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As Monday 7 m car championships are here on Monday next weekend 67th of April we’ve got the Ben bridg super bikes uh that’s an official test look to that actually uh the following weekend 13th 14th of April the No Limits bikes are here and then the following week Saturday Sunday 20th and [Applause] W Well good morning everybody that’s welcome to a gloriously sunny Donnington park for day two of the action here yesterday we had an absolute cker James uh you saw a lot of the action with the classic touring cars I was with the British Endurance Championship was your standout moment from yesterday oh stand
Out from yesterday has to be the fact that the mini one of the mini winners the number 77 C his name is Casey right now cuz you put me on the spot he won by over 12 seconds in that race it was a phenomenal Drive in such a compacted uh
Class of racing for him to to win by that much was just fantastic to watch it is the Min is always so tight as well I’ve got to say huge congratulations B sidu and J Ste yesterday in the British Endurance Championship in his zentech porsch taking third place overall I saw
B just before he went out for his final stint and he wasn’t nervous as anything in the pits and not only that with 10 minutes too we had a heavy downpour as well he had to manage that wonderful to see those guys come over and take third
Over that was my standout moment but today oh boy oh boy do we have a jam-packed action day for you I’m going to be covering two races in the Brit carart trophy Championship 50-minute races mandatory pit stops as well a full field of cars that is going to be
Sensational you though you got more classic touran cars and I know you’re very excited about the super cars today as well aren’t you very excited about the super cars I mean the fact that those things hit 150 mph around this circuit is just unbelievable because we
Spoke to Ross you’ll hear from him later as well how low they are to the ground and how much their bum actually scuffs this track it makes me nervous just talking about it here let alone watching it when it comes up later so you got to make sure you’re going to stick around
And watch that too they scare me absolutely to death look first race today though coming up very shortly James uh you’re doing a wonderful job this weekend I’m going to hand this mic to you cuz you’re going to go catch up with some of the drivers I’m going to go
Get a cup of coffee so sorry about that mate you you go I I I’ll take I’ll take this off you you go I’m sure the jacuzzi is still warm for you don’t worry everything will be fine it’s all good well I mean we’re going to get right
Down to it we’ve got a we’ve got a fantastic race coming up in just a few moments time the weather is very very different compared to yesterday beautiful sunshine very low wind and a low chance of rain to go with it let’s see if we can grab a word actually with
Our poll sitter for this race Pier he’s in a fantastic escort I’m just going to tap on the window here Pi can we so sorry to interrupt there sir with your pre-race stuff uh we just want to have a chat with you as our poll sitter
How are you feeling going into this race yeah okay um seem to go all right yesterday so a few little gremling got a bit of a vibration that’s not very nice I’m not really sure what that is but um yeah I think it should should be all
Right at least it’s going to be dry today so looking forward to it that leads me very nicely on to my next question actually conditions are like night and day difference compared to yesterday especially with the low wind that seems to have disappeared from yesterday how do you feel about this oh
Yeah it was horrible yesterday I hate racing in those conditions it’s just like racing in winter it’s horrible and but today that’s proper Spring weather isn’t it now we can look forward to a good RAC and no changeable conditions hopefully yeah well I’m sure your car’s
Got a spring in it step as well ahead of this one uh you enjoy it sir take care happy racing let’s see if we can have a chat with a man that’s looking to take it to him Malcolm Harding Malcolm are we all right to grab you very quickly sorry
To interrupt sir also starting on the front row for this race how do you feel about that that’s all right me and peers always have a good race um generally it’s me and him at each other so yeah it’s quite good are you feeling happy about the conditions that we’ve got in
Front of us as well lovely sunshine and a nice dry track you can really put your foot to the floor yeah let’s hope it’s just good he it’s normally good here it’s a lovely track I like it so if it don’t go my way it ain’t nobody else is
Fo by mine absolutely keep the focus on fun as well we’ love to hear it thank you very much let’s see who else that we can find in this Paddock I’m looking around potentially you might be able to grab a chat with Joey wherever he is Joey Joey sir how
Are you not too bad you oh very well thank you sir I like you that’s the first person to ask me how I am today um how are you feeling about this race very good at the minute I mean the sun’s out there’s no rain can’t complain so yeah
Looking good and how’s the car feeling this weekend I mean it just looks beautiful in this Sunshine yeah lovely I mean yeah I mean hope it Go all right so yeah it’s run right fingers crossed it stays that way so yeah fingers and toes crossed indeed have you got everything
Closed everything crossed everything I’m trying to keep my eyes crossed otherwise I won’t be able to watch you Joe but have you got your eye on anyone in particular talking about crossy is there anyone that you’re keeping keep up with with the big boys up here so yeah just
To see how the car goes and yeah awesome well have a good race sir enjoy yourself number one that’s the main thing let’s see if we can quickly chat with a man alongside you Craig we were right to just slip in here with Craig sorry sorry everyone sorry always getting in the way
Craig how are you how you feeling ahead of this one yeah I’m pretty good actually the weather’s changed so I’m pleased with that I don’t didn’t didn’t relish the idea of the first race of the Season being chucking it down with rain but yeah good to go I think yep look
Trust us we all felt the same way when the rain came down but today you can really put your foot to the floor and show us what this piece of Kit’s got yep hopefully I want to keep up with Joey maybe hopefully have a good race with
Him that and finish that’s all I want to do ready for this afternoon excellent well go well sir I hope you enjoy it I’m sure it will be a fantastic day of racing for all oh check out this just behind you John watch your back because pulling in now is olle Allen starting
Fourth in this race and actually cuz he’s just pulled in we’re just going to pull in ourselves and have a quick word with him as well that’s a lovely Little Fiesta we’ve got here oh so sorry Ollie am I right to just am I right to just come through and
Have a quick word with you sir yeah mate how are you feeling ahead of this one yeah I’m uh I’m I’m feeling good actually uh I just need to uh do some laps in the car and managed a half decent one lap yesterday I’ve not driven
The car for two years since I’ve uh refreshed it so um it’s a new car and well tell us a bit more about this brand new shiny car I mean it looks very very nicely polished everything looks brand new how did it feel to drve for the
First time um the minimal laps that I did on a greasy track covered in oil was very difficult to get any feedback um so I’ve got to just get on with race try and get in front of these three that’s what my aim is going to get your elbows
Out in the first Corner maybe no I’m not going to do any shoving these boys are nice and clean so I’m not there’s no uh I value my car like I value their cars so I’m not going to be doing anything uh uh too drastic I’m going to settle down
Get in the groove and on them down very good Ollie very good well you enjoy it sure and I’m sure we’ll catch up with you again later on this weekend let’s see who else that we can find that might be Loy toing around this grid we’ll just
See just see who else is around to potentially have a chat with Stuart is just shiting up at the moment John so we’re just going to slide in here Stuart so sorry to interrupt all your important pre-race stuff right yes so yeah glasses on so you can see me uh how are you
Feeling ahead of this one yeah all right actually I’m quite quite looking forward to it it’s a long time since race a boss so uh yeah we’ll see what we could do we’re quite a way back as you can see uh and it’s uh it’s m going to take it I
Suppose so well it’s ideal weather condition to really mount an aggressive tack maybe because you can put your foot to the floor and trust that the car’s going to go with you yeah yester the conditions were terrible it was just greasy muddy it was just it was horrible
Uh I did enjoy it one bit so today it’s lovely you know it’s uh like a spring day and I look forward to getting out there did you have your weer bcks before this race as well are you feeling well well fueled I’m ready to go ready to go
Love it well take care have a good race let’s see who else we can find on this grid ahead of what is set to be an exciting race Tom Bell this sat standing by ready to go he’s eyed me up I’m not sure he’s going to let me in yeah you
Are of course you are Tom here we go how are you feeling at of this one mate yeah okay really just uh be nice if uh if we can get to the finish that would be good we’ve had a few misf fars with the car so we’ve done quite a lot overnight
Changing the fuel system really so it’s a bit of a guess whether it’s going to work but fingers crossed really well mate we’ve all got our fingers crossed cu the one thing we want to see is all you guys finishing the race number one um how do you feel about the car then
Going into this race obviously changing the the fuel lines and that that’s not something that you wanted to do overnight really you probably wanted to sit down have a nice beer and just relax ahead of today yeah it was quite challenging but um and we had to go to
Leicester to get the bits as well met one of my mates um but yeah to be honest I’m just quite happy to be here so I’m not if if we finish it’ll be it’ll be good mate that’s exactly what we like to hear the smile tells me everything I
Need to know but you have a good race Tom take care mate I’m sure we’ll see you afterwards let’s see who else is around you oh actually John just pan slightly to your right and you’ll see just look at that beautiful golf Livery that is phenomenal lovely lovely car there for
Sam Daffin that is great let’s have a Wonder back towards towards the back of the grid now and see who we can grab a hold of Gary prebble on polling this class can we just grab a quick word with Gary so sorry mate just squeezing here at an
Awkward time Gary how you feeling mate poll in your class that’s pretty good going on the first round yeah um we’ve done a lot of winter upgrades well hopefully upgrades um so we’re going to see how it go we were just below last year’s lap record um so yeah very
Pleased of how it is so far we had a little off during the during the kitty litter yesterday just finding the limits again and bit Rusty from last year so haven’t had much track time but yeah no we’re hoping for a hoping for a a nice
Easy race hopefully and and get a couple of points off the board and and into the new season you spoke about winter upgrades how is this car running cuz you had a few engine niggles last season didn’t you yeah we we’ve had a few not
Not the engine last year it was a couple of wiring bits and pieces um and that that now’s come and hopefully uh left us alone now for a while but uh yeah you you go through spells you know you get some Seasons you don’t get any problems
At all and then other Seasons it really bites you in the ass and gets you down so you try not to get too far down on the downs and not too high on the highs and hopefully end up somewhere in the middle and you’ll be all right mate so
Well put I’m going to finish on that cuz I’m not sure you can top it for me go well have a fantastic race and I’ve got another beautiful livered car literally just behind me John I’m just going to let you pan out and get that because that is a stunning Patron Livery for
Mike Nash’s BMW um I’m actually going to try and as I just squeeze in so sorry mate uh bu Mike you’ve got you’ve got the Livery just sting like a bee is that what you’re going to do in this race that’ be nice wouldn’t it really would
Be nice I hope so we love it it’s all good how are you feeling ahead of this race is the car feeling good this weekend are you feeling good yeah the car’s perfect the car’s really really good uh we were obviously was in the Thunder race yesterday afternoon in the
Wet and that was really really slippy and the sunlight was very low so yesterday afternoon wasn’t as good as I’d hoped it would be but this morning we’re going to be good so you learned a lot from yesterday to take into today would you say yeah I think so we got a
Better line go finish again so yeah and I’m hoping so we tried we tried something different we’ve taken the spoiler off the back cuz we’re wondering if that’s given us too much drag um so we’re I’m trying to beat Kevin Granger’s time so Kevin grer set time around here
And I’m trying to beat him he’s my my man I want to beat I’m never ever going to get as close as Gary but um but if I can get up with Kevin that’d be cool well look you’ve shed the weight at the back to float like a butterfly and
You’re going to like a be as well go well mate have a have a good race enjoy it that’s the main thing let’s see who else is loitering around their cars as well I mean from from one next door neighbor to the other actually I to say
We’re going to crash in here with John so sorry to interrupt John mate how are you feeling ahead of this one yeah good good good yeah long time out of the seat so yeah nice to get back I mean the car’s looking in beautiful shape as well
As are you how how do you feel about actually driving this machine this weekend yeah good but yeah we’ll see we’ll see what it’s like on the track give us a give us an insight into are where your aims lie for this race for top three finishing class maybe finish the
Race finish the race well have a good one mate hope it goes well I’m sure we will see you at that Finish Line let’s see who else is in their car getting ready to go here we go we got Vic hope actually just next door this is this is
Great John everyone’s next to each other ready to go Vic can I just quickly grab a quick word off you yeah sure oh turn the engine off and everything for me very kind of you sir oh stop just do ah love he’s got air conditioning John yeah
He’s got air he’s he’s fine look look down there he’s got a little bit of air conditioning to keep him nice and cool you didn’t see my old car I had a radio it had a radio your old car radio and I used to listen to the commentary I was
Actually going to ask you who would be your go-to artist on that radio could I make a suggestion for David Bowie uh yeah yeah I was a fan of David Bowie back in the day yeah no well look you’re going to need the air conditioning today because it’s getting
Very hot out there and the sun is shining but that must give you a bit of confidence to really attack on this track yeah I’m hoping to to move a lot further forward I need to find 6 seconds on on my qual yesterday I was terribly
Slow so yeah I’m I’m hoping to move forward um and I’m back in my normal car me other car was you know slow say I’m slow enough as it is I need a fast car to make up for me age I’ll be I’ll be 70 in a couple of months now look it
Doesn’t matter about age what matters is the skill you’ve certainly certainly got it behind the wheel look you’ll make up that 6 seconds for sure and maybe challenge a top three finishing class question mark yeah well I don’t think that’s going to be hard I think there’s only three of
Us well there you go you’ve answered the question for us mate I’m not third I want to be second at least nobody’s going to beat Gary privil so if I can come in one behind him I’ll be well pleased well you come and find me after the race if that happens cuz we’ll
Certainly celebrate on camera together have a have a good race sir let’s see who else is still satting in the car the whistle is not gone watch your back John don’t get run over God you are you are a nightmare honestly John sometimes you just you
Just get in the way almost run over we’ll head back that way in a second we’ll grab one more word with someone there’s only one car with a door open so we’re going to go with that one going to walk all the way around the back here to Simon
Man Simon sorry I’m picking on you cuz you’re the only one with your door open uh how are you feeling ahead of this race sir um little bit nervous making sure my wheels don’t fall off this F but uh yeah no good be uh good to get first
Three race done and out of the way can you talk to me a bit about your gear stick sorry I’ve just caught that at the corner of my eye um why the green aggressive skull head uh keeps me aggressive out on track but it’s actually quite comfortable as well and
Uh it’s a good distinguishing feature it I mean to be fair it’s it’s a lovely little feature piece of this car and you’ve also got the poppy on your steering wheel as well that must have a story behind it um well we put it on for the um com’s remembrance race um first
Season that I raced just not taking it off fair enough fair enough well you go well sir have a lovely race enjoy yourself out there as well John we’ve had a few additions towards the front of the grid so we’re going to head in that direction and I’m going to keep my wits
About me so I don’t get run over like you have almost done about three or four times today cuz at the end of the day I I can’t do anything without you John Let’s actually slide in here to Andy Andy Abrams and Andy quick word
Before you go out hello mate hi I’m I’m very well sir how are you that’s my question how are you living the dream living the dream what do you make of the conditions today certainly ideal for a bit of racing here at Donnington oh yeah if I better than yesterday Le could be
Greasy but today for us is a sucket and SE day the first time I’ve been out in this so well you’ve got a lovely bit of Machinery here mate I love the blue Livery how is it feeling to drive this weekend it’s great thanks we’re very
We’re very lucky very lucky I mean you are living the dream it I’ll let you continue to live it I’ll bring this door to you as well so I can help you get started John the cars are starting a fire themselves up so we’re definitely getting much much closer to the start of
This race let’s see if we can grab someone else I’m just eyeing up Craig Owen actually we spoke about his amazing Livery earlier can we come in and have a quick word Sam Sam before I ask you about the race we were admiring just how great your car
Looks earlier uh what was the inspiration to getting that done uh so it’s a complet obviously completely new car so we just uh sort of copied last year’s car but uh made it slightly better excellent and now how are you feeling out of the race today conditions
Are ideal for a bit of uh racing here at dington absolutely hopefully uh we can go forwards from where we are were you doing a lot of sun dancing yesterday is that why we’ve got all this today uh I was hoping for sun cuz I say it’s was a
Little bit treacherous in Thunder yesterday in the r but we’ll uh yeah excellent well your wishes have come true mate uh give us a prediction where are you hoping to finish in this race uh if we can go forward from where we are I’ll be happy so yeah wherever we end up
As long as we’re in front of where we are I’ll be really happy well mate I’m going to grab you on for the race if that has happened because we’ll certainly celebrate it together and John you can hear the engines of these cars are really starting to rev up now I am
Going to head over to Craig ow because maybe we’ve got time for another quick chat again Craig I’m just coming back over here um I’m very popular today for some reason why are you popular today for some reason second time you visit well just Craig you’re a friendly face
And I love your car thank you very much look I’ve spoken to everyone everyone seems to have the general consensus that today is a day for attacking racing you were such a friendly chap earlier I wanted to get your opinion on it how do you feel knowing that the whole of the
Grid are looking to really attack the track now I don’t know I’m just worried about myself and the people around me well OE said he’s going to look after everyone he’s not going for any bumping get the start over with you know just see if we can get a race without any in
I’ve raced without any incidence I’m sure that’s what we’ll get Craig you are fantastic to talk to as always I’ll let him get in the zone I’ll let him get ready and firing to go and John I’m going to make you pivot once again because Michael rud is on the grid he’s
Also giving some awful gestures so maybe we won’t go to it and the whistle has gone so actually John we’re going to come towards the edge here cuz the cars are going to come out the whistles have blown so we are in the final seconds of countdown to the
Start of this race the pre3 and boss Grid in the classic touring car racing championship and we’ve got got a misfire actually going on at the moment on pier gr’s car the escort doesn’t seem to be firing up at the moment so we’re going to give it a bit of a bump
Start come on pier shift that one into gear get it going come on mate come on peers get it going get it fired up still no noise coming from from the exhaust of that escort oh this doesn’t look good for our pole sitter Currently and interestingly it might mean the Malcolm Harding just behind Him might be suddenly taking Pole Position cuz currently our pole sitter John is being pushed back away from the circuit so they were trying to give him a push start and it’s not worked that is the news from the assembly area this is breaking news because after a great chat
With peers earlier on about how he was feeling ahead of this race and how the car was feeling good he has been pushed back and away and it is the first car to go out on the track will be Malcolm Harding in the number 101 Ford and there you see him off goes
Malcolm Harding and pushed away to the side is Pier’s gra there is the first drama of this race he has been able to start though he’s been pushed down the hill but he will disappear and most likely end up starting from from the pit Lane so this is breaking news from the
Assembly area and as the cars make their way out onto the grid to begin this fantastic race the first race of the day on the Saturday here at Donington Park we’ll hand up to Adam in commentary as he’ll be the man with the mic to take you through all of the Fantastic Action Is the G with some pretty amazing cars another exquis looking car Martin yellow escort game number 70 William H is not alongside position in that that he as you can see the boss and pr3 cars are there and ready to go they are now getting ready to go racing with the
Mixed grid the first mix grid of many is the boss cars the blue oval Saloon series at the front of the order the pr3 cars a couple of rows further back but expect some of those p3s I’m looking at the likes of Gary prebble to work their way up
There and uh we have a nice full schedule of racing today as as we always do and I think we’re doing some Paparazzi AG uh at the moment because I can see that about Center of screen at the top of the grandstand we have some bloke called Dave Godard uh who we will
Be seeing uh well we’ll be hearing from on Sunday and Monday at br’s hatch the second phase of the BARC weekend broadcasts so our buddy Dave Godard has decided to do some scouting uh for the next ctcc events that he will be bringing you from the commentary box
Always good to see Dave so then the cars are rolling and uh we will be on this formation lap and we will very quickly get into the racing Pi’s gra is starting from Pole Position you saw drama before we even uh were on the track the car seemingly not playing ball
For at least a little while at least the car is now working it is pigs grange on pole Malcolm Harding second place Martin Reynolds in third and Ole Allen in fourth position Joey Binks and Craig Owens set for the third row Colin claxon and Sam Daffin on row
Four Robert Taylor and Michael rudge on row five William hunt Stuart Kai Jason rudj and Tom Bell rounding out your order within the boss class moving in to the 33 cars Gary prebel set to be on top in that Mike Nash alongside John hilia and Vic Hope on
Road two there in the 192 and the 51 Neil Ashcroft and Anton Martin next up Simon man and Andy Abrams rounding out the Order a compelling mix of cars as ever in the pre 03s and even in a single make category like Boss blue oval Saloon series we still see a lot of variety that is really the word of the day in uh terms of ctcc action always a lot of variety and
Lots of different shapes sizes and eras of Ford represented on that boss Grid beautiful Machinery very well turned out Machinery there’s Stuart kais Capri which I think we’ll see out a couple of times today Stewart also has a voxel Cavalier super Tor that I’m sure we’ll see out at some point this season Now we are just moments away from going racing here in the blue oval Saloon series and the pre3 Championship starting off a bumper day of classic Touring Car Racing Club Action brick car trophy here as well mini millias and British Super Cuts as well it is a very full day and we’re GNA
Start off with the blue oval salutes of the as green flag waving at the back of the Grid and the red lights are on the red lights are off we are racing and it’s a poor start from the 101 of Harding Harding with a poor getaway but it really surges forward in the second phase of the start he looked like he bogged it down but then he absolutely
Took off Malcolm Harding then the leader Pier’s grain in second place third place is Martin Reynolds so it’s an all escort top three then it’s the first of the fiestas in fourth place I I think that’s Ole Allen there in P4 everybody else working their way through already up to sixth overall is prebel Gary prebel always flying in that Civic make that fifth place around the outside there of one of the escorts Gary Preble the leading pre3 already interloping among the blue oval machines but the front of the order it is Malcolm
Harding then Harding and gra both with immaculately prepared escorts of course Martin Reynolds also with a absolutely beautiful car all Mark 2 escorts but all in slightly different stages of tune slightly different configurations an absolutely gorgeous noise as they come down towards the Melbourne hairpin
Believe all of these are 2 and 1/2 ler escorts in fact Pi’s Grangers is a 2.6 Here Comes Preble then the leader in pr03 going around the outside or trying to go around the outside of I believe Ole Allen but no move made just yet Ole Allen holding on to P4 Malcolm
Harden trying to hold on to the lead oh and a big sideways moment there Grange had just inched it past him on the main straight he cross the line as the leader but Harding is holding on however Pier’s gra simply too much for Malcolm Harding to contain gra through into the lead and
Often once Pi gra gets the opportunity to take off at the front there are very few drivers that can retaliate against it let’s see if Harding and indeed Martin Reynolds can hold on to the rear Pier’s gra what a treat it is though to see these two extremely well prepared Ford Escort Mark
Tws at the front of the order in fourth place already is Gary preville in the first of the p3s as you see there in the back of shot as well he’s well clear of the other pre3 Runners at the moment interloping among the boss cars down into the into the Melbourne hairpin goes
Harding getting a bit crossed up on his Way these escorts Perpetual presence in the historic rallying scene and here in the blue ovals it is old school there’s very much cool in the blue oval saloons the fiestas and focuses that enter often end up a way further back than compared to the escorts this Honda
Civic in the hands of Gary preppal taking it to the Fords already up in fourth place as the fiesta of Allen in fifth place Overall 117 Cup just flying Through former sight of starky’s bridge through mcleans goes prebel prebble’s Pace versus the top three is a little bit slower a 43.4 so he’s a couple of seconds elaps slower than the quick Boys in Boss further back in the field here we’re looking at uh some of the boss cars and the
P3s that is the Civic there in hands of Ashcroft the 119 C Neil Ashcroft in the 119 trying to find his way past the rud driven Fiesta but the BMW comes steaming through that’s the E46 BMW I believe the 148 car yes it is Anton Martin trying to find his way through in
Fact that’s Mike Nash my apologies trying to make his way through 23 car is slowing that is Binks in the escort I think everyone else thinks there might be a safety car or something like that but there’s not he’s just slow I think they’ve seen the white flag and
Mistook it for a yellow flag as far as I know there is no yellow flag racing is still on there’s some confusion here everyone’s trying to figure out what to do Sam Daffin is SL is stopped out on circuit in the fiesta but that’s further around the track I
Believe not sure what ultimately came of that situation approaching Melbourne but uh everyone was hesitant there 151 car this is the second of the 303 cars I believe it is indeed that’s hope in the1 car so Vick hope in his ep3 Honda Civic through the old hairpin you can see he’s not
Using all of the track at the Moment it’s uh that situation further back in the pack I think the ultimate benefactor was the uh Mike Nash driven BMW made up four places on that lap and I think that was cuz he was the only one that realized they weren’t under full yellow gra in the 56 makes his way through Redgate for the fifth time in this race Harding in P2 third place is now preville so Martin Reynolds has fallen behind Gary prebel and that is not something one would anticipate so I wonder if Reynolds is starting to struggle his last
Lap was a 151 so Martin Reynolds has dropped down to Fourth position overall and was some 9 seconds slower than his best Time here is Nash now ahead of the 119 of Neil Ashcroft meanwhile this is uh the mark 2 mark one escort there the 86 C it is the car driven by Colin Claxton one of just two cars in class B within blue oval saloons but that’s the earlier mark one escort as you can see the slightly more sculpted Grill on that car
And just behind him is Craig Owen the father of course of AJ Owen the Owen family star Walts in the world of classic touring car racing the escort should have some legs on the straight surely but actually no a b even in a straight line oh and that’s the 141 car bouncing
Across the gravel trap there that is uh Robert Taylor will recover and continue though 5 minutes and 50 seconds of this race left to Run there’s Pier’s gra sorry there is Stuart Kai being closed up by Malcolm Harding so Stuart Kai second among the class B cars in blue oval saloons his car is built to the pre3 RS so it’s nowhere near as uh modified as the escorts that he’s being lapped by so understandable that Stuart
Is uh a little bit off the uh The Benchmark of the big class s cars in boss there is Harding in P2 then the Zack speed replica Mark 2 escort car that so famously ended up on its roof briefly at silverston International a couple of years ago then
Continued on its way much the amusement of uh I think it was Dave Godard commentating that weekend but uh if you roll it and it’s still upright the roof is still intact why not keep going another very well turned out car the 101 a lot of these classic
Touring Car Racing Club entries are so well prepared it’s just closing in at the moment I believe on the BMW E36 of Andy Abrams who I think spent a bit of time in the pit Lane before getting started looks like we’ve got got a slow car there that is
The is that the 24 car Potentially 341 car sorry that is Tom Bell’s car slowing down now Tom Bell was leading in class D but he is going to lose that class lead for sure was running within the overall top 10 looks as though this car the1 of Hope is being caught up as
Well by the BMW 330 there that’s uh I think Anton Martin’s car Anton Martin hunting down hope in the battle for second overall among the pr3 cars in separate classes um Anton Martin leading the class a element of the pr 3s of course it’s a big engine a 3 l
Straight six hence the car is running in class a leading class at the moment but will’ll be more interested in trying to hunt down that Civic I suspect we’ll have to see whether or not that is possible an overtake before the end of the race here’s gra comes through shot our
Race leader overall with 2 minutes and 15 to go so this will be the penultimate lap of the race next by next time by he will start the final lap of the motor race and once again as is so often the case if Pi’s grain Gets the front of the order he then starts to streak away one of the best turned out escort Mark two race cars in the country for my Money always potent through the Melbourne hairpin then just a couple of Corners away from starting that final lap Harding within 6 seconds in second place and actually uh Gary Preble as the race has gone on has started to lap quicker than second place man Malcolm Harding so our pre3 leader up to third
Overall but of course the Gap is some 8.2 seconds as you can see on your graphics so even though prebel has been more consistent from a pace perspective as the race has gone on one suspects that he will uh have to settle for third it’s the escort Mark
2 fires its way through the cran is for the final time out of the hold a pin comes the 56 range a longtime competitor of course in Boss very very quick drive that class a 303 leader Anton Martin goes a lap down then think he might just fall short in
His quest to close in on Hope in fact hope in the Civic is now 4 and a half seconds clear as you can see of the BMW which has been slowing down a little bit but he’ll still comfortably take that class A win range meanwhile hours out of the S’s down into the final bendz now through the Melbourne hairpin comes Pier’s gra just goddards between himself and the flag now Pier’s gra will be your first boss winner of 2020 4 in the classic Touring Car Racing Club a great result for Pier’s gra Harding taking
Second place and a drag race to the line there uh between Anon Martin and Taylor in the 141 car running in different classes of course pr3 and boss third overall the pr3 winner Gary preville with a good race there Martin Reynolds across the line fourth overall just
Ahead of the 11 seven Fiesta of Allen you finished fifth overall next across the line sixth overall should be Craig Owen but he actually had some competition from claxon in the escort uh they’re running through sector two at the moment and they’re only about a second apart so I wonder if Craig Owen
Will hold on to sixth place or not he had Claxton for company a lap ago there is Stuart Kai to come across the Line somewhere in the Melbourne loop I think Craig going could be under a little bit of pressure in fact no Claxton has backed off on the final lap by the looks of it there the 75 Raj Fiesta in fact claxon just ahead and claxon slowing on the final lap I was saying
That he looked slow and craigo will cross the line Uno unimpeached then for sixth overall hope has gotten past rudge on this lap as you can see so hope he’ll be the second pr3 car home will take seventh overall head of the Number 75 car of Michael rudge and across the line very slowly indeed Colin claxon who clearly had an issue towards the end of the race he will however still win Class B within the blue oval Saloon series there’s Craig Owens car idling idling through the old hairpin he took sixth overall
As we see there on the graphics it was Pier GRA with a very strong result 6.3 seconds clear of Malcolm Harding Gary prebel third overall and first of the pre3 ahead of Martin Reynolds in fourth Ole Allen in fifth Craig Owen in P six Vic hope in seventh place overall
Second among the pre 03s Michael rudge and Colin Claxton the last two cars on the lead lap Anton Martin rounding out your top 10 ahead of Robert Taylor Mike Nash Neil Ashcroft and Jason rudge the rest of your finishing order hilia in the 1 192 bmwe36 touring that’s the estate
Bmwe36 finishing 15th the 214 of Abrams and Stuart Kai in the 44 rounding out your 17 car finishing order in that Race so there we see our live audience here down towards Hollywood U these hearty Spectators coming in all weather conditions I think a few people maybe have been put off by some of the weather we saw yesterday but it is a lovely sunny day here today at Donington
Park so far we hope the weather stays with us if you are watching along live from the circuit uh if this maybe isn’t your local track then uh do remember that BARC have a very wide span of uh destinations they visit across the year with the various categories Under the
Umbrella so do take a look at your local track schedule I’m sure that uh the arc live will be in your local area some Ty later in the season so then the p3s and the bosses have already had their race the rest of the schedule for today the British super cut racing
Championship will be our second race out there in just a few minutes uh that will then be followed by some more CTC RC action of course it’s a nice full time table today the Super Cuts will be followed by the 3 66ers the mini millias and ctcc will be there before
The end of the day I Now understand that James is down in park fer so we can get some insights after that race from the boss teams well I’m down here just outside Park F me cuz brick car have taken it over Pi let’s start by talking about
What happened in the assembly era going out onto the track it looked like quite a hair raising moment well it’s a bit bit concerning isn’t it yeah the battery must have just got a little bit flat and it wouldn’t just turn it over quick
Enough to start so I think we need a new battery but you pulled it out the bag and you pulled ahead with a fantastic Victory how do you feel about that yeah I wasn’t ready for the lights though I was I was still waiting for him to queue
Up I thought he’d be still queuing up on the back of the grid and the next year the red lights are on I wasn’t even in gear so I got it in gearing time and then struck off and I thought oh we got this we got this and then all of a
Sudden it bogged down and melt went but did create a bit of excitement for a couple of laps anyway yeah superb thank well and look quick word on the man that you’ve been fighting with all race Malcolm I mean that was just fantastic how did you enjoy fighting with him yes
Definitely yeah every time you think he got it done he comes back past you again so yeah it’s awesome it’s always awesome racing with M awesome well congratulations on the win sir let’s then adjourn across towards Malcolm Harding Malcolm Malcolm I’m going to pull you away once more sir you’ve just
Come second in this race congratulations between compatriots how do you feel about that one it is what it is s me or him in in this particular class generally that has it up but it was his day today so it’s good but look it was a fantastic start from
Yourself because it went all of a sudden from uh it looked like you got away quite slowly and then something kicked in and you leapt away I think I went on a softer TI which gave me initial grip at the beginning and I was struggling
Really badly at the end I was having to pull out and manage it quite a lot but it’s life that is life our choices don’t we look did you enjoy it that’s the main thing it was great to watch great Club brilliant good people we have a good bit
Of social so the whole thing is good well Malcolm congratulations on the second place finish and thank you to everyone for watching this race there’s plenty more action to come though we’ve got the super carts about to go out on the track so we’re going to run across
The other side of Donington to get there but I’m going to let Adam talk to you about what else is coming up today Brant on so there you see nearby Church Castle Donnington is a lovely area of country and uh of course East mids
Airport is nearby as well so it can be a slightly loud part of the country but the uh Castle Donington Village itself is a really lovely place to be of course if you are a fan of all things Motorsports um you will know that Donington is one of the leading
Destinations for testing particularly in historic racing throughout the pre-season there’s always something going on here uh during the colder months of the year there you can see the control tower for Tower from East mids airport I’m sure at some point today you will hear and perhaps even see one of the big jets
Taking off a lot of uh large cargo planes fly overhead here at Donnington Park which may add a dash of irony to any uh circuit related noise complaints that emanate from nearby of course the British supercart racing Championship will be up next there at the very top of the
Control tower we see uh the circuit commentary box there actually I believe Chris dors is uh the tallest of the Silhouettes you see up there in the commentary box he’s on circuit commentary today along with then Gary James who will be in the Box for the super carts
Gary James a very prominent expert in carting Believe that the super carts are already well we weren’t able to catch them before they went flying out onto the Donnington track but there are the super cars we managed to catch up with Ross yesterday who’s starting third on the grid Ross Allen a fantastic drive from
Him to get it up towards the front of the pack but keep your eyes on Liam moley who’s currently sitting on pole position for this race and we’ll be looking to secure a win at the same time across the next couple of minutes not 20
Minutes or so and I mean just look how low they are all to the ground he spoke about it yesterday about how your bums scus this Donington Park circuit and I think you can absolutely see why there is they’re about 2 feet high really when it comes to it about
The same height as my knees really so the fact that they do this is incredibly Brave you can see a bit of a misfire there from Toby Vincent needs a bit of a helping hand to get going again as he heads out and the final car to guy will be Daniel
Ianson and here’s number 95 will head out onto the circuit so the superc car race is about to start we weren’t able to grab any of them so then the British super cart racing Championship now heading out on to the Circuit here is your grid for this one
It is Liam moley on Pole Position alongside Tom rushforth in the number 24 Ross Allen on road two alongside Lee Harper Brian Jones on Row three Richard vaness alongside him Matt Robinson and KL Holm on row four Mark Edwards and Tom Hatfield 68 and 29 on row number five row six of the Grid is the 87 of Jack Triton Sam hempell on the 35 Andy gulford and Paul Von Gerard on row seven lead plane and Luke Clemson 101 and 15 on row eight Mark pasque and Aaron Newell on row N 57 and 40 Paul Platt the S1 plate alongside will Lawrence the 74 Ross Wither in the 55 alongside the 56 of Michael Goff Thomas Baldwin the 36 six alongside Costa kitzis in the 69 Nathan Barton’s 14 alongside Michael par the 49 Mark de gatelli the 13 that’s the first of the 450cc machines alongside Rob Austin Katherine Foster the 32 alongside Aaron pal the 107 that is just row 15 of what is expected to be a 56 cart grid 26 and 161 on 16 50 and 59 on row 17 Busby and Flint Holmes and balderson on Row 18 gor and Stevens on row 19 Hearn and Radford round out the top 40 I think at that
Point we have to cut away from the grid because I think they’re already nearby uh the start line so already the carts are right up there top 40 it’s not the UK singles chart we’re talking about this is a 52 cart uh grid incredible entries in the super carts as always it is
The 250 CC carts that typically are the quickest featuring engines not at all dissimilar to the old 250cc Grand Prix motorcycles we are underway and racing and it’s Liam moley who will have The High Ground into turn third one he has the inside liner lock up there I think
From Tom rushforth as he makes his way through turn one oh but already we have a cart in the gravel somewhere in the Midfield there not quite sure whom got uh tagged there everybody else making their way through the order Real scrap going on here first second and third the 24 is there in P2 that is Rush forth make that P1 was that a lunge up the inside from rushforth no he’s on the outside moley trying to uh find a way through as well he’s got the green
And white there just trying to see the number on the cart that’s now in second but it is moley back up do the lead I think second could be the 85 of Ross Allen there everybody else side by side running of course quite easy to go side by side here there’s the number
Nine that is Von Gerard in his Jade the Yami engine power out of gards for the first first time and is moley in the lead Rush fourth second it’s actually Haram in the number four Lee Haram who is up in third place then it is the 84 of Matt Robinson who started from
Seventh Place already up to P4 efficient first lap then from Him here they come through the old hairin set Pace not too dissimilar to what you’ll see out of the very fastest GT cars there you see the 85 that is Allan in fifth in fact sixth place under pressure from the number 24 I think that was now that’s the 48 of Jones on the back
Of the 85 so rush for of course of the 24 so he’s a bit further up the order oh bit of a back and a weave there from Jones and breaking be careful toh keep it on the straight and narrow if possible division one super carts are of
Course the quickest out there and it is the division 1es all in the top top 10 division one Cuts lap record around here is a 125 for the Super Cuts set in June of 2017 the 128. eight is the quickest lap of the race so far and that was set by
Moley in the number two so Liam Moley 128. there is the 29 of Hatfield that is Tom Hatfield from Newport I assume Newport Wales rather than Newport Island white my domain back in the day the car in the cart in 11th place is the first of the 250 Nationals that is Hemel in the 35 there’s number four running in third place that is the Harper be Haren there in third place being pursued by the slightly sideways number 84 of Robinson so Matt Robinson being hared as well by Andy gulford so a three-way scrap this for third position now that he’s settling into the race it seems as though Le Leon moley is
Getting away from the rest of the field he’s in his Anderson chassid VM Motor number eight and number 84 then fighting out for fourth place Robinson and gulford gulford maybe trying to cut to the inside here at the old hairpin not close enough for a move there but you can see the commitment through the old hairpin you can see frankly how
Little of a corner it is of these incredible High down Force Carts so impressive to See these machines can do there’s the 74 74 car of Lawrence in 16th Place there further back another of the division ones 9 minutes and 17 seconds of this race to go now in super car racing sometimes durability can be the shortfall so we’ll have to see
Whether the ones towards the front can actually go the distance here moley picking his way through there is the number two our leading cut setting time in the 1 minute 28 the very fastest laps we saw in the British Endurance Championship yesterday 12 127s so these Cuts can keep Pace with the
GT3 around Donington Park a crazy crazy discipline of sport this super car racing this is a 250cc 2cylinder division one machine this is the 101 cart this is the first of the 250 Nationals this lead plane at the wheel of the 101 and uh lead playe first of the mono
250s this is a single cylinder 250 Motor as opposed to the twins in the 250 the division 1 250 CC’s with two cylinder uh two stroke Motors believe it or not the division one Super Cuts only with from somewhere around the region of 100 break horsepower of course so light weight limit is 218 kilos this uh the 250 Nationals have somewhere around 70 horsepower so running maybe a third less power which is why the national spec 250s are
A little less potent they do get in amongst it as you can see one of the Nationals the white plate carts in amongst the 250s there that was Hemel who runs second among the 250s these are some of the 450s from further back in the field that’s
The no that’s a 125 my apologies Martin Baker uh in the 125 and the 17 there is uh Gary Popkins in another 125cc super Cut oh and the 55 is slowing 55 slowing down that is again one of the division ones that is is Ross witho the northern Irishman slowing down and also struggling a little bit seemingly is the 143 143 of John reer slowing down still some good battling here this is in the mid team positions that we’ve got at the moment there’s moley our race leader still 4 and 1/2 seconds clear at this stage over Rush fourth in second place Haram has built a bit of a
Gap over gulford in the battle for P3 so he’s now 2 seconds clear but gulford is under a lot of pressure for fourth position gford under a lot of pressure for fourth place at the Moment there’s the number four of halfen that’s in third and then just behind this number four is the battle for fourth place I’m hearing that rushforth is now our leader this is the 24 of rushforth Tom Rush for is now apparently the leader we haven’t seen it I don’t think but
Moley has pulled up somewhere around the circuit with a problem I said the durability can be the vice of these Super Cuts and sure enough we have a new leader and it is Tom rushforth rushforth then your new leader heading down towards turn one in his black and yellow machine
The VM engined spider chassis some uh 450s and 125s in intermingling the further back the 450s even though they have a bigger capacity are uh smaller engines single cylinder engines with about 70 brake horsepower you think about out a a motocross bike that’s effectively what the 450cc engines
Up or indeed a Topline Super Moto Machine weaving through the field there is rush for in the 24 in the race lead now he’ll be disappointed Ed to have claimed the lead because of moley’s issues moley falling through the order out of his C somewhere around the Circuit one of the 125s there just ahead there’s your 41 which is one of the 125s your leader see there the number 63 that is uh one of the 125s I believe in fact no that’s a 250 mono I think but uh just going through shot in second place I think
Was harpen that is the third place car at least it was the third place cart gulford guliford has been passed though by the 85 of Allen so Allen has gotten through into third position in the red 85 Bross Allen has made a position up there for third place the final spot on the
Overall Podium Rush fourth through the s’s oh very close there uh to the rear of the machine he was think rushforth waving there as well he knew that was a bit Close 145 left on the clock so an ultimate lap potentially current pace is uh still in the 20s it’s going to be very close actually to see whether or not this is the final lap of the race cuz his last lap time at 13.8 so it’s Touch and Go whether this
Is the last lap or not cuz he crossed the line with 90 seconds to go and his last lap was 90 seconds so it’s going to be very very close indeed yellow flags out at uh Hollywood I’m not quite sure for What Gap at the front is rush for in the lead by 4.6 seconds over Harper Allan 3.9 seconds back from him in third now gulford with no answer for Allan in the battle for third place and in fact uh closest battle is Fifth Place between the 84 of Matt Robinson and the
87 of Jack Triton they are very close together for fifth position Rush forth powering out to the s’s we’ll see whether the flag waves this time or not again he crossed the line with 90 seconds to go and his lap time was about 90 seconds so it’s going
To be very close as to whether This is the End going past some of the 250 Nationals as he approaches Godard oh goodness me a dive bom there from the 107 further back now is this the checkered flag is it not the checkered flag I can’t see whether the flag came
Out it did not so rushforth now on on to the final Lap 24 goes through then the 107 that was uh making Dives was uh Powell in the 250s in fact he made up three places on the last lap that’s a very impressive Hall of positions from Aaron pal the Bristol native on his Anderson chassis powered by
Honda way up in fifth within the 250 Nationals at the moment you see the rush forth there getting a bit taily just needs to get it home at this Stage see him emerging into the sun some cloud cover over at Copus bouncing over the curbs for the final time through the s’s only the Melbourne hairpin and godard’s left for rushforth some 8 seconds clear has made a very very strong impression in this race 49 slowing a that’s fourth among the 250
Nationals but your winner is going to be rushforth in the 24 rushforth wins in the division one and second place has changed hands on the last lap though has it no it hasn’t halfam has taken second but Allen was right there with him at the end of the
Race there was just 900s of a second in it on the last lap between Haram and Allen in the red 85 but Haram just held on the 101 has crossed the L has not crossed the line yet but will soon cross the line that will be the first our 250 uh Nationals
Home playing in the 101 the black and red machine I think he’s a few seconds away yet from coming across the line but that will be the first of our 250s home in fact there he is crossing the line now in the 101 to win in the 250 National the winner of the 450s was uh the number 13 that was Mark gatelli of Stafford well here’s Anderson KTM who won in 450s the winner of the 125s the 125 opens was uh the number 41 of Fletcher Hearn the winner of the 125 K Zs was the 643 of Oly
Holmes our leader has gone on for another Victory lap not quite being aware the race is over and second place also crossing the line again in fact that’s the third place VOR of Alan who has now crossed the line twice as well so I think some of them missing the flag there but
Uh to see whether or not everyone gets back to park F in time for a chat then with James and see the 144 one of many carts that didn’t make the flag that is Chris berson’s Raider Honda and uh as we’ve said the durability factor is key in
Super car racing and by the end of the race there are usually a good few screwed across the circuit 143 also did make it to the flag John 36 of Thomas Baldwin as well ended up in the gravel sometimes it’s Error sometimes it’s mechanical and just getting to the flag is the challenge Tom rushforth of course winning the race after we saw moley come to a halt Lee Haram just pipping Ross Allen to the
Flag for second place fourth place Andy gulliford ahead of Jack Kiton Matt Robinson in the 84 taking six head of Tom Hatfield of Brian Jones the first non division one machine the 250 National Le play in finishing Ninth Place ahead of Sam Hempel in the 35 Aaron Newell in 11th place ahead of
Thomas Baldwin Mark pasque and Michael Goff in 15th Place was Clemson in the 15 Lawrence in the 74 16 Barton in the 14 in 17th Von Gerard I think stopped in the last in the number nine 19th Place the 49 13 of gatelli rounding out the top
20 and uh we’ve already given you the class winners and that means we can take a look at some of the happenings in that race and there you see on the very first lap already some Ras never did quite figure out who it was that didn’t take
The flag in the end there I think it might have been vanz who ended up in the gravel on lap one we saw there moley slowing uh he came to a halt just before mcleans unfortunately his cart giving way mid-race distance and giving the lead over to rushforth in the 24
Rushforth took a commanding win ultimately 9.3 seconds clear he’ll have been disappointed not to earn it up against moley and uh we will now go down to park fer the number 24 is your race winner I imagine we’ll hear from quite a few drivers down there Tom Rush fourth our
Race winner no doubt among them to park f with James well hello welcome down to park f after what was an exhilarating piece of racing at John one of our podium finish is is hiding just the other side of the cage so we’re going to try and make our way over to find
Them I can see him there we spoke to him yesterday we speak to again Ross come here mate so sorry to Dr Ross uh must be happy with the top three finish in that race yeah it was a really good race had like a really good start and then to be
Honest like felt like a bit of a harsh move from Tom rash for and it had to sort of steer out of his way and then uh I got on the back foot and a few people toed past me and then uh settled in during the race but overall happy
Overall happy um we also saw you at the end there you had to pull off to the side and push the car into park f everything all right the machine yeah we thought we’d be close on Fiel and just coming out of the Melbourne loop on the
Last lap it ran out so feel well fair enough good to see that yourself and the C are okay congratulations Ross we’re going to try and pivot around and see if we can find Tom rushed forth in his number 24 cart but I can’t seem to find
Tom for the life of me because because his cart cannot be seen either although I think Lee is somewhere nearby Lee hapam Lee Lee hello sir second you must be pleased with that yeah it’s a good starts of the Season obviously brand new chassis uh so this weekend’s his first
One out with it and uh yeah it’s good I mean we’ve we’ve not really changed much since we’ve put it together and got it set up at the workshop and it’s it’s sort of proved pretty good so but talk to us about this lovely little bit of
Kit a brand new chassis you’re saying um how long has it taken you to put together well what dare I not ask probably about I don’t know 25 30 hours maybe um but a lot of the parts we’ already got so basically just Bing them on but there’s
So much to them to get them s right it’s it takes a lot of time and you really are incredibly low to the ground uh in these cars I spoke to Ross a little bit yesterday um your your bums are pretty much scraping this circuit for most of
The way aren’t they yeah pretty much only about an inch off the ground so you feel everything even run over two P piece you’d feel it living life on the edge well thanks for giving us the time to catch up with you do you know where
Tom rushforth has got to down in the pit Lane he’s down in the pit Lane well Tom rushforth is hiding from us so let’s see who else we can possibly grab in park fer we’ve got the time to and we’ve got the ability to got two guys talking
Rather intently about the race over here so let’s see if we can join them jents don’t be scared we’re going to come to you live on TV so be careful your moms might be watching um how was that race for you both for me much better than
Qualifying yesterday um the C tried to kill me yesterday so we made some changes and now hang on I did just say moms might be listening so and watching so be careful don’t say that you you you know you got a bit hairy yesterday we’ll go with that no
She’s definitely watching I even I even sent her the videos of it trying to do it yesterday so but how about the race for you sir how was that qualify my B yesterday R not got about of contact in the first corner and I lost down force
And I couldn’t go down cers at all it was trying to kill me that’s a sh well look two more races yet to come today uh does this race give you guys any confidence have you learned anything about the track so far for me obviously
We made a change to the car we can now actually go in between what we had and yeah I can definitely go faster for the next one and same to you fix my rear wing and I should go better yeah fix the rear I mean do you even need rear Wings
In these cars you go so freaking fast on the straights anyway and you got to slow down Stone R kers you need a real Wing to keep them fair enough I’ll take your word for it cuz I’m not getting back behind the wheel of one of these anytime
Soon jent thank you very much I’ll let you get back to to checking tire pressures let’s see who else we can find there’s more people talking intently around a lovely number 26 car uh guys I’m just going to come in the middle sorry to interrupt how was that race for
The both of you uh well I had a bit of an engine problem for most of it I uh couldn’t select GE but uh apart from that all right do you think we can get that fixed for the next two races I’m hoping so yeah yeah yeah we we’ll give
It a go and how was the race for you sir not too bad so the weather is dry which I can’t complain about so but no I struggling a bit of tie grip here and there under steering on some Corners over steering on others and hope we try
And get that sorted out for the next one should be all right what a imagine with the the slick tires that you guys run on these carts if there’s any sort of Grease or moisture on this circuit you can feel it in an instant though yeah I
Mean when went on the rolling LP to be honest there’s plenty of mud and gravel out there so as long as you can try and keep off that you’re all right just need to have a word with the other series that are racing here keep the track
Clean for you guys well Jens thank you very much let’s see who else we can potentially catch up with hello sir how are you I’m not too bad not too bad exhausted 50 minutes enough for me I think well let’s talk a little bit about these cars then you’re exhausted are
They really that hard to drive youve got to use all of your muscles haven’t you well I think everything from the uh the waist up yeah it feels like I’m used to cars which is a bit more uh bit more gentle bit more refined there’s lot more
Bumps in this circuit when you’re in the cast in the car so your your Bottom’s probably feeling it at the at the bottom of that seat isn’t it well going to say ask me this evening that’s a bit bit forward isn’t it goodness me but how are you feeling
About the the next two races that follow this one yeah really looking forward to that’s was my first ever super cat race it’s a bit more controlled in the middle of it than when you watch from the outside which is good news um so I was
Trying to chase down my my teammate olle he’s he’s very quick so just try and match his pace and try and be a bit closer to him next time well let’s try and have a word with Ollie can you see him around anywhere should we throw him
Under the bus your fellow teammate over there in the red white and black suit Scott on the back a he’s a bit too far away from me we’ll see if there’s anyone closer but thank you very much for pointing him out glad that you had a
Good race let’s have a venture back here hello sir how are you all thank you much indeed thank you very good pleased to see you nice to see you too did you enjoy that race uh yeah it was uh it was it was good with the uh obviously with
The dry track made quite a bit of difference to the handling everything uh much more enjoyable much more enjoyable we’re hearing that it’s a lovely lovely dry track but it’s a bit bit muddy bit gr a bit grassy in areas uh the other series are certainly making your lives a
Lot harder aren’t they uh you have to keep a good eye out for the bits where other cars have actually gone off and look for the uh you know for the mud track CU it is pretty skittish on some of the corners and the Straits as well
Yeah so you definitely have to look out for those without a doubt well thank you very much for talking to us after that exciting racing I mean let’s just take a look at these cars John and uh let’s just take a look at Marvel at their engineering they are fantastic pieces of
Kit and talking about fantastic pieces of Kit the pr66 classic T car race is about to get underway so let’s hear more about that and Adam who will take you through it so as you can see the pr66 ctcc cars are now heading out on to the Circuit uh this grid formed by
Yesterday’s race results however our race winner from yesterday of course isn’t here Tom Bell now in the 34 mini which means that the pole sitter will be the mighty Ford Falcon of Allen Green Hall the 4.7 L V8 muscle Barry Sim alongside him on the front row in the
Morris Mini Cooper the first of the cers is the 712 that is Peter mlo Smith d Lewis shares won the the second row in the 171 mini the second of the couras the 71 of Ian Thompson lines up on Row three alongside by Billy Kennelly in the
Number one Ford Anglia row four James everard in the so Alf Romeo Julia is set to start from row number four he will be alongside Kevin swan in the Ford Anglia however everard I see him out of my commentary box window isn’t there Ed Gibbs in the 102 on row five then
Alongside Jake swan in the 538 row six of the grid is Gary towns end in the 223 alongside ant Ashley in the 23 the mighty Ford Mustang with the same engine as the Falcon on Pole Position Edward Crossley on row seven alongside Michael Loveland in the first
Of the Hillman imps diminutive but fast those Hillman imps the BMW 1800 Tom Bridger on row eight alongside James Burrows in the 117 Adrien Oliver’s number 13 Hillman Imp joins Paul Clayton on row nine the number 62 the first of the Austin a40s Jim Henshaw uh is part
Of an all Morris Miner row number 10 the 96 alongside Eddie kroker in the 78 row 11 of the grid is the number seven of David Ellis that’s another Hillman Imp alongside Anthony wars in the 66 next up the 55 53 of Stuart Radford that’s a Triumph vitess and then Kevin
Wright is a Keith Wright sorry is next in the 68 the rest of your grid Tim dodwell in the 83 alongside Brendan Rooney in the 91 the next row Brian Redford in the 26 alongside guy Con in the 144 Foley Pat kenelly James ibbitson Tom
Bell and John Davis set to be the rest of your grid we might be missing a few uh through the order we’re certainly missing the Alpha from row four of James everard sadly but still a wonderful healthy quota of pre 66 15 minutes of racing ahead of us then and they get underway now for their formation lap Alan Greenhall in the imposing Ford Falcon at the front of the order a very different world 60s touring car racing versus what we see today engine capacities were anything but regulated you could basically bring on anything
You wanted there’s that Jaguar Mark 2 as well Guy con’s car what a beautiful machine there you see the Mustang as well Hillman imps BMWs Morris Miners it is a very exciting blend of Cars as you can see 4.7 L right down to 1275s in fact some of the Hilman imps I believe are sub one liter so the breadth of engine capacity is significant in fact let’s look what is the smallest engine in 366 see if I can work that out uh there
Are a few 1040s there a just over one liter Hillman Imp super that’s James ibbotson’s car yes nothing quite sub one ler in fact yes one sub one liter car Adrien Oliver’s hman imp is a 998cc so we’ve got one sub one liter car out there we’ve also got uh that Jaguar
Mark two there with a 3.8 L straight 6 we’ve of course got the 4.7 V8s in the big Fords The Minis are broadly 1275s or 1.3s the pr66 touring cars always evocative of that bygone era of the British saloon car Championship as it was called at the time so many of these makes and models were a big part of the BCC as it was known back in the 60s the Jagua Mark to
There of guy conu towards the back conu who often is a bit of a showboats man at the uh Goodwood Festival of speed as I recall we certainly don’t lack for minis we don’t lack for cortinas either course the cortinas a big big part of the British saloon car championship in
Uh the 60s Jim Clark and Jackie Stewart and Oliver and many more fabulous machines drivers out there in those ctin as the factory cars in the 60s Graham Hill might have also had a go in a CA at some point as well Alan Greenhall who did race in
Btcc in days gone by though is our pole sitter in the number 77 Ford Falcon the Ford Falcon will be the first to make the breaking Zone he’s got the power Advantage he will be the first one to turn one for sure however will he be the first one out of
Turn one with the Nimble Minis and the coras behind him that is certainly not a given Barry S will be looking for a good start from the outside of the front row in his mini of course they all run in different classes here the uh class f for the cers class
Class A for the big banger V8s and straight sixes Class C is where the minis and the Ford angliers converge but overall race honors are the coveted prize here in this pr66 race red lights on red lights off we go racing it’s a paor start from the 712 CA
It’s Greenhall who disappears up the road as the race gets underway but who’s going to be in second place looks like Billy Kenny has had a good start there from the fifth Row third row of the Grid in the Anglia the number one and I think May well be in second
Position or k con going sideways one of the Hillman imps also grass tracking there into the gravel trap at Red Gate but managed to push through and here you see s diving for the lead the nimbleness of the mini besting the Ford Falon through the Craner and the old hairpin
The rest of the field sorting themselves out it looks as though the 87 is the 117 sorry is slow that is Ed Gibbs it’s Sim who leads now he’ll be looking for a good run through Copus as the Mustang goes out wide there antley just clipped the gravel trap
There but continues on his way just behind the number 22 here comes the big Ford Falcon straight past Barry S the power Advantage firmly with the Falcon but the nimbleness with Barry S and this yoyo battle is probably going to be the story of the race Here Comes Green Hall again
They come very close there and it’s Green Hall that leads only briefly though cuz here comes s up the inside he just about finds a minis width in the 25 the first of the coras there in third place I believe is Thompson 71 he comes past and comes into the lead briefly
Leading then is the 71 but Barry Sim gets back through so it’s Sim who crosses the line as your leader Here Comes Thompson though the ca stronger in a straight line as well than the mini Alan Green Hall tries to come by again as well but can’t quite get it done
There your leader then is Ian Thompson in the first of the qu as the class F Machine here comes the 25 again up the inside s keeps firing back That mini is of course the strongest of all in the corners the Nimble it gonish design chassis see it there sideways through McLean’s a four-wheel drift is the fastest way through the corner sometimes there’s Kenny just ahead oh just behind actually I think that was uh one of the angliers of swan
I think so Kenny no no no that was one of the minis of course of bell that does mean that Kenny has dropped down I think a little bit he’s not quite exhibiting the pace we saw from him in the first race 712 is still there in the top five
After his four start Smith is up there he’s the second of the couras the first of the cers is your lead back to the front goes Thompson once again Ian Thompson and S are really fighting at Green Hall there with the rear end stepping out trying to get the
Power down early to get ahead of s but he can’t quite do it here then comes the 712 of Peter Smith to the inside CA hugging the curbs there mini around is outside is the number 34 and I’ve just clocked how much progress the number 34 is making the
White car in fifth place is Bell in the 34 Tom Bell who started at the very back of the order he was at the back because they’ve swapped the drivers around between races but yesterday’s winning car is now fifth overall having started outside the top 30 in fact he’s now
Fourth overall having started from outside the the top 30 and is now right on the boot lid of Aaron Allan Greenhall and that boot lid is probably the size of the entire mini Ford Falcon in third place but for how much longer because Tom Bell means business drifting
Through and here comes the drag race oh Alan Greenhall having a big sideways moment through Copus he’s going to get himself past Barry S for a matter of moment but s will again use the mini strengths continue in second place Thompson Sim Greenhall your top three and it is Ian Thompson in the
Lead down to fifth place has gone the 34 of bell there’s Kenny at the back of the leading pack oh guy con has stopped on the outside of Melbourne the Jaguar Mark I has come to a halt there on the outside of the corner is still on
The tarmac right in the firing line and unsurprisingly the safety car has been declared safety car has been declared there is Guy con’s 144 Jaguar Mark I hasn’t had a brilliant Weekend unfortunately it looks like his attempt at this second race has ended prematurely 8 and a half minutes of racing left to go and the safety car is out There is the 87 of James ibbertson the Milton Keen based hman imp driver with a bit of a front end damage there you saw the Bonnet loose on that car guy con you unfortunately being pushed away but thankfully I think this should be a fairly brief safety car period with the
Uh Access Road there at Melbourne of course this is how the cars come onto the track from the waiting area before the races so he will be wheeled to back to where he came from uh at the start of the Race see whether the safety car stays out I think we might have one more lap under safety car unless they work particularly quickly once again you see the variety of cars in this pr66 I’m delighted to see a BMW 1800 out there we don’t often see the BMWs in pr66 but Tom
Bridger has brought that uh lovely red 1800 no classer out so it was heading into the 1970s that the BMWs gained their distinctive M stripes and became the more revered performance cars of the latter 20th Century still idling under safety car conditions the safety car never came out safety car didn’t come out before the uh for the race leader so we’re still actually yet to see the safety car at the front of the queue but uh there it is now it’s now picked up the
Field ah and James ibbotson’s race may have come to an early end the bonnet uh not sure whether the Bonnet has uh completely escaped him but was there checking on the car clearly something’s a and ion’s race also coming to an early end 5 and 1/2 minutes left on the clock
Then one would expect it’ll be something like 3 and 1/2 minutes left next time they cross the line so whether or not that’s behind the safety car or going back in to the race I’m not certain but uh it’ll be a two laap dash if they do release them this
Time of course the 71 of Ian Thompson does have that power Advantage so the safety car restart will be a bigger problem for the mini of s Barry S of course with Green Hall on his bumper Alan Greenhall will surely drag past in the Ford Falcon on the main straight
All Eyes though will be on the safety car lights to see what the next move Is see the Austin a40s the Morris miners further back not the first cars you think of when you think of 60 saloon car racing but great to see them out there of course there were some mighty Morris miners in special saloons uh throughout the late 60s and
70s some rather large tired and crazy cars Bonnet completely off the 87 now yeah James ibbitson with some flare there don’t know if he knew he was doing that for the cameras but he was we’ll see whether or not he comes in or Not I suspect that uh suspect that his race is done for the day which is unfortunate we like to see ibbertson out there on track but uh today not his Day safety cars lights are out so we are going to go racing with two laps left to go we resume the action then and they’re all packed together and Thompson hasn’t gotten underway Thompson loses the lead Here Comes Green Hall but it will be Sim that leads it into the first quarter
Lots of close CL Close Quarters action there as they tried to go through the first quarter the 171 that was of Dan Lewis in the gray mini trying to get up the inside there but look at the two cars that have been swallowed up our former leader Ian Thompson down in fifth
Place and behind him in sixth is Alan greenle who’s getting bullied as he works his way down the order is something wrong with the Falcon it doesn’t appear to be quite up to speed I don’t know if everybody got the memo that the safety car was in but 2
And a half minutes of racing left to go and to the front of the order from almost the back of the grid is the number 34 Car Tom Bell started 32nd Place and he is now your race leader the 34 is your leader incredible stuff from Tom Bell 32nd to first
Through the s’s there goes the number 30 thought here is your leading battle then it’s going to be mini versus mini unless uh Peter Smith can do anything about the uh the two diminutive cars ahead of him in his CA I think this is going to be a
Straight fight though between Tom Bell and Barry S as we’ve said Tom Bell wasn’t in the car last time it was of course Joe Ferguson yesterday who won the race in that mini because he wasn’t in the car for race two the car was put to the back of the field for this one but Tom Bell
Has rectified that in spectacular fashion and is now leading oh the Anglia spinning in the back of shot there that was swan in the 539 I believe Kevin swan in a spin I don’t think anyone ended up colliding with him there but Kevin Swan did have a Moment so then it is Bell in the lead can Barry Sim do anything he would really like a win out of this he’s been fighting for the lead up against the big boys the bigger cars all day long and then sneaking up from behind Tom Bell has moved into the race
Lead they’re all so compacted together as the race resumed here comes the 712 here comes the Cortina up into second place it’s a late charge here from the 712 but Sim gets back past Peter Smith and Peter Smith demoted there by the 25 Here Comes Thompson in the 71 one looking to the
Inside Bell in the 34 looks like he’s going to take the win but the question is who’s going to be second who’s going to be third and who’s going to be fourth third place Ian Thompson second place Ian Thompson Barry S gets demoted by both cinas the cortinas muscle Barry Sim
Out of an overall Podium but your winner from 32nd on the grid will be Tom Bell what a race from him Thompson recovers to Second looks like he’s picked up a little bit of damage he’s smoking third place for Peter Smith fourth place for Barry S oh and a spin at the last
Quarter from the BMW Tom Bridger in a spin at the back of shot there at the very end of the race he’s had a bit of a drama thinks better of rejoining the track from that position and ends up doing a three fourpoint Turn 18 resumes but will’ll fall down the order the first of the Class E Hillman imps home was Loveland in the 22 but this is the story of the race your class C winner your overall winner Tom Bell from 302nd on the grid What a fabulous race that was here
In the pr66 we get a look now at some of the highlights of that race Kennelly early in the race was trying to fight as Alan Greenhall took the early lead a few cars skating across the gravel as well coming out of Redgate Barry S would move into the lead past the
Falcon meanwhile the big mustang would struggle and tastly trying to find grip trying to find a place to go he would ultimately finish the race in ninth place so it wasn’t a bad race at all from Ian Green Hall would get past on the long straight and then Barry S would
Fire back into the corners and through the breaking zones and that would be the story of the race for a little while the cortinas would soon have their say as well Sim really just finding a min’s witth at one point there through Melbourne this was on the very first lap
Of the race and this was where Ian Thompson started to take advantage he moved into the lead as the Falcon and the mini scrapped but then appearing in the rearview mirrors of Allen Green Hall perhaps unexpectedly from fourth place the mini of Tom Bell who’ come up from
32nd a safety car was out because of that stranded Jaguar Mark two of guy con and during that safety car James ibbertson also having an issue is hman him uh bump Bonnet uh coming loose and To a difficult conclusion for him but a lot of action in that one and what a story at the front with Tom Bell winning from the back of the grid Ian Thompson taking second place Peter Smith in the 712 taking third place Barry Sim after all of his hard work fighting for
The lead he doesn’t get an overall Podium he does finish second among the class seas in fourth Gary Townsen in fifth place Billy kellly in sixth Dan Lewis in seventh place Alan Greenhall winning Class A in eighth ahead of ant asley Jake swan in 10th Kevin swan in
11th Ed Gibbs John Davis and Pat Kennelly round out the top 14 the rest of your top 20 the first of the class ecars was Loveland in 15th Clayton in the 62 the first of the class D’s home in 16th Place Bedford Henshaw kroer and
Oliver round out your top 20 we can now focus in though on the pr66 drivers as we get some chats in with James down in park fer let’s hear from our drivers now well welcome down to park F John you’re going to have to come past this
Mini because this is the one that we all want to take a look at number 34 has gone from number 32 on the grid to winning the race to how exactly are you feeling right now uh good really yeah good is that is that all that you want
To say I’m actually a little bit emotional about it because um we lost a dear friend last year pet the Baldwin and this is for him really um it’s a big shock what happen and just the way he sort of deteriorated was just horrible really so this is for Peter and uh I’ve
Also been suffering myself with long Co so it’s been quite a battle the last two years but um yeah I’m just good to win mate you have driven amazingly today Pete would be beside himself happy for you because to go from you know third on the GD to First is an achievement eighth
On the grid to First is an achievement but to go from pretty much the very back to end up winning the race is just unbelievable and you know tell me about this car because this is the machine that’s helped you do it it must mean a
Heck of a lot to you now yeah we do it all ourselves so it’s um it does mean a lot me and Joe work a lot of hours on it and um we spent a lot of time over the winter we weren’t happy last year at all
Bit obviously myself and my health and a bit the car so we’ve worked hard over the winter and um yeah at the moment it’s good so uh hope it continues for the rest of the year really well mate thank you for sharing that with us congratulations on the winners low let’s
See if we can find the rest of the podium finishes starting with Peter Peter Peter Peter you got a bit of a smile you must be happy with second uh I think second or third not sure which uh yeah it’s good hard race for old man it’s a hard
Race well just just sum the whole race up for us because it looked like chaos from start to finish if you could sum up in one word what would that word be exciting exciting and the excitement does not stop there because I’m going to throw to myself a few minutes ago over
In the assembly area we’ve got the next mini Meo race ready waiting and ready to go for You well we’re down in the assembly area now ahead of the first mil Mia race of the day so let’s take a look in the assembly era see who we can catch up with and I’ve eyed him up already we’re going to go straight to Ben curn who’s
Standing by his lovely number 55 Ben we caught up yesterday it looks like it’s ideal conditions today compared to yesterday morning how are you feeling I’m feeling good I mean you know we’ll see how it goes I mean third third today so qualified actually well I say qualifi
Got good fast Happ in the end so was really pleased with that um got rert and Colin ahead with me when they’re all in the pack I mean any eight of us could could win this race so you know it’s going to be exciting race many would say
You’ve got the ideal track position going into turn one do you agree if you can get a good start oh is they always say you can never win a race the first quarter and that’s so so true in this you got you got and Ney won it he’s
Signed eth so you know he’ll be fighting probably in the lead but by the end of that one so it’s it’s going to be swapping positions all race long so it doesn’t really matter where you start it’s just where you finish thank you very much for your time but doesn’t
Matter where you start people what matters is where you finish and anyone can finish anywhere in this series Jeff are we right to grab a quick word how are you feeling ahead of this race sir H yeah good yeah yeah it’s definitely dry I think it’s definitely much D than
Yesterday morning that’s for sure should make for a much more fun race uh yeah I think we we’ve changed a couple of bits on the car so hopefully we’ll be a bit more competitive we can you talk us through those changes um no keeping your cars close to your chest
Not sharing anything give it give us a little tease as to what you might have learned from the last race then maybe uh ended up with a little bit too much grip basically from sort of uh on the rear of the car from mid race on so we’ve made
The old rations to to change that so hopefully we’ve not gone too far um so yeah that’s the that’s the plan we’ll be a bit quick a bit more change of Direction in the car now so should be good fair enough well I’ll let you get
To it with your pre-race prep Jeff thank you for your time let’s see who else we can find hanging around this area we’re just looking around I’m trying to make sure that John doesn’t get run over again because that wouldn’t be the best way to start I’m actually going to head
Over here making sure that I don’t get run over as well because sha King is in his vehicle ready to go so sorry Sean can we grab a quick word mate is that all right sorry to just butt in like this um how are you feeling ah of the
Race today yeah good I think at least we’ve seem to have consistent weather which is awesome it’s been a bit mixed the last couple of days have you uh changed anything after yesterday’s race ahead of the uh the one today no I’ve looked at what the Front Runners
Were doing uh just need to be a bit braver fair enough we enjoy it mate go well have fun out there let’s see who else is making oh watch your back John you’re going to get run over as Lee Roberts is backing into into his grid
Slot we got lots of cars starting to join us down here in the assembly area let’s head over actually now to the very brightly colored number five driven of course by Phil Bullen Brown so let’s see if we can grab him for a quick chat Phil you look very nervous
That I’ve come straight over to you how are you feeling ahead of the race um yeah I’m confident guys it’s this one I think we got the first race Jitters out of the way yesterday I think it was a great race very clean race from everyone
So yeah looking forward to today now we spoke to Jeff and he said that he learned a lot from yesterday he’s made a few changes have you made some changes as well to your car yeah I had a terrible start I think my starts are actually getting worse not better but
We’ put a load of sticky stuff in the uh in the floor and I don’t think that helped me find the biting point so uh we’ve got that so we’ve gone back with that and uh hopefully that works today hopefully fingers crossed we get a better start back to basic seems to be
The way to go uh give us a quick prediction where do you want to come today then uh if I could get on the podium I would be stoked I’ll see you for a Podium interview afterwards then mate go well I really want to try and
Find out if endf Owens is around yet but he’s still not in his grid slot currently so I am keeping my eyes out for him desperately looking around and I can’t seem to find it everywhere obviously the winner yesterday and he did very well in that race I’m just
Keeping my eyes peeled cuz yes as I say John there’s no sign of him from the outer pdic as well making his way into the assembly area but let’s have a look and see who else we can maybe jump in with actually speak of the devil no not
Speak of the devil I’m getting ahead of myself I’m getting ahead of myself John always doing this let’s actually try and jump in here with Joe Polly who’s just behind you in the this is a fantastic Livery John I mean just check this out Joe we
All right to grab a quick chat before the race how are you feeling ahead of today’s race yeah good yeah just still big learning curve for me so just getting used to it but yeah it’s a nice big grid so it should be fun yeah looking forward to
It excellent well I’m going to have to take your word for it cuz I can’t hear cuz it’s so loud around these cars it’s deafening down here in the assembly area and I’m still looking for end Owens but I can’t find him anywhere there he is
Here we go we’ll finish on this John we’ll wait for endf to pull up and park up because obviously he’s a man that I’d like to chat to today as he gives me a nice little smile and a thumbs up and just check out that right rear of
His bumper with the lovely little sheep and the Welsh flag on top of it as well that’s fantastic here we go let’s grab him quickly cuz he’s stupped out the car end so toy go Bend race yesterday is very good are you feeling happy today yeah looking forward
To bit of a battle but uh yeah we got an engine issue we had found some bits in the gear box about half an hour ago so it’s are those the gears in the gear box or other bits that shouldn’t be there bits that shouldn’t be in there so well
We’ll see see how it goes if we can get there well look you must have built up a lot of confidence yesterday and today the conditions are much better so can we see another win uh we’ll try we’ll try there’s a lot of quick cars in front of
Me so we’ll see thank you we’ll see you after us mate go well and well with that going to head up to Adam in commentary because whilst these cars are about to head onto the track he is the man with the mic to take you through this Race well drama already then we heard from endf Owens there and he is not rolling on the formation lap somewhere between the assembly area and the start grid he is pulled up that car is going no further seemingly in the race I think he alluded there to some gearbox issues
And that might be the cause Allan Greenhall was in the previous race so I won’t I won’t read that uh it is of course the number eight of Colin peacock on Pole Position Colin peacock on Pole Position rert de in second place the ticker underneath is giving you pr66 so
Don’t pay attention to that Colin peacock uh on Pole Position rert de in second Place Colin peacock in the number eight on pole rert de 23 in second Ben curn the 55 in third Phil ban Brown the number five in fourth Place Jeff Smith fifth I Curley sixth Aaron Smith in seventh place and endf Owens the number 12 in eighth place was meant to be there
But of course he will not be the top eight reversed from yesterday’s results as well so that’s going to make things very interesting Kane Aston from Ninth Place in the 11 alongside Martin Wagers 49 DK Damen Harrington the 29 in 11th sha King in 12th Place in the 89
Mark Sims on row seven the number 20 alongside Lee Roberts in the 94 James curn the 25 in 15th Place Steve Yule the 24 in P 16 Jeremy Crook in the number 70 will line up alongside Joe Polly in the 76 and row 10 Josh canning in the 36
Alongside Elliot Stafford the 44 Tony lay the 69 on row 11 alongside James Cuthbertson the 37 Gordon pook the 15 in row 12 alongside Larry W Ryan Taylor the 84 alongside Johnny Kent and Nick Paddy uh at the very back of the field uh we
See there that endf Owens has made it to the end of pit Lane so he might well try and do a pit start here we’ll see whether that happens or not hopefully his car is okay to at least take part but of course he is going to have to
Wait not only uh for the main class to go by but also the mini Libra cars that uh start at the back of this grid the first of which will be the 474 of Josh Evans Hugh Turner second of the Libra cars the 1 two3 the rest of your Libra
Class just quickly 219 of Richard curn the 595 of Julian Proctor Lee Stanton’s 133 is next alongside Ian Fraser in the 127 Peter Hills the 26 uh on the grid slot next to Philip Harvey the 113 and at the very back of the grid Kieran Edam in the one to
One Anda Owens will of course start from the pit Lane by the looks of it I imagine he’ll be released after the second grid goes through so he’s going to have a lot of work to do over the course of this 20-minute race don’t expect the wildest of heroics from him I don’t
Think he’s going to get anywhere near an overall Podium but he’ll do his darest to work his way up the order few cars still finding their grid slots then 20 minutes of mini millia racing about to get started it’s Colin peacock at the front of the order in the
Red number eight on the inside of the front row ruper de is next to him will it be one of those two that leads into the ver corner or will it be someone’s bringing a surprise from further back we find out now as we go racing for the second time this weekend
In the mini7 mini millias Dunlop mini challenge with mini spares with their first race of Sunday of Saturday and it is Colin peacock that leads the way around the outside roof at De trying to find a way he’s not going to do that there everybody streams through the first
Corner and it is the number eight that leads the way a great stream of cars running through the first few Corners number 71 going through there one very well turned out car there in the hands of Larry W but look at that at the front of the order it’s peacock leading de Under
Pressure here from the 55 the 55 being Ben curn the number one Aaron Smith already up to fourth place though so he’s going to be one to watch in fact make that third place he’s got a nose ahead of rert De as they go side by side
For third position on the run down the exhibition straight towards the S as they come and through there into fourth position as well goes Jeff Smith by the looks of it Jeff Smith has gotten past Aaron And now down To Fourth up to fourth place has gone Jeff Smith as well so he’s ahead of Aaron and could yet challenge rert de there as well who looks like he’s under a little bit of pressure liking the petrol head perfume backing on one of those cars in the Midfield Colin peacock leading the way
Though across the line for the first time it’s peacock from curn from De your top three then it’s Jeff Smith Aaron Smith in fifth position sixth place is the number five of bullan brown bullan brown in sixth position oh but Ben curn there C stepping out under
Power and look who’s coming to the front rert de fighting back here he might well have the lead he’s got the inside for the old hairpin he is in the lead and following him through into second place is Jeff Smith so peacock getting swallowed here Aaron Smith now trying it
Too he gets a good run gets up into third place and has more momentum than Jeff Smith or rert de he may well be up to second place yes he is Aaron Smith up to P2 making short work of dad Jeff oh contact The Smiths are in
Contact sounds a bit like I’m talking about an 80s and oh gosh that was very close to side on side contact Aaron Smith did very well to get out of the way there in the nick of time rert de your race leader then Jeff Smith tagging Aaron’s rear
There that will be a point of discussion I’m sure uh after this race number five car of bullan brown there just about holding off the advances of I think that was the 46 no that was the 49 sorry of wager the 11 of Kane Aston trying to go around the outside of
Wager Aston May well have gotten through there that’s for I think seventh place now yes it is it’s de from Jeff Smith the top two it’s Jeff Smith trying to go for the lead here oh and Ru just squeezing there to make sure that Jeff Smith couldn’t get
Side by side with him coming out of Redgate it’s de from Smith from peacock your top three Ben curn all over the back of peacock fifth place is Curley in in the 98 Ian Curley sixth place is the number five Phil bullan Brown Jeff Smith trying to
Find the car’s wit to play with and rert de isn’t offering them up Voluntarily top four starting to break away a little bit I think peacock and curn are actually making quite good time on the leaders here as Jeff Smith Goes to the inside and takes the lead away from rert De Jeff Smith up to the front then top four all scattering apart and
You see there Ben curn has managed to get past peacock as well so curn up to third place oh but peacock slowing peacock slowing the number eight started on pul position and will end on the exit of the Melbourne Hapin Colin peacock out of the race then that means that Ben cin can focus now on trying to get involved with de and Smith in the battle for the lead Kane ason is up to Fourth position they’re dropping like flies ahead of him he’s making good
Headway as well and he is now up to P4 Curley and wager fighting out for sixth Position through the old hairpin we go then curly just ahead of wager Harrington in eighth place U and Polly round out your top 10 the first of the Libra cars is the 474 of Josh Evans he’s well into the overall top 20 already Here Comes de in second
Place getting close there to the rear of Jeff Smith now Ben curn got a better run out of Copus than rert de so let’s see whether deth is still in P2 by the time they get to the s’s he gets a toe off the back of Jeff Smith of course almost
Three wide into the s’s it is Jeff Smith that continues to lead the way Smith from de from curn speaking of the Smiths Aaron Smith was in 19th across the line so he did continue after that heart in mouth moment contact of course with Jeff top three running through The final couple of corners it’s Smith deth and curn and it is curn consistently the quickest of the three as well he has the fastest lap of the race actually last time B was a bit slower but they’re all much of a muchness on Pace ultimately and I tell you who might
Be a factor Kane Aston Aston looks to have really good Pace you see the number 24 of Ule just ahead of the 76 of Polly I think it is um Polly in the 76 with the the perfume backing on the rear of the car Joe Polly see the rest of the field screaming through somewhere in there is the 4 set 74 there
Is the 474 car the banana peel yellow of the class leader in Libra 474 the leaders though are side by side again as rert Smith rert Smith Rupert de gets almost past Jeff Smith but now here comes curn and here comes Aston it’s three wide for second place and it is
Going to be Kate ason no contact de gets swung around into curn Bull and brown involved in that as well de got hooked there on curn and ended up skidding into Kane Aon as well and Kane aon’s Mighty effort to start F fighting for a Podium has come to an End and there is the number five as well so Brown has also stopped three cars have come to a Halt well I imagine that a safety car might well be imminent that was a major impact there here’s a replay of the moment then let’s have a look deep into the side of Aston there he got hooked on curn and then Bull and brown ended up tagging de for good
Measure I think de would have been able to carry on without that last impact but that has changed the face of the race significantly Jeff Smith is your leader the safety car has now been put out as expected the safety car has been deployed rather expected that the safety car would have to
Happen there you see Kane aston’s car being pushed away bullan Brown has also abandoned his machine Bill Bullen Brown and Kane Aston both out I think also ret de could be out of this race as as well well did De carry on De did in fact carry on
So ah no he didn’t he has not cross the line again so rofer de also out of the race well three of our Front Runners then out in one Fell Swoop now one of the story lines to watch for now in the remain of this race will be the progress of Aaron Smith
Aaron Smith the defending Champion 12th overall and of course lost a lot of time in that collision with Jeff Smith earlier he will Now be in the pack of course everyone will be in one long queue 10th Place Aaron Smith now as well so he managed to get to 10th I thought he was in 12th he’s actually gone up to 10th place so not only is Aaron Smith back in the top 10
But he’ll now be back in the lead pack as everyone will be I wouldn’t put it past Aaron Smith to do some heroics here someone we haven’t touched based on is endf Owens and unfortunately endf Owens race came to an end early he uh is missing out there so endf Owens I think
Uh whatever issues he had have continued on and endf Owens is missing around the circuit as well so the car we expected to see from eighth on the grid the winner from yesterday follows up his victory with a nonf Finish so then your top 10 Jeff Smith at the front Ben culvin in second place up to third as a result of all of that drama is Ian Curley fourth place now for Martin wager fifth place for Damen Harrington sixth place is Steve Yule Steve Yule in sixth place
Who started from 16 so he’s made some good progress Joe Polly is next then it is sha King the rest of your top 10 Cuthbertson in the 37 who started in 22nd Place and now sits in ninth and Aaron Smith who of course lot a lot of lost a lot of
Positions fell outside the top 20 after his collision with Jeff Smith a little earlier in the race Less than 6 minutes left to go then I’m yet to see the safety car lights I don’t know if the safety car lights are still on or off at the front of the field safety car lights are still on and the Marshals are still working so looks
Like one more lap under safety car by the looks of it I think that’s because there’s some fluid down from one of the retired cars you can see the cement dust on the Apex of Melbourne so a slip an ultimate Corner could be an obstacle as
Well still got one car stopped as well bll Brown’s car I think it’s going to have to be craned away because I think the suspension was the main loss to that car in the Collision so that is not able to be pushed away see that philb and brown is among those trying
To see what to do with the car Milli mini million Machines of course really wonderful little cars it’s always a shame to see them damaged it’s a communal padic I’m sure that should he need anything going into next weekend they will make sure he gets it and gets back out there
This is of course the second and final race for the mini millias this weekend we’ll have the sevens the slightly more stock minis out there a bit later we’ve had a nice sunny day so far and The Spectators have flocked in here to Donnington Park it’s Touch and Go
Whether we’re going to see more racing with buam Brown’s car being towed away now I think we might be good for one more lap and that lap will be an absolute Dash uh if we do indeed get it I don’t think there are any further um
Issues to rectify for the Marshals so I think with 3 and 1/2 minutes to go we should see the safety car in this time we’ll wait and see whether the lights go out on the safety car but if they do a one laap dash in the mini milliers is
Going to be an end of the seat experience if ever there was one of course I was saying before that I thought Aaron Smith would uh be a factor from 10th place he’s not going to be able to make up that many places one would think from 10th if we only have
One lap I think the big question is going to be whether Ben curn can challenge Jeff Smith safety car lights are still on and in fact with 2 minutes and 48 left on the clock we might just get two laps we’ll have to see when they cross the line to start if they
Are going to be able to start this Time keep an eye on those safety car lights next time we see them if they’re off we should be back racing if they’re not they are still on and I wonder if that means no more racing ah the lights are off the lights are off on the safety car we are going
To go for a onlap dash in fact it might be a two laap dash time here is a 149 so we’ll see whether it’s one lap or Two let’s see the time that the car crosses the line that’s going to be critical whether this is one or two laps it’s going to be a one laap dash one laap Jeff Smith has held the field up and that means he’s just got one lap to defend from Ben curn
Here Comes curn around the outside isn’t close enough there but he tries to cut inside carries a lot more momentum through the first Corner through Redgate the top two have broken away from curle it’s going to be Smith versus curn then for the win curn the only party left
From that Collision down at Melbourne a few laps ago Jeff Smith leads Colour second curly and wager your top four ahead of Harrington it’s still the 47 four of Evans that leads among the mini Libra cars but Ben curn is going to be the primary adversary here for the 46 of
Jeff Smith and look at it it’s close for third place as well Curley and wager now if both of them get through Copus cleanly they could yet be a factor for the lead battle as well but I think they held each other up there trying to go side by
Side Here Comes curn trying to find a way past Smith any way he can he to the outside for the s’s wager looking for a Podium here Dives up the inside and will move into third place what kind of run has curn got as they approach the
Melbourne hapin he’s trying to go to the inside Jeff Smith cutting him off Smith just about gets the car stopped for the Melbourne herpin Smith from curn from C from wager your top three curn has one more breaking Zone to play with and I don’t think he’s going to get past Jeff Smith
Oh Curley goes for the inside he gets himself up into third place it will be Jeff Smith that wins it curn takes second Curley third wager fourth Harrington rounding out the top five ahead of Ule in sixth Polly in seventh King Aaron Smith and Cuthbertson rounding out the top
10 but a win for Jeff Smith win that he will be delighted with it looks like one car may have had some issues there towards the end of the race I think that’s one of the uh Libra machines the 183 car I believe that is the 123 of H
Turner you fact know that was Lee Stanton in the 133 knew there was one and a three in there Jeff Smith is your winner though a great result for Jeff now of course he did have that moment with Aaron Smith earlier on whether or not uh
That gets brought up post race or not I don’t know Family Affair yes but um Aaron could still be unimpressed uh Colin peacock of course was your early leader side by side with rert de in the first few moments of the race de from the outside of the front row briefly
Into the race lead and Jeff Smith would follow him through into second as Colin peacock began falling through the order this was the moment between Jeff Smith and Aaron Smith and looking at that a second time I think Aaron was leaning a bit too much to the inside there and he
Did very well not to get sideswiped there that would have been a much worse time indeed if Aaron Smith had been collected there Jeff Smith though fought to live lived to fought another day got past rert de Kane Aon was also making good progress as Colin peacock slowed up his
Race coming to an end early unfortunately after fighting well in the podium position this was the three car collision rert de into Ben goldurn unfortunately he then got slung into Kane Aston as well Phil B and brown collecting de as well this would lead to a safety car of course
At the very end of the race with wager up to P3 it was Ian Curley who made a lunge for third at the very last corner at the Godard te pin but no one could get him get ahead of Jeff Smith Ben Colin did his best to try and
Steal that win away at the end but it was Jeff Smith that claimed the win Jeff Smith winning the race head of Ben curn Ian Curley and Martin wager third and fourth Daven Harrington in fifth Steve Ule in sixth position Joe Polly Shawn King Aaron Smith and James
Cuthbertson rounding out your top 10 ahead of Lee Roberts Nick Paddy James curn and Tony lay just behind them in 15th Place was the first of the Libra cards Josh Evans he was the first Libra Home Stafford in the 44 16th Crook in the
In 17th Place war in the 71 in 18th the second of your Libra cars the 126 machine uh that was Peter Hills coming home in 19th and the top 20 rounded out by the 36 Josh canning so then with that race in the books and with one fly looking to get
Some sustenance from that flower we can now go to another flower it’s James down in park fer he’s got our drivers let’s go to him well it’s fair to say that mini Mia never failed to disappoint us and today was no exception because what a race start to finish drama and lots of
Excitement to enjoy as well let’s grab the race winner Jeff Smith Jeff how are you feeling right now sir that was pretty good it was pretty hectic race I must admit um sorry to Aaron but already got the undercut on him at um at Copus I
Taged the back end of of Aaron and I don’t know where he finished but put him sideways so not intentional but it was underneath him look sometimes it’s about making those Brave moves that leads uh to winning the race uh just a quick word then on how you found the weekend as a
Whole obviously this one the last race of the weekend just sum it up for me H really busy it stepped up a whole another level mig’s has you know it’s a massive grid and the Front Runners are all you know it’s so close between us all should we expect more the same of
You in the second round yeah I hope so excellent enjoy the celebrations we’re going to try and find now Ben cin and his number 55 here he is spoke to Ben Before the Race as well of course Ben so sorry to interrupt guys can we just grab you quickly obviously
Finishing second we spoke before the race about what you would be happy with and you’ve only gone and bad yourself a Podium yeah exactly I mean well the first time actually I’ve read the championship in the Mig so I’m really pleased with that and for the first
Weekend so you know uh we’ll carry it hopefully into Cadwell how are you feeling about this piece of Kit you know first round is always about you know maybe getting rid of the teething issues finding out what language your car speaks to you as well do you feel like
You’ve got to hold on this piece of Kit amazingly I think I do because we actually only got this out of the shed on Tuesday you’re lying no no honestly we only got out on Tuesday we’ve been so busy at work with the team westle Motorsport we’ve all been doing amazing
Job they have but yeah so to get it out that late and you know no no testing we had we had problems all day on Thursday and just you know get the results we have today it’s been absolutely amazing well congratulations mate you have finished with the we’re going to try and
Find the final Podium finisher in Ian curly Ian sir I’ll let you have a quick Swig of water you know driving driving and racing is of course a very treacherous sport very exhausting as well especially in these uh little things but just sum it up for me how are
You feeling after that race yeah pretty good I’m uh I’m a bit knackered actually yeah I’m not surprised like as I said these These Little Vinnies they’re quite hard to throw around tracks like this especially for a full 15 20 minutes yeah I mean we’ve got um an FIA storic which
We do an hour racing and and that yeah comp P myself for an hour that’s all right but the steering’s a lot heavier on these and um yeah it was a cracking race um there was a fair bit going on in front of me and um yeah so I’m I’m happy
To grab third really and so you know finishing with a podium in the final race of the weekend does that give you a bit of confidence going into the rest of the season maybe another couple of rounds we’ll see you on more podiums yeah definitely I mean um we’ve been
Three months solid building the car it’s only turned a real few times before this weekend so uh now between now and Cadwell we got a month so we can do a proper days couple of days T in and um yeah improve things really well let’s admire the car that’s just behind John
Our cameraman now actually it’s a fantastic little bit of Kit and it took you three months you’re saying to put that all together yeah it’s a no inshell and then um between Christmas and New Year I sprayed it and then um I’ve got a fantastic group of friends around me and
Um yeah we we the effort from my team and Kad for the engine was immense so um yeah three months solid hard work awesome well thank you very much mate enjoy the celebrations of that Podium finish but let’s head all back to the assembly earlier area where earlier on I
Was able to catch up with the pre 83 93 and super Tor guys ahead of their Race well welcome down to the assembly area ahead of the pre 83 pre 93 super tours classic touring car race goodness me that is a mouthful where the main headline here is that there’s only one super tour taking part it’s Alex Morgan in his Astro and he’s currently not here
That’s his Pole Position slot but as you can see behind me there are still plenty of cars hanging around and one of the people standing outside the front of his car is none other than Stuart white who many would argue is starting on pole position because uh Alex Morgan will
Certainly be in a race of his own uh Stuart best of the rest many would say but actually it’s Pole Position ahead of the real race behind Alex Morgan how do you feel yeah looking forward to it should be should be good Shame Shame there’s only one super tour out but um
Yeah we do what we got to do in this in this one and look the conditions are Beyond ideal really for you guys especially in a machine such as this talk to me a little bit about this uh lovely car because John it looks beautiful as I’m sure it does on your
Camera and everyone’s been admiring it at home Stewart um how long has it taken you to put together have you changed anything ahead of the new season not really uh had an engine failure last year so had to put an engine in it over the winter um and then once that was
Done decided to change the colors for this year and and that’s about all I’ve done really just could get it working again and finally before I let you get back to your fre race prep give me one thing you learned from yesterday you’re going to carry into
Today uh that the guys behind uh could be a problem if uh if they don’t get tangled up in too much but uh we’ll yeah we’ll take it as it comes fair enough well good luck to enjoy the race let’s have a a Wander over to pretty much just
The other side of where we were stationed just now cuz there are a few people that I’d love to be able to have a chat with one of them being Michael in this beautiful silver cut purple uh Jaguar Michael how are you feeling at of today’s race yeah all right all right
We’re good so all right all right uh have you changed anything going into this race lots of people have said they learned from yesterday so they’ve changed you know tire pressures they’ve changed a few niggly bits here and there that they don’t want to talk to us about
Because your racing drivers are very secretive so can you maybe share a bit of insight for us um I’m actually more open I have got a secret weapon I don’t mind sharing with you um so I’ve I’ve assessed the car after yesterday’s race and I’ve decided that actually the brake
Pads might work better with brake pad Compound on rather than just on the backing plates cuz that’s actually it turns out how I was racing yesterday not ideal really that one Michael so a safety thing more than anything to be honest but but with that in mind are you
Hoping for a much stronger race today um honestly I don’t know it’s it’s I think if these boys get a clear running away from me the car their car stop turn so much better you know I could lose them um especially with my car starts to really punish oh but look there’s some
Lovely long straights here at Don where you can uh you can certainly you know put the beans down yeah yeah we can do we can do we we’ll certainly try and make their lives hard where we can no doubt well enjoy it Michael enjoy the race and just enjoy the view of this
Wonderful Jaguar let’s see who else might be amiable for a conversation I’m having a look around looking to see who might have their door open we have got a door open the Jager Meister car of Graham Myers Graham I’m just going to slide in here with you is that all right
Very quickly just a quick word from yourself sir ahead of the race how are you feeling number one well I’ve driven the car for two years until a couple of days ago and I haven’t even tested so we’re a little bit further back than we’d like but we’re going to try to make
Up some more more spaces today and um see how it goes basically but confidence will come with more laps behind the wheel surely I’m sure it will yes that’s the thing so it’s nice day for it anyway we got a good grid so it should be enter entertaining to The Spectators and just
Before I let you go back to your pre-race prep uh give me one part of this circuit where you feel like your car comes into its own is it strongest in a way well obviously the BMWs have got bit of a grunt on the straight so it
It that’s the truth of it um they’re a little bit heavier than some of the other cars but the straight is where we make up the time really to be quite honest awesome well thank you very much for your time sir I’ll let you get back
To your pre-race prep let you get back to getting ready for the man is so well with that in mind we’ve spoken to the drivers the excitement is reaching a palpable Point here in the assembly area so we’re going to hand up to Adam who’s
Going to be the man with the mic to take you through it all once Again so there then the next grid out on circuit the pre 83s the pre 93s and the super tourers uh in the ctcc of course the super tours yesterday uh had a few issues a few notable issues the uh Ford Mondo of AJ Owen didn’t take the start unfortunately his
Car let go on the formation lap we had unfortunately the uh the wheeler premiera into the side of uh the Honda Accord as well on the first lap and then at the very end we lost uh the lovely Honda Integra the ex Dan esar from 2005 um on the formation lap the a
B so it seems that uh we haven’t got any Super touring presence now uh on this grid because the only car that survived and indeed won yesterday was Alexander Morgan but he is not there so I don’t think we’re going to get Alex Morgan uh that means then that our poll sitter
Will be Stuart w the first of the pre 93 cars the BMW M3 E36 uh next up Kevin Willis in another of the M3s the car 95 the 36 of Shawn Morris will be next Ian Bower doesn’t appear to be there unfortunately so Ian Bower uh will not be starting uh from
The next row of the Grid on to the next page then Terry Davis in his M3 the number 70 uh Ste even primet in the triple one car the uh Ford Escort is the first in the pre 83s he will start from row six Michael Seaborn is next
Alongside Jonathan Corker the xjs and the datson 510 Mark cholan the 81 alongside gram Meyers in his M3 Simon Jeffs in the Golf GTI alongside William Davidson in his E30 BMW Tom Harvey always a bit sideways and a bit Lar he will line up on row 10 alongside Bob
Bullen next up it will be row 11 of the grid Bri Byron aldus in the 37 alongside Stuart Kai who we saw out earlier on in Boss Nick Williamson in the Rover sd1 on row 12 Colin Claxton alongside him Peter Balck on row 13 of the grid Carl Shri on
Row next to him in the Triumph Dolomite and then at the back the order another Dolly Mark Osborne should be there orbe it he did come to a halt early yesterday so I just hope that car is out there I don’t think I see either of the Triumph
Dolomites actually taking the start so unfortunately we are down some triumphs but otherwise we are okay a lovely grid then of pre 93s and pre 83s and we’re now seeing Alex Morgan seemingly with a break issue so Alex Morgan’s car being tinkered with at the moment the ex
Turkington X Tom Chilton Factory car from Triple Eight Is unfortunately not having a great time at the moment we’ll see whether that car can get out there again certainly looks like they’re working to try and make it happen this is the only car assigned to the super tourers element of the grid of
Course it’s not a super touring car in spec is next btcc machine however but it does look as though that car is uh potentially in a bit of trouble let’s hope that he can at least take the start if he has to work his way through the order that’s going to be very
Entertaining actually so that could be quite good but with just the one car left from the super touring entry that means that this race is going to be focused on the pre 883s and the pre 93s the e36s of course taking the headlines in the pre 93s the BMW
E36s the second generation M3s but Steven primit will be one to watch as well in the big Escort primit C so famously uh fast in Pre 83s I’ve lost count of his championships but he’s won a lot of them uh over the years keep an eye as well on the shell backed uh half speeed escort as well with uh young Mr Harvey at the wheel he
Knows how to Pedal that car that much is for certain and you’ll see it sideways more than a few times I suspect over the course of this race the number three car Tom Harvey will be one to watch you just see him three shot there in his escort mark One so then 15minute race coming up for the pre 883s and pre 93s they don’t have to do a standing start because uh the super tours normally have a rolling start there aren’t any super tours left to play with them but we’re still getting the rolling start let’s see then
Who has The High Ground into the first Corner Stuart weight is always fast people be looking to try and get past him before it’s too late it’s weight on the inside into the first Corner as we go racing looks like the E30 BMW further back is a little bit slow Davidson in
The 17 but it’s weight that leads looks like Morris going for second place there in the 36 at Shawn Morris uh even on the grass a little bit there I think coming through Hollywood but uh has to settle for third place behind the 95 of Willis so it’s Stuart weight from
Kevin Willis at the front of the order the 93s and the 883s blending further back you see there a Rover sd1 followed by a Volkswagen Cado this is the only place you’ll see that this weekend it’s probably the only series you’ll see that in Europe to be honest there’s Steven primit in fifth
Place overall he’s the first of the pre 83s there is uh mark cholan on the back of Tom Harvey further back as well Mark 2 escort versus Mark 1 Escort four BMW e36s in the top four then the pre 93 leaders are your overall leaders as expected Steven privet though
Really showing his skills ahead of so many theoretically faster cars in his mighty Mark 1 escort there is your battle for third place between Willis sorry between Davis in the 70 and sha Morris just ahead of him so Terry Davis looking to try and get an
Overall Podium out of this in the laser tools pre 93s here you see the cars powering out of the first Corner through Redgate see there that at the top of shot Steven primit is being pursued here by Jonathan Corker now traditionally Corker is the biggest Challenger to Steven primit in these races as Tom Harvey expectedly sideways look at these cars all through the order the Triumph Dolly there trying to get up the inside
Of Stuart kais Capri as well but this is the battle for the lead in Pre 83 and Jonathan cker is closing in on Steven primet this could be very very interesting datson 510 versus Ford Escort mark one two very different shapes of car the datson 510 of course was a a big
Time success in racing in the US and in Japan the escort was a very prominent fixture in Saloon and rally racing in Europe two very different cars but Jonathan Corker is every bit as quick as Steven primet so this is going to be a very very intriguing
Scrap I do enjoy how um begrudging the two ones appear uh in Steven Pit’s car he’s got the triple one entry this year rather than the number one but he seems to put it on the car begrudgingly it’s just a bit of tape there’s the 17 the E30 Corker very
Close to the rear of Primet great battle here between Corker and primet let’s see if Jonathan Corker has the pace he’s certainly closed in on pret but getting to the rear and getting past to two different things and of course they’ve also got to worry about Meyers in the number nine and the BMW
From the 393 grid just following them as well could become a bit of a factor for Corker if he’s not careful corker’s car maybe dropping off a little bit there the BMW getting through now is something wrong with Corker or has he just allowed the BMW through to try and pursue it he’s
Slowing down certainly he’s dropped off the rear of Steven primit now is this strategy or is this a problem I’m wondering if the orange BMW the Jager Beamer just wonder if that car has been allowed through by Corker with the thought that he might go and trouble Steven primet course that car is not a factor in the pre 83 race so it doesn’t matter if Jonathan Corker lets him through
There’s Tom Harvey we just saw in shot as we return to primit in the Mark 1 escort he Powers uphill with a nice advantage and here comes Corker back to the inside of Myers in the nine so whatever corker’s ailment was that slowed him down he clearly didn’t let Meers through
Intentionally cuz he’s gone straight back past him of course in a straight line the E36 will be quicker but then Corker with the straight line or with the breaking Advantage the lighter car gets through the corner Quicker top four still covered by about 5 Seconds up ahead side by side action between seabo and cholan going on as well the big xjs holding off Mark cholan in his Mark 2 escort that is a rs2000 escort there is RO resty one I think just locking a break a little bit going
Into the first Corner in fact no there there’s more smoke than that the uh smoke screen is coming out of the Rover sd1 but sadly it’s not James Bond at the wheel uh it is uh instead the uh Nick Williamson car and I dare dare suggest that that could be
Terminal there you see the big xjs the Purple Machine still with cholan all over the back of him cholan braver on the brakes as a light a car but seabo isn’t going to make it that easy for him and now Simon Jeffs maybe sensing some opportunity Simon Jeffs with the mark
One golf that car isn’t as strong in a straight line as the escort of jolon but uh it’s very well driven and it’s a very well poised chassis as well so around some of the twistier sections of the circuit Jeffs can get closer your overall leader then as well as your pre 93
Leader here Stuart weight as you can see Willis in second Morris in third tailing it through Stewart weight there you know what I’ve seen a BMW E36 do that before on a roundabout anyway Vox lastra coming back out or coming back in actually I think the car’s been out
There to see if the system is working if the the breaking issue has been resolved but unfortunately Alex Morgan’s race has concluded Early so there is the end of Alex Morgan’s race I didn’t realize he’d actually gone back out there the Vox alastra sport hatch is sadly coming to an end Ford Escort rs2000 of Jolan is proving to be the main adversary to Seaborn in the Jaguar xgs but of course he’s also got that
Featherweight golf behind him Jonathan Corker has been closing in on Steven primit and it’s safe to say he has now caught back to the boot lid of Pit’s car so the pre 83 lead is once again under contest both of these cars are in class C so it’s class honors as well the
Overall win in Pre 83 of course they’re fighting for fifth in the overarching race standings but the pre3 class stands on its own here to the inside comes corer what a move I wasn’t expecting him to do it there just Dove to the inside caught Steven primit
Unawares and through into the lead goes cker that datson 510 is such an impressive car Steven primit has I think been begging for some competition in these races sometimes he’s been so quick he’s just left everyone else behind but that datson is big competition for Steven
Primet your new leader in Pre 83 then is the datson 510 the 83 car of Jonathan Co Meanwhile we’ve had Simon Jeffs get past ah the 81 car has had a problem Mark cholan has dropped eight places nine places cholan I don’t think has crossed the line oh cker oh very very sideways there through Copus and that is the opening that primit needs to fight back
Primet side by side with Corker is going to have the lead in Pre 83 by the time they get to the s’s he does but keep an eye out through this section for Mark cholan cuz I think his car has come to a halt somewhere around there keep an eye
Out for the blue and white 81 escort that was previously fighting with Seaborn and Simon Jeffs here they come up the hill towards goddards the one and the 85 having a good scrap here Corker going wide into the corner to try and get a good run down the main
Straet and he did definitely get a good run he’s visibly closing in on the bootl of the escort once again great scrap here for pre 83 honors the top of the order in Pre 93s is under shade so we’ll continue to focus on this battle for the pre 83 leaders Jonathan
Corker stalks the rear of Steven primit he’s already shown C he’s already shown his strongest hand by diving up the inside at Godard he’s not going to get to that opportunity a second time with a driver like Steven primit primit left the door open once at goddards he won’t
Do it again so he’s going to have to work out something else I think what can Jonathan Corker do to try and get back past Steven primet 2 minutes and 45 seconds of this one left to Go and Jonathan Corker in the slipstream both cars seem about equal in terms of straight Line through towards the Melbourne hairpin we go they will start the penultimate lap This Time by and will it be Corker that leads them onto the penultimate lap it is he gets through there at the melbo haid lovely driving from Jonathan cor got a good run out of the s’s I didn’t
Think it would be a good enough run out of the s but his breaks are so strong in that datson 510 it seems that oh St primet there puts on a full slide coming out of Godard there is the Martin bat Capri that is the number 24 car
Of Peter bulck Jonathan cker Jonathan cker has a problem what’s happened to Corker goodness me this race in pre3 has been dramatic and as soon as Corker gets back through the car lets go the 85 datson is out of the race and after fighting valiantly against Steven primit Jonathan Corker gets no reward at all the Rover sd1 smokes its way into to
The garage again so Williamson in the 60 Nick Williamson is in final lap of the Race that’s number one stewart weight on the final lap leading in 393 Running through to WS mcleans for the final time he’s 4.2 seconds clear of Willis it’s going to be a fairly clean run home here for Stuart weight who has looked unimpeachable this weekend in the BMW cross Friday and Saturday this has been the car to beat
No one has been able to show the same race Pace as Stuart weight he’s got one lap Pace but having both one lap and race pace is a much vaunted thing pretin fifth place overall continues to lead in the pre 83s is now uncontested with Jonathan
Corker parked up on the side of the road but it will be Stewart weight now rounding the final Corner that will take the race victory for the second time in as many races Stuart weight crosses the line and he is your race winner Willis takes second place the number 95
Car taking second third place for sha Morris fourth place for Terry Davis it’ll be a long break now until the fifth place car in fact there is Steven primet in the back of shot running in fifth he will win pre 83s of course he stands on his own I’m not so
Sure though whether Simon Jeffs is going to hold on to the pre 83 second because Harvey was closing in on him at a rate of knots the number three blue and white Court the other mark one was right on the back of the Volkswagen Golf last
Time across the line and I just wonder whether we’re going to have a late change on the 383 Podium because of that Steven primit is showboating his way home to The Checkered Flag but again I just wonder if we’re going to have a change in the order
Within 383 for second because the golf was under under a lot of pressure Steven per crosses is the line to win in Pre 83 there is the big Jag oh goodness me that was a bit too much show voting from Seaborn who wins the pre 93a class and
It is going to be Simon Jeffs that holds on he was very slow on the penultimate lap of the race he has been smoking a little bit but he still crosses the line to finish second among the 383s ahead of Tom Harvey Harvey finishes just ahead of Bullen in the 169 and
Aldus in the Volkswagen Cado finishes first in Pre 93 class D uh finishing in 10th position overall everyone has now crossed the line everyone who is remaining only 13 cars took the flag ultimately in the 883s the 93s and the sadly persona non gratus super touring element of the
Grid Stuart weight is your race winner then in the pre 93s as well as your overall winner Stuart weight the BMW E36 M3 E36 M3 the favorite platform certainly in Pre 93 remember in days of your the 93s and the 03s would often end up together
You’d see the ep3 Civics the likes of AJ Owen uh getting involved in the battles some replays then of this race it got started as it would go on with Stuart weight in the lead however things were a lot closer in Pre 83 as Jonathan
Corker was a thorn in the side of Steven primet Corker would on a couple of occasions find his way past only to then fall back you see them bouncing there across the curbs Corker Dove to the inside there of the number nine BMW and then did the same move on Steven primit a
Couple of laps later almost a dress rehearsal on the BMW for the big move Corker then would be back ahead but then he would lose the rear coming up towards Copus car just got light underneath him too much speed into the corner he very well to catch the slide but it would
Mean Steven fit would get through one of the Triumph dollies ending up in the gravel U at one point as well I think that was shri’s number 14 car ending up in the gravel Jonathan Corker would lose out to Steven primit but he would then dive back to the inside at the Melbourne
Head he’d resumed the lead but only for a couple of Corners before the datson 510 seemingly let go coming into Red Gate the car looked fine but then pret was given the inside the 85 car would peel off onto the grass that would be the end of the
Race for Jonathan Corker your race winner though in Pre 93s Steven we Stuart weight sorry taking the win Stuart weight in the 3 93s on top once again two wins for him this weekend Kevin Willis taking second Shawn Morris rounding out the overall Podium ahead of Terry Davis Steven perit the
First of the pre 83s home ahead of Michael sorn the class a winner in Pre 93 Simon Jess and Tom Harvey rounding out the 83 Podium uh next up Bob Bullen Byron aldus Stewart Kai Colin claton Peter Balck and Jonathan Corin taking us down to 14 Corker classified
14th even though he didn’t take the checkered flag which is a big sign of the attrition we saw over the course of that race a few drivers did make it home though thankfully and those that have gotten to the checkered flag are now down in park fer so we’ll go down to our
Pit reporter James with our winners I love the the smell of exhaust in the mornings it it invigorates me it brings me alive and that race was certainly alive and well also let’s try and find the winner Stuart waight his BMW stro away to Victory here at donton
Stuart I’m so sorry I’m just going to interrupt you again what is it with everyone checking their tire pressures are for these races uh first of all congratulations and how are you feeling right now uh good it was a good birthday present um oh well happy how old have
You turned Stuart uh 24 yeah that’s it that’s excellent excellent and um let’s talk a little bit about that race because you got a really good start and then from there on in I’m going to say it was clean sailing but it probably didn’t seem like that to you because you
Did start to stride away I wouldn’t have said it was CLE clear sailing um Kev Kev was keeping me honest um he was he was keeping in touch a bit I was only pulling him a little bit a lap um but you’ve only got to get caught up with a
Bat marker and and that gap’s gone but um car wasn’t quite as good as I liked it as the first race it was a bit loose at the rear and the brakes weren’t brilliant so having to manage it a little bit but um yeah all in all good
Excellent and so how does this feel you going into the rest of the season you know this is round one you’ve won one of the races as well which is a big achievement so it must fill you with quite a bit of confidence for the season ahead yeah um the the car’s performing
As it did last year so that that gives me some confidence uh we’re going to some tracks that we’ve not raced at before or not raced at for a long time so that could throw in another mix we we don’t know but uh yeah at least you know
The car’s on the pace well do congratulations on your first place we’re going to try and catch up with the rest of the grid Uh Kevin Willis in the number 95 finished in second and oh actually we’ve got second and third together having a chinwag jet can I just
Get you to actually turn around face John that beautiful man there with the camera let’s have a chat about your races Kevin you finished second how are you feeling about that tired no brilliant absolutely brilliant the race started great I could see Stewart you know I didn’t I thought he’d pull away a
Lot more than he didn’t but cuz I had the sight I could just on and keep going well he said he kept he kept him honest so it was good driving from yourself you must be pretty chuff with the race yeah I’m over the move of the year to be
Honest but sha was the threat really CU I could see him just there all the time to near the end and managed to make a gap then sort of took the pressure off a bit and and the flag came out Sean you’re staying very quiet but I am going
To come to you next uh how are you feeling about that race much shame was Kevin really yeah it was a brilliant race it was a well once we sort dropped in the formation after the start I obviously tried to give Kevin a run for
His money off the start line but he uh managed to hold it down for criners but no fall in the formation and it was good though we found some Pace some timing St wasn’t quite as far in the distance as he historically normally is which is a
Positive so look look we got the full we got the full Podium grid here with us oh John this is fantastic come on come in let’s let’s get a bit Cozier because um actually I’m going to do it I’m going to embarrass you Stuart um let’s sing happy birthday for Stuart everyone Michael
You’re nearby come join us we’re going to sing Happy Birthday for uh for Stuart on the count of three everyone there we go ready 1 two three happy birthday to you happy birthday to you happy birthday hey dear Stuart happy birthday to you and Stuart to go with that you’ve won
Yourself a race that’s fantastic stuff um how do you feel now that we’ve all sung to you also mightly embarrassed but uh can I can I just add um it’s this man’s third ever race meeting and he’s done bloody well for not being racing at
All um to to be up with with us like third ever race you’ve kept that awfully quiet for me why on Earth have you done that because that’s a stellar performance cuz I don’t really want to talk about it no look you you’ve done fantastically well is it the confidence that’s come
From like being around these guys more on a more regular basis In fairness we’re all friends we’ve all I’ve known him 20 some years I’ve known him nearly as long it’s we’re all from the same area so you made that sound like it’s such a chore yeah I’ve known him this
Long I’ve known him that long is it can’t be much of a chore cuz they’ve helped you get to where you are now well they dragged me into this so I got to stay in some beond aren’t I so bril sorry guys I’ll let you get to your
Podium celebrations I’ll let you enjoy your time um I’m actually going to try and chat to Steven um cuz he’s also wearing a first place cap as well Steven you look pretty exhausted after that race pretty tired out yeah well don’t know struggling could Jonathan was was
Was a bit too quick so I was and I you know I fluked another Wind by looks of it so but look I mean it was it was a cracking race to watch it was a cracking way to end the weekend I mean you yourself must be very impressed with
Your finishes and it gives you heaps of confidence going into the rest of the year well it does but we need to find something my looks of it because D’s fast so you know you want to keep him in your rear viw mirror yeah preferbly it
Was Bloody hard to try and give him a rear view mirror but um he kept making little mistakes and I nip back through again and then he get in the lead and then he make a little mistake and I nip back through again and then then then he
Pulled off so I’m not sure what his problem was well look you you enjoy the celebrations enjoy the journey home as well we’ll see you in the next round um I’ve got another Podium sandwich for you John come on guys come around come around other side of me come on no no
Sandwich sandwich have you not had a sandwich it’s not a toasty we’re not going for topping on top of bread um guys that was a great race to watch um How do you feel about it person let’s start with you cuz you came second how are you feeling about it yeah great it’s
Um it’s nicer to see people finish and we had a few people um go by the wayside because of reliability which is a shame because there were some quick cars out there um but it was good fun and good clean racing and we’ve all Come Away with undented cars which is a massive
Bonus you sound very surprised about that and a little bit Shar no we always like that that’s the best bit Yeah excellent and and for yourself uh you’ve got the podium trophy show it to the camera mom prob watching at home I know mine is so how do you feel yeah it’s
Pretty much what Simon said to be honest is a rise of attrition um unfortunately Mark Mark and the AR 2000 and um will in the E30 they broke down quite early on um but you’ve got to be you got to be you got to be finishing to to get
Anywhere haven’t you you know um we’ve had a lot of trouble with a car over the past couple of years but I think it’s starting to come together but means a lot well Jens I’ll let you enjoy the celebrations with your silver we enjoy the rest of the weekend as well
Thank you for joining us for that race but the action does not stop here at Donnington Park as Adam is about to take you through what’s left in Today well here we are then moving on from the classic touring cars towards the brick car trophy championship for some of the slightly lighter GT cars as well as Saloon cars a big strong grid of cars for this one the FR and green Janetta the number 43 car Steven frest
And Ben green your poll sitters it will be Ben green taking the start in that car Row one of the grid alongside will be the Bolin Mason seak CRA that is to be started by Simon Mason expect him to be very quick rad two at the grid the
BMW of sapra and bransom that will be started by Brian bransom the E46 MW M3 that’s a very quick car uh skilo in the 47 is next maritzio skilo for data Motorsport then it’s Axel van nine in the geneta G56 he is joined on Row three
By the number 17 of Seb Dubois on row fourth the Grid it’s the Kent Bradley and Lewis Kent sharing their Hyundai veloca on row forward the grid the number 10 car is next that is Lee Goldsmith for Jeff steel racing another solo driver the number four Marco
Anastasy is next the number seven car of Rob ellic rounds out the overall top 10 he will be running in class two uh as opposed to class one on the originally published entry list row six of the grid an all row two starting uh grid here
This is the m240i BMW the number 68 car uh from uh the team Brit stable that’s Cosby and Silva uh and then alongside them is Tony Whitney with his SW engineering Porsche 911 row seven of the grid is the first of the cleos there’s a
Great many of them the 88 car of Morris Henry taking the start in that one alongside is the number one Harry renold starting before taking over or handing over to Rees Lloyd row eight of the grid the 19 6 uh on row eight Tucker and Halstead on
Row eight as well coin and Neville on row N spers and Georgio on the 14 and the 10th row will round out the top 20 Harrison and Jenkins in the 89 and Tomlinson and Shanks rounding out the top 20 in the 16 car however as cars
Arrive down on the grid we can throw over to Ian Waterhouse we haven’t seen Ian in the intro since the intro where has he been let’s let go down and see let’s hear from the brick car trophy grid hello everybody yes welcome down to the start finish right here at non2 Park
The first race of the season for the brick car trophy Championship it’s going to be an exciting one as well just 2.8 seconds separates the top nine class one cards that’s going to be exciting and of course defending Champion ree Lloyd in the Cleo cup he’s lines up second place
In that class and I can tell you just one second about less than a second separates the top four there it’s going to be an absolute cracker look the cars are just lining up now let’s have a quick look shall we uh here we go on Pole Position Ben green behind the wheel
Off the Janetta here I wonder if we can just very quickly run in grab a quick word with Brian Sans I don’t know if we’re going to have a chance we’re going to have to jump off let me keep talking though as we do get off the grid not a
Lot of time unfortunately at all but almost time to go for just 50 minute race of course mandatory pit stop as well let’s just turn the camera around we’ll stay here as long as we possibly can as everybody Sprints off so we got a
Janetta a set cou with Gen one and a BMW 1 2 3 that is going to be very excited indeed the TSR Mark Jones Rob ell are on poll in class 2 and the team break no Cosby in Ash Sil on pole in class 3 and
Of course we’ve got hyro in the Cleo cup let’s get out of here because we’ve been told to go Adam over to you this going to be a cracker we’ll be in the piss so then the cars are on the grid we are almost ready for Brit car trophy
Action we’ll run through the grid the last few bits of the grid the 22 car of Dar flock is starting from row 11 the Rena Cleo cup Gen 4 car not in the Cleo class incidentally um that car I think in a slightly more advanced State Of Tune he’s alongside Gooding and
Greens Soul nidal greens Soul uh arriving in brit car trophy with David Gooding that would be a very a very quick car running in class 2 row 12 the Janessa G40 of turnball alongside a fun Cup car that’s a rather unique addition to the grid and it will
Be in the hands of Dave faroh and Martin biford within class uh three he hereif Shaw and McDuff uh on the 38 car BMW 1 series and say lons uh at the back of the grid of say Lon in the hands of the 213 team James Shanks and George Chester master I
Believe he also known as George at GCM the Tik Tok star I think has over a million followers over on the old Tik Tok platform uh and he is making his racing debut alongside James Shanks in the 213 so then 50 minute race is about to get uh back out
There there is the 213 car that I just mentioned with the georia GCM at the wheel uh the pit window in this race will open 20 minutes after the start and we’ll shut with 20 minutes left to go so the middle 10 minutes of the race will be our pit window
Here great variety of cars though at the sharp end the Janetta G56 Academy car has been uh favored in this series often at the top of the order but we got some competition today fun Cup car unfortunately starting from the pit Lane as you can see uh so Dave faroh who’s at
The wheel of that car right now Martin bford always very quick though he’ll make up some ground later in the race so then 50 minutes of racing about to get underway here in the brick car trophy there is that 213 car with debutant James Shanks and Jordan GCM geord Chester Master 50 minutes of action will begin when the red lights go out Brit car trophy begins its 2024 season now we go racing and it’s a very good start from the front row of the grid oh one of the BMWs having a moment there not quite
Sure which car that was that looked like the 41 potentially having a moment there few cars the circuit as well is that hyai Velo oh and one of the janeta is off the circuit as well we’ve got cars everywhere The Velo the Kent family car off the circuit I think Marco Anastasia
Potentially the Janetta off the circuit a few of the Cleo cup cars getting in amongst it with the class 2 Machinery your race leader is the 43 Ben green at the wheel of that cup there’s the rest of the field streaming through the first of the cleos there all
The way up in seventh overall as everybody picking their way through there you see the Renault Cleo of Dara flock further back as well that looks like a newer Cleo than a Gen 4 actually you see there the BMW diving up the inside the 41 car
It’s uh I think oh no it’s number 40 car sorry the f80 M3 diving up the inside there of the 47 of skilo that M3 is looking a little bit worse for wear after going off the circuit on the approach of the first corner now cooling
Could be a problem with all of that grass in the front of the car as well but for now it’s up to second place that car is understand it’s h prepared by Kevin Clark and uh you can see the grass uh is all over that car’s front
End I have to imagine the temperatures are going up very quickly in the cockpit of that car it was Axel van nedine actually that came to a halt there in the Jetta at the top of the Craner so van nine unfortunately with a problem your order then at the end of the first
Lap is Ben Green in the race lead he’s 4 seconds clear already of Brian Branson in the inter sport BMW M3 f80 oh but off track has gone gold smith gold smith in his E90 has gone straight oh goodness me and finds a a bump on the way in as well oh
One of the Cleo spins out in sympathy as well that’s the number 12 car of Alex Neville into the gravel mile a minute stuff going on here action in every direction I think we’ve had a change for third place as well du has gotten past uh skilo for third Place sko is down a position then your order then Ben Green from bransom from skilo or from DuBois now in third and then skio in fourth Goldsmith has fallen out of fifth position as we saw ah and into the pits comes Brian Branson so Branson in the M f8 M3 the
Only recently superseded M3 is unfortunately in the pit Lane and the safety car has come out there are many abandoned cars around the circuit van nine here at wood and there as expected is one very toasty race car the grass now being pulled out but I dare suggest that f80
M3 is already rather too hot to continue playing ball can see the smoke billowing that car is not going to be happy the Veloster is also in as well so the Bradley and Lewis Kent Hyundai has also ended up in the pit Lane and of course they can’t do a
Mandatory pit stop this early so that is an additional pit stop and you see the 10 car also dragging itself in with what looks like a damage suspension on the rear despite the Big Smoke the 40 car is heading back out there and will remain
On the lead lap we get a replay then of the race start now what happened with the ca you can see how the grass ended up in the number 40 cars Grill but we lost the ca from the front end and it was because of contact with the high and
Ey veloc it ended up in the gravel as we saw at the time the seak ca is still running and is in sixth place with the Sim Mason at the wheel and I expect that car to work its way through the order once we go back to green flag Conditions Goldsmith ending up in the gravel as we saw and then coming back onto the circuit found the lip of the runoff area and damaged his rear suspension on it that car I don’t think is going any further and as the Cleo scattered Alex Neville ended up in a
Spin and got himself beached in the gravel and safety car was out there safety car was out because of that and uh they’re looking at the suspension damage on Goldsmith’s BMW a big shame that we’ve lost Lee Goldsmith from this race in his E90
M3 fact is it an M3 or is it just an E90 I don’t know if it’s the the full fat V8 M3 or not but uh an E90 for Sure Alex Neville turning the car around and will more than likely continue on the car looks okay the dragon sport Renault it’s unfortunately a lap down on the rest of the Cleo class now because of that uh of that drama one of the cars you can see further back is the generation five Cleo in the hands of Dara flock the 22 car and you can see there that the 40 car
The interport BM W being a little bit held up I think under safety car conditions here by the seak ca SE Lon they’ve got to uh catch up to the safety car que of course for it to be of any benefit to them there is the fun Cup car as well
Right in the back in class 3 I don’t know if we’ve actually seen a fun Cup car in Brick car trophy before but uh it is an interesting addition isn’t it to see how the fun cup cars compared to some of the other stuff out there safety car lights still on I
Suspect we’re probably going to get one more lap on the safety car I don’t think they’ve cleared everything just yet but maybe if we’re lucky we’ll go back to racing this time in the pits again is the hyai veloca looks like some engine issues for Bradley and Lewis Kent unfortunately
So the Essex bodies back to car the Essex and Kent Motorsport machine he going no further of course the Veloster was uh the American H andai touring car for a while but they then entered it into uh into the never green 24hour and it was also entered in goodye tour in car
Trophy as well for a while by the Kent believe that the safety car lights are still on and yes the safety car lights are off actually we’ve gone back to racing we didn’t see the lights go out but the racing resumes with the number 43 car in
The lead Ben green then is your race leader Dubois second and look at this working through already is the Simon Mason car Simon Mason up to Fourth position Simon Mason in the seak ca is working his way through the order L we forget he was a front row starter here’s the class
2 battle as well the TT of Rob ellic Cleo leaders on the cusp of the top 10 as well with uh the leading of them being Harry Reynolds so green we’ll be watching in the mirrors as everyone disappears behind him dubis in second skilo behind in third but I think the main threat is the seat in fourth place the seat CA of Simon Mason oh and a change for Class 2 lead briefly the TT gets through there but
Then loses out through the s’s so Rob ellic uh side by side for Class 2 honors with the BMW m240 of Noah Cosby so this is the class 2 lead scrap going on at the moment and it is TT ahead of m240i at the moment surprisingly uh the Tony Whitney
Porsche 911 isn’t really a factor in that battle at the moment but we’ve had a jade for third place and as anticipated the threat in that top five is Simon Mason in the Sim Dynamics racing with Jabba sport uh seat Cpra the COA Lon to give it another name of course the uh COA brand is now superseded SE in the marketplace battle the Third in Cleo continues on and meanwhile I understand that Ian Waterhouse is down in the pits and we can head to him right Now yeah hello bu welcome to the pits wow what a chaotic start that was trying to make a little bit of sense of it first of up if you’re wondering why the fun cup started from the pit line EDF card Dave faroh Martin bord it was a loose alternat alternator that’s why
This went out from the P they did start on aultimate row anyway so it didn’t really have too much of an impact but that opening lap utter Carnage wasn’t it here we got Brian Branson behind the wheel we’ got J SAA here we saw it come
We saw it right at the start didn’t we go across the grass I’m just going to grab a quick J very quickly what’s up with the car obviously we saw go off on the grass the grass he got on the front yeah and I think he heated it I think
Pip something so it’s done I think it’s done oh no got squeez onto the grass didn’t he by J well thanks for talking to us anyway J I appreciate that of course we had a couple of other cars coming in we saw the goldi racing car and unfortunately
Looks like Lewis and Bradley Ken looks like their day is done as well plenty of action to go Adam back to You so then Dub with increasing pressure from behind here 5 Seconds off the lead already just a couple of laps post safety C which I think it is going to be Simon Mason that proves to be the main adversary Here obviously we’ve seen there that unfortunately Jas for saa’s M3 is going no Further saw that f8 M3 in the pits there with Ian waterhous and that car already with two visits to pit Lane 6 and 1/2 minutes until the pit window opens as the class 3 Battle is looking very interesting at the moment this is Battle for third uh in class 3 at the
Moment you see there Caleb Duff at the wheel of the team Brit BMW now that car should have the legs on both the fun Cup and the geneta Machine but of course both the funcup and the G40 are purpose-built race cars the BMW 1 series is not so a very interesting Dynamic
Here watch the BMW I think it could well be quicker in a straight line the fun cup certainly seems to lose out a little on a straight line to both the Janetta and the BMW but a very interesting dynamic in this scrap that’s for second in class three
The winner the leader in class three at the moment is Dar flock in his generation five Westborn Motors Cleo there you see the battle for third in cleos I believe this is but no this is the lead battle is this thead battling cleos yes it is Reynolds in the number one car smoking a little bit by the looks of it as he’s being pursued by the 88 hyro
Motorsport entry of Maurice Henry we’ll hand over to Hadley Simpson later on 4 and 1 half minutes until the pit window opens with 30 minutes to go in the race the pit Lane will then get very fraught and very busy very Qui quickly cuz there’s only 10 minutes to serve the
Mandatory pit stop in this race here’s the battle for second then as dub seems to have control of this battle for second right now I thought that Simon Mason May close in and pass quite quickly but that’s proving not to be the case the 213 car is possibly going to be dispatched quite
Quickly here by this battle for second place indeed it is George at GCM being put a lap down there in the macg racing s Lon there goes gilio p as well in fourth overall Anastasia rounding out the overall top five and there has been quite a bit of attrition so far in the class a category of course we lost the hyai veloc Goldsmith had his troubles earlier on J sappa of course the f8 M3 is in
Strife so only five front running cars left in class A class one I should Say understand that Ian Waterhouse is down in the pits with I believe Greece Lloyd go down there to Reese now with Ian let’s go there now takes over is going to be the everybody Welcome down to the pits let’s go down to Dragon sport it’s been a good
Start for them here is r lloy of course with Harry Reynolds who’s in the opening s his first time in racing action in the car of course re defending Champion perfect start yeah good nice and close looks good um yeah it’s going to be ni
Tech is it it’s going to be such a tight set in a clear class as I saying actually before just one second separa the top four but that’s how you like it isn’t it that’s what you want doesn’t it just adds complexity these gam the pit
Stop I mean this bit stop is cral to the race really I mean which is intense where you can probably gain four five seconds on Stu so this is where it’s going to be one I think and just confirm normally when we come down to Dragon
Sport you’ve got one of the team just as a a dragon or somewhere out that’s not the case today uh not this weekend but next time fantastic re thanks so much for talking to us let’s just keep stay with us if we can if we just move down a
Little bit as well CU we’ve got Travis here and it’s been an eventful start Travis how are we doing quite quite eventful start uh yeah not a deal I mean P’s got once to start I think yeah the first but um seame what happened there but we’ll see
If we can make some places back up so yeah still a long way to go and of course another race coming up later as well TR best thanks for talking to us really appreciate it Adam back to you there you see the Porsche 911 running in class 2 That’s Tony Whitney
Of s SW engineering and here Porsche 997 as you can see that car is fairly stuck it is a conver Road car as those two cleos ahead are purpose built race Cars see those cleos class leading battle it is uh Harry Roberts Harry Reynolds sorry in the front of the order right now but getting a little bit held up there by the 213 say at and that’s going to lead to a challenge for the lead here here
Comes the 88 Here Comes Maurice Henry but he couldn’t quite get to the inside and of course they’ve got that Porsche 911 potentially playing spoiler as well very exciting scrap then for the lead that has just gone up another notch and watch the Porsche on the main
Straight that car is going to be a lot quicker in a straight line than the Renault as we see the class leader in class two the Advantage has built now with the number seven car ahead of the team Brit BMW here comes the Porche getting itself between the two
Cleos now that’s not going to work in favor of Maurice Henry is it it’s a battle for position and a battle across two classes the cleos and the Porsche 911 of course the cleos will be quicker in the corners perp built purpose built racing passes much lighter car as well
Even though it looks larger Porsche 997 in Road trim I think that’s a C2 911 that be a 3.6 L engine but it is a lot more powerful and that means that Harry Reynolds may lose out to the 911 on the next because he hasn’t really lost the rear of Harry
Reynolds uh as they approach Copus and I suspect that uh Whitney is going to get past Reynolds the other clear on the straight 43 car of Ben green powers on at the front of the order and up the 911 gets through so the cleos can resume their
Scrap with the porser of Whitney through but Whitney of course through the corners with no arrow on his car to speak of it’s going to be under a little bit of threat but uh I think the ducktail Porsche will Scamper away now with two blasts to The godard’s Hairpin and then
Down towards Redgate at the end of the lap pit window is open 22 minutes into the race so the pit window is now open let’s see how quickly people start to dive for the pits there’s only a 10minute span of time in which they can make their stop so
They’re going to have to start doing it pretty quickly the third and fourth place cleos have both pitted uh so the number 87 car has pitted that is Tucker and holstead Andy tuckle will hand over to Nick holstead there is the dragon sport car the 96 in as
Well it is Sam Nessa heading over to Jack James and the BMW E36 the 179 car in a spin that’s the E36 M3 there in the hands of uh David Gooding Nigel greensaw set to take that car over but he’s going to have some work to do after that spin for David
Gooding green Pro driver a very quick one at that Gooding being coached by Green Sal and Jeff steel racing 16 Cleo going through there sixth in class currently in the hands of Kieran the macg Run Rena Cleo replay now of the spin for Gooding just lost the rear seemingly of that E36
BMW back to live pick and the battle for third place swinging in favor now of skilo who I thought had been dropped thoroughly by Simon Mason but as the race goes on and those front tires on the front-wheel drive CA are ever more labored it looks as though maritzio skili has the Advantage the number 34 Car just being being overtaken Pharaoh in the fun Cup car and faraoh ends up in the middle there between two combatants in this battle for third Simon Mason going a bit wide into the corner I think that front axle isn’t quite giving
Him the grip that he would like at this stage the front wheeel drive Cooper of course puts its power through the front wheels does its steering through the front wheels and I think think it’s getting a little bit difficult now to get that car around some of these
Corners which is not a good sign because we’re only at Mid Distance through turn one we go in the battle for third place and 25 minutes and 20 seconds of this race to go we have 5 minutes and 15 seconds the pit window left to go as well so expect all of these Front Runners into the pits on either this lap
Or the next I would Suggest there should be three more opportunities for them to head into the pit Lane your class leaders at this stage then as you can see on screen class Cleo for sorry the C Renault Cleo from class Cleo they have their own class the Cleo class second place car is in Maurice
Henry is into the pit Lane so that leaves Harry Reynolds at the front and while that’s going on down in the pit Lane the class 2 Team brick car no Cosby sat there at the moment with our inid pit reporter Ian Waterhouse Noah Cosby fresh out of the car let’s hear from
Him right everybody Welcome down to T Noah Cosby just handed the car over to Asher Silva let’s just have a quick chat with him and from c1s to the BMW at the team Brit Noah how was that experience a bit different from the C1 right yeah bit
Bit different from the C1 um so much so much more fun and uh B an introduction into you know I guess you can say proper racing but um yeah I absolutely loves it and that felt like it went by you know a blink of an eye yeah it does isn’t it
The race almost going to blink of an eye don’t it but because you got another race coming up later what did you learned from this session that you’re going to take into race two uh be a bit more easy on the tires uh especially in
That BMW it kind of Lights them up a lot so and I started to feel that instantly you know halfway through my stint he was starting to get a bit sketchy in quite a few areas so I think look after the tires a bit more and just take it easier
No thanks for talking to us mate best of luck for the race thank you cheers Adam back to You and unfortunately while we were talking to Noah there the 68 car is slow the car that was leading uh well in second in class 2 before the pit cycle is very slow indeed I don’t know if it looks like maybe the left front corner might be a
Bit low no not really I think the car having some kind of other mechanical grein but nonetheless the m240i is not going to go any further is it into the pit Lane comes the BMW oh stays out on the circuit but I’m not really understanding why when it’s this slow it is
That is the 68 car of Uh it was Noah at the wheel it’s now Asher Sila of Course very very slow around the circuit the all of the leading cars are now in the pit Lane apart from dub in the 17 so Ben green has pitted and is handing over to Steven frle so the lead car will now go to Steven frell maritzio skilo of course is a solo
Driver so he’ll continue on his way unabated but uh will have has have to come into the pit Lane just like everybody else at the 17 car Seb duu also solo of course and he’s the only one left out there he will have to pit this time it’s a pit within the
Window oh and a slowing car as well that’s The Number 96 is it yes the 96 car is slow that is Jack James who has taken that car over and with it stopped that close to the apex of the old hairpin that is definitely in the firing line
You can see smoke as well from the under the Bonnet that car seems unlikely to go any Further Here Comes Your inherited race leader then Seb dubu will come into the pits this time he has to pit window will end in 30 seconds but as long as you’re in the pits before the window ends you’re okay 43 car back out Steven frle now at
The wheel let’s see if he can match the culating pace from Ben green and ah dar flock is heading back out on the circuit and judging by the mud on that car it’s been out somewhere at some Point 43 car then is heading back out onto the circuit green heads back out onto the track this car should come back out as the race leader ultimately Jack James still sat there on the inside of the old hairpin on the grass the green flag is still there ah now James is just
Starting to roll the car Away Jack James rolling meanwhile the 43 janeta has been handed over from Ben green to Steven prestel which means that Waterhouse has immediately jumped on to Ben Green Let’s have an interview with the driver who dominated the first half of this race at the front right everybody welcome back to
The pit just down here we got Ben green let’s go have a quick chat with him of course started race on pole positioning in the sentury in sgm Janetta Ben quick chat if we can I’m so sorry it was it’s been such a chaotic sort of 20 25
Minutes I haven’t really caught up with you but uh you came in from first fairly uh fairly straightforward for you yeah it was good fun um bit chaotic at the start I kind of looked to my left and saw a TCR car closing in on me and
Thought Oh I’ll move a bit away and then looked to my right and saw there was a BMW on the grass so it was a bit crazy to begin with but um yeah after then kind of settled into it and just uh pulled away that’s it you handed the car
R now that’s it got another race a little bit later as well and and now just just keep it on the keep it on the black stuff right that’s it yeah that’s the plan told Steve that so uh yeah hopefully he can bring home a nice uh position and then yeah looking forward
To the race later you got full confidence him right absolutely absolutely top man thanks thank you very much B best luck for the rest of the race Adam back to You so then the 43 car is now back in the race lead Dub’s just come out behind him there is dubar in second place Seb duar back out on the circuit but ahead of him is your resumed race leader Steven frel fr is once again the leader
You heard there from Ben green of course Ben an international GT Racing star a former race winner at ADC GT Masters not a surprise that he was quite so quick in the first into the race coaching and assisting prestle in this race he’s handed the lead over to Steven frle in
The centry sgm cup let’s see if the 43 can hold on or whether Seb DUIs can try and close in on the 43 going to be very compelling second phase of the race I think between these two to see who is the quicker from DuBois and frel here is your leader
Through the Melbourne hairpin I do think that frle is closing oh sorry I do think the dub is closing in on prestle it looks to me as if he’s slightly quicker at the moment of course being that frell has done a lap and dubar is on the out laap you
Can’t see it in terms of the timing screen yet but I think give it a lap maybe give it two and that 17 car is going to be all over the back of Steven frle Seb dubis who of course already has his eye in he’s already done the first
Half of the race he’s driving Solo in this race he’s got the confidence in the car he knows what the car’s doing he knows what the track is doing and he’s definitely closing in for the race lead here 16 minutes of racing left to go
Then that’s ample time to try and find a way by and look at the speed he carried out of the old hairpin there here come Seb du in the TMC entered car through mcleans a bit more speed there carried by frle I would suggest at mcleans just uh used all of the track
Quite nicely there the BMW 1 series makes itself scarce as the lead battle comes by is it going to be a move potentially into the s’s certainly dubar is looking racy if he gets a good run through the s’s he could do it at Melbourne and he does get
A peach of a run through the s’s he’s now going to look for the inside line if he possibly can into Melbourne but frle tries to close the door does Clos the door and dub decides to go around the outside oh big sideways moment there from Steven frle and that’s going to be
A drag race now up to goddards and it’s going to be a drag race one by Seb du lock up there from Steven frle he’s feeling the pressure but dub goes out wide as well so the drag race continues but it is Seb dub that is now your race
Leader with 14 minutes and 45 seconds left to go of this race your race lead has changed it’s changed in favor of Seb dub and with all due respect to Steven frell I’m not quite sure he’s got the pace underneath him to challenge dub now that dubar is getting away you can see
Already a good couple of seconds between the two of them as they turned through the old hairpin so despite Ben Green’s best efforts the cushion was not enough and fres now has to focus in on consistent laps and trying to hold on to second place maritzio gilio is of course 8 seconds up
Behind uh the 43 in third Place so then the battle for the lead has exchanged Seb du is our leader there is uh some Cleo battling I’m not sure that this is for position in the cleos is it fourth potentially we’ll see in a minute BMW is still making its way around the circuit
Very slowly the uh Asher silver driven team Brit car now one has to assume that uh they maybe are just nursing the car around for points I’m not quite sure of Asher’s background whether this is brand new to or not but maybe he’s not quite confident in the car
Either I’m hearing now that the car doesn’t sound very good either the cops are saying that it sounds like the engine isn’t happy there’s the other team bricka leading uh some of the Cleo battling going on there’s Dara flock in the class 3 Cleo and it looked to me there as if uh
It looked to me there as if the Cleo was getting through Dara flock yes so three cleos in a scrap here but only two of them are within the Cleo class there you see the 16 car getting through there this is Tomlinson versus Dara flock generation five Cleo at the
Front and two generation four cleos behind the generation 5 Cleo of course the current car in Renault Cleo cup Europe I believe that might even be gen six Cleo quite certain but uh the battle for fourth in cleos is the one behind with uh Harrison in the 89 sorry Ben Jenkins in the 89 just behind oh and a bit of a moment there for Kieran uh for Josh Tomlinson
Who was taken over from Kieran Shanks was a move for fourth in class here is your race leader coming down the Main Street the Gap was 4.8 seconds Last Time by between himself and frle I think that will have gone out again it has indeed extended out to uh
Something in the region of 8 seconds yeah 8.1 seconds Dar flock is still having pressure from the old DE Cleo behind him to the inside then potentially looks like it could be a good scrap in fact I do need to correct myself cuz that 96 car of course that it
Is behind I thought it was the 89 but it’s the 96 that’s there the 96 is actually a couple of laps down because of course we saw the car uh into the grass earlier On Battle for second going on here at the moment prestle and skilo scrapping it out for P2 oh off track goes frle momentarily there got away with that but maritzio gilio is now looking to the inside at the s’s this is for second place overall second place in class
One and maritzio gilio much like dubo of course has his eye in has been doing the entire race so far as a look to the inside line can’t get it done there prestle a bit slow at the Apex of Melbourne but squares out the corner nicely Here they come towards the final Corner they’ll be through the final corner and out onto the main straight now no change of position maritzio skio working overtime here now to try and get past frle Ben green will be coaching frle through this I’m sure maritzio gilio the inside line
Side by side action a bit of a wiggle there from Pressel he’s trying to hold on around the outside is he going to have The High Ground for the old hair for the old hairpin no he is not he has to settle there for third place as a
Maybe slightly speculative look to the inside going through the old hairpin but that is a fairly decisive move there from maritzio gilio who moves up to second Position gzio gilio looking to fly away then as a jet comes overhead here at Donnington Park try and build himself a nice advantage over frle in this battle for second position to touch on your other class leaders your class two leader is the number seven
TT of Mark Jones the Audi TT of Mark Jones the all black Affair running through the old hair in at the moment this car leads Class 2 by over 30 seconds at the moment over Whitney in second place in the Porsche that of course is because the BMW m240
Is still Le limping around the circuit sounding rough your class leader in the cleos is the next car in the overall order of coming down towards the Craner at the moment um it will be Reynolds uh who handed over of course to Rees Lloyd so Rees Lloyd coming through at the
Moment here is the Reese Lloyd car and of course the interesting thing here is that we have a battle for position going on across classes again because reys Lloyd is under pressure from Whitney so Whitney in the Porsche is once again getting involved with the Rena cleos in
A fun little scrap between race car and converted Road car now last time it was the exhibition straight that allowed Whitney to ease by let’s see if it happens again this time he knows he’s got the straight line speed Advantage he knows he’s got the power advantage to the tune of
Something like 100 brake horsepower overall leader dub might get involved in this as well as you can see him in the back of shot through the s’s they go no move made by Whitney he didn’t get close enough on that occasion in this battle for uh seventh
Overall Whitney trying to find a way through Porsches have famed breaking ability as well as good straight line speed and looking to the inside again is Whitney gets later on the brakes there very nice move from Whitney gets the car stopped moves up to seventh place at the
Expense of our Cleo class leader Rees Lloyd but he won’t much mind this as long as he and Harry Reynolds can be on the top step of the podium within the cleos at the end of this that uh Whitney car has really come alive Tony Whitney is really hustling on in his
Porsche and he leads in class two in class three the leader is Dar flock the newer spec Cleo that we saw fighting earlier on with the 96 of Nessa the allh Cleo with a bit of mud on the side from Dara flock there is flock now still being uh
Hounded here as Tomlinson actually gets past him for position uh this is for I think 11th Place overall and 11th Place overall now belongs to Kieran Thompson meanwhile Dave faroh is down with Ian Waterhouse the fun Cup car the number 34 from EDF is with Ian Waterhouse yeah welcome down to the pits uh you may remember at the start of the race the the UDF fun cup cast started from the pits it was a loose alternator cable we got Dave Farah here he did that first in let’s just jump in and grab him
There for a very quick check completely natural you weren’t expecting this at all were you but I tell you something despite starting from the pits after the first laap right at right at the back second in classes is brilliant yeah it to be fair it kind the safety guard did
Help I mean I saw the cars uh in class ahead anyway so I do think we probably would have would have trammed them in cuz they were in traffic I had clean air um the safe guard help they pulled him to me and then I think within within the
Four or five laps it was a case of just chick through them one at a time and then it was defending the race um but they to be fair they both did a great job um but the car’s the car’s brilliant so it’s just Cas so you can op in it
Open it and drive it quick as you can it looks so much it’s called a fun Cup car for a reason isn’t it yeah it is a fun car they are fantastic and if you have enough experience in them you can you can drive them on the edge I mean you
Can you’re quite comfortable at high speed backing them in and they’re brilliant cars so well I don’t want to speak too soon I only get commentators curs but I might be handing you a tri a little bit later as well there best luck add it back to You so then as we come back into the action we see again there’s a bit of a Cleo scrap going on again across classes with the uh Generation 4 cars in the Cleo class and the newer Cleo uh in the hands of Dara flock the latest and greatest Rena Cleo
Cup car there in the scrap so flock just behind Tomlin and the car that’s just behind them going up the inside is the number 12 now this is Travis coin getting through but this is not for position Travis coin has also had an issue or two in the race
There’s actually a lap or so down on these guys but still a fun scrap there meanwhile I believe we’ve just had a change for third place yes we have Anastasia has just gotten past uh frell Steven frell losing out on a Podium position here unless he can fire back on
Marco Anastasia Anastasia drifts out wide Pressel trying to fight back here he’s also going to be watching the 23 behind him Chris bon in the ca so four third fourth and fifth all in one shot here as we run towards Redgate 2 minutes and 15 seconds of this race left to
Go which means this could be the penultimate lap of the race we’ll see where dub is I think this is probably the penultimate lap of the race there you see the number four car in T3 Anastasia just ahead of prestle who seems to be giving Chase he’s building
His confidence as the stint goes on and he’s right on the back of Marco Anastasia now Anastasia has been slightly tripped up I think there by a back marker leader will be crossing the line any second now to begin the final lap of the race but a great scrap for third overall so Then third fourth fifth place all very close together at the end of this race the question is can frell here comes the leader now as we ask can frell uh try and reclaim that Podium position dub coming across the line to begin the final lap with one minute to go
Dub heads through then second place gilio is just behind this Cleo this is the Cleo in second Henry but this is our overall race leader Seb DUIs powering down through the Craner and the old hairpin for the final time 30 seconds left on the clock while that’s been going on we have
Had a swap fourth position because Chris bon in the cpra has gotten past frel so the cppr of Chris is up into fourth place Steven frle was fighting to try and reclaim third he’s ended up demoted to fifth clock will hit zero as they approach the s’s for the final time and
SE DUIs for TMC the Matt cherington entered car has had a very very strong race the FX cartel back to car through the final corner now SE Duo certainly fueling his passion in this race and he’ll be looking to do the same of course in race two later on this
Afternoon around the final Corner comes Seb dubo he will be your first RIT car Trophy winner of 2024 he takes the overall standings a great result for him just behind crossing the line to finish second the 36 M3 of Gooding and Nigel greena maritzio skili has crossed the
Line in second place meanwhile here is your Cleo cup class winner through the final Corner comes Reese Lloyd to win in the Cleo category Anastasia has rounded out the overall podium in the number four car Dara flock will be across the line before too long as well
To win in the uh class three category the TT of Jones of course is on course to win in class two there is the number seven car currently running sixth overall as well it’s been a strong Drive uh for the TSR entered entry Rob ellic took the start it’s Mark Jones taking
The car home for the final corner of this race he wins in class two Dar flock will be coming through the final corner now in just a few minutes as one of the other cleos comes through flock should be here there he is now coming up to the
Last turn looking more like a rally Cleo than a Cleo cup cup but Dar flock in the very latest Cleo Cup machine will cross the line to win in the cup in the class three entry and uh flock of course last year’s Junior saloon car Champion starting off
His senior racing Tenya with a very very strong performance here then are the results of that brick car trophy race Seb Dubois is your race winner maritzio skilo finishing second ahead of Marco Anastasia making it an all Janetta top three however that 23 car Chris Bon and
Simon Mason will be one to watch later on in the Enduro because it had some misfortunes in this race I expect it to be fast later on prestle and green taking fifth place the first of the cup uh sorry first of the two class two Runners Jones and ell in sixth overall
Gooding greena taking seventh position in the E36 M3 Whitney in the Porsche 911 in eighth place ninth and Cleo win to Reynolds and Lloyd 10th place and second in the Cleo Henry and Simpson the 16 car of Tomlinson and Shanks rounding out the Cleo Podium 12th Place in the newer Cleo
Dara flock Harrison and Jenkins in 13th faraoh and biford rounding out our graphic there in 14th in the fun Cup car which came second in class number three so then while we see the marshals picking up some miscellaneous bodyw workk and other trimmings from down in
The crane of Curves we can head to Ian Waterhouse who’s ready in park f with drivers from the brick car trophy race what a race it was well welcome everybody to park F said from sixth to First what a race from him let’s go have a quick chat of
Him in fact we are under strict instructions I said you’ve got to hand your data card in pretty quick otherwise we’re going to get in trouble uh however let’s just talk about your race as well uh that was quite remarkable from sixth to first and I apologize cuz I haven’t
Spoke to you today yet at all tell us about it all right yeah it’s been a good race the weather is good so it’s always for a good race at but uh yeah I kept the pace I know I had some good Pace I’m with the pace so
It was just a matter of time just being consistent no mistakes the safety C and stay out trouble as well of course at the start the start the first Corner yeah messy Corner very messy corner I don’t know how I got away from it but I
Got away from it so all good yeah was a good race so congratulations buddy well on I’ll let you get that card in let’s go graad morito over here as well second place chasing down at the end to take that second place how was it again it
Was fun it was good fun eventful at the beginning yeah it a bit crash yeah so this good fun yeah SE was it was quick today race two though right you going to get him still time there still time it’s good to be back don’t forget yeah it’s
Good to see you as well don’t forget you need to hand your dat to Carly that’s what I’ve been under strict instructions to tell everybody uh let’s keep moving around a little bit shall we uh as well see who else we can find I’m doubling up
With jobs here uh as well uh let’s move we’ve got to Anastasia here wonder if we can jump in very quickly and uh have a little chinwag as well right don’t forget your data card Marco been told got it as well that was eventful start wasn’t it it stayed out
Of trouble and how was it from there for you yeah it was uh there was a lot of catching up to do starting uh when I was starting N9 uh yeah but I tried to just keep my nose clean and go for it and uh yeah it worked out all right there’s
Clearly a lot of pace in the car that’s be confident for race two then yeah hopefully yeah yeah should be should be fine just yeah but I I’ll let you hand that in for you get in trouble so thank you so it’s almost like signing a
Scorecard and golf isn’t it if you don’t do it pretty quick you could get in trouble a few mentions as well Jones and ell coming second in class 2 how good was that Dar flock as well the junior saloon car 2023 Champion winning class 3 and of course defending Champion overall
And in the Cleo class Rees Lloyd with debutant Harry Reynolds taking a win in the Cleo cup perfect start and in fact they’re over here so let’s just go because hopefully we might be able to hang around a little bit let’s just grab R he is here uh perfect start we spoke
To ree didn’t we just before you went out for your stin and REE took it home and you’ve got your data card as well I’ve been told to make sure everybody has the Daya card in perfect start to the season for the defending Champions yeah good start yeah it was uh it was
All good we had a good I think we had a really good stop like I said you before you before the thing I think the stop was the the difference I came out and I was like oh nice six seconds or something in so um yeah it’s manag it
And I just had I had some massive ER wance on the dash last four lap so we were losing power every lap so I was counting down the appps but uh yeah it seemed quite busy over we seem to have quite second s but it seemed pretty
Hectic out there so top man well done ree so we’re going to hear from you in the lunch break as well stay tuned for that in the lunch break extending interview with Reese all right I’m going to hand over to James because we’ve got the next race of the day coming
Up well I’m down here in the assembly area ahead of the second super car race of the day I’m trying to get a hold of our poll sitter Liam moley who here in this beautiful Green Machine uh Liam how are you feeling ahead of this race sir
I’m pretty confident you know we’ll see how we get on new tires uh stop for the chain stays in one piece in this race hoping everything stays together uh give me an idea on what it’s been like to race with these guys here opening round
Does it mean a lot to be racing again yeah I mean it’s a long winter you know near have six months off so um yeah it feels good to be back out there amazing thank you very much mate let’s have a talk to the man who’s literally next to
You I’m going to go around the other side don’t want to lean over a hot engine that’s never very good idea uh Tom Mr rfor how are you feeling ahead of the race yeah confident uh try and stick with li this time hopefully he doesn’t
Drop out and uh yeah I’ll just stay as close to him as I can and hopefully improve on the pace last time did the first race give you a little bit of confidence with this Machinery yeah just we died the front ending a bit better since qualifying so fingers cross this
Race is the Improvement on the last so awesome thank you very much well have fun enjoy the race I think the cars are getting ready to be cool out maybe I got time to have a quick word with Ross I know you’re very chatty man Ross uh
Ahead of this race how are you feeling you’ve got one race under your belt this is race two of three uh how are you going to attack this one uh yeah try and do the best I can off the start we made a few small adjustments and uh see if we
Can get closer to the top three times talk to me about what some of those adjustments might have been or you do not want to reveal your hidden secrets R Us so we’ve uh lowered the rear wing for more straight line speed around sector 2 and that’s that’s the main change
Really that’s the main change the other ones we will keep a secret don’t worry and uh where where do you think we can see you uh mixing in with are we hoping for another Podium uh hoping for another Podium hoping I can get into the uh 1
Minute 28s in this one well best of luck Ross enjoy the racing let’s have a walk down towards the back of this setup now see if there is some fancy liveries I’ve I’ve seen one very smashing Livery already let’s have a a chat now towards the back of the grid John
Have you still got me are you still with me John I’m just wondering just wondering around it without you let’s have a chat with Sam here Sam U I’m choosing to have a chat with you cuz I’m admiring The Livery of this uh lovely piece of Machinery can you just uh give
Us a rundown on what made you choose the colors well it’s pretty simple really purple’s my favorite color and then the Green’s a bit eye caption so I went for the sparkly purple bit of a girly toook well I won’t be able to miss you when
You go around the track that’s for sure and this is definitely one of my favorites I’ve seen all weekend um how are you feeling ahead of this race track conditions have been a bit iffy uh across the course of the weekend and they just seem to be Ever Changing how
Have you found it um it’s been pretty good actually considering the time of the year um it was a bit rough yesterday spitting with rain but today it’s been dry it’s the wind really the gust of wind kind of affect the setup of the car um but all
In all it’s pretty positive the Sun’s shining so it’s a good day any major changes on your car ahead of this race we’ve heard that some people have uh made a few minor tweaks after race one and we’ just tried slightly change the gear in just to um bring the revs down a
Bit was revving a bit too hard but other than that um we’ve left everything as it is well enjoy the race Sam I’m sure you have a good one that’s a fantastic color fantastic piece of kit that we’ve got here there’s lots of fantastic CS let’s
See who else might be amiable for a chat everyone seems to have got their game faces on John this is it’s quite intimidating the further that you go back along this grid everyone’s getting very much ready to go I think they’re about to be called off let’s see if we
Can chat to Max in the pink machine here at the back can I just lean in and get a word with Max is that all right Max Max mate how how are you feeling ahead of this one uh I don’t really know excited yeah are definitely excited
Yeah well you’re about to go mate so what enjoy the race Max is looking forward to having a lot of fun I’m looking forward to watching this race on as well there he is pulling away now Max in the lovely number 13 bright pink stripes and as you can hear the noise
Increases here in the assembly area the drivers are getting ready to go out onto the circuit it’s race two of super car weekend here at Donington Park part of what has been an absolute Mammoth weekend of rumbling engines and great tussles of racing out on the circuit and
Now gives me great pleasure to hand you up into the very capable hands and voice of Adam so then the the British super cut racing Championship or British supercart racing Club ready for more racing Liam moley set to start from pole position let’s see whether or not that works or
Not he was obviously uh broken down earlier on let’s run through the rest quickly Rush fourth in the 24 alongside him on the front row Lee Haram on row two alongside Ross Allen in the 85 Robinson in the 84 and Andy gulford on Row three Hatfield the 29 Jack Triton
The 87 on row four Brian Jones the 48 alongside Paul Von Gerard in the nine moving on to row six that is the number three of K Holm alongside Aaron Newell in the 40 row seven Luke Clemson alongside Sam Hemel in the 35 Thomas Baldwin in the 36 alongside Lee plane in
The 101 those white numbered cars are the 250 Nationals Ross witho in the 55 alongside Michael Goff in the 56 Mark pasque and will Lawrence on row 10 row 11 of the grids is Paul Platt in the S1 on the S1 plate machine alongside Nathan Barton the 14 Michael par on row
12 alongside Costa kitzis row 13 number 50 alongside Mark gatelli who we heard from a few moments ago row 14 Aaron Powell the 107 alongside Rob Austin in the 90 Nick Flint lick Flint sorry in the 59 alongside Katherine Foster in the 32 moving on quickly to row 16 and this
Will probably be the last of the grid we get through 41 Fletcher alongside Richard conic in the 161 Chris balderson in the 144 alongside olle Holmes the first of the 125s I believe on row 17 Row 18 Daniel Jared in the 34 Dan Gore in the 114 row 19 Mark Radford El
Stevens in 28 next Ronan mlto and Daniel lansen on row 20 round out your top 40 on this incredible British supercart racing Club grit so then cars now rolling through the final couple of Corners the British super cart race Championship division ones with the yellow plates towards the front of the
Order 250 Nationals on the white plates they’ll be maybe interloping in the top 10 by the end of the race the number two is there Liam moley will be looking to reach the end of the race this time around Tom rushforth alongside him rushforth who of course won the earlier race he’ll be
Looking to make it two from Two and look at that from the second world of the grid that was Lee Haram I believe Haram with a very strong start everybody else ping ponging through the first few corners but your leader I believe is Haram in the number four then it’s moley
In the number two the 85 of Lloyd is in P3 they run through the first few Corners the British super cart racing Club is always great value for money you see them there oh one car slowing by the looks of it to me I know it was a bad
Run through mle but it looked like one of them there slowing up a little bit that might have been someone else a bit further back but there we see the move for the lead potentially because Here Comes Liam moley Moley gets through there clearly has more straight line speed Haram quick
Through the s’s though he’ll be looking to try and dive back by oh he goes for the breaking and he really really has to fight it to keep it in a straight line moley will be thanking his lucky stars that that c kept in something like a straight line otherwise Haren would have
Been in the side of moley there Haram tried to get that thing moved back into the lead but he didn’t quite make it work there he’s in the slipstream of Liam moley as they run down the main straight towards Redgate Corner order after the first lap of the
Race is moley from Haram from Allen rushforth he started on the front row and one earlier on is in fourth position Jones in fifth place having started eighth on the grid in the all blue machine very squirly moment there for the number nine of Von Gerard meanwhile sixth place Jones seventh Place Hatfield
Clemson in the 15 in eighth Kitt the 87 in ninth and in 10th Place Von Gerard Runing out the top 10 the 103 has come to a halt that is one of the 250 National machines uh unfortunately out of the race early doors that is Kirk Catal who
Uh started towards the rear of the grid there you see the number nine with Holm just behind so car Holm really making life difficult for Paul Von Gerard at the moment there’s the 101 car as well at the back of that train the 101 car is Le
Plane Le plane of course the first of the 250 Nationals on the white plates there 250 Nationals are single cylinder 250cc Motors 252 cylinders uh in the division one carts the fastest cards on this circuit right now got 450s and 125s out there also wonderful grid of s carts once Again over 50 due to take the start for this race if you’ve ever seen super carts before you’ll know that 50 will not take the flag durability is often a wo for some of these Drivers number 13 of gatelli the first of our 450s uh sits in the top 20 I think in fact no sits in 22nd at the moment gatelli in his Anderson chassid KTM powered super Cut there’s some more scrapping all through the order a lot of the uh slightly slower 250 Nationals getting into in amongst it uh with the 450 Front Runners and so On you see the 250 Nationals there is the gatelli cart it’s been overtaken by a few of the 250s but you expect that in fact is that oh we had a cart slowing there uh who was that it looked like one of the national 250s for sure but not
Quite sure which it was dropping through the order we had a good 450 scrap on as well between Foster and Flint a big big scrum of the division ones going at it from the back that was very hot in the mouth there as I think that was rushforth working his way
Through some of them in fact no that can’t have been rushforth but 35 in amongst it there as well Hempel one of them in fact it was a 74 of Lawrence who made that lovely move there I believe at the old hairin but you’ll appreciate there are so many of these
Little things and they are such little things it’s quite difficult to see who’s who a lot of the time great racing though as always here in the British superar racing Championship because they are so diminutive of course they could go two and three wide in a lot of places there goes
The 64 I believe that was actually the 84 of Robinson there just trying to get to the inside of the S1 cart that is plat in the S1 that’s the the 250 machine that currently sits second in class I tell you what he’s looking very
Quick isn’t he the uh driver of the 84 Robinson has gone from 16th on the previous lap to 13 very very fast we’re seeing some of the division one carts work their way through the order nicely there’s moley who continues to lead at the front of the order however on the previous lap
Haram in second place set the fastest lap of the race so far a 127.85 to so Lee harpen is uh the quickest out there on circuit those are the kind of times we were seeing out of the GT3 cars in Brick car sorry the British Endurance Championship yesterday there’s your leader there’s
Your second place and we saw on the previous shot the 85 of Allan in third there is Harper though trying to give Chase mid distance in this 15minute Encounter of course Harper didn’t make it uh to the front in the earlier race would love to rectify
That in this one we see their third fourth fifth and sixth all in one Shot 101 cart will be coming towards the last couple of Corners now in fact probably on the approach to goddards at the moment oh the 29 has come to a halt 29 to a halt that’s Hatfield with a problem he was running well within the top 10 Tom Hatfield who started
Seven is out of the race there’s the 101 the that we were discussing just before that is uh the F250 National entry of Lee plane coming through shot well clear of the rest of the 250 Nationals that 101 is a real trick bit of Kit um a DEA engine to the Anderson
Chassis and plane is once again interloping in the overall top 10 in the single cylinder to 50 National machine however just coming up behind him is another one of the most rapid carts out there the recovering 84 of Robinson goes flying past the 101 there is the
84 now into 10th overall has been working his way through the order the 84 started this race uh in fifth position but lost a lot of time started fifth dropped back down and is now working his way back up into the overall top 10 he’s gotten past
Child and is now in the top 10 I suspect that his next Target will be Clemson there in the 15 Clemson was some 4 seconds slower uh than Robinson on the previous lap so Robinson in the 84 as they come through the criners this is for ninth position I
Suspect that Matt Robinson’s going to make it happen here at the old hairpin Dives to the inside very nicely done again we’ve seen a few moves at the old hairpin from Robinson over this Race and Clemson drops down Clemson who started 13th is still up on where he started this Race 4 minutes and 50 seconds to go moley is still there at the head of the order as Robinson Powers through in Ninth Place moley Moley coming towards the first corner at the moment just set the fastest uh lap I’ve seen from him in a couple of laps a 128. 4 his best is a 100 12768 not quite on that pace but he is uh lapping very quickly and in fact Lee
Haram’s Pace has slightly dropped uh in comparison haram’s down in the 294s at the moment while moley is still doing 28 fours right now putting himself through the lap traffic nicely extending the lead now out to over 3 seconds as Lee moley puts on oh Liam moley puts on something of a Master Class so then number two rolling down towards the s’s you’ve got some of the uh 125s there scrapping as well I think that might well be Holmes there towards the back as uh you see there the 14 going through shot that was 17th Place this is the
Number quite see the number on that that’s a 35 behind uh so the 35 cart is hell that’s third among the uh 250 Nationals chrus is just ahead of Him as the 161 going through as well that’s outside of the top 20 at the moment that is conic in the Jade Honda the C started 32nd and now has moved up into the top 30 26th at the moment we saw earlier on in the race
That uh the number nine of Von Gerard was really doing well within the top 10 unfortunately Paul Von Gerard is now in the pit Lane so Paul Von Gerard has had a drama so then this will be the penultimate oh this sorry we are probably three laps
From home here I believe we will have two laps to go next time they cross the Line there is the number two picking its way through the traffic still two more laps to go when they cross the line This Time number two cut of Liam moley has been exemplary in this race had an issue in the previous one will just be nursing the cart home I suspect
At this point maybe slightly dropping the pace as a result 1283 last time the 107 turns in ahead that is Powell in one of the top five carts within 250 National in fact fifth in 250 National at the moment gatelli is still leading in the 450 the number 13
Well clear of his closest competitors within the 450 open Class through mclees comes our leader then a minute left on the clock will it be uh will it be a easy run home at this point or maybe face a little bit more lap traffic one lap and one sector left to go for our leader Haren in the number four going
Through the s’s as well another lap of racing after this one this is the an ultimate lap of the race moley as I said will just be nursing at home there’s the S1 in second in the 250 Nationals however Hempel has been closing in quickly and Hempel is
Right on the back of plat at the moment so that could be a scrap there for 250 National before long Hempel is right on the back of flat the S1 which we had on the previous shot was right there in a battle for second in 250 Nationals Sam hemp very close
Behind moley jumping out the seat there to have a look at what’s going on behind him maybe just adjusting his trousers though I don’t know 4.7 seconds the Gap to Haram behind so he won’t have seen Haram when he looked over the shoulder second place battle in 250s will
Be something to watch in the final lap but moley is going to be just a couple of Corners away from the victory in this race Liam moley has Avenged his earlier troubles moley looks over the shoulder confirms that no one is there and will take the race win moley in the division
One cut out of the final corner to take the checkered flag Haren seconds third place Allen our top Three so then Jones across the line in fourth there there’s the S1 second in 250 National at the start of the lap but he’s lost out because through has gone Hempel so Hempel has gotten past the battle for second has changed hands in 250 National of course playing in the
101 is well clear uh of everybody else in fact he’s just about to cross the line in a few moments Robinson eventually made his way up to seventh as well in the 84 recovering up for his troubles there’s your 250 National winner across the line playe finishing
11th overall and in theory the second 250 National home should be Hemel in the 35 No plat to the inside Platt gets it at the last corner he returns fire and takes second in 250 National at the last turn gives a big thumbs up to Hemel
Saying well that was fun mate I’m not sure that Sam Hema will agree cuz he lost out at the very final Corner what a brilliant battle once again uh in the Super Cuts you can always pick out a fight somewhere out there on the circuit and that time it was for second among the 250 Nationals here are your results Liam moley taking the win ahead of Haram in second place
Ross Allen taking third position Brian Jones uh fourth position Jack Triton in fifth Andy gulford taking sit the head of Matt Robinson who recovered nicely in seven Carl Holm in the three in eighth Richard vaness in ninth Luke Clemson in 10th Le playing your winner in the 250
Nationals NE Edwards and kitus rounding out the order on your screen green uh of course second in 250s with that move at the end the S1 of plat the PVP chassid gas gas uh powered machine your F450 winner was gatelli the 125 kzs taken by
Holmes and the 643 Hearn in the 125 open the 41 28th overall and winning the 125 open a great set of races once again in British super cart racing championship and I understand that we can now head down to James with our super cart competitors they’ll be
Getting their breath back after race two of three of the day they will be back out there later on can Liam moley get another win perhaps he’s got one in the bag after this race well it’s always a joy to watch these cars thrash around race circuits
Up and down the country I’m going to come in here to have a chat with Liam Moy our race winner Sor I’ll let you get to your family in just a second Liam um how was that for you did you enjoy being out there yeah spot on I mean had a bit
Of a weird vibration going on at the start I’m not sure what that was but um yeah just head down don’t look back that might have been you hitting the ground actually in how low these cars are to the track so get pretty you must get
Pretty used to that though um but what a fantastic race from yourself to go ahead from pole and take the take the overall win too um how does that feel yeah good I mean um you know Lee got me at the start managed to get in back at the end
Of lap one so uh yeah like I said just kept my head down tried to put in some fast laps get through all the bat markers but yeah enjoyed it one more race uh left for you guys this weekend do you think you can match your performance just then I’m hoping to yeah
If I can make it two from three I’ll be happy with that uh go back check it over check it over make sure everything’s all right and we’ll go again well we’ll see you for the next race and then maybe you can continue that into the further
Rounds later in the season go enjoy the celebrations with your family let’s try and find our second place finisher Lee harpen Lee’s number four car there Lee Haram is just here Lee second place you must be pretty chuff with that yeah uh it was good that I mean we we made some
Changes to the cat for that second race and uh it’s definitely improved it so we’re just going to change some obviously with it been the new cat we sort of learn what with some of the changes that you made sorry to interrupt you but I’m just very intrigued as is
Everyone at home yeah we we changed the angle of the rear wing um it just making it push on a bit through the faster stuff so we thought obviously the rear end grips too much making it push on so we we’re back the wing off a bit
Uh also Chang the gearing cuz it was way too short on the gearing which helped us gain a bit more speed so all these little changes are making the difference and what can we expect from you in the final race of the weekend what changes
Do you need to make for that one and what do you think you’re going to do going into that one as well I mean we need to change make some engine changes um and obviously we was on used tires then as well where everybody else was on
New so that’s another bonus we’ll see can to set tires on and make some more adjustments well look you’re going to have that Advantage going into the final race I’ll let you get back to your family sorry to interrupt let’s see we can find the final Podium finisher in Ross
Allen there he is oh he’s sneaking up on me sneak it up on me Ross look John found your cart before I found you but you found yourself on the podium again that must feel pretty good uh yeah um had a good start and um stayed with Liam
And Lee for a couple of laps and then I couldn’t really do their Pace um was having a bit of a battle with Tom Rush for but then he dropped out so I was in a consistent third so I just sort of eased off and maintained position really
You chose to maintain position ease off a little bit is that because you’re looking after the C ahead of another race that’s coming up in just a couple of hours time yeah I mean with uh our races are decided over all three races so with two p3s if I can finish third
Race then I’ll be looking quite good for the day excellent stuff well Ross I’ll let you get back to your your engineuity iag there’s a few tweaks that you want to make a few tricks up your sleeve going into that final race let’s see who
Else we can catch up with down here in P we’ve got a little bit of time to grab the thoughts of maybe a few more drivers and speaking of which we caught up with them earlier we’re going to do exactly the same again he’s already smiling so are you both how are you
Chaps that was good fun wasn’t it uh much better for me uh handling wise on the cart but I just got a at the first corner just got push wide and then try to avoid a car that was bogging so put me a bit too far behind but we’re gone
About another second quicker so yeah next race will be up there look plenty of positives to take away from this race and what about for yourself because I it feels like a bit like J Vu but I’m hoping this time you’ve got a bit more of a smile and a bit more cheerful
Outlook on the race made my way up got up the fourth was catching Ross the last few laps but just ran out of lobs but no Brant it’s not trying to kill me now thr cers excellent stuff your moms will be very pleased listening back to that at
Home uh now final race is coming up in a couple of hours time Ross was talking just then about how he’s looking after the cart towards the end of the race is that something that you guys need to factor in because your races are so compacted within the short space of a
Day um if you do I’m not um in that one like I could see I was catching someone else so I just pushed him on harder and harder um they’re racing over to a check of flags out and we’re worry about the the race after when it comes to it that
Was full thrott wasn’t but at the end of the day you’re both enjoying it are you not Brant brilliant yeah really good day loving it excellent stuff well youve got one more race we’ll do this all again same place same time just in a couple of hours all right excellent stuff well for
Now we’re going to head back up to Adam because there’s plenty more racing still to come today we’ve got a very quick lunchtime break coming up as well so we will finally have a chance for John to have a quick sandwich to do his uh to do
His hair again and it means that Ian can sit in his jacuzzi waiting for the rest of the races this afternoon but stick with us please here at Donnington Park but it’s over to Adam to take us through what else is still yet to come so then the lunch break is Ono but
It’s not going to take too long and it’s also not going to be long before we have more racing on the circuit the Dunlop mini challenge with the sevens at 245 325 we will have the Thunders out there the big bangers of the classic Touring Car Racing Club make sure you’re there
For that one the p3s and the bosses will be out for their second race at 3:55 p.m. the British super carts back out for their final race at 4:25 and we’ll conclude the day with another 50-minute encounter for the brick car trophy Championship however we’re not going anywhere during this lunch break we’ve
Got some News and Views to bring you from down in the paddock some of the brick card trophy drivers caught up with Ian Waterhouse ahead of race one earlier and also we can catch up with Richard wheeler uh if you were here with us yesterday you’ll know that his Nissan
Prema super Toro was involved in quite a big collision with the Honda Accord of Paul White unfortunately uh but he was able chat to us before he headed home early we got a few interviews to bring you then and let’s do that now as we go into our lunch
Break right hello everybody I’m very excited to be here I’m down with dragon sport the 2023 brick car trophy Champions Rees Lloyd is with me Rees you’re running the number one this season how cool do that that sound huh yeah hopefully it’s not just a oneof hopefully so I thought i’
I’ve always got a number 66 who it’s my lucky number but this year I’m going to try different styles so we’ll see how it goes it’s a bit of a Target but it’s quite cool to car them for the year definitely now you sat next to Harry
Harry Reynolds of course Know Jack me this year for a very good reason that’s the dragon sport scholarship Harry congratulations uh tell us more about the scholarship what was involved what did you have to do and and what’s it like working with this man sorry about
That yes so I the scholarship uh and of last year from from just hearing about it and uh yeah went along didn’t really know what to expect uh knew that Reese was based near near where I live down in Wales so thought it’d be nice to to give
It a go um yeah so it was a com combination of media fitness and driving uh after doing the three got put down to to less and less people then it was the final three uh and unfortunately I didn’t get my final running so got moved
To another day um where I was able to take the win of the scholarship so so now I’m very lucky to be able to take place in the brick car trophy alongside re so so far I think we’re working well together and I can’t wait to carry on so
How did re how did the idea for the scholarship come along um the scholarship was was based on a lot of obviously past experiences of War High you’ve had um so lot of was going back like 2008 2009 when I was racing been racing since I was 8 to n and then kind
Of the age of 21 won a couple national championships uh recess came in and it all kind of stopped by suddenly for us um which was really frustrating I had high e this for kind 8 to n years um and it was just something that you know you
Want to try and help as many young drivers and give something back that I could as possibly could um and ultimately you could drive this as a one when Drive appear in but it’s cooler to share a car with somebody else and if you can share with a bloody fast
Welshman then all the better isn’t it you know um so it came from that and obviously I feel like it’s it’s giving me some back it keeps me on edge because I’ve always got like somebody chopping at heels and making you faster and making you better as a driver which is
It’s really cool and um as you can see you know it’s not you know not just har come through it obviously a lot of drivers who weren’t ultimate winners um you know Travis and Alex from the previous year still with us this year you know we got Sam and Jack obviously
Joined the team as well they were U obviously part of the scholarship and it’s it’s it’s great you know the the whole scholarship encompasses the whole team e that’s what we’re doing so Harry you just done first qualifying session as well you actually lined second in the
Cleo class don’t you how was it out there because it’s it’s decent weather today isn’t it better than yesterday yeah we’re lucky that we’ve got some good good conditions for today it was nice and stable no no change of conditions no rain so yeah to be second
I think that’s a really good start for the for the season hopefully now we can just keep chipping away uh at the at the front and uh yeah hopefully keep going forward are you feeling a little bit nervous or you you ready you’re focused you’re ready for this right I mean yeah
Of course the nerves are always there I don’t know how to feel really but no I’m I’m excited I’m ready to just keep focused and keep working at it play our class R is going to be competitive again like it was last year certainly High Ro Motorsport going to be that good timing
Isn’t it but you’re looking forward to quite a lot of battles this season and the tactics play a big part as well 50-minute races of course managering Pit Stop too yeah it’s Mega I mean obviously me and Max got a good relationship but on a friend level obvious we’ve driven
Together as well the past years so it always makes more interesting but it was great I mean the first qualifying after with five minutes ago I think both bards had set IAL time which just goes to show that it’s such a great class and obviously Maurice just got the lap in at
The end which is which is Mega but you know I think it’s one of their cars one of our cars and it follows all the way down so it’s it’s going to be one hell of a scrap now there’s more to the scholarship as well than just a brick
Car Tru before you go though Harry we’re going to have a little game and it’s called how high can we make re jump so Harry before you go we’re going to bring Grace in very shortly as well so Harry what you do is you H to see how high we
Can make jump on these inflatable sers are we ready that was much he actually that was Harry thank you so much best best of luck today of course we will be watching on the stream as well let’s bring Grace in uh Grace thank you so much for joining
Us we part of the scholarship as well you’re not racing a Brit card trophy but you are racing in the c1s uh tell us about your experience of the scholarship so obviously it was the second scholarship that I’ve ever done um definitely there was kind of we knew
What to expect cuz we’ve done one before but still it was definitely a very comfortable chilled out day obviously we were tested for our media fitness driving bit of simulator skills as well I really enjoyed the day I think everyone was just very supportive and like from the driver coach’s point of
Views to the fitness obviously with the nak Warrior CLA she was definitely very productive with us and it was just a really enjoyable day and I really enjoyed it tell us about your experience so far in Motorsport what previous experience have you got if any so I say
I’d started quite late for my like age I started when I was around like 11 I just started with the start in and around 2021 I moved into junior Ro tax we did the British cart championships both 21 and 22 the year 21 we did it with Jack
Dex racing um the year 22 we did it with s pollet racing and then we thought that 2023 was going to be our last year and then was hoping to start making the transition two cars at the end of the year but obviously I had my gcc’s in the
Summer so we just start we knock it on the head yeah knock it on the head while we had the G Cs and then after that in the summer we started testing cars and first car I think I drove was a gb4 with Kevin Mills yeah that’s as were fire
Yeah it was definitely a massive jump it was like starting all over again really like it was such a different thing compared to what I was used to like just from the driving style speed the it was a whole new ball game with the fitness and things like that but it was
Definitely a great experience so ree are these scholarships they going to be an annual thing yeah the our scholarship will be backing out for this year um so that’s you know that’s going to be a big part of what we’re doing um and then going forward we
Just put like a bit of a ladder in so graci is going to come on board this uh we got five of the drivers also which are going to be part of our C1 program so the first time we’ve enter the C1 Championship um and it’s basically it’s
It’s going to be called like a ro to the Nur ring so effectively U the first year is would be part of the C1 Championship Le the trade get us to the car gave us to the circus with the aim then to step up to brick our trophy on the second
Year um and then ultimately on the third year we will take a car and do a couple events on the nurur ring and do a bit long distance so it gives gives people a clear platform and a clear progression lad and something that to work on on a
Like you know three could be a three to five year basis you know so yeah it’s really exciting so if somebody is watching this I know it’s a bit early obviously to enter for next year now but they want to maybe bookmark it and think about entering actually how did they do
That so um details be like announced probably in about a couple of months uh usually open about may may time um it’s probably going to be a plon again similar format we always like to put a few curve balls couple extra bits and Bobs into it um but yeah it’s going to
Be going to be similar format it’s you know it worked I mean the first year we did we obviously found Jack and Jack was the ultimate winner Harry’s obviously starting off with us now uh but it’s you know just great outside of that it’s just been great you know be working with
Probably off top of my head eight to n of the drive that’s come from a scholarship also it’s you know it’s it it’s good you know it’s really exciting now look grace before we let you go would you do as the honor of seeing how high you can make Reese jump on this
Sofa please so here we go here we go we ready for this here we go yeah run up as well this this could get dangerous was guys thank you so much gra best of luck with the se1 this season Ree of course we’ll probably be catching up in
The Bit Lane at some point with you in Harry as the race goes on keep an eye out for Dragon sport the number one card the defending champions in the Brit car trophy it’s going to be a cracker right everybody Welcome down to the garages I’m delighted to be joined by
George from GCM and George your first time out in a brick car trophy uh but you’ve got quite a unique story haven’t you you’re not just shall we say um you’re here for an experience aren’t you tell us more about it so in short I have a road safety social media presence and
We make videos on how to modify your car legally so for example if you want to change your wheels here’s a video on how to do it but here’s the legislation as well so that if you would to be pulled over you know that you’re with in the
Right side of the law a lot of young drivers are more confident than they are experienced and as a result they make up a lot of the road stats in terms of Road casualties so we make videos on Tik Tok YouTube and Instagram um but our motto
Has always been race the Trap not the road yeah because we always said that you’re not a big man so to speak if you’re racing someone’s granny in a Honda Jazz but you would however be pretty cool if you were to smoke someone that had a lot of track experience so
These guys approached me race car experiences and they said well your mot is great why don’t you actually put it into fruition so we’ve come here I’m a fish out of water I know absolutely well next to nothing about Motorsport um but I’m seeing how far we can take it I
Suppose in some ways using my following as leverage so uh yeah it’s going to be good fun I like the fact that you said that you’re not a big man smoking a granny on the Jazz over how many times are we driving on the road and you see someone driving rather foolishly shall
We say and I often think I’m fortunate enough to go up and down to a lot of RAC tracks see a lot of drivers or talk to a lot of d driv and I think these guys know how to drive like really and if they went up against these idiots shall
We say driving like pranks on the road it went last two seconds and this is kind of what you’re trying to say really exactly that and you know what’s really interesting is what you learn on the track doesn’t always translate to the way you should drive on the road and
What the police learn with Advanced drivers also does not um correlate to the way you should drive on track for example feeding the wheel it’s very safe to feed the wheel but you shouldn’t be doing that on a track for example and I just think it’s really interesting to
Throw myself in a pool full of people that are very talented and just quite literally see how far we can take it and today I went out and everything went wrong that could have gone wrong so we’re at the back of the grid I’m racing
At 12 first time I’ve ever done it and needless to say I’m pretty sure I’m going to come last but that doesn’t matter that’s okay we’re going to see how far we can take this over the next year two years and I feel like it would
Be better to start at the bottom than it would be to come in and actually do quite well so what was that first experience like when you got in the car and you actually went on the track in anger for the first time you know what I
Don’t think the track driving itself is what makes me nervous it’s being in a car that I’m not used to it’s also being in an environment where there is no overtake on the left it’s just overtake it’s a race right so that’s the bit that I’m not used to both mirrors where your
Your vision is fairly limited and you’ve got lots of talented drivers absolutely sending it past and I’m here in a little CA and it’s you know it’s just cool hearing the genas go past and seeing some of the other cars but I’m having so much fun it’s not that little George
It’s quite it’s quite a Mean Machine you know okay so this is my Flex I’m not going to any plugging but my daily driver is a nearly 500 Hound Mac 1 Mustang so I do have a a cool car but I’m just not used to the setup of you
Know a bucket seat with ears you know youve got the hands device the helmet it’s overheating the sunstrip for example Sun strips are illegal on the road I don’t know if you guys know that um that’s because it impedes the vision and also within the swep D of the wiper
Blades but it’s just being so limited you you just don’t feel as in control as maybe you would do on the road so let’s people watching this right now might want to find out how did they follow you where’s the best place to go okay so we have a channel called GCM and
That’s short for George’s car media that’s on Tik Tok uh Instagram and also YouTube you can find us on Facebook and Linkedin as well but we’re not very relevant on there in comparison but look we make videos all the time if you want to check in the series and watch my
Transition through I suppose being a nobody to somebody in racing or do you simply want to tune in with our videos of the coppers then you’re more than welcome George I don’t want to add more pressure to your afternoon but we will be watching on the live stream as well
Thanks best luck out there thanks thank you bye right everybody welcome back to the garages I’m here with DAR flock got the 2023 Junior saloon car Championship now of course racing in the brick car trophy uh how’s it been over the winter Dar how soon did you know as well you’re going
To be coming racing with brick car um I only know I was going to be racing with brck i’ say about three three four weeks ago I was I’m planning to racing the uh CLE cup GB this season but for Brick doing the first two rounds so we’re
Doing here obviously and then we got snon in a few weeks so we’re going to be doing them just to make sure the car is like on point because this is a brand new car C cup gen five so no no one knows what we had to set it up or
Anything so we’re doing we’re doing great car trophy just to get get good base set up for so on it as soon as we go into CLE cup you should be well versed in this and yeah you come from obviously a background of saxo with the junior Sal very tight racing we’ve
Already seen from qualifying the tightness of the Cleo Cuts that’s going to stand you in good stead isn’t it yeah obviously fwh drive as well so it’s a good step up and going into slick ties so it’s going to be interesting to see how good how close the gridge going to
Be in clear cup hopefully it’ll be like sax where it’s only a few tents in between each drivers you’re only a young man very jealous but what’s the longterm goal for you where do you want to be in 10 years time uh I’d hope to be racing
In Europe in like gt3s and doing like endurance racing all over Europe that would be the main main goal really to get into any expectation for today is it just kind of learn the car a little bit um not not really if it if I get get
First or second in class it is what it is I don’t really mind but the main goal today is just get get the car set up and make sure we get we understand the car cuz it’s a brand new car no one knows what had to set it up no one knows
Anything about it so we’re just making small changes seeing what the car does and from that we’re going to be able to set up set it up well for um clear cup D thanks so much for it’s great to see you again as well mate best of luck out
There we will be watching thank thank you uh Richard not the end to the race that you would have wanted can you just give us a quick update are you all right after that incident I’m I’m perfectly fine it’s it’s just an unfortunate racing incident we had a little bit of a
Wobble on the back end corrected it and it probably moved me over a foot or two wider than I should have been and then the other cars obviously come over for the corner and I’m not where he’s expecting me to be I don’t think so
We’ve had a little tap when we front the back wing and it’s it’s a very small contact that’s then obviously just had quite big consequences but it’s unfortunately but it’s one of those things was it a mechanical failure that led to the little wobble was it just one
Of these racing things that happens I think it was first lap a little bit of coldness in the tires I mean as soon as it went I caught it I didn’t spin off um but it’s just literally left me slightly over a bit further than I think he
Thought so where he’s come over for like I said for the corner I’m not where he’s expecting me to be you know uh talk to us about the car in its current state there will we see you race again this weekend or will it be a few weeks before
You see you back in Action being honest the car will probably go again but it does need a bit of loving but I’m not happy to drive it unless it’s been back to workshop and being fully checked over because seeing it being recovered and I
You know I know they’ve got a job to do and nothing against the Marshal they’ve done a great job but you cannot physically un bury that car from the gravel without picking up a lot of it um and there’s been a lot of pressure on the front end the radiators everything
Um I you know you’re not going to drive a car 130 40 mph like that without making sure it’s absolutely spot on no absolutely Richard we’re just glad to see that you’re safe and hope you have a good rest of your weekend thank you very Much Yeah He So then the afternoon schedule is about to begin with the Dunlop SE uh mini challenge Seven’s grid and I understand that uh cameraman John and James are down there so let’s get uh a move over towards our cars and get in to the afternoon’s racing action over to
James welcome back to the assembly area ahead of yet another race here at dington Park circuit it’s the mini challenge 7 Series and I was just about to walk up to the poll sitter but he’s been ushered out by the whist to go out onto the circuit such as the joys of
Live TV especially in the racing World here at dington parks that was Andrew Jordan first the way Joe Thompson to follow him in that number 1880 mini remember yesterday’s race Andrew Jordan built up a fantastic lead over the rest of the pack ended up with a 10 plus
Second advantage on all of the other cars that’s a fantastic little waving goodbye from Ross bison there in his little mini and there we see the rest start to head out and join them and keep your eyes on that fantastic bright orange Grill of the number 796 Michael winkworth with a
Fantastic run yesterday so to Matthew a keeping him company right at the front of that rear pack the S-Class of this seven Challenge Series and these minis have just been providing us with racing entertainment all weekend long so it’s no surprise that they are stealing the headlines yet
Again at Donnington Park circuit and well John I’m right behind you but there’s only one thing left to do now that they’ve actually gone out on the track we can’t have a word with them but there is one man who will have a word or two to say and that’s Adam he’s
Going to take you through this race so then the mini challenge sevens are on the grids it’s Andrew Jordan on pole position for this one Joe Thompson on the front row 77 and the 80 Spencer W in the 73 is on row two alongside Damen Harrington Ross bison on
Row three alongside Glenn Woodbridge Colin turkington in the fourth row of the grid btcc four-time Champion alongside Paul Woodbridge in the 93 Steven hopper in the 38 alongside Andrew King in the 16 row six of the grid is Jamie Payne in the 14 Darren
Thom Thomas in the 20 moving on to the 7 s’s the slightly less tuned slightly more budget friendly cars Michael winkworth will be looking to resume battle with Matthew S they had a fabulous scrap yesterday 796 and 758 on the front row of the 7 s’s Lee pman is
Next the 713 alongside Andrew hack the 723 on row 10 next up row 11 of the grid it is James May not that one alongside Arnold Duncan row 12 the 707 alongside the 7565 of Callum perfect Chris prior 704 alongside Jonathan Page in the 701 Dave re in the 777 alongside Andrew Jordan’s
Brother Bradley Jordan the 771 on row 14 Dan Bell 740 row 15 alongside Bertram ward in the 736 and that is row 15 complete moving on to row 16 Andrew paage and J’s page together on row 16 and Ian Corson the 719 rounding out our order for this
Race so then the Dunlop mini challenge cars are about to roll and as these cars come by our first commentary position we will hear these cars go by lovely Motors of course these little mini machines I think these are mostly 1275s if my memory serves me correctly
In fact one L in the sevens 1300s uh in the 7 s’s so the smaller one L engines in at the main sevens and see if you can tell the difference as the 1 L and the 1300s go by keep an a out see if you can tell The off CH sure but away so then the cars heading down through the Craner on the formation lap at the moment and yesterday’s race of course was held in slightly difficult conditions it was drying out after a rain shower uh at the end of the day
Yesterday into the night as well it was practically dark by the end of the race uh at the end of yesterday’s proceedings uh Andrew Jordan was a stalwart in that race just drove off frankly drove up the road and disappeared away from the field in the 20-minute first race yesterday uh
Meanwhile a lot of the eyes were on the battle further back among the mini sevens S-Class the uh cars were really fighting it out in the battle for SS honors Michael winkworth and Matthew SES were the two prot in that scrap the 796 and the 758 they’re just going through
Shot now uh those two cars the gry machine and the deow orange and blue are two cars that we’ll have to watch a bit later on in the race I’m sure but in these conditions slightly less treacherous than what we had yesterday I expect we’re going to see more
Traditional mini7 racing and what does more traditional mini7 racing entail well it’s pack racing it’s exciting it’s wheel tohe three wide style Stu stuff a lot like what we saw from the mini millias earlier on with it being so wet yesterday we didn’t really get that in
The mini sevs but I suspect today is going to be a different Story so the mini7 racing club with this Dunlop mini challenge of course very popular platform and eyes have been brought onto it like never before of course with the with the arrival of Andrew Jordan into the paddock that has been big news of course he’s been in the mini Milas he’s
Now in the mini sevens and he’s enjoying his racing immensely of course after winning the race yesterday he spoke to James down in the pits and it was really obvious that Andrew is having a lot of fun with his racing in this category ENT So then we have 27 cars on the Grid cars pulling into their grid slots now Andrew Jordan with Joe Thompson on the outside of the front row Thompson will be looking to get the best start he possibly can Spencer wall was pretty strong oh we got one car into the pits there I didn’t quite catch who that was but one
Car into the pit lanane I think might be the car from row four Colin turkington turkington doesn’t appear to be there in the orange car no turkington has gone into the pit lanane so we’re missing Colin turkington unfortunately rest of the grid seems to be there present and correct the green
Light the red lights will be on momentarily and we’ll then be racing red light on some creeping forward but we are now underway and it’s a bit of a here uh TI Smokey start from Road two from Spencer W brilliant start from Andrew Jordan he leads the way into the first
Corner Jordan followed by Thompson followed by W around the outside there I think that was Damen Harrington in fourth position the s’s are now underway as well further back in the pack let’s see who leads it’s Matthew a who leads the way going into turn one then it’s winkworth
723 in third place that’s Andrew hack following them through into third position but I suspect they’re going to see some very close racing out of the seven s’s as well as the main class in these much nicer sunny conditions on the Saturday here they come through the
Craner and now through the old hairpin three wide almost at places there 750 car making up some spots that is James May getting past was getting through on Arnold Duncan at the front of the order it’s a bit more strong this of course is the
Seven class these are the big cars the 7 s’s further back in the field the second grid 29 and the 73 running in tandem W in third place the 29 Harington trying to get to the inside though didn’t get to get there number three bison accelerating
Out has gotten past the 29 nicely done actually I didn’t think he was going to get it but he does make it Work 77 and 80 across the line Jordan and Thompson breaking away away from the field W leading the queue of cars from third back to gosh about eighth or ninth maybe we’ve had a change in the S-Class the 796 car now leading in s and oh goodness me the
713 into the rear I think of the 723 potentially but the 713 car on the grass there Pullman Lee Pullman so uh quite a few dramas on that first lap I think it was a 789 actually who got tagged Arnold Duncan got tagged by Lee pman pman did not cross the line I don’t think that car is okay in fact pman is just now gone past
My commentary position but he’s way off the rest of the S-Class so Jordan was eight of a second clear at the line I think it’s something more like two seconds now meanwhile bison leading now the 29 of Harrington Harrington there braver on the breaks getting past w w started the lap in third he’s now down to fifth position in the all red
Car with the Vicor branding on its Grill so three from 2 well three from 29 from seven in the battle for third place appropriately the number three car is in third place right Now behind them is Woodbridge in the zero cup here is the 7s battle winkworth coming out of the Melbourne hairpin with airs right on his bumper but they’re being joined This Time Around by Andrew hack Andrew hack is looking fast in third in the s’s then
There’s a gap back to the battle for fourth being headed at the moment I think by Paige in the 701 car that would be uh Jonathan Paige who started well down the order making up some good places within the sevens uh seven s’s bison scrubbing speed there coming
Through the old hair pin just had to catch the rear a little bit uh and that means that Harrington with a good run towards McLean I don’t think he’s going to be close enough for a move but he was very close as they came up towards mcleans under the former sight of starky’s Bridge sliding through Copus W dropping off them as well so do have uh a little bit of a gap forming in that battle to Third from fourth to fifth I suspect that W is uh just struggling to keep up right now winkworth leading Matthew a again all too familiar sight albeit with a
Third party involved in the form of and through hack this time Around bison powering out of the corner and actually I think all of them are closing in uh on Andrew Thompson sorry Joe Thompson Joe Thompson I think in second place doesn’t quite have the same Pace uh as bison behind so it could well be that that three car fight for third
Comes a four car battle for fourth place yes indeed on the previous lap Joe Thompson’s Pace was a 15894 uh almost 8/10 slower than third fourth and fifth place behind him Andrew Jordan is Comfortably the fastest car out there on the circuit though while
Everyone else is in the 58s he is on a 1571 143 Last Time by Andrew Jordan is flying in this C here is the S battle once again then winkworth seems to be managing everything right now Matthew a hasn’t had many opportunities to overtake just yet however might well just be biing his
Time he has had many opportunities but he might not be forcing them to happen he does however get a very good run out of the old hairpin as uh they walk drive away from our camera there I do think that he got a good run out of the old
Hairpin so he might be closer as they approach Thompson as I mentioned a few moments ago is indeed being reeled in by this battle for third place it’s no longer a battle for third it’s a battle for second and Joe Thompson’s speed does not look great relative to phison behind him
Harrington with a very wide line there at the Melbourne hairpin that was not what he wanted here comes W on his rear bumper through they go at godard’s cross the line they go once again Jordan some 5point 3 seconds clear Thompson and bison point six apart there’s winkworth and a once
Again he’s still a part of me that thinks that car is being uh driven carefully for now so he can pull a few opportunities out of the bag later a with a good run there out of the last Corner Thompson really is having to start defending now against bison bison the kod backed
Machine fighting for second Place here comes winkworth again down the cran of Curves side by side for second place and bison has gotten through into second position great move for P2 there from bison around the outside at mle and through by the time they get two Copus so it’s bison now with Thompson on his rear now bison will be hoping that Thompson’s Pace continues to be a struggle and he’ll be hoping that bis that Thompson does a good job at holding up Harrington and W behind that will allow bison to build himself a lead
However Here Comes Harrington again wide at the Melbourne Loop that time I believe he meant to do it uh but he’s still under immense pressure here from W in P5 10 minutes left on the clock half distance in this race we’ve had a change for the lead in the seven s’s the S-Class lead is now with Matthew SES Michael winkworth demoted to second place and of course unlike yesterday he’s got a third party to consider in
The form of Andrew hack so he has to be careful here not to lose time to hack Thompson be watching those rearview mirrors I think his car might have a slight straight line speed deficit to the others around him at the moment Thompson looks a bit slow at least on initial
Talk out of some of these Corners through turn one winkworth drifting wide there you got to be careful of course not to start picking up uh slaps on the wrist for trap limits sideways they go run through the old Hapit defensive move here from Thompson you saw him there Jin the inside that was quite authorative there 719 car getting put a lap down Joe Thompson remains in third position W and Harrington kind of helping him out here by having their own battle Jordan is just piling himself a bigger and
Bigger Gap 8.1 seconds 8.1 seconds clear of bis Andrew Jordan the X btcc Champion accurately turned out car a 1568 Last Time by as Well and ironically for the number 77 driver 77 mph Average Here Comes we’ve had a change again meanwhile while in the S-Class the 796 of winkworth getting through so winkworth has gotten past see them twitching there there’s the 758 taking a lot of curve on the exit of the corner trying to get the run down the uh crane of
Curves towards the old hairpin if you can carry the speed nicely through this crane of curve he could get the inside for the old hairpin he does look to the inside for the old hairpin but he can’t quite get it done There a with a very good run up towards mcleans let’s see if he can make the move at mcleans no not quite winkworth in the 796 holds on then these two keep changing positions brilliant scrap and not the best run I would say through Copus for airs so I think that means
That winkworth can head towards the s’s uncontested although lap traffic here could be a big factor the number in fact not lap traffic that’s pain in the 14 so this is actually now a three-way battle for 10th Place overall orbe it I think that pay in the 14 is going to lose out As they head left through the crane of Curves is winkworth going to hold on yeah great move there from winkworth in the 796 Michael winkworth with Matthew S now coming back at him I thought winkworth had a good enough run but no Matthew S firing to the inside again now for mcleans he’s
Going to have the class lead is he yes he is no he’s not who quite knows they’re side by side still as they come out of mle towards Copus nose ahead on winworth but he’s got the outside line for Copus contact a little bit between the two of them they’re still side by
Side and here comes Andrew hack he’s getting involved in this now too he’s in the slipstream of winkworth still side by side for the lead it’s going to be three wide as they come down to the s’s who will it be in the lead it’s going to be winkworth he defended that expertly
All lap long that move began at Redgate and it ended 2 miles later at the s’s that is mini 7s racing that is why we love it the 701 car is involved in this as well now so it’s a four car scrap for the 7s lead the 701 of Jonathan pige who
Is ascended through the order magnificently is now the fourth party and there go goes Andrew hack hack is up into second in class now for the first time this weekend we have someone other than AES and winkworth in the top two but how long will that last because
Matthew SS has good power underneath his hood and he gets back through into second place by the time they get to Red Gate they’ve got more seven straggler traffic up ahead of them in fact I think that might be a car going a down and that could rather hinder winkworth here
In fact no the driver very heads up there staying out of the way of the top four in the 7s category that was wise driving there good job there from uh the 719 driver Ian Corson would assume his name is Greg based on the uh based on the grill but apparently Not Andrew Jordan still your race leader by 10 10 seconds at this point at the front of the overall order he is having a great race he has just started the penultimate lap of the race so there will be two more laps at the end of this one for these these four
Drivers to contest the lead in the seven s’s Here Comes Paige looking to the outside there of Andrew hack but your order at the moment is Michael winkworth in the 796 Matthew s in the 758 Andrew hack in the 723 and then in fourth place Jonathan
Pagee in the 701 the top four in the seven s’s split by a matter of T the battle for second is still close as well it’s that sorry this is Battle for third place Joe Thompson has been holding up uh Harrington W bison is now 1.3 seconds up the road from them in
Second place so the battle for third has rather lost touch with the second place Runner down to the first Corner comes winkworth in the 796 he’ll be watching the rear viiew mirrrors gauging the runs of those behind him I don’t think Matthew A’s got a particularly special run through Redgate that Time battle for second heading to the s’s now bison turns into the s’s there’s Andrew
Jordan he’s got one more lap between himself and The Checkered Flag it’s been another exemplary drive from Andrew Jordan just in a different realm compared to everybody else out there the jrt built seven here they come roaming towards the first Corner bison relatively lonely now in second place Thompson with Harrington and one
St company in his rear viiew mirror here is your 7s battle again and there’s been a change airs is through into the lead once again winkworth then is now on the retali Drive once again and he gets a brilliant run through the s’s a has a horrible run through the s’s winkworth
Gets to the lead and Jonathan Pig was in fourth at the start of the lap he’s now in second and he could have the lead by the end oh they almost touch brilliant racing as close as you can get and Jonathan Paige has gone from fourth to
First in the 7s battle in a matter of seconds but they’re three wide still as they head towards godart inside line with Matthew a they just about find room for each other this is incredible racing it’s as close as you like as they come across the line to begin the final lap
Winkworth with the inside line into Redgate Here Comes Jonathan pige once again with his Swift tune backing on the front of his grill but there goes winkworth a in second place third place for Jonathan Paige and don’t rule out Andrew hack as well he has been playing
His cards very wisely over the course of this race distance and he could certainly still be a factor before the end of this one for any one of the three Podium positions ahead of him the top three in 7s head out of the old hairpin meanwhile lights of Blaze on the
Leading car in the sevens the 77 of Andrew Jordan has been second to nobody this weekend he has led from Pillar To Post in both races and Andrew Jordan cement’s an early lead in the championship has a brilliant run in the sevens it’s three wide still as they go
Through compus contact between a and winkworth here in fact that was Paige and winkworth my apologies Paige in the middle winkworth on the left of driver on driver’s right is Matthew’s a Matthew a the inside line then with win worth Jonathan pagee leaning a little bit on
Winkworth there he gets into the lead once again they all go across the s’s curbs very aggressively here comes the 723 Here Comes Andrew hack who’s going to have the lead by the time they come out of Melbourne it could go any of many ways Jonathan Paige tries to launch it
Up the inside does launch it up the inside it’s a drag race now towards godart winkworth has the inside line for the final corner he has his whole car ahead will there be a lunge at the final Corner Jonathan Paige goes to the outside and here comes Andrew hack hack
Tries to get to the inside for the lead who’s it going to be across the line it’s as close as you like but it will be winkworth who wins in the 7s category incredible racing from all four parties not contact free but very respectful racing I would say there and that was
Exactly what the mini7 racing Club the Dunlop mini Challenge and indeed these 7s cars are all about fabulous battling all race long from the 7 s’s in particular and Michael winkworth a deserving winner in that 7s Battle I did say at the start of that final lap that Andrew hack could have any of those Podium positions he ended up second in class and Andrew Jordan with an overall Victory right there in the 77 car no one has gotten anywhere near him on Pace
This weekend what a talent he is 15 seconds clear at the end Ross bison in second Spencer wst in third Joe Thompson in fourth place Damen I Harrington in fifth Glenn Woodbridge in sixth position Darren Thomas in seventh Paul Woodbridge Steven Hopper and then in 10th overall
Your winner in the 7s class Michael winkworth with a sensational Drive despite the last lunge from Andrew hack he managed to Win hack takes 11th overall and second in the s’s ahead of Matthew S and Jonathan pagee Jamie in the last man on your graphic there in
14th position James May 15th Duncan in the 789 and 16th perfect in the 765 in 17th Jordan in the 771 in 18th the 711 of paig in 19th King rounding out the top 20 in 20th Place Ward the 736 the 777 of Reese and Corson in the 719 rounding out your 23 car
Order What a great race that was in the Dunlop mini challenge sevens and I cannot wait to get the Insight from that race we can now go down to James and John behind the lens to get all the insights from that race they declared a wet race I think it
Would possibly drive towards the end own Well Park F me is the home to the winners at the end of the day and I need to go and chat to Andrew Jordan once again who is still obsessing over his tire pressures um Andrew can I interrupt again I’m so sorry mate I’ll let you
Just do one you’ve just won another race quite resoundingly um they asked this question to Mach for stappen quite a lot as well is it really as easy as you’re making it out to be because you’ve won again by over 12 seconds uh yeah that
Was pretty easy if I’m honest it’s uh I appreciate your honesty to be honest Andrew it’s uh the car’s just on Rails it really is it’s it’s my dad’s car so uh he can have it back for the rest of the year now but um yeah the car is
Honestly no no no Andrew you’ve got to drive this thing for the rest of the year now surely I’ve got work unfortunately so uh I’ll be out in my migli for a few rounds later in the year and um yeah it’s great really really nice card is exactly uh what I want when
I want and um I said last night after yesterday’s race I wish them on my brtish touring cars when I was racing that would be as as nice as this cuz honestly wherever you want to place it it does it if you want to make the car
Do a little bit something different it does it so uh yeah proper little car a very well behaved car and a very very good drive from yourself I’m very sad that you won’t be driving this again this year you’re lying I’m sure you will I’m sure you will let’s have a chat with
Ross bison wherever he’s got Ross hello sir hello second it’s pretty good going isn’t it better than yesterday yeah yeah better than yesterday that’s all we want to say yeah no it was good um obviously just want to catch Andrew but that wasn’t going to happen it was too fast
Um yeah I saw these three battling behind me so that helped me and just yeah just get my head down and just uh putting in some good laps and yeah get second place Happy Days you must be pretty pleased without going ahead into the rest of the season now you got
Familiar with your Machinery you’ve uh managed to place it in the top three quite consistently towards the top end of the grid quite consistently and bring on the rest of the season now surely definitely yeah we’re doing the rest of the season so uh we’re going to try and
Win it so uh hopefully yeah I don’t think Andrew is going to do many more so that’s that’s good so yeah well yeah you’ve just heard it here first everyone that Andrew although he might be lying genuinely because I’m sure after after these last couple of races he’ll be
Wanting to drive this car more Ross thank you very much I’ll let you get to the celebrations whil I’ll try and find Spencer oh but that was pretty easy hello Spencer how are you all good how are you I’m very well thank you the first one that’s asked me that in a
While you’re my new favorite um Spencer talk to me about how that race was for yourself uh it was Bloody hard work really um started off got a good start and uh so we’ve done a lot of work to the car over the winter um wasn’t really
Sure how it was going to go yesterday mixed conditions and stuff like that so today was the first real test um it was a bit bit tricky at the start but the car about 10 five minutes from the end I feel really felt it coming to me um so I
Sort of saw the two in front getting a bit closer and I was like yeah yeah uh I’m probably going to be in here um and just bed my time a bit and then come across the line so it was the last lap and I just knew if there was an
Opportunity or even half an opportunity I going to have to go for it um so I went for it with Joe luckily enough managed to pull it off and yeah really made up with third and getting a Podium after so much hard work in the winter um
Massive thank you to many spares for continuing to support me for another year um and to my dad for hours and hours and hours in the workshop over winter uh these things Don’t Come Easy um and you know this is our reward for all the hard work what’s your dad’s name
Sorry Mark W right now motorport Mark Mark yeah Mark well done you’re a legend thank you very much I’m going to let you celebrate I’m going to go and try and find some other people cuz I think I’ve got a little bit of time and it does
Mean that I do want to try and find wherever he might be H you there we go I want to try and find Michael winkworth Mr winkworth where are you Michael winkworth can we see are we F have you guys seen Michael winkworth anywhere oh that was pretty easy you could have
Hidden from me you didn’t really speak up at all Mr winkworth that I’m going to give you the same question as Andrew it looked a little bit easy towards the beginning of the race but then you had a really really good fight way fight there for pretty much the last 5 minutes none
Of that race was easy at all if I’m totally honest the first few laps were fairly settled down with Matt right behind me but the end of that race I ain’t even got words for what that race was like but yeah credit to all the other drivers I was battling with like
We literally folded the wing mirrors in and that was literally it that was the damage like such close race and really proud to be part of it great skill shown by all and great respect shown bow that was the only Damage Done Michael uh we’re going to finish on that but sum up
The race in one word for Me 3 2 1 go perfect perfect wow perfect I haven’t had that one used in a while well that’s the end of the mini action this weekend here from Donnington Park but the action still continues cuz I’m just going to Sprint over to the Thunder grid where
They’re assembling in the assembly area let’s go so then our grid for number two the CT CRC Thunders are out on the circuit Brian bransom will be your poll sitter for this race sadly no Jimmy Broadbent minty um I think at a cylinder or something like that there was a misfire
Yesterday uh Kevin Clark alongside Brian Branson on the front row and all BMW front row James card is on row two he’s alongside Josh Lon Row three Simon light in the big V8 Capri he’s alongside an equally big V8 427 no less it is the
427 of Andy Wilson the hold of manaro on Row three Nick Vaughn is next in the Audi A3 alongside Andy Robinson in the 18 the Ford Falcon Joe Kier the 223 is on row five alongside Gary Hufford row six of the grid David Blacky Kirk Armitage uh
There uh row seven Colin voice in the escort alongside sha Morris Dan Earl in the Astra vxr alongside Mike cut Talon Trump in the Nissan 350Z on R9 Kevin Denwood alongside Jasper SAA in the 140 and Daffin in the top 20 there in the number two row 11 of the grid Vic hope
The 151 alongside the 228 of Jason rudge Michael rudge row 12 uh from Row from row 12 alongside Martin Reynolds row 13 uh Mike Nash alongside Melvin hooker Nigel Baker the 288 alongside the 35 of Mike Manning Malcolm Harding the 10 one alongside what should have been Jimmy
Broadbent’s grid slot but he sadly isn’t able to take the start the 441 Ian Bower I think is also missing uh I think all of these other rows unfortunately are missing so Malcolm Harding will be our last starter in the Race so then these cars I don’t think are taking the start or are they in fact I think we might have a few of them out so Ian Bower David Jefferson Clive haford in his RX8 and AJ Hal should all be out there per last count as we get
Ready for another Deluxe Grid in the ctcc Thunders remember these cars a little bit different they will have a rolling start rather than a standing start Right so then you see there are wonderful variety of saloon cars in the classic Thunder series we’re definitely a few down from the 40 we had yesterday but we still got a very full and very Lively grid of machines here as you can see V8 Supercar Machinery X
British GT Machinery lots of BMW M3s Nissans Heritage Ford escorts Jaguar xjs even fiestas Audi a3s all sorts of different Machinery all of it very high powerered in Thunder nothing is as it seems even though minty took an early bath L we forget that is a
650 Brak hor power MX5 and that is a good sign that in this series even the most diminutive looking of cars can be very powerful and I understand we will be welcoming back Jimmy and minty at a future round in ctcc Thunder but for here and now we are ready to go racing
And it is Kevin Clark on the outside Brian bransom on the inside as they begin the Holden manaro siing its way through into second place Andy Wis having a very good start no it’s third place bransom with the inside line manages to squeeze him out but already
Up to third then is Andy Wilson Andy Robinson is at the back of that leading Que in the Ford Falcon as well but it’s Kevin Clark that leads the way in the interport BMW he is always so strong at the wheel of that cup rest of the field picking their way
Through there’s Dan ear in the Astra vxr there up into second already has gone the manaro now watch the manaro in a straight line versus the car in the lead the 427 car there is the Ford Falcon as well just licking flame in the hands of Andy Robinson but it’s other Andy Andy
Wilson who’s going to have the straight line speed Edge look at how quickly that car disappears away from Brian bransom in the orange BMW in that battle for second place he will be with the leader before too long on that evidence that Kevin Clark is a Wy
Veteran and a very quick driver so Andy Wilson is going to have his work cut out for him BMW side by side further back light in the Capri uh losing out there to the Audi A3 of Nick vaugh so Nick vaugh making up a position we’ve got yellow flags down at the Melbourne
Hairin down by art sixth camera I don’t know quite what’s happened there side by side for fifth place as Nick vaugh uh gets by Nick vaugh has just got past Lon in the 24 car so Josh Lon in his hyper Civic is losing positions he’s
Just lost out to vau and then also to light in the Capri as well in fact no light in the Capri has been o has been re taken so Lon briefly looking a little bit slow but he seems to be back up to speed now Clark from Wilson from Branson your
Top three as the 228 car is stuck in the uh Service Road there at the Melbourne Hapit here comes the 144 car to the inside of the 21 that’s cut getting himself past uh The Voice driven escort in 10th Place Ninth Place my apologies so up into ninth comes Cut Andy Robinson just ahead of cut in eighth position as we see then again the escort falling through the order this time another one of the BMWs comes flying by that’s the 1 191 of Armitage and through in to eighth place goes cut so cut in
The 144 the red E46 has gotten past Andy Robinson the big Ford Falcon Au uh losing a bit of ground here of course a genuine V8 super car great to have such a thing in the field oh goodness me one of the cars off further
Back in the pack another of the uh BMWs I think that was Kier in the 223 having an off in the back of shots as Robinson tries desperately here to fight the M3 but it is Mike cut who started in 16th all the way up into eighth
Place 16th to eth in just a couple of laps he must be happy with That 10th position voice Hufford in 11th in fact yes oh wow lot of smoke off of cuts BMW now I thought that might have been Tire rub is it just Tire rub or is something wrong with that car I must uh correct myself that is an E36 BMW as well rather than E46
Um and Nick vaugh making up some places as well he’s just gotten himself past card in the 132 so that’s for fourth place Nick vaugh is through Lon now follows him also as we get a look here at the ex British GT Holden manaro chassis initially built by the
Gary Rogers Motorsport Enterprise over in Australia before emotional engineering uh built it and uh enhanced it for Rich GT coming into 2004 the car wasn’t wildly successful in Period the big manaro but it has been further fettled and improved by Andy Wilson in subsequent years there’s Andy Robinson in the other big
Aussie brute the Ford Falcon being pursued by a different Ford entirely one European built Ford oh Andy Wilson is slowing and so is the Civic now they weren’t together on the circuit but Lon is slowing and Wilson is pulled over so Lon has a problem and Andrew Andy Wilson
Seems to be expiring oh and Wilson had a big moment that’s what happened to Wilson Wilson went wide out of the corner and was that something like a puncture I can’t quite see but Andy Wilson having an early bath Unfortunately he will walk away feeling rather annoyed as that car looked very fast up until that point the BMW just behind the two Fords looks to have a bit of a loose front end I think that’s voice isn’t it uh he I know that’s Hufford in the 45 sorry so Huffer
In the 45 with a loose looking front Splitter on that car front Bodywork there you see the 21 car up the inside through and pass Andy Robinson goes voice in the 21 the escort Kevin Clark is still your leader at the front of the order but we’ve got
So much exciting action here at the front of the pack I’m still very concerned about hufford’s front end I don’t know if that’s staying on for the rest of the race Andy Robinson with a bit of a lock up there he’ll see his mate Andy Wilson parked up on the side after his
Moment that is just Tire rub isn’t it in the uh in the E36 cut closing in on light as they fight it out for fifth position I was a bit concerned about Mike Cut’s car but it does seem to just be a matter of the tires kissing the
Bodywork you got to hope that doesn’t cut the tire too much as he goes to the inside there of the big Capri V8 powered Capri in the hands of Simon light light should have the power Advantage can he get himself back past cut as they run towards the s’s the
Answer is no Mike cut obviously didn’t have a great qual well this grid actually formed from yesterday’s race so he didn’t have a great race yesterday but he’s right on the pace uh in this second encounter at the weekend and he’s through into P5 overall Kevin Clark
Meanwhile has firmly built his lead at the front of the order Nick vau now all the way up in second place and that’s because our second place car has come to the pits Brian Branson the bright orange BMW was in second place and is now in the pit
Lane I was just wondering why he’d lost P2 and we can now see we can now figure it out on the graphics you can see him dropping through the order with pit next to his name Andy Robinson coming down the criners at the moment and just ahead of him Jasper
Sappa uh under some pressure here from Armitage in the 1 91 again uh some Tire on body contact as Jasper SAA goes through the compression at the cran of Curves SAA is just behind Robinson so they’re fighting for eighth position I did think they were ahead of Robinson but
No Armitage in the E36 now he’s smoking too but I don’t think that’s just tire no it’s not he was leaking oil on his own tires there and that means that cars behind him could also struggle Armitage with a failing here and has anyone else gone with him is my question because that
Car that car looked like it might have been laying oil the fact that the car broke away in that manner was Smoke billowing and then just couldn’t make the corner I just wonder if it was putting oil on its own rear tires Kevin Clark 4 minutes and 50 seconds away from
Winning this one is actually potentially going to be under threat before the end of this race Kevin Clark’s last lap was a 13959 s thns was a 38298 again we see the incident here for Armitage in the 1 191 the E36 he was smoking tried to get the car
Stopped couldn’t and then it just went straight on he found the barrier I don’t think anyone else has had a moment down there I was a bit worried that oil might send some others off as Well Kevin Clark as I was saying before is Clos being closed in on by our second place car but on this lap it’s actually not the case Nick Thor has dropped time again uh I think Kevin Clark may have been given the hurry up there is the 36 car going through shot
That’s uh the class leader in class C uh that is Morris who of course we saw earlier on in Pre 93 oh and the 288 car in a spin that is Baker in his uh in his escort just rejoins now behind Mike cut a lap down
Down look like there was a car smoking in the back of shot there as well card in the 132 now running third overall after various dramas for other cars ahead the number seven of Denwood running just behind the 36 Hufford in the 45 is in the pit Lane
Uh so Gary Hufford who we’ve been talking about uh with his splitter seemingly loose has now come to the pits the bright green car in the pits here is uh Lon in the 24 now he’s dropped through the order quite significantly has the fastest lap of the
Race but uh he was running in the top half dozen he’s dropped back I didn’t see exactly what happened in fact well he he actually um dropped down the order he actually dropped down the order uh at the same time as Andy Wilson had his mechanical didn’t he Wilson pulled
Over and Lon was slowing down at the same time so Lon must have had a problem maybe also went grass tracking but is now back out there and in fact setting the fastest laps of the race so Lon is pushing there is the 48 Car the 148 car sorry Nash in the 148
That we saw out previously this will be the penultimate lap of the race for our race leader Kevin Clark still being closed in on by vau it’s ebbing and flowing I think depending on whether Kevin is pushing or not um but overall vaugh is closing I don’t think he’s going to
Close in quick enough but uh his ultimate pace is very close to that of Kevin Clark and he seems to be going quicker for now gained one and a half seconds on the previous lap but I know Kevin can go quicker I think he is just
Managing but if he is managing a problem rather than just managing his tires and conserving his car then maybe vaugh can get there I don’t think Baugh will be close enough in the big Audi A3 that’s probably the most berserk Audi A3 in British Motorsport I’m scrolling through the
Memory banks to see if I can remember a one that’s a bit more extreme but I don’t think they come any more extreme than that g 33 powers out of the penultimate corner on the penultimate lap now towards the final turn with one more lap on the horizon Kevin Clark
Should be able to take this win even though vaugh is steadily closing in I think the speed Advantage for vaugh is mostly made up in the straights that car is a rocket ship in a straight line but he did actually lose time on that lap to Kevin Clark who I think he just
Uh easing his way home at this stage some wonderful noises coming past my commentary position uh glorious cars out there unfortunately one car we have lost we haven’t seen this on camera but Andy Robinson is also in pit Lane so Andy Robinson in the uh Ford Falcon has ended
His race in the pit Lane the number 18 car the big Ford Falcon V8 super car didn’t reach the FLAG NOR did the other Andy and the other Aussie car the holder SL voxal Monaro raced in Britain of course as a voxel when it was in British
GT but nether car reaching the flag which is a big shame 33 Kevin Clark powering his way towards the final couple of Corners in this the venerable and very very fast in sport racing BMW N3 I don’t know that anyone has taken more victories in an E46 M3 than Kevin Clark
I highly doubt it Clark coming through the final corner and taking the win Kevin Clark your winner in the ctcc Thunder race vaugh taking second position third place the 132 of card he also wins the guest class class G 144 of cut will cross the line in fourth position here he
Comes having started in 16th fourth position is certainly a very good job your winner in the H1 class is light the historic one class for some of the older cars light winning that from voice in the escort sapra finishing seventh overall colier will take eight Blacky and then Lon in the incredible Honda
Civic will be the last car one of the last cars across the line Martin Reynolds in his beautifully turned out escort Mark two he will cross the line in 11th place he will win in the H3 class so a class win for him and uh another fun weekend for Martin I must
Thank Martin actually he let me cut in front of him in the lunch queue earlier on so I could get my food before I had to go back on air I didn’t ask him he just let me he knew I was on a time crunch he’s a great driver as well great
To see him out there in his escort one of many fast forwards that he owns Kevin Clark then has taken our race win There is Clark making his way to the assembly area where he will have a chat No Doubt with uh with James gives a wave there to the marshals of course our thanks as always the marshals have been putting in a shift today as they do every day here at Donnington
They have to go and push Andy Wilson’s car out of the way among others before we get the next race out there on the circuit so then Kevin Clark takes the second classic Thunder win ctcc Thunders Nick vaugh taking second place James card in third position Mike cut in
Fourth Simon light to the cpri taking fifth overall and winning in the H1 class Colin voice behind him Jas for sappa Joe ker and David blackey rounding out the top 10 in fact the top nine because Josh laon was 10th overall in his wonderful Atomic Honda Civic and that thing is an
Absolute rocket ship shame we didn’t quite see it get to the race at the top Martin Reynolds uh in 11th Dan Kevin Denwood and David Jefferson rounding out the cars you see on your screens there so then let’s take a look at the highlights of that race so then starting with that great
Battle we had with the two Fords as we had a bit of a moment for Kier in the back of shot as well but we had an escort versus Falcon battle we had a hold of manaro up there in second place until we didn’t a moment for uh Wilson
Coinciding with what looked like a problem as well well for Lon in the Honda Kevin Clark though was absolutely dominant at the front of the order just driving away Armitage in the 1 191 Kirk Armitage seemingly started maybe leaking oil that’s my guess cuz that car just
Looked like it was smoking before it went straight on the 288 car had a moment as well further back in the field Nigel Baker with a spin never a nice place to be on the Apex of Melbourne facing the wrong way he waited for his moment and got the car turned around we
Also had some offra anigan for uh the Honda Civic at one point in the hands uh of Vic hope but he managed to get the car turned around Baker also with a bit of a bonnet issue and maybe that did imp impede his vision more than I thought
Because that was a a slightly hairy moment through turn one as well but no one could beat Kevin today he was managing that Gap if Nick vaugh had been there from the start at the front I wonder if he would have just maybe challenged for the win
Now well welcome down to park F the winner is just behind John which I’m going to make him pivot round two because Kevin Clark has just flown away to a victory here Kevin can we grab a quick word with you after that Victory how are you feeling right now yeah well
Pleased to be honest that was the um the first race for this new car on slick I was really pleased with that well look it’s the it’s the first race for first race weekend for this new car you’ve got a victory to your name as well that’s
Really got to cement some confidence in you and this machine for the rest of the year oh yeah I’m really pleased with the car you know it’s it’s turned out really well everybody who helps me along the way they’ve all done an excellent job I can’t mention them all there’s loads of
Them but like yeah fair play to all of them they really really helped me and let’s talk about that race itself youve got a really good start to get yourself in a good position and and then you just sort of showed us the skill set that you’ve developed and you’ve got at your
Disposal yeah there’s a few years g into it but uh yeah it it was tricky for me at the beginning with the the um cold tires but um Brian was on a set of tires that come in a lot quicker than these and I knew that and I I half expected
Him to be completely alongside me at one point but I think after his deflation in the brick car race it was it was easy to understand and it didn’t take a lot of intimidating to get him to back out well I’ll let you enjoy this celebrations you
Got the floor wreath on top of your car congratulations that’s certainly one way to go home I’m going to have a word with you next I’m going to interrupt you your tire what is it with you weirdos and your tire pressures honestly they’re going to be the same in a few minutes
Just have a breather first uh let’s have a chat about how you gone from Seventh Nick all the way through to Second for a Podium really happy with that um qualifying yesterday we had a little mechanical issue didn’t end up where we wanted to be so we kind of made the best
Of it just wanted to bring it home some points yesterday in the rain refocus on today got the dry tires on that was a cracking race absolutely loved it awesome well thank you very much for taking that quick moment to talk to us I’ll let you go back to your tire
Presses CU you know special things these Tire presses got to get them down while you can we need to get ourselves over to the assembly area now for our next race so let’s hear from Adam and take a look at the highlights of the Day so then the recovery of uh some of the cars still ongo and the track currently vacant but next up out there on the circuit for our penultimate race of the program will be the ctcc p3s and boss cars or sorry third last race of the program of course cuz the
Super carts also owe us one more appearance uh but it will be our final race of the day for the uh classic Touring Car Racing Club up next the p3s and the boss cars the blue oval Saloon series um British super carts following that will end the day of course with the
Brit car trophy with their second race of the day has been a stellar weekend of action so far in the categories that we have here today the minis of course exciting as ever the mini7 racing Club the ctcc stuff has been exemplary great entries in all classes as well brick car trophy very
Very strong picking up the mantle from where the British Endurance Championship left off yesterday and uh as always these combined uh British endurance brick car classic touring car weekends some the most exciting stuff that the BARC has to offer and there is a lot the BARC has to offer across the board
You can see the marshals making their way back to position after pushing Andy Wilson’s Monaro into position to get towed away and that should mean that we won’t have too much time before the next grid gets out there on the circuit the p3s and the boss cars
Are down in the assembly area at the moment and I understand that James and John are with them at the moment so let’s go there and hear from some of our drivers well I don’t know about you John but my heart rate’s certainly leapt up thanks to that run over to the assembly
Area and actually I think my heart rate might be going up as well because we’ve got another race just around the corner don’t shake too much John don’t collapse on me we’ve got more people we need to talk to Let’s dive straight into talking to the pole sitter peers gra sitting on
Pole for for another day appear we’re right to come through just have quick chat mate yeah um first of all what happened yesterday uh with that start was it just the battery went flat I remember you saying to me uh yesterday um yeah yeah the battery went a bit flat
So uh I think we need a new battery but we’re not going to have the same push start today again are we I don’t know we just I was hoping to keep it running but it was getting a bit hot so I’ve turned it off so we don’t know yet well let me
Know if you need an extra pair ofs to push you out there um but let’s talk about the race how are you feeling going into this one yeah hopefully we can do the same again again um I’m sure Malcolm’s just tweaked his car a little
Bit to make it a bit quicker so uh we’ll just have to see how we how we Fair well it sounds like you got your work cut out for for you mate but look how much would it mean to you to finish with another Podium at this fantastic circuit to
Start the year off with oh that’ be absolutely fantastic yeah and a good point so will be absolutely brilliant yeah awesome well enjoy the race mate I’ll bring this door to for you take care have fun let’s see who else is in their car getting ready to go in this
Race I believe Malcolm is Malcolm is in position ready to go I’m going to see if I can squeeze in here so sorry to interrupt as always so sorry Malcolm hi mate how you doing I’m actually really well mate thanks for that not many people asked me that question um how are
You I’m all right we just went out in the last race we still haven’t lost the gremlin misfire um it’s really crazy it’s absolutely frustrating as you like really but look got to keep trying we just Tred something else let’s just keep going at it hopefully we’ll line it out
And it’ be good well look you’re certainly getting plenty of practice in with this car and uh look I know you might not have all of the confidence in the well going into this race but you must be feeling pretty good you’re starting from P2 look if the car good
We’ll do all right if the car starts to play up then clearly we’re going to end up further back down the job but we’ll try our best as always what are we targeting then finish wise uh obviously bp1 is what we’re targeting um Pi he’s probably got other ideas like we
Normally do together but look long as one of us gets it we both got the same um engine manufacturer Smith and Jones uh obviously will from Smith and Jones builds um um Pi’s and Timmy schodin Bill’s mine but we’re both they’re both almost identical we we you know you’re
Practically twins mate sorry you’re practically twins mate but you’ve just got different Hobbies yeah he’s a little bit younger and a bit thinner than me though well mate enjoy the race Malcolm enjoy it have fun at the end of the day that’s what it’s all about let’s see who
Else is around on this grid that we could potentially have a chat with uh oh they’re quite they I’m not going to interrupt that conversation cuz they are in depth I’m going to squeeze in with Ollie though cuz Ollie nice and friendly and smiley yesterday so sorry to
Interrupt tire pressure monitor see John it’s still a thing tire pressure is everywhere it’s pressure stuff OE how are you feeling ahead of this race yeah I’m a bit disappointed to be honest the uh the engine’s a bit underpowered uh in comparison to these three so I’m driving the little socks
Off it and it’s very flat well um what have you done to maybe Rectify that across this race weekend have you made any changes to this car ahead of the race no nothing can’t do anything to the engine the engine’s uh a bit of a a nogo well let’s try and talk
About something a bit happier I’ve noticed you’ve got little personal mascot in the corner of the wind screen here is there a story behind that um when I started racing in 2001 um somebody made that for me I made a little suit for him and he just stayed
In all my cars has he got a name mute mute yeah so we got mute in the corner of the car keeping you company whilst you absolutely hammer it and it’s anything butt muted this car actually he don’t get scared braver than us probably than us yeah Ollie go well mate enjoy
The racing that’s what it’s about at the end of the day here we go I think we’ve got time maybe for a couple more let’s slide in for a chat with Craig my good friend Craig how are you sir I’m all right I’m very good thank you are you
Looking forward to this one yep absolutely um brilliant this morning I’m really pleased um shame if you uh retired but Joey and um Colin unfortunately we were having a nice little battle the three of us and Joey fell by the wayside and it was just me and Colin and Colin slowed I
Don’t know whether he had a problem or you know I don’t know I haven’t had a chance to catch up with him but yeah it was it was good bit lowly towards the end but um we reviewed the footage of the GoPro um with my son AJ and he’s a
Lot quicker than me and he said look you’re much too you’re much too early on the braks here you this is wrong this this is wrong this is wrong and it’s like oh my goodness you know what these young whipper snappers they can tell you everything don’t they but he’s quick
He’s won championships and he’s quick so I listen to him but how much I can absorb I don’t know but we’ll give it the best shot you’ve been a sponge and now you’re going to be a bee cuz you’re going to sting down the grid have a good
One Craig take care mate enjoy it let’s see who else is around we’re actually going to head over to the other side of the grid John we’re literally going to get you to flip around because because Stuart uh he’s got got a fantastic livered car but he’s actually got a
Matching van as well uh John’s been taking pictures of it all weekend long cuz it is fantastic Stuart how we feeling ahead of this one mate yeah I’m all right yeah he’s static you seem very calm and very mellow ahead of this one are you going
To go in with a nice calm demeanor and Persona just gliding through all the corners I always do like it turn up you get all excited about it all week and you just finally sit here and it’s like I’m quite calm actually I’m just ready to go it’s just you and this beautiful
Piece of Machinery isn’t it is yeah enjoy it mate take care all of the best I’ll bring this to for you as well right who else can we grab a quick word with who else let’s go towards the back of the grid now John because there are
Other people involved in this at the end of the day Gary’s got a whole fan club with him so we’re going to interrupt the Gary Pebble fan club and we’re going to slide in or and being ushered in how professional is this Gary Preble how are
We feeling ah of this one mate yeah any go if anything like the first race I’m really looking forward to it um absolutely Mega first race I couldn’t believe getting up to third overall fighting with the boss so um yeah I’ll give it my best shot again and see if I
Can get up with the with the big boys on slicks let let me just finish off by asking you can you sum up your tactics for this race in one word uh flat out flat out love it enjoy it take care I did hear a whistle there a moment ago I
Thought but I can’t see any movement from the Cars whether appear has got another problem is yet to be seen the Marshall is ushering him forward W and he has got it going so there we go the whistle gone the cars is heading out now no problems so far this time watch
Your back John don’t get run over again there goes Craig and there goes Michael rudge just behind him in that 75 and there goes Stewart and off goes the rest of the grid as well and so I think that’s all what we’ve got time for to hear from the dve and you can see them all making
Their way out onto the grid for their final race of the weekend this is part of the curtain raises towards the end of proceedings here at Donington Park this weekend in round one of all this amazing BARC action and all that’s left to do is
For myself and John to hand up to Adam in commentary who once again will take you through this exciting Race so then our next grid heading out onto the circuit the ctcc pre3 fre as well as the blue oval saloons it is Pier’s gra who once again will be looking to take a win if he can make it two from two in his escort Malcolm
Harding in the escort Mark to Zack speed alongside though he will be a tough Challenger as will Martin Reynolds and olle Allen in the escort and Fiesta respectively on roow two Row three of the grid Craig Owen in the number nine the Sierra Co it cworth on the third row
Alongside Michael rudge row four Colin Claxton in the escort alongside Robert Taylor in the 141 Jason rudge in the 228 is next alongside Stuart Kai in his Capri we then go back to the next couple of rows I don’t think we’re going to have uh staffin Ferguson or hunt
They don’t appear to be there uh and ready to go so I think we are missing a couple but we are uh going to have a secondary grid of course as well with the pr3 cars Gary Preble uh in his Honda Civic EG the first of the p3s always a
Very quick car and Vic hope will be alongside him in the1 that is of course the Honda Civic uh Type R row 11 of the grid will be the number 330 that’s Anton Martin alongside Mike Nash in his E46 BMW although I don’t know if Mike will
Be there since he was only just in the uh in the boss race a few moments ago uh Neil Ashcroft in the 119 is next alongside John hilia in his E36 touring the estate E36 I love having that car out there andy Abrams in the
214 join Simon man at the back of the grd so we’ll be keeping a watching eye I think in particular on that Civic Gary Preble has been very very quick this weekend in these races I dare suggest that preal will uh make his way to somewhere near the front
Of the overall order before long he’s been unmatched in terms of pace within the pr3 so far this weekend you see the field coming down through the crane of Curves a 15minute race installed for these cars of course and again the story is going to be can anyone within boss Beat Pier’s
Grain because Malcolm Harding gave it his best earlier on did get ahead for a while he’ll be looking to try and Challenge and of course Martin Reynolds will have his eye in at this point as well so that’s worth bearing in mind Reynolds has Uh was in the Thunder race earlier on as well so he’s doing two races in quick succession Ole Allen in the fiesta of course uh I would say power and performance outmatching the size of that Mar 6 Fiesta car was very quick earlier on was pleasantly surprised by just how fast it Was in general isn’t it crazy to think that the fiesta is now not a production car there isn’t going to be the ability to buy a new Fiesta soon they’ve they’ve stopped it’s gone it’s over I think that’s such a shame that the poor Fiesta lineage has ended but
Uh I’m sure we’ll end up racing Ford Pumas eventually the offroad once well off-road crossover once at some point in the saloon car racing uh it’s going to be a weird day when the fiesta isn’t the go-to first car for a great many boy Races Pi’s gra and Malcolm Harding the go-to cars for rally Hooligans of course the escorts uh always uh a strong choice in historic rallying so many of them uh over in Ireland in particular in the tarmac rallying scene the escort Mark 2 as relevant as ever to the racing scene but unfortunately Malcolm
Harding we just saw pulling into the pit Lane so Harding sadly doesn’t look like he’s going to take the start uh so Pier’s gra is now got one less Challenger Martin Reynolds and olle Allen will step up to the plate then as the primary Challengers to Pier’s
Gra let’s see if anyone can beat Piers who starts alone now Pi with no Pi at the front of the order on that first row he should lead into the first turn as long as he gets a good start let’s see if he does get a good start he does
Not get a good start in the slightest Pier’s GRA with a very poor getaway Martin Reynolds launched off the line it’s Reynolds who leads the way then Pi’s gra in second position third place to Ole Allen who went out very wide there in his Fiesta in third Craig going they in
P4 and already in fifth place make that fourth place is Gary prebel in the Civic that Civic is an absolute bombshell of a c and he’s already as far up as P4 he’s going to be challenging the fiesta before long it’s all escort at the front
But perhaps not in the order we expected Martin Reynolds is your race leader then in the Valene MRC construction back machine side by side as they head over the crest of the hill and I don’t think it’s going to be Reynolds from gra for much longer
No here’s gra gets it done quite easily under breaking there into the s’s gra through into the lead then Reynolds now to the inside has a little bit of a look of course Reynolds with the more traditional body kit of the two cars looks a lot more like
Something uh that would have been built in cologne as a factory racea run through goddards for the first time and it is as many expected Pier’s gra at the front and already we have a hot hatch battle on for third place Martin Reynolds again looks at the inside can’t
Get it done there but look at Gary prebble in the back of some of these shots he’s already all over Ole Allen there’s the leading two going through there is Ole Allen just ahead of the Honda Civic of prebel so we’ve got a hot hatch scrap for third we’ve got an all escort scrap at the front of the order I don’t know that Preble is going to stay behind Ole Allen for too
Long preville in that Civic has been unmatched in recent times in pr3 that car is something very special indeed I kind of wish he’d put some slicks on it and go into Thunder and see how it’d do there as well because uh it’s a very very fast machine there’s your top
Two gr and Reynolds into the S’s we head back to Allan and preville in third and fourth place Allan I must say is doing a great job I wasn’t all that convinced that he’d stay ahead for long but he and Preble seemed to be much of a
Muchness to the inside by the looks of it was going Preble There uh but didn’t get it done at God ODS thought he was close enough but not quite half a second between the top two at the front I just wonder how Pier’s gra is doing because Pi’s gra just uh I think maybe managing it a bit because we know how
Quick he can be he rather dropped Martin Reynolds earlier but then again Martin at this point has done a lot of driving today around here he’ll know his way around Donnington uh better than he ever has before he’ll have his eyon with the car as well Allan versus prebel still ongoing at the Moment prle in his Civic EG of course as’s Cay going in the Sierra Cosworth good battle on for sixth as well behind as Owen locking up the tires a little bit there through mle he’s all on his own in fifth place if that’s lock up actually I think that could
Be maybe some Tire rub or something like that I’m hoping it’s something that simple for Cay going Good to see that Craig is out there of course AJ hasn’t had much chance to race his son with the Mondo expiring yesterday in the super tours Craig going running nicely in fifth place battle for sixth behind is uh hope in the 151 and Taylor in the 148 I think that
Uh I think that crgo car might just be running rich you know I think it’s the side exhaust that’s is um making itself known there’s your top four all in one picture screenshot that and Frame It lovely shot there through the Craner there’s Gary Preville here is the scrap for sixth place now this is uh the battle for seconds in pr3 two different classes that play as well uh hope who sits second in class C behind breel and then your class a leader the E46 330 of Nash so hope via Nash the hope versus Nash I
Should say having a good scrap for six overall and second and a change has happened in the Battle for seconds in the 403s there has been a change there they are they have had a change of position there in the first half of the lap Nash has gotten through then in the
148 car can hope try and get back through this is for second in pre0 3s we had an oil flag down there as well so someone might have spilled some oil somewhere Nash and hope turn into the s’s Nash streaking away now as Craig going I think might be getting drawn in
By these two as well actually on the previous lap Owens was quicker but Craig Owen slower on this slap Than Hope and indeed Nash so I think Nash might be able to challenge fifth overall of course uh different championships pr03 car chasing a boss car but still I think that Nal arrive on
PR Going’s boot lid before Long here’s gra oh rudge in the 75 car Michael rudge with a problem now we did see the oil flag and you can see the oil coming out the bottom of the car so Michael rudge is the car that uh cus the O flag down at Copus I think this might be uh
On the national loop on the national chicane so thankfully it’s not in the firing Line here is your lead scrap as they head over the hill towards Godard you can indeed see that the Marshals are with Michael Roger’s car on the national chicade so thankfully that car is well away from the racing action so we shouldn’t need a pause to clear that car range and Reynolds out
Of turn one the down to half a second and reynolds’s last lap was the fastest of the race a 42919 so Martin Reynolds is starting to make serious Headway here now in the first race Pier gra managed a 1 minute 41401 so gra in theory should be able to
Open up the Taps a bit more if he needs to you know what I think he is because look at that Martin Reynolds has suddenly lost touch a little bit with Pier’s gra I think Pier has noticed that Martin’s starting to find a bit more
Speed and is uh powering on as a result you can see the oil down incidentally at Copus can’t you there’s a lot of it we’ve also seen uh Harding back out on the circuit oh no Harding hasn’t been back out on circuit but the graphic momentarily confused me There there goes the 27 nice slide there from Martin Reynolds one point uh has some nice super cars but he says to me he said to me earlier on you know what these days I just put all the money into the race cars so uh loves his classic boards in
Particular of course also at one time had a lovely Mustang 117 still in third place meanwhile in the overall standings again boss class versus uh bosar of fiesta the pr3 of preville so they are fairly closely matched but they are on different uh classes different championships nonetheless preil Preble
Will be uh will be looking for that overall Podium here’s gra was 1.2 seconds clear at the front Last Time by so he has indeed opened up the Taps and in fact as you can see on the bottom of screen he’s also now got the fastest lap of Meanwhile we have had a change for fifth position a change for fifth position that’s because uh the 148 car of Nash got past the Sierra Cosworth of Craig Owen so Craig Owen in the big Sierra has lost fifth overall doesn’t matter of course within the boss class race but uh still fifth Overall they come heading towards the last Corner we also have a battle on here as hope is being pursued by Taylor in the 141 now Taylor is also a boss driver so Robert Taylor’s racing in the blue oval series rather than Pr3 so this isn’t a uh battle for Championship order but it is a battle for seventh overall there Reynolds there has once again been allowed by Pier gra to close in again I just get the feeling that gra is uh managing this race to an Extent through the s’s we go then and with 90 seconds left on the clock we will be starting the final lap This Time by Reynolds with a flourish again through Melbourne pushing on and driving very nicely but short of a drama for Pier’s gra this last lap is probably not going
To yield any opportunity for Martin Reynolds he’s been doing well to hold on on to the back of te during this race James in the range sorry and the uhg trailers backed sheet the mark 2 escort I maintain that’s probably one of the quickest escorts in the country maybe
Not dragstrip from not to 100 but uh around a circuit I don’t think escorts get any quicker mark twos at least of course a a fast uh escort K with the four-wheel drive might have something to say about that but certainly in terms of Mark 2’s appear gra
Is at the wheel of something very Special clock will hit zero as they come through the s’s this time he will take a second consecutive win in the blue oval Saloon series of course Burton power a big part of what makes this series possible you see the banner on there wind screens bur and power foremost Ford performance
Folk sure a lot of their parts in these cars and Pi’s gra comes out of the final corner to take the win I think the flag did eventually wave um he does take the win ahead of Martin Reynolds third place will go to Allan in the fiesta I honestly thought that Gary
Preville would get past but he never quite managed it nonetheless preville wins in the pre3 class of course fifth overall will go to the 148 of Nash who got past Craig going in the number nine there is Stuart kite going through to finish the race as well in
The there’s Nash then he’s couple of seconds clear of Cay going he shouldn’t be under pressure actually Owen has been very quick on the last lap he was a second f fter in the middle sector I wonder if Craig Owen has gotten Nash for fifth place no not yet but Craig Goen is
Mounting a late charge I reckon he might have knocked that boost up for the final lap in an effort to try and get his position back he’s really quick in a straight line so I think my theory might be accurate spitting flame as it goes
But has Nash held on we’ll see in a second yes he has Nash has has taken the win ahead of Craig going in that little battle for Fifth and fifth place to him sixth throw in and also that battle we saw as well between hope and Taylor I think the
Civic is going to come out on top there yes Seventh Place uh going to Vick hope uh Vic hope also winning in class C no sorry a second in class C behind Gary Preble Taylor winning the class D element of the blue oval saloons but a great race there From the Blue oal Saloon series I think uh Martin Reynolds took the flag twice but uh that won’t be that won’t be a problem that is the race completed the weekend completed for the classic touring cars Pier’s gra winning the day by 1 .1 seconds Ole Allen uh in third
Place behind Martin Reynolds Gary preville takes fourth place and wins in pre9 pr03 uh Mike Nash second in pr03 overall and also winning Class A within that category Craig going taking sixth Vic hope seventh overall ahead of Robert Taylor in eighth Anton Martin taking P9 and John hiler rounding out your overall
Top 10 ahead of Neil Ashcroft Simon man Stuart Kai and Michael rudge who unfortunately did not take the flag of course we saw that Fiesta with the Bonnet open and sadly we lost uh Malcolm Harding Before the Race got underway so Malcolm Harding in the Zack speed escort
Mark 2 he’ll live to fight another day we’ll see that car out there again soon I’m sure but ended up withdrawing to the pits at the end of the formation lap so Martin Reynolds is out there on circuit um heading around the track because he of course took the checker flag twice
However Pier gra came straight into the pits he will be down there uh in park fer we can now go down to James and John to get some information from down there ah I understand we have welcome down to the winners cage also known as Park fer and talking of tire
Pressures there’s a man who’s already started to obsess over them and it is our third place finisher olle Allen that must be a pretty nice way to end the weekend with a little Podium yeah Gary Pebble put me under some pressure cuz he was quick in the first
Race and obviously I’m still getting to grip so but yeah all right not bad not a bad finish well look it sounded like you had a few uh a few grumbles with this car before the race you know engine underperforming and what but actually you should be pretty happy that you’ve
Managed to put it on third yeah it’s a good result good result I’m a bit off the leaders but yeah there’s room for improvement there there’s always room to grow uh that you know the glass is half full when you start and you just keep topping it up don’t you so this must
Fill you with a lot of confidence going into the rest of the season yeah going forward we going to have a full season at it see what we can do few tweaks to the car had a bit of fuel starv out on the track so that’s why Gary was gaining
But uh yeah I was going please please just finish but they did so he did us proud I want to thank my team and all for for all my support all this how much hard work he puts in and the kids for polishing the car John’s just there
There’s the camera lens give him all a thank you cheers kids thanks arest thanks Kimble thanks Teresa thanks for everybody that supported me go here cheers to me Dad good show OE fantastic stuff thank you very much for this weekend we’ve got time to try and locate
Our first place finisher which is Pier gra he’s just pulling up now so I’m going to give him a few moments to actually get out the car but I’m also going to try and look for our second place finisher as well Martin Reynolds in the number 27 wherever he has managed
To get to again I’m looking around trying to find him but actually I found my best mate Craig so I’ll have a quick word with Craig whilst we’re um whilst we’re trying to look for our finishers gray I just I just thought I’d come and
Find my best friend uh from the grid how did you find that racer I mean you you were tussling with the top ones now I don’t even know this Chap’s name Mike Nash Mike Nash um caught me he’s in the 03 cars I was on my own um I don’t know
What happened there was a lot of gaps in the in the grid so obviously Thunder had taken its toll but he came I thought he’s going to get me he’s going to get me and I give him a wink said go past I thought right I’ll chase you and I
Learned so much about the lines and as I said before AJ was saying look you know deeper in here Less in there and he he showed me so and I thought yeah I don’t have to break there or I can lift there and dab change gear and
Move and and just so different and I will stop talking now no no don’t don’t you’re all good Mike m this is like a little Disney story you’ve shown him a whole new world he’s your princess jasman well it’s great anything D help no fantastic race really really good
Race as you say there were lots of gaps but we had a lot of fun not going to that’s he I came by the way he’s you won you won 03 yeah because you were he was he was he was the thing is because we’re racing multi- championships cuz we haven’t got enough
Sadly not enough grid numbers for each individuals and and so you have to remember don’t ruin their day by trying to race them if there’s somebody we should yeah no no no I know and and you have to give a little bit more gentlemanly and we’re amateur we’re just
Having fun which is what we’ve done you know what that brings me nicely on to my final point with you is you both look like you’ve had an amazing weekend here at Donington has it been that was in highs and lows but absolutely a lot of
Fun it’s been good in a way but unfortunately the super tour we we broke yesterday and it will get mended and it will be back for super power touring power live uh later on in the year and we’ll be there with two cars excellent stuff well jents congratulations on the
Weekend great racing once more I’m going to try and find more of our Podium finishers wherever they might have got to Pi is over here let’s grab Pier gra Pier you finished first sir yeah yeah this man here kept me very honest didn’t he so PE how how are you feeling though
About finishing the weekend and the first round at the very very front it’s fantastic yeah you couldn’t wish for more could you superb just simple easy easy as it but kept me kept me on it on that on that last race I think we got a
Bit of a Mis fighter so it wasn’t pulling quite as well as it normally does so um yeah it was as much as I could do for keeping behind but speaking about the next round then with this fabulous card that you’ve got at your disposal are you going to make any
Changes to get a little bit faster maybe pull pull ahead so you don’t have as many tussles no it’s part of the fun the tussles are aren they as long as you come out on top excellent stuff but enjoy the celebrations this evening as I’m sure you will we need to try and
Find Martin Reynolds Martin that was pretty easy I found you very quickly second on the grid in the last race how are you feeling yeah good yeah good day work a good day work I mean it was a a fantastic effort by yourself because it’s been a great tussle from all of you
In that top half of this grid um you must have really enjoyed yourself this this weekend yeah I’ve had great time it’s been a really good weekend I agree with you and can you talk to us a little bit about your machine as well one quick
Final word on that first round is now done and are you looking forward to driving it a bit more yeah definitely I’m looking forward to Cadwell I love Cadwell so really looking forward to Cadwell well I’ll see you there I’m sure we’ll have the same conversation at cab
But for now John and I are going to slip away from uh from all the celebrations and that is the end of the classic touring car races rounded off very nicely by these pr3 and boss cars but for now we’re going to head over to the assembly area where the last superc car
Race of the day is about to get underway and we’re going to send them out onto the track and then send you in the capable hands of Adam welcome down to a very loud assembly area here for the second to last race of the day is the final superc car race of the weekend here at Donnington Park let’s dive into the grid and let’s see if we can grab a quick word from some of the drivers star of
Course with the man who once again sits on pole Liam moley Liam how are you feeling about the third and final race of the weekend there you know um hoping for a good battle me and Lee were quite evenly matched on LP times in that last race so uh hope can carry that
Through well go well mate enjoy it I’ve got I’ve got a lot of places to be I need to dash around I need to make this very quickly this is going to be an easy one Tom let’s just grab you jump out you jump out we’ll grab a quick word with
Yourself before the the race STS um how are you feeling about this one are you going to really attack it I’m hoping to yeah we had a dnf in the last one so we had Mission wire come off but hoping to attack three so be up there I was about
To say it wasn’t the ideal second race but look this is a chance to make up for it isn’t it yeah definitely I got beaten up a bit at the start but hoping to redeem myself in the third are you going to have him down the inside at turn one
Uh maybe maybe you heard it here first go well mate have a good race let’s see who else we can possibly grab let’s just grab the man who’s right next to me Matt Robinson Matt how are you feeling at the racer yeah we’ve had a bit of a a bad
Weekend so far so uh yeah looking to end the weekend with a good result we’re getting very close don’t worry everyone we’re not getting romantically close we’re just getting close cuz it’s so loud around here like these engines are insane um how fast have you been able to
Go in these carts this weekend cuz I’ve heard rumors of about 140 130 yeah I think if you if you’re pushing on and you got the right setup then yeah you can hit 140 but we’ve been having a few struggles this weekend which is probably
Why I’m not to you very much but uh yeah getting 136 137 but yeah I think when the sun’s out and you’re in the stream you can easily get 140 plus any changes to the car ahead of this final race yeah we’ve been having engine troubles all weekend uh just not not
Really getting it going but getting it off the line at the start so yeah we made a few changes on the carbs uh just to try and get it going and then hopefully we can get a good start and push on from there excellent well I’ll
Let you get to it mate have a good race I’m just trying to look down the grid see if So on unfortunately one car would let go in spectacular fashion Michael rudge in the fiesta with a big oil leak and that oil leak I think is probably why we currently have a bit of a delay cuz it was a lot of oil and uh they needed to
Lay down some cement dust as a result Pier’s gra though taking the win alongside Martin Reynolds who was right there with him playing rear gunner in that blue oval Saloon Series race of course pr3 honors going to Gary prein that one and the super carts are going
To be out on track within the next few moments again I reckon that uh down at Copus there is probably uh still some oil soak taking place at the moment because uh a lot of oil was laid there by that Fiesta we saw imploding uh on screen a few moments ago
Going to see the super carts set out there shortly so then the super cart grid of course some 52 strong at the start of the day I don’t know if everyone will be back out there we do typically lose a few as the weekend goes on that’s uh some great
Cars I’m just seeing now through camera two we have Catherine on camera 5 we’re going to take a look at some of our camera crew hello Catherine how are you doing she’s been giving us shots from the S’s and also from The godart Hairpin this weekend she’s been doing a great
Job covering two parts of the circuit at once so thank you very much to Catherine who have we got here that’s Jack I understand on one so Jack on one there give us a wave if you can hello there he is he’s woke Up I understand oh my word it’s John John’s on camera he’s been behind the camera all day James has taken over he’s been The Man Behind all of the interviews and he is milking this for all he’s worth your mom is watching John your mom is Watching and with that the super carts are out there so uh apologies to the cameramen who weren’t featured hello there to you as well though sir mean will now I mean I don’t know how to recover from that uh I’ll recover from that with the super cart grid is actually what
I’ll do um Liam moley will once again be on pole position for this one he’ll be alongside Lee harpen on the front row of the grid Matt Robinson and Tom rushforth on road two the 84 and the 24 Row three of the grid Ross Allen the
85 oh this is the previous race on screen Ross Allen the 85 and the 48 of Brian Jones on Row three Andy gulford the number eight and Jack Triton the 87 on row four row five Richard vaness uh on the the number 64 cart alongside the three of K Hall uh row six
Of the grid we have already gone through the first five but there they are row six of the grid Mark Edwards alongside Paul Von Gerard uh Tom Hatfield is next on row seven alongside Aaron mule uh Luke Clemson in the 15 is next Lee plane on row eight Costa kitzis on row nine
Alongside Sam Hell she’ll be looking to try and close in on Le Lane in this one uh Hemel has been strong so far the 14 Nathan bar Barton on row 10 alongside will Lawrence par uh Mark par on row 11 with Michael Goff Paul plat in the on
The S1 was a in a great battle with hempell earlier let’s see what he can do this time Michael par the 49 in 24th gatelli the first of the 450s on row 13 alongside Aaron pal Busby and conik on 14 Katherine Foster and Rob Austin on row 15
And just time for one more row quickly balderson and Flint Holmes and Hearn mlin and Jared Radford and Stevens Lanson and Gore round out your top 40 as the Super Cuts get ready for Action here they are heading through the Melbourne Loop and Lee Haren super cart racing Championship have been the two drivers to watch of course it was Tom rushforth who took the win in race One let’s see who will win in race three will it be three different winners in three different races or will it be moley from Pole Position again we go racing War a big moment there for Ross Allen he just about held on to it but falls back from fifth deep into the pack
Everybody else through turn one then our race leader is Liam moley Lee Harper in second place then it is rushforth in third position or is that Matt Robinson no I think it is Robinson actually is going through into fourth place there I think was Brian Jones moving up in the
48 super carts at a fast and frenetic Pace as always then is Liam moley leads the way lots of sideways action and movement going on there there you see the 103 moving through the 103 one of the cars further back Kirk Catal uh in the 250 National machine the
Division ones of course are fast this class out there at the very front those are the ones on yellow plates and look at Lee Haram he’s really challenging Haram is on the back of Liam moley we saw that there as they turned into Melbourne now where is our lead battle
Cuz moley did not look comfortable at all with Lee harpen right behind him oh Haram Haram off the circuit is that in fact no that wasn’t Haram in second was it it was I think potentially Matt Robinson who was challenging it was Matt Robinson who was there behind Liam Mory and unfortunately
Moley has now lost his competitor Matt Robinson has got off the circuit I thought that was Haren fighting him it might well have been Matt Robinson there is the recovering Ross Allen working his way through after having a moment uh on the approach of the first
Corner it was rushforth oh it was the 24 not the 84 he’s not even the only one who’s had an issue either so my apologies the race one winner Tom rushforth was the cart ending in four that has come to a halt you see cars carts further back as the
48 of Jones Is Now under more pressure from Haram and Haram got a great run out of the s’s who’s going to be in second place it’s going to be Haram up the inside Haram through into P2 Jones in the 48 in third gulford now looking to try and get
Past Jones as a look to the inside I thought he was a bit far back thankfully he agreed trit in the 87 rounding out the top top five for the time being now looks the inside of gulford he doesn’t look that strong in a straight line does he he’s Jolly Nimble in the Corners through the Craner curves we go for the third time in this race fastest lap of the race belongs to moley in the uh leading cart and Anderson chassis a VM mosa the lap time of w 128.3 78 one of only two drivers under the 130 barrier at the moment moley is driving
Away from the field don’t these Super Cuts look spectacular heading into the golden hour as a photographer would call it here at Donington Park watching these things on the limit it’s absolutely spine tingling stuff side by side then there for uh a position further back I think that was
Still again Allan trying to get further up the order Again there’s the 101 of uh playe 250 national leader plane is followed by platin 250 National so Hempel has lost places she’s down in in fact I’m not sure Hemel is still running no she’s well no she’s down in 30th Place so hem has lost a lot of Time playe in the 101 out of the final Corner then leading in the 250 Nationals oh we’ve got one smoking that I think may have been Catal in the 103 smoking heavily and then looked over his shoulder to see what was going on and was greeted with a Blom of Smoke there’s plat second then in 250 National let’s see if the S1 plate driver can close in on plane in the 101 Morley and Harper separated by 4 seconds at the line at the front I dare suggest that’s gone out again now although I’m sure moley will start to consider preserving the cart a little bit as the uh as the race progresses in the Gap grows just to make sure he
Doesn’t have a repeat of race one this morning where he was leading the way and then slowed up power to we ratio in these Super Cuts is the key here you see the one of the battles further back I think these are two 125 machines that we just saw there Vincent
And potkins fighting it’s out from 44th position so we can sign of just how many there are out there they were getting lapped there by our leader here’s your leader in the 450s the KTM powered number 13 driven by Mark gatelli gatelli up into 21st at the moment just going around
Him 22nd Place is Lawrence this is uh the 18 machine 7 minutes and 45 seconds half distance in this race you can see the oh we got one slowing who’s that the 103 slowing that’s Catal Kurt Catal having a problem Catal started from the rear and was already up into third in the 250 Nationals and unfortunately that’s the end of the race
For the 103 once Again look at the firing down through the Craner is that uh sure who that was going through shot there but they were moving it Speed see which battles we’re chasing at the moment there’s the 48 car that is Jones in fourth position gulford there in fifth Place Andy gulford who started in seven Brian Jones up ahead of him oh and we’ve got one another car expire a cart expiring at the top of shot there it was I think Allen in the 85 yes it was Allen in the 85 Ross Allen slowing down Ross Allen who started Fifth and
Was running in the top 10 after having his Moment On The Run to the first quarter on lap one as unfortunately withdrawing from this Race 68 having an issue there and losing some rear wing that’s Edwards in the 68 so Mark Edwards think still running in the top 10 despite his moment there this is the 87 of critton running in third Place number nine of Von Gerard there being well currently running in 11th place and pursuing for P10 at the moment so let’s see if Paul Von Gerard can find a way past Luke Clemson Clemson who started up in 15th is now running in 10th at the
Moment but Von Gerard in the number nine is right there with him in 11th place it’s very close side by side for 10 as they come towards mle and that is 10th place for pulon Gerard but the question is can he hold on because it certainly looks like
Clemson is quick in a straight line however Von Gerard is staying ahead there you see plane as well losing a position the 40 of Newell has gone past him Robinson in the 84 is registered down uh the order somewhat ah there goes the 15 back through Clemson goes back past Von
Gerard this is a great scrap for 10th position great scrap for P10 they’ve gone either side of the 45 cart there that was Alan flu playing the role of Ricardo Zant the 15 then still in 10th Place look at them working their way around some of the 125s this is crazy not just because of the speed differential but because of the approaches they’re taking who’s that going around the outside is that Robinson yes it is the recovering
84 of Robinson gets past both of the battling carts gets past both Von Gerard and Clemson in one Fell Swoop there Robinson started the lap in 13 by the time he was at the old be pit he was in ninth now I didn’t see what happened to
Robinson that he dropped down the order again he has had a great weekend Matt Robinson the cart looks incredibly fast but he has dramas here and there that seem to drop him down the Order Robinson is disappeared off up the road then there’s the 69 of kitzis just behind Von Gerard 69 to the inside tries to make it work has he succeeded oh slow out of the corner actually very slow out of the corner I think the 69 might have missed a gear there gitz is suddenly slowed down massively and lost out to plane who was following
2 minutes and 20 seconds of this race left to go we should be starting the penultimate lap next time by for our leader moley who has built a 6C lead at the front of the Pack there is moley in the leading machine an ultimate lap will start this time across the line for moley meanwhile second in the 250 Nationals there you see Hall plat currently running uh 15th overall some 12 seconds back from playay though so not going to be able to challenge for honors within the
250 Nationals playing in the 101 has been unmatched in the 250s Moley towards Mle out of the corner again only something like 100 horsepower in these division one top running machines it’s just that power to R weight ratio the fact that these are 220 kilo Cuts is the the key factor that they’re just so light the down force is relatively high as Well really impressive machines 1 minute 27.5 the fastest lap of the race quicker than the gt3s This Time by moley will begin the final lap final lap of the race beginning Now just behind one of the battles for National 107 was racing there the 90 here are some more scraps going on the 59 we see there 59 one of the 450 machines 143 being swamped a little bit it is the uh John reita driven machine this is a scrap here for 10
Overall as uh Clemson goes at it with new who has been slowly working through the order I think new has got the better of that hasn’t he yes he has new is up into the top 10 then right at the end of the race decent effort that from Aaron New moley meanwhile already back around to Melbourne a rapid rapid race from Liam moley but he’s shaking his head I think he might have a problem developing cuz he was slow on the penultimate lap he’s slower still on the last lap in fact not that bad on the
Last lap nonetheless he is your winner in the British super cut race he was shaking his head a little bit I was a bit worried that he had a problem but no he has one from Lee Harper in second place Triton takes third ahead of Jones
In the 48 they had a little good little scrap going on through the race fifth place of vaness hemman Sixth and gulliford in seventh and of Robinson Hatfield and Newell who will round out the top 10 unless Clemson has fought back against new don’t know quite whether he succeeded in doing
That here comes Robinson to take eighth Place the 101 carts meanwhile will be oh a big move a big move for 10th place that was NE getting back past Clemson and while that’s going on we have lost the number 101 the 101 isn’t out there anymore plane will not win in the third race platin the S1 is
Therefore the leader in 250 National Platt coming round the final turn to win in 250 National now I don’t know what happened to plane but he has gone missing out there a couple of laps ago the 101 does not take the win Lee plane loses one of the races at least to
Paul plat the S1 taking the national 250 win B wi taking second just half a second back there at the end on Plat so uh did a good job to hold on there at the end so then we’ll take a look at some highlights of that
Race we had the 24 stopping early in the race Tom Rush fourth withdrawing from the race we had once again a recovery drive from the 84 Matt Robinson with some issues this weekend but he’s been quick in each and every Race elsewhere number three under pressure from the 64 that was for fifth place van Dess would eventually take that fifth position from Hull Robinson again making up places on his way to eightth big dive at the very last turn meanwhile for 10th place from new but it was moley that took the win
In the number two a great win division one two wins from moley in that one let’s run down through the top dozen then Liam moley winning the race Lee Haram in second place jack Triton third Brian Jones in fourth vaness hm gulford Roberson and Hatfield and new your top
10 Clemson kitus Von Gerard and Paul Platt the 250 National winner rounding out your top 14 as we now go down to our leather clad heroes in the super carts they have James with them in park F May let’s see what they made of that race
Well what a way to end the super car racing this weekend a phenomenal race to bring us to a close here at Donington Liam you have converted yet another poll into a victory how are you feeling sir yeah good I mean just relying on pit signals from my dad he told me I’d
Opened up a gap so um from there and I just look after the tires don’t do anything stupid and bring it home in one piece and do that you absolutely did didn’t do anything stupid looked after the tires and you ended up with a resounding lead in Victory um this must
Boost your confidence levels at the end of round one now looking ahead into the rest of the season yeah I mean you know uh Shame about race one but uh Pace has been there all weekend so hopefully we can carry that on throughout the season would you change anything about this
Little car I mean looking on as an outsider I don’t think you touch anything about this because everything that car seems to touch it turns to Gold yeah we try not to touch anything you know these seem to work straight out the box so um we hardly play with anything
Um yeah little tweaks here and there but nothing major well listen Liam enjoy the the celebrations go get your dad a beer he deserves one after the work he the few in that race I think it’s fair to say we’re going to grab Lee harpen who’s
Been able to pull home second again how you feeling off that one sir it’s hard work that um it died on the first lap out the Melbourne Loop so dropped me back to think fourth something like that so I work to get B Brian he’s pretty
Quick as well well you seem to have done it pretty fine I mean to finish in the top three after an instant like that that you know sort of Dent your momentum you know that’s really good going yeah it was good I mean obviously Lim would
Got Way by that point so sort of like had SLE for second but obviously still push cuz the guys coming from behind so now it’s good result good first first meeting and we’ll be see you do a full season in this thing yeah yeah definitely doing a full season and uh
We’re doing the the French Grand Prix at magore in May and uh ASD in Holland in August for Dutch GP well best of luck with the season and with those races as well I’ll let you get back to enjoying the celebrations I’m going to join my
Little uh tea party we’re not around a cart anymore chaps but um I need to come to you first because you’ve just scored an overall Podium how does that feel you’ve got a big smile on your face rightly so I wasn’t I didn’t actually know what position I was in like when we
Come in I was just going to drive straight down and they said put on the way Bridge so yeah I didn’t realize it meant third place and if I did that made my move or trying to keep third place over Brian a lot better well Brian this
Has really changed the complex of our uh our little tea party that we’ve been having after all of these races um you must be feeling happy though as well because you’ve got a big smile on your face after race three yeah definitely very good weekend racing we didn’t get
Tting on Wednesday so we’re chucked in the deep end but now the court was getting better every race so I’m still alive you must have uh you must have learned a lot about these cars across the course of the weekend haven’t you yeah set up on tires the tires just went
Off and I had to do a few slower laps to get them back into the window again and that’s going to start catching Jack again would you change anything about the C then going into the next round maybe a we bit Tire presses maybe a we bit lower why is everyone obsessed with
Tire pressures Riddle Me That what what is so important about actually know you know what don’t ask that question cuz I’m already being rinsed for it online most likely let’s talk about the next round for yourself a third place overall finish are we going to see more Podium
Features from you I hope so my goal this year is I just want to challenge for them race wins I want to be at the front I’m just not very good at starts yet so once I get the starts there hopefully I can be a bit closer oh look it’s round
One it’s round one plenty to improve on and plenty to move forward from uh you going to join in very soon do you think maybe I’m doing atin the next one um I’ll be back across Northern AR kirkon the end of April is my first home so hopefully all goes good there excellent
Stuff well guys thank you very much uh for chatting with me this weekend and just looking at this uh this Grid it’s been fantastic to watch these super carts go around but for now that is the end of the super cart weekend but it is still not the end of dington Park racing
Action because Ian has got some of the final brick car action to bring you this weekend so then we’re back into the racing action for the final time this weekend the 50 minute Brit car trophy race uh will begin very shortly we’ll take a look at the grid
For this one we’ll look at the first 10 rows of this grid for the time being it is Dubois in the number 17 starting from Paul skilo in the 47 is behind anastasi on row two of the grid and then the first F non Jettas is the SE cpra of
Belan and Mason fres and green on Row three and then the first of the Class 2 machines behind the class ones Jones and ellic in their TT keep an eye on row fours 179 BMW the E36 BM Nigel green saw Will take the start in that thing it
Will fly in his hands Whitney is alongside him on row four Reynolds and Lloyd on row five in the first of the cleos alongside Henry and Simpson the 88 on then to row six of the grid that is Tom Linson and Shanks in the 16 alongside Dara flock in the
22 the junior Saloon champion from last year Harrison and Jenkins on row seven alongside faraoh and Martin biford expect that fun up to be very quick as biford takes the start Turnbull in the 62 is next on row eight alongside spers and jeu uh row N nessar and James coin
And Neville Shanks and GCM alongside Cosby and silver rounding out your first 10 rows of the grid I understand that while all of that is going on we do also have an additional man on the grid and his name is Ian Waterhouse we’ll go down
There in a minute or two uh with Ian just get confirmation that he is ready and uh Ian is waiting for cars to come down at the moment and so while that’s going on Sha and McDuff in the team Brit machine on row 11 Tucker and Halstead alongside the
87 the Kent I don’t think will be out there uh but because they were loading that Hy andai unfortunately equally we’ll have to see whether Goldsmith comes back out after his E90 had a problem in the race earlier on Van nedine in the Janetta had an issue at
The very start of the race uh earlier on and I know for a fact that Jas for sapper and Brian bransom are out the fm3 overheating unfortunately earlier on and as a result of that they have decided uh to withdraw the car from this race they do have other BMWs knocking her out
Though I wonder if maybe they’ll pull something else out of the bag but I don’t think so sadly car’s now leaving the pit Lane then a great mix of sports cars Saloon cars hatchbacks touring cars even a fun cut machine there you see Dar flock as well in that uh latest spec Cleo
He is driving that car for the first time in racing action this Weekend and you see the sun beating down on the cran of Curves as we get into the dusk here that’s the Donnington Park circuit the brick car trophy champion ship due for a 50-minute race there will of course be a pit stop window in the
Middle the middle 10 of the race will be our Pit Stop window for a minute 20 to minute 30 See whether or not the uh streak can continue for dubo we’ve got one race in the book this season he’s won it so can he make it two from two at the first round in this race and he’ll be one of the first to arrive down on the grid as
Well and speaking of down on the grid I understand that Ian Border House is now ready to go so we can go there and have a chat with Ian as he welcomes the cars onto the grid for our final race of the day well hello everybody yes welcome down to the
Come a little bit further down actually for the final race of the weekend here at Donnington Park it’s a rck card trophy Championship race two 50-minute race coming up and look the cars are starting to appear already a little bit of news from race one unfortunately
There’s going to be no car number 44 the ESS and Kent Motorsport leis and Bradley Kent they won’t be lining up and also Jeff steel racing the number 10 at Lee outh he also will not be in this race somebody who will be though is J sapra
Here can see now you may remember in race one Brian bransom who he shares the car with uh got a little bit squeezed at the start went off collected an awful lot of grass in the grill overheated the car we weren’t sure if they were going
To be able to do race different car as you can see but we’re going to talk to Jas because he’s in class one he’s going to come through this field like an absolute rocket so do keep your eyes peeled I’m just going to run over and
Have a quick chat with j j I am so glad you’re here and we’re going to be on J watch for this cuz you’re going to come through like a lightning bolt aren’t you well I’ve got a bit of work to do I yeah but you would have it any other way
Would you yeah it all makes it all fun does it we’ll try our best see what we can do fantastic keep off the green stuff yeah do do that we don’t want to repeat a race one there you go J just have a look at his cars coming through
Absolutely Sensational reminder of what happened in race one as well said thewi taking the outright win in class one Mario siglio and Anastasia made up your Podium Mark Jones and Rob ell took the win in class 2 sport defending Champions are ree Lloyd and Harry Reynolds they
Took the win in the Cleo class and dar flock on his debut in the BR car trophy championship last year Junior saloon car Champion took the win in class three we’ll move down a little bit of fact we just got the Tucker and house dead car
Here as well so let’s go have a quick chat with them shall we and uh see who we’ve got in whether it is Andy Tucker or do we have Mr housee we’ve got right we’ve got Mr House stad in here let’s have a chat a little bit
Earlier as well actually I want to we could just jump in uh with Nick right it’s a busy day for you isn’t it cuz you’ve just done your touring car reveal indeed yeah it’s uh been a packed day you know adding a little bit of Cleo cup
Fun yeah that’s what I likeed it I mean of course race one didn’t quite go to plan uh this is going to be different Kettle fish here isn’t it race to yeah uh we’ve got a few cars to make up but makes it all the more spicy doesn’t it
Well we know you you’re a cracking racer so you got have a great time weren’t you thanks for talking to I shot this for you [Applause] Roll on the formation lap in just a few moments time very excited to see who comes out on top in this race it’s been very very competitive stuff so far this weekend from our uh drivers particularly I’d say among the cleos always a good battle in
The Cleo class as well we’ve got four classes on the circuit class one for our fastest machines class two for some of the more intermediate GTS and sports cars class 3 covering a lot of the uh stuff with a bit less power like the Jettas and some of the smaller BMWs and
Then of course you’ve got the cleos out there on the track as well on to watch in this race of course obviously Seb du our winner from earlier on will be one to watch also worth keeping an eye on will be that 23 car Chris and Simon Mason the
Cpra on the second row in the first half of the race don’t be surprised if the yellow bmwe36 there of nidel green Soul starts to perform some rather outsized Maneuvers against far quicker cars because uh that’s got nidal greens at the wheel and greena knows how to Pedal
He will be working his way up there I’m sure pardon me just whacking my head with the Mike as you do um but that car will be one to watch I also suspect that some of the cleos will be in there off amongst the overall top 10 in the early going
Two and uh Steven frle of course will get to start the race this time around he will hand over to Ben green later so when Ben green takes over the uh International GT3 Star Race seeing both a Ferrari and an Aston Martin in Europe this season will be certainly expected to charge
Through once he hand gets the car handed over from prestle there goes the 43 through shot sure frle will hand it to him in a strong position as well there you see the uh latest and newest sixth generation Cleo Cup car in amongst it Dara flock in that
Car really exciting to see the uh newest Cup car on these Shores Already of course the Cleo cup is being revived at the moment for the UK Market as well so the Gen 4 cars were used in the the UK before Cleo cup came to an end in this country lost his place on the TOA support bill but it is now on
Its way back which is very very Exciting so then the brick car trophy grid comes through the Melbourne Loop now they will be on a rolling start for our final 50-minute race of the weekend Tes jetas Rena seats BMWs and much more in amongst this grid who will come out of the first weekend in Brick car trophy with
Momentum your front row skilo and dubo they run towards the first quarter now and it is the 17 that leads them into turn one from the inside of the front row Duo leads as they all find their way through du roughly translates to something about a tree and he’s had
A pretty Oak strong held over this race so far this weekend so far in brickit car trophy as everyone else goes firing through the first few Corners saw the number 40 there in amongst it as well that’s uh the interport BMW which is running so I did say that uh there’s a
Lot of BMWs in the interport uh stable and it seems as though they have taken out a secondary M3 for this race the number 40 car is out there which is great news here you see the cpra making a move for third place on skilo who’s dropped down
From second to fourth in the early going then Anastasia then in second place behind du Anastasia to the inside not able to get a move done and look who’s in Fifth it’s Nigel greens Sal I had a feeling that class 2 BMW would make itself known and it’s right there at the front See the rest of the field picking their way through the cleos and the class 2 cars inter mingling but Nigel green saw the hugely experienced GT veteran in fifth overall and up to Second has gone the cpra byin has made his way up to P2 that coopera was on the front row for
The earlier race today Violent up into P2 there’s been a spin over at the first corner at Red Gate the 14 of Andy georgu is in a spin oh and we’ve had an off and it’s for frell frle in the 43 has come off the circuit and now has to just try and get that out
Without damaging the splitter and has to work from the very rear of the field now well Ben green is going to have to do some more work now if he wants to get a good result after this race when he takes over and frle has some overtaking to do before that as Well here’s your leading pack then with bin looking incredibly fast in the 23 cut you see the third place battle as well skilo being pursued by Bolin there’s greena in fifth as Well here comes the cpra with a good run out of the last corner to the outside sideline at turn one and violin with a good run through turn one as well he seems to carry a lot of speed through these corners but the COA just sticks doesn’t It dub at number 17 janess G56 just about holding on for now of course the cars in this series not running on slicks running the goodye deras and those are treaded tires which does mean that in certain instances you see cars you’d expect to be quicker not
Quite as quick I think if you stuck the G56 on slicks and the coupe Rod slicks the G56 would start to get away but everyone on the treaded tires can have an interesting effect three very different cars represented in the top five then Trio of
The spoke race cars in the form of the Jessa G56 the touring car spec CA Lon and then the E36 BMW very professionally prepared of course by uh Jeff steel racing a massive truck for Jeff steel racing this weekend they’ve got a few fires or irons in the fire this weekend
And through into the lead has gone Bean the 23 is up into the lead the ca leads the way then dub deota to second place and estasi in third skilo fourth Jasper sapra has moved up into sixth place as well the number 40 car the white M3 is
Up as far as sixth in this race overall Now now that car is the replacement machine for the f80 M3 that we saw massively overheating and through goes van nedine just as we were talking up the number 40 it starts to slow down now is there a problem for the 40 car Van nine going past then meanwhile as the seven car maybe smokes a little bit hopefully our class 2 second place car is okay but uh as we do that I understand that Andy Tucker is down in the pits he’s in the 87 lineup I believe he is with Ian at the
Moment right everybody I’ve come down to the pits didn’t give highr M sport a lot of love in race one one of the reasons for that unfortunately Andy Tucker and Nick house had retiring from race one we’ve got Andy Hiller do the own natural
Thing you had no idea I was here did you no idea at all look things quite smooth at the minute early stages of course but race one didn’t quite go to plan what happened um so we had break failure standard procedure um the breaks going
On me a little bit in Aon so kind of backed it off a little bit hand it over to Nick and then yeah break failure going into Old hairpin which is never ideal range here let’s face it when you’re licking through criners at what 110 120 mph scary moment what’s it like
Andy having a btcc driver as your teammate oh mean it’s been Mega like can’t fa Nick at all he’s been so professional this weekend even when the worst happened it’s just like his racing is part and parcel of it in it you know we know what it’s like with hyu we had
Throttle failure at the last round last year which I’d like to say cost as the championship but fair play to the dragon sport boys as well they actually came over with a master cylinder for us so yeah it’s really good when your Rivals are helping you out so fair play boys
Thank you very much that’s what we like to say look best of luck for your I promise I’ll come talk to you before you get in the car you’re second out good luck thanks for talking to us Adam back to You so that was Andy Tucker who drives the 87 Rena clear Cupa that’s running in this gaggle of cleos at the moment that’s going through towards mcleans there’s flock in the 22 at the front the 87 a few cars further back than This just hold on it should be the next car through there it is just going through shot Tucker in the 87 just in the back of shot there the car with the right white and red there it is behind him is the 43 car which is of
Course is recovering after it spin down at the uh old hairpin earlier on so there’s your 87 that we just heard from in the garage with Ian Addy Tucker will take that over from Nick Halstead who’s currently at the wheel but he’s being closed in on by uh the 43 car of prestle
Who of course was up there at the front uh and then spun out thean in the 23 running at the front of the pack now two seconds clear of dub and of course Simon Mason is due to take over that car Mason a very very handy Peddler as well
So one would suspect that uh this very strong lineup could be in a very good position for the rest of the race greena again performing heroics towards the rear running in fifth position overall in that Jeff steel BMW is a Class 2 entry meanwhile our third place fight in the
Cleo category again with an Opa the class 3 Cleo of Dar flock just ahead the newer spec Cleo Cup car the current spec Cleo cup cup the older Gen 4 machines with their own class here of course and Harrison leading that scrap right now in fact sorry it’s Ben Jenkins at the wheel
Of that car at the moment Harrison will take it over later on just behind him is the Jack J driven machine so Jack James looking to the inside here of Jenkins and gets it done for third in the Cleo class his Dragon sport cohort may follow him through yes uh I think that
Is number 12 of coin and now the 96 gets past darlock as well darlock losing out there the new CLE C being swarmed in amongst the Cleo cup cars meanwhile they’re all going to get monstered in a minute by the Janetta in the Background that is the recovering number 43 of course of uh Steven frell but he’s going to have a hard time getting around some of these cleos as hard as they’re fighting with each other that’s your 47 gilio in the 47 car running in fourth place there’s your second place car Du pulling out of the penultimate corner Now it’s great to see maritzio skilo back in the Series this year he’s been racing this data Motorsport Janetta in Brick car trophy for a while into the pits meanwhile comes the TT now that car was smoking a little bit earlier we’re out of the mandatory pit
Window which begins in 7 minutes and 40 seconds so something deeper must be at Play he’s the cameraman showing us what’s going on down there with the seven cut getting from third in class was second in class at one stage get a replay now of something going on with the 40 car oh my goodness the wheel on the 4 car just parted ways with Jas for
Sappa in the most spectacular fashion that of course is their placement car they were running an f8 M3 earlier that got uh overheated they brought out a second car and now that one is broken too that was a spectacular moment there here your Cleo cup lead battle
Here so the number one Cleo being driven by reys Lloyd the number 12 Cleo being driven I’m sorry the number 88 Cleo I should say being driven by Hadley Simpson So Hadley Simpson trying to give ree Lloyd something to think about Here there’s the other sayat the sayat lay on of the James Shanks it’s the wheel of 213 at the moment and some of the leaders fighting their way through the lap traffic already battle third overall between the genetic is also strong as the number seven TT is back out there
Now but still showing a little bit of smoke up the hill towards Copus Certainly TT that uh one earlier on in class 2 is not going to do the same here without some turbulence for other parties several laps down now tire has been recovered uh from Jas for saa’s big moments so thanks to the marshals for Gathering that car Cleo lead appears to have
Changed yes the 88 car has gotten past so Hadley Simpson has got past Rees Lloyd for the Cleo lead as we can see Here so the hyro Motorsport car now ahead of the Dragon sport machine Dragon sport have entered three cars and so have highy Rose so these are the two big forces in our Cleo class just ahead of them is Whitney in the class 2 Porsche that was mixing up with the cleos earlier on
Today I did ask him for some more of that action in this race but he uh is currently ahead of them as you can see let’s see then if ree Lloyd can fight back now that he’s lost out to adley Simpson power out of The on hairpin 3 minutes and 50 seconds until the pit window opens and again it is only a 10-minute window so the pit Lane is going to get very hectic very quickly everyone has to serve a stop oh and Rees Lloyd there with a bit of a
Puff from the back of his car now that’s never a great sign I wouldn’t think it was Tire rub or anything like that going through a section of the circuit that had no real compressions or anything to it so hopefully Reese Lloyd’s car is okay turns in to the old hairpin there still
Within second or so of the 88 Well unfortunately I do not have pictures in the commentary box at the moment so you’re seeing more than me I understand some exciting stuff is happening Anastasia has dropped down to Fourth Place Skil is through into third Place What F Is You All The B are everybody here’s Chris W getting out of the car what a performance from him in the first half Simon Mason is about to take over let’s just walk down a little bit we’ll see if we grab a quick word with Chris very shortly but plenty
Of action going on the pit window is open it’s chaotic it’s full of excit drama down here let’s run down and I’m going to see if I can grab Chris very shortly for a chat cuz it was a fantastic opening stint you’re about to see yourself on telly here Chris but
We’ll let you get your helmet off Cu uh one magnificent first thing that was chasing down the Janetta getting the car into the lead and a busy man as well don’t get these guys raced in the British Endurance Championship yesterday as well quite a hectic weekend you look
Tired you don’t want to talk to me hard work I didn’t expect to be able to take the lead but I got there and I managed to hold it I’m absolutely that was that was tough going but the car was good it’s been a long weekend for you
Guys hasn’t it as well got the 2-hour race yesterday and two 15 minute races today yeah but what was good today was the actual standard of the driving we very very close but I managed to get past the first three cars and hold it so I’m hoping Simon can bring her home now
That was a good that was a good skin I enjoyed that I’ll tell you I’m going to leave you alone cuz you want to sit out get some water well done Chris M Allen there what a performance let’s go back out into the pit Lane shall we so let’s
See what else is going on out here because it’s full of actually we’ve got the team brick car in as well the number 38 let’s just move down a little bit shall we and see what else we can pick up Dom Shaw and Caleb McDuff here for
The team BR car we’ve got uh the 89 as well Harrison the Jenkins just going past one of the high Ro Motorsport Cleo cars let’s keep it here we go the car’s coming out now that’s it oh so by my understanding in the 38 team brick this now Caleb McDuff is taking
Over the car from Dom Shaw in the BMW team brick one series they’re just holding off before they can keep going Lots going on down here in fact if you can follow me down a little bit let’s keep going stick with me a little bit longer because we’ve got
Your Cleo cup leaders as well Rees Lloyd and Harry Reynolds down here let’s keep on moving shall we I think ree Lloyd did the first stin course in 2023 Champion so we’ve got Alex Neville here as well Alex might I know you’re going to pick very shortly race one didn’t quite go to
Plan no what happened uh went P first first to last we haded right of us up the season chaos out there so yeah we let’s put that right this one well it’s mot SP isn’t it Alex s you got a chance here to really go for it’s the
Best of luck thank you I know we got one or two issues up in the commentary box as well so please just bear with us with that uh who else we’ve got let’s go make our way up a little bit further we caught up with George earlier didn’t we
You might have heard that interview in the lunch break the uh road to race car experience let’s just make our way up a little bit further we’ve we’ got East M airport just down the road as well planes going overhead to wonderful place to be here at Don don’t forget coming up
On BK TV it’s not just yesterday and today we’ve got the British track racing Championship from BR hatch coming up tomorrow and Monday support races I’ll be down there for that one too let’s keep on making our way up shall we let’s go see we can find somebody else to jump
In with here’s the number 16 car the bounce a head on out we got the 213 next to them as well George is about to jump in actually the the 213 that’s George chess master and out goes number 16 there we go right I’m going to go jump in and
Have a quick word over here shall we Let’s uh do we grab a quick Word with James sh James Quick word I’ll let you get your helmet off first uh but what a stint it’s been what a race it has been so far this is the second the final race
Of the day here at Don great final race of the weekend you’ve just come in from your stint let you get you I broke into a sweat that time there’s a bit of sweat look at this look you don’t need ha wax with that de how
How was it out there um much better than the first session today I mean at the end of it you know we we are here at our first race this is all about building the experience throughout the year um but I actually managed to sit on the
Back of the Janetta for a little while got ahead of him for a lap or two um then when the front uh Runners came through he crept in the back that’s experience for you um absolutely loved it um looking forward to seeing what George could do now out there um but
Basically we’re here we’re just Lear it well I’ve heard I I spoke to George actually a little bit earlier he’s been tasked with trying to set a 157 that’s his Target second that would be awesome yeah I mean when we first came here on the very first test day um we turned
Around and said you need to find five uh sorry nine seconds yeah uh he already found five of them he needs the other four um so I’m be interested to see what mine were compared to this morning um but certainly uh listen this been an awesome experience what brick car have
Laid on uh we had great fun with the British Endurance Championship yesterday but to actually get out there in your own car in your own race um it’s just immense one final thing I can say you got such a my producer also said you got
Better hair than me as well so I can’t argue that uh no I’m afraid you’re way better at styl he got better hair the thing about it is we could both be accused of having helmet head talking to all right I think we can go back to commentary now so fingers
Cross we can add him back to You pictures restored in the commentary box then and this is one of the few cars left that hasn’t uh given us a pit stop yet during this mandatory pit window this is Dubois the winner from earlier on today at the front of the order there’s the 43 car now has prestle
Pitted yet the answer is yes so that is pen green at the wheel and Ben green is currently setting fastest laps he has the fastest lap of the race last time by a 139.6474 seconds and does indeed come into the pit the rest of the top six are all in at the moment uh Bean in the 23 has of course uh handed over to the co-driver Simon Mason in the Sim Dynamics with Jabba sport cpra you see there Jones in the number
Seven TT well off the pace of course after being in the pits before the window started Violent back out of the pits now Cooper back out on the circuit now and uh will’ll be running through the first sector of the lap at the moment towards uh probably towards our current camera shot in a minute here it is uh coming towards some
Of the lap traffic so this was the car that was in the lead before it pitted the 23 Bon got it to the front of course before pit window opened and now Simon Mason has picked up the bat on Mason is a very very fast driver has experienc in just about
Everything Carrera cup GB British GT European Lamar series Mason has done a lot of stuff over the years there is CA at the Front through the S as we Go there’s your 23 car powering out of Melbourne you see the wounded E46 still abandoned there unfortunately I feel very sorry for inter sport they tried just about everything to get back out in this race including getting a new car ready to go but they couldn’t make it work
Fan comes by the pit Lane and dubis should just be exiting the pits at the moment where’s the 17 there it is now just leaving the pit Lane the 17 car has left pit Lane and dubuis is going to be quite a way back from our race
Leader Bean in the 23 dubo has exited the pits somewhere in the region of 12 or 13 seconds Back there is your 23 car of course it’s Simon Mason at the wheel now I must remember that Sim Dynamics entry bouncing across the curb there at uh Copus the fun CAP Car having been taken over it was Martin biford at the wheel it is now Dave
Barrow that cast sit second in class three behind darra Flock the will be watching on in the garage excited at what uh is going on here at the Moment as Mason you can see the discs starting to Glow as well the brake discs on the front are starting to Glow as the sun sets Whitney second in class plus Two it’s just coming through shot the lovely Porsche 997 race cars of course look fabulous with all of their arrow and all of their bits and pieces on but there is something to be said for a car a race car with nothing but the factory bits on it like that
Porche here’s dubo not just in second he’s down in fourth I didn’t think he lost that much time but he’s going to have to do some pursuing now of maritzio gilio in fourth place and look who’s all the way up in second van neine the 179 however is stopped out on
Ciruit uh David Gooding having taken over from Nigel greena now going again I don’t know whether that was just a reset moment like we had in the commentary box a control alt delete stop start situation or not hopefully Gooding can make it to the flag some of the Cleo battling here in
Front of NE van nine oh and they’re going too wide in front of him as well he won’t like that which two Cleo is that that’s the fight for is that the lead yes uh no that’s second in class under contest Here Comes Andy Tucker then trying to get past the
Number one driven by Harry Reynolds bedine second overall gets past them as it’s side by side for second in the cleos Andy Tucker loses out on that one thought he’d got through for a minute but didn’t quite do It so while this battle for second and Cleo carries on the battle for third overall is closing in behind them skilo and Dua and dub has definitely closed in on the 47 so this could be a little bit dramatic in the next few moments because these
Cleos are going at it hammer and Tong and they’re not going to much care for the progress or lack thereof of the jesses behind them Nine very very fast out there on circuit he’s slower however than our race leader Mason so he’s any chance are pursuing up the road will require more Pace here comes the Cleo genetta situation and dub will have the inside line for Copus but he’ll also have Cleo up ahead of
Him the Cleo still fighting gilio is going to get past both of them I think on the way up to Copus and three wide momentarily as they come through Copus there skilo and dubar get through Through battle for third overall coming towards the s’s now it’s still in second in class uh Harry Reynolds in the cleos but again Andy Tucker is right there I get the feeling that dubo in short order is going to go for it oh and Tucker behind has gone for it Tucker
Gets through no he overshot Andy Tucker got through momentarily only to overshoot going into Melbourne too late on the breakes on that occasion oh that’s a statement of intent almost touching the bumper there but into the pits into the pits has come Tucker now is there anything on the
Bulletin board to suggest the reason why No understand the El where we have a car pulled up Theo class leader just bouncing through shot as well that’s the 88 of uh Morris Henry will be hoping to just hold on at this stage he’s got a decent advantage of uh 8 Seconds over the Reynolds and Lloyd car in
Second it’s the 179 that has pulled up again that’s coming out of the s’s down towards Melbourne that is unfortunately the end of the day for the Jeff steel racing BMW tell you what I wouldn’t really like to get out of a car that close to the circuit but uh I suppose if you’re used to it used to it here comes the battle for third once again can we maybe see a move from dubart well not into Melbourne he sets
Himself up nicely though for a run out of the corner that is a very good run out of the corner it’s not going to be enough for a move into Godard surely he’s still about a car length back but certainly we’re seeing many a statement
Of intent I think out of dupa the body language of the car suggests I’m coming by but maritzio skilo is necessarily going to comply with That through first Corner through Redgate once again 11 minutes left on the clock Your Leader is Simon Mason vanine is running in second place just 10 seconds away from the leader and in fact vanine is closing in the last lap for Mason was quite slow but I think that might have been because of lap traffic vanine gaining 2 seconds last time safety car is out now I imagine that
Could could be for the 179 the BMW of Gooding might be the responsible party for this David Gooding pulled up on the side of the Road so safety car is out with 10 minutes of this race left to go and that of course is going to Res set everything and I don’t think this is going to be a 10-minute safety car so um strap in this is going to get very interesting very
Quickly the battle for third place of course will be Neutralized the race will get very interesting once we get Started so then the 23 car with will follow in the will be in the lead and is being followed in the safety car Q uh by the number s TT so that means there is a bit of padding between Mason and vanine so the
23 CA has a bit of a lifely and a bit of a cushion in the form of the number seven Class 2 team van nedine therefore won’t be right on the rear bumper of the cpra from the word go once this race is resumed and we have decent reason to think it will Be cars making their way back around at the moment let’s then run through the top 10 as it stands it’s Simon Mason in the lead of the race in the SE cpra vanine sits second in the first of the Jettas that of course course is from the uh dayam Motorsport stable third
Place another dayam car maritzio skilo in the 47 Dubois in the TMC cast sits fourth then it’s Ben Green in fifth place now Ben green is just about on the lead lap he will be behind a great many lapped cars of course but Ben green the driver who’s
Taken victories at some of the highest levels of GT3 competition is going to be on the lead lap and a lot closer to some of those uh that could be in his Firing Line I don’t know that he’s going to have time to make up any places once he’s got through the lap
Traffic but maybe there’s an outside shot of a Podium for frest and green And while that’s uh going on on track I understand that back in the pits in Waterhouse is down with another driver let’s get a listen in to an interview once Again right everybody Welcome down to the pitch so we’re with dragon sport in a minute old mate re we’re coming back to have a good chat ree cuz actually this safety car might might help you out a little bit here I think Sam and Jack are doing well they’re going to be right
Up behind um be Maurice so that’ll be good uh we got a track uh track limit we got a pit stop hand Ser so we’re going to drop a couple places but yeah it’s going to Bunch up final five minutes this is what we want so if you’re watching do not go anywhere
Because this is going to be a grand fish be I back Sam I think he’s going to’s he’s Keen he’s new and he wants to go out with a win so things are getting tight up there you’re kind of resuming rival with high Ro there yeah yeah it
Was good you know we we talk on lunch time about you know pit stops and we we we said we going to be a bit more aggressive on the pit stops and you know it’s cost us we were a 10,000 both of them which is is nothing but it’s it’s
So close you know and sometimes you got to roll the dice and you did say actually you you said reckon there about 3 seconds you could play with you’ve played with that 3 seconds and a little bit more we play we’ve played with 3.1 seconds was cost yeah that’s
Yeah Adam back to you run for a Grand St Finish so then the ongoing recovery we can see here of the 179 still hasn’t even begun really Marshals are there vehicle is coming I think is the current prognosis with 5 minutes of the race left to go that is going to be tight they have the tow rope there
And uh this could end up being a one maybe two laap dash the tractor has been enlisted I guess they have a pickup nearby so that’s going to have to very slowly reverse down the hill as the arm extends inward have very slowly reverse down the hill towards the uh towards the
Recovery area towards the assembly area where the cars start these races or get brought out onto the track from the support Paddock but now that the car has been taken out of the grass it is now being abandoned by the tractor so does this mean that the car can at least roll
Downhill I understand it might be the suspension that is the issue and they now pushing the car away and I think it does have a bit of a suspension issue looking at that uh right rear but while that car makes its way back and we have one more lap
Under safety car with the tractor trying to join in I’m a class 4 car I’m a class 4 car well maybe not but Ian Waterhouse is down with the uh Martin biford driver of the fun Cup car hello everybody uh welcome back back to pit safety cast still out of course I
We thought we’ have a good chance to just catch Martin bford on the Hop he was not expecting us to come down and have a chat safety car works for some people doesn’t work for everyone though does it now that kind of cost us that
One um yeah I worked quite hard to build that lead and safety car just snatches it away doesn’t it he’s the Peril of motorport isn’t it he’s yeah sometimes it falls for you sometimes it goes against you um yeah we had about 50c lead and he was catching us he’s a
Little bit quicker than daveon Turkey um I think he’s a quicker than us really but we kind of built that cushion and uh yeah there’s a few cars between us yeah and I don’t know how many laps we’re going to get of racing when we go back
To it I’m hoping one it might just be a one laap shootout M it with the way the clock’s running down yeah so um we might we might hold on to P2 which to be fair is very unexpected we didn’t expect to be uh fighting for podiums this weekend
Well you didn’t race one and that was unexpected you start on the pit line yeah so this is uh a kind of very much backup car uh our main car that uh that EDF prepped isn’t quite ready there have some delays over the winter getting it
Built so that should be out for the next round so the fun Cup car was brought in um to to save the day yeah uh and the idea was just put some some points on the on the board today uh Peter in in race one was kind of yeah a huge bonus
So we’ll see what we can do see performance you might bring it out for snon again huh well with the long straight of SN think might struggle a little there yeah thanks so much best of luck better hand back to Adam thank you You may notice that I called him the Martin biford as we cut and that’s because he is a brick car stall if ever there was one the safety car lights are out and we have a one lap Dash to see who’s going to win this race good luck
Everybody look at Simon Mason he’s launched it away he’s home free in the lead from there he’s taken advantage of the TT and given van nedine what is likely an insurmountable Gap to contend with they’re in sixth place overall and fourth in the queue is the class two
Leading Carrera that car should be okay and home fre as well it’s going to be the battle for third that is going to be the point of interest between skilo and dub as well as some of the cup battles further back and a move dub goes through
There at the old hairpin dub goes up into third third place prestle mean sorry Ben green meanwhile between the cleos as the number 12 car gets uh itself past Harrison coin then I think moving up the order a bit the Cleo’s really going at it this
Is the top three in Cleo that we see here running up towards Copus that is the number one car Harry Reynolds that is uh pressuring the at8 eight driver Maurice Henry Harry Reynolds versus Maurice Henry at the front of the Cleo order they go through
The s’s I’m not sure that re uh that Harry Reynolds is going to get there in time meanwhile at the front of the pack the clock is about to hit zero on this race the checked flag should be there for them this time and it is going to be
Simon Mason that brings it home for he and Chris Bean is the checker flag thrown yes it is the race concludes and it concludes in favor of the Jabba sport cpra vanine finishes second dubis with his move at the old hairpin takes third and a change in the cleos the cleos went
The way of Harry Reynolds he took it in the last two corners he beat Maurice Henry in the last two corners to win the cleos and take sixth overall the cleos also swallow the Porsche at the end of the race there so Whitney dropped down to eighth overall sixth overall your
Cleo winner Harry Reynolds along with ree Lloyd but there’s your overall winner the 23 car takes the win the ca takes it Simon Mason and Chris be with a success the brick car trophy championship results then bean and Mason claim it for the Javas sport team the Sim
Dynamics Team van nine taking second dubo rounding out the podium overall and in class one skio in fourth fifth place to Ben green at the end there at the wheel of the C that he shares uh with Steven frle sixth place and winning in Cleo cup the Cleo class that is Reynolds
And Lloyd Henry and Simpson second in class the class two winner Whitney in eighth place Nessa and James finishing third in Cleo ahead of the car that rounds out the top 10 Tucker and Halstead Tom Linson and Shanks finishing 11th coin and Nevin 12th Harrison and Jenkins in 13th Dar flock Dar flock
Finishing 14th overall and also winning in class three and the second place in class three went to faraoh and biford just a second clear of the Turnal GT uh Janessa G40 there as well so then the final race of the day has concluded with some Sensational battling and one last Twist of the
Tail and the seak cpra has taken the win up against the might of the jetas four cars from five in the top five were jetas but the one at the top was a coper on Bon and Mason will celebrate a win of course they didn’t have a great run of
Form in the race earlier today they got pushed out at the first Corner they spent their time down the pack so this Victory will feel very hard earned and very very well deserved you see there the emergency vehicles already withdrawing away withd drawing towards the park firmate
Will be our cars and drivers our Marshals will also be getting their lifts back around to their respective cars our thanks to the marshals uh for all of their efforts this weekend it’s been two pretty difficult days yesterday in particular was rather sodn as well from a weather perspective
And the marshals as always have hung tough through everything and done a really brilliant job of keeping everybody safe keeping the track ready to go very for thank you for Jo thank you very so that us to the end of that thank you very much to the orang
Army the rescue crew the recovery crew the maintenance crew the medical so then the recovery trucks as we see going back and I understand that in the next few minutes Ian waterhous will join us and Ian is there with the cars and he is now going to uh talk to
Us Ian is down there and we are going to wrap with him one last time as the day concludes ah what a finish isn’t it that’s why we absolutely love Motorsport here is Simon Mason getting out great stin wasn’t it by Chris pen in the first
Bit but here he is Simon oh you can’t see it but there’s a smile underneath that helmet is it yeah yeah it was a great stint by Chris to get you guys into the lead of course the safety card how how nervy was it at the end to hold
On to it that was horrible that little bit but but I had a strategy I thought I’m going to manage it and it worked so um congratulations well I’ll see you over there cuz we’re going to give you some pots s don’t forget your data cards as well data
Cards well done Simon let’s just move down a little bit the cars are actually just looks like they’re being weighed so we’ll just wait for them to come through but second place of course Axel van nine what a drive from him as well said de
Has made it a double Podium day for him as well he’s just coming through now he was he just behind in the number 17 janeta what a day we have had of course it’s a it was disappointment in the first race for a ban neine in the 111 in
The geneta data Motorsport a dnf in race one in race two a second place finish uh we’ better move out the way actually so he can come round and through and we’ll grab a quick word with Axel p in many times haven’t we in the brick car trophy
Over the last couple of years or so and let’s move around and have a quick chat let’s make sure he’s got his data card as well uh have you enjoyed watching the racing action at dington Park let us know in that comment section on bark TV we would love to hear from
You guys and don’t forget a lot coming up over the course of the next two days as well we head straight from here down to Brown’s hatch tonight to bring you the British truck racing Championship Axel second place that’s that’s better isn’t it that’s more like it that’s what
We like to see how was it out there it was that was good and all I can say is just can’t thank this team enough getting the car back in one piece cuz it was it was good when well broke but uh oh your car’s rolling there you go stop
Now there we go all right that’s not all we need is it well done I’ll let you get your helmet off and and get we got s d coming in as well cuz you remember he won race one third in race two uh he he should be going here actually but he’s
Not going to so we’ll just run over and grab a quick chat with oh he’s not he’s not okay he’s not third okay well we’ll get confirmation of where he is very very shortly uh right it has been a great that’s why we love being live isn’t it AB Anything Can Happen we’ve
Got absolutely no idea uh just quick reminder Reynolds and Lloyd picking up two wins in the Cleo cup the champions from last year Lloyd perfect start for them this season Whitney coming first place in class 2 as well and it’s been a perfect day for Dar flock I wonder if we
Can just grab a quick word with CLA Hedley I’m going to say her name really loud to see she picks me up CLA what a day it’s been what a weekend it’s been guess what the British Jance championship and Rick car trophy is back oh absolutely what a weekend just it’s
Just so great to be back at Donnington obviously just so pleased it’s gone really really well no major issues just need to get out the way for a moment but yeah I really please you thank you lovely thank you very much much right so
That is it from us here at Donan Park if you come here face because you’re about to get a SE Cooper up your bum there so be careful and don’t forget we are back live though on BK TV tomorrow British truck racing Championship Sunday and Monday I will be there for that it’s
Going to be an absolute C thanks so much for tuning in can I just say as well one thing we haven’t done is said a big enough thank you to the marshals the orange Army as well as ever we could not go racing well so thank you to everybody
I’m going to hand back to Adam I’ve been your pit line presenter for the British inj championship and brick car trhy inan waterous thanks for watching take care replays then of this uh race we had an early spin of course for the uh number 14 Cleo we had some great Cleo
Battling as well Dar flock in the class 3 machine well ahead well not well ahead but certainly getting adopted by by some of the other cleos the 40 J for sappa shedding a wheel two BMWs that they’ve gone through in two races that’s not a great sign the 43 car
Spinning uh we had a couple of spins actually we didn’t see that one live I don’t think the 43 car having a Second Spin the 88 car in the Cleo scrap as the oh goodness me we didn’t well I didn’t see this I think this happened well I didn’t have
Pictures the number four car Marco anastasi having a moment the 47 locking up that was H skilo getting a bit messy as he tried to hold off dub oh goodness me and a big straight on as well uh for another of the cleos there that’s the race experiences
Machine uh of Josh Tomlinson and Kieran Shanks the Mac G run car and that was the move that sealed it at the last Corner in the Cleo battle in favor of Harry Reynolds and REE Lloyd but your winner across the line overall was your class one winner of two of course and
That was the seak cpra of Bin and Mason A fitting end to a fabulous day that we’ve had so far of course the day has uh come to an end that was our last day uh race of the day but it is not our our last race of
The weekend here on the BARC YouTube channel because 2 days of British truck racing Championship action uh will be up next uh on Sunday and Monday from Brand hatch support races ranging from Saloon cars to pickups to Junior saloons and everything in between Dave Godard will
Be there as well the main voice of this channel thank you for having me as something of a guest wanted or not Dave will be with you at br’s hatch bright and early tomorrow for more BARC action A for e e e e e e e
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That pre 2003 series looks interesting if the entry's aren't too expensive?
Great day of racing yesterday, really enjoyed it at Donington. Thanks for the great coverage, too!
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