DANIEL LLOYD took his third race win of the Ginetta Junior Championship at Knockhill, Scotland.
It was the Scammonden-based teenager’s debut appearance at the Fife venue and he bounced back from a first race retirement to win the second race.
Lining up on the front row of the grid for the second of the weekend’s two races, Lloyd made a good start to slot-in behind pole-sitter Dino Zamparelli.
Getting a tighter run out of the Real Radio Hairpin at the end of lap two Lloyd, 16, moved alongside Zamparelli up the hill into lap three and took the lead for the first time.
But series leader Zamparelli regained the lead on lap five after Lloyd made a mistake at Scotsman Corner but he hit back and latched onto the back of his rival within a few corners.
Lap six was the turning point of the race when, under intense pressure from Lloyd, Zamparelli had a spin and crashed into the tyre barrier.
Unchallenged from then on the British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Stars of Tomorrow scholarship winner eased to his third on-the-road win in his maiden car racing season.
“It’s fantastic to win again, especially as we were so competitive all the way through the race,” said a delighted Daniel.
“I made a mistake at Scotsman Corner which allowed Dino to get back ahead but going into the fast right-hander at Carlube I pretended to put a move on him which pressured him into the mistake.
“I think I was quicker than Dino in the second race, when I was behind him I was just waiting there and I felt I could pull a decent move on him at several corners – I was just biding my time really.”
Lloyd returns to competitive action at Silverstone in a fortnight for rounds 19 and 20 of the Ginetta Junior Championship.
