Saturday Race 1:
The first race of the weekend kicked off with a great start for Alex and his Australian team mate Daniel Erickson who took his maiden victory in British Formula Ford. From fifth on the grid Alex got the benefit of the two second runners colliding, taking them both out on the warm up lap. This enabled Alex to quickly move up into third place off the start line. With rapid pace he was soon making a bid for second place. An exciting duel ensued with Alex making a decisive and successful move on lap 3, but falling victim to Joseph Newgarden behind who managed to dive past into second. They raced on to get clear away from the rest of the field and Alex achieved his first podium of the season in third place. With team mate Daniel Cammish taking 4th place and the Scholarship win, this was a great result for Kevin Mills and the Spectrum drivers in 1st, 3rd & 4th places. "It's been a long time coming," said Alex. "I'm really happy for the Team. Its been a fantastic day for Kevin Mills Racing."

Kevin Mills was delighted with the results delivered by his young drivers, describing it as "Mega. We have been promising this for quite a while and it is terrific to deliver."

"Fantastic" was how Australian Spectrum designer Mike Borland summed up the result. "We're also racing at Sandown this weekend for the Victorian Championship. Spectrum chassis won the Formula Ford and Formula Ford 1600 races at Sandown and then we sat up to watch live timing and see the two Dans and Alex crowd the podium in their KMR Spectrums. It is very satisfying to see our cars winning races around the World within a few hours. Congratulations to Kevin, his Team and the Drivers on a well earned result."

Sunday Race 2:
Following Saturday's podium Alex was keen to get going again on Sunday morning, confident he could bring in another good result. Making an excellent start, he was in a good position to make progress but things didn't work out quite as planned when he suffered a broken 3rd gear a couple of laps in and dropped back to 10th place. Fortunately there was a sizeable gap behind the top ten runners and the pursuing pack and he skilfully nursed the car home to maintain 10th place over the finish line.

Sunday Race 3:
The downside of the broken gear in Race 2 meant that Alex was unable to get in a decent qualifying for Race 3 and started this one from 13th on the grid. On the bright side, it had rained before the race so everyone went out on wet tyres. With Alex being acknowledged for his skill in wet driving conditions he was looking forward to moving up the field quite rapidly. Up to 10th by lap 7 and creating a gap behind, deployment of the safety car on lap 9 following an accident meant the field closed up again. Unfortunately, for Alex when the race resumed on lap 11 he got hit from behind putting him on the grass and losing places. With just a couple of minutes left and with the track drying out he was unable to make the same progress, and despite closing the gap had to settle for13th place.
Nevertheless, a good weekend's racing and the satisfaction of his first podium this season.

Alex and his family send their sincere condolences to Matt Dobson, his mother Lynda and sisters Rachel & Katie in the loss of Martyn.

Heartfelt condolences also to the Surtees family in their tragic loss of Henry.

Saturday's 10th round of the Championship took place on a hot and sunny day at Snetterton, very different to last year's torrential downpours.

From 8th on the grid Alex made a good start. A few laps in, creating a gap behind and looking for the opportunity to overtake, progress was delayed when the safety car was deployed to rescue Josh Hill's stranded car. When the safety car pulled in, the field closed up again, so it was back to the start and alas for Alex, any hopes of working up through the field were dashed when he was hit from behind at Sears bend sending him into a spin where he was collected by Rogier de Wit's car, sadly taking them both out of the race.

Undeterred Alex arrived at the circuit on Sunday morning determined to make the best of the remaining two races.

Sunday did turn out to be a better day with Alex taking a top 10 finish in both races. Although not getting the results he wanted, Alex is gaining in experience and was less than 0.5 secs off the fastest lap in each race. He is therefore on the pace and has the ability to run at the front and so he will be looking for some real progress at the next meeting at Donington Park in two weeks' time.