The JD Classics Ford Cologne Capri driven by Chris Ward took home the victory at the 2017 Snetterton Historics, staged 8 July at the Snetterton Circuit in Norfolk, England.<\/p>\n
It was the first time the Maldon-based team had competed at Snetterton since winning the 2014 Autosport three-hour race there in the team\u2019s Jaguar E-Type Lightweight \u20181196 WK\u2019. This time, it was the turn of JD Classics\u2019 1973 Ford Cologne Capri, driven by Chris Ward.<\/p>\n
Qualifying for the Motor Racing Legend\u2019s Historic Touring Car Challenge began on Saturday morning, and it took Ward three flying laps to set a pole position time. But, with competition from a BMW M3 E30 and fellow Ford Capri, the team decided to try and improve their lap time. Given one more flying lap, Ward set a pole position time of 2:04.504 — four seconds faster than the Capri in second, driven by Steve Dance.<\/p>\n
The race began with a rolling start on Saturday afternoon, and Ward drove consistently to draw out a large gap between the JD Classics Capri and the chasing pack. By the time he had come in for the mandatory 60-second pit stop on Lap 17 and returned to the race, Ward was well over a minute ahead of the chasing Ford Capri RS2600.<\/p>\n
Post-pitstop, Ward continued to pick up the pace, achieving a fastest lap of the race, with 2:04.885. By the end of the race, Ward crossed the finish line more than a lap ahead of the second-placed Ford Capri RS2600, taking another victory for the Cologne Capri.<\/p>\n
Derek Hood, JD Classics founder, said: \u201cIt was fantastic to be back at Snetterton this weekend, and brilliant to see our Cologne Capri back in action, too. It\u2019s been more than a year since it last competed but it\u2019s clearly lost none of its speed, with this second consecutive victory. Another brilliant drive by Chris, and some real world-class race preparation by all of JD Classics\u2019 expert technicians.\u201d<\/p>\n
[Source: JD Classics]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The JD Classics Ford Cologne Capri driven by Chris Ward took home the victory at the 2017 Snetterton Historics, staged 8 July at the Snetterton Circuit in Norfolk, England. It was the first time the Maldon-based team had competed at Snetterton since winning the 2014 Autosport three-hour race there in the team\u2019s Jaguar E-Type Lightweight \u20181196 WK\u2019. This time, it was the turn of JD Classics\u2019 1973 Ford Cologne Capri, driven by Chris Ward. Qualifying for the Motor Racing Legend\u2019s […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":811118,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[260,13063],"tags":[432,15234,17832,17833],"class_list":["post-496797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-car-events","category-vintage-car-racing","tag-events","tag-events-vintage-racing","tag-vendor-jd-classics","tag-vintage-race-snetterton-historics"],"yoast_head":"\n