Continuing his exceptional Hidden Valley form, Le Brocq led the Rising Stars charge throughout the weekend. The Melbourne driver, who celebrated his 18th birthday on the Wednesday prior to the event, proved a thorn in the side of the top five contenders all weekend after qualifying on the fourth row of the grid for Saturday afternoon’s opening race.

 Le Brocq impressed with sixth in Race 1 and fifth in Race 2, before a post-race penalty for a driving infringement dropped him from seventh to 15th in Race 3. Despite the ruling, Le Brocq finished the round seventh overall on points, splitting championship contenders Geoff Uhrhane and Nick Foster in the process.

 “It’s been a fantastic weekend for us,” said Le Brocq at the conclusion of the event. “I felt like I made a really positive step forward with my driving last time out at Hidden Valley, and to be able to come here and back it up two weeks later is a really good sign. “Qualifying didn’t start how we wanted it as I found slower cars each lap but we knew we had the speed so I just had to put my head down and give it my best shot. Thankfully in the last few laps of the session after the red flag I was able to put two laps in within a tenth of a second which placed me in 8th for the first race. From this point I was confident that the weekend would be a good one.

 “Battling with Ashley Walsh in Race 1 was a great experience. He is a top quality driver, and has a lot of wins on the board, so to be racing with him just five rounds into my Formula Ford career was very satisfying.

 “I didn’t expect to be scoring a top five result quite this early on, but we’ve worked hard and the Minda Motorsport guys have done a great job as always. The changes we made to the car on Saturday night were really positive.

 “I was a little bit surprised about the penalty after the last race. It was deemed that I didn’t give enough racing room, which is always a tough call, but we’ll just accept it and move on. We’ve moved to within 10 points of the lead in the Rookie of the Year standings, so we’ll head to the final three rounds with that as our target.”

 Jack’s next race will be at Surfers Paradise for Round 6 of The Genuine Ford Parts Australian Formula Ford Championship from October 22nd-24th.

 Jack would like to thank the Minda Motorsport Team,  Manager Bruin Beasley, Race Engineer Rick Kemp, Mechanic Aidan Zanotto, Martin Stillman, Michael Stillwell, his Family and his Sponsors for their support prior to and over the weekend, it’s a real team effort!  Jack is proudly supported by the Confederation of Australian Motorsport, the Australian Motorsport Federation, the Australian Sports Commission, Minda Motorsport, Penrite Oils, OAMPS Insurance Brokers, Boylan Traffic Solutions, Relux Slabs, Revolution Racegear, LCF Merchandise, Blugreen, Sensorsafe Contracting, Viking Windscreens, Trevor Barnes Signwriting, Blackwell Bodyworks, Earthcrete P/L, Leisure Pools-Melb South East, Darren Spargo Photography and Beaconsfield Chiropractic Clinic.