The Stockford Anderson race season continues with a short trip over to Donington.
The standard Club Enduro format was made a little more complicated with a wet and changeable qualifying conditions. Alyn James and Matthew Stockford managed to keep the car pointing the right way and qualified in 15th position. The team knew this wasn’t where the pace of the car should be but happy to finish qualifying in one piece and not fall foul of the weather like a few of the other competitors.
There was a long break in the day until race time, but this gave the team time to make changes to the setup and for the track to dry out.
Matthew started the race amongst a very fast and close racing group. This did delay him getting to the front runners but provided some excellent racing and race craft experience. With getting quicker and quicker through his stint and keeping himself away from incidents happening around him, this allowed the Stockford Anderson Audi RS3 TCR to move up from 15th to 10th before the hour mark. Matthew continued to push hard right up to the driver change over at half way and for Alyn James to take over the reins.
The weather remained dry but there was the constant threat of spicing things up by dropping some rain, the team remained focused and ready to react to any changes.
The dry running allowed Alyn to set some fast laps and catch up with the front runners. Then followed 30 minutes of close racing that kept moving the team further up the grid. The Stockford Anderson Audi finished the race in a very credible P6 overall and only 2/10ths from P5.
With every event the team and drivers are learning more about the car and improving each time.
The team will be taking the next step in endurance racing by having an invitational entry into the British Endurance Championship on the 14th October. This will be moving back onto slicks and racing alongside the GTs and powerhouses of British Endurance Racing.
The final Club Enduro round is Silverstone on the 29th October.