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Motorsport Sales Manager Stuart Clarke demonstrates Zircotec's winning ways!

1st September 2008

 

Zircotec Motorsport Sales Manager, Stuart Clarke, is on a flyer this year. Driving for Team DART he is competing in the televised Great & British Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup, and also the Classic Sports Car Club TinTops series. Using Zircotec's high performance exhaust and manifold coatings he's developed winning ways!

 

Stuart and his team mate Jason Richardson claimed a class pole position at Donington Park at the start of August. They then went on to win their class having driven fastest lap. Just one week later at Oulton Park the duo claimed class pole position again for the Classic Sports Car Club 40 minute TinTops race. Oulton is a true driver's circuit, and the wet conditions during qualifying suited Stuart who put the Mini on the grid in 3rd place overall! The DART duo once again drove the fastest lap and went on to win in their Class, finishing 2nd overall - their best result so far this season.

Their winning ways continued at Brands Hatch over the August Bank Holiday weekend when the team competed in the Dunlop Sport Maxx Cup. Stuart yet again gained class pole position and went on to make a good start in the race. He was held up when pole-position man Gusterton spun at the first corner. The pack only just avoided him, but Stuart drove through to take the class lead and build a nice gap before handing over to his team mate Jason who drove well for the rest of the race to bring the car home for yet another class win! "Jason has driven very well in all our races," said Stuart. "This is his first year of racing and he's driving extremely well. He must have a great mentor!" Their car had been involved in a Mini Challenge race earlier that day and had sustained heavy front damage, so the team were very lucky to be able to race. "Mini Motorsport who prepare and the run the car did a fantastic job. The team worked through the day to get the car back together again for the Dunlop race with less than half an hour to spare! - so a big thank you goes to the team, and a special thank you to Lee," says Stuart.