Daniel Lloyd Racing
Dream weekend for Lloyd with Double Croft Victory
Daniel Lloyd thoroughly dominated the 12th round of the Ginetta Junior Championship at Croft Circuit near Darlington this afternoon, Sunday, 1st June, to fully ignite his bid for the 2008 title in only his debut season of car racing.
Having claimed his maiden Ginetta Junior race victory on Saturday with a stunning drive from second on the grid, the Huddersfield 16-year-old proved to be the class of the field once again today by converting his first career pole position into a crushing winning margin of almost 12 seconds.
“I didn’t expect another win today”, said the delighted Tockwith Motorsport ace, “I said to my dad before the weekend I wasn’t expecting anything spectacular but what we have managed to achieve at Croft over the last couple of days has been unbelievable really.”
At the wheel of the British Racing Drivers' Club (BRDC) Stars of Tomorrow Scholarship Winner car, Daniel led away cleanly from fellow front-row starter Dominic Pettit and then survived a bold passing attempt by series leader Dino Zamparelli at Tower Bend, the latter ending up sliding out of the race and into retirement on the grass.
Following a short Safety Car period to recover Zamparelli’s stricken car, the race resumed on lap four – Daniel making an absolutely text-book getaway to open up a substantial margin through the first few corners. While the cars behind continued to trip over each other battling for position, Daniel coasted to a stunning win.
“I got a good start initially and after the Safety Car I got a great run off the hairpin and from there just pulled away”, added Daniel, “I let everyone else battle among themselves behind me and then just concentrated on putting in good laps and trying to extend my lead which I did.
“I’m so happy with the result, it’s been a great weekend for us and hopefully we’ll be able to carry on from where we are now when we’re back in the car in mid-July at Snetterton for the start of the second half of the season.”
Nothing short of a perfect weekend at Croft, Daniel now heads back to his GCSE exams at Huddersfield Grammar School as the Ginetta Junior Championship takes a six-week break from action. Rounds 13 and 14 will take place at Snetterton Circuit in Norfolk on 12th/13th July.
In the meantime, highlights of round six of the Ginetta Junior Championship – which took place at Rockingham in Northamptonshire in April – will be screened as part of the Motorsport UK magazine programme on Freeview, digital satellite and cable channel ITV4 this Tuesday, 3rd June, at 16.00.
Provisional 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship Positions (after Rd12) 1st Dino Zamparelli, 351pts; 2nd Thomas Carnaby, 274pts; 3rd Daniel Lloyd, 253pts