Trac Môn’s scenic Coastal configuration at Anglesey hosted the third and fourth rounds of the Clio Cup Great Britain Championship. Daire Flock was eager to hit the ground running and secure important championship points in the championship.
After Daire secured pole at Brands Hatch last time out he was confident of getting pole again in qualifying, unfortunately narrowly missing out to his teammate by 0.040s taking 2nd on the grid for the third round. His teammate also secured pole for the second fastest lap for round four where Daire would be joining him on the front row.
Race One his teammate Ben Colburn, held onto his lead at the front of the pack with a strong start and with a fast opening lap, he was able to gap the field. Daire managed to maintain his second position off the line and hold it for the first lap and started to move away from 3rd position. As the race progressed, Daire began to close the gap on his teammate, with less than a second separating them on each lap. As Daire battled for the lead this allowed the 3rd position to catch up to them, reducing the gap significantly. On the penultimate lap, Daire attempted to overtake his teammate for the lead, but his defensive line kept him in front, but this pushed Daire out of position enabling 3rd place to move into second place. Although Daire managed to regain 2nd position, 3rd ultimately secured second place on the final lap demoting to 3rd place.
Race Two once again Daire’s teammate got a strong start from pole, leading the field through the opening lap. 3rd managed to overtake Daire at the start, but a small error caused him to run wide, demoting him to 4th. Daire managed to stay with his teammate and on the 4th lap Daire made his move to overtake him to secure the lead. Despite his teammates' effort to regain the lead, Daire was able to clinched his first Clio Cup GB victory, maintaining his streak of podium finishes in the 4 rounds to date. To round the weekend off Daire ended the day on a high note, setting the fastest lap in both races, and giving Daire the lap record for the Clio Cup GB at Anglesey’s Trac Mon.
Daire said, this is a brilliant result for me and the team, I’m so happy to have got my first race win. I would like to thank my sponsors for their continuing support, Reactive Welding, Gorilla Design Ltd, Rygor Group, Glenhaze Distribution, Brandfixx, Halls Motorsport, Media Driven. Also, I would like to have a special mention to my team Westbourne Motorsport for giving me a fantastic car to win his first race in the Clio Cup GB, I am now looking forward to the next round on August 11th at Snetterton in Norfolk.
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