MSVR Car Club Championships Silverstone

Silverstone played host to MSVR last weekend (14th/15th June) with drivers and teams from the MSVT Team Trophy, Caterhams, VAG Trophy, GT Cup, Mini Challenge and the Monopostos all filling the paddock. Saturday was a distinctly wet affair with so much rain coming down that marshals had to sweep off the pools of water between sessions, Sunday however had plenty of cloud but the track remained dry.

57 cars took to the grid in the Monopostos with multiple classes, close racing and 13 DNF’s all added to the excitement of Sundays race for the UK’s largest single-seater racing club. The Caterhams were also at the Northamptonshire track ‘en-masse’ with 56 cars going out to qualify and ultimately going into battle over 2 races with 3 classes filling the grid, always ‘door handle to door handle’ stuff.

GT Cup added some endurance racing to the meetings mix with a fine display of racing Supercars with the Mclaren MP4 12C of Jim Geddie leading the charge in two of the three races.

The MSVT Team Trophy, the ideal race series for those transitioning from track days to full on competition had 32 cars going out to qualify on Sunday morning and there is always a broad range of machinery competing out on track. Four classes make up the grid, all based on the individual cars ‘power to weight ratio per ton’ ranging from 125bhp to 250bhp and as the series is based on saloon, hatchback and sports cars you could drive your car to the track, compete and drive it home.

The VAG Trophy racers fielded a 26 car grid and although there are 2 classes in the championship, wet conditions are a great leveler, qualifying saw Rob Allum getting his Mark4 1.8T into the top 10. As the racing commenced the Mark5 GTI of Michael Epps dominated group A with Allum, Culley and Mohan battling hard in the group B’s.

The Mini Challenge features the all new F56 this season and 15 are already competing in the championship, adding this purpose-built Mini racer into the mix swells a grid that includes Coopers and JCW’s, 36 cars lined up at Silverstone and the ‘sharp end’ where putting out some pretty impressive lap times.

Gallery and results below:

Caterham Graduates Championship (Classic / Sigma / Super)

Classic:

1. Graham SMITH 2. Steve MCMASTER 3. Graeme SMITH

1. Graham SMITH 2. Graeme SMITH 3. Matthew WILLOUGHBY

Sigma:

1. Nigel BOARD 2. Jason GALE 3. Peter MULLINEUX

1. Jason GALE 2. Nigel BOARD 3. Andrew OUTTERSIDE

Super:

1. Martin COLLIER 2. Tom HAYMAN-JOYCE 3. Toby BRIANT

1. Toby BRIANT 2. Martin COLLIER 3. Andy MOLSOM

Caterham Graduates Championship (Mega & Sigmax)

Sigmax:

1. Jeremy WEBB 2. Oscar ROVELLI 3. Scott LAWRENCE

1. Neil SHINNER 2. Jeremy WEBB 3. Mick WHITEHEAD

Mega:

1. Glenn BURTENSHAW 2. Oliver GIBSON 3. Martin KAY

1. Oliver GIBSON 2. Luke COOPER 3. Glenn BURTENSHAW

GT Cup Championship

Race 1:

1. J&GGEDDIE – Mclaren Mp4/12C

2. HOGGARTH/HODGETTS – Ferrari 458 GTC

3. MARRS/HOLLINGS – Ferrari 458 GTC

Race 2:

1. Jim GEDDIE – Mclaren Mp4/12C

2. Phil BURGAN – Audi R8 LMS Ultra

3. Paul BAILEY – Aston Martin Vantage 12 GT3

Race 3:

1. WILLIAMS/SCOTT -Ferrari 458 GT3

2. Jim GEDDIE – Mclaren Mp4/12C

3. Phil BURGAN – Audi R8 LMS Ultra

Maximumgroup.net VAG Trophy

Class A:

1. Michael EPPS 2. Lee CHRISTOPHER 3. Richard MORGAN

1. Michael EPPS 2. John STEVENS 3. Paul TAYLOR

1. Michael EPPS 2. Lee CHRISTOPHER 3. John STEVENS

Class B:

1. Barrie CULLEY 2. Chris MOHAN3. Mike HARDING

1. Rob ALLUM 2. Chris MOHAN 3. Barrie CULLEY

1. Rob ALLUM 2. Barrie CULLEY 3. Chris MOHAN

MSVT Team Trophy

Overall:

1. Steve ATKINSON 2. GARDNER/MILLS 3. BARTON/HOSIER

Class S:

1. Steve ATKINSON 2. BARTON/HOSIER 3. ENDACOTT/TESTER

Class B:

1. Paul HATTON 2. B & G LITTLEWOOD 3. Gary BURSTOW

Class C:

1. Simon CLARK 2. HOWES-ROBERTS/LANGRIDGE 3. BROMLEY/MONTGOMERY

Class E:

1. Jason FRANCIS 2. Darren PARTRIDGE

Power Maxed MINI Challenge – JCW / F56 / Cooper

F56:

1. Lee PATTISON 2. Lawrence DAVEY 3. William PHILLIPS

1. Ryan RHODE 2. Lawrence DAVEY 3. Charlie BUTLER-HENDERSON

1. Lee PATTISON 2. Lawrence DAVEY 3. Charlie BUTLER-HENDERSON

JCW:

1. Neil NEWSTEAD 2. Hamish BRANDON 3. Erkka LINDSTEDT

1. Neil NEWSTEAD 2. Hamish BRANDON 3. Kevin O’CONNOR

1. Neil NEWSTEAD 2. Erkka LINDSTEDT 3. Kevin O’CONNOR

Cooper:

1. Ricky PAGE 2. Nathan HARRISON 3. Max BLADON

1. Ricky PAGE 2. Nathan HARRISON 3. Mark WAKEFIELD

1. Nathan HARRISON 2. Ricky PAGE 3. Max BLADON

St Cross Electronics Mono Championship

1. Shane KELLY 2. Ben CATER 3. Robbie WATTS

1. Ben CATER 2. Tony BISHOP 3. Kevan MCLURG

Multiple classes see full information on class wins, splits & times here.

All images by Paddock42 Contributor Simon Phillips.

Many thanks to Sam Fleet at MSVT Team Trophy.

More of Simon’s ace images from the weekend can be found here.

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