TNR’s Richard Jepp followed up his first overall win in the BRSCC Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup with his second Challenge victory of the weekend at the BRSCC Spring Race Day at Oulton Park, taking the chequered flag second overall, .307 seconds behind race winner Alistair May in the #92 Citroen.
West Suffolk College’s Brady Pollock finished on the Challenge podium for the second time followed by Jack Wheeler in the #57 East Surrey College Citroen, finishing on the podium for the first time in 2024.
QE Motorsports’ Haydn Payne finished 4th in class followed by CCN’s Elliot Lettis, Boston College Racing’s Rory Pickles, and QE Motorsports’ Joshua Jackson. Matty Prance, at the wheel of the #49 Barracksport GSR Citroen, finished 8th in class with teammate James Reilly in 9th. Colin Dunn, Andrew Payne, Nick Abbott and Glenn Bee completed the Student Motorsport Challenge finishers.
Harwin-backed Jepp, driver of the #65 Team Northbrook Racing Peugeot, started from pole position and led the 37-car field away from the grid but was passed by Joe Moss in the #23 Citroen C1 and Alistair May in the #92 Citroen at the end of the opening lap.
Jepp was tucked into third as the field completed their first lap but had regained second place as the field crossed the start-finish line for the second time. West Suffolk College’s Brady Pollock moved into third place overall.
With six minutes remaining, Jepp had set the fastest lap of the race with a 2:16.115 and was less than half a second behind Alistair May in the #92 car but was struggling to close in further.
Jepp managed to narrow the gap to less than three-tenths of a second but the TNR driver could not find a way past the #92 Citroen and crossed the line to take his second Challenge victory of the day and a second-place overall finish.
Brady Pollock finished second in class and 5th overall as Student Motorsport Challenge entries filled more than half of the top 11 overall finishers.
The Student Motorsport Challenge grid, part of the BRSCC Nankang Tyre CityCar Cup Championship, next meets at Donington Park on Sunday the 23rs of June for rounds six and seven.
Full weekend review to follow.