Brands Hatch GP - August 2012
GT Cup & Project 8 Racing Saloons
A classic, sunny summer weekend at Brands Hatch. The full team, both BMW GTR and E36 M3, as well as a rented, but less well-sorted Silver M3 E36.
Highlight of the weekend was an epic battle in our red WSR M3 with a very quick Black Sierra Cosworth. Apart from the semi-professional driver Adam Sharpe, nobody has yet been able to get close to this Cossie. Video of this race below!
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Race Reports
Project 8 Race One - Seldon on the podium but Tester Wins
18/08/2012 - Lotus Festival - Project Eight Racing Saloons Race One - The Ford Sierra Cosworth of Colin Tester just did enough to hold off Peter Seldon to take victory in a shortened Project Eight Racing Saloons race.
Tester managed to get the jump on polesitter Seldon at the start and they were followed intensely by Matt Seldon and Mike Dugdale. The race was proving to be an intriguing battle of cat and mouse but a multi car incident at Paddock Hill Bend brought out the red flags on lap five. All drivers emerged unscathed from the incident and the victory was given to Tester by just half a second from Peter and Matt Seldon respectively. Matt was driving a Markey Motorsport hired M3.
Project Eight Racing Saloons Race One Top 6
1. Colin Tester, Ford Sierra Cosworth
2. Peter Seldon, BMW M3
3. Matt Seldon, BMW M3
4. Mike Dugdale, BMW M3
5. John Willcocks, BMW M3
6. Don Hughes, Peugeot 306Project 8 Race Two - Tester does the double
18/08/2012 - Lotus Festival - Project Eight Racing Saloons Race Two - Colin Tester was the first driver to complete a double victory at the Lotus Festival with an impressive drive in his Ford Sierra Cosworth.
Tester had to push hard from the outset as Matt Seldon - now in the red E36 M3 - was piling on the pressure and staying very close to Tester through the opening few laps. However it wasn't long before engine troubles put Matt out of the race and Tester then had a comfortable lead. After Matt was out, nobody was able to match the pace of the Cosworth and it was left to Mike Dugdale and Peter Seldon - now in the rented Markey Motorsport M3 - to fill the remaining podium spots. John Willcocks managed to hold off Don Hughes for fourth with Chris Palmer in sixth.
Project Eight Racing Saloons Race Two Top 6
1. Colin Tester
2. Mike Dugdale
3. Peter Seldon
4. John Willcocks
5. Don Hughes
6. Chris Palmer
GT CupA strong qualifying session, where the Seldons put the BMW GTR in second spot in Class 2, was going to lead to a very interesting race. However, for the first time in a couple of seasons, the GTR was suffering from problems that led to the withdrawal from the races.
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