Victory at the Donington Historic Festival for Denis Welch Motorsport

BURTON ON TRENT, U.K. - May 4, 2016 - PRLog -- The Bank Holiday weekend saw the first big meeting of the racing calendar with the 6th Donington Historic Festival. Hundreds of cars and thousands of spectators turned out to the event and despite the changing British weather which saw snow, hail, sunshine and rain across the 3 days, the event proved to be fruitful for the Denis Welch Motorsport Team.

Jaguar Classic Challenge - Race 13, Monday 2nd May

The Jaguar E-Type Low Drag Coupe of Julian Thomas and Calum Lockie started the Jaguar Classic Challenge from pole position. The race saw a mixture of dry weather, light rain and monsoon like downpours, making for very challenging driving conditions.

A good wet setup proved to be the right strategy and the Jaguar came home to take victory 6 seconds ahead of the 2nd place car. A really great result for the team who worked tirelessly all weekend on the car.

GT and Sports Car Cup - Race 5, Sunday 1st May

A pair of Austin Healey 3000's, driven by Jeremy Welch/Martyn Corfield and Nils-Frederik Nyblaeus/Jeremy Welch and the Jaguar E-Type of Julian Thomas/Calum Lockie joined the grid of 35 starters for the GT and Sports Car Cup. The 90 minute race was not without drama following a multi car incident and the deployment of the safety car.

Following the mandatory pit stop the cars continued to perform well. The Healey 3000 of Welch/Corfield took 6th place overall, and first in the GT3 class. Jeremy Welch also took 8th place overall and 2nd in the GT3 class having also co-driven with Nils-Frederik Nyblaeus.

RAC Woodcote Trophy - Race 7, Sunday 1st May

The RAC Woodcote Trophy featured the Austin Healey 100M of Nils-Frederik Nyblaeus and the Austin Healey 100S of Karsten Le Blanc, both cars put in strong performances in a competitive field.

Jeremy Welch, Managing Director of Denis Welch Motorsport said "A huge congratulations to all drivers and members of the team who made this very busy weekend such a successful one. These results have once again proved our parts and services are second to none".

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