BRSCC ENJOYS A DAY AT THE PARK AT OULTON
The first visit to the North West of England for the BRSCC and its NW Centre saw an excellent day of racing in mixed conditions at Oulton Park in Cheshire. With the SuperSport Endurance Cup headlining the day, the rest of the timetable was also populated with an excellent mix of Audi TTs, MGs, the new Pro Sports Sprint Series, and the debut of the Fix-A-Wheel Production Cup!
The second PBS Brakes SuperSport Endurance Cup race of the season almost proved to be something of a BMW benefit to begin with as Harry Barton led away a multitude of 3 Series and M3s at the head of the field outright from pole position. Barton would in fact lead through almost two thirds of the race (including through the only safety car) before making his first stop, where Silverstone winner Julian McBride and then Lee Collins’ Caterham took turns at the front as more mandatory pit stops played out.
Once the field had cycled through and all stops were complete, McBride found himself in a commanding lead once more, and ended up at least a full lap ahead of the rest of the field. His BMW M3 took its second outright win of 2025 as well as the Pro-B honours, ahead of Ian Jones/ Martin Gadsby’s BMW in second (class and overall), followed by Collins’ Caterham, Pro-A guest winner Dave Griffin’s BMW, and Antony Unitt and John Stack in another BMW completing the top five.
Class wins down the field also went to Sam Reuter and Rob Boston’s Mazda MX-5 (Clubman-A), Bruce Robinson & Paul Sheard’s MX-5 (Clubman-B), and defending champions Adam Read & David Drinkwater’s BMW Compact (Clubman-C). There were no classified finishers within Pro-C.
Jordan Stilp built on his excellent debut at Silverstone in the Demon Tweeks Audi TT Cup Racing Championship by claiming his first win in only his third race on this grid at Oulton Park. Coming from third on the grid, he pursued pole sitter and early leader Sam Heading for the first half of the race, before squeezing through on lap five to claim a lead he would never lose. Stilp’s win came just half a second ahead of Matt Luff, with Will Stacey and Ross Makar ahead of Heading who slipped to fifth by the flag.
Thankfully for Heading, he was able to redeem himself in race two by picking his way through the top five contenders in front of him, eventually tailing and passing Stilp on the final lap on his way to victory. Stilp still remained second to score big points, followed by Luff, Makar and Andrew Rogerson in the top five. Having already showcased five races that have proven to be individual thrillers in their own right, the next rounds are highly anticipated.
Making their first full time appearance since joining the BRSCC ranks in the latter part of 2024, the MG Cockshoot Cup burst into life for the first time in 2025. After Keith Egar took his MG Midget to pole by a storming 1.3 seconds in qualifying, he was untouchable in race one as he dominated to win by 30 seconds. David Morrison and the ZS 180s of Paul Wignall and Karl Green ensured a Class C top four lockout from 2024 champion Leon Wignall in his Class A ZR.
Egar was again untouchable in the second race, but this time was only twelve seconds clear by the chequered flag. The same top drivers almost completely duplicated their race one result, the only difference being Green finishing in third place this time ahead of Paul Wignall in fourth. Phil Rigby was Class F winner both times, while Class B honours were shared between Helen Waddingham and Martin Richardson respectively.
After making an excellent debut at Silverstone, the new BRSCC Pro Sports Sprint Series ventured to Oulton Park for its second outing of the year too. Luke Woodhouse’s rapid VW Golf Clubsport had impressed at Silverstone, but at Oulton he was truly dominant. His winning margin in race one wasn’t far off a staggering 50 seconds out in front, with David Lawrence’s SEAT Leon CUPRA a distant second ahead of David Jefferson’s BMW M3, Lee Collins’ Caterham, and David May’s Ginetta.
Woodhouse doubled up in race two, but this time took the flag by a much closer 11 seconds from May’s Ginetta, with Lawrence’s SEAT third this time from Collins’ Caterham and Jefferson’s BMW.
There was a solid entry for the first ever pair of races for the new Fix A Wheel Production Cup with a field mostly consisting of colourful and well turned out hot hatches. Oliver Barsby’s FK2 Honda Civic snatched the lead of race one from the front row and while he extended a sizable lead initially and took the first ever Production Cup win overall, he was closed down in the latter half by Matt Hollier’s Renault Clio. David Mycock in another Clio took third, ahead of the Civics of Andrew Stephens and Simon Sheridan.
Barsby was unable to take the start of race two, thus leaving Hollier to drive on from defacto pole position to clinch the victory, despite race long attention from Mycock this time. The winning margin was just over a second in the end, with Stephens, Sheridan and Colin Dunn’s Clio completing the top five.
Amongst the Production Cup grid were the first few contenders in the new Silverlake DS3 Cup, with former CityCar Cup champion Elliot Lettis proving to be the man to catch all day. Lettis drove on to a pair of wins in class within the entry, joined on the podium by Theo Longman, Rob Chalmers and Jake Brook across both races. More DS3s are expected to join the ranks as the season goes on!
Written by Scott Woodwiss
