EERC Championship better than British GT's !!!
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With the current downward trend in domestic racing series i.e. Tuscan’s down to 14 on the grid, British GT’s with only a handful of competitive cars and negative comments on this site it’s good to know that not all series are attracting less and less cars.
The EERC (www.eerc.co.uk) is an 11 round endurance championship with thriving grids and represents an excellent days racing whether competing or watching – Sky Sports seem to be of the same opinion as they are now filming the rounds. Drivers such as Andy Rouse in a DTM Mercedes are competing along sides the likes of several Marcos Mantis and a Ferrari 355 Challenge.
The 2nd round saw the series head to Brands this bank holiday Monday attracting a grid of 35 cars for a 2hr race.
Despite an incident in qualifying that saw the left front suspension broken the car was repaired and still managed a respectable 7th place on the grid. After a race long battle which saw them rise from their starting position of 7th to a high of 2nd before finishing 3rd overall and 1st in class the TopCats Marcos Mantis was supreme leading the GT1 field home. Top marks to TopCats for preparing the car and to the two drivers; Andrew Davies and Martin Parsons for a excellent and steady race.
Anyone who is bored and wants to see some fantastic racing with some great teams should come down to the next round which is at Silverstone on May 3rd it’s better than the British GT series !!
Daily Sports Car has a full race report on www.dailysportscar.com/news/news0403.htm
The EERC (www.eerc.co.uk) is an 11 round endurance championship with thriving grids and represents an excellent days racing whether competing or watching – Sky Sports seem to be of the same opinion as they are now filming the rounds. Drivers such as Andy Rouse in a DTM Mercedes are competing along sides the likes of several Marcos Mantis and a Ferrari 355 Challenge.
The 2nd round saw the series head to Brands this bank holiday Monday attracting a grid of 35 cars for a 2hr race.
Despite an incident in qualifying that saw the left front suspension broken the car was repaired and still managed a respectable 7th place on the grid. After a race long battle which saw them rise from their starting position of 7th to a high of 2nd before finishing 3rd overall and 1st in class the TopCats Marcos Mantis was supreme leading the GT1 field home. Top marks to TopCats for preparing the car and to the two drivers; Andrew Davies and Martin Parsons for a excellent and steady race.
Anyone who is bored and wants to see some fantastic racing with some great teams should come down to the next round which is at Silverstone on May 3rd it’s better than the British GT series !!
Daily Sports Car has a full race report on www.dailysportscar.com/news/news0403.htm
Just spoken to Matt of "dmn" and Darrian is qualified 2nd but developed a misfire 4 laps in. The team used the race as a test session and expect the car to do well at the next round.
As for TD, JV and friends! You will be joining you pal, M.S.S the Iraqi Info man and eating your words.
James
As for TD, JV and friends! You will be joining you pal, M.S.S the Iraqi Info man and eating your words.
James
!! Hope to see you there....I haven't been to see either of the GT races this year, but even compared to last years racing, the EERC stuff was far superior.
The race at Brands last November (I think!) was in the pouring rain, and was one of the greatest races I have ever seen.
The cars were being driven harder in the wet than most dry races you see.
Superb!
The race at Brands last November (I think!) was in the pouring rain, and was one of the greatest races I have ever seen.
The cars were being driven harder in the wet than most dry races you see.
Superb!
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