HUDDERSFIELD racer Daniel Lloyd is hoping to give his local supporters plenty to celebrate at Oulton Park Island Circuit next weekend.
The Porsche Carrera Cup GB Championship resumes for rounds seven and eight of the season on June 8-9 and Lloyd goes into the meeting at the Cheshire circuit fourth in the standings.
The 21-year-old will arrive at the demanding 2.23-mile track with his confidence as high as it’s been all year after claiming his first victory of 2013 last time out at Thruxton.
After giving his title aspirations a boost in Hampshire, the win – added to second place in the other Thruxton race – enabled Lloyd rocket up the points table from seventh position.
Although a test outing at Oulton Park last week was affected by rain, Lloyd still felt the mileage was very useful and will stand him in good stead for the upcoming races.
“It’s a shame the test was wet as we were looking forward to some dry running,” he said.
“It was quite greasy to begin with and then we had constant rain in the afternoon.
“We already know we’ve got a good set-up in the wet, but it was still good to have some time in the car.
“I love Oulton, it’s a fantastic track and it’s obviously one of my home circuits.
“Actually, I’ve never done that well at Oulton to be honest, sometimes as a driver you really look forward to your home races and they never work out as you want!
“Hopefully this season will be different for us and we can keep our momentum going from Thruxton.”
The journey across to Cheshire marks the first of two ‘home’ race meetings for the Team Parker Racing driver – the second of those coming at Croft in North Yorkshire in a few weeks.
For rounds seven and eight next weekend, Lloyd will be cheered on by scores of guests travelling from West Yorkshire who all hope to celebrate some podium successes.
“We’ve only had six races so far so there are loads more points to be scored, I’m feeling nice and positive for Oulton,” said Lloyd.
“There’s no reason we shouldn’t do well and we’ll just go there nice and relaxed and do the best we can.
“We’ve got loads of people going, 60 odd guests I think, so I really want to have a strong weekend for them as well as me and the team!”
Following pre-event practice at Oulton Park on Friday, qualifying for rounds seven and eight will take place at 12.05 on Saturday, with the opening race of the weekend getting underway at 5.05pm.
On Sunday round eight is scheduled to start at 3.55pm and will be screened live on ITV4.
