Victory For Moyers At Last
Motorsport News|November 08,2017

The saying goes that if at first you don’t succeed, try and then try again.

Stefan Mackley
Victory For Moyers At Last

For Michael Moyers, those words have never held truer meaning as on three occasions the 32-year-old has led the Walter Hayes Trophy finale and each time bad luck or a blip in concentration has cost him the prize he craved the most.

But a last-lap pass on his Castle Combe Formula Ford rival, Josh Fisher, in a dramatic and heated 2017 final secured an emotional and popular win.

“It feels like the weight of the world is off my shoulders. It’s not going to get any better than this and I’m going to let this sink in,” said Moyers.

“I think it has helped to be honest [not thinking about winning] it’s been kind of in the back of my head, I wanted to win the race but it was more of a subconscious thought. My primary objective was to enjoy myself and race hard.”

The 2017 edition of the Hayes looked like it might follow a similar fashion to previous failed attempts for Moyers, excelling on the Saturday with pole for his heat on a wet but drying Silverstone National circuit before dominating the race to win by more than four seconds – the biggest margin of victory across all six heats.

The Kevin Mills Racing Spectrum 011C driver didn’t have everything his own way in the semi final however, enduring a race-long duel with 2017 Formula Ford Festival winner, Joey Foster.

Victory for Moyers slipped through his fingers on the last lap as he misjudged his braking and ran slightly wide through Brooklands, handing the win to Foster.

The loss of victory would have further implications as pole position for the final turned into third place, with Foster on pole and Fisher in second.

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