


Just two race meetings now remain in 2025 for the British Automobile Racing Club following an action-packed outing at Oulton Park this past Saturday (October 11) that culminated in a further two champions being crowned.
Organised and run by the Club’s North Western Centre, the one-day event was packed with a stellar line-up of championships – all of which had plenty on the line, be it title honours or end of season bragging rights.
The CNC Heads Sports/Saloon Car Championship – which is the flagship category for the BARC North Western Centre – has delivered some exciting wheel-to-wheel moments this year and Saturday proved to be no different around the International layout of the Cheshire track.
Having been the toast of the competition for much of the year, Simon Allaway ensured he ended what has been a stellar campaign with a flurry as he guided his monstrous Lotus Esprit V8 to two final class wins and an overall victory.
Allaway has been at times in a league of his own this year however he did find himself facing stiff competition at Oulton Park from Chris Roberts. The BMW M4 driver managed to overhaul Allaway to win race one, although the latter would bounce back in race two to turn the tables.
Over in the Classic 2CV Racing Club, Nick Crispin’s long wait for championship glory finally came to an end as he produced a flawless performance to fend off the opposition and secure his maiden title in the popular one-make series.
After coming oh-so close to the crown in recent years, Crispin arrived at Oulton Park holding a slender points advantage over four other drivers – all of which held a mathematical chance of walking away as champion too.
If truth be told, the aforementioned quartet of contenders never really stood a chance on Saturday as Crispin was wheel-perfect. Snaring pole position for both races, the P2W Motorsport then charged to a brace of race wins; which in-turn cemented his place in the pages of 2CV history.
Dom Malone and British Touring Car Championship race winner Charles Rainford proved to be a formidable partnership in the Britcar Endurance Championship as they swept their way to victory in commanding fashion.
At the wheel of their AmSpeed Porsche 991 Cup car, Malone and Rainford ruled the roost in the series’ penultimate round of the season – which was 90 minutes in length – and they began by blitzing the opposition to claim pole position in qualifying.
Starting on the front row of the grid, the pair then worked in perfect harmony to finish an entire lap ahead of their nearest challenges, which was the Woodrow Motorsport BMW M3 E46 of Callum Bates.
The Junior Saloon Car Championship is set for a grandstand finish, with the destiny of this year’s title poised to go down to the wire at Brands Hatch next month.
Just one point separated Josh Selvadorai and Wilf Butler heading into the weekend, and a crucial victory for Butler in a frantic opener saw him take control of proceedings, albeit only for a short amount of time.
Race two would see Butler’s hard work from earlier in the day become undone as he suffered a crucial non-finish, all while his main rivals – Oliver Kerr and Selvadorai – finished first and second respectively.
Rounding out the day’s action at Oulton Park were two races from the Track Action Racing Club, the first of which was won by Adam Croft in his Peugeot 205 GTi before Dan Robinson came to the fore in his Honda Civic in race two.
To view the full classification of results from all sessions at Oulton Park, CLICK HERE.
You can also watch back each contest by heading to the British Automobile Racing Club’s official YouTube channel.