BRSCC ROLLS IN TO SNETTERTON FOR ANOTHER SUMMER STORMER
The BRSCC 2025 Snetterton Summer Race Weekend is set to deliver two full days of fast-paced action on the full Snetterton 300 circuit. With a packed schedule featuring a variety of endurance battles, sprint showdowns, and one-make contests, this weekend promises something for every type of motorsport fan. As the summer sun shines down on one of the UK’s most versatile racing venues, expect fierce competition, bold overtakes, and crucial championship moments.
The headline act for both days of racing will be a pair of three hour races for the Silverlake C1 Endurance Series, with over 30 teams taking to the Norfolk circuit each time for the next chapter in their epic long distance campaign this season. This series always produces plenty of excellent battles and offers cost-effective endurance racing that’s a true mix of pace, strategy and teamwork. This weekend is a double header, meaning teams get two opportunities to try and reach the top step of the podium.
As you’d expect, all the regular teams that compete in C1 Endurance are out in force for both encounters, so expect them to be challenging for victory. Serial winners Alpha Trojon’s pair of cars will of course be in attendance and looking to add to their trophy cabinet, but as usual there’s plenty of squads looking to deny them first place. Perennial rivals Emax Motorsport are out in force, as are series sponsors Silverlake, BPC Motorsport, Red Sky Racing, Baycon Racing w/ Liqui Moly, RABsport and WRC Developments. All of them are certain to want to make their mark.
This weekend at Snetterton, the BRSCC Fiesta Junior Championship rolls back into town for its second outing on the Norfolk circuit, the first coming right at the start of the season in April. The grid returns with its biggest entry yet as no less than 29 young stars will take to the 300 circuit for what’s sure to be a weekend full of close, tight and exciting junior racing up and down the grid.
With eight races run and coming off the back of the previous triple header at Anglesey last time out, Thomas Merritt’s exceptional hat-trick of wins catapulted him to the top of the standings as the championship crosses half way stage of the season this weekend. Having now won four in a row after also succeeding at Mallory Park, Thomas will need to be on his a-game to stay at the head of such a large and competitive grid. Former points leader Jack Burgess will be hoping to rebound after a tough Anglesey, now finding himself 44 points off the top in second place and keen to repeat his April form here where he took two wins. Archie Davies sits third at this stage having also won at Mallory Park, just over twenty points back from Burgess in second and keen to take to the podium a few more times.
Dara McInerney and 2025 FJC Scholarship winner Lewis Islin, both the top two rookies in the championship, are locked in a fight for fourth place just eight points apart. While both have also taken to the podium more than one this season too, they’ve always had a presence in the lead group from the beginning and will keep their fingers crossed they can make more progress. Isaac Doble is sixth, the younger brother of BTCC star Mikey hoping his great form at Anglesey can be replicated again, while 2024 Scholarship winner Daniella Sutton is enjoying a super sophomore season sitting seventh in the standings right now. Having begun to score top fives, perhaps a first podium is in the offing soon? Max Fenton has ensured Tensport Performance’s first FJC campaign has been rather fruitful so far as he heads to Snetterton in eighth in points, while Chris Doble (another member of the Doble racing family) is ninth ahead of Bobby Holmes, who is second of the Independent drivers behind McInerney.
Outside the top ten, there’s more drivers who are ones to watch. Callie Clifford continues to build on a strong first season last year, with Eden Spanswick and Oliver Heron also showing great moments already. Heron in particular was a front-runner at Mallory Park and will be keen to get back in the mix. Watch out for the likes of Aaron Beattie, Harry Lindley, Jack Sant and Hayden Gray who are also sophomore drivers too, while more of this year’s excellent Rookie crop will want to make progress.
Having missed the last two meetings due to exams, Lewis Turkington makes a welcome return to the grid this weekend back at Snetterton, while Benjy Douglas becomes the latest driver to make his FJC debut. With every single driver that’s raced so far this season out on track this weekend, plus Benjy, this 29 strong entry could very well be the show stealer this weekend.
The Ford Fiesta action will be in full force this weekend as the AIRTEC Motorsport Fiesta ST240 Championship makes its second trip east to Snetterton’s full 300 circuit in Norfolk, where the season now officially crosses over the half way stage in 2025. So far there’s been no shortage of excitement drama and big talking pointts from the opening three events, and with both Pro and Am classes still very much up for grabs along with the overall crown, what could a return to Snetterton produce?
Despite still leading the championship leaving the previous round at Anglesey, Pro points topper Gary Miller didn’t manage to add to his win tally in Wales. Instead, he had a trio of podiums and now goes back to Snetterton with both he and Kellett level on points. This is down to Kellett taking his first pair of victories at Anglesey, the defending champion getting back to winning ways for the first time this season and still in the hunt to claim a second title. Anglesey also saw a breakthrough first win for Fiesta Junior graduate George Foxlow, the youngster doing double duty in ST240 and the ST150 Challenge this year and making the most of all the track time. A first win in Wales leaves him 46 points behind the top two on total scores, meaning he could be closer on drops.
Zach Lucas holds fourth overall and in Pro, once again mimicking his trend of previous seasons of starting strong but then fading back into the pack and a little, unable to keep up the momentum. He only has six points to make on Foxlow to move to third place, so plenty of opportunities to get firmly into contention. Fifth overall is where you find the Am class leader Jason O’Connell, a first season racer that has taken to ST240s instantaneously and even collected an outright second place at Anglesey, proving his strong pace.
Sean Reynolds heads the second half of the overall top ten table, ahead of Connor Blackburn in seventh place, while Luke Warr is eighth and second best of the Am drivers closely followed by Maggie Webster in their battle for the Am podium places. Simon Horrobin currently holds the final top ten spot in the main table, but will be determined to do better after a less than satisfactory Anglesey meeting that saw him struggling for good results.
Others to also watch in the Pro class will include former champion David Nye, Joseph Knight and Morgan Kidd, while Am runners to also watch will be Harry Hayes and Marco Ricci.
Heading back to where the season began back in April, the Nankang Tyre BMW SuperCup is ready to have a second crack at the Snetterton 300 circuit in Norfolk, with both the 1 Series and Compact Cup class runners keen to get back on track after plenty of action at Donington Park last time out. This weekend takes the championship over the half way point of the 2025 season, meaning results are going to become more and more crucial with every passing race going forwards.
The 1 Series class still sees rookie Millie Hart topping the class points having consistently finished on the podium. She has also benefited from the misfortunes of others in her class too, confirming that scoring as well as possible can go a long way towards a title charge. Moving into second after a great pair of results at Donington Park was Simon Waterfall, taking the fight to Thorburn Astin and claiming an excellent brace of second place finishes. He only has a ten point advantage over third placed Aydan Hassan, who dropped points after a DNF in race one at Donington and will be hoping for a solid rebound. Astin, meanwhile, is up to fourth after his two wins, while Danny Wilkinson missed Donington after an incident at Oulton Park, but is expected to line up again this weekend.
Moving across to the Compact Cup class, currently it’s Joe Doble that’s in command in the standings, having taken four wins so far this season but only able to clinch a pair of third places come Donington’s conclusion. He still leads with a 23 point advantage over second placed Max Noble, who has been a beacon of consistency throughout 2025 thus far and has rarely finished outside the top five to date. In fact, Max has only picked up just one podium, but benefitted from others hitting trouble to hold P2.
Gareth Claydon put himself back to victory lane with a win in race one to his delight and relief, and that means he’s 20 points off second place. It’s been a very strong start to the season for the 2023 champion, and had he not retired from Oulton race two, he could even be up there with Doble at the top of the table. Speaking of champions, defending #1 Connor Grady is just one point behind Claydon, and he too would be up there with Doble had he not DNF’d from Oulton too or been handed nine championship penalty points. Rounding off the top five, Keith Towers is having a solid comeback to BMWs, finishing every race and scoring well to be in this position right now.
In the rest of the top ten, Rod Langham has been steadily getting quicker and scoring better across the first three events and will hope for more progress this weekend at Snetterton, as well as being top Masters driver right now. Ethan Woods’ first Compact Cup adventure currently has him seventh and scoring some impressive results, including just missing out on the top three at Oulton in race two. Could Snetterton produce his first podium finish? Mike Doble, father of Joe, has been a constant top five presence but also had a DNF at Oulton and is trying to claw back points and places in the table before dropped scores come into play later, while Xabier Ross has been another Masters driver trying to make his mark and is in the middle of a six point swing between himself, Doble ahead and 10th placed Adam Wright which could go any way between them come the end of the event.
Whilst the rest of the grid features the usual suspects from this season, there’s also another familiar addition. Making what’s now quickly becoming an annual cameo back on the grid, former five time Compact Cup champion Steven Dailly can’t resist the lure of the BMW paddock and is on the grid again for Snetterton. What impact will he have from the outset, and will the points leaders feel the effect of him on the grid?
Yet again producing another bumper, near sell-out grid on the return visit to Snetterton in Norfolk this weekend, the Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship (featuring the Student Motorsport contest) prepares to reach the mid-point in the 2025 season, with both title fights proving to be much more competitive and closer than some may have expected in the beginning.
The statement that Stuart Bliss is leading the overall standings is nothing new. He does – but the competition is making it tougher for him to win a second title. After just seven races, Bliss is only in front by just four points from second placed Richard Jepp, the Boston College driver having only taken just two victories so far. That means the rest of the pack have caught up, and are finding ways to prevent him from running away with it like he did last year. Jepp himself as done a super job to remain consistent and strong to be P2 right now, even if he is yet to win a race outright in 2025. It must be close, but this year’s field is particularly competitive so he still has a tough task ahead.
Alistair May is enjoying a very strong first full season in CityCar, using all of his C1 Endurance experience in these cars to again be a regular top five finisher and sit third in points going back to Snetterton. He’s only five behind Jepp in second too, meaning the dynamic at the top of the standings has the potential to change a lot this weekend. Next is Ben Spencer, by far the most impressive of the Rookies this season in fourth overall and fresh off the back of taking his first win at Anglesey last time. If he keeps this form up, he’ll want more. Rounding off the top five is Alex Foden, a surprise package near the top five and hoping that a podium finish isn’t too far away either.
The rest of the top ten has some very interesting names that may feel they should be higher had it not been for one or two mishaps along the way. Chris Mackenzie, who has a win from Snetterton, missed Oulton Park and thus has ground to make up, but did well to score a trio of fourth places at Anglesey. Andrew Dyer is another with contrasting fortunes – top fives at Snetterton in April, then a DNF at Oulton, followed by two wins at Anglesey, he will want to climb higher from seventh in the second Boston College car. Chris Parkes also has some work to do from eighth in the second Quattro Formaggio car, Phil House will want to be in the mix in the Gen 2 Peugeot, and Alex Jackson is second best of the Rookie racers in tenth, but will want to find more pace.
As for the Student Motorsport contest, it’s tight at the top there too. Boston College 1 leads by just three points from three time defending champions Team Northbrook Racing 1, and they have a clear gap to third placed Boston College 2. There’s also two points between the pair of Sussex Motorsports team cars, with team one ahead of team two at this stage, while West Suffolk College’s BP team car is sixth ahead of the second Northbrook Racing car.
It’s time for the SW Motorsports ClubSport Trophy to saddle up and get back on track in 2025 once again, as the series prepares to make a visit this weekend to the Snetterton 300 circuit in Norfolk. As usual, there’s another excellent mix and variety of production-based clubman race cars, ready to tackle another 45-minute pit-stop “mini-endurance” race.
Class A, housing the fastest cars up the maximum of 235bhp per tonne, features many names and car familiar to regular followers of ClubSport Trophy. Expect another exciting battle out front between the likes of Phiroze Bilimoria’s VW Scirocco, Shane Kelly’s Morgan, Adam Marshall’s VW Golf, James Alford’s Honda Civic and David Cox’s VW Golf he will share with David Jones. Also in class will be Chris Earle in his Civic, Richard Clarke’s Mk7 Golf, the MINI of Sam Weller and Richard Goodall, and the Renault Megane of Graham Price and Brian Rose from Puretrack.
Class B cars can and do sometimes get into the mix for the overall victory, and there’s a few candidates here that could manage that if fortunes go their way. Alistair Lindsay’s Audi TT is one, former TCR champion Josh Files is another in his Honda Civic, and two more TTs courtesy of Rory Pickles and Nick Brady could also be contenders. Be sure to watch out for the usual phalanx of BMW Z4s in this class, plus others such as Stephen Harrison’s Honda S2000 and the Ford Fiesta of Nick Watling and Jack Wheeler.
It’s a small affair in Class C as provided they stay out of trouble, the BMW Z4 of Ryszard Elliott-Nowobilski and Krzysztof Nowobilski should take a fairly straightforward class win here. Jonathan Hobbs will be hoping to take his Peugeot 106 Rallye to more success to emulate his Brands Hatch win in Class D, but will have a pair of BMW Compacts to contend with courtesy of Dan Rowson and Joshua Hilton. Also in class to go for victory will be Colin Hughes in another Z4 and Barny Francis in his aero-enhanced Mazda RX-8.
Finishing off the classes, Class E, is almost entirely the domain of BMWs, with more Compacts present thanks to Finley Edwards in one and the duo of Craig Ferns and James Dermott in another. There’s also the BMW 318 of Will and Charles Hopkins, while a special addition to the class is one of the new Silverlake DS3 Cup cars with CityCar teammates Haydn Payne and Brady Pollock sharing the drive in a bid to showcase the new series as the perfect next step.
Written by Scott Woodwiss
