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British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship Winner
Daniel Lloyd is relishing the prospect of racing at the country’s fastest track
next weekend, 17th/18th May, when the Ginetta Junior Championship visits
Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire for the ninth and 10th rounds of the 2008
season.
The Huddersfield 16-year-old is still celebrating after achieving his first
ever podium finish in cars at Donington Park last Sunday, 4th May, but now
attention turns to the truly spectacular Thruxton track which offers one of the
greatest challenges the teenage racer will encounter all year - especially
considering he has never been to the Hampshire venue before.
Climbing onto the rostrum at Donington at the end of only his eighth ever
race in cars, Daniel has quickly underlined his natural racing flair and is
regarded as an incredibly exciting prospect in the realms of circuit
racing.
In actual fact, a double-podium was on the cards last weekend before Daniel
was pitched into a spin when lying in third position during the first Donington
race – a tremendous fightback into sixth position from outside the top 12,
however, displayed his great tenacity and determination.
Competing in front of the biggest crowds in UK motor racing – Ginetta
Juniors supporting the country’s most popular series, the HiQ MSA British
Touring Car Championship – the Tockwith Motorsport driver is certainly making
the most of his opportunity at the wheel of the BRDC Stars of Tomorrow car and
aims to enjoy more success at ultra-fast Thruxton.
“I can’t wait for the Thruxton races, they’re going to be a lot of fun and
if we can perform like we did last weekend then I’m confident we’ll be able to
fight for a couple of podiums which would be fantastic for our championship
position”, said Daniel.
“Qualifying was our main problem during the first few rounds but at
Donington we improved that side of things and I was able to get on the podium
for the first time as a result. I still want to qualify higher up the grid but
it will be very tough at Thruxton as I’ve never been there before. I’ll be
giving it my best shot though.”
Currently fourth overall in the driver standings, just 32 points shy of the
runner-up position with less than half of the season completed, the Huddersfield
Grammar School student is confident he will only get stronger with the added
experience of every event.
Free practice ahead of the ninth and 10th rounds of the Ginetta Junior
Championship will take place at 09.00 on Saturday, 17th May, with qualifying to
follow at 11.55. Round nine will then get underway at approximately 16.25.
The 10th round of the season is timetabled to commence at 12.55 on Sunday,
18th May, and is expected to be screened live on Freeview, cable and digital
satellite channel ITV4 during the British Touring Car Championship television
broadcast which begins at 12.30.
ITV4 will also screen highlights of the Ginetta Junior action from the
first race meeting of the season, which took place at Brands Hatch in Kent
during late March, as part of the Motorsport UK magazine programme this
coming Tuesday, 13th May, at 17.00.
Provisional 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship Positions (after
Rd8)
1st Dino Zamparelli, 250pts; 2nd Thomas Carnaby, 175pts;
4th Daniel Lloyd, 143pts
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