Olly Jefferies wins at Schumacher BTCC nationals Rd4

Round 4 of the Schumacher BTCC took place at the Cotswold track located on Kemble airfield. The track has proved over the past years to be a real challenge for drivers due to its high speed nature but remains the most popular track on the UK calendar. A full entry of 120 drivers booked into the event and with sunshine greeting the drivers on race day it looked to be a great event. After four rounds of qualifying Olly Jefferies was able to take TQ spot in the Open Modified class after a long battle with Elliott Harper throughout the four qualifying rounds.

The final would turn out to be a great battle as the top three battled for the entire race nose to tail with Olly Jefferies eventually crossing the line to take the win with Elliott Harper in 2nd and Chris Grainger in 3rd. James Hart was able to capitalise on his great start to come home 4th 6 seconds behind the leaders.

Modified class final results:
1. Olly Jefferies
2. Elliott Harper
3. Chris Grainger
4. James Hart
5. Adam Catchpole
6. Sam Clifton
7. John Pape
8. Stef Chodzynski
9. Matthew White
10.Colin Price

The single leg 13.5T Stock class A final would be the most popular of the day. The battle for second place went down to the final lap with Zak Finlay being able to take the position after a great pass on the final corner, during the final lap the positions changed twice and it was a great display of hard but fair racing. Darren Lee came out successful while Chris Gunter completed the podium in 3rd.

13.5 class final results:
1. Darren Lee
2. Zak Finlay
3. Chris Gunter
4. Mark Wallace
5. James Baker
6. Luke Bennetts
7. Matthew Chandler
8. Mark Giaqunto
9. Lee Price
10.Rob West

Source: Xray [teamxray.com]