has turned out,” Evans said.

“From first practice the car was fast, so it was just up to me to learn the track as quickly as possible … everything just fell into place – I wish every round was like this,” he added.

“Becoming the youngest driver to take out a round was the icing on the cake … if you told me I’d be a round winner at the start of the year I would have thought you were joking.”

It was a great weekend out for Evans’ team Sonic Racing and his chassis builder Mygale, who claimed the top three places for the round, with Nick Percat coming home second and Geoff Uhrhane third.

CAMS Rising Star Scott Pye fought valiantly for third place in the final race, but the pace of the Sonic Mygales proved too quick this weekend.

New South Welshman Ryan Simpson again put in a strong performance finishing fourth, and in the process set a new lap record, edging out Kristian Lindsom’s 2008 record by just one hundredth (.01) of a second.

Synergy Motorsport’s Chaz Mostert started race three from 17th, and as predicted, blasted his way through the field 12 places to finish fifth. Chaz’s Synergy teammate Nick Simmons also posted his best result of the season, finishing sixth.

CAMS Rising Star Luke Ellery’s horror run of bad luck continued when on lap nine - and after making considerable progress through the field - was tagged by Martin Short, ending his race and weekend in unflattering fashion.

Short was in the thick of the drama during today’s final race, also tangling with Uhrhane on the opening lap, causing the Safety Car to be deployed. While Uhrhane’s race ended there, he had collected enough points from the two previous races to take home third place for the round.

Queenslander Andre Borell posted his best result of the season after a calculated driving performance. For his efforts, Borell for the second time in as many meetings takes home the Davies, Craig EWP ‘Hard-Charger’ Award after qualifying in 15th and finishing the weekend in eighth place.

Percat again picked up valuable points and now sits on 309 points, 73 clear of Evans who sits in second on 236. Scott Pye falls back to third place on the championship points table with 216 points.

Source: Formula Ford Association