Britcar 24hr at Silverstone-Congratualtions to MJC ltd!

This year saw the company tackle their first ever 24 hour race, supplying drums at the back of the teams garages of Sunoco Race Fuel to 60 cars throughout the Britcar 24hr event.  The team worked really hard throughout the 24 hours to ensure no one was without fuel and carried out the task extremely successfully. The racing teams may have been running for 24 hours but the Sunoco quad kept going for 36 hours delivering fuel!

Unfortunately the weather was not on the competitor’s side; with rain starting in just the third hour of the race conditions proved to be even harder with the safety car out most of the night due to the wet track and fog.

The first hour saw Phil Bennett and his team with their Aquilla take the lead closely followed by Team Eclipse and their Mosler. However the race soon saw Team MJC Ferrari and Jet Alliance Porsche neck and neck which lasted until the very end with just a 58 second gap between them at the chequered flag. 
John Gaw, at the wheel of the Ferrari had started the final hour behind, but soon found himself ahead when the Jet Alliance Porsche made their final stop with 56 minutes of the race remaining.

‘This was our first ever 24hr event and we thought it was going to be an endurance race. However 8 hours into the race it turned into a sprint race against the Jet Alliance Porsche right to the finish.’

‘We didn’t enter the race until the week before so had hardly any time to prepare but the car performed to its maximum potential and our team worked very hard together’

‘Winning this amazing race is just fantastic.’

Witt Gamski, MJC Ltd, Managing Director

Anglo American Oil Company, European and Middle East distributors of Sunoco Race Fuel, would like to thank everyone that pulled the whole show together and despite coming out of recession the event was a huge success which is looking to get better every year.

 ‘ Each year the race is getting bigger and bigger, next year we are expecting 80 cars to enter’

James Tucker (Founder of Britcar)

Overall Top Ten – Final Classification
1 – Class 1 – MJC Limited – Ferrari 430 GTC – Witt Gamski/Phil Dryburgh/Keith Robinson/John Gaw
2 – Class 2 – Jet Alliance – Porsche 997 – Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer/Vitus Eckert/Marco Seefried/Mikael Nykjaer/Martin Rich
3 – Class 3 – Neil Garner Motorsport – Porsche 996 GT3 Cup – Javier Morcillo/JanPersson/Manuel Cintrano/Rob Barrett/Jay Shepherd/Oliver Campos-Hull
4 – Class 1 – Topcats Motorsport – Mosler MT900R GT2 – Andrew Beaumont/Pat Gormley/Henry Fletcher/Ben Clucas
5 – Class 3 – AMR Jota Sport – Aston Martin N24 GT4 – Sam Hancock/Simon Dolan/Chris Porritt
6 – Class 1 – Strata 21 – Mosler MT900R GT2 – Calum Lockie/Paul White/Ross Bygrave/Piers Maserati
7 – Class 3 – Welch Motorsport – Seat Leon Supercopa – Clint Harvey/Malcolm Niall/Brett Niall/Daniel Welch
8 – Class 3 – Tischner Motorsport – BMW M3 E46 – Michael Tischner/Matthias Tischner/Ullrich Becker
9 – Class 3 – KG Motorsport – BMW M3 E46 – Julian Westwood/Gino Ussi/Nick Foster/Steve Clark/Keith Gent
10 – Class 3 – Welch Motorsport – Seat Leon Supercopa – Mark Pilatti/Luke Wright/Richard Kent/Archie Hamilton

Class Standings – Final Classification

Class 1
1 MJC Limited – Ferrari 430 GTC – Witt Gamski/Phil Dryburgh/Keith Robinson/John Gaw – 565 laps
2 Topcats Motorsport – Mosler MT900R GT2 – Andrew Beaumont/Pat Gormley/Henry Fletcher/Ben Clucas – 547 laps
3 Strata 21 – Mosler MT900R GT2 – Calum Lockie/Paul White/Ross Bygrave/Piers Maserati – 540 laps
4 Eclipse Motorsport – Mosler MT900R GT2 – Michael McInerney/Sean McInerney/Phil Keen – 504 laps

Class 2
1 Jet Alliance – Porsche 997 – Lukas Lichtner-Hoyer/Vitus Eckert/Marco Seefried/Mikael Nykjaer/Martin Rich – 565 laps
2 Topcats Racing – Marcos Mantis GT3 – Steve Hyde/Jan Harrison/Raphael Fiorentino/Owen O’Neill – 513 laps

Class 3
1 Neil Garner Motorsport – Porsche 996 GT3 Cup – Javier Morcillo/JanPersson/Manuel Cintrano/Rob Barrett/Jay Shepherd/Oliver Campos-Hull – 550 laps
2 AMR Jota Sport – Aston Martin N24 GT4 – Sam Hancock/Simon Dolan/Chris Porritt – 541 laps
3 Welch Motorsport – Seat Leon Supercopa – Clint Harvey/Malcolm Niall/Brett Niall/Daniel Welch – 536 laps
4 Tischner Motorsport – BMW M3 E46 – Michael Tischner/Matthias Tischner/Ullrich Becker – 533 laps
5 KG Motorsport – BMW M3 E46 – Julian Westwood/Gino Ussi/Nick Foster/Steve Clark/Keith Gent – 532 laps

Class 4
1 Team LNT – Ginetta G40 – Nigel Moore/Stewart Linn/Mike Simpson/Lawrence Tomlinson – 521 laps
2 Race Car Spares Motorsport – Ford Escort Cosworth – Dave Cox/Michael Cox/Jason Cox – 505 laps
3 Saxon Motorsport – Honda Civic Type R – John Mawdsley/George Haynes/ Manrcus Mahy/Simon Hill – 502 laps