BRSCC BOUNDS IN TO BRANDS HATCH FOR THE DAY
Sponsored by Mr Tyre Motorsport, for just a single day’s racing, the British Racing & Sports Car Club doubles up with race meetings this weekend, as it prepares to host a little one day thrash around the 1.2 mile speed bowl that is the Brands Hatch Indy circuit in Kent . With an excellent little variety of tin-tops, saloons, classic Minis and endurance racing, there should be something here for everyone to enjoy.
The Demon Tweeks Audi TT Cup Racing Championship rolls into Brands Hatch, the circuit where the championship all started back in 2023, for the latest installment of the 2025 season. These rapid turbocharged Teutonic coupes will once again revel in this circuit’s naturally fast and challenging layout despite the short length, and with an intriguing championship battle also in play, it’s almost guaranteed to be exciting.
Last year’s vice champ Matt Luff has currently built a strong 80 point lead on total scores right now and will be looking to further build on that, especially after taking two more wins last time out at Croft. He now has a comfortable margin to play with, although he can’t ease off as dropped scores will come into play soon and they could certainly make all the difference. In second, Andrew Rogerson has been having a stellar first campaign in Audis this year including capturing his first wins earlier in the season, and has also capitalised on the misfortunes of others. Be sure to keep an eye on him in contention for victory.
Jordan Stilp started his Croft event in great fashion with a win, before mechanical problems put him out of race two and the day, pushing him back to third but back again this weekend with a car that should be back up to full strength again. He’s ahead of Sam Meagher and Charlie Budd in the top five, the pair currently separated by ten points and visitors to the podium this season, so they very well could be dark horses to take home a trophy or two.
With Ross Makar listed as absent, sixth place could be up for grabs for Jonathan Williams, on a high after scoring his first podium finish in Audi’s last time out at Croft. There will also be opportunities for the likes of Patrick Booth, James Blake, Luke Jennings and Oliver Devine-King too, all in or just shy of the top ten and keen to score more big points hauls and move a little higher up the table.
Rolling into Kent for the next long-distance test of the year around essentially the shortest circuit they’ll race on all season, the PBS Brakes SuperSport Endurance Cup is ready to rumble once again. After the slightly smaller entry than usual last time at Croft, a near 30 car entry is in place around the Brands Hatch Indy circuit, with all six classes primed to do battle and lots of variety in the field.
As you’d expect, Pro-A is once again a BMW benefit, with many of the regular contenders back in it again this weekend. Chris Murphy continues to lead over the William Lynch/ Ryan Hooker duo by almost 30 points, but with both that car and the top of Parkes, Hudson and Evans both missing this weekend, this will be a prime chance for Murphy to streak ahead. He’ll expect competition from Aldo Riti, Antony Unitt & John Stack, and the M2 of Stephen Kent and Peter Moulsdale.
Lee Collins’ strong Croft performance helped him move into the Pro-B lead, but it’s going to be tougher this time at Brands with the Andre & Jake Severs SEAT back in action, along with the BMW of the formidable Nigel Greensall alongside David Gooding. In Pro-C, Ricky Coomber has a clear shot at the class lead, and while his Honda Civic FN2 will be scoring here, he will also be piloting a DC5 Integra in the invitation class, swapping cars with co-driver Mark Simmons at pit stops. The Neil/ Lloyd Huggins Lotus Elise is back on track too, as will Michael Edwards in a BMW, and Matthias Radestock in another Lotus.
Clubman-A will be a firm fight between four cars and a scrap between Renault and Audi. Puretrack’s Renault Megane with Matt Dennis and Matt Adams and the Clio of Steve Glynn & Thomas Kerridge will represent the French marque, up against the Teutonic TTs of Alessandro Ballesteros and the pairing of Thomas Stephen Moore and Jeremy Sussex. Clubman-B, meanwhile, is due to be another duel between Alistair Lindsay’s Audi TT and the trio of Wes Payne, Daryl Cresswell and Paul Hearnden, but joined by a welcome return for George Grant of Clapham North in his MX-5 shared with team boss Rob Boston.
Finally in Clubman-C, defending overall champs and class winners Adam Read and David Drinkwater suffered a rare defeat at Croft after an accident forced them out of contention and laps down, leaving Puretrack Racing to take a class win with their Clio. They have two cars out in force this weekend to try and battle hard, against Drinkwater and Read’s BMW, and Brake Dancer Racing’s Mazda MX-5 for Allan Curtis and Tim Steel.
Providing some excellent support on this day of racing will be the Classic & Modern Motorsport’s Southern division with their Super Saloons and Tin Tops on track for some exciting action. This grid is always packed full with variety of machines and this outing is going to be no exception, with an wonderful mix of fast saloon cars and nimble hot hatches dicing amongst each other.
In the Super Saloons, keep an eye on usual suspects such as Rod Birley’s evergreen Ford Escort WRC, Clive Haynsford’s flame spitting Mazda RX-8, and the booming Holden Commodore V8 Supercars of Alex Sidwell and Andy Woods-Dean, while in the Tin-Tops, it’ll be regulars such as Neal Gardiner, Ian Seale, Sam Haywood, Steve Walden and Terry Waller that are almost certainly going to be in the mix in their collective of Honda Civics, Ford Fiestas, Renault Meganes and BMWs.
Making a highly anticipated debut at Brands Hatch, the new Classic Mini Racing series conducts its first ever races with a superb mix of cars across both Class 1 and Open Class. Designed as a new place to race the iconic original Mini, following on from approaches and feedback from existing classic Mini racing teams and drivers, the new series is certain put a smile on everyone’s face on track, as these micro machines are always certain to provide a great spectacle.
Chris Didcott, Kate Fraser Ker and Mark Davies will be the three contenders in the Open Class all day, while most of the battles are sure to come from Class 1, with the likes of experienced names such as Steve Rideout, David and Nevan Kirkpatrick, Ralph Budd, Dave Rees and Suzy Inchsure to be in the mix. This is sure to be a superb debut, and we can’t wait to watch it play out!
Written by Scott Woodwiss
