Fix A Wheel Partners with BRSCC as Title Sponsor for the new BRSCC Production Cup Series
The British Racing & Sports Car Club is thrilled to announce Fix A Wheel as the title sponsor for its new Production Cup series, launching in 2025.
Fix A Wheel, a leading Leicestershire-based alloy wheel refurbishment and customization company, is known for its high-quality services, including split rim refurbishment, brake caliper painting, diamond cut wheels, and air ride suspension fitting. Their dedication to customer satisfaction and attention to detail makes them an ideal partner for the BRSCC.
The Fix A Wheel Production Cup series, modelled on successful formats like the ClubSport Trophy, will feature 15-minute sprint races with five classes based on power-to-weight ratios.
In addition to the title sponsorship, Fix A Wheel will also proudly support BRSCC members who will benefit from an exclusive 10% discount on Fix A Wheel services.
Fix A Wheel will also support the new BRSCC DS3 Cup, which will run as a class within the Production Cup for 2025.
Jared Coulson, Fix A Wheel: “We’re proud to partner with the BRSCC on this exciting new series. The Production Cup is a perfect fit, offering a proven multi-class format. We can’t wait to see how popular it becomes.”
Luke Souch, BRSCC: “We’re excited to welcome Fix A Wheel as our title sponsor for the Production Cup. Their involvement will help ensure the success of the series, and we look forward to collaborating with them throughout 2025 and beyond.”
For more information on Fix A Wheel, visit fixawheel.co.uk and follow them on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and X.
The British Racing & Sports Car Club (BRSCC) is excited to partner with Silverlake as the title sponsor of the new DS3 Cup, debuting in 2025!
Silverlake, a longtime partner of the BRSCC and title sponsor of the C1 Racing Club, will support this cost-effective, one-make series featuring the Citroen DS3 1.6VTi (MY 2010-2015). The DS3 Cup offers a perfect entry point into club racing and a stepping stone for drivers progressing from entry-level series like the Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup. In 2025, the series will run within the BRSCC Production Cup, with plans for a standalone grid in 2026.
In addition to title sponsorship, Silverlake will create a “How To…” video series, guiding competitors through every step of building their DS3 Cup race car—from buying the donor car to completing the build.
Allen Prebble, Silverlake:
“Silverlake is proud to support the BRSCC in their new venture in the DS3 Cup, to provide another cost-effective sprint racing option for competitors next season. Alongside our continued support and involvement with the C1 Endurance Series for 2025, collectively this shows that Silverlake and the BRSCC are aligned in providing a superb low-cost pathway to get new drivers into motorsport, and it’s a natural fit for us to be involved on all fronts.”
Paul McErlean, BRSCC:
“I’m delighted that Silverlake has chosen to support the new DS3 Cup alongside the Club for 2025 and beyond. This exciting new project is a big step forward, and having Allen and his team on board from the very start is a strong statement of intent. We’re looking forward to seeing the DS3 Cup grow into another successful BRSCC series, and Silverlake’s involvement will play a key role in making that happen.”
A big moment for our 2025 Fiesta Junior Scholarship winner today at BRSCC Driven By Racing, as Lewis Islin made the next important step in his racing career.
After discussing potential team options for 2025, Lewis has made the decision to race with 20Ten Racing in next season’s Fiesta Junior Championship. Lewis will now continue his development over the winter with Simon Hunt’s team ahead of next year, where he’ll be hoping to hit the ground running
Lewis Islin: “Thank you to BRSCC and 20Ten Racing for this amazing opportunity and I can’t wait to get out for the first time. It’s a great chance to show what I can do and after talking to the teams, I feel 20Ten can give me the opportunity to win and grow in 2025 and beyond. I’m really excited to get started!”
Simon Hunt, 20Ten Racing: “I’m delighted to have Lewis on board, who clearly displayed his talent at the Scholarship. We’re thrilled that he has chosen 20Ten as his team for 2025, and we’re looking forward to seeing how we can help him develop through next season. We will give him the best possible chance to hit the ground running and eventually become a race winner next season.”
Ahead of the BRSCC Driven by Racing event at Silverstone Circuit on 16th and 17th November, the Club is excited to announce the launch of a brand-new single make race category based on the sporty Citroen DS3 1.6VTi (MY2010-15).
The project has been developed in conjunction with long-term Club Partners SW Motorsports, and the race cars have been designed to be affordable, easy to build, reliable, and offering equal performance. By way of a controlled engine map, air intake and exhaust system, the 1600cc 16v engines will output a lively 135bhp, making them a great choice for new racers or those looking to progress from CityCar Cup racing.
Performance, handling and safety will be managed by all cars having to use a tightly controlled mandatory build kit, this containing everything needed to turn a Citroen DS3 donor car into an exciting race ready DS3 Cup machine.
The comprehensive build kit includes an SW Motorsports bolt-in roll cage in your chosen colour, free professional cage fitting (worth over £1000),17 inch 2Forge alloy wheels, 225/45R17 Nankang NS-2R tyres, GAZ Suspension coilover kit with top camber mounts, FIA race seat, safety harness, fire safety system, stainless exhaust, induction kit, suspension poly-bush kit, door cards, footplates, switch panels, fire system, cut-off switches, steering wheel & boss kit, ECU Map and numerous other key parts.
The complete DS3 Cup Build Kit from SW Motorsports is available for just £6,999 (including VAT)
Everyone placing a build kit order in 2024 and through 2025 will also receive two pre-paid race entry fees for the 2025 race season – valued at an additional £800. This added benefit is proudly sponsored by Leicester-based wheel refurbishment company Fix a Wheel.
With donor cars being readily available for less than £1500, a self-prepared race car could be on the grid for less than £8,500
In 2025, DS3 Cup cars will race as a class within the BRSCC Production Cup Series, with the aim to develop a stand-alone DS3 Cup grid in 2026.
SW Motorsports will be showcasing a DS3 Cup car at Driven by Racing. Please drop by their event garage to see it in the flesh, and get in touch with them here to request a test drive.
On one of the most poignant, significant and special weekends in the British motorsport calendar, the British Racing & Sports Car Club and Mission Motorsport once again join forces for the annual Race of Remembrance at Anglesey Circuit in Wales this weekend.
A special three-part 12 hour endurance race that centres itself around the all-important Remembrance weekend and the Sunday service that honours it, the race pits numerous teams and cars together across this unique endurance test, all to support Mission Motorsport’s great cause to support service leavers and veterans in recovering and retraining for careers in motorsport and automotive sectors.
This year’s entry for the 2024 edition looks to be one of its strongest yet, a fitting accolade given this will be the tenth running of the event as well as Race of Remembrance’s tenth anniversary since it first began in 2014. To see how ROR has progressed to become one of the best loved and most important events of the British motorsport season is something truly special.
Let’s detail who’s contending in each of this year’s classes, starting with the Relay class. Last year it was a squad of Caterhams that went on to take the overall victory, and while the same team of drivers is not present this year, there is one group that will be hoping to emulate them. Across three cars, the six-pack of Paul Hearnden, Daryl Cresswell, Wes Payne, Harry Eyre, Tim Steel and Allan Curtis will hope they can drive their way to victory.
The fastest cars in the field will also come from Class D, with six contenders found here. A pair of Lotus Elises are sure to lead the line with Rob Boston Racing returning again to regain their crown with Rob driving again alongside Peter Mansfield and joined by Ben Brooks and Audi TT Cup Racing star Sam Heading. Jason and David McInulty also return too, hoping to have a better performance after mechanical issues hindered them in 2023. A BMW M3 E46 should also be in the mix from RAF Motorsports driven by Wayne Lewis, Paul Cook and Chris Slator, as should Steve McInulty and Don Henshall in their solo Caterham effort, while the RAF team also put forward an Audi TT with the quartet of Matt Isherwood, Oliver Waind, Alex Smith and Ryan Parkin at the wheel. Also watch for the Mazda MX-5 Mk3 of Morgan and Roger Sparrow, Alex Pink and Nick Maingot too.
Class C is by far the strongest and largest class of this year’s race, with so many potential winning squads in attendance here. Almost half of the class is populated by Mazda MX-5s, the majority, with experienced MX-5 team Paul Sheard Racing entering a pair, along with another car from RAF Motorsports added to their roster. Mission Motorsport wheel out their green machine once more, while a battle between Clapham North/ Rob Boston Racing and Stuart Humphrey Racing will resume after their season long duel for class honours in the BRSCC’s SuperSport Endurance Cup this year. Tequila Racing will also bring their Mk1 to the grid once more.
Elsewhere in the class, Mission Motorsport’s North American counterparts Operation Motorsport make a welcome return to ROR once again, and their duo of Toyota GT86s should serve them well with one car for the US contingent and the other for those from Canada. Also in Class C, the GT86’s brethren the Subaru BRZ also appears here too. This is a special build put together in association with eBay, with all of the parts sourced directly from their auction platform, with a team of ROR beneficiaries both behind the build of the car and also behind the wheel this weekend. Steve Binns, Michael Smith, Lionel O’Connor and Dominic Pearson will get the honour of racing this Subaru, which has also been specially adapted with hand controls. Mission Motorsport also have one of their own GT86s entered once more too, alongside Patron Racing’s BMW 330ci and NJM Racing’s Ford Fiesta. Another special car will be AFCN Motorsport’s Jaguar XF, sporting a special colour scheme courtesy of renowned automotive and motorsport artist PopBangColour.
For Class B, there’s no surprise to see more Mazda MX-5s with Brake Dancer Racing sporting the same six drivers in the Caterham relay team, with this car also sporting SuperSport Endurance Cup mileage too. A collaborations between the Autotest and BC Cars teams sees two regular BRSCC Mazda MX-5 outfits in the same car together including Brian Chandler and Adam Sparrow, while Jaffacake Racing, Peaky Blinders and a second Autotest team car also make up the Mazda contingent here. One of the fan favourites from 2023 was the cheeky little FIAT Panda from D C Lomas Racing Team Pandamonium and that makes a welcome comeback to the ROR grid, with the class completed by a pair of MINI Coopers from TrackScotland making the trip across the border to compete.
Class A is a simple affair with just a sole CityCar Cup spec Citroen C1 contesting the race, and it may find itself racing with the contenders in the C1 Endurance class whilst also bidding to finish trouble free and as high up the order as possible.
Speaking of the C1 Endurance class, there’s a fairly healthy contingent on this occasion with no less than twelve teams present this year. Just about all of them are squads that regularly contest the Silverlake C1 Endurance Series, and the lineup contains a handful of front running teams from that paddock. This includes a four car strong squad from WRC Developments, a pair of C1s from series sponsors Silverlake and Scuderio Pollo Rosso, plus teams from Road & Trax, Flying Felix Racing, Team MKD, Radiation Racing and Dave’s Dodgems. This will certainly be quite the race within a race.
That could also be the same for the BMW 116 Trophy class, which in turn also has a healthy entry of 10 teams in total. This is where you’ll find a few more of the military-represented teams, including the RAF, Royal Engineers and the Royal Navy. There’s also a pair from Anthony Seddon Racing, two from perennial ROR stalwarts Matabooboo Racing, two from the YGDRASIL team, and another from Elsworth BMW/ EIC Motoring. This will be another internal battle within the 12 hours that will certainly be entertaining.
The ROR entry is completed by the sole invitation class Citroen 2CV Hybrid of Nick Roads, Louis Tyson and Nick Crispin, another that will want to enjoy the experience and keep out of trouble
There’s also a superb entry poised for the ROR ClubSport Trophy support race, which is a special edition of the popular 45-minute multi-class pit-stop race series that regularly attracts big grids wherever it goes. Amazingly, it’s no different this weekend as Saturday’s race looks set to feature the maximum of 42 cars taking to the grid ahead of the main event.
Initial favourites to come out on top include former multi-time ClubSport winner Liam Crilly in his BMW Z4, Lloyd and Neil Huggins’ Lotus, Ben Walkingshaw’s VW Scirocco R and Paul Hoggins’ BRSCC Audi TT Cup race car, all of which will be in the top bracket of the field in Class A. The rest of the entry is populated with the usual mix of ClubSport machinery, such as Mazda MX-5s, Renault Clios, more VW Golfs, MINI Coopers and more. One part of the grid to note is the sizeable number of Class E runners, with no fewer than sixteen counted at the time of writing, one of the largest ever seen on a ClubSport Trophy grid. That’s sure to be quite the frantic and busy battle on track across the 45 minutes.
Written by Ginetta – The 2024 Ginetta race season comes to an end this weekend (02-03 November) with a bumper grid of teenage talents ready to put in a show in the Ginetta Junior Winter Series at Silverstone.
The traditional end-of-season mini-series, which has been a key fixture in the Ginetta race calendar for more than 15 years, heads to the ‘Home of British Motor Racing’ for the first time to race alongside the world’s largest Formula Ford 1600 event, the Walter Hayes Trophy.
An exciting grid features existing Junior drivers signing off their 2024 season alongside rookie talents getting their first taste of Ginetta racing. They’re sure to provide plenty of action across three races on the Silverstone National circuit, which has historically produced some phenomenal Junior racing.
R Racing head into the event looking to complete a clean sweep of the 2024 Ginetta Junior titles, having won all three championships on offer in the main season. They won the last Winter Series in 2022 too with Freddie Slater, and aiming to follow in his footsteps is his younger brother Alfie Slater.
Slater, an overall podium-finisher this season at Brands Hatch, is part of a five-car entry from R Racing. Max Cuthbert is a fellow returning driver, having contested the opening three rounds of the season and scoring a best result of 11th, while successful karter Jarrett Clark makes his car-racing debut.
The R Racing line-up is completed by two drivers from the Red Bull Junior Team, Rocco Coronel and Scott Lindblom. Bringing the iconic Red Bull livery to the Junior grid for the first time, the two international rising stars were both finalists in the recent Ginetta Junior Scholarship.
Isaac Phelps heads into the weekend as one of the favourites for a title challenge with Elite Motorsport, having scored three race wins in the main season. He also notched up a couple of overall podium finishes on the Silverstone National circuit on the championship’s visit in August.
Fellow race-winner Colin Cronin is also one to watch, with his memorable breakthrough race victory coming in the penultimate round at Donington Park. He’s joined at Fox Motorsport by Henry Cameron, while Elite’s entry includes top-ten finisher Ethan Carney and rookie duo Joseph Smith and Josh Watts.
MDD Racing have made an impact in their first season of Ginetta Junior racing this year and will be aiming to end it on a high this weekend. Felix Livesey and James Ellis both scored top ten finishes in the main championship, while scholarship finalist Hamish Forrest makes his debut.
The British Racing & Sports Car Club is thrilled to announce LEWIS ISLIN as the 2025 Fiesta Junior Scholarship winner.
Held over three days at Blyton Park, the competition saw around fifty young drivers competing for a funded season in the 2025 Fiesta Junior Championship. Over Monday & Tuesday, participants were tested through track driving, fitness assessments, and media interviews, leading to twelve competitors to go through to Wednesday’s final (six from each day). Touring car stars Josh Cook, Jade Edwards, Jack Mitchell, Max Coates and Danny Buxton served as the instructors and judges, selecting standout drivers to progress through each stage.
Motorsport presenter Richard John Neil led the media interviews, offering feedback on off-track performance, while So Fit Group conducted the fitness tests. Wednesday’s final shoot-out saw the final twelve further reduced to a top six to compete one last time in the afternoon, but in the end it took an additional shootout between two drivers to break the deadlock after the final result was too close to call. With chief instructor Josh Cook alongside them both on their final runs, it was Lewis Islin that ultimately secured the win and was named the Fiesta Junior Scholarship winner for 2025.
Lewis’s prize includes a full season of racing in a Ford Fiesta Mk7 Zetec junior race car, covering entry fees, BRSCC membership, championship registration, ARDS training, and testing. He will also receive mentorship from Josh Cook, a pre-event simulator program from SIM Motorsport, and a P1 Racewear race suit and Stilo helmet courtesy of Nicky Grist Motorsport, along with race team support, tyres, and consumables—a prize package worth over £65,000.
The BRSCC extends its sincere thanks to all participants, families, friends, judges, and Scholarship partners for their hard work and efforts, as well as Blyton Park and TSL Timing for their essential support across all three days.
The 2025 Fiesta Junior Championship season begins on the 5th/6th April 2025 at Snetterton, Norfolk. For more information on how to join, visit the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship’s dedicated Formulae page on the BRSCC website.
The 2024 BRSCC Gerrit van Kouwen Anniversary Formula Ford Festival will go down as another memorable single seater contest for the ages for this historic event, as the elements threw everything at the drivers but didn’t deter them from putting on a superb contest. The weekend was run in honour of the 1984 Festival champion, a true enthusiast of the event who sadly passed away at the beginning of the year, and many of his family and closest friends and competitors turned out to pay tribute and mark the occasion.
An entry of 67 cars took to the event, separated into the traditional heats with rain characterising all three qualifying sessions on Saturday morning. Defending Festival champion Rory Smith charged to pole for heat one as many expected he would, while Tom Hawkins surprised many with fastest time for heat two in his 1995 Swift ahead of Luke Cooper. 2018 winner Joshua Smith’s return to the Festival began with just pipping Jason Smyth to top time in the heat three session.
Racing hadn’t even begun before drama befell Rory Smith, when his final tyre warm-up to the grid caused a driveshaft failure, forcing him out of Heat 1 (dedicated to Kees van de Grint) before the start. Darwin Smith got away cleanly to lead with former National champion Jordan Kelly on his tail, an early and brief safety car keeping the pack close, and before long the leading six had broken away on the restart. Smith defended his lead well, but Kelly slipped by at Druids on Lap 8 with Tom Nippers following through and the pair quickly left the rest behind. Kelly drove on to the Heat 1 win with Nippers on his tail, followed by Charlie Mann, John Svensson and Jason Pribyl in the top five. Early leader Darwin Smith finished in 8th.
There was plenty of competition in Heat 2 (dedicated to Danny Blundell) with pole man Hawkins losing the lead to Chris Middlehurst at the line at the end of lap one. He was tailed by Luke Cooper with Morgan Quinn joining them after a few laps to produce a three-way dice for victory, and then Joey Foster made it a quartet. The order remained static all the way to the flag with Middlehurst victorious, while Hugh Esterson completed the top five ahead of pole man Hawkins, Anthony Amato and Ben Powney.
Jason Smyth got the better of Josh Smith from the front row of Heat 3 (dedicated to David Robertson) and managed to keep the #200 car at bay for the first two thirds of the race, before Smith squeezed his way through exiting Clearways, also losing him second to Jonny McMullan. Smith drove on to complete the heat victory ahead of Smyth and McMullan, with Isaac Canto Da Silva fourth ahead of Team DOLAN teammate Jonathan Kotyk.
After his driveshaft failure, Rory Smith had the challenge of making his way through the Progression Race on Saturday afternoon in order to get to Sunday’s semi-finals. James Buckton and Leanne McShane took up the front row, but Smith only needed five laps to get up to second place behind Spencer Shinner, before slipping by a lap later. Smith duly drove on to win, followed by Shinner, Rob Hall, David McArthur and Peter Daly in the top five.
The conditions for Sunday’s semi-finals were overcast with the threat of returning rain in the air, meaning unpredictability for setup choices. Kelly and Smith took to the front row of Semi-Final 1 (dedicated to Mike Blanchet) just as the rain began to fall, with Luke Cooper getting a quick launch to move into P2 behind Kelly in front. Behind them, a rapid Rory Smith was swiftly moving up the order and climbed to seventh before a safety car was called, helping his cause as the pack closed up. The safety car ensured this would be the slower of the two semi-finals, but that didn’t stop Kelly from charging away on the restart after the rest of the pack had to wait to pass a lapped car at the green flag. Kelly duly won to book his front row spot in the Grand Final, ahead of Josh Smith, Luke Cooper, Jonny McMullan and Jonathan Kotyk. Smith had been in an qualifying spot until an off at Clearways dropped him back.
With the track now fully wet, Semi-Final 2 (dedicated to David Minister) saw Middlehurst get the best launch from pole and never headed from start to finish. He drove away to be unchallenged and win the race and top starting spot for the Final later in the afternoon, leaving second placed Jason Smyth to trail in behind him in P2 in no man’s land. Morgan Quinn managed to pull away in P3 from Tom Nippers, with Morgan Quinn completing the top five.
The first of the big trophy races was next up, with the Historic Final sponsored by HEDTEC tackling the wet conditions with all pre-’99 cars competing to win the Brian Jones Memorial Trophy. Tom McArthur’s hard luck in this race struck at the first corner as he ran wide after starting from pole, giving Darwin Smith a free run out in front in the early moments. Tom Hawkins quickly caught him up and even on either side of a mid-race safety car, both cars were inseparable. Hawkins gave it his all, but was unable to unseat Smith who drove superbly to claim the Historic Final win at the flag. Behind the top two, an exceptional drive from Samuel Harrison saw him claim a superb third in the Elden chassis, ahead of Formula Ford veterans Andy Charsley and Rick Morris.
Rory Smith once again wasted no time in spread eagling the field in the Last Chance Race sponsored by Raceparts, which saw two starts before the defending Festival champion could truly make the race his own. Once leading, he drove as many expected he would and took the win after the race was declared following a late incident. Smith’s place in the Grand Final was secure, as was those of David McArthur, Leanne McShane, Spencer Shinner, Andy Charsley and Drew Cameron.
The Grand Final, dedicated to Gerrit van Kouwen himself, was expected to be another thriller regardless of the wet conditions – and in typical Festival fashion, it didn’t disappoint. The intensity truly ramped up at the end of lap two when initial leader Kelly and Smyth tangled at Clearways, leaving Josh Smith to inherit top spot with Middlehurst in tow. While the early laps played out, the man everyone was watching behind them was Joey Foster who’d had something of a lowkey Festival this point, but was revelling in the wet thanks to a brand new set of tyres and a setup clearly in the sweet spot. By the end of lap five, Foster was up to ninth from 22nd on the grid with the fastest lap.
Smith and Middlehurst left the rest of the pack behind with Hugh Esterson in third ahead of Cooper and Quinn, but it wasn’t long before Foster had them all in his sights. The first of two safety cars was called for Leanne McShane stranded at Clearways, with a new rule for 2024 allowing up to five laps to be added to the race distance in a bid to ensure the Grand Final could reach a green flag conclusion. Foster was fourth on the restart and produced a sensational outside pass at Paddock on Cooper on the green flag, before quickly locking onto Middlehurst’s gearbox and doing the same again one lap later. With just Smith left to pass, Foster was on the prowl and on pure pace along, it looked as though he was on course to take the lead.
Despite another short safety car for Jordan Kelly’s off at Paddock Hill Bend, there was still no way through for Foster as he hounded Smith with Middlehurst in tow. Foster tried his daring outside pass at Paddock Hill again on the restart but ran too deep to make it work, forcing him to continue the pressure. It all came to a head on Lap 22, when an attempt to take the outside line into Clearways saw Foster run wide, through the gravel and collecting Jason Smyth on rejoin, forcing both out.
Now Middlehurst seemed to be the only challenger left to Smith and he too tried as hard as he dared, but a gutsy defensive drive from Smith saw him head to the chequered flag in car 200, the same number as Gerrit van Kouwen himself in 1984, and take the victory after defending hard from start to finish. Chris Middlehurst finished on his gearbox in second place ahead of a first Festival podium for Luke Cooper in third, with Hugh Esterson and Morgan Quinn completing the top five.
Smith was not only awarded the Neil Shanahan Trophy for the second time in his career, but also the Roger Pedrick Trophy as the best placed Englishman. Joey Foster may not have seen the flag, but his stellar drive earned him the John Nicol Memorial Trophy for the best performance from a British driver, as well as the renewed Mike & Polly Blanchet Trophy for setting the fastest lap. The GVK200 Future Star Trophy for the best finishing driver under the age of 25 went to fifth placed Morgan Quinn.
All in all, it was a magical occasion and another Formula Ford Festival to remember as everyone in attendance honoured the man who had won the event 40 years prior. Our thanks go to the van Kouwen family, his closest friends and fellow racers, and all those who took part in the Festival itself for putting on a superb show of motorsport from start to finish across both days. We look forward to doing it all over again in 2025!
The British Racing & Sports Car Club’s final outing to Oulton Park in 2024 prepares to welcome a fierce conclusion to this year’s Fun Cup Endurance Championship with the double header season finale set to crown this year’s champion, while the season finales of both the Vinyl Detail Fiesta ST150 Challenge and ZEO Prototype Series are also set to produce plenty of entertainment to conclude their campaigns too.
The stage is set for what could be one of the most memorable days in Fun Cup Endurance Championship history at Oulton Park, the championship’s spiritual home. Titles have been decided here and thrilling conclusions have taken place in Cheshire too, but going into Saturday’s double header (both a one hour and three hour race in store) there are as many as seven teams that still have a mathematical chance of claiming the title. It’s likely, however, that the battle will mainly be between top two squads Olympian-GRD and UVio/Hofmann’s Motorsport.
Defending champs Olympian won four races on the bounce before a brake issue at Donington Park pitched them off the road at Redgate and out of contention, prior to the race being stopped and declared early due to inclement weather. This leaves them 25 points ahead of UVio in second and with two races left to go, there’s every chance the crown could end up going either way. This Saturday’s entry is by far the biggest of the season with no fewer than 30 teams expected to line up in Cheshire, one of the largest grids the championship has enjoyed in recent years. It includes the duo of Ginetta Junior ace Charlie Hart (son of former champion Chris) and newly crowned BTCC champion Jake Hill who will be shooting for the £10,000 prize for winning on their debut.
The battle for the Vinyl Detail Fiesta ST150 Challenge title is effectively all but decided, as Mike Blackburn heads to Oulton Park far enough ahead to remain uncatchable regardless of what happens on Saturday. It means he can race in comfort, and that he can leave the duelling to the three-way fight for second place behind him between Mark Blunt, Dan Robinson and Sam Watkins. There’s 12 points between them on dropped scores and every chance this trio could switch around by the end of the day.
The entry for the final rounds is also looking impressive with numbers set to be in the mid 20s going to Oulton, Park. Amongst the entry is Mikey Doble, along with Fiesta Junior graduate George Foxlow.
Oulton Park also marks the final rounds of the ZEO Prototype Series, supplying some of the fastest machinery that will be seen on track all day. While the field is slightly reduced compared to previous rounds, there’s still plenty of quality cars lining up. A pair of Praga R1s will feature with Shane Kelly and Jack Fabby behind the wheel of each, along with the evergreen Mike Jenvey in his Jenvey-Gunn and the CTR01 of Richard and Matt Chamberlain. A host of Radicals will also be present to make up another intriguing entry.
