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Round three of the Schumacher BTCC Touring Car series took place at the Midlands-based club of Stafford last weekend. The Stafford club is one of the oldest in the country and pulled out all the stops to make the BTCC family of racers as welcome as possible.  With some mixed weather about on the Sunday it would make for an interesting days racing with both dry cars and wet cars in use during the day.
sch-btcc-stafford-stock-podiumThe Schumacher team were on top form taking the win in the two stock classes, 17.5T Blinky and 13.5T boosted. Colin Jackson took 17.5T with fellow team mate David Hough second and MB Models Michael Ball in third.

17.5T Blinky
1. Colin Jackson – Schumacher
2. David Hough – Schumacher
3. Michael Ball
4. Nick Turner
5. Gary Jones
6. Adrian Sully
7. Javier Jimenze-Pradi
8. Bradley Coaker
9. Kris Kennedy
10. James Mcfadyean
sch-btcc-stafford-pro-stock-podiumIn the 13.5T boosted class James Hart with his Mi5evo put in a convincing display taking TQ and the win with Zak Finlay second and local veteran Andy Robson with another Mi5evo third on the podium.

13.5T Boosted
1. James Hart – Schumacher
2. Zak Finlay
3. Andrew Robson – Schumacher
4. Jimmy Maddison
5. Chris Gunter – Schumacher
6. Lee Price – Schumacher
7. Jamie Beasley – Schumacher
8. James Greener – Schumacher
9. Nathan Wilson
10. Mark Wallace
sch-btcc-stafford-mod-podiumAll the UK’s top modified drivers were out in force getting some valuable knowledge for the BRCA national the following weekend. Olly Jefferies took TQ but was pushed hard by Schumacher’s Elliott Harper. The final was run in wet conditions and the crowd were treated to an epic battle between Olly and local hot shot Zak Smith. Olly managed to hang on by just two tenths of a second ahead of Zak with Elliott third.

Modified
1. Olly Jefferies
2. Zak Smith
3. Elliott Harper – Schumacher
4. Andy Moore
5. Colin Price – Schumacher
6. Stefan Chodzynski
7. Chris Grainger
8. Scott Booth – Schumacher
9. Andy Murray – Schumacher
10. Chris Ashton – Schumacher
Overall a good meeting with plenty of exciting racing, the next round is at Halifax on 26 July. You can book in here.

 

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