The British Automobile Racing Club’s North Western Centre enjoyed a sublime start to its 2026 season at Oulton Park this past Saturday (April 25) as three championships took centre stage at the Cheshire venue.

On what proved to be a blockbuster one-day meeting around the challenging 2.692-mile International layout, those in attendance were treated to a seven-race schedule that was headlined by the Britcar Endurance Championship.

Having lifted the curtain on their campaign at Donington Park back in late March, the multi-class sports cars series wowed the crowds with a 90-minute contest that had everyone perched on the edge of their seats.

At the head of the field, SG Racing’s Peter Cunningham and Mark Cunningham proved to be the cream of the crop as they swept aside the opposition in their Porsche 991 Cup car to claim a superlative victory.

Topping the times during practice, the duo upped the ante in qualifying as they charged to pole position, giving themselves the best seat in the house for what was the second race of the new season.

Locked in a fierce battle throughout the hour-and-a-half that they were on-track, each Cunningham remained calm and composed during their stints to secure a famous victory and with it, maintain what has been strong start to the championship.

Finishing ten seconds behind the eventual winner was Simon Clark in the FormEvo Racing McLaren 570s whilst CWS entrant Colin White completed the podium in his Ginetta G55 Supercup machine.

Over in the CNC Heads Sports and Saloon Car Championship – which is the centre’s flagship series – competitors were undoubtedly chomping at the bit to hit the track given the fact that a bumper entry list had been confirmed for the opening two rounds.

Such was the enormity of the grid, organisers opted to double the amount of races on the day, amalgamating those in Class A, B, D and G together for two races and those in Class C, E and F together for a further two races alongside the Welsh Sports and Saloon Car Championship.

Spoils were shared in Class A, B D and G contests with Andrew Southcott hustling his MG Midget Lenham to victory in race one before Chris Roberts powered his BMW M4 to the chequered flag in race two, going one better than he had done earlier in the day.

Elsewhere, the remaining CNC Heads classes and additions from the Welsh Sports and Saloons saw Kirk Armitage crush the opposition in his BMW M2 Competition to win race one; and then Matt Hibbert came to the fore in his Honda Civic Type R Ep3 in race two.

Completing the day’s action were two races from the OT Coupe Cup with Toyo Tires. Like Britcar, their season had begun at Donington Park where young upstart Nathan James Boyle made an emphatic impression by claiming a brace of wins.

Keen to continue his front-running momentum in the popular one-make series at Oulton Park, Boyle was narrowly pipped to the post by Mark Eales in a captivating opener – the pair ultimately being separated by just two tenths of a second at the line.

Not to be denied however, Boyle bounced back in style in the day’s finale as he banked his third win of the season in style, having taken the chequered flag by more than two seconds ahead of Matthew Watson and Harvey Cursley.

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