Elf Renault Clio Cup

Qualifying. Andrew Herron 3rd & 8th, Tom Carnaby 15th & 15th, Mark Hazell 21st & 22nd

Race 1. With a dry track and sunny conditions, 25 drivers lined up on the grid in anticipation of round one on Saturday, 4th April and the start of the 2009 Clio Cup season. As the lights went out on the 20 lap race, contact between JHR Development team-mates Mark Hazell (Ilanhennock) and Tom Carnaby (Scunthorpe) led to an early end to their races as the remaining 23 drivers made it safely through the first corner.

As the race progressed, the leading pair of Glew and MacDowall pulled away from Herron after a lock-up at Clearways cost him time.  On the last lap, MacDowall made one last push to retake the lead but was forced to settle for second leaving Glew to take his first Clio Cup victory with Herron in third.

Third place Herron in round one said: “I locked up at Clearways early on and hurt my tyres which meant the leaders were able to pull away and I never managed to catch them.”

Andrew Herron 3rd, Mark Hazell & Tom Carnaby DNF

Race 2. A packed crowd greeted drivers for round two on Sunday, 5th April which was also being shown live on ITV4. With an identical front row from round one following qualifying on Saturday, The race was quickly halted though as contact between Robinson and Shepherd at Paddock Hill Bend lead to Shepherd’s car being in a dangerous position resulting in the Clerk of the Course deploying the Safety Car.

On lap 10, contact between Robinson and Carnaby at Druids left both cars in an unsafe position causing the second Safety Car of the day to be deployed and then a further collison caused a red flag.

Andrew Herron 9th, Mark Hazell 20th, Tom Carnaby DNF

Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain

Qualifying. Robert Lawson 8th (2nd in class), Derek Pierce 14th (6th)

Race 1. Derek Pierce (JHR) took 4th place in pro-am1 in race 1, while a late tangle at McLaren eliminated Robert Lawson (JHR), Karl Leonard (RSS Performance) and Lewis Hopkins (Red Line Racing).

Derek Pierce 14th (6th in class) Robert Lawson DNF

Sunday's race saw a battle between Gilham (Red Line Racing) and JHR team mates Robert Lawson and Derek Pierce. However, after many laps of close racing, Gilham and Lawson touched coming onto the pit straight and Gilham spun into the barriers, causing a red flag.

Robert Lawson 9th (4th), Derek Pierce 10th (5th)