Hard Charging Formula 500 Performance from Cox - posted November, 2008
Once again, Brad Cox has showed that his age is no barrier. The opening round of the RTS Chassis Victorian Stampede Formula 500 Series last Saturday at Darlington Speedway, Mortlake in Victoria, saw Cox charge from the rear of the field (position 21) in the feature race to pass a total of 14 cars to finish in seventh.
The 14-year-old, making his debut aboard the # 71 NSW Mark and Kylie Eveleigh owned Hyper Formula 500, due to his rookie status was forced to start all of his three heat races and the feature race from the rear of the field. However, for Cox that handicap didn’t seem to faze him one iota as he managed to qualify for the feature race as the third highest point scorer.
“It doesn’t really bother me that I had to start from the rear of my races because that is just part of the learning progress,” remarked Cox........................................................................................read more!