Paul White and Callum Lockie won the fourth round of the Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship at the weekend in their Strata 21 Mosler MT900R amid chaotic scenes at Thruxton as heavy rain ended the two-hour race early.
The Azteca/Neil Garner Motorsport Mosler of Javier Morcillo and Manuel Cintrano took pole position for the fourth race in succession in Saturday’s dry qualifying session, but conditions on Sunday were as bad as many at Thruxton could remember, with persistent, heavy rain all day.
A chaotic getaway at the start of the race saw Cintano spin at the first corner and the Production class Synchro Motorsport Honda slide into a tyre wall, necessitating the deployment of the Safety Car.
Front runners Sean and Michael McInerney also hit trouble in their Eclipse Motorsport Ferrari 430, retiring with rear-end damage after spinning into the barriers.
With 50 minutes of the race remaining, the race director decided that condition were not getting any better and opted to end the event early, handing White and Lockie the win.
Paul Bailey and Andy Schulz survived the conditions to take a superb second overall and first in Class 3 in their SB Race Engineering Ferrari 430 Challenge, while category rivals Owen O’Neil and Jon Harrison completed the outright podium in their Top Cats Racing Marcos Mantis.
Class 2 was won by championship leaders Craig Wilkins and Aaron Scott in their GT3 Racing Dodge Viper, while Production Championship honours were claimed by Lee Atkins and Sam Allpass (1) in their Atkins Motorsport Ginetta G50 and Dave Allan (2) in his Synchro Motorsport Honda Jazz.
Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship / Britcar Dunlop Production GTN Championship results – Round 4, Thruxton
1 (1) Paul White / Callum Lockie, Strata 21, Mosler MT900R, 36 laps, 1:06:28.028
2 (3) Paul Bailey / Andy Schulz, SB Race Engineering, Ferrari 430 Challenge, +2.094
3 (3) Owen O’Neil / Jon Harrison, Top Cats Racing, Marcos Mantis, +11.420
4 (P1) Lee Atkins / Sam Allpass, Atkins Motorsport, Ginetta G50, +1:49.002
5 (P2i) Dave Cox / Jason Cox, MMC Motorsport, BMW M3 CSL, +1 lap
6 (P1) Jensen Lunn / Sarah Bennett-Baggs, Strata 21, BMW M3 E46, +1 lap
7 (1) Nigel Mustill / Bob Berridge, Wessex Vehicles, Aquila CR1, +1 lap
8 (3) Dan Norris-Jones / Fulvio Mussi, Priocept Racing, Priocept Racing, Lotus Exige, +1 lap
9 (P2) Dave Allan, Synchro Motorsport, Honda Jazz, +2 laps
10 (2) Craig Wilkins / Aaron Scott, GT3 Racing, Dodge Viper, +2 laps
11 (1) Javier Morcillo / Manuel Cintrano, Azteca / Neil Garner Motorsport, Mosler MT900R, +2 laps
12 (P2) Timothy Saunders, TH Motorsport, Honda Civic, +2 laps
13 (2) Sam Head / Kyle Tilley, Topcats Racing, Marcos Mantis, +2 laps
14 (3) Steve Glynn / Tim Hood, Glynnsport Ltd, TVR Sagaris V8, +2 laps
15 (P2) Mike Wilds / Fyrth Crosse, Mazda Motors UK / Team Jota, Mazda MX5, +3 laps
16 (P2) Paul Mitson / Mike Pascall / Paul Kite, JTECH Automotive, Seat Leon Cupra, +4 laps
17 (P2) Alex Osborne / James May, APO Sport, Seat Leon, +6 laps
Not classified
(1) Sean McInerney / Michael McInerney, Eclipse Motorsport, Ferrari 430 GTC, 26 laps
(P1) Kevin Clarke / Wayne Gibson, Intersport Motorsport, BMW M3 E46, 26 laps
(P1) Mick Mercer / Gary Smith, Topcats Racing, Ginetta G50, 25 laps
(P1) Simon Phillips / Pete Storey, Motionsport, Lotus Elise, 22 laps
(P1) Mark Ticehurst / Owen Mildenhall, Mazda Motors UK / Team Jota, Mazda MX5, 20 laps
(P2) Alyn James / Dan Ludlow, Synchro Motorsport, Honda Civic Type R, 1 lap
(1) MacGregor / Smythe, Ultima GTR, 0 laps
Next round: 24-26 June, Spa-Francorchamps
Watch Britcar MSA British Endurance Championship highlights from Thruxton on Monday 4 July at 6.25pm (BST) on Motors TV.
Andy Wilkinson
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