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So this was the one I was most excited for!
JSCC Round 4 - Silverstone, home of British Motorsport and, as an added bonus, very close to home! We were racing the National circuit layout and had a busy schedule with the addition of a further practice session and the roll over Brands Hatch race. Friday practice went well. Working with Sam, I learnt the track and worked on encouraging more rotation in the corners. Saturday --------- I qualified P11 from a field of 17 in all three of the Sunday races, which left me feeling I could and should have done a bit better but equally, it was still decent for a newbie rookie. Brands Hatch rollover race. P10 > P10. Good to get that race done after the cancellation at Brands. Sunday ------- Race 1 - P11 > P10. Race 2 - P11 > P11. Race 3 - P11 > P10. Overall I didn't drop a place over the weekend, which is a mega achievement but I didn't gain many either, so I've got more work to do with the team's support to generate more rotation and not scrub off speed. As ever, the team were awesome in every way all weekend. Thank you Shelia, Alex, Harvey, Alvaro on the spanners & @willll_oww on data. Thank you to my driver coaches @sammaherloughnan and @_ashmiller for your support and advice throughout the weekend. Thank you to the @silverstonecircuit team and the orange army @marshalsuk As always, none of this would be possible without the amazing support of my family and my partners @talkhse , Camuri, & Blue Flare Group. Thank you all so much. Special thanks to friends and family who came along to support me this weekend. We go again at Croft in just under a month! . . Photos : @j45media @oliver___philpott @cursleymotorsport @jsccofficial @officialbarc #motorracing #motorsport #racing #racecar #racingdriver #juniordrivers
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 ---This weekend, we're heading to my local track, Silverstone, for round four of the Junior Saloon Car Championship.
We're on the National circuit layout and it's going to be a busy weekend as we're hoping to be able to complete our Brands Hatch roll-over race, as well as our three Silverstone races. My pace has been improving each round and we're now pushing into the midfield and challenging the more experienced rookies. Let's see what we can do! The races (not practice or quali) are streamed live on the BARC Youtube page. Follow the link in my bio to get to the live stream. Our provisional weekend timings :- Saturday 17th ------------------ Paid practice - 10:15 Qualifying - 14:00 Brands Hatch race 3 - 17:30 (To be confirmed) Sunday 18th ---------------- Race 1 - 09:25 Race 2 - 12:05 Race 3 - 15:45 With thanks to my family and my partners for making this possible. @talkhse @blueflaregroup @camuri @cursleymotorsport @_ashmiller @jsccofficial @officialbarc @ourmotorsportuk @silverstonecircuit @juniorracinguk #motorracing #motorsport #racing #racecar #racingdriver #juniordrivers  A massive thank you to Adam & Nigel from talkHSE for supporting my racing this year!
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Another round... another new track and only 45 mins of practice time on the Friday. All went pretty well though and with Ashs' coaching, we found some decent pace. Quali was good. I was consistent with my best three lap times and managed P10/P8/P8. All over a second quicker than I'd done in practice. Race 1. P10>P8. Finished P7 on the road but a clerks review dropped me to P8. Race 2. P8>P9. Finished P10 on the road but was promoted to P9 after a clerks review. Race 3. P8>P14. Gutted!!!... I'd got up to P7 overall and P1 in the rookies only to get a puncture. I got to the pits under the safety car for a wheel change and after a bit of a delay with confusion over when I could re-enter the track, I avoided the DNF but finished at the back a couple of laps down. A decent progressive weekend for us overall though and a couple of small bonuses was that I was able to take the novice sticker off Big G and also sign my first autograph! Congratulations to everyone that made the podium and won the other driver awards. It's also good to know the drivers involved in the shunts are okay. On to my local track Silverstone in a couple of weeks! Thank you to everyone at Cursleys : Shelia, Alex, Harvey, @willll_oww on data & Jasmine on media. Also thank you to Jake, Lee, Owen & Alvaro on the spanners for both the Saxos and the Hyundi Coupes. Thank you also to my driver coach Ash for all your advice and particularly for coming back to support me on the Saturday! Thank you to the Thruxton circuit team and @marshalsuk As always, none of this would be possible without the amazing support of my family and my partners : @talkhse Camuri, Blueflare group . . Photos : @j45media, @cursleymotorsport @swatton.media @marc.lawrence.16547 @cursleymotorsport @_ashmiller @jsccofficial @officialbarc #motorracing #motorsport #racing #racecar #racingdriver #juniordrivers |
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