Exciting young saloon car racer Andrew Herron found himself bashed from pillar to post during a robust fourth round of the 2007 ELF Renault Clio Cup at Croft Circuit  Sunday, 3rd June, but dogged determination saw the JHR Developments ace maintain his record of scoring in every championship race so far in this, his debut season.The Brian Herron Contracts Ltd-backed driver enjoyed a promising qualifying session on Saturday to post the sixth fastest time with a lap of 1m 33.684 seconds (81.66mph). At the start of his qualification heat though, Andrew’s car bogged down and he slipped to eighth position.Recovering strongly, the 18-year-old from Dromore in Northern Ireland soon had his sights set on reassuming his rightful place in the top six and an inspired piece of overtaking at the entry to the complex on lap two saw Andrew sneak past Barry Benham to gain a place along with Ben Winrow.Now lying in seventh, the JHR star continued to pressure Winrow and at Sunny In on the sixth tour the latter made a mistake which enabled Andrew to move through into the top six. Winrow didn’t want to give in though and made contact with Andrew several times over the remaining two laps, much to the Northern Irishman’s chagrin.Managing to hold on to sixth place, the net result meant Andrew would start in 11th position for the points-scoring race by virtue of the fact the finishers from the Heat which produces the fastest race lap go to line-up on the pole position side of the track – the runners from the second Heat filling the opposite side of the grid.As the lights went out for the feature race, Andrew quickly made his way into the top 10 and thankfully escaped unscathed from multiple car chaos at Clervaux. As the cars approached the complex for the first time he looked to make a move on a ragged Niki Lanik for ninth position and soon made his way through.Much like Winrow’s overly robust attentions in Saturday’s qualifying heat though, Lanik didn’t want to give up the place without a fight and made contact with the JHR man on several occasions before eventually putting himself out of the race at the end of lap four when smashing into the side of Andrew’s car at the hairpin.Although seriously damaging his steering, Andrew was still able to continue and while disappointed to lose a number of places before the end of the race – he eventually finished in 14th position – the Clio Cup rookie can take solace from the fact he has continued his run of points-scoring finishes.“It’s been a very hard weekend, first I had (Ben) Winrow trying to take me out in the qualifying race and then (Niki) Lanik was intent on doing the same in the main race”, said Andrew, “The contact from Lanik at the hairpin ruined my race, and it ended his, from then on I had to really fight the car so we’re lucky to have any points.“I was ok going around the left hand corners after that but the right hand corners were a nightmare and here the right-handers are the important ones. I lost a lot of speed and the others were hounding me down the straight. It’s unfortunate and frustrating because you put so much hard work into a weekend and then something like that happens.”  With a further seven points to add to his championship total, Andrew is now 13th in the Clio Cup standings, two points clear of former VW Cup Champion Philip House and 12 points shy of the top 10.Round five of the 2007 ELF Renault Clio Cup season, which marks the halfway point of the championship campaign, will take place three weeks from now on 23rd/24th June at Oulton Park Island Circuit in Cheshire. Provisional 2007 ELF Renault Clio Cup Driver Standings (after Rd4)1st Stefan Hodgetts, 100pts; 2nd Martin Byford, 94pts; 13th Andrew Herron, 34pts