Seventeen-year-old Edwin Jowsey, from Whitby, continued his successful season by taking the chequered flag last Sunday at Mallory Park.

After missing out on the HSCC championship race in Dijon, France - due to the engine dying at Brands Hatch a fortnight ago - Edwin was determined to make amends for his cars mechanical failures.

The race itself was not for championship points but was competed for the John Taylor memorial trophy.

John Taylor was tragically killed during an F1 race at Nurburgring, Germany in the 1960s and the trophy had been offered by his widow to commemorate his life-long passion for formula racing.

On the day of the race the weather was ideal, warm and sunny with minimal side winds. Driving a Lotus F3 - with a new engine that had been fitted less than 48 hours before the race - Edwin comfortably recorded the fastest lap to take pole position for the race that afternoon.

Out of a field of 30, young Jowsey carried his success in qualifying over to the race and he demonstrated another perfect start from the grid, Edwin increased his lead at every bend, pushing the car to its limits. After a few laps Edwin had already started to lap slow back markers. Edwin's mechanics who had very little time to fine tune the engine, kept their fingers crossed that the engine would hold together during its maiden grand prix.

In contrast to the Brands Hatch race a fortnight ago, there were no accidents, or flags raised issuing instructions to the drivers. Once Edwin had safely negotiated his way through the slow competitors he was never really threatened.

Edwin said: "I'm delighted to win, it was an extremely demanding race, a short circuit, with a field of 30. After a number of laps I began to catch the slow runners. At times it felt like a tiptoe balancing act finding safe places to overtake, as a result I could never extent my lead to any great distance."

After taking the chequered flag, Edwin was presented with the large 'John Taylor Memorial Trophy' and a winner's laurel.