Car racing rookie Daniel Lloyd has moved into the top three in the 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship standings after securing a brace of consistent results at Thruxton Circuit in Hampshire over the weekend, 17th/18th May – the event marking the 16-year-old’s debut race outing at the UK’s fastest track.Driving the Tockwith Motorsport-run British Racing Drivers’ Club (BRDC) Stars of Tomorrow scholarship car, the Huddersfield teenager headed into Sunday’s action just six points adrift of Josh Hill in the driver standings and with a great opportunity to move ahead of the son of 1996 Formula One World Champion Damon Hill.After making a good start to Sunday lunchtime’s 10th round of the season, moving into fifth position from sixth on the grid, Daniel soon made his way into the top four after passing Fergus Walkinshaw – another young driver with F1 connections, the son of former Arrows boss Tom – on lap three.As the race progressed towards mid-distance, Daniel managed to pull away from his pursuers but having been caught up in his battle with Walkinshaw for several laps it had allowed the top three to pull out what proved to be an insurmountable gap.Nonetheless, a strong fourth place result – added to sixth position during Saturday afternoon’s ninth round of the season – means the Huddersfield Grammar School student is now seven points clear of Hill in the championship title race.Commenting on Sunday’s action, Daniel said: “I didn’t have a great start and for the first two or three laps I was battling with Fergus which allowed the top three to break away from us. When I finally pulled out a gap, it was too late to do anything about trying to get on the podium. “The best thing to come out of the weekend is that we’ve moved ahead of Josh in the championship. If it wasn’t for that then I would have been a bit disappointed as I would have liked to have been on the podium this weekend. You’ve got to look at the bigger picture though, being third in the championship is good news.”Croft Circuit in North Yorkshire will host the 11th and 12th rounds of the Ginetta Junior series just a fortnight from now on 31st May/1st June. As perhaps the nearest to a ‘home’ race meeting Daniel will have this year, the Ginetta Junior ace is greatly looking forward to adding to his podium tally at the Darlington venue.Provisional 2008 Ginetta Junior Championship Positions (after Rd10)1st Dino Zamparelli, 320pts; 2nd Thomas Carnaby, 232pts; 3rd Daniel Lloyd, 183pts