Victorious debut as Anslow drags himself up to first

Jason Anslow in his 1974 Volkswagen Beetle. Picture submitted

Competing in the Sportsman Class, Anslow, who races a 1974 2110cc Volkswagen Beetle, went into the final event at Santa Pod Raceway in third place, ten points behind leading rookie Adrian London and a further 60 behind VWDRC chairman Luke Stephenson.

With qualifying limited to two runs, Anslow qualified first in the second round to move into joint first going into Sunday’s eliminations.

A comfortable first-round win pitted him against London and despite his rival crossing the line first, he was disqualified for going too quick for his dial-in time (handicap), handing the rookie title to Anslow.

The Leamington man than faced Stephenson and buoyed by a superb reaction time of 0.09sec, went on to win the final in 15.54sec (83mph ave).

“It has been a great season and winning two titles is a dream,” said Anslow.

“I would like to thank all at Lowlife VeeDub Club here in Leamington with a special mention to Marc Lord and Shelly Clarke for sponsoring me and Lyell Holdsworth for all his help working on the car.”

If any businesses would like to help him sponsor Anslow they can contact him by email at [email protected] or by ringing 07702 032832.