Roger Orgee heads the championship at Castle Combe with just one race remaining.

LANGFORD’S Roger Orgee and his Weston College Formula Ford survived a soggy day at Castle Combe, where he needed to ensure his lead was kept intact.

Qualification was the key to success on a wet track as once you get amongst the tail-enders, the lap times are slower. Roger’s team got him out first to ensure a clear track and he soon set a blistering pole setting time.

Roger remained on pole until the dying minutes of qualifying when his team-mate bettered his time by four thousands of a second.

Roger’s reply was blocked by a slower car on the last corner, but a front row position was what we needed. Better still his main rival for the championship only qualified seventh.

The weather did not improve for the race, so survival was the order of the day to protect the championship position. As the lights changed, Roger and his team-mate Nathan Ward broke away in the blinding spray and were never headed or challenged by the rest of the 28-car pack.

Roger’s main rival was running fifth until the third-placed driver spun off the track, handing a valuable point to Roger’s rival.

Finally, Roger came home a happy, if damp, second. He now leads the championship into the final October 4.