Dubliner Niall Murray made history by completing a clean sweep of the biggest four prizes in Formula Ford 1600 racing by adding the Walter Hayes Trophy at Silverstone to his superb collection.

The 21 year-old from Firhouse, finished second in his qualifying heat, less than one tenth of a second behind Northern Ireland winner Wayne Boyd.

Murray turned the tables on his rival in the semi-final, beating the Fermanagh man by one fifth of a second in another very close finish. However, in the final, he really showed his class. Rain made the circuit slippery, and the Irishman was out on his own. After the split second margins in the earlier races, Murray romped away to take victory by more than eight seconds from Britain's Oliver Askew, with Josh Fisher another nine seconds behind in third place.

Boyd could only manage seventh position, with Rob Barrable, Stephen Daly and Jordan Dempsey the next best Irish finishers. Earlier, 16 year old Dempsey, from Mullingar, won his heat and finished fifth in his semi-final.

Murray's season already saw him crowned as the British Formula Ford champion, and the winner of both the Formula Ford Festival at Brands Hatch and the Martin Donnelly Trophy race at Kirkistown, leaving him at the shootout stage of the "Mazda Road to Indy" programme which carries a $200,000 prize of a drive in the 2017 Cooper Tires USF2000 Championship powered by Mazda.